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瑪拉的苦水變甜

²²摩西領以色列人從紅海往前行，到了書珥的曠野，在曠野走了三天，找不著水。Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the Desert of Shur. For three days they walked in the desert without finding water.

²³到了瑪拉，不能喝那裡的水；因為水苦，所以那地名叫瑪拉。And when they came to Marah, they could not drink the water there because it was bitter. (That is why it was named Marah.)

²⁴百姓就向摩西發怨言，說：「我們喝甚麼呢？」So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?”

²⁵摩西呼求耶和華，耶和華指示他一棵樹。他把樹丟在水裡，水就變甜了。耶和華在那裡為他們定了律例、典章，在那裡試驗他們；And Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a log. And when he cast it into the waters, they were sweetened. There the LORD made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He tested them,

²⁶又說：「你若留意聽耶和華─你　神的話，又行我眼中看為正的事，留心聽我的誡命，守我一切的律例，我就不將所加與埃及人的疾病加在你身上，因為我─耶和華是醫治你的。」saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then I will not bring on you any of the diseases I inflicted on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.”

以琳的水泉和棕樹

²⁷他們到了以琳，在那裡有十二股水泉，七十棵棕樹；他們就在那裡的水邊安營。Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there by the waters.

百姓在汛的曠野發怨言

¹以色列全會眾從以琳起行，在出埃及後第二個月十五日到了以琳和西奈中間、汛的曠野。On the fifteenth day of the second month after they had left the land of Egypt, the whole congregation of Israel set out from Elim and came to the Desert of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai.

²以色列全會眾在曠野向摩西、亞倫發怨言，And there in the desert the whole congregation of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron.

³說：「巴不得我們早死在埃及地、耶和華的手下；那時我們坐在肉鍋旁邊，吃得飽足。你們將我們領出來，到這曠野，是要叫這全會眾都餓死啊！」“If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us into this desert to starve this whole assembly to death!”

⁴耶和華對摩西說：「我要將糧食從天降給你們。百姓可以出去，每天收每天的分，我好試驗他們遵不遵我的法度。Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain down bread from heaven for you. Each day the people are to go out and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test whether or not they will follow My instructions.

⁵到第六天，他們要把所收進來的預備好了，比每天所收的多一倍。」Then on the sixth day, when they prepare what they bring in, it will be twice as much as they gather on the other days.”

⁶摩西、亞倫對以色列眾人說：「到了晚上，你們要知道是耶和華將你們從埃及地領出來的。So Moses and Aaron said to all the Israelites, “This evening you will know that it was the LORD who brought you out of the land of Egypt,

⁷早晨，你們要看見耶和華的榮耀，因為耶和華聽見你們向他所發的怨言了。我們算甚麼，你們竟向我們發怨言呢？」and in the morning you will see the LORD’s glory, because He has heard your grumbling against Him. For who are we, that you should grumble against us?”

⁸摩西又說：「耶和華晚上必給你們肉吃，早晨必給你們食物得飽；因為你們向耶和華發的怨言，他都聽見了。我們算甚麼，你們的怨言不是向我們發的，乃是向耶和華發的。」And Moses added, “The LORD will give you meat to eat this evening and bread to fill you in the morning, for He has heard your grumbling against Him. Who are we? Your grumblings are not against us but against the LORD.”

⁹摩西對亞倫說：「你告訴以色列全會眾說：『你們就近耶和華面前，因為他已經聽見你們的怨言了。』」Then Moses said to Aaron, “Tell the whole congregation of Israel, ‘Come before the LORD, for He has heard your grumbling.’”

¹⁰亞倫正對以色列全會眾說話的時候，他們向曠野觀看，不料，耶和華的榮光在雲中顯現。And as Aaron was speaking to the whole congregation of Israel, they looked toward the desert, and there in a cloud the glory of the LORD appeared.

¹¹耶和華曉諭摩西說：Then the LORD said to Moses,

¹²「我已經聽見以色列人的怨言。你告訴他們說：『到黃昏的時候，你們要吃肉，早晨必有食物得飽，你們就知道我是耶和華─你們的　神。』」“I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites. Tell them, ‘At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God.’”

