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1:1 耶穌基督的僕人保羅,奉召為使徒,特派傳 神的福音。 Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God--
1:2 這福音是 神從前藉眾先知在聖經上所應許的, the gospel he promised beforehand through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures 1:3 論到他兒子─我主耶穌基督。按肉體說,是從大衛後裔生的; regarding his Son, who as to his human nature was a descendant of David, 1:4 按聖善的靈說,因從死裏復活,以大能顯明是 神的兒子。 and who through the Spirit(\f1 1:4 Or|i who as to his spirit|d0 of holiness was declared with power to be the Son of God(\f2 1:4 Or|i was appointed to be the Son of God with power|d) by his resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord. 1:5 我們從他受了恩惠並使徒的職份,在萬國之中叫人為他的名信服真道; Through him and for his name's sake, we received grace and apostleship to call people from among all the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith. 1:6 其中也有你們這蒙召屬耶穌基督的人。 And you also are among those who are called to belong to Jesus Christ. 1:7 我寫信給你們在羅馬、為 神所愛、奉召作聖徒的眾人。願恩惠、平安從我們的父 神並主耶穌基督歸與你們! To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints:Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. 1:8 第一,我靠著耶穌基督,為你們眾人感謝我的 神,因你們的信德傳遍了天下。 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being reported all over the world. 1:9 我在他兒子福音上,用心靈所事奉的 神,可以見證我怎樣不住地提到你們; God, whom I serve with my whole heart in preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you 1:10 在禱告之間常常懇求,或者照 神的旨意,終能得平坦的道路往你們那裏去。 0 in my prayers at all times; and I pray that now at last by God's will the way may be opened for me to come to you. 1:11 因為我切切地想見你們,要把些屬靈的恩賜分給你們,使你們可以堅固。 I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong-- 1:12 這樣,我在你們中間,因你與我彼此的信心,就可以同得安慰。 that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith. 1:13 弟兄們,我不願意你們不知道,我屢次定意往你們那裏去,要在你們中間得些果子,如同在其餘的外邦人中一樣;只是到如今仍有阻隔。 I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that I planned many times to come to you (but have been prevented from doing so until now) in order that I might have a harvest among you, just as I have had among the other Gentiles. 1:14 無論是希臘人、化外人、聰明人、愚拙人,我都欠他們的債, I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish. 1:15 所以情願盡我的力量,將福音也傳給你們在羅馬的人。 That is why I am so eager to preach the gospel also to you who are at Rome. 1:16 我不以福音為恥;這福音本是 神的大能,要救一切相信的,先是猶太人,後是希臘人。 I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. 1:17 因為 神的義正在這福音上顯明出來;這義是本於信,以致於信。如經上所記:「義人必因信得生。」 For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last,( \f3 1:17 Or|i is from faith to faith|d) just as it is written: <<The righteous will live by faith.>>( \f4 1:17 Hab. 2:40 1:18 原來, 神的忿怒從天上顯明在一切不虔不義的人身上,就是那些行不義阻擋真理的人。 The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, 1:19 神的事情,人所能知道的,原顯明在人心裏,因為 神已經給他們顯明。 