少兒英語(yǔ)圣經(jīng)故事55：In the Beginning起初
Introduction：Do you like to make things like paper airplanes, or maybe paper dolls?What do you need to make those things?Probably all you need is scissors, paper, and maybe some tape or glue. But what if you had nothing at all, no paper, no scissors, nothing?Could you make anything?No, but God can! Only God can create something out of nothing!
引子：你喜歡折紙飛機(jī)，或是折紙娃娃嗎?做這些玩意兒需要些什么東西呢?你大概只需要一把剪刀，一些紙，或者加上透明膠帶和膠水?？梢悄闶裁炊紱]有呢?沒有紙，也沒有剪刀，你還能做什么嗎?不能。但是神卻能。只有神能從什么都沒有創(chuàng)造出東西來。
The very first verse of the very first chapter of the very first book of Gods Word, the Bible, says, In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. What were the materials God used to create the heaven and the earth?Nothing! Nothing but the Word of God! God spoke, and the heaven and the earth came into being. Many people say, Thats impossible! and they do not believe Gods Word, the Bible. They think that our universe and all that is in it came from a great explosion, followed by various processes.
神的話--圣經(jīng)，開頭第一卷，第一章第一節(jié)說，起初神創(chuàng)造天地。神用的什么材料創(chuàng)造天地?什么都沒有，只有神的話。神一說，就有了天和地。很多人說：不可能!他們也不相信神的話--圣經(jīng)。他們以為我們的宇宙和其中所有的一切都從一個(gè)大爆炸產(chǎn)生出來，隨之而來的是一系列進(jìn)化過程。
But that leads to more and more questions about the source of all the gases and things needed for the explosion. We know that explosions destroy things. Explosions make things out of order. So how could order could come from disorder?It takes a lot of faith to believe that our wonderful world, full of order and design, could come from an explosion. Just as a nice wristwatch or clock shows evidence of an intelligent designer, so our amazing world shows evidence of a brilliant designer!但是那樣的說法帶來越來越多的問題，大爆炸所需要的氣體是從哪里來的呢?我們知道爆炸只會(huì)帶來破壞，爆炸之后一切都亂七八糟。從混亂中怎能產(chǎn)生秩序呢?我們這個(gè)奇妙世界是照著所設(shè)定好的順序運(yùn)行的, 要相信它是從一個(gè)大爆炸而來，這倒是需要非常大的信心。 就如一塊手表或時(shí)鐘顯示它必然有一位聰明的設(shè)計(jì)者，同樣我們奇妙的世界顯明必然有一位智慧的設(shè)計(jì)師。
That brilliant designer is our true and living God! He must have thought it was very important for us to know how He created the world, for He told us right in the beginning of His Word! The Bible says that at first the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light：and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good：and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. So what did God create the very first day of His Creation week?Night and Day.
這位智慧的設(shè)計(jì)師就是我們的神。他一定認(rèn)為讓我們知道他如何創(chuàng)造世界是非常重要的一件事，因?yàn)樗脑捯婚_始就告訴我們。圣經(jīng)開始的地方說：地是空虛混沌，淵面黑暗。神的靈在水面上運(yùn)行。神說要有光，就有了光。神看光是好的，就把光暗分開了。神稱光為晝，稱暗為夜。神在他的七天創(chuàng)造工程的第一天創(chuàng)造的是什么呢?白天和晚上。
The second day, God made sky and clouds. The Bible says He made the sky to divide the waters above from the waters on the earth. The third day, God spoke and the waters on the earth were gathered together to make the oceans, and God made the dry land appear. Then God spoke, and the dry land was covered with grass, and plants, bushes and trees of all kinds. Our very wise Creator also planned for all the plants and trees to have fruit and seed so that each plant would reproduce after its kind. Watermelons would produce more watermelons; apples would produce more apples, etc.
第二天, 神造了天空和云彩。圣經(jīng)說他創(chuàng)造天空把上面的水和地上的水分開。第三天, 神用話使地上的水聚在一起成為海洋, 并且使陸地顯露出來。 然后，神又說話, 地就被草, 植物，灌木, 和各種的樹木所覆蓋。我們這位智慧的創(chuàng)造者讓所有植物和樹木有果子和種子，可以按照類別再生出植物來。西瓜生出更多西瓜; 蘋果生出更多蘋果來, 等等。
How could God do all these wonderful things! Hebrews 11：3 says, Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. We can see the things God created, but we cant see how He did it! But as His creation, we can have faith, we can believe, what our Creator says about it：He spoke and it happened!
