詩篇 37-39
Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Traditional)
作惡者之危殆
37 大衛的詩。
1 不要為作惡的心懷不平，也不要向那行不義的生出嫉妒。
2 因為他們如草快被割下，又如青菜快要枯乾。
3 你當倚靠耶和華而行善，住在地上，以他的信實為糧。
4 又要以耶和華為樂，他就將你心裡所求的賜給你。
5 當將你的事交託耶和華，並倚靠他，他就必成全。
6 他要使你的公義如光發出，使你的公平明如正午。
7 你當默然倚靠耶和華，耐性等候他，不要因那道路通達的和那惡謀成就的心懷不平。
8 當止住怒氣，離棄憤怒，不要心懷不平，以致作惡。
9 因為作惡的必被剪除，唯有等候耶和華的必承受地土。
10 還有片時，惡人要歸於無有，你就是細察他的住處，也要歸於無有。
11 但謙卑人必承受地土，以豐盛的平安為樂。
12 惡人設謀害義人，又向他咬牙。
13 主要笑他，因見他受罰的日子將要來到。
14 惡人已經弓上弦，刀出鞘，要打倒困苦窮乏的人，要殺害行動正直的人。
15 他們的刀必刺入自己的心，他們的弓必被折斷。
16 一個義人所有的雖少，強過許多惡人的富餘。
17 因為惡人的膀臂必被折斷，但耶和華是扶持義人。
恃主者之安穩
18 耶和華知道完全人的日子，他們的產業要存到永遠。
19 他們在急難的時候不致羞愧，在饑荒的日子必得飽足。
20 惡人卻要滅亡，耶和華的仇敵要像羊羔的脂油[a]，他們要消滅，要如煙消滅。
21 惡人借貸而不償還，義人卻恩待人，並且施捨。
22 蒙耶和華賜福的必承受地土，被他咒詛的必被剪除。
23 義人的腳步被耶和華立定，他的道路耶和華也喜愛。
24 他雖失腳，也不至全身仆倒，因為耶和華用手攙扶他[b]。
25 我從前年幼，現在年老，卻未見過義人被棄，也未見過他的後裔討飯。
26 他終日恩待人，借給人，他的後裔也蒙福。
27 你當離惡行善，就可永遠安居。
28 因為耶和華喜愛公平，不撇棄他的聖民，他們永蒙保佑，但惡人的後裔必被剪除。
29 義人必承受地土，永居其上。
30 義人的口談論智慧，他的舌頭講說公平。
31 神的律法在他心裡，他的腳總不滑跌。
32 惡人窺探義人，想要殺他。
33 耶和華必不撇他在惡人手中，當審判的時候，也不定他的罪。
34 你當等候耶和華，遵守他的道，他就抬舉你，使你承受地土，惡人被剪除的時候，你必看見。
35 我見過惡人大有勢力，好像一根青翠樹在本土生發。
36 有人從那裡經過，不料，他沒有了；我也尋找他，卻尋不著。
37 你要細察那完全人，觀看那正直人，因為和平人有好結局。
38 至於犯法的人，必一同滅絕，惡人終必剪除。
39 但義人得救，是由於耶和華，他在患難時做他們的營寨。
40 耶和華幫助他們，解救他們。他解救他們脫離惡人，把他們救出來，因為他們投靠他。
哀陳苦況求主矜憐
38 大衛的紀念詩。
1 耶和華啊，求你不要在怒中責備我，不要在烈怒中懲罰我！
2 因為你的箭射入我身，你的手壓住我。
3 因你的惱怒，我的肉無一完全；因我的罪過，我的骨頭也不安寧。
4 我的罪孽高過我的頭，如同重擔叫我擔當不起。
5 因我的愚昧，我的傷發臭流膿。
6 我疼痛，大大蜷曲，終日哀痛。
7 我滿腰是火，我的肉無一完全。
8 我被壓傷，身體疲倦；因心裡不安，我就唉哼。
9 主啊，我的心願都在你面前，我的嘆息不向你隱瞞。
10 我心跳動，我力衰微，連我眼中的光也沒有了。
11 我的良朋密友因我的災病都躲在旁邊站著，我的親戚本家也遠遠地站立。
12 那尋索我命的設下網羅，那想要害我的口出惡言，終日思想詭計。
13 但我如聾子不聽，像啞巴不開口。
14 我如不聽見的人，口中沒有回話。
15 耶和華啊，我仰望你！主我的神啊，你必應允我！
16 我曾說：「恐怕他們向我誇耀，我失腳的時候，他們向我誇大。」
17 我幾乎跌倒，我的痛苦常在我面前。
18 我要承認我的罪孽，我要因我的罪憂愁。
19 但我的仇敵又活潑又強壯，無理恨我的增多了。
20 以惡報善的與我作對，因我是追求良善。
21 耶和華啊，求你不要撇棄我！我的神啊，求你不要遠離我！
22 拯救我的主啊，求你快快幫助我！
世事虛幻唯主是望
39 大衛的詩，交於伶長耶杜頓。
1 我曾說：「我要謹慎我的言行，免得我舌頭犯罪。惡人在我面前的時候，我要用嚼環勒住我的口。」
2 我默然無聲，連好話也不出口，我的愁苦就發動了。
3 我的心在我裡面發熱，我默想的時候，火就燒起，我便用舌頭說話。
4 耶和華啊，求你叫我曉得我身之終，我的壽數幾何，叫我知道我的生命不長。
5 你使我的年日窄如手掌，我一生的年數，在你面前如同無有。各人最穩妥的時候，真是全然虛幻！（細拉）
6 世人行動實係幻影，他們忙亂真是枉然，積蓄財寶不知將來有誰收取。
7 主啊，如今我等什麼呢？我的指望在乎你。
8 求你救我脫離一切的過犯，不要使我受愚頑人的羞辱。
9 因我所遭遇的是出於你，我就默然不語。
10 求你把你的責罰從我身上免去，因你手的責打，我便消滅。
11 你因人的罪惡，懲罰他的時候，叫他的笑容[c]消滅，如衣被蟲所咬。世人真是虛幻！（細拉）
12 耶和華啊，求你聽我的禱告，留心聽我的呼求，我流淚，求你不要靜默無聲。因為我在你面前是客旅，是寄居的，像我列祖一般。
13 求你寬容我，使我在去而不返之先，可以力量復原。
Psalm 37-39
New King James Version
The Heritage of the Righteous and the Calamity of the Wicked
A Psalm of David.
