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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.>> 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（02月15日）
二月十五日 「不要……心懷不平。」詩篇卅七篇1節 不要冒火，抱不平。我們常見作惡者穿了紫色細麻布的長袍，終日宴樂，凡事順利。「惡人」（詩九二7）執掌大權，欺壓不幸的人們。犯罪的男女享受安逸驕奢的生活，因此好人常會冒火！抱不平。 可是經上說：「不要……心懷不平。」不要冒火！把火氣冷下去！即使你的冒火是很有理由的，但是也不是一個聰明的辦法。不平只會起摩擦、衝突；不平不能變成和平。一部火車的車軸如果發熱了，並不能幫助火車前進；它們的發熱只能產生障礙。車軸發熱的緣故，乃是為了不必要的摩擦；我們應該讓神用祂的恩膏塗在我們不平的地方，以免生出軋轢來。 心中懷了不平，就會有許多尖銳鋒利的砂粒——急躁、惱恨、嫉妒、無禮等——嵌進來，叫你失去生活中謙和的香氣。摩擦生熱，熱後就會發生最危險的破壞。所以不要懷抱不平，讓神的聖膏油使你平滑罷；否則恐怕因著冒火的緣故，你自己就會列在作惡者之中了。 ─譯自銀襯 不安的心， 要寧靜； 莫煩惱， 莫忿怒； 神有無數方法， 來顯示祂的愛與幫助， 只有信任， 深信祂， 直到你明白祂的旨意和囑咐。 不安的心， 要寧靜； 安詳表示神的歡顏， 祂的愛能消除一切的乖戾和悲哀； 只要愛主， 深愛祂， 暫且安詳的等待。 不安的心， 要勇敢； 不要悲傷惆悵， 在那刺骨的寒風中， 神送來了慈愛恩惠； 只要盼望， 要盼望， 直到你的膽大氣壯。 不安的心， 這時候該在懷裏憩息， 祂的慈愛是花， 祂的恩典是生命活力， 只管安息， 需安息； 安息在祂溫柔的懷中。 不安的心， 要寧靜； 不必自我掙扎， 神與你的生命已成一片， 不可分離， 只管祈禱， 多祈禱， 使你的信心不移。 ─李因譯自銀襯
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February 15 "Fret not thyself." (Psalm 37:1.) ＤO not get into a perilous heat about things. If ever heat were justified, it was surely justified in the circumstances outlined in the Psalm. Evil-doers were moving about clothed in purple and fine linen, and faring sumptuously every day. "Workers of iniquity" were climbing into the supreme places of power, and were tyrannizing their less fortunate brethren. Sinful men and women were stalking through the land in the pride of life and basking in the light and comfort of great prosperity, and good men were becoming heated and fretful. "Fret not thyself." Do not get unduly heated! Keep cool! Even in a good cause, fretfulness is not a wise help-meet. Fretting only heats the bearings; it does not generate the steam. It is no help to a train for the axles to get hot; their heat is only a hindrance. When the axles get heated, it is because of unnesessary friction; dry surfaces are grinding together, which ought to be kept in smooth co-operation by a delicate cushion of oil. And is it not a suggestive fact that this word "fret" is closely akin to the word "friction," and is an indication of absence of the anointing oil of the grace of God? In fretfulness, a little bit of grit gets into the bearings─some slight disappointment, some ingratitude, some discourtesy─and the smooth working of the life is checked. Friction begets heat; and with the heat, most dangerous conditions are created. Do not let thy bearings get hot. Let the oil of the Lord keep thee cool, lest by reason of an unholy heat thou be reckoned among the evil-doers. ─The Silver Lining. Dear restless heart, be still; don't fret and worry so; God has a thousand ways His love and help to show; Just trust, and trust, and trust, until His will you know. Dear restless heart, be still, for peace is God's own smile, His love can every wrong and sorrow reconcile; Just love, and love, and love, and calmly wait awhile. Dear restless heart, be brave; don't moan and sorrow so, He hath a meaning kind in chilly winds that blow; Just hope, and hope, and hope, until you braver grow. Dear restless heart, repose upon His breast this hour, His grace is strength and life, his love is bloom and flower, Just rest, and rest, and rest, within his tender power. Dear restless heart, be still! Don't struggle to be free; God's life is in your life, from Him you may not flee; Just pray, and pray, and pray, till you have faith to see. ─Edith Willis Linn.
