中英對照/教義和聖約/第1篇​

第一篇

Section 1

一八三一年十一月一日，在俄亥俄，海蘭舉行的教會長老特別大會期間，經先知約瑟 • 斯密給予的啟示〔教會史（History of the Church），1:221–224〕。在此之前，主已給予許多啟示，而這次大會所通過的主要議題之一，就是把這些啟示編輯成書，予以出版。本篇是主在本福音期給予的教義、聖約和誡命的序言。

Revelation given through Joseph Smith the Prophet, during a special conference of elders of the Church, held at Hiram, Ohio, 1 November 1831 (see History of the Church, 1:221–24). Many revelations had been received from the Lord prior to this time, and the compilation of these for publication in book form was one of the principal subjects passed upon at the conference. This section constitutes the Lord’s preface to the doctrines, covenants, and commandments given in this dispensation.

1–7，警告之聲要傳給所有的人；8–16，叛教與邪惡在第二次來臨之前發生；17–23，約瑟 • 斯密蒙召將主的真理和權能復興到世上；24–33，摩爾門經問世和真實教會的成立；34–36，和平會從地上取走；37–39，查考這些誡命。

1–7, The voice of warning is to all people; 8–16, Apostasy and wickedness precede the Second Coming; 17–23, Joseph Smith is called to restore to earth the Lord’s truths and powers; 24–33, The Book of Mormon is brought forth and the true Church is established; 34–36, Peace will be taken from the earth; 37–39, Search these commandments.

1 聽著，你們這些我^ａ教會的人民啊，那位住在高天，^ｂ眼睛看著全人類者的聲音這樣說；是的，我實在說：你們遠方的人^ｃ聽著；你們各海島上的人也都一起聽著。

1 ^aHearken, O ye people of my ^bchurch, saith the voice of him who dwells on high, and whose ^ceyes are upon all men; yea, verily I say: Hearken ye people from afar; and ye that are upon the islands of the sea, listen together.

2 因為主的^ａ聲音實在是對全人類說的，^ｂ沒有人能逃避，沒有眼睛看不見，沒有耳朵聽不到，也沒有^ｃ心穿不透。

2 For verily the ^avoice of the Lord is unto all men, and there is none to ^bescape; and there is no eye that shall not see, neither^cear that shall not hear, neither ^dheart that shall not be penetrated.

3 ^ａ反叛者將被極大的哀傷刺透；因為他們的罪惡將在房頂^ｂ宣布，他們的祕密行動會被揭露。

3 And the ^arebellious shall be ^bpierced with much ^csorrow; for their iniquities shall be ^dspoken upon the housetops, and their secret acts shall be revealed.

4 而且^ａ警告之聲將藉著我在這^ｂ末世揀選的門徒的口，傳給所有的人。

4 And the ^avoice of warning shall be unto all people, by the mouths of my disciples, whom I have ^bchosen in these ^clast days.

5 而且他們將出去，沒有人能阻止，因為我，主，已命令他們。

5 And they shall ^ago forth and none shall stay them, for I the Lord have commanded them.

6 看啊，地上的居民啊，這是我的^ａ權柄和我僕人們的權柄，也是我誡命書的序言，我已將該書給予他們，來^ｂ發行給你們。

6 Behold, this is mine ^aauthority, and the authority of my servants, and my preface unto the book of my ^bcommandments, which I have given them to ^cpublish unto you, O ^dinhabitants of the earth.

7 因此，你們這些人啊，^ａ害怕戰慄吧，因為我，主，在其中頒布的，都將^ｂ應驗。

7 Wherefore, ^afear and ^btremble, O ye people, for what I the Lord have ^cdecreed in them shall be ^dfulfilled.

8 而且我實在告訴你們，凡出去將這些信息帶給地上居民的，已蒙得在地上和天上^ａ封印不信者和^ｂ反叛者的能力；

8 And verily I say unto you, that they who go forth, bearing these tidings unto the inhabitants of the earth, to them is power given to ^aseal both on earth and in heaven, the unbelieving and^brebellious;

9 是的，實在地，要封印他們，為了神的^ａ震怒無法衡量地傾倒在^ｂ惡人身上的日子──

9 Yea, verily, to seal them up unto the ^aday when the ^bwrath of God shall be poured out upon the ^cwicked without measure—

10 為了主會來按照每個人的^ａ行為^ｂ賞罰每個人，按照每個人量給同胞的量器，^ｃ量給每個人的^ｄ日子。

10 Unto the ^aday when the Lord shall come to ^brecompense unto every man according to his ^cwork, and ^dmeasure to every man according to the measure which he has measured to his fellow man.

