耶和华的神迹 － 差他的使者在列国中传扬他的救恩与荣耀 The Lord’s miracle – to send missionaries all over the world to proclaim his glory and salvation to the nations

以赛亚书 66:19-23 Isaiah 66:19-23

我要显神迹在他们中间。逃脱的，我要差到列国去，就是到他施、普勒、拉弓的路德和土巴、雅完，并素来没有听见我名声、没有看见我荣耀辽遠的海岛；他们必将我的荣耀传扬在列国中。他们必将你们的弟兄从列国中送回，使他们或骑马，或坐车，坐轿，骑骡子，骑独峰驼，到我的圣山耶路撒冷，作为供物献给耶和华，好像以色列人用洁净的器皿盛供物奉到耶和华的殿中；这是耶和华说的。耶和华说：我也必从他们中间取人为祭司，为利未人。耶和华说：我所要造的新天新地，怎样在我面前长存；你们的后裔和你们的名字也必照样长存。每逢月朔、安息日，凡有血气的必来在我面前下拜。这是耶和华说的。I will perform a sign among them. And I will send those who survive to be messengers to the nations - to Tarshish, to the Libyans and Lydians (who are famous as archers), to Tubal and Greece, and to all the lands beyond the sea that have not heard of my fame or seen my glory. There they will declare my glory to the nations. They will bring the remnant of your people back from every nation. They will bring them to my holy mountain in Jerusalem as an offering to the Lord. They will ride on horses, in chariots and wagons, and on mules and camels,” says the Lord. “And I will appoint some of them to be my priests and Levites. I, the Lord, have spoken! “As surely as my new heavens and earth will remain, so will you always be my people, with a name that will never disappear,” says the Lord. “All humanity will come to worship me from week to week and from month to month.

耶和华的奇迹就是他差遣他的使者到列国去传扬他的救恩与荣耀，他们也必将众民带到神的面前，好像供物奉在耶和华的祭坛上。耶和华也必从他们中间取人为祭司，为利未人，来服侍他和带领众人民每周每月来敬拜他。 The miracle of God is: He will send missionaries to proclaim his salvation and glory among all the nations and they will bring the people into the holy mountain of God, as an offering, holy and pleasing to him. The Lord will appoint some of the people to be priests and Levites to serve him to lead the whole human race to come and worship before him week after week and month after month.

耶和华的手向他仆人所行的恩惠必被人看见 The Lord’s hand of blessing is upon his servant and everyone will see it

以赛亚书 66:14，18 Isaiah 66:14, 18

你们看见，就心中快乐；你们的骨头必得滋润像嫩草一样； 而且耶和华的手向他仆人所行的必被人知道 （看见）； 他也要向仇敌发恼恨。我知道 （看见）他们的行为和他们的意念。時候将到，我必将万民万族 聚来，看见我的荣耀。Everyone will see the Lord’s hand of blessing on his servants and his anger against his enemies. When you see these things, your heart will rejoice. You will flourish like the grass! “I can see what they are doing, and I know what they are thinking. So I will gather all nations and peoples together, and they will see my glory.”

你是否看见耶和华对他仆人所行的恩惠？他赐的福份是源源不绝的，就像不停的水从的瀑布向山下而流，像水充滿洋海一般。我虽然行過死荫的幽谷，他的恩典也够我用。耶和华看见世上人所行的一切，他必报应他们，无论是善是恶。 Have you seen God’s hand of blessing upon his servants? His grace and mercy is overflowing, like the unending waterfall from the mountain, like the waters cover the sea. His grace is sufficient for me even when I walk through the valley of the shadow of death. The Lord sees what the people of the earth are doing and recompenses them according to their deeds, whether good or evil.

今天就成为耶和华所喜悦的人 Be who God wants you to be today

世人哪，耶和华已指示你何为善。他向你所要的是甚么呢？ 只要你行公义，好怜悯，存谦卑的心，与你的神同行。(弥迦书6:8) O people, the Lord has told you what is good, and this is what he requires of you: to do what is right, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God. (Micah 6:8)

我们都有一些长期的计划；以个人在人生道路不同的阶段有相关。我们也有一些短期的目标；就如今年的目标或在新年所作的决志，但今日我们有何目标呢？ We all have some sort of long-term goals; they just differ depending on our current stage in life. We may even have short-term goals, say for this year, resolutions made on New Year's Day, but what about goals for today?

今日，我要享尽神给我的礼物 －生命的礼物。 Today, I will enjoy the gift God have given me, the gift of life.

今日，我要显示爱心于陌生人。 Today, I will show love instead of indifference to a stranger.

