Daily Bible Reading

七月30日July 30 [讀經一年一遍 Bible in One Year]

舊約Old Testament：約伯記 Job 35：1-37：24

新約New Testament ： 羅馬書 Romans 2：1-16

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舊約Old Testament

約伯記 Job 35：1-37：24

35:1

以利戶繼續說，

Then Elihu continued and said,

35:2

你說，我的公義勝於神的公義；你以為這樣說有理，

Do you consider this to be just, Do you say, My righteousness is more than God's,

35:3

所以纔說，這與我有甚麼益處？我不犯罪比犯罪有甚麼好處？

That you say, What advantage is there to me, What do I profit, more than if I had sinned?

35:4

我要用言語回答你，和在你這裏的朋友。

I will respond to you with words, And to your companions with you.

35:5

你當向天觀看，瞻望那高於你的穹蒼。

Look unto heaven and see; And behold the skies: They are higher than you.

35:6

你若犯罪，對神能造成甚麼妨礙？你的過犯增多，對神能作出甚麼損害？

If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him? And if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to Him?

35:7

你若是公義，能給祂甚麼？或者祂能從你手裏接受甚麼？

If you are righteous, what can you give to Him, Or what does He receive from your hand?

35:8

你的邪惡只能害像你這樣的人，你的公義只能叫世人得益處。

Your wickedness affects a man like you, And your righteousness, a son of man.

35:9

人因多受欺壓就哀求，因強權者的轄制便呼救；

Because of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry for help because of the arm of the mighty.

35:10

卻無人說，造我的神在那裏？祂使人夜間歌唱，

But no one says, Where is God my Maker, Who gives songs in the night,

35:11

教訓我們勝於地上的走獸，使我們有智慧勝於空中的飛鳥。

Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth And makes us wiser than the birds of heaven?

35:12

他們在那裏，因惡人的驕傲呼求，祂卻不答應。

There they cry, but He does not answer, Because of the pride of evil men.

35:13

虛妄的呼求，神必不垂聽，全能者也必不理會。

Surely God does not hear an empty cry, And the Almighty does not regard it.

35:14

何況你說，你不得見祂，你的案件在祂面前，你正等候祂！

How much less when you say that you do not behold Him, That the cause is before Him and you are waiting on Him!

35:15

但如今因祂未曾在怒中查究，也不甚理會狂傲，

But now, because He has not visited in His anger Nor regarded such great arrogance,

35:16

所以約伯開口說虛妄的話，多發無知識的言語。

Job opens his mouth in vanity; He multiplies words without knowledge.

36:1

以利戶又接著說，

And Elihu added this and said,

36:2

你再容我片時，我就指示你；因我還有話為神說。

Bear with me a little, and I will show you; For there is more to say for God.

36:3

我要將所知道的從遠處引來，將公義歸給造我的主。

I will bring my knowledge from afar And will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

36:4

我的言語真不虛謊；有一位知識全備的與你同在。

For truly my words are not false; One perfect in knowledge is with you.

36:5

看哪，神有大能，並不藐視人；祂大有智慧的能力。

Indeed, God is mighty and does not despise; He is mighty in strength of understanding.

36:6

祂不容惡人存活，卻為困苦人伸冤。

He does not preserve the wicked man alive, But gives justice to the afflicted.

36:7

祂的眼目時常看顧義人，祂使他們永遠和君王同坐寶座，他們就得著高舉。

He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous; And with kings on the throne, He sets them forever, and they are exalted.

36:8

他們若被鎖鍊捆住，被苦難的繩索纏住，

And if they are bound in fetters, If they are caught in the cords of affliction,

36:9

祂就把他們的作為和過犯指示他們，叫他們知道自己行動驕傲。

He shows them their work And their transgressions, that they have acted arrogantly.

36:10

祂也開通他們的耳朵得受教訓，吩咐他們離開罪孽轉回。

He also opens their ear to instruction And commands that they return from iniquity.

36:11

他們若聽從事奉祂，就必度日亨通，歷年福樂。

If they hear and serve Him, They will spend their days in prosperity And their years in pleasantness.

36:12

若不聽從，就要被刀殺滅，無知無識而死。

But if they do not hear, they will pass away by the sword And die without knowledge.

36:13

但那心中不虔敬的人，積蓄怒氣；神捆綁他們時，他們竟不呼救。

But those who are profane in heart lay up anger; They do not cry for help when He binds them.

36:14

他們必在青年時死亡，與極污穢的人一樣喪命。

They die in youth, And their life ends among the most defiled.

36:15

神藉著困苦人所受的困苦救拔他們，藉著他們所受的欺壓開通他們的耳朵。

He rescues the afflicted by their affliction And opens their ear through oppression.

