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The mariner’s chart as he sails the sea of life!
航海者在人生之海航行时的海图！
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(You will find it helpful to listen to the audio above, as you read the text below.)
（在阅读下面的文字时，你会发现聆听上面的音频很有帮助。）
The Bible is a book which calls not so much for the exertion of our intellect — as it does for the exercise of our affections, conscience and will. God has given His Word to us not for our entertainment, but for our education — to make known what He requires from us. It is to be . . .
the traveler’s guide as he journeys through the maze of this world,
and the mariner’s chart as he sails the sea of life.
圣经是一本不太需要我们运用智力的书——它更需要我们运用情感、良知和意志。上帝赐给我们祂的话语不是为了娱乐，而是为了教育我们——让我们知道祂对我们的要求。它应该是……
旅行者穿越这个世界迷宫时的指南，
以及航海者在人生之海航行时的海图。
Therefore, whenever we open the Bible, the all-important consideration for each of us to keep before him is: “What is here for me today? What bearing does the passage now before me have upon my present case and circumstances — what warning, what encouragement, what information? What instruction is there . . .
to direct me in the management of my business,
to guide me in the ordering of my domestic and social affairs,
to promote a closer walking with God?”
因此，每当我们打开圣经时，我们每个人都应该牢记的最重要的考虑是：”今天这里有什么给我的？我面前的这段经文对我当前的情况和环境有什么影响——有什么警告，什么鼓励，什么信息？有什么指示……”
指导我管理我的事业，
指导我安排我的家庭和社交事务，
促进我与上帝更亲密地同行？”
I should see myself addressed in every precept — and included in every promise.
我应该在每一条教诲中看到对自己的告诫——在每一个应许中看到自己被包括在内。
But it is greatly to be feared that, through failure to appropriate God’s Word unto our own case and circumstances — there is much Bible reading and study which is of little or no real benefit to the soul.
但令人非常担忧的是，由于未能将上帝的话语应用到我们自己的情况和环境中——许多圣经阅读和研究对灵魂几乎没有或完全没有实际益处。
Nothing else will . . .
secure us from the pollutions of this world,
deliver from the temptations of Satan, and
be so effectual a preservative from sin —
as the Word of God received into our affections. “The law of his God is in his heart — none of his steps shall slide” (Psalm 37:31) can only be said of the one who has made personal appropriation of the Word, and is able to say with the Psalmist, “Your Word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against You” (119:11).
没有什么能……
保护我们免受这个世界的污染，
使我们摆脱撒但的诱惑，
如此有效地防止我们犯罪——
如同将上帝的话语接纳到我们的情感中。”他神的律法在他心里，他的脚步必不滑跌”（诗篇37:31）只能用来形容那些已经将圣经个人化的人，他们能够与诗人一起说：”我将你的话藏在心里，免得我得罪你”（119:11）。
Just so long as the Word is . . .
只要上帝的话语…
actually working in us,
实际上在我们里面运行，
influencing us in a practical way,
以实际的方式影响我们，
loved and revered by us,
被我们所爱戴和敬重，
and stirs the conscience —
并且激发我们的良知 —
are we kept from falling into open sin!
我们就能避免陷入公开的罪中！
And only as we personally go out and daily gather our portion of manna, and feed upon the same — will there be strength provided for the performing of duty and the bringing forth of fruit to the glory of God.
只有当我们亲自出去，每天收集我们那份吗哪，并以此为食 — 才能获得力量来履行职责，并结出果子荣耀上帝。