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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（03月28日）
三月廿八日 「等到抬普天下主耶和華約櫃的祭司把腳站在約但河水裏，約但河的水，就是從上往下流的水，必然斷絕，立起成壘。」約書亞記三章13節 勇敢的利未人！誰能不佩服他們的膽量，抬了約櫃伸腳到還未分開的水中去。神也一無其他的勉勵和應許，只等待看他們的信心。神重視信心，尤其是不憑理由的信心，你可以推想當初許多百姓看見這些利未人抬了約櫃下水，他們一定發急地說：「要是我，決不這樣作無謂的犧牲！冒這樣大的險！可惜，他們和約櫃就要被約但河的急流衝去了！」可是，並不是這樣；「抬耶和華約櫃的祭司在約但河中的乾地上站定。」（17節）我們不要小看信心，我們的信心能幫助神成功祂的計畫。「……來幫助耶和華」（士五23） 約櫃有四根長槓，以便放到肩上扛抬，它本身不必行動，要有人去抬它。神有如建築師，而人只是承造的匠人。信心能協助神，信心能叫神命令封住獅子的口，能叫神使火失其威勢。信心尊重神，神也尊重信心。信心是永續的，讓神認為適當的時候，實現神的應許。 今天在恩典下同作利未人的哪，讓我們憑著無理由的信心，抬起神的應許來，不要想我們抬的是神的棺材。這是永活之神的約櫃呀！讓我們一面唱歌，一面下水罷！ ─強卜奈斯 勇敢的精神是使徒時代教會的特點。如果我們想為神作大事業，想從神得到大使命，我們必須有勇敢的信心。如果我們與超然的神接觸，向祂要人力所不能得到的東西，我告訴你：拿得多比拿得少還容易；大膽地站在應許上比膽怯地攀住海岸來得容易。 在信心的生活中，讓我們像聰明的水手一樣，把船向深海駛去，你會發現在神凡事都能；在信的人也凡事都能！ 讓我們今天來替神作大事業；相信祂的能力是能完成一切的。 ─譯自屬天的日子
■ 英文荒漠甘泉（03月28日）
March 28 "And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the Lord, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand upon a heap."(Joshua 3:13.) ＢRAVE Levites! Who can help admiring them, to carry the Ark right into the stream; for the waters were not divided till their feet dipped in the water (ver. 15). God had not promised aught else. God honors faith. "Obstinate faith," that the PROMISE sees and "looks to that alone," You can fancy how the people would watch these holy men march on, and some of the bystanders would be saying, "You would not catch me running that risk! Why, man, the ark will be carried away!" not so; "the priests stood firm on dry ground." We must not overlook the fact that faith on our part helps God to carry out His plans." /come up to the help of the Lord." The Ark hand staves for the shoulders. Even the Ark did not move of itself; it was carried. When God is the architect, men are the masons and laborers. Faith assists god. It can stop the mouth of lions and quench the violence of fire. It yet honors God, and God honors it. Oh, for this faith that will go on, leaving God to fulfill His promise when He sees fit! Fellow Levites, let us shoulder our load, and do not let us look as if we were carrying God's coffin. It is the Ark of the living God! Sing as you march towards the flood! ─Thomas Champness. One of the special marks of the Holy Ghost in the Apostolic Church was the spirit of boldness. One of the most essential qualities of the faith that is to attempt, great things for God, and expect great things from God, is holy audacity. Where we are dealing with a supernatural Being, and taking from Him things that are humanly impossible, it is easier to take much than little; it is easier to stand in a place of audacious trust than in a place of cautious, timid clinging to the shore. Like wise seamen in the life of faith, let us launch out into the deep, and find that all things are possible with God, and all things are possible unto him that believeth. Let us, today, attempt great things for God; take His faith and believe for them and His strength to accomplish them. ─Days of Heaven upon Earth.
