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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(03月05日)
三月五日 「我們若將起初確實的信心,堅持到底,就在基督裏有分了。」希伯來書三章14節 勝利是堅持到最後一步獲得的。在天路歷程一書中描述的危機四伏,越靠近天門,難關越多,那裏有迷樓,疑寨,及溫柔蠱惑之處,把疲倦的旅客誘入致命的夢鄉。旅伴啊!天堂高閣連雲,歷歷在望,正當這個時候,地獄之門卻大開,同時那地獄之門卻最富有吸引力,成了旅客的最大危機。「我們行善,不可喪志;若不灰心,到了時候,就要收成。」(加六9)「所以你們當跑,好叫你們得著獎賞。」(林前九24,直譯) 在苦海的波濤中, 一葉扁舟, 隨著風浪起伏升沈, 這是疑惑之岸吹來的寒風, 何等凜冽陰森。 以信心為錨, 拋在海底, 錨鍊在暴風雨繃得緊緊, 我鎮靜地把握住這救星, 它永遠可靠, 永遠穩妥。 魔鬼的攻擊雖然凶狠, 天使隱藏著, 一時還不顯現, 但我知道真理和正義, 乃為整個宇宙所維護。 在星空遙遠的那邊, 有勝過命運的慈愛, 黑暗過去, 光明之門大開, 我就會見到祂, 我願等待。 ─革萊頓
■ 英文荒漠甘泉(03月05日)
March 5 "We are made partaker of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast unto the end." (Heb. 3:14.) IT is the last step that wins; and there is no place in the pilgrim's progress where so many dangers lurk as the region that lies hard by the portals of the Celestial City. It was there that Doubting Casthe stood. It was there that the enchanted ground lured the tired there that the enchanted ground lured the tired traveler to fatal slumber. It is when Heaven's heights are full in view that hell's gate is most persistent and full of deadly peril. "Let us not be weary in well doing, for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not." "So run. that ye may obtain." In the bitter waves of woe Beaten and tossed about By the sullen winds that blow From the desolate shores of doubt, Where the anchors that faith has cast Are dragging in the gale, I am quietly holding fast To the things that cannot fail. And fierce though the fiends may fight, And long though the angels hide, I know that truth and right Have the universe on their side; And that somewhere beyond the stars Is a love that is better than fate. When the night unlocks her bars I shall see Him─and I will wait. ─Washington Gladden.
■ 永活之泉(03月05日)
三月五日 神尋找代禱者 「祂見無人拯救、無人代求、甚為詫異。」以賽亞書五十九章16節 從古時,神一直垂聽祂子民中的代禱者並賜下拯救,在這裡我們讀到在有難處的日子裡,神要尋找一個代禱者卻是枉然,祂就詫異!試想——神詫異在祂子民中竟無一人愛祂的百姓到一個地步,或有充足的信心信祂能因著他們的緣故施拯救,並為人代求。如果當時能有一個代禱的人,祂都會施恩;由於連一個代禱的人都沒有,因而帶下神的審判。(參賽六四7;結廿二30—31) 一個代禱者在神的國度裡的地位是何等重要!難道那不是一件希奇的事嗎?神將這樣的權柄賜給人,而竟然無人知道甚麼是抓住祂所賜的能力,而藉禱告將祂的祝福帶到地上來。 讓我們來認識這個地位。當神在祂兒子裡產生新造之後,基督即登上祂的寶座,神國度的擴大之工即交在人的手中;祂永遠活著為我們禱告,禱告乃是最高的運用祂在寶座上為祭司、為君王的特權。基督在天上所要作的一切,都交通於祂地上的子民,在祂神聖的降卑中,神一直定意祂聖靈的工作是隨著祂子民的禱告,神等待著人的代求,表示人心已準備好——準備好他們在何處來接受聖靈,並接受多少。 神藉著神子民的禱告,管理這個世界及神的教會。「神要擴大祂的國度到何等地步」乃根據神百姓在禱告中的信心而定這是一個極大的奧秘是確定不移在他們身上,祂等待著他們。 禱告: 我們的父,開我們的眼睛,使我們看見您樂意給您的兒女,藉著忠心的代禱有份於國度的擴大,使我們真看見這個神聖呼召的榮耀,使我們全心將自己擺在這蒙福的服事中。阿們。
■ 中文屬天日子(03月05日)
三月五日 祂真是主麼? 「我卻不以性命為念,也不看為寶貴,只要行完我的路程,成就我從主耶穌所領受的職事……」使徒行傳廿章24節 快樂的意思,是指我其所以被造,和重生之完全成功而言,並不是指某事之成功而言。我們的主以行祂父差祂所行的事為樂,並且說:「您怎麼差我到世上,我也照樣差他們到世上。」(約十七17)我從主領受了職事麼?如果如此,我就當忠於這種職事,以我的生命完成那種職事。想想耶穌所說:「好,你這又良善又忠心的僕人」(太廿五21)這句話,便知道你完成祂差遣你所作的事,是如何的滿意!我們都想找尋我們生命適當之所,不過靈性方面,是要在我們從主領受職事時才能找著。為此,我們必要跟從耶穌;我們必須認識祂不僅是我們個人的救主而已。「我要指示他,為我的名必須受許多的苦難。」 「你愛我麼?」那麼,「你餵養我的羊。」沒有選擇服務的自由,只有絕對忠於我們主的職務;就是你與神最親最密之時所識別的職事。如果你從主耶穌領受了職事,你就知道需要的不是呼召;乃是機會。呼召是你忠於與祂接觸時所領受的職事。這不是說有甚麼一定服務的計劃,指定出來為你,卻是要你無感於其他服務的要求。
■ 中文上海嗎哪(03月05日)
三月五日 「……我已經勝了世界」約翰福音十六章33節 神已經為我們戰勝了四個最可怕的仇敵:罪惡、疾病、悲哀、撒但。祂已經承擔了我們的罪,我們只需完全地交託祂。祂受鞭傷使我們得醫治,我們只要從舊疾站立起來,接受祂榮耀的生命和能力。祂也背負起我們的悲哀,我們不應該再有任何憂慮,而該時時喜樂,甚至在災難中仍有讚美。最重要的是,祂為我們戰勝了魔鬼,將牠釘在十字架上,讓牠既被踐踏又丟盡顏面,並且現出牠的原形。 只要我們接受神的救贖,宣稱我們的勝利,我們就能靠羔羊的血,和我們的見證戰勝魔鬼(啟十二11)。 親愛的,我們能戰勝罪惡、疾病、悲哀和撒但嗎? 雖然爭戰不斷,不要懼怕。 雖然敵人強壯,不要昏倒。 信任你得勝主的能力, 與祂再同儆醒一個時候, 傾聽祂的呼喚:「跟隨我,因為我已為你戰勝了一切。」
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