since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. 1:20 自從造天地以來, 神的永能和神性是明明可知的,雖是眼不能見,但藉著所造之物就可以曉得,叫人無可推諉。 For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities--his eternal power and divine nature--have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse. 1:21 因為,他們雖然知道 神,卻不當作 神榮耀他,也不感謝他。他們的思念變為虛妄,無知的心就昏暗了。 For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. 1:22 自稱為聰明,反成了愚拙, Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools 1:23 將不能朽壞之 神的榮耀變為偶像,彷彿必朽壞的人和飛禽、走獸、昆蟲的樣式。 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles. 1:24 所以, 神任憑他們逞著心裏的情慾行污穢的事,以致彼此玷辱自己的身體。 Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. 1:25 他們將 神的真實變為虛謊,去敬拜事奉受造之物,不敬奉那造物的主;主乃是可稱頌的,直到永遠。阿們! They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator--who is forever praised. Amen. 1:26 因此, 神任憑他們放縱可羞恥的情慾。他們的女人把順性的用處變為逆性的用處; Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. 1:27 男人也是如此,棄了女人順性的用處,慾火攻心,彼此貪戀,男和男行可羞恥的事,就在自己身上受這妄為當得的報應。 In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion. 1:28 他們既然故意不認識 神, 神就任憑他們存邪僻的心,行那些不合理的事; Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. 1:29 裝滿了各樣不義、邪惡、貪婪、惡毒〔或譯:陰毒〕,滿心是嫉妒、凶殺、爭競、詭詐、毒恨; They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, 1:30 又是讒毀的、背後說人的、怨恨 神的〔或譯:被 神所憎惡的〕、侮慢人的、狂傲的、自誇的、捏造惡事的、違背父母的。 slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; 1:31 無知的,背約的,無親情的,不憐憫人的。 they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless. 1:32 他們雖知道 神判定行這樣事的人是當死的,然而他們不但自己去行,還喜歡別人去行。 Although they know God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them. This is Alex Markley's PHPScripture v1.2.0, displaying a copy of Chinese Union Version Bible in XOOPS. 本模組中文化由長島基督福音教會的Jack起始, 聖經文字部分由CCIM(網路基督使團)網站下載. 如欲修改經文請洽聖經公會. 荒漠甘泉五合一■ 中文荒漠甘泉(03月16日)
三月十六日 「生身的父都是暫隨己意管教我們,惟有萬靈的父管教我們,是要我們得益處,使我們在祂的聖潔上有分。」希伯來書十二章10節 康諾氏所寫的書中,說有一個山野少女葛文的故事。葛文頑皮任性,她在某一日不幸遇到意外,成了殘廢。臥病在床第中,性情更加暴躁,當她在怨天尤人的時候,「天的嚮導」來看她,所謂「天的嚮導」,是山中居民對傳教士的尊敬稱呼。 傳教士給她講了一個谷的寓言,他說:地球最初的時候,只有一望無際的原野,並沒有峽谷。原野的主人,有一天出外散步,看見大地上只長著青草,就問原野道:「你的花在那裏」?原野回答說:「主人,我沒有種子。」 於是主人吩咐禽鳥把各類花的種子帶來,四處播種。不久原野上就開出了番紅玫瑰,水荳花,毛莨花,向日葵,紅鈐蘭,以及一些耐熱的夏季花卉。主人看了很高興,但他找不到他最心愛的幾種花,於是他對原野說「還有鐵線蓮,縷斗菜,紫羅蘭,白頭翁,各種鳳尾草和開花的灌木在那裏呢?」 他又吩咐禽鳥把所有種子帶來,四處播種。但主人再來的時候,還是找不到他最心愛的花,於是他說:「那些最可愛的花在那裏」? 原野悲哀地說:「主人,我無法保存這些花,因為狂風拚命的吹颳,烈陽炙烤著我的胸膛,這些花忍不住原野的氣候,它們都零落凋萎了。」 於是主人吩咐閃電劈開原野的胸懷。原野在劇痛中顫抖哀號,為那黝黑而凹凸不平的裂口,悲痛呻吟了許多日子。 由於河水湧進了裂口,把深黑色的泥土帶了進來,禽鳥再把種子帶來,在那峽谷中播種。過了很長一段時間之後,粗糙的岩石上,舖滿了柔軟的青苔和綿延的籐蔓,各處角落,都垂掛著鐵線蓮和縷斗菜,碩壯的榆樹,仰起粗大枝幹,升向高空的陽光,樹根附近盤屈著矮杉和鳳仙花,到處都有紫羅蘭,白頭翁和孔雀草在生長開花,峽谷終於成了主人所尋求的安息,平安和快樂的心愛之地了。 傳教士講完了教事之後,就對她說:「聖靈所結的果子,也可以稱之謂聖靈之花,包括愛,喜愛,平安,堅忍,溫柔等等,其中有些只能在峽谷中生長」。 「只能在峽谷裏生長的是什麼花呢?」葛文輕聲問。傳教士答道:「溫和,謙卑,忍耐,其他如愛,喜樂,和平安,雖能在原野開放,但若生長在峽谷裏,它們將更美麗,更芬芳」。 葛文默默地躺了好一會,然後嘴唇顫抖地自言自語道:「在我的峽谷裏沒有花,只有粗陋的岩石」。 「親愛的葛文,總有一天它們會開出花來,主會發現,我們也會看到」。 親愛的,當你淪入你的峽谷時,請記著這句話!
