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1:1 當猶大王亞們的兒子約西亞在位的時候,耶和華的話臨到希西家的玄孫,亞瑪利雅的曾孫,基大利的孫子,古示的兒子西番雅。 The word of the LORD that came to Zephaniah son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, during the reign of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah:
1:2 耶和華說:我必從地上除滅萬類。 <<I will sweep away everything from the face of the earth,>> r declares the LORD. 1:3 我必除滅人和牲畜,與空中的鳥、海裏的魚,以及絆腳石和惡人;我必將人從地上剪除。這是耶和華說的。 <<I will sweep away both men and animals; I will sweep away the birds of the air and the fish of the sea. The wicked will have only heaps of rubble 1:3 The meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain. when I cut off man from the face of the earth,>> r declares the LORD. 1:4 我必伸手攻擊猶大和耶路撒冷的一切居民,也必從這地方剪除所剩下的巴力,並基瑪林的名和祭司, <<I will stretch out my hand against Judah and against all who live in Jerusalem. I will cut off from this place every remnant of Baal, the names of the pagan and the idolatrous priests-- 1:5 與那些在房頂上敬拜天上萬象的,並那些敬拜耶和華指著他起誓,又指著瑪勒堪起誓的, those who bow down on the roofs to worship the starry host, those who bow down and swear by the LORD and who also swear by Molech, 1:5 Hebrew ((Malcam,)) that is, Milcom 1:6 與那些轉去不跟從耶和華的,和不尋求耶和華也不訪問他的。 those who turn back from following the LORD and neither seek the LORD nor inquire of him. 1:7 你要在主耶和華面前靜默無聲,因為耶和華的日子快到。耶和華已經預備祭物,將他的客分別為聖。 Be silent before the Sovereign LORD, for the day of the LORD is near. The LORD has prepared a sacrifice; he has consecrated those he has invited. 1:8 到了我─耶和華獻祭的日子,必懲罰首領和王子,並一切穿外邦衣服的。 On the day of the LORD's sacrifice I will punish the princes and the king's sons and all those clad in foreign clothes. 1:9 到那日,我必懲罰一切跳過門檻、將強暴和詭詐得來之物充滿主人房屋的。 On that day I will punish all who avoid stepping on the threshold, 1:9 See 1 Samuel 5:5. who fill the temple of their gods with violence and deceit. 1:10 耶和華說:當那日,從魚門必發出悲哀的聲音,從二城發出哀號的聲音,從山間發出大破裂的響聲。 <<On that day,>> declares the LORD, <<a cry will go up from the Fish Gate, wailing from the New Quarter, and a loud crash from the hills. 1:11 瑪革提施的居民哪,你們要哀號,因為迦南的商民都滅亡了!凡搬運銀子的都被剪除。 Wail, you who live in the market district; 1:11 Or ((the Mortar)) all your merchants will be wiped out, all who trade with 1:11 Or ((in)) silver will be ruined. 1:12 那時,我必用燈巡查耶路撒冷;我必懲罰那些如酒在渣滓上澄清的;他們心裏說:耶和華必不降福,也不降禍。 At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish those who are complacent, who are like wine left on its dregs, who think, <The LORD will do nothing, either good or bad.> 1:13 他們的財寶必成為掠物;他們的房屋必變為荒場。他們必建造房屋,卻不得住在其內;栽種葡萄園,卻不得喝所出的酒。 Their wealth will be plundered, their houses demolished. They will build houses but not live in them; they will plant vineyards but not drink the wine. 1:14 耶和華的大日臨近,臨近而且甚快,乃是耶和華日子的風聲;勇士必痛痛地哭號。 <<The great day of the LORD is near-- near and coming quickly. Listen! The cry on the day of the LORD will be bitter, the shouting of the warrior there. 1:15 那日是忿怒的日子,是急難困苦的日子,是荒廢淒涼的日子,是黑暗幽冥、密雲烏黑的日子, That day will be a day of wrath, a day of distress and anguish, a day of trouble and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness, 1:16 是吹角吶喊的日子,要攻擊堅固城和高大的城樓。 a day of trumpet and battle cry against the fortified cities and against the corner towers. 1:17 我必使災禍臨到人身上,使他們行走如同瞎眼的,因為得罪了我。他們的血必倒出如灰塵;他們的肉必拋棄如糞土。 I will bring distress on the people and they will walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD. Their blood will be poured out like dust and their entrails like filth. 1:18 當耶和華發怒的日子,他們的金銀不能救他們;他的忿怒如火必燒滅全地,毀滅這地的一切居民,而且大大毀滅。 Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to save them on the day of the LORD's wrath. In the fire of his jealousy the whole world will be consumed, for he will make a sudden end of all who live in the earth.>> 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11日)
