Manna issue 67 - Editorial 編輯的話
The Bible 聖經
Editorialby Jonathan Chou 編輯 周惠嘉傳道
Throughout history, the Bible has transformed countless people’s lives.
Criminals stopped breaking the law, drug addicts
overcame their addiction, and the sick, disabled
and depressed received hope and strength to face challenges in their lives.
幾千年來，聖經改變了無數人的生活。
犯人停止犯罪，吸毒者克服了毒癮，
生病的人，身障的人，幽鬱的人得到了盼望和力量，
因而可以面對自已的生活。
The Bible is unlike any other book.
It was written by holy men through God’s direct inspiration.
They recorded the word of God as they had received it,
and these writings were subsequently compiled into the sixty-six books in the Bible.
Although these forty authors lived at different times
and had diverse backgrounds, their messages blend into one perfect piece,
without contradiction.
For “no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation,
for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God
spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit” (2 Pet 1:20–21).
聖經不像任何其他類型的書藉。
因著神直接的啟示，由聖人寫下來。
他們得到了神的啟示，就寫了下來，
這些作品後來就被編成66卷的聖經。
雖然聖經44個作者活在不同的時代，也各有不同的背景，
他們大家全部的訊息，融合一個完整的信息，也不會互相矛盾。
因為
20經上所有的預言沒有可隨私意解說的；
21因為預言從來沒有出於人意的，乃是人被聖靈感動，說出神的話來。
(彼後 1：20-21))
The Lord Jesus said, “You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life;
and these are they which testify of Me” (Jn 5:39).
Paul wrote,
“... the Holy Scriptures ... are able to make you wise for salvation
through faith which is in Christ Jesus” (2 Tim 3:15).
Again he wrote,
“For whatever things were written before were written for our learning,
that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope” (Rom 15:4).
主耶穌說，
39你們查考聖經（或作：應當查考聖經），因你們以為內中有永生；給我作見證的就是這經。
(約 5：39)
15這聖經能使你因信基督耶穌，有得救的智慧。
(提後 3：15)
4從前所寫的聖經都是為教訓我們寫的，叫我們因聖經所生的忍耐和安慰可以得著盼望。
(羅 15：4)
Helen Keller, a renowned blind and deaf person,
seemed to be doomed to a life of sorrow.
Yet she gained hope and strength
through the words in the Bible.
When the Bible Society gave her a twenty-volume Braille Bible,
she shared with her benefactor that
she touched the pages of this special Bible with a heart of extraordinary thanksgiving.
The Bible was like a staff that had held her
up when she was in the shadows of despair and depths of trials;
it was the only path that could guide her out of darkness.
海淪凱勒是一位有名的聾啞人士，
似乎天生註定要過悲慘的生活。
然而她藉著聖經的話語，得到了盼望和力量。
當聖經公會給她20本盲人點字聖經時，
她向贈與者這樣分享，
當用著一顆特別感謝的心，觸摸著這本特殊聖經的頁面。
當她身處在絕望的陰影中，試煉的深淵之中的時候，
聖經就像一根手杖，讓她可以扶著站起來；
聖經是唯一的方法，可以引領她走出黑暗。
Indeed, the psalmist rightly says,
“Forever, O Lord, Your word is settled in heaven.
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light
to my path” (Ps 119:89,105).
真的，詩篇的作者說的很對，
89耶和華啊，你的話安定在天。
105你的話是我腳前的燈，是我路上的光。
(詩 119：89，105)
The Bible sustains our spiritual life.
This is why the prophet Jeremiah proclaimed,
“Your words were found, and I ate them, and
Your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart”
(Jer 15:16; cf. Ps 19:7–10).
Only the word of God can truly fill and satisfy us.
It fills us with strength and provides us with abundant life
(Eph 6:17; Rev 12:11; Jn 1:1,4; 10:10).
聖經是我們靈命的支柱。
這就是為何耶利米先知宣佈著，
16我得著你的言語就當食物吃了；你的言語是我心中的歡喜快樂，因我是稱為你名下的人。
(耶 15：16；詩 19：7-10)
只有神的話，可以真正充滿我們，讓我們滿足。
會讓我們充滿力量，給我們豐富的生命。
(弗 6：17；啟 12：11；約 1：1，4；10：10)
Mary liked to sit at Jesus’ feet and listen to His word.
The Lord Jesus praised her for having chosen “that good part,
which will not be taken away from her” (Lk 10:42).
In like manner, the people in Berea,
“received the word with all readiness,
and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so”
(Acts 17:11).
瑪利亞愛坐在耶穌的腳前，聽祂講道。
主耶穌稱讚祂，
42馬利亞已經選擇那上好的福分，是不能奪去的。
(路 10：42)
同樣的方式，庇哩亞的人，
11甘心領受這道，天天考查聖經，要曉得這道是與不是。
(徒 17：11)
May we desire the word of God,
meditating upon it daily, keeping it in our hearts and lives.
The saints of old read the Scriptures “before the dawning of the morning”
and late at night (Ps 119:147–148).
Let us pray constantly for God’s wisdom, so that the
Spirit of truth will guide us into all truths (Jn 16:13; cf. 1 Cor 2:11–13).
Meanwhile, let us strive to be teachable,
so that when God awakens us and opens our ears to hear as the learned,
we may receive His word, meditate on it and apply it in our daily lives
(Is 50:4–5; Jas 1:21–25).
願我們都渴慕神的話語，
天天思想神的話，在自已的心裡和生活中，好好保守神的話。
古時的聖徒，在"天未亮之前及深夜"好好讀聖經。
(詩 119：147-148)
讓我們恆切禱告，祈求人加添智慧，這樣，
真理的靈會指引我們明白所有的真理。
(約 16：13；參考，林前 2：11-13)。
同時，讓我們努力懷著一個受教的心，
這樣當神喚醒我們，打開我們的耳朵讓我們聽現，就可以學會，
我們就能得到祂的話語，好好的思想，在自已的日常生活中好好的運用。
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