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1:1 當士師秉政的時候,國中遭遇饑荒。在猶大、伯利恆,有一個人帶著妻子和兩個兒子往摩押地去寄居。 In the days when the judges ruled, \f 1:1 Traditionally ((judged)) there was a famine in the land, and a man from Bethlehem in Judah, together with his wife and two sons, went to live for a while in the country of Moab.
1:2 這人名叫以利米勒,他的妻名叫拿俄米;他兩個兒子,一個名叫瑪倫,一個名叫基連,都是猶大的伯利恆的以法他人。他們到了摩押地,就住在那裏。 The man's name was Elimelech, his wife's name Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Kilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem, Judah. And they went to Moab and lived there. 1:3 後來拿俄米的丈夫以利米勒死了,剩下婦人和她兩個兒子。 Now Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died, and she was left with her two sons. 1:4 這兩個兒子娶了摩押女子為妻,一個名叫俄珥巴,一個名叫路得,在那裏住了約有十年。 They married Moabite women, one named Orpah and the other Ruth. After they had lived there about ten years, 1:5 瑪倫和基連二人也死了,剩下拿俄米,沒有丈夫,也沒有兒子。 both Mahlon and Kilion also died, and Naomi was left without her two sons and her husband. 1:6 她就與兩個兒婦起身,要從摩押地歸回;因為她在摩押地聽見耶和華眷顧自己的百姓,賜糧食與他們。 When she heard in Moab that the LORD had come to the aid of his people by providing food for them, Naomi and her daughters-in-law prepared to return home from there. 1:7 於是她和兩個兒婦起行離開所住的地方,要回猶大地去。 With her two daughters-in-law she left the place where she had been living and set out on the road that would take them back to the land of Judah. 1:8 拿俄米對兩個兒婦說:「你們各人回娘家去吧。願耶和華恩待你們,像你們恩待已死的人與我一樣! Then Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, <<Go back, each of you, to your mother's home. May the LORD show kindness to you, as you have shown to your dead and to me. 1:9 願耶和華使你們各在新夫家中得平安!」於是拿俄米與她們親嘴。她們就放聲而哭, May the LORD grant that each of you will find rest in the home of another husband.>>Then she kissed them and they wept aloud 1:10 說:「不然,我們必與你一同回你本國去。」 and said to her, <<We will go back with you to your people.>> 1:11 拿俄米說:「我女兒們哪,回去吧!為何要跟我去呢?我還能生子作你們的丈夫嗎? But Naomi said, <<Return home, my daughters. Why would you come with me? Am I going to have any more sons, who could become your husbands? 1:12 我女兒們哪,回去吧!我年紀老邁,不能再有丈夫;即或說,我還有指望,今夜有丈夫可以生子, Return home, my daughters; I am too old to have another husband. Even if I thought there was still hope for me--even if I had a husband tonight and then gave birth to sons-- 1:13 你們豈能等著他們長大呢?你們豈能等著他們不嫁別人呢?我女兒們哪,不要這樣。我為你們的緣故甚是愁苦,因為耶和華伸手攻擊我。」 would you wait until they grew up? Would you remain unmarried for them? No, my daughters. It is more bitter for me than for you, because the LORD's hand has gone out against me!>> 1:14 兩個兒婦又放聲而哭,俄珥巴與婆婆親嘴而別,只是路得捨不得拿俄米。 At this they wept again. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law good-by, but Ruth clung to her. 1:15 拿俄米說:「看哪,你嫂子已經回她本國和她所拜的神那裏去了,你也跟著你嫂子回去吧!」 <<Look,>> said Naomi, <<your sister-in-law is going back to her people and her gods. Go back with her.>> 1:16 路得說:「不要催我回去不跟隨你。你往哪裏去,我也往那裏去;你在哪裏住宿,我也在那裏住宿;你的國就是我的國,你的 神就是我的 神。 But Ruth replied, <<Don't urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. 1:17 你在哪裏死,我也在那裏死,也葬在那裏。除非死能使你我相離!不然,願耶和華重重地降罰與我。」 Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD deal with me, be it ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me.