神怎么能創(chuàng)造所有這些美妙的東西來呢?希伯來書 11：3 說, 我們因著信，就知道諸世界是藉神的話造成的; 這樣，所看見的，並不是從顯然之物造出來的. 我們能夠看見神所創(chuàng)造的，但是看不見他是如何創(chuàng)造的。 但是，我們也是他所造的，我們有信心，能夠相信我們的創(chuàng)造者所說的：他一說話事情就發(fā)生了!
Here is another question：Why was God creating all these things?For you! Yes, God was preparing the world for His most special creation, and that is people! He knew they would need air to breathe, and water, and land, and food. Your Creator loves you very much, and He has filled this world with things to make us happy! Color, and music, and lovely birds and funny little pets, and many delicious things to eat! One poet said, The world is so full of a number of things, Im sure we should all be as happy as kings. God did all this because He loves you and me very much. He loved us and knew us and planned our lives before we were ever born! Jeremiah 31：3 says, I have loved thee with an everlasting love. God is holy, perfectly good. And all His plans for you are good! You are His most special creation!
現(xiàn)在又有個(gè)問題：神為什么創(chuàng)造所有這一切?為了你! 是的, 神為了他所造最重要的東西預(yù)備了這個(gè)世界，這最重要的創(chuàng)造就是人! 他知道他們將會(huì)需要空氣, 水, 陸地, 和食物。 你的創(chuàng)造者非常愛你, 并且他使這個(gè)世界充滿了我們喜歡的東西! 顏色, 音樂, 可愛的鳥，滑稽的小動(dòng)物, 和許許多多好吃的! 一位詩(shī)人說, 世界充滿了這么多美好的東西, 我們所有的人都一定像國(guó)王一樣快活.神創(chuàng)造了所有這一切，只因?yàn)樗浅Ｉ畹貝勰愫臀摇?在我們來到世上之前，他就已經(jīng)愛我們，認(rèn)識(shí)我們，并計(jì)劃我們的生活! 耶利米書 31：3 我以永遠(yuǎn)的愛來愛你.神是圣潔, 神是美善。 并且他所有為你的計(jì)劃都是好的! 在他所有的創(chuàng)造中，你是最特別的。
And He was preparing the world for you and me as He filled the earth with all those wonderful apple, plum, peach, and orange trees! Think of all the watermelon vines, and grape vines, and the nut trees. God also made many herbs and plants for medicine.
當(dāng)他在地上種滿了那些美妙的蘋果樹, 李樹, 桃樹, 和橙樹，他是在為你和我預(yù)備這個(gè)世界! 想想西瓜藤, 葡萄樹, 核桃樹。神還造了許多草和植物可以用作醫(yī)藥。
On the fourth day, God said, Let there be lightsto divide the day from the night; and let them be fore signs and for seasons, and for days, and for years. And let them be for lightsto give light upon the earth. What lights are these?It was our sun, moon, and stars. God made all the planets, and more stars and galaxies than anyone could ever count! Our strongest telescopes only make us marvel more and more at our vast universe! Not only did God create all these wonders in the sky, but He also keeps them in their orbits and operating in perfect order, even after thousands of years. God says He calls each of His stars by name!
在第四天, 神說 天上要有光體，可以分晝夜，作記號(hào)，定節(jié)令、日子、年歲，並要發(fā)光在天空，普照在地上。 這些是什么光?這是我們的太陽(yáng), 月亮, 和星星。神造了所有行星，和沒有人能夠數(shù)算的星和星系! 我們最強(qiáng)大的望遠(yuǎn)鏡只會(huì)使我們?cè)絹碓襟@奇于我們的浩瀚宇宙!神不僅創(chuàng)造所有這些天上的奇跡, 他并且使他們保持在各自的軌道上，即使在數(shù)千年以后，仍然在完美的秩序里運(yùn)行。神說他叫出每顆星星的名字!
Perhaps you have studied in your science classes how that our planet Earth is placed a perfect distance from the sun so that we can receive the suns heat and light without the extreme of freezing to death or burning up! Did the Earth place itself at that exact distance?No, it was a loving Creator God, our super-intelligent Designer!
也許你在自然科學(xué)里學(xué)到我們的行星地球離太陽(yáng)的距離是多么地完美，使得我們能剛好接受太陽(yáng)的光和熱，不至于太冷被凍死，或太熱被燒滅! 是地球自己把自己安置在那個(gè)精確的距離上嗎?當(dāng)然不是, 那是愛我們的神, 這位造物者，我們的超級(jí)智慧者的設(shè)計(jì)!