■ 永活之泉（03月28日）
三月廿八日 晝夜的代禱 「神的選民晝夜呼籲祂，祂縱然為他們忍了多時，豈不終久給他們伸冤嗎？」路加福音十八章7節 當尼希米聽到耶路撒冷被毀時，他向神呼籲：「聽您僕人晝夜在您面前的禱告。」論到耶路撒冷城牆上的守望者，神說：「他們晝夜必不靜默。」保羅說：「我們晝夜切切的祈求，……求神使你們在我們父神面前，心裡堅固，成為聖潔，無可責備，直到主來。」（帖前三10、13） 這種晝夜的禱告，真有必要而且可能做到嗎？的確，當人的心首先被神的心意完全佔有時，人的心就不能安息，直到神心願成就；而人的一生被屬天祝福所控制，以致沒有其他事物能阻止人拋棄一切來達成此目的。 當神的兒女開始得著真實的異象，看見今日教會以及全世界的需要，看見神的救贖並應許將祂的愛澆灌在我們心中，看見真實的代禱能帶下屬天的祝福，看見神准許我們作代禱者的尊榮，並有分於祂的代禱工作時，我們即視此為神對於地的一件最崇高的心意——藉著晝夜不斷的代禱使神的大能顯在地上。 我們可由大衛身上看見這件事，他曾說：「我為你的殿心裡焦急，如同火燒。」從主耶穌身上也看到這話的實際，因此我們只為了這一個思想而生活，那就是如何滿足神渴望與人交通，並愛祂的心，以及如何能得著人成為祂的居所。難道我們不願獻上自己，讓至高者在我們心中尋得住處，並擠身於偉大代禱工作行列中，為多人代禱，使神的心願也能成就在他們身上嗎？ 神許可我們藉著這些真理的力量被帶到祂的面前，也可真實地將全人獻給主，全心盼望滿足神的心，以此做為我們一生主要的目標。 禱告： 主耶穌我們偉大的代禱者，因著代禱而得榮耀的主，求您將您自己的靈吹入我們的心內──奉主的名。阿們。
■ 中文屬天日子（03月28日）
三月廿八日 沒有誤會嗎？ 「我們再往猶太去罷，門徒說……您還往那裡去嗎？」約翰福音十一章7—8節 恐怕我們不明白耶穌基督說話的意思，不過，若因此以為祂的話說錯了，實在是危險。我們也切不可以為順服神的話，是羞辱耶穌。不順服祂倒是羞辱了祂。單單尊榮祂，不做祂催逼我們所做的事，無論我們的動機如何純正，免祂受到彰明較著的羞辱也是錯了。一種常常發現在我良心的思想，必是由神而來的，我們反估量利害得失而引起疑慮和爭辯，那便帶進了不屬神的原質，不能與神和諧，終必達到一種不正確的結論。我們中有許多人，忠於我們對於耶穌基督的理解，但是有多少人忠於祂呢？忠於耶穌的意思，是說在我們見不著甚麼的地方放開腳步前進！（參太十四29）忠於我的理解，意思是說我必得用我的聰明，先看清當前的情景。信仰不是智力的瞭解，乃是決志交託那看不見的一位。 你是決意走信靠耶穌的一步呢？抑或等待你自己明白了怎樣做才前進呢？以不可言喻的快樂服從祂吧！如祂有所吩咐，而你有所考慮，是因為你把侮辱祂的概念當為尊榮祂的概念。你是忠於耶穌，抑或忠於你對於祂的理解呢？你是忠於祂所說的呢？抑或調和那些不從祂而來的概念呢？「祂告訴你們甚麼？你們就作甚麼。」（約二5）
■ 中文上海嗎哪（03月28日）
三月廿八日 「聖靈所結的果子，就是……良善。」加拉太書五章22節 良善是聖靈所結的果子，是既良又善，正如神一樣。像神一般的良善與神積極的慈善行為有很大的關係。使徒保羅在羅馬書五章7節中告訴我們良善以及公義的差別：「為義人死，是少有的；為仁人死，或是有敢作的。」義人雖然倔強，絕對正直，但他可能像山上的花崗石一樣硬。良善的人則像蓋滿絨苔、花朵的山坡，且有小瀑布和泉水流下來。良善的人重視一切可愛的事，他們仁慈、熱情、和藹、有同情心，與快樂的人同樂，與悲哀的人同哭泣。 主啊！求您充滿我們，使我們像您一樣成為良善的人，使我們代表您的良善。 在日子一天天逝去的當兒， 有許多孤單的人值得我們關愛； 在光陰似箭的歲月中， 有無數憂傷的靈魂走向滅亡的路上。
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