37 Do(A) not fret because of evildoers,
Nor be envious of the workers of iniquity.
2 For they shall soon be cut down (B)like the grass,
And wither as the green herb.
3 Trust in the Lord, and do good;
Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness.
4 (C)Delight yourself also in the Lord,
And He shall give you the desires of your (D)heart.
5 (E)Commit[a] your way to the Lord,
Trust also in Him,
And He shall bring it to pass.
6 (F)He shall bring forth your righteousness as the light,
And your justice as the noonday.
7 Rest in the Lord, (G)and wait patiently for Him;
Do not fret because of him who (H)prospers in his way,
Because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass.
8 (I)Cease from anger, and forsake wrath;
(J)Do not fret—it only causes harm.
9 For evildoers shall be [b]cut off;
But those who wait on the Lord,
They shall (K)inherit the earth.
10 For (L)yet a little while and the wicked shall be no more;
Indeed, (M)you will look carefully for his place,
But it shall be no more.
11 (N)But the meek shall inherit the earth,
And shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
12 The wicked plots against the just,
(O)And gnashes at him with his teeth.
13 (P)The Lord laughs at him,
For He sees that (Q)his day is coming.
14 The wicked have drawn the sword
And have bent their bow,
To cast down the poor and needy,
To slay those who are of upright conduct.
15 Their sword shall enter their own heart,
And their bows shall be broken.
16 (R)A little that a righteous man has
Is better than the riches of many wicked.
17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken,
But the Lord upholds the righteous.
18 The Lord knows the days of the upright,
And their inheritance shall be forever.
19 They shall not be ashamed in the evil time,
And in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
20 But the wicked shall perish;
And the enemies of the Lord,
Like the splendor of the meadows, shall vanish.
Into smoke they shall vanish away.
21 The wicked borrows and does not repay,
But (S)the righteous shows mercy and gives.
22 (T)For those blessed by Him shall inherit the earth,
But those cursed by Him shall be [c]cut off.
23 (U)The steps of a good man are [d]ordered by the Lord,
And He delights in his way.
24 (V)Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down;
For the Lord upholds him with His hand.
