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1:1 大流士王第二年八月,耶和華的話臨到易多的孫子、比利家的兒子先知撒迦利亞,說: In the eighth month of the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berekiah, the son of Iddo:
1:2 「耶和華曾向你們列祖大大發怒。 <<The LORD was very angry with your forefathers. 1:3 所以你要對以色列人說,萬軍之耶和華如此說:你們要轉向我,我就轉向你們。這是萬軍之耶和華說的。 Therefore tell the people: This is what the LORD Almighty says: <Return to me,> declares the LORD Almighty, <and I will return to you,> says the LORD Almighty. 1:4 不要效法你們列祖。從前的先知呼叫他們說,萬軍之耶和華如此說:『你們要回頭離開你們的惡道惡行。』他們卻不聽,也不順從我。這是耶和華說的。 Do not be like your forefathers, to whom the earlier prophets proclaimed: This is what the LORD Almighty says: <Turn from your evil ways and your evil practices.> But they would not listen or pay attention to me, declares the LORD. 1:5 你們的列祖在哪裏呢?那些先知能永遠存活嗎? Where are your forefathers now? And the prophets, do they live forever? 1:6 只是我的言語和律例,就是所吩咐我僕人眾先知的,豈不臨到你們列祖嗎?他們就回頭,說:『萬軍之耶和華定意按我們的行動作為向我們怎樣行,他已照樣行了。』」 But did not my words and my decrees, which I commanded my servants the prophets, overtake your forefathers? <<Then they repented and said, <The LORD Almighty has done to us what our ways and practices deserve, just as he determined to do.> >> 1:7 大流士第二年十一月,就是細罷特月二十四日,耶和華的話臨到易多的孫子、比利家的兒子先知撒迦利亞,說: On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, the month of Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berekiah, the son of Iddo. 1:8 「我夜間觀看,見一人騎著紅馬,站在窪地番石榴樹中間。在他身後又有紅馬、黃馬,和白馬。」 During the night I had a vision--and there before me was a man riding a red horse! He was standing among the myrtle trees in a ravine. Behind him were red, brown and white horses. 1:9 我對與我說話的天使說:「主啊,這是甚麼意思?」他說:「我要指示你這是甚麼意思。」 I asked, <<What are these, my lord?>> The angel who was talking with me answered, <<I will show you what they are.>> 1:10 那站在番石榴樹中間的人說:「這是奉耶和華差遣在遍地走來走去的。」 Then the man standing among the myrtle trees explained, <<They are the ones the LORD has sent to go throughout the earth.>> 1:11 那些騎馬的對站在番石榴樹中間耶和華的使者說:「我們已在遍地走來走去,見全地都安息平靜。」 And they reported to the angel of the LORD, who was standing among the myrtle trees, <<We have gone throughout the earth and found the whole world at rest and in peace.>> 1:12 於是,耶和華的使者說:「萬軍之耶和華啊,你惱恨耶路撒冷和猶大的城邑已經七十年,你不施憐憫要到幾時呢?」 Then the angel of the LORD said, <<LORD Almighty, how long will you withhold mercy from Jerusalem and from the towns of Judah, which you have been angry with these seventy years?>> 1:13 耶和華就用美善的安慰話回答那與我說話的天使。 So the LORD spoke kind and comforting words to the angel who talked with me. 1:14 與我說話的天使對我說:「你要宣告說,萬軍之耶和華如此說:我為耶路撒冷為錫安,心裏極其火熱。 Then the angel who was speaking to me said, <<Proclaim this word: This is what the LORD Almighty says: <I am very jealous for Jerusalem and Zion, 1:15 我甚惱怒那安逸的列國,因我從前稍微惱怒我民,他們就加害過分。 but I am very angry with the nations that feel secure. I was only a little angry, but they added to the calamity.> 1:16 所以耶和華如此說:現今我回到耶路撒冷,仍施憐憫,我的殿必重建在其中,準繩必拉在耶路撒冷之上。這是萬軍之耶和華說的。 <<Therefore, this is what the LORD says: <I will return to Jerusalem with mercy, and there my house will be rebuilt. And the measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem,> declares the LORD Almighty. 1:17 你要再宣告說,萬軍之耶和華如此說:我的城邑必再豐盛發達。耶和華必再安慰錫安,揀選耶路撒冷。」 <<Proclaim further: This is what the LORD Almighty says: <My towns will again overflow with prosperity, and the LORD will again comfort Zion and choose Jerusalem.> >> 1:18 我舉目觀看,見有四角。 Then I looked up--and there before me were four horns! 1:19 我就問與我說話的天使說:「這是甚麼意思?」他回答說:「這是打散猶大、以色列,和耶路撒冷的角。」 I asked the angel who was speaking to me, <<What are these?>> He answered me, <<These are the horns that scattered Judah, Israel and Jerusalem.>> 1:20 耶和華又指四個匠人給我看。 Then the LORD showed me four craftsmen. 1:21 我說:「他們來做甚麼呢?」他說:「這是打散猶大的角,使人不敢抬頭;但這些匠人來威嚇列國,打掉他們的角,就是舉起打散猶大地的角。」 I asked, <<What are these coming to do?>> He answered, <<These are the horns that scattered Judah so that no one could raise his head, but the craftsmen have come to terrify them and throw down these horns of the nations who lifted up their horns against the land of Judah to scatter its people.>> 本模組中文化由長島基督福音教會的Jack起始。多次經本人修改,2025年11月由AI協助更改加入朗讀功能,2026年加入搜尋「中、英」字皆可,顯示「黃底紅字」歡迎大家使用!! 荒漠甘泉五合一■ 中文荒漠甘泉(01月07日)
一月七日 「我無論在甚麼景況,都可以知足,這是我已經學會了。」腓立比書四章11節 保羅,輕看了一切的福樂,在監獄中寫上面的幾句話。有一個故事講到一個國王一天早晨獨自到他的花園中去散步,他發現所有的花草樹木都枯萎凋謝了。園中充滿了死象,一無生氣。國王非常詫異,就問園門口的一棵橡樹:它們中間究竟出了甚麼岔子。後來他纔知道橡樹因為自怨沒有松樹那樣高大俊秀,所以就生出厭世之心,不想活了。松樹又恨自己不能像葡萄籐那樣多結果。葡萄籐也將自盡,因為它終日匐伏於地,不能直立,又不能像桃樹那樣開美麗可愛的花。牽牛花也病倒了,因為它嘆自己沒有紫丁香那樣芬芳。其餘的都垂頭喪氣,怨自己不如人,只有一枝頂小的心安草(Heart's-ease堇屬),國王見它仍在噴香吐艷,維持原狀。國王高興極了,對它說:「心安草,我真歡喜,別的都悲觀厭世,只有你這枝小草這樣勇敢,你似乎一點都沒有沮喪。」小草兒回答說:「王啊,我絕對沒有,連一絲的灰心、一毫的失望,也沒有。我雖然算不得甚麼,但是我知道如果你要一棵橡樹,或者一棵松樹,或者葡萄籐,或者桃樹,或者牽牛花,或者紫丁香,你就會去種植;我知道你要我作一枝小的心安草,所以我就心滿意足地盡力作一枝小的心安草。」 別人或擔當更大任務, 但你有你本分的工作, 在神所揀選子民之中, 無人比得上你更適確。 那些不為自己留下絲毫地位的奉獻者,在萬事上都能知足;因為他們只願意神所願意的,只作神所要他們作的。他們剝奪他們自己的一切,在這樣的赤裸中,神在今世償還他們百倍。
■ 英文荒漠甘泉(01月07日)
January 7 "I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content." (Phil. 4:11.) PAUL, denied of every comfort, wrote the above words in his dungeon. A story is told of a king who went into his garden one morning, and found everything withered and dying. He asked the oak that stood near the gate what the trouble was. He found it was sick of life and determined to die because it was not tall and beautiful like the pine. The pine was all out of heart because it could not bear grapes, like the vine. The vine was going to throw its life away because it could not stand erect and have as fine fruit as the peach tree. The geranium was fretting because it was not tall and fragrant like the lilac; and so on all through the garden. Coming to a heart's-ease, he found its bright face lifted as cheery as ever. "Well, heart's-ease, I'm glad, amidst all this discouragement, to find one brave little flower. You do not seem to be the least disheartened." "No, I am not of much account, but I thought that if you wanted an oak, or a pine, or a peach tree, or a lilac, you would have planted one; but as I know you wanted a heart's-ease, I am determined to be the best little heart's-ease that I can." "Others may do a greater work, But you have your part to do; And no one in all God's heritage Can do it so well as you." They who are God's without reserve, are in every state content; for they will only what He wills, and desire to do for Him whatever He desires them to do; they strip themselves of everything, and in this nakedness find all things restored an hundredfold.