■ 英文荒漠甘泉(03月16日)
March 16 "For our profit." (Heb. 12:10.) IN one of Ralph Connor's books he tells a story of Gwen. Gwen was a wild, wilful lassie and one who had always been accustomed to having her own way. then one day she met with a terrible accident which crippled her for life. She became very rebellious and in the murmuring state she was visited by the Sky Pilot, as the missionary among the mountaineers was termed. He told her the parable of the canyon. "At first there were no canyons, but only the broad, open prairie. One day the Master of the Prairie, walking over his great lawns, where were only grasses, asked the Prairie, `Where are your flowers?' and the prairie said, `Master I have no seeds.' "Then he spoke to the birds, and they carried seeds of every kind of flower and strewed them far and wide, and soon the prairie bloomed with crocuses and roses and buffalo beans and the yellow crowfoot and the wild sunflowers and the red lilies all summer long. Then the Master came and was well pleased; but he missed the flowers he loved best of all, and he said to the Prairie: `Where are the clematis and the columbine, the sweet violets and wind-flowers, and all the ferns and flowering shrubs?' "And again he spoke to the birds, and again they carried all the seeds and scattered them far and wide. But, again, when the Master came he could not find the flowers he loved best of all, and he said: "`Where are those my sweetest flowers?' and the prairie cried sorrowfully: "`Oh, Master, I cannot keep the flowers, for the winds sweep fiercely, and the sun beats upon my breast, and they wither up and fly away.' "Then the Master spoke to the Lightning, and with one swift blow the Lightning cleft the prairie to the heart. And the Prairie rocked and groaned in agony, and for many a day moaned bitterly over the black, jagged, gaping wound. "But the river poured its waters through the cleft, and carried down deep black mould, and once more the birds carried seeds and strewed them in the canyon. And after a long time the rough rocks were decked out with soft mosses and trailing vines, and all the nooks were hung with clematis and columbine, and great elms lifted their huge tops high up into the sunlight, and down about their feet clustered the low cedars and balsams, and everywhere the violets and wind-flower and naiden-hair grew and bloomed, till the canyon became the Master's favorit place for rest and peace and joy." Then the Sky Pilot read to her: "The fruit─I'll read `flowers'─of the Spirit are love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness─and some of these grow only in the canyon." "Which are the canyon flowers?" asked Gwen softly, and the Pilot answered: " Gentleness, meekness, longsuffering; but though the others, love, joy, peace, bloom in the open, yet never with so rich a bloom and so sweet a perfume as in the canyon." For a long time Gwen lay quite still, and then said wistfully, who her lips trembled: "There are no flowers in my canyon, but only ragged rocks." "Some day they will bloom, Gwen dear; the Master will find them, and we, to shall see them." Beloved, when you come to your canyon, remember!