二月十一日 「等到……祭司把腳站在……水裏,……水……必然斷絕。」(約書亞記三章13節) 百姓必須憑信向前進,並不能在營中坐待外面的路開通了之後方纔起行。他們必須拔營開步、整裝束荷、排齊隊伍、直達河邊,雖然河水還沒有起變化。 到了河邊,若是他們想停在那裏,等河水分開了,然後伸足下水,他們定規空等,定規到今天還在河東。他們在水斷絕之前,必須先舉足涉水。 讓我們也學習怎樣用信心抓住神的話前進,不看前面的道路能否通行。我們常受攔阻和難處的挫折,都是因為我們想等神先替我們開路,挪去了一切的攔阻和難處,然後再試著前行。這是何等的錯誤。若是神要我們向前衝,我們就憑著信心抓住祂的話語向前衝,好像一無攔阻一般,路自然會為我們一步步地敞開。 ─譯自晚思 他背後躺著灰色的亞速爾島, 已經遠離了直布羅陀海峽, 前面看不見海岸的影子; 茫茫大海, 白浪滔天。 船上的大副說: 「我們必須禱告, 看哪!星星都已隱湮。 勇敢的船長, 我該怎麼下令?」 你說: 「駛向前去!向前!向前!」 「我的船員一天比一天更想叛變, 他們形容憔悴, 衰弱可憐,」 大副這樣報告, 心中思念家鄉。 鹹澀的浪花濺上他黝黑的臉。 「我該怎樣下令, 英勇的船長, 假若明早仍只見海水無邊?」 「哦,破曉的時候你該說, 駛向前去!向前!向前」 他們繼續航行, 大副說道: 「今夜狂暴的海洋露出了獠牙, 掀開了唇, 張開了大嘴, 好像要吞滅我們, 咬死我們! 英勇的船長, 只求你說一句話; 希望已渺, 無法持守!」 但船長的話如利刃出鞘說: 「駛向前去!向前!向前」 他精疲力竭, 苦守甲板, 從黑暗中遠遠眺望, 有一夜, 忽然遙見一點微光, 光明!光明!光明已在望! 它的發展, 就是日後的旗旌, 時代的黎明, 展開在黑暗之間, 他達到了那新世界, 並且給那世界一個最偉大的啟示, 「駛向前去!向前!」 ─密勒 憑著信心前進,即是勝利。
■ 英文荒漠甘泉(02月11日)
February 11 "As soon as the soles of the feet of the priests....shall rest in the waters....the waters shall be cut off."(Joshua 3:13.) THE people were not to wait in their camps until the way was opened, they were to walk by faith. They were to break camp, pack up their goods, form in line to march, and move down to the very banks before the river would be opened. If they had come down to the edge of the river and then had stopped for the stream to divide before they stepped into it, they would have waited in vain. They must take one step into the water before the river would be cut off. We must learn to take God at His Word, and go straight on in duty, although we see no way in which we can go forward. The reason we are so often balked by difficulties is that we expect to see them removed before we try to pass through them. If we would move straight on in faith, the path would be opended for us. We stand still, waiting for the obstacle to be removed, when we ought to go forward as if there were no obstacles. ─Evening Thoughts. Behind him lay the gray Azores, Behind the gates of Hercules; Before him not the ghost of shores, Before him only shoreless seas. The good Mate said:" Now we must pray, For lo! the very stars are gone. Brave Admiral, speak, what shall I say?" "Why, say, `Sail on! sail on! and on!" "My men grow mutinous day by day; My men grow ghastly wan and weak!" The stout Mate thought of home; a spray, of salt wave washed his swarthy cheek. "What shall I say, brave Admiral, say, If we sight naught but seas at dawn?" "Why, you shall say at break of day, 'Sail on! sail on! sail on! and on!'" They sailed. They sailed. Then spoke the Mate: "This mad sea shows its teeth tonight. He curls his lip, he lies in wait, With lifted teeth, as if to bite! Brave Admiral, say but one good word; What shall we do when hope is gone?" The words leapt like a leaping sword: "Sail on! sail on! sail on! and on!" Then, pale and worn, he kept his deck, And peered through darkness. Ah! that night Of all dark nights! And then a speck─ A light! A light! A light! A light! It grew, a starlit flag unfurled! It grew to be Time's burst of dawn. He gained a world; he gave that world, Its grandest lesson: "On! sail on!" ─Joaquin Miller. Faith that goes forward triumphs.
