9月17日 偷听
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9月17日 偷听
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Eavesdropping, September 17
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“带你的仆人普拉下到那营里去。你必听见他们所说的”（士7:10,11）。[1]{FH 272.1}
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Go down to the camp with Purah your servant, and you shall hear what they say.?Judges 7:10, 11.?{FH 272.1}[1]
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当基甸带领那三万人要与米甸人作战时，他感到上帝若不为以色列人行事，他们绝无获胜的希望。遵照上帝的命令，希伯来人的军队因接连的试验而减少到只剩下三百人与基甸一起敌对无数的敌军。对不得基甸一想起明天的交战，但胆战心惊起来。[2]{FH 272.2}
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When Gideon stood at the head of thirty thousand men to make war against the Midianites, he felt that unless God should work for Israel, their cause would be hopeless. At the divine command the Hebrew force had been reduced by successive tests until there remained with him only three hundred men to oppose that countless multitude. What wonder that his heart sank within him as he thought of the conflict of the morrow.?{FH 272.2}[2]
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但耶和华不让祂忠心的仆人绝望。祂在夜间对基甸说话，吩咐他带着可靠的仆人普拉下到米甸人的营里去。并暗示他说，在那里他必能听到一些足以鼓励他的事。基甸去了，既到了那里，他在黑暗寂静之中等候着，结果，听见一个刚睡醒的米甸兵向他同伴讲述自己的梦，说：“我梦见一个大麦饼滚入米甸营中，到了帐幕，将帐幕撞倒，帐幕就翻转倾覆了”（士7:13）。[3]{FH 272.3}
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But the Lord did not leave His faithful servant to despair. He spoke to Gideon in the night season, and bade him, with Phurah, his trusty attendant, go down to the camp of the Midianites, intimating that he would there hear matter for his encouragement. He went, and waiting there in darkness and silence, he heard one soldier, just awakened, relate a dream to his companion, “Lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along.”?{FH 272.3}[3]
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他同伴回答的话，使那在暗中的听者兴奋异常，他说：“这不是别的，乃是以色列人约阿施的儿子基甸的刀；上帝已将米甸和全军都交在他的手中”（士7:14）。[4]{FH 272.4}
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The other answered in words that stirred the heart of that unseen listener, “This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into his hand hath God delivered Midian, and all the host.”?{FH 272.4}[4]
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基甸看出这正是上帝的声音，藉着两个米甸的外人向他说话。他的信心和勇气大增，并因以色列的上帝能藉着最卑微的工具使人的骄傲降卑而欢喜快乐。他便怀着信心和盼望回到手下的三百人那里，说：“起来吧，耶和华已将米甸的军队交在你们手中了”（士7:15）！[5]{FH 272.5}
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Gideon recognized the voice of God speaking to him through the words of these Midianitish strangers. His faith and courage were greatly strengthened, and he rejoiced that Israel’s God could work through the humblest means to abase human pride. With confidence and hope he returned to the few men under his command, saying, “Arise; for the Lord hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian.” ...?{FH 272.5}[5]
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那个大麦饼怎样滚到帐幕，将帐幕撞倒，使它翻转倾覆，那一小群以色列人也要照样摧毁他们无数强大的敌人。[6]{FH 272.6}
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As that loaf overthrew the tent upon which it fell, so would the handful of Israelites destroy their numerous and powerful enemies.?{FH 272.6}[6]
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主亲自把进攻的方策指示基甸，基甸便立时去执行了。……[7]{FH 272.7}
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The Lord Himself directed Gideon’s mind in the adoption of a plan which the latter immediately set out to execute....?{FH 272.7}[7]
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当我们追溯上帝待祂所造之人的作为时，就可学到何等有关谦卑和信心的功课啊。——《时兆》，1881年7月14日。[8]{FH 272.8}
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What lessons of humility and faith may we not learn as we trace the dealings of God with His creatures.—Signs of the Times, July 14, 1881.?{FH 272.8}[8]