鵪鶉和嗎哪

¹³到了晚上，有鵪鶉飛來，遮滿了營；早晨在營四圍的地上有露水。That evening quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp.

¹⁴露水上升之後，不料，野地面上有如白霜的小圓物。When the layer of dew had evaporated, there were thin flakes on the desert floor, as fine as frost on the ground.

¹⁵以色列人看見，不知道是甚麼，就彼此對問說：「這是甚麼呢？」摩西對他們說：「這就是耶和華給你們吃的食物。When the Israelites saw it, they asked one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. So Moses told them, “It is the bread that the LORD has given you to eat.

¹⁶耶和華所吩咐的是這樣：你們要按著各人的飯量，為帳棚裡的人，按著人數收起來，各拿一俄梅珥。」This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Each one is to gather as much as he needs. You may take an omer for each person in your tent.’”

¹⁷以色列人就這樣行；有多收的，有少收的。So the Israelites did this. Some gathered more, and some less.

¹⁸及至用俄梅珥量一量，多收的也沒有餘，少收的也沒有缺；各人按著自己的飯量收取。When they measured it by the omer, he who gathered much had no excess, and he who gathered little had no shortfall. Each one gathered as much as he needed to eat.

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¹⁹摩西對他們說：「所收的，不許甚麼人留到早晨。」Then Moses said to them, “No one may keep any of it until morning.”

²⁰然而他們不聽摩西的話，內中有留到早晨的，就生蟲變臭了；摩西便向他們發怒。But they did not listen to Moses; some people left part of it until morning, and it became infested with maggots and began to smell. So Moses was angry with them.

²¹他們每日早晨，按著各人的飯量收取，日頭一發熱，就消化了。Every morning each one gathered as much as was needed, and when the sun grew hot, it melted away.

第六天收雙倍，第七天安息

²²到第六天，他們收了雙倍的食物，每人兩俄梅珥。會眾的官長來告訴摩西；On the sixth day, they gathered twice as much food—two omers per person—and all the leaders of the congregation came and reported this to Moses.

²³摩西對他們說：「耶和華這樣說：『明天是聖安息日，是向耶和華守的聖安息日。你們要烤的就烤了，要煮的就煮了，所剩下的都留到早晨。』」He told them, “This is what the LORD has said: ‘Tomorrow is to be a day of complete rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD. So bake what you want to bake, and boil what you want to boil. Then set aside whatever remains and keep it until morning.’”

²⁴他們就照摩西的吩咐留到早晨，也不臭，裡頭也沒有蟲子。So they set it aside until morning as Moses had commanded, and it did not smell or contain any maggots.

²⁵摩西說：「你們今天吃這個吧！因為今天是向耶和華守的安息日；你們在田野必找不著了。“Eat it today,” Moses said, “because today is a Sabbath to the LORD. Today you will not find anything in the field.

²⁶六天可以收取，第七天乃是安息日，那一天必沒有了。」For six days you may gather, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, it will not be there.”

²⁷第七天，百姓中有人出去收，甚麼也找不著。Yet on the seventh day some of the people went out to gather, but they did not find anything.

²⁸耶和華對摩西說：「你們不肯守我的誡命和律法，要到幾時呢？Then the LORD said to Moses, “How long will you refuse to keep My commandments and instructions?

²⁹你們看！耶和華既將安息日賜給你們，所以第六天他賜給你們兩天的食物，第七天各人要住在自己的地方，不許甚麼人出去。」Understand that the LORD has given you the Sabbath; that is why on the sixth day He will give you bread for two days. On the seventh day, everyone must stay where he is; no one may leave his place.”

³⁰於是百姓第七天安息了。So the people rested on the seventh day.

嗎哪的樣子，留作紀念

³¹這食物，以色列家叫嗎哪；樣子像芫荽子，顏色是白的，滋味如同攙蜜的薄餅。Now the house of Israel called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey.

³²摩西說：「耶和華所吩咐的是這樣：『要將一滿俄梅珥嗎哪留到世世代代，使後人可以看見我當日將你們領出埃及地，在曠野所給你們吃的食物。』」Moses said, “This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Keep an omer of manna for the generations to come, so that they may see the bread I fed you in the wilderness when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.’”