25 I have been young, and now am old;
Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken,
Nor his descendants begging bread.
26 (W)He is [e]ever merciful, and lends;
And his descendants are blessed.
27 Depart from evil, and do good;
And dwell forevermore.
28 For the Lord loves justice,
And does not forsake His saints;
They are preserved forever,
But the descendants of the wicked shall be cut off.
29 (X)The righteous shall inherit the land,
And dwell in it forever.
30 (Y)The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom,
And his tongue talks of justice.
31 The law of his God is in his heart;
None of his steps shall [f]slide.
32 The wicked (Z)watches the righteous,
And seeks to slay him.
33 The Lord (AA)will not leave him in his hand,
Nor condemn him when he is judged.
34 (AB)Wait on the Lord,
And keep His way,
And He shall exalt you to inherit the land;
When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.
35 I have seen the wicked in great power,
And spreading himself like a native green tree.
36 Yet [g]he passed away, and behold, he was no more;
Indeed I sought him, but he could not be found.
37 Mark the blameless man, and observe the upright;
For the future of that man is peace.
38 (AC)But the transgressors shall be destroyed together;
The future of the wicked shall be cut off.
39 But the salvation of the righteous is from the Lord;
He is their strength (AD)in the time of trouble.
40 And (AE)the Lord shall help them and deliver them;
He shall deliver them from the wicked,
And save them,
(AF)Because they trust in Him.
Prayer in Time of Chastening
A Psalm of David. (AG)To bring to remembrance.
38 O Lord, do not (AH)rebuke me in Your wrath,
Nor chasten me in Your hot displeasure!
2 For Your arrows pierce me deeply,
And Your hand presses me down.
3 There is no soundness in my flesh
Because of Your anger,
Nor any health in my bones
Because of my sin.
4 For my iniquities have gone over my head;
Like a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
5 My wounds are foul and festering
Because of my foolishness.
6 I am [h]troubled, I am bowed down greatly;
I go mourning all the day long.
7 For my loins are full of inflammation,
And there is no soundness in my flesh.
8 I am feeble and severely broken;
I groan because of the turmoil of my heart.
9 Lord, all my desire is before You;
And my sighing is not hidden from You.
10 My heart pants, my strength fails me;
As for the light of my eyes, it also has gone from me.
11 My loved ones and my friends (AI)stand aloof from my plague,
And my relatives stand afar off.
12 Those also who seek my life lay snares for me;
Those who seek my hurt speak of destruction,
And plan deception all the day long.
13 But I, like a deaf man, do not hear;
And I am like a mute who does not open his mouth.
14 Thus I am like a man who does not hear,
And in whose mouth is no response.
15 For [i]in You, O Lord, (AJ)I hope;
You will [j]hear, O Lord my God.
16 For I said, “Hear me, lest they rejoice over me,
Lest, when my foot slips, they exalt themselves against me.”
17 (AK)For I am ready to fall,
And my sorrow is continually before me.
18 For I will (AL)declare my iniquity;
I will be (AM)in [k]anguish over my sin.
19 But my enemies are vigorous, and they are strong;
And those who hate me wrongfully have multiplied.
20 Those also (AN)who render evil for good,
They are my adversaries, because I follow what is good.
21 Do not forsake me, O Lord;
O my God, (AO)be not far from me!
22 Make haste to help me,
O Lord, my salvation!
Prayer for Wisdom and Forgiveness
To the Chief Musician. To Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.
39 I said, “I will guard my ways,
Lest I sin with my (AP)tongue;
I will restrain my mouth with a muzzle,
While the wicked are before me.”
2 (AQ)I was mute with silence,
I held my peace even from good;
And my sorrow was stirred up.
3 My heart was hot within me;
While I was [l]musing, the fire burned.
Then I spoke with my tongue:
4 “Lord, (AR)make me to know my end,
And what is the measure of my days,
That I may know how frail I am.
5 Indeed, You have made my days as handbreadths,
And my age is as nothing before You;
Certainly every man at his best state is but (AS)vapor. Selah
6 Surely every man walks about like a shadow;
Surely they [m]busy themselves in vain;
He heaps up riches,
And does not know who will gather them.
7 “And now, Lord, what do I wait for?
My (AT)hope is in You.
8 Deliver me from all my transgressions;
Do not make me (AU)the reproach of the foolish.