>> 1:18 拿俄米見路得定意要跟隨自己去,就不再勸她了。 When Naomi realized that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped urging her. 1:19 於是二人同行,來到伯利恆。她們到了伯利恆,合城的人就都驚訝。婦女們說:「這是拿俄米嗎?」 So the two women went on until they came to Bethlehem. When they arrived in Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them, and the women exclaimed, <<Can this be Naomi?>> 1:20 拿俄米對他們說:「不要叫我拿俄米〔就是甜的意思〕,要叫我瑪拉〔就是苦的意思〕,因為全能者使我受了大苦。 <<Don't call me Naomi,>>1:20 ((Naomi)) means ((pleasant)); also in verse 21. she told them. <<Call me Mara,1:20 ((Mara)) means ((bitter.))because the Almighty 1:20 Hebrew ((Shaddai)); also in verse 21 has made my life very bitter. 1:21 我滿滿地出去,耶和華使我空空地回來。耶和華降禍與我,全能者使我受苦。既是這樣,你們為何還叫我拿俄米呢?」 I went away full, but the LORD has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? The LORD has afflicted 1:21 Or ((has testified against)) me; the Almighty has brought misfortune upon me.>> 1:22 拿俄米和她兒婦摩押女子路得,從摩押地回來到伯利恆,正是動手割大麥的時候。 So Naomi returned from Moab accompanied by Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, arriving in Bethlehem as the barley harvest was beginning. 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01日)
三月一日 「你要察看神的作為,因神使為曲的,誰能變為直呢?」傳道書七章13節 神似乎常把他的兒女放在極困難的處境中,使他們無法逃避,也無法解決。 這種處境絕非人類的判斷所能解決的,但這種陰暗際遇,自有其目的,也許你正在陷入這種際遇之中。 似乎你的遭遇是頂煩惱,頂嚴重,你也不懂得為甚麼神要如此待你,但是神的處理決沒有錯誤。不久你就會看見祂的美意。你所處的地位是一個戲臺,你正在戲臺上表演神的榮耀、恩典和權能。 祂不只要施行拯救;祂也要藉此使你學習一個不能遺忘的功課,叫你在事情經過之後,還能常常唱出新的讚美來發出足彀的感謝來。 ─選 「我們知道, 一切都在主的統馭之中, 所以我們必需靜待祂的解釋」 我雖模糊, 主,您卻完全知道, 總有一天, 您會解釋其中奧秘, 那時我才會明白是您最好的安排, 這些曲折, 正是教訓我對您的順服。 給我圍上了藩籬, 使我途徑成為曲折, 我的目光雖遊移不定, 但您卻成了目標; 糾正了我的不耐與高傲, 轉移了我的心, 只聽您的呼召。 我感謝您與讚美您曲折的安排, 我雖不知道, 還是一心信靠, 您把我作了試煉, 何等忭幸, 我要緊緊依靠著您的指導。
■ 英文荒漠甘泉(03月01日)
March 1 "Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked.(Eccles. 7:13.) OFTEN God seems to place His children in positions of profound difficulty, leading them into a wedge from which there is no escape; contriving a situation which no human judgment would have permitted, had it been previously consulted. The very cloud conducts them thither. You may be thus involved at this very hour. It does seem perplexing and very serious to the last degree, but it is perfectly right. The issue will more than justify Him who has brought you hither. It is a platform for the display of His almighty grace and power. He will not only deliver you; but in doing so, He will give you a lesson that you will never forget, and to which, in many a psalm and song, in after days, you will revert. You will never be able to thank God enough for having done just as He has. ─Selected. "We may wait till He explains, Because we know that Jesus reigns." It puzzles me; but, Lord, Thou understandest, And wilt one day explain this crooked thing. Meanwhile, I know that it has worked out thy best─ Its very crookedness taught me to cling. Thou hast fenced up my ways, made my paths crooked, To keep my wand'ring eyes fixed on Thee; To make me what I was not, humble, patient; To draw my heart from earthly love to Thee. So I will thank and praise Thee for this puzzle, And trust where I cannot understand. Rejoicing Thou dost hold me worth such testing, I cling the closer to Thy guiding hand. ─F.E.M.I.