³³摩西對亞倫說：「你拿一個罐子，盛一滿俄梅珥嗎哪，存在耶和華面前，要留到世世代代。」So Moses told Aaron, “Take a jar and fill it with an omer of manna. Then place it before the LORD to be preserved for the generations to come.”

³⁴耶和華怎麼吩咐摩西，亞倫就怎麼行，把嗎哪放在法櫃前存留。And Aaron placed it in front of the Testimony, to be preserved just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

³⁵以色列人吃嗎哪共四十年，直到進了有人居住之地，就是迦南的境界。The Israelites ate manna forty years, until they came to a land where they could settle; they ate manna until they reached the border of Canaan.

³⁶（俄梅珥就是伊法十分之一。）(Now an omer is a tenth of an ephah.)

磐石出水：瑪撒和米利巴

¹以色列全會眾都遵耶和華的吩咐，按著站口從汛的曠野往前行，在利非訂安營。百姓沒有水喝，Then the whole congregation of Israel left the Desert of Sin, moving from place to place as the LORD commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.

²所以與摩西爭鬧，說：「給我們水喝吧！」摩西對他們說：「你們為甚麼與我爭鬧？為甚麼試探耶和華呢？」So the people contended with Moses, “Give us water to drink.” “Why do you contend with me?” Moses replied. “Why do you test the LORD?”

³百姓在那裡甚渴，要喝水，就向摩西發怨言，說：「你為甚麼將我們從埃及領出來，使我們和我們的兒女並牲畜都渴死呢？」But the people thirsted for water there, and they grumbled against Moses: “Why have you brought us out of Egypt—to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?”

⁴摩西就呼求耶和華說：「我向這百姓怎樣行呢？他們幾乎要拿石頭打死我。」Then Moses cried out to the LORD, “What should I do with these people? A little more and they will stone me!”

⁵耶和華對摩西說：「你手裡拿著你先前擊打河水的杖，帶領以色列的幾個長老，從百姓面前走過去。And the LORD said to Moses, “Walk on ahead of the people and take some of the elders of Israel with you. Take along in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go.

⁶我必在何烈的磐石那裡，站在你面前。你要擊打磐石，從磐石裡必有水流出來，使百姓可以喝。」摩西就在以色列的長老眼前這樣行了。Behold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. And when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.

⁷他給那地方起名叫瑪撒（就是試探的意思），又叫米利巴（就是爭鬧的意思）；因以色列人爭鬧，又因他們試探耶和華，說：「耶和華是在我們中間不是？」He named the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled, and because they tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?”

戰勝亞瑪力人

⁸那時，亞瑪力人來在利非訂，和以色列人爭戰。After this, the Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim.

⁹摩西對約書亞說：「你為我們選出人來，出去和亞瑪力人爭戰。明天我手裡要拿著　神的杖，站在山頂上。」So Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on the hilltop with the staff of God in my hand.”

¹⁰於是約書亞照著摩西對他所說的話行，和亞瑪力人爭戰。摩西、亞倫，與戶珥都上了山頂。Joshua did as Moses had instructed him and fought against the Amalekites, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

¹¹摩西何時舉手，以色列人就得勝，何時垂手，亞瑪力人就得勝。As long as Moses held up his hands, Israel prevailed; but when he lowered them, Amalek prevailed.

¹²但摩西的手發沉，他們就搬石頭來，放在他以下，他就坐在上面。亞倫與戶珥扶著他的手，一個在這邊，一個在那邊，他的手就穩住，直到日落的時候。When Moses’ hands grew heavy, they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. Then Aaron and Hur held his hands up, one on each side, so that his hands remained steady until the sun went down.

¹³約書亞用刀殺了亞瑪力王和他的百姓。So Joshua overwhelmed Amalek and his army with the sword.

¹⁴耶和華對摩西說：「我要將亞瑪力的名號從天下全然塗抹了；你要將這話寫在書上作紀念，又念給約書亞聽。」Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as a reminder and recite it to Joshua, because I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”

¹⁵摩西築了一座壇，起名叫「耶和華尼西」（就是耶和華是我旌旗的意思），And Moses built an altar and named it The LORD Is My Banner.