今日，无论在任何情况，我会以喜乐的态度面对它。 Today, I will be joyous in every circumstance.

今日，我会带来平安，而不是斗争。 Today, I will bring peace instead of conflict.

今日，我会对家人，同工，与众人有耐心。 Today, I will be patient with my family, my co-workers, and other people.

今天，我要以恩慈对待那些不仁慈的人。 Today, I will be kind to the unkind.

今天，我会善待所有的人，特别是向信徒一家的弟兄姐妹。 Today, I will be good to all people, especially to the household of faith.

今天，我要以温柔的态度与各种各样的人交往。 Today, I will be gentle in my interactions with all types of people.

今天，我会在言语与举动节制自己。 Today, I will have self-control in my speech and actions.

今天，我祷告圣灵在我身上工作，并透过我运行。 Today, I pray that the Spirit of God will work in and through me.

今天，我会把握时机，爱惜光阴。 Today, I will seize the opportunities presented me and redeem my time.

今天，我必须检查我处事代人的动机，并寻求一棵圣洁的心。 Today, I will check my motives, and seek to be pure in my heart.

今天，让你的生活在神的算盘上得计数。 Today, make your life count for God.

今天，当我碰到难处，不能达到目标时，我立志对耶和华所为我预备的工作有信实，忍耐的完成它 。 Today, I will be faithful, persevere and finish what God has prepared for me to do, especially when it gets hard to achieve these goals!

“圣灵所结的果子，就是仁爱、喜乐、和平、忍耐、恩慈、良善、信实、温柔、节制。这样的事没有律法禁止。”（加拉太书5:22-23） “But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!” (Galatians 5:22-23, NLT)

不要为明天忧虑，因为明天自有明天的忧虑；一天的难处一天当就够了。」 （马太福音6：34） Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don't get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes. (Matt 6:34, The Message)

那些为神教会悲哀的必得喜乐 Those who mourn for God’s church will rejoice

以赛亚书 66:10-13 Isaiah 66:10-13

你们爱慕耶路撒冷的都要与她一同欢喜快乐；你们为她悲哀的都要与她一同乐上加乐；使你们在她安慰的怀中吃奶得饱，使他们得她丰盛的荣耀，犹如挤奶，满心喜乐。耶和华如此说：我要使平安延及她，好像江河，使列国的荣耀延及她，如同涨溢的河。你们要从中享受；  你们必蒙抱在肋旁，摇弄在膝上。母亲怎样安慰儿子，我就照样安慰你们；你们也必因耶路撒冷得安慰。

“Rejoice with Jerusalem! Be glad with her, all you who love her and all you who mourn for her. Drink deeply of her glory even as an infant drinks at its mother’s comforting breasts.” This is what the Lord says: “I will give Jerusalem a river of peace and prosperity. The wealth of the nations will flow to her. Her children will be nursed at her breasts, carried in her arms, and held on her lap. I will comfort you there in Jerusalem 
as a mother comforts her child.”

那些爱慕主的教会，并为她悲哀的都要欢喜快乐。因为神会使平安延及她，好像江河，使列国的财宝延及她，如同涨溢的河。他也要安慰他们和将荣耀赐于他们。 Those who love and mourn for the Lord’s church, be glad and rejoice! Because God is going to give her a river of peace and prosperity, flowing from the wealth of the nations. He will also comfort them and shower them with his glory.

神为他的子民设立一天的安息日， 这是他赐我们的礼物 God instituted a day of rest for his people, this is his gift to us

出埃及记16: 23-30 Exodus 16:21 - 30

他们每日早晨，按著各人的饭量收取，日头一发热，就消化了。到第六天，他们收了双倍的食物，每人两俄梅珥。会众的官长来告诉摩西；摩西对他们说：「耶和华这样说：『明天是圣安息日，是向耶和华守的圣安息日。你们要烤的就烤了，要煮的就煮了，所剩下的都留到早晨。』」他们就照摩西的吩咐留到早晨，也不臭，里头也没有虫子。摩西说：「你们今天吃这個吧！ 因为今天是向耶和华守的安息日；你们在田野必找不著了。六天可以收取，第七天乃是安息日，那一天必没有了。」第七天，百姓中有人出去收，甚么也找不著。耶和华对摩西说：「你们不肯守我的诫命和律法，要到幾時呢？  你们看！ 耶和华既将安息日赐给你们，所以第六天他赐给你们两天的食物，第七天各人要住在自己的地方，不许甚么人出去。」於是百姓第七天安息了。

After this the people gathered the food morning by morning, each family according to its need. And as the sun became hot, the flakes they had not picked up melted and disappeared. On the sixth day, they gathered twice as much as usual - four quarts for each person instead of two. Then all the leaders of the community came and asked Moses for an explanation. He told them, “This is what the Lord commanded: Tomorrow will be a day of complete rest, a holy Sabbath day set apart for the Lord. So bake or boil as much as you want today, and set aside what is left for tomorrow.”