9 (AV)I was mute, I did not open my mouth,
Because it was (AW)You who did it.
10 (AX)Remove Your plague from me;
I am consumed by the blow of Your hand.
11 When with rebukes You correct man for iniquity,
You make his beauty (AY)melt away like a moth;
Surely every man is vapor. Selah
12 “Hear my prayer, O Lord,
And give ear to my cry;
Do not be silent at my tears;
For I am a stranger with You,
A sojourner, (AZ)as all my fathers were.
13 (BA)Remove Your gaze from me, that I may regain strength,
Before I go away and (BB)am no more.”
Footnotes
- Psalm 37:5 Lit. Roll off onto
- Psalm 37:9 destroyed
- Psalm 37:22 destroyed
- Psalm 37:23 established
- Psalm 37:26 Lit. all the day
- Psalm 37:31 slip
- Psalm 37:36 So with MT, LXX, Tg.; Syr., Vg. I passed by
- Psalm 38:6 Lit. bent down
- Psalm 38:15 I wait for You, O Lord
- Psalm 38:15 answer
- Psalm 38:18 anxiety
- Psalm 39:3 meditating
- Psalm 39:6 make an uproar for nothing
使徒行傳 26
Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Traditional)
保羅在亞基帕前為自己分訴
26 亞基帕對保羅說：「准你為自己辯明。」於是保羅伸手分訴說： 2 「亞基帕王啊，猶太人所告我的一切事，今日得在你面前分訴，實為萬幸。 3 更可幸的是，你熟悉猶太人的規矩和他們的辯論。所以，求你耐心聽我。 4 我從起初在本國的民中，並在耶路撒冷，自幼為人如何，猶太人都知道。 5 他們若肯作見證，就曉得我從起初是按著我們教中最嚴緊的教門做了法利賽人。 6 現在我站在這裡受審，是因為指望神向我們祖宗所應許的。 7 這應許，我們十二個支派晝夜切切地侍奉神，都指望得著。王啊，我被猶太人控告，就是因這指望。 8 神叫死人復活，你們為什麼看做不可信的呢？ 9 從前我自己以為應當多方攻擊拿撒勒人耶穌的名， 10 我在耶路撒冷也曾這樣行了。既從祭司長得了權柄，我就把許多聖徒囚在監裡；他們被殺，我也出名定案。 11 在各會堂，我屢次用刑強逼他們說褻瀆的話，又分外惱恨他們，甚至追逼他們，直到外邦的城邑。 12 那時，我領了祭司長的權柄和命令，往大馬士革去。 13 王啊，我在路上，晌午的時候，看見從天發光，比日頭還亮，四面照著我並與我同行的人。 14 我們都仆倒在地，我就聽見有聲音用希伯來話向我說：『掃羅，掃羅，為什麼逼迫我？你用腳踢刺是難的。』 15 我說：『主啊，你是誰？』主說：『我就是你所逼迫的耶穌。
蒙派到外邦傳道
16 「你起來站著！我特意向你顯現，要派你做執事，作見證，將你所看見的事和我將要指示你的事證明出來。 17 我也要救你脫離百姓和外邦人的手。 18 我差你到他們那裡去，要叫他們的眼睛得開，從黑暗中歸向光明，從撒旦權下歸向神；又因信我，得蒙赦罪，和一切成聖的人同得基業。』 19 亞基帕王啊，我故此沒有違背那從天上來的異象， 20 先在大馬士革，後在耶路撒冷和猶太全地，以及外邦，勸勉他們應當悔改歸向神，行事與悔改的心相稱。 21 因此猶太人在殿裡拿住我，想要殺我。 22 然而我蒙神的幫助，直到今日還站得住，對著尊貴、卑賤、老幼作見證。所講的並不外乎眾先知和摩西所說將來必成的事， 23 就是基督必須受害，並且因從死裡復活，要首先把光明的道傳給百姓和外邦人。」
非斯都說保羅癲狂
24 保羅這樣分訴，非斯都大聲說：「保羅，你癲狂了吧！你的學問太大，反叫你癲狂了！」 25 保羅說：「非斯都大人，我不是癲狂，我說的乃是真實明白話。 26 王也曉得這些事，所以我向王放膽直言；我深信這些事沒有一件向王隱藏的，因都不是在背地裡做的。 27 亞基帕王啊，你信先知嗎？我知道你是信的。」 28 亞基帕對保羅說：「你想稍微一勸，便叫我做基督徒啊？[a]」 29 保羅說：「無論是少勸是多勸，我向神所求的，不但你一個人，就是今天一切聽我的，都要像我一樣，只是不要像我有這些鎖鏈。」
30 於是，王和巡撫並百妮基與同坐的人都起來， 31 退到裡面，彼此談論說：「這人並沒有犯什麼該死、該綁的罪。」 32 亞基帕又對非斯都說：「這人若沒有上告於愷撒，就可以釋放了。」
