Daily Bible Reading

七月26日July 26 [讀經一年一遍 Bible in One Year]

舊約Old Testament：約伯記 Job 23:1-25:6

新約New Testament ：使徒行傳Acts 28:1-10

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舊約Old Testament

約伯記 Job 23:1-25:6

23:1

約伯回答說，

Then Job answered and said,

23:2

今日我的哀訴還是悲苦；我雖唉哼，所受的責打仍然沉重。

Today also my complaint is bitter; My stroke is heavy because of my groaning.

23:3

惟願我知道在那裏可以尋見神，使我可以到祂的座前！

Oh that I knew where I might find Him, That I might come to His seat!

23:4

我要在祂面前將我的案件陳明，滿口辯白。

I would present my cause in order before Him, And I would fill my mouth with arguments.

23:5

我必知道祂回答我的言語，明白祂向我所說的話。

I would know the words which He would answer me, And I would understand what He would speak to me.

23:6

祂豈用大能與我爭辯麼？必不這樣，祂必理會我。

Would He contend with me in the greatness of His power? No; but He would give heed to me.

23:7

在祂那裏，正直人可以與祂辯論；這樣，我必永遠脫離那審判我的。

There the upright man can argue with Him; So I would be delivered forever from my Judge.

23:8

看哪，我往前行，祂不在那裏；往後走，也看不見祂；

Behold, I go forward, but He is not there; And backward, but I do not perceive Him;

23:9

往左邊，祂在那裏行事，我不能看到；祂在右邊隱藏，我也不能見祂。

To the left, where He acts, but I cannot look on Him; He hides Himself on the right, so I cannot see Him.

23:10

然而祂知道我所行的路；祂試煉我之後，我必顯出如金子。

But He knows the way that I take; Should He try me, I would come forth as gold.

23:11

我腳緊隨祂的步履；我謹守祂的道路，並不偏離。

My foot has held fast to His steps; I have kept His way and have not turned aside.

23:12

祂嘴唇的命令，我未曾離棄；我珍藏祂口中的言語，過於派定給我的飲食。

As for the commandment of His lips, I have not turned back from it; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my apportioned food.

23:13

只是祂的心意始終如一，誰能使祂轉意呢？祂魂裏所願的，就行出來。

But He is of one mind, and who can turn Him? And what His soul desires, that will He do.

23:14

祂向我所派定的，祂必作成；這類的事，祂還有許多。

For He performs what has been appointed to me, And many such things are with Him.

23:15

所以我在祂面前驚惶；我思念這事，便懼怕祂。

Therefore I am terrified at His presence; I consider and am in dread of Him.

23:16

神使我心怯，全能者使我驚惶；

So God has made my heart faint, And the Almighty has terrified me;

23:17

因為我雖面臨黑暗，卻沒有被剪除，祂沒有使我的臉遮蔽不見幽暗。

Because I was not cut off before the darkness, Nor did He cover the deep darkness from my face.

24:1

全能者為何不把審判的定期貯藏起來？為何認識祂的人看不見祂的日子？

Why are times of judgment not stored up by the Almighty? And why do those who know Him not see His days?

24:2

有人挪移地界，搶奪群畜而牧養。

Some remove landmarks; They seize the flock and pasture them.

24:3

他們把孤兒的驢趕去，強取寡婦的牛作抵押。

They drive away the donkey of the fatherless And take the widow's ox as a pledge.

24:4

他們使窮人離開所行的路；地上的困苦人盡都隱藏。

They turn the needy out of the way; The poor of the land are made to hide together.

24:5

看哪，這些窮苦人出去工作，如同曠野的野驢，殷勤尋找獵物；野地供給他們食物，給他們的兒女餬口。

Indeed, like wild asses in the desert, They go forth to their work, Diligently seeking some prey; The wilderness provides them food for their children.

24:6

他們在田間收割禾稼作草料，摘取惡人餘剩的葡萄。

In the field they harvest their fodder, And they glean the vintage of the wicked.

24:7

他們過夜赤身無衣，在寒冷中毫無遮蓋；

They spend the night naked, without clothing; And have no covering in the cold.

24:8

在山上被大雨淋濕；因沒有避身之處就緊挨著磐石。

They are wet from the mountain showers, And for lack of shelter they embrace the rock.

24:9

有人從母懷中搶奪孤兒，強取窮人身上之物作抵押。

Some pluck the fatherless from the breast, And what the poor has on, as a pledge.

24:10

窮人赤身無衣，到處流浪；且在飢餓中扛抬禾捆。

They go about naked, without clothing; And being hungry, they take up the sheaves.

24:11

在那些人的圍牆內榨油，踹酒醡，自己卻口渴。

Between their walls they press out oil; They tread the winepresses yet suffer thirst.

24:12

有人從城內唉哼，受傷者的魂呼求；神卻不理會惡人的愚妄。

From the city men groan, And the soul of the wounded cries out; Yet God does not regard the folly.

24:13

又有人背棄光，不曉得光的道路，不留在光的路上。

These are among those who rebel against the light; They are not acquainted with its ways, Nor do they abide in its paths.