11 因此主的聲音要傳遍大地各端，凡願意聽的都可以聽到：

11 Wherefore the voice of the Lord is unto the ends of the earth, that all that will hear may hear:

12 準備你們自己，為將要來臨的事情準備你們自己，因為主已經近了；

12 Prepare ye, ^aprepare ye for that which is to come, for the Lord is ^bnigh;

13 而且主的^ａ憤怒已燃起，祂的^ｂ刀已在天上洗淨，那刀將落在大地的居民身上。

13 And the ^aanger of the Lord is kindled, and his ^bsword is bathed in heaven, and it shall fall upon the inhabitants of the earth.

14 並且主的^ａ臂膀將顯露；日子將到，那些凡不^ｂ聽主的聲音，不聽祂僕人的聲音，也不^ｃ留意先知及使徒話語的，將從人民中^ｄ剪除；

14 And the ^aarm of the Lord shall be revealed; and the ^bdaycometh that they who will not ^chear the voice of the Lord, neither the voice of his ^dservants, neither give ^eheed to the words of the prophets and ^fapostles, shall be ^gcut off from among the people;

15 因為他們已^ａ偏離了我的^ｂ教儀，^ｃ破壞了我的^ｄ永約；

15 For they have ^astrayed from mine ^bordinances, and have^cbroken mine ^deverlasting covenant;

16 他們不^ａ尋求主來建立祂的義，反倒各行^ｂ己^ｃ路，追隨自己的神的^ｄ形像，那形像是世俗的樣式，其本質是偶像的本質，會漸漸^ｅ舊了，也必在巴比倫裡毀滅，就是那必傾覆的^ｆ大巴比倫。

16 They ^aseek not the Lord to establish his righteousness, but every man ^bwalketh in his ^cown ^dway, and after the ^eimage of his own god, whose image is in the likeness of the world, and whose substance is that of an idol, which waxeth ^fold and shall perish in Babylon, even ^gBabylon the great, which shall fall.

17 因此，我，主，知道那將臨到地上^ａ居民的災禍，召喚我的僕人小約瑟 • 斯密，從天上對他說話，並賜給他誡命；　

17 Wherefore, I the Lord, ^aknowing the calamity which should come upon the ^binhabitants of the earth, ^ccalled upon my^dservant Joseph Smith, Jun., and ^espake unto him from heaven, and gave him ^fcommandments;

18 也賜給其他人誡命，要他們對世人宣講這些事；這樣好應驗先知們所寫的──

18 And also gave commandments to others, that they should proclaim these things unto the world; and all this that it might be fulfilled, which was written by the prophets—

19 世上^ａ弱小的事物將出來擊倒強而有力的事物，以致人不應與他的同胞商議，也不應^ｂ信賴肉臂──

19 The ^aweak things of the world shall come forth and break down the mighty and strong ones, that man ^bshould not counsel his fellow man, neither ^ctrust in the arm of flesh—

20 而使每個人得以奉主，神，即世界救主的名^ａ說話；

20 But that every man might ^aspeak in the name of God the Lord, even the Savior of the world;

21 使信心也得以在世上增加；

21 That faith also might increase in the earth;

22 使我的^ａ永約得以建立；

22 That mine everlasting ^acovenant might be established;

23 也使我圓滿的^ａ福音得以由^ｂ弱小的人和單純的人^ｃ傳遍世界各角落，也傳給國王和統治者。

23 That the ^afulness of my ^bgospel might be ^cproclaimed by the^dweak and the simple unto the ends of the world, and before^ekings and ^frulers.

24 看啊，我是神，已說了這話；這些是我的^ａ誡命，在我僕人們的軟弱中，依照他們的^ｂ語言方式給予他們，使他們能^ｃ了解。

24 Behold, I am God and have spoken it; these ^acommandmentsare of me, and were given unto my servants in their weakness, after the manner of their ^blanguage, that they might come to^cunderstanding.