Many people do not believe Gods Word, and they do very foolish things like worshipping the earth or sun, or trying to tell their future with the stars. Gods Word says we are not to worship the creature, but the Creator! We are to look to Him to guide our future, and to save us and help us. When we see the splendid things He has made, we sin if we worship the things, rather than the One Who made them. We sin against our Creator God anytime we think, say or do things that do not please Him. God tells us the sad truth about all the people He has made：For all have sinned. Romans 3：23. If we continue in that sin we must be separated from our holy God forever. Do you think God your Creator wants you to be separated from Him forever?No, He wants you to enjoy Heaven with Him forever! And He wants you to enjoy the things He has created here on earth also, but not to worship them.
許多人不相信神的話, 他們做一些非常愚蠢的事, 象崇拜地球或太陽(yáng), 或設(shè)法從星相預(yù)知他們的未來。神的話告訴我們，我們不能崇拜被造物, 而應(yīng)該敬拜造物者! 我們要依賴他引導(dǎo)我們的未來, 拯救我們，幫助我們。 當(dāng)我們看他所創(chuàng)造的精彩事物的時(shí)候, 如果我們崇拜被造物而不是那位創(chuàng)造者，我們就是犯罪。 每一次當(dāng)我們?cè)谙耄蛘f，或做他所不喜悅的事情，我們就是得罪他。神告訴了我們一個(gè)令人難過的事實(shí)：世人都犯了罪 (羅馬書 3：23) 。如果我們繼續(xù)在罪孽里，我們就必須永遠(yuǎn)與這位圣潔的神分離。 你認(rèn)為你的創(chuàng)作者要你永遠(yuǎn)與他分離嗎?不是, 他要你永遠(yuǎn)與他在天堂共享! 并且他也要你享受他在這地上的創(chuàng)造, 但不是去崇拜它們。
God said, after each day of His creation, And God saw that it was good. The fifth day God spoke and the sea creatures and birds were made! Think of all the many very different sea creatures and birds! Are you thinking of the tiny little shrimp, and the great big whales?The octopus and the sea anemone?Oh, and what about the great eagles, and the tiny sparrows?God made them each to reproduce after their kind.
對(duì)于以后每天的創(chuàng)造, 神都說：神看這是好的。 第五天神說話，海里的生物和鳥就被創(chuàng)造出來。 想想所有這些非常特別的海洋生物和鳥。 你想的是小蝦和大鯨魚，還是章魚和海葵?噢, 是大鷹, 還是小麻雀?神使他們按照各自的種類繁衍。
On the sixth day, God spoke and the creatures on land came forth：the great big dinosaurs, and the tiny little insects; the big black bears, and the little gray bunny rabbits!On the same day God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likenessSo God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him;
第六天, 神說話，地上的動(dòng)物就被造出來了：大恐龍, 小昆蟲; 大黑熊，和灰色的小兔子! 在同一天神說, 我們要照著我們的形像、按著我們的樣式造人.神就照著自己的形像造人 耶和華神用地上的塵土造人，將生氣吹在他鼻孔里，他就成了有靈的活人.
And the Lord God breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. Yes, God made man on the same day as He made the animals, but He made man very different from the animals. God made man in His image, and He gave man a soul that would live forever. He made us able to talk to Him, and love and worship Him, because He wants us to be with Him forever in Heaven. But remember that we said our sin separates us from God and His perfect Heaven.
不錯(cuò)，人與動(dòng)物是在同一天被創(chuàng)造的, 但他使人與動(dòng)物炯然不同。神照著他的形像造人, 并且他給人永遠(yuǎn)活著的的靈魂。 他使我們能與他交談, 愛他，敬拜他, 因?yàn)樗覀冊(cè)谔焐嫌肋h(yuǎn)與他在一起。但要記得我們說過，我們的罪孽使我們與神和他完美的天家分離。
That separation grieves God. But He has planned a way for us to have our sins forgiven so that we could live with Him forever. God planned that His perfect Son Jesus, Who never sinned, would leave Heaven and come to Earth to pay for our sin. Jesus obeyed His Father and willingly came to Earth to take our punishment for sin by dying on the cross. How much God and His Son Jesus loved us, to pay such a price for us to be brought back to God! After Jesus rose from the dead, He went back to Heaven. Now when we believe on the Lord Jesus and ask Him to forgive our sins, He does just that, and we are brought back to God, no longer separated from Him! We can enjoy God forever, just as He planned in the beginning!