■ 永活之泉（02月15日）
二月十五日 天上半小時的寂靜 「天上寂靜約有二刻。另有一位天使來，站在祭壇旁邊；有許多香賜給他，要和眾聖徒的祈禱一同獻在寶座前的金壇上。那香的煙，和眾聖徒的祈禱一同升到神面前。」啟示錄八章1、3、4節 「天上寂靜約有二刻」——在第一位天使吹號之前，要將眾聖徒的祈禱帶到神面前。因此，有千萬神的兒女們都覺得從世上事物裡安靜半小時，在神面前獻上禱告、與祂同在，是絕對需要的。這樣，他們就能夠在每日的生活上得著堅固。 我們常聽見人說，沒有時間來禱告；也有人承認，就是有了時間，他們也不能用這時間來與神有真實的交通。這就不問而知，是甚麼攔阻屬靈生命的長進了。這秘訣只能在與神活潑的交通中找著。 我的弟兄啊！假使你順服基督，當你聽見祂說：「當你關上門，禱告你在暗中的父」的時候，就當勇敢地單獨與神親近半小時。不要想，我不知道要如何花時間。只要相信，如果你開始忠心地在安靜中俯伏在神面前，祂就要向你啟示祂自己。 若是你需要幫助的話，可以讀幾節聖經，讓神的話說到你裡面。然後在極深的謙卑裡，俯伏在神面前等候祂，祂就要在你裡面作工。讀詩篇六十一、六十二，或六十三篇，在神面前說出這些話，然後開始禱告。為你的家庭、孩子、為聚會、為教會和執事、為學校和工作來禱告。雖然好像時間很長，可是繼續下去，神要報答你，你也必定碰見神。 弟兄啊！神願意祝福你。難道這不值得你花半小時的工夫，單獨來親近神麼？為著獻上眾聖徒的禱告，在天上還需要有半小時的寂靜，何況在地上呢？如果你堅持下去，你就要看見這一天中，似乎是最難的半小時，到後來要成為你一生中最大的祝福。 我的心默然向著神。「我的心哪，你要默默無聲，專等候神，因為我的盼望是從祂而來。」（詩六十二5）
■ 中文屬天日子（02月15日）
二月十五日 我是我弟兄的守護人麼？ 「我們沒有一個人為自己活。」羅馬書十四章7節 在神之前替別人負靈性之責的思想，你曾想過麼？比如說，如果我在我的生活中有任何偏離神的行動，凡在我周圍的人都要受累。我們「同坐在天上」。「若一個肢體受苦，所有的肢體就一同受苦。」當你一許生理的自私，心理的不潔，道德的遲鈍，靈性的愚頑在你裡面活動，則凡與你有關係的人都要受累。或許你要說，「你所定的標準太高，誰能在這些標準上滿足無缺呢？」我們當以神為滿足，也只有以祂為滿足。 「你們就是我的見證。」我們中有多少人願意替耶穌基督耗費我們所有的腦力，心力，道德和靈性的精力呢？這就是神所感覺的「見證」的意義。這是需要相當的時間的，忍耐著。神讓我們存留在世上──為甚麼呢？是想我們得救，想我們成聖麼？不是，是常常為祂作見證。我肯為祂成擘開的餅和奠出的酒麼？我們不要渴想這個世界，這個生命，除了渴想去勸化男女作主耶穌基督的門徒以外，無論那一點，卻不可渴想。我們處理生活要像處理工作一樣，要把他作為感謝神大恩之用。須記取的，是我們中無論那個人都如不精純的銀子有被丟去的可能──「……恐怕我傳福音給別人，自己反被棄絕了。」
■ 中文上海嗎哪（02月15日）
二月十五日 「……你要在基督耶穌的恩典上剛強起來。」提摩太后書二章1節 我們如何才能享受今天呢？試著得到快樂永不能帶給我們真正的喜樂。但是如果我們能按著以下的條件行，那麼喜樂就會自然產生。 一、與神和好──因為神豫備喜樂，是為正直人(詩九十七11)。更因為惟有祂在我們裡面的喜樂，我們的喜樂才得滿足。 二、忘卻自我，為他人而活──因為施比受有福(徒廿35)。 三、當你受感覺、環境影響，喜樂不起來時，你當靠主喜樂(腓四４)。即使落在百般試煉中，都要以為大喜樂(雅一２)。 四、順服神，對祂有信心，那麼祂帶滿祝福的聖靈將來必會不斷地對你輕聲說：「……好，你這又良善又忠心的僕人，……可以進來享受你主人的快樂。」(太廿五21) 喜樂和痛苦， 都不是我們的終極目標， 但卻能使我們為今天而戰， 創造更美好的明天。 讓我們站起來， 無論命運如何， 不斷地努力、繼續地追求， 學習勤奮工作、耐心等候。 ——出自朗非羅生命之詩
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