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The Unconquerable King!
不可征服的君王！
Spurgeon “The Unconquerable King” Daniel 4:34,35
司布真《不可征服的君王》但以理书 4:34-35
“His rule is everlasting, and His kingdom is eternal.
“祂的统治是永恒的，祂的国度是永存的。
All the people of the earth are nothing compared to Him.
地上所有的人与祂相比都算不得什么。
He has the power to do as He pleases among the angels of heaven and with those who live on earth.
祂在天上的使者中和住在地上的人中，都可以随己意行事。
No one can stop Him or challenge Him…”
没有人能拦阻祂或质问祂…”
Daniel 4:34-35
但以理书 4:34-35
There was a time when the creatures were not.
曾经有一个时候，受造之物还不存在。
They came from God as vessels from the potter’s wheel.
它们从神而来，如同陶匠轮上的器皿。
They all depend upon Him for continuance, as the streamlet on the fountain from where it flows. And if it were His will they all would melt away as the foam upon the water!
它们持续存在都依赖于祂，如同溪流依赖于源头的泉水。若是祂的旨意，它们都会如水上的泡沫一样消散！
All that now exists, if so it had pleased God to ordain, might have been as transient as a sunbeam, and have vanished as speedily as the rainbow from the cloud.
现今存在的一切，若是神乐意如此命定，可能都如阳光一样短暂，像云中的彩虹一样迅速消逝。
Everything sprang from God, and still depends upon the necessity of His divine decree.
万物源于神，并且仍然依赖于祂神圣旨意的必然性。
God is the only independent being.
神是唯一独立自主的存在。
We creatures must find food with which to repair the daily wear of the body. We are dependent upon light and heat, and innumerable external agencies, and above all and primarily, dependent upon the outgoings of His divine power towards us.
我们这些受造之物必须寻找食物来修复身体的日常损耗。我们依赖光和热，依赖无数外在因素，最重要的是，首要地依赖于祂向我们流出的神圣能力。
Only the I AM is self sufficient and all sufficient!
唯有自有永有者（I AM）是自给自足且完全充足的！
He was as glorious before He made the world as He is now. He was as great, as blessed, as divine in all His attributes before sun and moon and stars leaped into existence, as He is now.
在祂创造世界之前，祂与现在一样荣耀。在日月星辰跃入存在之前，祂的一切属性就与现在一样伟大、蒙福、神圣。
And if He should blot all out, as a man erases the writing of his pencil, or as a potter breaks the vessel he has made, He would be none the less the supreme and ever blessed God.
即使祂要将一切抹去，如同人擦掉铅笔的字迹，或如陶匠打碎他所造的器皿，祂仍然是至高的、永远蒙福的神。
God is the only immutable being.
神是唯一不变的存在。
Immutability is an attribute of God only.
不变性（Immutability）唯独是神的属性。
All created things were once new, but they are waxing old, they will become older still.
一切受造之物曾经都是新的，但它们正在衰老，还会继续变得更老。
But the Lord has no time, He dwells in eternity.
但主没有时间的限制，祂居住在永恒中。
There is no moment of ‘beginning’ with the Eternal God, no ‘starting point’ from which to calculate His age. From of old He was the Ancient of Days, “from everlasting to everlasting You are God.”
永恒的神没有’开始’的时刻，没有可以计算祂年龄的’起点’。从亘古以来祂就是亘古常在者，”从永远到永远，祢是神。”
Let your mind retreat as far as its capacities will allow into the remote past of old eternity, and there it finds Jehovah alone in the fullness of His glory!
让你的思绪尽可能退回到远古永恒的过去，在那里，你会发现耶和华独自在祂完全的荣耀中！
Then let the same thought flash forward into the far off future, as far as unbridled imagination can bear it, and there it beholds the Eternal; unchanged, unchangeable.
然后让同样的思绪闪现到遥远的未来，直到不受约束的想象所能及的地方，在那里看到永恒者，始终如一，永不改变。
He works changes and effects changes, but He Himself abides the same.
祂施行改变并产生变化，但祂自己始终如一。
God is the only invulnerable being.
神是唯一不可战胜的存在。
There is no conceivable force that can ever wound, injure, or destroy Him!
没有任何可以想象的力量能够伤害、损害或毁灭祂！
If we were profane enough to imagine the Lord to be vulnerable, where is the bow and where the arrow that could reach Him on His throne?
即使我们亵渎地想象主是脆弱的，哪有弓箭能够触及坐在宝座上的祂？
What javelin shall pierce Jehovah’s buckler?
什么标枪能够刺穿耶和华的盾牌？
Let all the nations of the earth rise and rage against God; how shall they reach His throne? They cannot even shake His footstool.
让地上所有国家兴起反抗神；他们怎能够到祂的宝座？他们连祂的脚凳都无法撼动。
If all the angels of heaven should rebel against the Great King, and their squadrons should advance in serried ranks to besiege the palace of the Most High, He has but to will it, and they would wither as autumn leaves! Reserved in chains of darkness, the opponents of His power would forever become mementos of His wrath!
即使天上所有的天使都反叛伟大的君王，他们的军队排列成密集的队伍包围至高者的宫殿，祂只需一个意念，他们就会像秋叶一样枯萎！被黑暗的锁链束缚，这些反抗祂能力的对手将永远成为祂愤怒的纪念！
None can touch Him!
没有人能触及祂！
The God whom we serve reigns as The Unconquerable King!
我们所事奉的神统治万有，如同不可战胜的君王！
He has unlimited sovereignty over all His creatures!
祂对祂所有的受造物拥有无限的主权！
Let us who delight in the living God bow down before Him, and humbly worship Him, as the God in whom we live and move, and have our being.
让我们这些以永生神为乐的人在祂面前俯伏，谦卑地敬拜祂，因为我们生活、动作、存留都在乎祂。
“His rule is everlasting, and His kingdom is eternal. All the people of the earth are nothing compared to Him. He has the power to do as He pleases among the angels of heaven and with those who live on earth. No one can stop Him or challenge Him…” Daniel 4:34-35
“祂的统治永无止境，祂的国度永远长存。地上所有的人与祂相比都如无有。祂在天上的使者中，并地上居住的人中，都随自己的意旨行事。无人能拦阻祂的手，也无人能质问祂。”但以理书4:34-35