36:16

神也必引你出離患難的虎口，進入寬闊不狹窄之地；擺在你席上的，必滿有肥甘。

Indeed He allures you from the jaws of distress Into a spacious place, where there is no constraint; And what is upon your table is full of fatness.

36:17

但你滿有惡人所當受的審判；判斷和刑罰抓住了你。

But you are filled with the judgment of the wicked; Judgment and litigation have taken hold of you.

36:18

不可容忿怒觸動你侮慢神，也不可因贖價大就偏行。

Beware lest wrath allures you into scoffing, And do not let the greatness of the ransom turn you aside.

36:19

你的呼救，或是你一切的勢力，能叫你不受患難麼？

Will your cry keep you from being in distress, Or all the forces of your strength?

36:20

不要切慕黑夜，就是眾民在本處被除滅的時候。

Do not long for the night, When people are taken from their place.

36:21

你要謹慎，不可轉向罪孽；因你選擇罪孽，過於選擇苦難。

Take heed; do not turn toward iniquity; For you have chosen this rather than affliction.

36:22

看哪，神因自己的能力被高舉：教訓人的，有誰像祂？

Indeed, God is exalted in His power: Who is a teacher like Him?

36:23

誰派定祂的道路？誰說，你所行的不義？

Who has appointed His way for Him? And who says, You have done wrong?

36:24

你要記得稱讚祂所行的為大，就是人所歌頌的。

Remember to magnify His work, Of which men sing.

36:25

祂所行的，萬人都看見；世人都從遠處觀看。

All mankind has gazed on it; Man beholds it from afar.

36:26

看哪，神為大，我們不能知曉；祂的年數不能測度。

Indeed, God is great, and we do not know Him; The number of His years we also cannot search out.

36:27

祂吸取水點，這水點從祂的雲霧中滴下成雨；

For He draws up the drops of water Which distill into rain from His mist,

36:28

雲霓將雨落下，沛然降與世人。

Which the skies pour down And drop upon man abundantly.

36:29

人真能明白雲彩如何鋪張，神的帷幕如何發出雷聲麼？

Can they indeed understand the spreading of the clouds, The thunderings of His pavilion?

36:30

祂將閃電佈散在自己四圍，又遮覆海底。

Indeed, He scatters His lightning around Him And covers the roots of the sea.

36:31

祂用這些審判眾民，且賜豐富的糧食。

For by these He judges the peoples; He gives food in abundance.

36:32

祂以閃電遮手，命閃電擊中目標。

He fills His hands with lightning And commands it to strike the mark.

36:33

所發的雷聲將祂指明；牲畜也指明祂要來了。

Its noise tells of Him; The cattle as well tell concerning Him who is coming.

37:1

我的心也因此戰兢，跳離原處。

At this, too, my heart trembles And leaps from its place.

37:2

你們要留心聽神轟轟的聲音，聽祂口中所發的響聲。

Hear attentively the noise of His voice And the sound that goes forth from His mouth.

37:3

祂發出響聲震遍天下，發出閃電直到地極。

He sends it forth under the whole heaven, And His lightning unto the ends of the earth.

37:4

隨後有雷聲轟轟，祂以自己威嚴之聲打雷，人聽見雷聲時，閃電仍然不斷。

After it a voice roars; He thunders with the voice of His majesty And does not withhold the lightning When His voice is heard.

37:5

神奇妙的發出雷聲；祂行大事，我們不能知曉。

God thunders wondrously with His voice; He does great things that we cannot comprehend.

37:6

祂對雪說，要降在地上；對大雨和暴雨，也是這樣說。

For He says to the snow, Fall on the earth, And to the rain shower and His mighty showers of rain.

37:7

祂封住各人的手，叫萬人都曉得祂的作為。

He seals the hand of every man, That all men may know His doing.

37:8

野獸進入穴中，留在洞內。

Then the beast enters its lair And remains in its dens.

37:9

暴風出於南宮，寒冷出於北風。

Out of its chamber comes the whirlwind, And from scattering winds, cold.

37:10

神噓氣成冰，寬闊之水也都凝結。

From the breath of God ice is yielded, And the expanse of waters is frozen.

37:11

祂又使密雲盛滿水氣；佈散閃電之雲；

He also loads the thick clouds with moisture; He scatters His lightning clouds;

37:12

這雲藉著祂的指引，遊行旋轉，得以在居人之地上，遂行祂一切所吩咐的；

And they turn about by His guidance, That they may accomplish All that He has commanded them Upon the surface of the inhabited earth;

37:13

祂使這雲臨到，或為責罰，或為滋潤地，或為施行慈愛。

Whether for scourge or for His land Or for lovingkindness' sake, He causes it to happen.