■ 永活之泉(03月01日)
三月一日 代禱 「互相代求。」雅各書五章16節 禱告中藏著何等榮耀的奧秘!一方面我們看見神在祂聖潔、慈愛、權能中等待著,渴望著要祝福人;而另一方面,一個猶如塵土中小蟲般微不足道的罪人,竟可藉著禱告帶下天上的生命及愛,住在人的裡面。 然而,代禱的榮耀更是何等大!當一個人大膽地對神說出他對別人之期望時,他尋求神,而神卻賜下祂的永遠生命之無窮大能及一切福氣,不止臨到某一個人,更可能是臨到千萬的人。 代禱!誰能說這不是作神兒女的膽量之最神聖的操練,以及與神交通的最高特權與享受?——也是神所使用的能力,作為工具,為了祂偉大的工作,就是使人成為祂的居所並彰顯祂的榮耀、誰能不認為代禱是教會該用以作為恩典的一個主要憑藉,並該盡一切的力量來培植神的兒女,成為這將毀世界不住禱告的能力。 誰不期望信徒們既已相當進入了這個秘訣將感覺到合一的力量是何等大,同時更確信神將為著祂所揀選的人,在祂面前晝夜的呼籲伸冤?只有當基督徒停止尋求外面合一的幫助,而專一地向寶座,並且對耶穌基督不住的奉獻,不停歇的祈求聖靈的能力,才會使教會穿上彩色的外衣和能力,以勝過世界。 禱告: 我們慈愛的父神,垂聽我們的禱告,並且教導您的教會教導我們每一個人,使我們知道代禱的榮耀、祝福,也是戰勝一切的力量。我們求您使我們看見代禱之於您,乃是您實現您那可稱頌主旨意的路——正如代禱之於我們,乃是我們君尊祭司權柄的運用。對於您的教會及將滅亡的人而言,乃是藉著代禱帶下滿有能力的聖靈——奉主耶穌的名。阿們。
■ 中文屬天日子(03月01日)
三月一日 經常的問語 「你愛我麼?」約翰福音廿一章17節 彼得現在不敢回答甚麼(參太廿六33─35)。未改變的人固然要表白;而彼得的愛,因耶穌基督問語的刺激才能表白。彼得之愛耶穌,正如常人愛好人一樣。那是天性的愛;這也許進入人的深處,但不能觸到一個人的中心。真愛絕不講大語。耶穌說:「凡在人面前承認我的,」(太十32)那就是說,承認祂的愛,不但是用言語,卻也用行為。 若我們不棄掉一切自抬身價的事,神的道就無法與我們發生關係。罪惡能把感覺弄鈍,但是神的道刺激我們,比罪之刺激還要厲害。主的問語,叫情感緊張,直到被耶穌所刺,刺到妙極不能以言語形容的所在。這不是一種平常的刺激,卻是個人密切關係上的刺激。主的道把我們心靈刺成片碎,毫無迷惑存留。切不能把主的問語看為感傷的情調。當主直接向你說話的時候,你不可回答好聽的話,因為它是一種很重的刺激。當主的道刺激到祂兒女的時候,那刺激從不會錯誤的。同時應該知道刺激的焦點就是啟示的最高點。
■ 中文上海嗎哪(03月01日)
三月一日 「要等候耶和華……」詩篇廿七章14節 在聖經中,雖然等候耶和華出現了很多次,但是瞭解的人並不多。有位老神父稱等候耶和華為「操練與神同在」;我則認為等候神是有禱告的習慣,是時時與主交通,不僅求且接受主的話語。有時有些人會要我們為他們禱告,而我們得說:「為什麼?神已回答了我們為你作的祈禱,神的答案正等著你了,但你必須在主前等候才能得到。」 當我們等候主時,就必須重新得力,直到我們「如鷹展翅上騰,奔跑卻不睏倦,行走卻不疲乏。」由於我們的心極有限,無法一口氣就全然接受祂豐富的一切,我們必須處在與祂同在的環境下,直到我們能完全得著祂的生命。這並且是屬靈深度,得享安息,充滿能力、愛和禱告,盼望和事奉的秘訣。所以我說,要等候神。 在神聖潔施恩座前, 我等候享受與主交通, 我在享受、甜美地享受我的主。 在祂腳前,我安靜地坐著, 深深地汲取祂的豐富生命, 傾聽祂輕聲的話語。
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