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Astonished, bewildered, and overpowered!
惊讶，困惑，不知所措！
(Octavius Winslow, “From Grace to Glory” 1864)
“From Grace to Glory” (1864) by Octavius Winslow
《从恩典到荣耀》（1864年）温斯洛著
The unregenerate man does not worship the God of the Bible.
未重生的人并不敬拜圣经中的神。
Worshiping a god of his own imagination, he rears his altar to “THE UNKNOWN GOD.”
他敬拜自己想象中的神，为”未知之神”筑坛。
Divesting the God of Scripture of His divine perfections . . .
His holiness,
His justice,
His truth,
His power
His wrath —
he completely undeifies Him, robbing Him of His glory.
他剥夺了圣经中神的神圣完美. . .
祂的圣洁，
祂的公义，
祂的真理，
祂的能力，
祂的烈怒 —
他完全否定了神的神性，夺去了祂的荣耀。
But when he is born again, lo! the God of the Bible bursts upon his new-found vision and his wondering gaze, as a ‘newly revealed God’.
但当他重生时，看哪！圣经中的神突然闯入他新获得的视野和惊奇的目光中，如同一位”新显现的神”。
Clothed with new attributes,
arrayed with new perfections,
bathed with new glory,
standing in a new relation —
the new creature falls down at His feet in adoring admiration and love, exclaiming, “I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear; but now my eye sees You! Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes!”
披戴着新的属性，
装饰着新的完美，
浸润在新的荣耀中，
站立在新的关系中 —
这新造的人俯伏在祂脚前，带着敬爱和仰慕呼喊：”我从前风闻有祢，现在亲眼看见祢！因此我厌恶自己，在尘土和炉灰中懊悔！”
Never did . . .
the being of God, appear so true,
the perfections of God, appear so glorious,
the character of God, appear so great,
the government of God, appear so holy,
the relation of God, appear so endearing — as now!
从未有过. . .
神的存在如此真实，
神的完美如此荣耀，
神的品格如此伟大，
神的治理如此圣洁，
神的关系如此亲切 — 像现在这样！
Born into a new world, the GOD of the new creation unveils to the eye as infinitely, ineffably lovely!
出生在新世界中，新造的神在眼前展现出无限、难以言表的可爱！
Like a being born and grown up in a dark mine, and brought to the earth’s surface to gaze upon the sun in its noontide effulgence — the new created soul is astonished, bewildered, and overpowered by the splendor, glory, and greatness of the being, character, and perfections of Jehovah!
如同一个生在黑暗矿井中长大的人，被带到地面仰望正午灿烂的阳光 — 这新造的灵魂被耶和华的存在、品格和完美的光辉、荣耀与伟大所震惊、困惑和压倒！