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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.>> 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05日)
一月五日 「耶和華阿,惟有您能幫助……」歷代志下十四章11節 讓我們提醒神,叫祂負完全的責任。「惟有您能幫助……」。攻擊亞撒的有士兵百萬、戰車三百。亞撒和猶太人要抵擋古實王的大軍似乎是不可能的一回事。沒有聯盟軍隊去援助他;所以,他惟一的盼望是神。或許你也有這般可怕的難處逼你放棄你平時所有的依據,而專一投靠全能的神。 亞撒的信心看見耶和華站在那耀武揚威的謝拉和毫無力量的自己中間。他並沒有錯誤。我們看見古實人果然敗在耶和華和他軍隊面前,所以猶太人只要跟在後面收集掠物就是了。我們的神是萬軍之耶和華,祂能隨時召集援軍來拯救祂的子民。相信祂站在你和你的難處中間,無論甚麼困難都會在祂面前逃跑,如雲在疾風面前被吹散一般。 ─梅爾 富堡壘碎成瓦礫, 正是你無所依恃 除了神以外,一無可靠, 這正是信主之時。 在你我所行這條路口, 信心比眼見更可依仗, 雖然茫茫夜色黑暗, 信是信心能放光亮。 亞伯拉罕信神,對眼見說:「退去!」對自然的定律說:「不要作聲!」對疑懼的心說:「閉口,你這謊言的誘惑者!」他信神。 ─派克約瑟
■ 英文荒漠甘泉(01月05日)
January 5 "Lord, there is none beside thee to help."(2 Chron. 14:11, R. V.) REMIND God of His entire responsibility. "There is none beside thee to help." The odds against Asa were enormous. There was a million of men in arms against him, besides three hundred chariots. It seemed impossible to hold his own against that vast multitude. There were no allies who would come to his help; his only hope, therefore, was in God. It may be that your difficulties have been allowed to come to so alarming a pitch that you may be compelled to renounce all creature aid, to which in lesser trials you have had recourse, and cast yourself back on your Almighty Friend. Put God between yourself and the foe. To Asa's faith, Jehovah seemed to stand between the might of Zerah and himself, as one who had no strength. Nor was he mistaken. We are told that the Ethiopians were destroyed before the Lord and before His host, as though celestial combatants flung themselves against the foe in Israel's behalf, and put the large host to rout, so that Israel had only to follow up and gather the spoil. Our God is Jehovah of hosts, who can summon unexpected reinforcements at any moment to aid His people. Believe that He is there between you and your difficulty, and what baffles you will flee before Him, as clouds before the gale. ─F. B. Meyer. "When nothing whereon to lean remains, When strongholds crumble to dust; When nothing is sure but that God still reigns, That is just the time to trust. "Tis better to walk by faith than sight, In this path of yours and mine; And the pitch-black night, when there's no outer light Is the time for faith to shine." Abraham believed God, and said to sight, "Stand back!" and to the laws of nature, "Hold your peace!" and to a misgiving heart, "Silence, thou lying tempter!" He believed God. ─Joseph Parker.
■ 永活之泉(01月05日)
一月五日 信心 「只要信。」馬可福音五章36節 這裡有一個極重要的功課,就是當我們單獨在內室裡獻上我們祈求的時候,我們必須全然信靠神的愛和主耶穌的權能。請先問問你自己:對於神的愛,你的心是否滿了極大而又牢靠的信心?如果不是這樣的話,請不要立刻開始禱告。信心是不會自己來的,要安靜的思想:神是真實的。祂在無限量的愛裡已經預備好了,要來給你祝福。請讀一些關於啟示神的能力、信實,和愛心的聖經章節。把這些話引到你自己身上,並且說:「主阿!是的,我要在您和您的大愛裡,用堅固的信心來禱告。」 把「信心」這一個詞句只限制在赦罪和蒙悅納作神的兒女上面,乃是一件錯誤的事。信心所包含的遠超過這些。對於一切神所要為我們作的事上,我們都必須有信心。我們必須相信祂要照著我們每天的需要供給我們。神的偉大和能力是無限量的;基督的恩典也足彀應付我們每天新的需要,所以我們也應當照著每天的需要運用活的信心。 當你進入內室開始禱告之前,請問一問你自己:「我真是相信神是在這裡與我同在麼?也相信主耶穌要幫助我禱告麼?也相信我能夠在這蒙福的時間來和我的神有交通麼?」 主耶穌常常教導祂的門徒,如果要有真實的禱告,信心是絕對不可缺少的!所以祂照樣也要教導我們學這個功課。你要停留在祂的交通中,求祂用祂超然的能力,剛強你的信心。基督要對你我說當初祂對馬大所說過的話:「我不是對你說過,你若信,就必看見神的榮耀麼?」
■ 中文屬天日子(01月05日)
一月五日 有力量的生命的果效 「我所去的地方,你現在不能跟我去;後來卻要跟我去。」約翰福音十三章36節 說了這話,就對他說:「你跟從我吧。」「跟從我」一語,是三年前耶穌對彼得說的。彼得也很爽快地跟從了祂;那時,因為他的身上還有耶穌的吸力,不需要聖靈的幫助,就可以這麼做。及至否認耶穌的場合,他的心深深地創痛。及至獲得聖靈以後,耶穌又向他說:「跟從我。」這時不像從前那麼關切耶穌的危險。第一次「跟從」,並沒有甚麼神秘,不過是一種表面的追隨;可是此時的追隨,卻是一種內心的追隨,甚至願以身殉。(參約廿一18) 在彼得發誓與否認耶穌兩個時期之間,直到後來,他才不知有己,滿懷謙虛,覺得自己毫不足恃;就在這種絕望之中,他才從復活的主領受賜與。主「向他們吹一口氣,說:『你們受聖靈。』」(約廿21)切莫關心神怎樣改變你們,也莫依賴那些改變,只要仰仗主耶穌基督和祂賜與聖靈,去建立、去創造,就可以了。 我們一切的誓詞和決志,終結是無用的,因為我們沒有力量去實行。只有在我們真真束手無策的時候,才能接受聖靈。「你們受聖靈」,這種接受是被動的。此後在你們的生命中,還有一顆唯一的星光──主耶穌基督。
■ 中文上海嗎哪(01月05日)
一月五日 「我眷顧他,為要叫他遵守我的道」創世記十八章19節 神需要一些值得祂信賴的人,祂提到亞伯拉罕時,能說:「我眷顧他,使我所應許亞伯拉罕的話都成就了。」雖然神是可交託的,但祂要我們有決心、信靠且穩定。這也是有信心的真正意思。神一直在找一些人,一些能讓祂全心付出祂所有的愛,給予能力以及託付應許的對象。當神找到這樣的一個人時,祂會為這個人做任何一件事。神的力量強烈到能拉動任何的重擔,為要我們與祂緊緊地繫在一起。然而可惜的是,將我們與神繫在一起的繩索,往往弱得連我們禱告的重量都支持不了。所以神不時地訓練、管教和磨練我們,為得是要使我們在信心的生活中有定力及確據。讓我們來學習這些課程,並且堅定地站穩腳步。 對那些極少數敢於接受考驗的人, 神為他們預備了最好的一切。 為那些得不到最高祝福的人, 神也賜給他們次好的選擇。 然而神啊,求您賜我最高的祝福。 儘管他人可以得到其餘的一切, 那些好處卻對我毫無吸引力, 因為我已得到您至上的祝福。
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