■ 永活之泉(02月11日)
二月十一日 父神 「奉父、子、聖靈的名給他們施浸。」馬太福音廿八章19節 我們要記得這聖潔三而一的神的意義,有其敬虔的一方面。我們說到神,我們就想到有一個不能想像的距離;這距離將聖潔的神和罪人分開,使我們只能俯伏在極其懊悔和畏懼之中。當我們說到聖子基督,我們就想到與祂之間的距離是近得無法再近的,祂為女子所生,就是為亞當的女兒所生,並且受了咒詛的死,祂是這樣與我們不能分開的聯合直到永遠!我們再說到聖靈,我們就想起神無限的祝福,有祂的同在在我們裡面,使我們成為祂的家和祂的殿,一直到永遠。 當基督教導我們:「我們在天上的父」的時候,祂立刻接著說:「願人都尊您的名為聖,」因為神是聖潔的,所以我們也要聖潔。除了我們尊那名為聖,並藉著禱告親近祂之外,再沒有成聖的路了。 多少時候,我們說到那名,並沒有覺得是一個不可言喻的特權,說出我們與神之間的關係。如果我們肯花時間與神接觸,在祂的父愛裡敬拜祂,我們的內室就要成為天堂的門了。神的兒女,如果你禱告你在暗中的父,在祂面前深深地俯伏,尋求去敬拜最聖潔的名。請你們記得,這就是禱告最高的祝福。 「禱告你在暗中的父,你父在暗中察看,必然報答你。」(太六6) 在隱密處單獨親近神,並喊說:「我的父!」這是何等不可言諭的權利呢?相信祂在暗中察看我,也要在明處報答我。讓我們來學習,直到你能說:「我面對面見了神,我的性命仍得保全。」(創卅二30)
■ 中文屬天日子(02月11日)
二月十一日 你對神的希望日漸消滅麼? 「堅心倚賴您的,您必保守他十分平安。」以賽亞書廿六章3節 你寄留想像於神呢?或者你的想像消失了呢?想像的消失,在工人的生命中是一個耗盡和毀滅的源頭。如果你從沒有運用你順服神的想像,就從現在開始吧!等候神到來,是無用的;你必丟下對偶像的想像來仰望祂,就必得救。想像是神賜與我們最偉大的恩賜,應該將想像完全供獻給祂。如果你能約束你各種思想,去順服基督,那麼,當試探來到的時候,這便是信心最大的遺產。因為你的信心和神的靈共同工作起來。尊視神的觀念,利用大自然所表現的一切,去組合──日出和日入,太陽和星宿,氣候的變化──則你的想像就不受你衝動的節制,必是去作服務神的事工。 「我們與我們的祖宗一同犯罪……而遺忘了」──於是放一把小劍在你睡覺的地方。「神現在不與我談話,」但是是不應該與我談話的。謹記你是屬誰的,你服事的是誰,用回想來鼓勵你自己,而你對於神的熱愛必增十倍;你的想像必不再消失,會馬上恢復起來,而你的盼望必有不能言喻的光明。
■ 中文上海嗎哪(02月11日)
二月十一日 「……得以在各樣的力上加力,好叫你們凡事……忍耐寬容」歌羅西書一章11節 保羅為歌羅西的聖徒禱告,他盼望他們能照神榮耀的權能、得以在各樣的力上加力,好叫他們凡事歡歡喜喜的忍耐寬容。能夠忍耐,但是滿臉帶著壓力的表現,似乎每條皺紋都在說:「為什麼沒有任何人同情我?」是一回事。然而能夠因擺在我們前面的喜樂,而能背負十字架、輕視羞辱,則完全是另一回事。 在主的花園中,有些樹「炎熱來到,並不懼怕,葉子仍必青翠,在乾旱之年毫無掛慮,而且結果不止。」(耶十七8)讓我們把臉轉向上升的太陽,且將隨風而來雲朵變成奪目的彩虹。 我們再過不多的時候,就不會再有機會在苦難中喜樂,並且學習忍耐。在天堂不會有任何事能教導我們忍受折磨。所以假使我們現在學不會,就永遠無法得到榮耀的冠冕。甚至將來會渴望時光倒流,回到我們現在極力擺脫的多樣情況中。
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