25 而且只要他們犯錯，就可被發現；

25 And inasmuch as they ^aerred it might be made known;

26 而且只要他們尋求^ａ智慧，就可獲得教導；

26 And inasmuch as they sought ^awisdom they might be^binstructed;

27 而且只要他們犯罪，就可受到^ａ懲戒，好使他們^ｂ悔改；

27 And inasmuch as they sinned they might be ^achastened, that they might ^brepent;

28 而且只要他們^ａ謙卑，就可成為堅強，蒙得高天的祝福，並不時獲得^ｂ知識。

28 And inasmuch as they were ^ahumble they might be made strong, and blessed from on high, and receive ^bknowledge from time to time.

29 是的，甚至我的僕人小約瑟 • 斯密，在接受到尼腓人的紀錄後，也可經由神的慈悲，靠神的能力，有能力翻譯^ａ摩爾門經。

29 And after having received the record of the Nephites, yea, even my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., might have power to^atranslate through the ^bmercy of God, by the power of God, the^cBook of Mormon.

30 還有，得到這些誡命的人，會有^ａ能力奠定這^ｂ教會的基礎，將這教會從迷濛和^ｃ黑暗中顯現出來。我，主，對整個地面上唯一真實而活著的^ｄ教會極為^ｅ喜悅，這是對教會整體而非對個人說的──

30 And also those to whom these commandments were given, might have ^apower to lay the foundation of this ^bchurch, and to bring it forth out of obscurity and out of ^cdarkness, the only true and living ^dchurch upon the face of the whole earth, with which I, the Lord, am well ^epleased, ^fspeaking unto the church collectively and not individually—

31 因為我，主，不能以最小程度的寬容看待^ａ罪惡；

31 For I the Lord cannot look upon ^asin with the least degree of allowance;

32 然而，凡悔改並遵行主誡命的，必蒙^ａ寬恕；

32 Nevertheless, he that ^arepents and does the ^bcommandmentsof the Lord shall be ^cforgiven;

33 而且萬軍之主說，凡^ａ不悔改的，即使他已得到的光，也必被^ｂ取走，因為我的^ｃ靈不會一直對人^ｄ努力。

33 And he that ^arepents not, from him shall be ^btaken even the light which he has received; for my ^cSpirit shall not always ^dstrivewith man, saith the Lord of Hosts.

34 另外，地上的居民啊，我實在告訴你們：我，主，願意讓一切^ａ有肉身的人知道這些事；

34 And again, verily I say unto you, O inhabitants of the earth: I the Lord am willing to make these things ^aknown unto ^ball flesh;

35 因為我^ａ不偏待人，還要讓全人類知道，^ｂ日子很快就到；時辰雖未到，但是臨近了，^ｃ和平將從地上取走，^ｄ魔鬼將有能力統治他自己的領域。

35 For I am no ^arespecter of persons, and will that all men shall know that the ^bday speedily cometh; the hour is not yet, but is nigh at hand, when ^cpeace shall be taken from the earth, and the^ddevil shall have power over his own dominion.

36 而主也將有能力統治祂的^ａ聖徒，將在他們^ｂ中間^ｃ統治，並將下來^ｄ懲罰^ｅ以東，即世界。

36 And also the Lord shall have ^apower over his ^bsaints, and shall^creign in their ^dmidst, and shall come down in ^ejudgment upon^fIdumea, or the world.

37 查考這些^ａ誡命，因為這些誡命真實而可靠，其中的預言和^ｂ應許都必應驗。

37 ^aSearch these ^bcommandments, for they are true and ^cfaithful, and the prophecies and ^dpromises which are in them shall all be fulfilled.

38 我，主，說過的，我已說過了，我不給自己藉口，縱然天地廢去，我的^ａ話不會廢去，卻都要^ｂ應驗，無論是藉著我自己的^ｃ聲音，或是我^ｄ僕人們的聲音，都是^ｅ一樣。

38 What I the Lord have spoken, I have spoken, and I excuse not myself; and though the heavens and the earth pass away, my^aword shall not pass away, but shall all be ^bfulfilled, whether by mine own ^cvoice or by the ^dvoice of my ^eservants, it is the ^fsame.

39 因為看啊，並且注意，主是神，^ａ靈作見證，而且那見證是真實的，^ｂ真理永永遠遠存在。阿們。

39 For behold, and lo, the Lord is God, and the ^aSpirit beareth record, and the record is true, and the ^btruth abideth forever and ever. Amen.