manna

The longer Israel was in the desert, the better Egypt looked: good food, at no cost! In the desert they had nothing but tasteless manna!

以色列民留在旷野的日子越长，便越认为昔日在埃及的日子好，他们可以享受美好的食物，而且是免费的，在旷野他们却一无所有，只有淡而无味的吗哪！

" manna was described in the Book of Exodus as " like coriander seed, white, and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.

在出埃及书中描述吗哪为“像胡荽种子，白色，尝起来像蜂蜜做成的薄饼。”

She found me roots of relish sweet, And honey wild, and manna DEW; And sure in language strange she said, I love thee true.

她给采来美味的草根、野蜜、甘露和仙果，她用了一篇奇异的话，说她是真心爱我。

So Moses said to Aaron, "Take a jar and put an omer of manna in it. Then place it before the Lord to be kept for the generations to come. "

摩西对亚伦说：“你拿一个罐子，盛一满俄梅吗哪，存在耶和华面前，要留到世世代代。”

As the Lord commanded Moses, Aaron put the manna in front of the Testimony, that it might be kept.

耶和华怎么吩咐摩西，亚伦就怎么行，把吗哪放在法柜前存留。

And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium.

这吗哪彷佛芫荽子，又好像珍珠。

One of the conclusions of this "Monday Manna" is that true joy ultimately comes out of relationship with God.

本篇「周一吗哪」的结论之一是真正的喜乐来自与上帝的关系。

People can't do something themselves, they manna tell you you can't do it. If you want something, go get it. Period.

别人或许会告诉你不行，但你想要的就要去得到它。

And then there were those who disobeyed by going out on the seventh day to pick up manna.

可是还有人在第七天出去收吗哪，他们却什么也找不着。

The manna was like coriander seed and looked like resin.

这吗哪仿佛芫荽子，又好象珍珠。

But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.

现在我们的心血枯竭了，除这吗哪以外，在我们眼前并没有别的东西。

The manna had to be gathered first thing every morning, or it would melt away.

百姓每天起来的第一件事，就是要去收取吗哪，否则它就会溶化。

Lower prices may be manna to consumers, but they can cause economists to break out in cold sweats.

价下降对消费者来说可能是求之不得的好事，但却会让经济学家们冒出一身冷汗。

I needed that money so desperately, it was like manna from heaven when it arrived!

我正急需那笔钱，所以收到时宛如天赐！

For those championing an increase in the number of women on British bank boards, this latest debacle is manna from heaven.

对于那些主张增加英国各银行董事会女性董事人数的人而言，最近的乱局简直是天赐良机。

If you hoard a thing for yourself, it will turn into spiritual dry rot, as the manna did when it was hoarded.

如果你为自己留下什么，它就会使你的灵性干枯腐烂，就像多收并企图储存的吗哪。

After the kind of coverage I'd been getting, the piece was manna from heaven.

经历媒体对我的那些报道之后，这篇文章对我来说简直是天降甘露。

You gave your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold your manna from their mouths, and you gave them water for their thirst.

你也赐下你良善的灵教训他们，未尝不赐吗哪使他们糊口，并赐水解他们的渴。

The Israelites ate manna forty years, until they came to a land that was settled; they ate manna until they reached the border of Canaan.

以色列人吃吗哪共四十年，直到进了有人居住之地，就是迦南的境界。

Our lesson today ends with Exodus 16: 35, "And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years. . . "

我们今天的故事就结束在出埃及记16章35节：“以色列人吃吗哪共四十年…”