Footnotes
- 使徒行傳 26:28 或作：你這樣勸我，幾乎叫我做基督徒了！
Acts 26
New King James Version
Paul’s Early Life
26 Then Agrippa said to Paul, “You are permitted to speak for yourself.”
So Paul stretched out his hand and answered for himself: 2 “I think myself (A)happy, King Agrippa, because today I shall answer (B)for myself before you concerning all the things of which I am (C)accused by the Jews, 3 especially because you are expert in all customs and questions which have to do with the Jews. Therefore I beg you to hear me patiently.
4 “My manner of life from my youth, which was spent from the beginning among my own nation at Jerusalem, all the Jews know. 5 They knew me from the first, if they were willing to testify, that according to (D)the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee. 6 (E)And now I stand and am judged for the hope of (F)the promise made by God to our fathers. 7 To this promise (G)our twelve tribes, earnestly serving God (H)night and day, (I)hope to attain. For this hope’s sake, King Agrippa, I am accused by the Jews. 8 Why should it be thought incredible by you that God raises the dead?
9 (J)“Indeed, I myself thought I must do many things [a]contrary to the name of (K)Jesus of Nazareth. 10 (L)This I also did in Jerusalem, and many of the saints I shut up in prison, having received authority (M)from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them. 11 (N)And I punished them often in every synagogue and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly enraged against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.
Paul Recounts His Conversion(O)
12 (P)“While thus occupied, as I journeyed to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests, 13 at midday, O king, along the road I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who journeyed with me. 14 And when we all had fallen to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me and saying in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’ 15 So I said, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And He said, ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. 16 But rise and stand on your feet; for I have appeared to you for this purpose, (Q)to make you a minister and a witness both of the things which you have seen and of the things which I will yet reveal to you. 17 I will [b]deliver you from the Jewish people, as well as from the Gentiles, (R)to whom I [c]now send you, 18 (S)to open their eyes, in order (T)to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, (U)that they may receive forgiveness of sins and (V)an inheritance among those who are (W)sanctified[d] by faith in Me.’
Paul’s Post-Conversion Life
19 “Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision, 20 but (X)declared first to those in Damascus and in Jerusalem, and throughout all the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent, turn to God, and do (Y)works befitting repentance. 21 For these reasons the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me. 22 Therefore, having obtained help from God, to this day I stand, witnessing both to small and great, saying no other things than those (Z)which the prophets and (AA)Moses said would come— 23 (AB)that the Christ would suffer, (AC)that He would be the first to rise from the dead, and (AD)would proclaim light to the Jewish people and to the Gentiles.”
Agrippa Parries Paul’s Challenge
24 Now as he thus made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, “Paul, (AE)you are beside yourself! Much learning is driving you mad!”
25 But he said, “I am not [e]mad, most noble Festus, but speak the words of truth and reason. 26 For the king, before whom I also speak freely, (AF)knows these things; for I am convinced that none of these things escapes his attention, since this thing was not done in a corner. 27 King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you do believe.”
28 Then Agrippa said to Paul, “You almost persuade me to become a Christian.”
29 And Paul said, (AG)“I would to God that not only you, but also all who hear me today, might become both almost and altogether such as I am, except for these chains.”
30 When he had said these things, the king stood up, as well as the governor and Bernice and those who sat with them; 31 and when they had gone aside, they talked among themselves, saying, (AH)“This man is doing nothing deserving of death or chains.”
32 Then Agrippa said to Festus, “This man might have been set (AI)free (AJ)if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
Footnotes
- Acts 26:9 against
- Acts 26:17 rescue
- Acts 26:17 NU, M omit now
- Acts 26:18 set apart
- Acts 26:25 out of my mind
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