這分離使神難過。 但他設(shè)計(jì)了一個(gè)方法，使我們的罪孽被原諒，使我們能永遠(yuǎn)與他同住。神使他完美的兒子耶穌, 就是完全沒有罪孽的，離開天家，來到地上，支付我們罪的代價(jià)。 耶穌順服天父，愿意來到我們這里，死在十字架上，承擔(dān)了我們因自己罪孽所當(dāng)受的刑罰。神和他的兒子耶穌多么地愛我們, 以至于付上這樣的代價(jià)，為要把我們帶回到神面前來! 在耶穌從死里復(fù)活之后, 他回到天上。 當(dāng)我們相信耶穌，求他原諒我們的罪孽時(shí), 他就照我們所求的給我們，把我們帶回到神面前, 從此不再與他分離! 我們將永遠(yuǎn)與神同在, 正像他在起初所計(jì)劃的。
Of all the things God created in the beginning, people were the most special! You may have read or heard that dinosaurs lived millions of years before people. But Gods Word says that the great beasts of the earth, and people, were created on the sixth day. The fossil record also shows that people and dinosaurs lived at the same time. Scientists who believe the Bible call the fossil record Gods photograph album, because all the fossils we see only remind us that Gods Word about creation is true.
在神起初的創(chuàng)造里, 人是最特別的! 你也許讀過或聽過恐龍活在人類之前數(shù)百萬(wàn)年。 但神的話說，地上的野獸和人都是在第六天被創(chuàng)造的。 化石紀(jì)錄顯示人和恐龍同時(shí)期住在地球上。 相信圣經(jīng)的科學(xué)家們把化石紀(jì)錄叫作神的相冊(cè)，因?yàn)槲覀兛匆姷乃谢继嵝盐覀冋娴氖巧駝?chuàng)造了這一切。
Many people now believe that one form of life changed over long periods of time into other completely different forms of life. But what does the fossil record show?We see plants and animal fossils, but we never see a fossil of one kind of animal changing into another kind. Scientists have observed small changes and variations within animal kinds, but never big changes such as a dog turning into a horse, or an ape turning into a human, etc. The truth that God tells us is that He created dogs, horses, apes, and humans all on the same day, and made them to reproduce after their kind.
現(xiàn)今許多人相信一個(gè)形式的生命經(jīng)過長(zhǎng)時(shí)期的改變，變成另一個(gè)完全不同形式的生命。 但化石記錄顯示什么呢?我們看見植物和動(dòng)物化石, 但我們從未看見一種動(dòng)物改變到另一種動(dòng)物的化石。 科學(xué)家觀察到在動(dòng)物種類以內(nèi)微小的變動(dòng)和變異, 但從未觀察到大的變遷，像狗變成馬, 或猿變成人, 等等。神告訴我們的真理是，他在同一天創(chuàng)造狗, 馬, 猿, 和人, 并且他們按照各自的種類繁衍。
You have a wonderful, awesome Creator Who knows you and loves you. He wants you to know how He created the world and everything in it, so He has given us His true book, the Bible. Many great scientists believe Gods Word about creation. They say True science and the Bible never disagree. You can also trust the Bibles account of creation. Read it, believe it, and get to know your Great Creator, the true and living God! Tell others about Him!
你有一位認(rèn)識(shí)你，愛你的奇妙的創(chuàng)造者。 他要你知道他是怎樣創(chuàng)造這個(gè)世界的，所以，他把真理的書圣經(jīng)給了我們。 許多了不起的科學(xué)家相信神話語(yǔ)中所講到的創(chuàng)造。 他們說 真正的科學(xué)和圣經(jīng)從不沖突。 你完全可以相信圣經(jīng)所講的創(chuàng)造。 你要讀它, 相信它， 認(rèn)識(shí)你這位偉大的創(chuàng)造者, 又真又活的神， 也要幫助其他人來認(rèn)識(shí)他。
Have you had your sins forgiven so that you can enjoy your Creator God forever?Thats why God sent the Lord Jesus, Gods Son, into the world. Please go now to How to Be a Child of God and follow the steps!
你的罪都被赦免了嗎?你能永遠(yuǎn)與你的創(chuàng)作者上帝同在嗎?神差遣他的兒子耶穌進(jìn)入這個(gè)世界的原因正是在此。 現(xiàn)在請(qǐng)去閱讀怎樣成為神的孩子一節(jié)。