■ 永活之泉(03月16日)
三月十六日 為著工人的代禱 「要收的莊稼多,作工的人少,所以你們當求莊稼的主,打發工人出去,收他的莊稼。」馬太福音九章37—38節 門徒們對於以上這些話並不明白。基督所給他們的乃是一個撒種的思想,存放在他們心中待日後使用。五旬節時,當我們怎樣看到那麼多剛悔改得救的人,靠著聖靈的能力準備見證基督,他們一定也感覺到十天同心合意的禱告才帶下此祝福,就是聖靈大能所結的果子。 基督教訓我們無論莊稼有何等多,而工人又是何等少,祈求乃是最好、最有把握,也是唯一的路,為著我們的需要懇求。我們所需要知道的,不僅在我們有需要時向神禱告,而是整個的工作都是在禱告的靈中進行,所以為工人們代求乃是我們整個生活、工作最完善的配合。 在中國的內地會中,當傳道人的數字增至二百時,在中國舉行的某次會議中,他們深深地覺得需要更多的工人到偏遠地區作工;經過了多次禱告之後,他們感覺可以向神禱告在一年內,再賜給他們一百個傳道人及一萬英磅,以應付費用。他們就天天不停地禱告達一年之久。到了一年終了的時候,神賜給他們連男帶女一百位適當的工人,並且賜給他們一萬一千英磅。 為了應付當今世界的需要,為了廣大的工場,及待拯救的靈魂,許多教會都抱怨工人及金錢不夠。基督不是召我們也像起初使徒們同心恆切地禱告嗎?神是信實的,藉著聖靈的大能要供應我們每一個需要。願教會顯出合一的禱告與祈求,因神是聽禱告的神。 禱告: 可稱頌的主耶穌,求您教導您的教會知道為您活著、為您勞苦的意義何在。在恆切禱告的靈裡,使我們確信您會在每件事上,超過人所求地來供應這個即將滅亡世界的呼求。阿們。
■ 中文屬天日子(03月16日)
三月十六日 主來審判 「因為我們眾人,必要在基督臺前顯露出來。」哥林多後書五章10節 保羅說我們眾人,無論是傳道的和聽道的,都「要在基督臺前顯露出來。」如果你在基督的光榮中過慣了生活,末後的審判將使你因神的工作而快樂。你會把臉向著基督的審判臺,走在你所認知的至聖者的光中。對於別人一種錯誤的態度,終必終止在魔鬼的靈裡,與你的聖潔無關。一種私心的判斷,其結果是地獄在你裡面。趕快將這顯出來,而且要說:「我的神啊!我在那裡犯罪了」。如果你不如此,你的心就漸漸硬了。罪的懲罰使罪成為習慣。不但神要懲罰罪,罪也要在罪人裡面建立自己,償還整個代價。無論如何掙扎或祈禱,不能使你不做某種事情。罪的懲罰,就是使你逐漸成為習慣,不知道是罪。除了聖靈進入心中以外,沒有別的力量能改變罪的連屬結果。 「我們若在光明中行,如同神在光明中。」(約壹一7)光明中行,按照許多人看便是給別人一個標準。現代法利賽人的精神,最壞的不是假冒為善,卻是不覺得自己不真實。
■ 中文上海嗎哪(03月16日)
三月十六日 「因為耶和華……要賜下恩惠和榮耀。」詩篇八十四篇11節 「榮耀」這個詞很難翻譯、下定義或是解釋。但在靈裡敏感、儆醒的基督生命中,我們能找到「恩惠」的解釋。「榮耀」是滿溢的恩典、是生命中的甘露,是先嘗天堂的權利;更是從神寶座來的希望,由神心中所發出的啟示。我們不僅能擁有這樣的榮耀,並且能生活在其中。主耶穌曾為我們禱告,求神把賜給祂的榮耀,也賜給我們(約十七22)。 讓我們珍惜這樣的榮耀,生活在其中。大衛曾說:「我的靈啊,(原文作榮耀),你當醒起。」(詩五十七8)所以我們也可以求神使我們的榮耀奮起,加添我們能力,讓我們能如鷹展翅上騰,高高地與基督一同坐在屬天的位子上。 我們在等候主之後興起, 從新得力、生命更新, 像鷹一樣展翅上騰, 我們在靈裡必然登峰造極。 當我們健步如飛地再回到事奉中, 走許多聖徒所行過的道路, 我們必然奔跑卻不睏倦, 行走卻不疲乏。
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