So they put some aside until morning, just as Moses had commanded. And in the morning the leftover food was wholesome and good, without maggots or odor. Moses said, “Eat this food today, for today is a Sabbath day dedicated to the Lord. There will be no food on the ground today. You may gather the food for six days, but the seventh day is the Sabbath. There will be no food on the ground that day.”

Some of the people went out anyway on the seventh day, but they found no food. The Lord asked Moses, “How long will these people refuse to obey my commands and instructions? They must realize that the Sabbath is the Lord’s gift to you. That is why he gives you a two-day supply on the sixth day, so there will be enough for two days. On the Sabbath day you must each stay in your place. Do not go out to pick up food on the seventh day.” So the people did not gather any food on the seventh day.

我们的神是又好又满有恩典的神。他照顾我们所有的需要。当他的子民在旷野的炎热下流荡时，没有水或食物，耶和华从天上供应“马娜” 像降雨一般的赐以他们。他们只能收取足于一天所需要。而在第六天收取两份，一份属于第六天， 另一份留给第七天，因为在第七天没有食物，他们也不用收取。所以，我们六天工作，在第七天，我们安息和吃在第六天所收取的。Our God is a good and gracious God who cares for the welfare and needs of his people. When they were wandering in the wilderness under the desert heat, with little water and no food, he provided “manna” by sending it from the sky like rain. They were to gather just enough to eat, each day for its share. On the sixth day, they were to gather 2 portions, one for the sixth day and the other for the seventh because there would be no food on the seventh day, and they would not need to do any gathering. So, six days they would work, but on the seventh day, they would rest and eat what they have gathered on the sixth day.

我所看顾的、 就是虚心痛悔、因我话而战兢的人 I, the Lord, care for those who are humble and contrite in heart, those who fear my word

以赛亚书 66:1-3 Isaiah 66:1-3

耶和华如此说： 天是我的座位；地是我的脚凳。你们要为我造何等的殿宇？  哪里是我安息的地方呢？耶和华说： 这一切都是我手所造（建造）的，所以就都有了。但我所看顾的，就是虚心痛悔、因我话而战兢的人。假冒为善的宰牛，好像杀人，献羊羔，好像打折狗项，献供物，好像献猪血，烧乳香，好像称颂偶像。这等人拣选自己的道路，心里喜悦行可憎恶的事。This is what the Lord says: “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. Could you build me a temple as good as that? Could you build me such a resting place? My hands have made (built) both heaven and earth; they and everything in them are mine. I, the Lord, have spoken! I will bless those who have humble and contrite hearts, who tremble at my word. But those who choose their own ways - delighting in their detestable sins - will not have their offerings accepted. When such people sacrifice a bull, it is no more acceptable than a human sacrifice. When they sacrifice a lamb, it’s as though they had sacrificed a dog! When they bring an offering of grain, they might as well offer the blood of a pig. When they burn frankincense, it’s as if they had blessed an idol."

我们不能建造比耶和华更大更好的建筑物：天与地。我们只能谦卑我们的心，承受他为我们所设立的地方， 并顺服他的话。我们怎样敬畏耶和华呢？就是从罪恶的行为悔改，传向神，以我们的生命当作活祭，是圣洁的，是神所喜悦的,是我们对他的敬拜。（ 罗马书12：1）We can’t build anything that is greater or better than what the Lord has built – heaven and earth. We only need to humbly accept our place and fear his words by following them. What we could do to honor him is to turn from our sinful ways and offer our lives as living sacrifices, holy and acceptable offerings of worship to him. (Romans 12:1)

我们在地上的生命是短暂的，但耶和华已经给了我们永生的生命 Our life on earth is transient, but God has given us eternal life

我们是树 We are trees

根紧紧的生在土地里 Firmly rooted in the earth

在世界里 In the world

我们的树枝 Our branches

伸到天空 Extend toward the heavens

当还不能到 But fall short

疯狂的旋风 Mighty Wind

要将我们拔起，拼命将我们旋转 Uproot us, turn us around

将我们倒转 Upside down

根生紧 Firmly plant

我们的根载在天上，往下伸 Our roots in heaven, reaching

到世界 To this world

愿您的爱 May Your love

毫无条件的流 Flow unconditionally

透过这些树流出 Through these trees

(posted by Tony Carmody at 3:16 PM on May 3, 2010,

http://tonycarmody.blogspot.com/

Translated by Jerry Goh at 4.10 pm on April 21 2011)

