2:13 父老啊,我寫信給你們,因為你們認識那從起初原有的。少年人哪,我寫信給你們,因為你們勝了那惡者。小子們哪,我曾寫信給你們,因為你們認識父。
2:14 父老啊,我曾寫信給你們,因為你們認識那從起初原有的。少年人哪,我曾寫信給你們;因為你們剛強,上帝的道常存在你們心裡;你們也勝了那惡者。
I
am writing to you, fathers,
because
you know him who is from the beginning.
I
am writing to you, young men,
because
you have overcome the evil one.
I
write to you, children,
because
you know the Father.
I
write to you, fathers,
because
you know him who is from the beginning.
I
write to you, young men,
because
you are strong,
and
the word of God abides in you,
and
you have overcome the evil one.
Fu-ló
â, ngài siá sin-é pûn ngì-têu,
yîn-vi
ngì-têu ngin-sṳt ke tui thai-chhû chhiu yí-kîn chhùn-chhai ke.
Chhiâng-ngièn-ngìn
â, ngài siá sin-é pûn ngì-têu,
yîn-vi
ngì-têu yí-kîn yàng-ko ke-chak Sià-ok-chá.
Chhîn-oi
ke chṳ́-ńg â, ngài siá sin-é pûn ngì-têu,
yîn-vi
ngì-têu ngin-sṳt thiên-táng ke Â-pâ.
Fu-ló
â, ngài siá sin-é pûn ngì-têu,
yîn-vi
ngì-têu ngin-sṳt ke tui thai-chhû chhiu yí-kîn chhùn-chhai ke.
Chhiâng-ngièn-ngìn
â, ngài siá sin-é pûn ngì-têu,
yîn-vi
ngì-têu yúng-khien;
Song-ti
ke tho-lî chhai ngì-têu ke sâng-miang chûng,
ngì-têu
ya yí-kîn yàng-ko ke-chak Sià-ok-chá.
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在這兩節經文中告訴我們許多基督徒的生命特質:「認識那從起初原有的」、「勝了那惡者」、「認識父」、「剛強」、「上帝的道常存在心裡」。
我們是否有去追求這些生面的特質?使自己靠著基督來認識上帝、使自己剛強、使自己勝過罪惡、魔鬼和死亡?是否讓上帝的道常常在我們心中呢?這是我們活在世上努力的目標!
讓我們用一生來為認識上帝而活!榮耀主名!