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Hallowed be Your name
愿人都尊祢的名为圣
(Newman Hall, “Meditations on the Lord’s Prayer”)
(纽曼•霍尔, “主祷文默想”)
“Our Father in Heaven, hallowed be Your name.” Matthew 6:9
“我们在天上的父，愿人都尊祢的名为圣。” 马太福音6:9
This petition condemns much more than profane language. Whenever we introduce the Divine name in our speech uselessly and triflingly–when we employ it to turn a sentence, or give emphasis to a statement, or point to an anecdote–when we make the Divine Word the subject-matter of jokes, punning on solemn truths of Revelation, and quoting Scripture with ludicrous adaptations to provoke mirth. And even when we take this great name on our lips in worship without any endeavor to feel the homage it demands, we violate the spirit of this prayer.
这个祈求不仅仅是谴责亵渎的言语。当我们在谈话中无谓轻率地提及神的名字时——当我们用它来转换句子，或强调某个说法，或用于指代轶事时——当我们把神的话语当作笑话的题材，戏谑启示的庄严真理，并引用圣经以滑稽的方式来引发欢笑时。甚至当我们在敬拜中提及这伟大的名，却没有努力去感受它所要求的崇敬时，我们就违背了这个祷告的精神。
“You shall not take the name of Jehovah your God in vain. For Jehovah will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.” Exodus 20:7
“不可妄称耶和华你神的名，因为妄称耶和华名的，耶和华必不以他为无罪。” 出埃及记20:7