多泥写的这几句提醒我想到我们似乎树 －短暂， 可是耶和华是永恒的。但当我们在世上走完人生的路途，他会将我们带入永生的居所；永生的神将永生给了我们，让我们能够永远和他在一起。 “因为你们已经死了，你们的生命与基督一同藏在　神里面。基督是我们的生命，他显现的時候，你们也要与他一同显现在荣耀里。”（歌罗西书 3：3－4）“我们原知道，我们这地上的帐棚若拆毁了，必得　神所造，不是人手所造，在天上永存的房屋。”（哥林多后书 5：1）“神爱世人，甚至将他的独生子赐给他们，叫一切信他的，不致灭亡，反得永生。”（约翰福音 3：16）

Tony’s post reminds me that our lives are like trees - transient, but God is eternal. Yet when we have lived out our lives on earth, he will receive us into his eternal dwelling; the eternal God has given us eternal life so that we might be with Him forever. “For you died to this life, and your real life is hidden with Christ in God. And when Christ, who is your life, is revealed to the whole world, you will share in all his glory.” (Colossians 3:3-4) “For we know that when this earthly tent we live in is taken down (that is, when we die and leave this earthly body), we will have a house in heaven, an eternal body made for us by God himself and not by human hands.” (2 Corinthians 5:1) Whoever believes in the Son will not perish but have eternal life. (John 3:16)

愿今年的受难节与复活节提醒我们主耶稣来了，将他的生命放下，是要使我们得到永生的生命，并永远与神在一起。 May this year’s Good Friday and Easter remind us that our Lord Jesus Christ came to give his life so that we might have eternal life, and live eternally with God.

我仆人亲手劳碌得来的必长久享用 My servants will enjoy the fruit of their labor for a long time

以赛亚书 65:22-24 Isaiah 65:22-24

他们建造的，别人不得住；他们栽种的，别人不得吃；因为我民的日子必像树木的日子；我选民亲手劳碌得来的必长久享用。他们必不徒然劳碌，所生產的，也不遭灾害，因为都是蒙耶和华赐福的后裔；他们的子孫也是如此。他们尚未求告，我就应允；正说话的時候，我就垂听。 Invaders will not take their houses
 and confiscate their vineyards. For my people will live as long as trees, and my chosen ones will have time to enjoy their hard-won gains. They will not work in vain, and their children will not be doomed to misfortune. For they are people blessed by the Lord and their children, too, will be blessed. I will answer them before they even call to me. While they are still talking about their needs, I will go ahead and answer their prayers!

主阿！ 求你赐福以我劳碌得来的并加添它，使我家人与亲戚，教会和我周围的人都能长久享用徒劳的来的果子。垂听我们的祷告，我们尚未求告，你就应允 。 求你供应我们所需要的，因为你是又真又有信实的，照顾您子民的神。 Dear Lord! Bless the fruit of my labor and multiply it so that my family and relatives, my church and the people around me will also enjoy the fruit of my labor for a long time. Listen to our prayers and answer us even before we call. Come and meet our needs. Thank you that you are the true and faithful God who cares for us.

让我们为耶和华所造的新天新地欢呼与珍惜它 Let us rejoice and treasure God’s new creation

以赛亚书 65:17-19 Isaiah 65:17-19

看哪！ 我造新天新地；从前的事不再被记念，也不再追想。你们当因我所造的永遠欢喜快乐；因我造耶路撒冷为人所喜，造其中的居民为人所乐。我必因耶路撒冷欢喜，因我的百姓快乐；其中必不再听见哭泣的声音和哀号的声音。“Look! I am creating new heavens and a new earth, and no one will even think about the old ones anymore. Be glad; rejoice forever in my creation! And look! I will create Jerusalem as a place of happiness. Her people will be a source of joy. I will rejoice over Jerusalem and delight in my people. And the sound of weeping and crying will be heard in it no more.

耶和华是所有新物质的创造者；他造新天新地 与新的居所，成为居民欢乐的居所。 借着它，耶和华使居民欢呼快乐。 他们也成为众人欢喜的源头。若我们在一个没有欢乐，常常斗争，沉默，罪恶，无正义的地方生活与工作，我们可能需要考虑（看！）这地方是否神要我们居住的地方。 Our God is the Creator of new things; new heaven and new earth and new dwelling places as places of happiness. And by them, he makes the people glad and they in turn will be a source of gladness for all peoples. If we live a work in a place where there is constant strife, gloom, depression, injustice and wickedness, then maybe we need to consider (look!) whether it is a place where God wants us to be.