24:14

殺人者黎明起來，殺害困苦人與窮乏人；夜間又像盜賊。

The murderer rises at dawn; He kills the poor and the needy; And at night he is like a thief.

24:15

姦夫的眼目守候到黃昏，說，必無眼能見我；他就把臉蒙蔽。

The eye of the adulterer also watches for the twilight, Saying, Not an eye will see me; And he disguises his face.

24:16

盜賊黑夜挖穿房屋，白日把自己關起來，並不認識光。

They dig through houses in the dark; By day they shut themselves in: They do not know the light.

24:17

早晨對他們如同死蔭，因為他們曉得死蔭的驚駭。

For morning is to all of them like the shadow of death, Because they are acquainted with the terrors of the shadow of death.

24:18

他們在水面上快快漂去；他們所得的分在地上被咒詛；他們沒有一人再走葡萄園的路。

Swift are they upon the face of the waters; Their portion is cursed in the earth; There is none who turns toward the vineyards.

24:19

乾旱炎熱消沒雪水，陰間也如此消沒犯罪之輩。

Drought and heat snatch the snow water, As Sheol snatches those who have sinned.

24:20

懷他的母要忘記他；蟲子要以他為甘甜；他不再被人記念；不義的人必如樹折斷。

The womb forgets him; The worm finds him sweet; He is remembered no more; And wrongdoing is broken like a tree.

24:21

他搶奪不懷孕不生育的婦人，又不善待寡婦。

He despoils the barren woman who does not bear, And does no good for the widow.

24:22

然而神用能力保全有權勢的人；祂興起，他們就難保性命。

But God preserves the mighty by His power; He arises, and no one is certain of life.

24:23

神使他們安穩，他們就有所倚靠；神的眼目也察看他們的道路。

He grants a man to be secure, and he rests on it; And His eyes are upon their ways.

24:24

他們被高舉不過片時，就沒有了；他們被降為卑，與眾人一樣被收聚，且如穗頭被割下。

They are exalted a little while, then they are no more; And they are brought low; like all others, they are gathered in And are cut off like the tops of the ears of grain.

24:25

若不是這樣，誰能證實我是說謊的，使我的言語成空呢？

And if it is not so, then who will prove me a liar And bring my words to nought?

25:1

書亞人比勒達回答說，

Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,

25:2

神有治理之權，威嚴可畏；祂在高處施行和平。

Dominion and dread are with Him; He makes peace in His high places.

25:3

祂的眾軍，豈能數算？祂的光一發，誰不蒙照呢？

Is there any number to His armies? And upon whom does His light not arise?

25:4

這樣，在神面前人怎能成為義的？婦人所生的怎能是潔淨的？

How then can a man be righteous with God? And how can one born of a woman be pure?

25:5

看哪，在神眼前，月亮也無光亮，星宿也不純潔；

Indeed, even the moon has no brightness, And the stars are not pure in His eyes.

25:6

何況如蟲的人，如蛆的世人呢！

How much less a man, a maggot; And the son of man, a worm!

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新約New Testament

使徒行傳 Acts 28:1-10

28:1

我們既已安全得救，纔認出那島名叫米利大。

And having been brought safely through, we recognized then that the island was called Malta.

28:2

土人待我們有非常的情分，因為當時下著雨，天氣又冷，就生火接待我們眾人。

And the natives showed us uncommon kindness, for they kindled a fire and took us all in because of the rain coming on and because of the cold.

28:3

那時，保羅拾起一捆柴放在火上，有一條毒蛇因熱出來，纏住他的手。

But when Paul had collected a bundle of sticks and put them on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and fastened onto his hand.

28:4

土人看見那毒蛇懸在他手上，就彼此說，這人必是個兇手，雖然從海裏安全得救，公理還不容他活著。

And when the natives saw the snake hanging from his hand, they said to one another, Undoubtedly this man is a murderer, whom, though he has been brought safely out of the sea, Justice has not allowed to live.

28:5

保羅竟把那毒蛇甩在火裏，並沒有受傷。

However he shook off the snake into the fire and suffered no harm;

28:6

土人等著看他腫起來，或是忽然仆倒死了，但等了多時，見他無事，就轉念說，他是個神。

And they expected that he would swell up or suddenly fall down dead. But when they had waited for a long time and beheld nothing unusual happening to him, they changed their minds and said that he was a god.

28:7

那地附近有些田產是島長的，這人名叫部百流，他接納我們，親切的款待了三天。

Now in the vicinity of that place were the lands of the leading man of the island, named Publius, who welcomed us and gave us hospitality three days in a friendly way.

28:8

當時，部百流的父親患熱病和痢疾躺著，保羅進到他那裏，禱告並按手在他身上，醫好了他。

And the father of Publius was lying down sick with fever and dysentery. Paul went in to him, and having prayed and laid his hands on him, healed him.

28:9

這樣一來，島上其餘的病人也來得了醫治。

And when this happened, the rest also in the island who had sicknesses came to him and were healed.

28:10

他們又多方的尊敬我們，到了開船的時候，還給我們放上所需用的。

They also honored us with many honors; and as we put out to sea, they put on board the things for our needs.