Father's Love Letter
天父愛的信
我的孩子:
You may not know me, but I know everything about you. Psalm 139:1
你或許不認識我,我卻認識你的一切。詩 139:1
I know when you sit down and when you rise up. Psalm 139:2
你坐下,你起來,我都曉得,詩139:2
I am familiar with all your ways. Psalm 139:3
我也深知你一切所行的;詩139:3
Even the very hairs on your head are numbered. Matthew 10:29-31
就是你的頭髮也都被數過了。太10:29-31
For you were made in my image. Genesis 1:27
你是照著我的的形像所造的,創1:27
In me you live and move and have your being. Acts 17:28
你生活、動作、存留,都在乎我,徒17:28
For you are my offspring. Acts 17:28
你也是我所生的。徒17:28
I knew you even before you were conceived. Jeremiah 1:4-5
甚至在你尚未成形以先,我已曉得你,耶1:4-5
I chose you when I planned creation. Ephesians 1:4
在創立世界之前,我已揀選了你。弗1:4
You were not a mistake, for all your days are written in my book. Psalm 139:15-16
你不是個錯誤,你所有的年日都寫在我的冊上,詩139:15-16
I determined the exact time of your birth and where you would live. Acts 17:26
我定準你的年歲和所住的疆界,徒17:26
You are fearfully and wonderfully made. Psalm 139:14
你的受造,是極其奇妙可畏!詩139:14
I knit you together in your mother's womb. Psalm 139:13
我在你母腹中塑造你, 詩139:13
And brought you forth on the day you were born. Psalm 71:6
領你由母腹中出來。詩71:6
I have been misrepresented by those who don't know me. John 8:41-44
我被不認識我的人所誤傳,約8:41-44
I am not distant and angry, but am the complete expression of love. 1 John 4:16
我並非冷漠而憤怒的,乃是完全的愛。約壹4:16
And it is my desire to lavish my love on you. 1 John 3:1
我願在你身上揮霍我的愛,
Simply because you are my child and I am your Father. 1 John 3:1
只因為你是我的孩子,我是你的父親。約壹3:1
I offer you more than your earthly father ever could. Matthew 7:11
我能給予你的,遠超過地上的父親所能給予你的,太 7:11
For I am the perfect father. Matthew 5:48
因為我是完全的父。太5:48
Every good gift that you receive comes from my hand. James 1:17
你所領受各樣美善的恩賜,都是從我來的,雅 1:17
For I am your provider and I meet all your needs. Matthew 6:31-33
因為我是你的供應者,我必供應你需的㆒切。太6:31-33
My plan for your future has always been filled with hope. Jeremiah 29:11
我向你所懷的意念是要叫你末後有指望,耶29:11
Because I love you with an everlasting love. Jeremiah 31:3
因為我以永遠的愛愛你。耶31:3
My thoughts toward you are countless as the sand on the seashore. Psalms 139:17-18
我向你的意念其數比海沙更多,詩139:17-18
And I rejoice over you with singing. Zephaniah 3:17
我因你歡欣喜樂,番 3:17
I will never stop doing good to you. Jeremiah 32:40
我決不停止施恩與你,耶32:40
For you are my treasured possession. Exodus 19:5
因你是我的珍貴的產業。出19:5
I desire to establish you with all my heart and all my soul. Jeremiah 32:41
我全心全意栽培你於此地,耶32:41
And I want to show you great and marvelous things. Jeremiah 33:3
我要將偉大奧秘的事指示你,耶 33:3
If you seek me with all your heart, you will find me. Deuteronomy 4:29
如果你一心一意尋找我,就必尋見。申4:29
Delight in me and I will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4
以我為樂,我就把你心裡所求的賜給你,詩37:4
For it is I who gave you those desires. Philippians 2:13
因為是我在你心裏動工,使你心裡能立志行事。腓 2:13
I am able to do more for you than you could possibly imagine. Ephesians 3:20
我能為你成就㆒切,遠超過你所求所想的。弗 3:20
For I am your greatest encourager. 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17
我是你最佳的鼓勵者,帖後2:16-17
I am also the Father who comforts you in all your troubles. 2 Corinthians 1:3-4
也是在㆒切患難中安慰你的父親。林後1:3-4
When you are brokenhearted, I am close to you. Psalm 34:18
你傷心的時候,我靠近你,詩34:18
As a shepherd carries a lamb, I have carried you close to my heart. Isaiah 40:11
如同牧人懷抱羊羔,我懷抱你在我胸前,賽 40:11
One day I will wipe away every tear from your eyes. Revelation 21:3-4
有一天,我要擦去你一切的眼淚,啟 21:3-4
And I'll take away all the pain you have suffered on this earth. Revelation 21:3-4
並帶走你在世上的一切苦楚。啟 21:3-4
I am your Father, and I love you even as I love my son, Jesus. John 17:23
我是你的父,我愛你如同我愛我的兒子―耶穌㆒樣,約17:23
For in Jesus, my love for you is revealed. John 17:26
因為在耶穌裡,就顯明我對你的愛,約 17:26
He is the exact representation of my being. Hebrews 1:3
祂是神本體的真像,來 1:3
He came to demonstrate that I am for you, not against you. Romans 8:31
祂來是表明我要幫助你,不是敵對你,羅 8:31
And to tell you that I am not counting your sins. 2 Corinthians 5:18-19
並告訴你:我不追究你的過犯。林後5:18-19
Jesus died so that you and I could be reconciled. 2 Corinthians 5:18-19
耶穌受死,使你可與我和好,林後5:18-19
His death was the ultimate expression of my love for you. 1 John 4:10
祂的死,是我愛你最極致的表達。約壹4:10
I gave up everything I loved that I might gain your love. Romans 8:31-32
我為你捨棄了我所愛的一切,使我或許能得著你的愛。羅8:31-32
If you receive the gift of my son Jesus, you receive me. 1 John 2:23
你若接受了這份禮物我的兒子耶穌,你就接受了我。約壹2:23
And nothing will ever separate you from my love again. Romans 8:38-39
無論任何事都不能叫我的愛與你隔絕。羅8:38-39
Come home and I'll throw the biggest party heaven has ever seen. Luke 15:7
回家吧!讓我為你預備一個天上所見過最大的宴席,路15:7
I have always been Father, and will always be Father. Ephesians 3:14-15
我一直是父親,也永遠是父親,弗 3:14-15
My question is…Will you be my child? John 1:12-13
問題是…,你願意成為我的孩子嗎?約1:12-13
I am waiting for you. Luke 15:11-32
我在等著你。路15:11-32
Love, Your Dad.
愛你的爸爸,
全能上帝
Father's Love Letter used by permission Father Heart Communications Copyright 1999-2006
Translated by Israel Yang
中文聖經譯本採現代標點和合本及新譯本
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