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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18日)
二月十八日 「凡你們禱告祈求的,無論是甚麼,只要信是得著的,就必得著。」馬可福音十一章24節 我有一個十歲的孩子,他的祖母應許給他一本郵票簿。可是過了許久,她並沒有給他,也不再提起。這孩子也並不放在心上;可是,當他的同伴來看他的禮物時,他一件一件把收到的禮物拿出來給他們看了之後,總加上一句:「祖母給我一本郵票簿。」 我聽他說了好幾次,很是希奇,所以我特地叫他到我面前來,問他說:「喬琪,你並沒有從你祖母那裏得到一本郵票簿。你為甚麼常對你的同伴這樣說呢?」 他臉上起了詫異之色,似乎希奇我會發這樣一個問題,他回答說:「媽媽,祖母既應許了,這就等於我已經得著了。」我就不能再說甚麼,免得傷他的信心。 一個月過去了,郵票簿仍是無著落。一天,我要試試他的信心,就對他說: 「喬琪,我想祖母已經忘記了她的應許。」 他很快,很堅持地說:「不,媽媽,她決不會忘記的。」 我望著那親愛的、深信的小臉,看見他現著很正經的樣子,好似要辯服我方纔所說的話一般。過了一回,他臉上現出了喜悅的光彩,說道: 「媽媽你想我好不好現在寫一封信去謝謝她的禮物呢?」 我說:「我不替你規定;可是,你可以試一試。」 (這時候神用光照亮我,給我看見了一段豐富屬靈的真理。)幾分鐘之內,他已把謝信寫好寄出了,回來的時候,嘴裏還唱著歡樂的歌兒,證明他對他祖母的信任。不久,回信來了,裏面寫著: 「我所親愛的喬琪:我並沒有忘記我對你的應許——一本郵票簿。我想照你合意的樣式去買,可是在本城買不到;所以我就到紐約城去函購。寄到了以後,一看,仍舊不對,所以我又到芝加哥去函購了。你所愛的祖母」 他讀完了信,臉上帶著勝利的氣概,對我說:「媽媽,我不是告訴過你麼?祖母既應許了,這就等於我已經得著了。」他的心裏,從來沒有疑惑過,這就是「在無可指望的時候,因信仍有指望。」(羅四18)他深信郵票簿一定會來的。他信他的祖母進行,不久信心就變成了事實。 人們常要在神的應許上先有眼見,但是我們的主對多馬說,也對那些跟從祂而懷疑的人說:「那沒有看見就信的,有福了。」(約廿29) ─朗滋夫人
■ 英文荒漠甘泉(02月18日)
February 18 "Have faith that whatever you ask for in prayer is already granted you, and you will find that it will be." (Mark 11:24.) WHEN my little son was about ten years of age, his grandmother promised him a stamp album for Christmas. Christmas came, but no stamp album, and no word from grandmother. The matter, however, was not mentioned; but when his playmates came to see his Christmas presents, I was astonished, after he had named over this and that as gifts received, to hear him add, "And a stamp album from grandmother." I had heard it several times, when I called him to me, and said, "But, Georgie, you did not get an album from your grandmother. Why do you say so?" There was a wondering look on his face, as if he thought it strange that I should ask such a question, and he replied, "Well, mamma, grandma said, so it is the same as." I could not say a word to check his faith. A month went by, and nothing was heard from the album. Finally, one day, I said, to test his faith, and really wondering in my heart why the album had not been sent, "Well, Georgie, I think grandma has forgotten her promise.""Oh, no, mamma," he quickly and firmly said," she hasn't." I watched the dear, trusting face, which, for a while, looked very sober, as if debating the possiblities I had suggested. Finally a bright light passed over it, and he said, "Mamma, do you think it would do any good if I should write to her thanking her for the album?" "I do not know," I said, "but you might try it." A rich spiritual truth began to dawn upon me. In a few minutes a letter was prepared and committed to the mail, and he went off whistling his confidence in his grandma. In just a short time a letter came, saying: "My dear Georgie: I have not forgotten my promise to you, of an album. I tried to get such a book as you desired, but could not get the sort you wanted; so I sent on to New York. It did not get here till after Christmas, and it was still not right, so I sent for another, and as it has not come as yet, I send you three dollars to get one in Chicago. Your loving grandma." "As he read the letter, his face was the face of a victor. "Now, mamma, didn't I tell you?" came from the depths of a heart that never doubted, that, "against hope, believed in hope" that the stamp album would come. While he was trusting, grandma was working, and in due season faith became sight. It is so human to want sight when we step out on the promises of God, but our Savior said to Thomas, and to the long roll of doubters who have ever since followed him: "Blessed are they who have not seen, and yet have believed." ─Mrs. Rounds.
