撒母耳記上2:1-11

2:1 哈拿禱告說：我的心因耶和華快樂；我的角因耶和華高舉。我的口向仇敵張開；我因耶和華的救恩歡欣。

2:2 只有耶和華為聖；除他以外沒有可比的，也沒有磐石像我們的上帝。

2:3 人不要誇口說驕傲的話，也不要出狂妄的言語；因耶和華是大有智識的上帝，人的行為被他衡量。

2:4 勇士的弓都已折斷；跌倒的人以力量束腰。

2:5 素來飽足的，反作用人求食；飢餓的，再不飢餓。不生育的，生了七個兒子；多有兒女的，反倒衰微。

2:6 耶和華使人死，也使人活，使人下陰間，也使人往上升。

2:7 他使人貧窮，也使人富足，使人卑微，也使人高貴。

2:8 他從灰塵裡抬舉貧寒人，從糞堆中提拔窮乏人，使他們與王子同坐，得著榮耀的座位。地的柱子屬於耶和華；他將世界立在其上。

2:9 他必保護聖民的腳步，使惡人在黑暗中寂然不動；人都不能靠力量得勝。

2:10 與耶和華爭競的，必被打碎；耶和華必從天上以雷攻擊他，必審判地極的人，將力量賜與所立的王，高舉受膏者的角。

2:11 以利加拿往拉瑪回家去了。那孩子在祭司以利面前事奉耶和華。

 

Then Hannah prayed and said:

“My heart rejoices in the Lord;
    in the Lord my horn^[a] is lifted high.
My mouth boasts over my enemies,
    for I delight in your deliverance.

² “There is no one holy like the Lord;
    there is no one besides you;
    there is no Rock like our God.

³ “Do not keep talking so proudly
    or let your mouth speak such arrogance,
for the Lord is a God who knows,
    and by him deeds are weighed.

⁴ “The bows of the warriors are broken,
    but those who stumbled are armed with strength.
⁵ Those who were full hire themselves out for food,
    but those who were hungry are hungry no more.
She who was barren has borne seven children,
    but she who has had many sons pines away.

⁶ “The Lord brings death and makes alive;
    he brings down to the grave and raises up.
⁷ The Lord sends poverty and wealth;
    he humbles and he exalts.
⁸ He raises the poor from the dust
    and lifts the needy from the ash heap;
he seats them with princes
    and has them inherit a throne of honor.

“For the foundations of the earth are the Lord’s;
    on them he has set the world.
⁹ He will guard the feet of his faithful servants,
    but the wicked will be silenced in the place of darkness.

“It is not by strength that one prevails;
¹⁰     those who oppose the Lord will be broken.
The Most High will thunder from heaven;
    the Lord will judge the ends of the earth.

“He will give strength to his king
    and exalt the horn of his anointed.”

¹¹ Then Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy ministered before the Lord under Eli the priest.

 

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    哈拿獻完祭後，在上帝面前禱告，為上帝在他身上的作為讚美上帝，也宣告上帝的權能！因為上帝高舉她，使他可以懷孕生子，還可以將這孩子獻上帝成為拿細耳人！而孩子的爸爸也贊成太太的決定，甘心樂意讓孩子為上帝所用！

 

    今日我們蒙上帝的恩，我們也要將自己的孩子獻給上帝，以聖經的方式來教導兒女，因為兒女是上帝所賜的，要歸還上帝！正如詩篇127篇3節：「女是耶和華所賜的產業；所懷的胎是他所給的賞賜。」

 

    因而父母是要成全小孩，不是要控制兒女！保羅也教導父母：「你們作父親的，不要惹兒女的氣，只要照著主的教訓和警戒養育他們。」（以弗所書6章4節）

 

    而人信主耶穌以後，就是上帝的兒女。小孩子受小兒洗之後，地上的父母的責任就是要教導小兒長大成人之後，真正成為上帝的兒女，讓他們透過堅信禮歸入主的名下，父母的責任才算完成！