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15 神的美善
星期二 雅各書 1:9~18
貧窮和富有 9-11 When down-and-outers get a break,
cheer! And when the arrogant rich are
9 卑微的弟兄要因高升而誇耀， brought down to size, cheer!
10 富足的卻要因被降卑而誇耀，因為富 Prosperity is as short-lived as a
wildflower, so don’t ever count on it.
足的人要消逝，如同草上的花一樣。 You know that as soon as the sun
rises, pouring down its scorching
11 太陽出來，熱風颳起，草就枯乾，花 heat, the flower withers. Its petals wilt
也 凋 謝， 它 美 麗 的 樣 子 就 消 失 了； and, before you know it, that beautiful
那富足的人在他一生的奔波中也要 face is a barren stem. Well, that’s a
這樣衰殘。 picture of the “prosperous life.” At the
very moment everyone is looking on in
考驗和試探 admiration, it fades away to nothing.
12 忍受試煉的人有福了，因為他經過考 12 Anyone who meets a testing challenge
驗 以 後 必 得 生 命 的 冠 冕， 這 是 主 應 head-on and manages to stick it out is
許給愛他之人的。 mighty fortunate. For such persons
loyally in love with God, the reward is
13 人被誘惑，不可說：「我是被神誘 life and more life.
惑 」； 因 為 神 是 不 被 惡 誘 惑 的， 他
也不誘惑人。 13-15 Don’t let anyone under pressure to
give in to evil say, “God is trying to trip
14 但每一個人被誘惑是因自己的私慾牽 me up.” God is impervious to evil, and
引而被誘惑的。 puts evil in no one’s way. The
temptation to give in to evil comes
15 私慾既懷了胎，就生出罪來；罪既長 from us and only us. We have no one
成，就生出死來。 to blame but the leering, seducing
flare-up of our own lust. Lust gets
16 我親愛的弟兄們，不要被欺騙了。 pregnant, and has a baby: sin! Sin
17 各樣美善的恩澤和各樣完美的賞賜都 grows up to adulthood, and becomes
a real killer.
是 從 上 頭 來 的， 從 眾 光 之 父 那 裏 降
下 來 的； 在 他 並 沒 有 改 變， 也 沒 有 16-18 So, my very dear friends, don’t get
轉動的影兒。 thrown off course. Every desirable and
beneficial gift comes out of heaven.
18 他按自己的旨意，用真理的道生了我 The gifts are rivers of light cascading
們， 使 我 們 在 他 所 造 的 萬 物 中 成 為 down from the Father of Light. There
初熟的果子。 is nothing deceitful in God, nothing
two-faced, nothing fickle. He brought
us to life using the true Word, showing
us off as the crown of all his creatures.