37:14

約伯阿，你要側耳聽這話；要站立思想神奇妙的作為。

Give ear to this, Job; Stand still and consider the wondrous acts of God.

37:15

神如何向這些下令，如何使雲中的閃電照耀，你知道麼？

Do you know how God lays His charge upon them And causes His lightning clouds to shine?

37:16

密雲如何浮於空中，那知識全備者奇妙的作為，你知道麼？

Do you know about the balancing of the thick clouds, The wondrous acts of Him who is perfect in knowledge?

37:17

地因南風而寂靜時，你的衣服就熱起來，

You whose garments heat up When, because of the south wind, the earth is still,

37:18

你豈能與神同鋪穹蒼麼？這穹蒼堅硬如鑄成的鏡子。

Can you spread out the skies with Him, The skies which are as hard as a molten mirror?

37:19

我們因昏暗不能陳明我們的話，請你指教我們該對祂說甚麼。

Teach us what to say to Him; We cannot arrange our words because of the darkness.

37:20

人豈可對祂說，我要說話？豈有人自願被吞滅麼？

Should it be said to Him, I will speak? Or should a man say that he will be swallowed up?

37:21

現在有雲遮蔽，人不得見光，但這光在雲上是明亮的；風一吹過，就使天清明。

But now men do not look at the light, Which is brilliant in the skies When the wind has passed and cleared them.

37:22

金光出於北方；在神那裏有可怕的威嚴。

Out of the north comes golden splendor; Upon God is the awesomeness of majesty.

37:23

全能者是我們無法尋得的；祂大有能力，必不破壞公平和大義。

The Almighty-we cannot find Him out; He is excellent in power, And justice and the abundance of righteousness He will not damage.

37:24

所以人敬畏祂；凡自以為心中有智慧的人，祂都不看顧。

Therefore men fear Him; He does not look upon any who are wise of heart.

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新約New Testament

羅馬書 Romans 2：1-16

2:1

人哪，每一個審判人的！你是無法推諉的，你在甚麼事上審判人，就在甚麼事上定自己的罪；因你這審判人的，也行同樣的事。

Therefore you are without excuse, O every man who judges, for in what you judge another you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same things.

2:2

我們知道行這樣事的人，神必按真理審判他。

But we know that the judgment of God is according to truth upon those who practice such things.

2:3

人哪，你審判行這樣事的人，自己卻照樣行，你以為能逃脫神的審判麼？

And do you consider this, O man, who judge those who practice such things and do the same yourself, that you will escape the judgment of God?

2:4

還是你藐視祂豐富的恩慈、寬容與恆忍，不曉得神的恩慈是領你悔改？

Or do you despise the riches of His kindness and forbearance and long-suffering, not knowing that God's kindness is leading you to repentance?

2:5

你竟任著你剛硬不悔改的心，為自己在神動怒並顯示祂公義審判的日子，積蓄忿怒。

But, according to your hardness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,

2:6

祂必照各人的行為報應各人：

Who will render to each according to his works:

2:7

凡恆心行善，尋求榮耀、尊貴和不朽壞的，就以永遠的生命報應他們；

To those who by endurance in good work seek glory and honor and incorruptibility, life eternal;

2:8

惟有私圖好爭，不信從真理，反信從不義的，就以忿怒、惱恨報應他們；

But to those who are selfishly contentious and disobedient to the truth and obey unrighteousness, wrath and fury.

2:9

將患難、困苦加給一切作惡的人，先是猶太人，後是希利尼人；

Tribulation and anguish upon every soul of man who commits evil, both of Jew first and of Greek;

2:10

卻將榮耀、尊貴與平安加給一切行善的人，先是猶太人，後是希利尼人。

But glory and honor and peace to everyone who works good, both to Jew first and to Greek.

2:11

因為神並不偏待人。

For there is no respect of persons with God.

2:12

凡在律法以外犯了罪的，也必在律法以外滅亡；凡在律法以下犯了罪的，必按律法受審判，

For as many as have sinned without the law shall also perish without the law; and as many as have sinned under the law shall be judged by the law

2:13

（原來在神面前，不是聽律法的為義，乃是行律法的稱義。

(For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.

2:14

沒有律法的外邦人，若順著本性行律法上的事，他們雖然沒有律法，自己就是自己的律法：

For when Gentiles, who have no law, do by nature the things of the law, these, though they have no law, are a law to themselves,

2:15

他們顯出那寫在他們心裏律法的功用，他們的良心同作見證，並且他們的思想互相控告或者也辯護。）

Who show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness with it and their reasonings, one with the other, accusing or even excusing them.)

2:16

就是在神藉耶穌基督，照著我的福音，審判人隱祕事的日子。

In the day when God judges the secrets of men according to my gospel through Jesus Christ.