¹⁶又說：「耶和華已經起了誓，必世世代代和亞瑪力人爭戰。」“Indeed,” he said, “a hand was lifted up toward the throne of the LORD. The LORD will war against Amalek from generation to generation.”

葉忒羅帶摩西的家人來

¹摩西的岳父，米甸祭司葉忒羅，聽見　神為摩西和　神的百姓以色列所行的一切事，就是耶和華將以色列從埃及領出來的事，Now Moses’ father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, heard about all that God had done for Moses and His people Israel, and how the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt.

²便帶著摩西的妻子西坡拉，就是摩西從前打發回去的，After Moses had sent back his wife Zipporah, his father-in-law Jethro had received her,

³又帶著西坡拉的兩個兒子，一個名叫革舜，因為摩西說：「我在外邦作了寄居的」；along with her two sons. One son was named Gershom, for Moses had said, “I have been a foreigner in a foreign land.”

⁴一個名叫以利以謝，因為他說：「我父親的　神幫助了我，救我脫離法老的刀。」The other son was named Eliezer, for Moses had said, “The God of my father was my helper and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.”

⁵摩西的岳父葉忒羅帶著摩西的妻子和兩個兒子來到　神的山，就是摩西在曠野安營的地方。Moses’ father-in-law Jethro, along with Moses’ wife and sons, came to him in the desert, where he was encamped at the mountain of God.

⁶他對摩西說：「我是你岳父葉忒羅，帶著你的妻子和兩個兒子來到你這裡。」He sent word to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you with your wife and her two sons.”

⁷摩西迎接他的岳父，向他下拜，與他親嘴，彼此問安，都進了帳棚。So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down and kissed him. They greeted each other and went into the tent.

⁸摩西將耶和華為以色列的緣故向法老和埃及人所行的一切事，以及路上所遭遇的一切艱難，並耶和華怎樣搭救他們，都述說與他岳父聽。Then Moses recounted to his father-in-law all that the LORD had done to Pharaoh and the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, all the hardships they had encountered along the way, and how the LORD had delivered them.

⁹葉忒羅因耶和華待以色列的一切好處，就是拯救他們脫離埃及人的手，便甚歡喜。And Jethro rejoiced over all the good things the LORD had done for Israel, whom He had rescued from the hand of the Egyptians.

¹⁰葉忒羅說：「耶和華是應當稱頌的；他救了你們脫離埃及人和法老的手，將這百姓從埃及人的手下救出來。Jethro declared, “Blessed be the LORD, who has delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and of Pharaoh, and who has delivered the people from the hand of the Egyptians.

¹¹我現今在埃及人向這百姓發狂傲的事上得知，耶和華比萬神都大。」Now I know that the LORD is greater than all other gods, for He did this when they treated Israel with arrogance.”

¹²摩西的岳父葉忒羅把燔祭和平安祭獻給　神。亞倫和以色列的眾長老都來了，與摩西的岳父在　神面前吃飯。Then Moses’ father-in-law Jethro brought a burnt offering and sacrifices to God, and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat bread with Moses’ father-in-law in the presence of God.

葉忒羅建議分層審判

¹³第二天，摩西坐著審判百姓，百姓從早到晚都站在摩西的左右。The next day Moses took his seat to judge the people, and they stood around him from morning until evening.

¹⁴摩西的岳父看見他向百姓所做的一切事，就說：「你向百姓做的是甚麼事呢？你為甚麼獨自坐著，眾百姓從早到晚都站在你的左右呢？」When his father-in-law saw all that Moses was doing for the people, he asked, “What is this that you are doing for the people? Why do you sit alone as judge, with all the people standing around you from morning till evening?”

¹⁵摩西對岳父說：「這是因百姓到我這裡來求問　神。“Because the people come to me to inquire of God,” Moses replied.

¹⁶他們有事的時候就到我這裡來，我便在兩造之間施行審判；我又叫他們知道　神的律例和法度。」“Whenever they have a dispute, it is brought to me to judge between one man and another, and I make known to them the statutes and laws of God.”

¹⁷摩西的岳父說：「你這做的不好。But Moses’ father-in-law said to him, “What you are doing is not good.

¹⁸你和這些百姓必都疲憊；因為這事太重，你獨自一人辦理不了。Surely you and these people with you will wear yourselves out, because the task is too heavy for you. You cannot handle it alone.