■ 永活之泉(02月18日)
二月十八日 神的全能 「我是全能的神。」創世記十七章1節 亞伯拉罕聽見這話以後,就俯伏在地;神對他說話,使他充滿信心,信神必為他作事。基督徒啊,你有沒有深深謙卑地俯伏在神面前,直到你覺得你已經和那位全能者面對相見,並且滿心相信,神已經在你裡面作工,並要成全這工呢? 詩篇裡有多處記載,從前有許多信徒如何在神和祂的能力裡榮耀神。「耶和華,我的力量啊,我愛您!」(詩十八1)「耶和華是我性命的保障。」(詩廿七1)「神是我心裡的力量。」(詩七十三26)「使我心裡有能力。」(詩一三八3)再看詩篇十八篇32節,九十六篇1節,六十八篇28節,六十八篇35節,五十九篇17節,八十九篇17節。將這些話引用到自己身上,並且敬拜全能者是你的力量。 基督教訓我們,救恩是神的工作,人是絕對不能作的。門徒們問:「這樣,誰能得救呢?」主的回答是:「在人這是不能的,在神凡事都能。」如果我們堅信這個,我們就能相信,神是按祂所看為好的,作工在我們裡面。 讓我們想一想保羅為以弗所人怎樣禱告,他求神藉著聖靈的光照,使他們認識,「祂向我們這信的人所顯的能力,是何等浩大。」同時,保羅在歌羅西書一章11節又說:「照祂榮耀的權能,得以在各樣的力上加力。」當人完全相信神的大能,是不止息地在他裡面作工的時候,他就能歡樂著說:「神是我生命的力量。」 你希奇有許多的基督徒,常常說到他們的軟弱和失敗。這是因為他們不認識全能的神,必須逐日逐時在他們裡面作工。這一個就是真實信心生活的秘訣。 不要停止追求,直到你能對神說:「你是他們力量的榮耀。」(詩八十九17)
■ 中文屬天日子(02月18日)
二月十八日 避免失望 「起來,我們走吧!」馬太福音廿六章46節 門徒們於當驚醒的時候,反而睡起覺來;當他們覺悟他們所行之錯誤,就失望起來。不可挽救的感覺易於使我們失望,我們心裡似乎說:「現在,一切都完了,再用力,也沒有用了。」如果我們以這種失望視為非常,那就錯了,殊不知這是人類極平常的經驗。無論何時,我們認知我們沒有成功那機會足以促我們成功的事,我們就容易墮入失望之中,可是耶穌就來向我們說:「現在還睡覺,這個機會失了,不能再來,你也不能改造,可是要起來,去對付將要來到的那件事吧!」讓過去的睡眠,睡在基督的胸懷,而你要與基督攜起手來走進那不可避免的將來。 我們定有這種經驗在我們各人的生活中。我們失望,失望是從現實而來,我們也不能把自己從失望中超拔出來。就是耶穌的門徒也陷到這種困境之中,他們去睡覺,不同耶穌儆醒,卻是耶穌來,激起他們靈性的自動,打消他們意志的消沉說:「起來,對付將要來到的事吧!」如果我們為神所激動,那將要來到的事是甚麼呢?就是絕對倚靠祂,藉著祂的救贖去祈求。 千萬不要讓失敗的意識毀壞你的新動作。
■ 中文上海嗎哪(02月18日)
二月十八日 「……基督在你們心裡……」歌羅西書一章27節 新約與舊約中的救贖相差是何等的大啊!只要能得著基督的生命,任何人即使掙扎一生也是值得。 某位有失明之虞的病人躺在醫院裡,他的眼睛有一小段破碎的針。一次接著一次的手術,不僅更刺激他的眼睛,甚至使那段針進入眼睛更脆弱的部份。 最後,一位年輕但技術高明的醫生想到一個權宜之計。有一天,他既不帶披針也沒帶探針,手裡只拿了一個雖小,但磁度大的磁鐵走近病人,他把磁鐵放在受傷的眼睛上移動,立刻那段針就開始受強大的磁力吸引而移動。很快地,針被磁鐵吸住,使病人不需要再受更多切割之苦,就得到完全的醫治。 這個方法雖然極為簡單,卻是奇妙無比。藉著磁鐵的磁力,這隻眼睛不但完全脫離險境,而且能重見光明。相同的,神也能藉著基督生命及其能力的簡單吸引力,使我們得到救贖。
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