【2012 ∕ 11 ∕ 16】
QT:在苦難中也不動搖的信仰(約伯記27:01—27:12)
[生命泉源]
27:01 — | 約伯接著說: And Job continued his discourse: |
27:02 — | 神奪去我的理,全能者使我心中愁苦。我指著永生的神起誓: "As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice, the Almighty, who has made me taste bitterness of soul, |
27:03 — | 我的生命尚在我裏面;神所賜呼吸之氣仍在我的鼻孔內。 as long as I have life within me, the breath of God in my nostrils, |
27:04 — | 我的嘴決不說非義之言;我的舌也不說詭詐之語。 my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will utter no deceit. |
27:05 — | 我斷不以你們為是;我至死必不以自己為不正! I will never admit you are in the right; till I die, I will not deny my integrity. |
27:06 — | 我持定我的義,必不放鬆;在世的日子,我心必不責備我。 I will maintain my righteousness and never let go of it; my conscience will not reproach me as long as I live. |
27:07 — | 願我的仇敵如惡人一樣;願那起來攻擊我的,如不義之人一般。 "May my enemies be like the wicked, my adversaries like the unjust! |
27:08 — | 不敬虔的人雖然得利,神奪取其命的時候還有甚麼指望呢? For what hope has the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life? |
27:09 — | 患難臨到他,神豈能聽他的呼求? Does God listen to his cry when distress comes upon him? |
27:10 — | 他豈以全能者為樂,隨時求告神呢? Will he find delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times? |
27:11 — | 神的作為,我要指教你們;全能者所行的,我也不隱瞞。 "I will teach you about the power of God; the ways of the Almighty I will not conceal. |
27:12 — | 你們自己也都見過,為何全然變為虛妄呢? You have all seen this yourselves. Why then this meaningless talk? |
省 思 語— | 信仰是不會隨著環境與利益改變的絕對基礎;親身經歷神並對神有不動搖的信心,這樣的人是有福的。 |
省 思 語— | 為了避免危機而說出不對的言語,會帶來何種結果? |
省 思 語— | 苦難無法使我變得軟弱,反而會讓人看到我是什麼樣的人。 |