¹⁹現在你要聽我的話。我為你出個主意，願　神與你同在。你要替百姓到　神面前，將案件奏告　神；Now listen to me; I will give you some advice, and may God be with you. You must be the people’s representative before God and bring their causes to Him.

²⁰又要將律例和法度教訓他們，指示他們當行的道，當做的事；Teach them the statutes and laws, and show them the way to live and the work they must do.

²¹並要從百姓中揀選有才能的人，就是敬畏　神、誠實無妄、恨不義之財的人，派他們作千夫長、百夫長、五十夫長、十夫長，管理百姓，Furthermore, select capable men from among the people—God-fearing, trustworthy men who are averse to dishonest gain. Appoint them over the people as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.

²²叫他們隨時審判百姓，大事都要呈到你這裡，小事他們自己可以審判。這樣，你就輕省些，他們也可以同當此任。Have these men judge the people at all times. Then they can bring you any major issue, but all minor cases they can judge on their own, so that your load may be lightened as they share it with you.

²³你若這樣行，　神也這樣吩咐你，你就能受得住，這百姓也都平平安安歸回他們的住處。」If you follow this advice and God so directs you, then you will be able to endure, and all these people can go home in peace.”

²⁴於是，摩西聽從他岳父的話，按著他所說的去行。Moses listened to his father-in-law and did everything he said.

²⁵摩西從以色列人中揀選了有才能的人，立他們為百姓的首領，作千夫長、百夫長、五十夫長、十夫長。So Moses chose capable men from all Israel and made them heads over the people as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.

²⁶他們隨時審判百姓，有難斷的案件就呈到摩西那裡，但各樣小事他們自己審判。And they judged the people at all times; they would bring the difficult cases to Moses, but any minor issue they would judge themselves.

²⁷此後，摩西讓他的岳父去，他就往本地去了。Then Moses sent his father-in-law on his way, and Jethro returned to his own land.

潔淨聖殿

¹²耶穌進了　神的殿，趕出殿裡一切做買賣的人，推倒兌換銀錢之人的桌子，和賣鴿子之人的凳子，Then Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves.

¹³對他們說：「經上記著說：我的殿必稱為禱告的殿，你們倒使它成為賊窩了。」And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”

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在殿裡醫治瞎子瘸子

¹⁴在殿裡有瞎子、瘸子到耶穌跟前，他就治好了他們。The blind and the lame came to Him at the temple, and He healed them.

小孩子稱頌，祭司長惱怒

¹⁵祭司長和文士看見耶穌所行的奇事，又見小孩子在殿裡喊著說：「和散那歸於大衛的子孫！」就甚惱怒，But the chief priests and scribes were indignant when they saw the wonders He performed and the children shouting in the temple courts, “Hosanna to the Son of David!”

¹⁶對他說：「這些人所說的，你聽見了嗎？」耶穌說：「是的。經上說『你從嬰孩和吃奶的口中完全了讚美』的話，你們沒有念過嗎？」“Do You hear what these children are saying?” they asked. “Yes,” Jesus answered. “Have you never read: ‘From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise’?”

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¹⁷於是離開他們，出城到伯大尼去，在那裡住宿。Then He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, where He spent the night.

咒詛無花果樹

¹⁸早晨回城的時候，他餓了，In the morning, as Jesus was returning to the city, He was hungry.

¹⁹看見路旁有一棵無花果樹，就走到跟前，在樹上找不著甚麼，不過有葉子，就對樹說：「從今以後，你永不結果子。」那無花果樹就立刻枯乾了。Seeing a fig tree by the road, He went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. “May you never bear fruit again!” He said. And immediately the tree withered.

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信心與禱告

²⁰門徒看見了，便希奇說：「無花果樹怎麼立刻枯乾了呢？」When the disciples saw this, they marveled and asked, “How did the fig tree wither so quickly?”

²¹耶穌回答說：「我實在告訴你們，你們若有信心，不疑惑，不但能行無花果樹上所行的事，就是對這座山說：『你挪開此地，投在海裡！』也必成就。“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen.

²²你們禱告，無論求甚麼，只要信，就必得著。」If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”

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