■ 永活之泉(01月07日)
一月七日 怎樣讀神的話 「惟喜愛耶和華的律法,晝夜思想,這人便為有福。」詩篇一篇2節 這裡有幾個簡單讀聖經的方法: (一)存著十分恭敬的心來讀: 請在安靜中用一點時間來默想,想到這些話乃是從神自己那裡來的。要存著尊敬的心向祂俯伏下拜,且肅靜在神面前,讓祂把祂的話語啟示在你的心裡。 (二)存著十分留心的態度來讀: 若是你不在意的,讀那些話以為你能用屬人的悟性得到其中的精義,你就只能很膚淺的享用那些話,而不能進入它們的深處。比方有人要把一件又奇妙又美麗的事說明給我們聽,那時,我們就一定要聚精會神去領會他到底說些甚麼。神的意念更是何等高超,並深過我們的意念呢!「天怎樣高過地,……照樣我的意念,高過你們的意念。」(賽五五9)我們要明白這些話表面的意義,就已經需要我們一心一意的來注意了,何況我們還是要領會其中屬靈的意義,豈不更加不專心麼? (三)存著期待聖靈引導的心來讀: 只有神的靈能使神的話在我們的心裡,和我們的生命裡,成為活潑的能力。請讀詩篇一一九篇,注意大衛是如何懇切的禱告,求神教導他,開他的眼睛,給他領會的能力,並且使他的心傾向神的道路。當你讀聖經的時候,請記住神的話和神的靈是分不開的。 (四)存著一個要將神的話晝夜存在你心裡,和你生命裡的堅定決心來讀: 你必須將整個的心,和整個的生命都置於神話語的影響之下。大衛說:「我何等愛慕您的律法,晝夜不住的思想。」照樣,信徒在他的日常工作中,也能把神的話珍藏在他心中,默默的思想。請再讀詩篇一一九篇,直等到你用整個的心接受了神的話,也求神教導你領會,並把神話語中的教訓,從你的生活裡實踐出來。
■ 中文屬天日子(01月07日)
一月七日 親近耶穌 「我與你們同在這樣長久,你還不認識我嗎?」約翰福音十四章9節 這兩句話,不是斥責,也不是有所驚訝,乃是耶穌思所以領導腓力前進。我們所親近的,最末後的一位是耶穌。在五旬節前,門徒知道,給他們權柄、制伏污鬼、奮興精神的那一位,是耶穌(參路十18─20)。這是一種不平常的親近,但是有更進一步的親近──「就是我的朋友了。」(約十五14)友誼是人世間少見的。因為它的意義太高,不達到思想和心靈的同化,不足以當之。生活的全部訓練,是促成我們與耶穌基督有這種最親密的友誼。我們領受祂的祝福,知道祂的教導,但我們是否認識祂呢? 耶穌說──我去是與你們有益──在這種友誼關係中,才能領導他們前進。門徒能逐漸與耶穌親密起來,那是耶穌引為快慰的事。約翰所說的結果子,就是與耶穌基督發生親密聯結的一種表現。(參約十五1─4)。 我們一旦與耶穌親密的聯結起來,便永遠不會寂寞,也不需要甚麼憐惜,就能隨時施予於人,而不自乏不帶悲傷的向祂傾吐。凡與耶穌親密的聖哲絕不令人想到自己,乃是令人想到耶穌的寬宏大度,因為祂滿足了他們本性最後的慾壑。遺留像這樣的生命的印象,是一種極度的寧靜,就是我們的主給與那些與祂親密的人們的。
■ 中文上海嗎哪(01月07日)
一月七日 「我們的救主獨一的神,能保守你們不失腳。」猶大書24節 這經節是一個最寶貴的應許,新譯本<The Revised Translation>翻譯得既正確,而且有更深的意思。這應許的真意是說,神不僅能使我們不失腳,祂甚至能使我們不致輕微地搖晃或蹣跚。 羅馬書四章20節告訴我們,亞伯拉罕對神應許的信心始終不遲疑。即使當我們與敵人正面遇上時,神依舊要我們毫不畏懼地向前邁進。事實上,生命中最令我們喪志、阻擋我們錯誤的,往往是極小的過失。撒但寧願用一根羽毛,而不用一把槍來擊倒我們。因為那惡者若能用芝麻綠豆大的事來擊敗神的兒女,而不是用大的試探使我們跌倒,那麼牠會覺得更光榮、更慶幸。 親愛的朋友,讓我們謹慎防備那可能使我們絆倒的香蕉皮,或是能摧毀葡萄樹的小狐狸,以及會弄臭一整瓶寶貴香膏的死蒼蠅。「前事不忘,後事之師」,當我們屬靈的生命更成熟時,神對我們的要求也更高。即使在極小的事上,祂也要我們順服到底、更不致於失腳。
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