卷一 BOOK ONE
認識上帝認識上帝，，創造主
THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD THE CREATOR
目錄 CONTENTS
智慧智慧﹕﹕認識上帝 WISDOM: KNOWLEDGE OF GOD
真智慧就是﹕認識上帝，認識自己
True Wisdom: Knowledge of God, Knowledge of Ourlves
1.1.1-3（1.1.1, 1.1.3修譯） (2)
對上帝的知識﹕我們應當認識的﹕如何榮耀上帝；知識就是敬虔
Knowledge of God: What is Right and Proper to Know
Knowledge Conducive to Glory of God, Piety 1.2.1-2 (11)
人對上帝自然的認識﹕都是愚拙（乏味）
All Man’s Own Thoughts About God Are Foolishness (without Savor)
From 1.13.3（重譯） (17)
不要好奇不要好奇猜測猜測猜測﹕﹕只有上帝真正認識只有上帝真正認識祂祂自己
DO NOT SPECULATE OUT OF CURIOSITY:
ONLY GOD KNOWS HIMSELF BY HIMSELF
人應當默想上帝的作為，不要好奇地猜測上帝的榮耀
Meditate on God’s Works, Do Not Speculate on God’s Glory可口可乐英文
From 1.5.9（重譯） (18)
只有上帝才能靠自己認識自己﹕我們只知道上帝所宣稱的，所啟示的
Only God Knows Himlf By Himlf;
We Know God as He Reveals Himlf to Us
From 1.13.21（重譯） (19)
不要超越《聖經》，作哲學探究必須謙虛；人的思想不能衡量無限；
只有上帝能靠自己認識自己，為自己作見證
Don’t Go Beyond Bible; Play Philosopher Moderately;
Human Mind Cannot Measure the Measureless;
Only God Knows Himlf in Himlf, Witness to Himlf 1.13.21 (20)
上帝的本質是不可知的；我們藉著上帝的話認識祂
God’s Esnce is Incomprehensible;
We Know God as He Declares Himlf Through His Word 1.14.1 (22)
宗教的種子宗教的種子，，普遍啟示
SEED OF DIVINITY, GENERAL REVELATION
對上帝的認識表現在宇宙的構造與繼續管理中
The Knowledge of God Shines Forth in the Fashioning of the
Univer and the Continuing Government of It 1.5.1 (27)
劳拉 路易人類都有上帝的意識；「宗教的種子」
Men Have Sen of Divinity; “Seed of Religion” 1.3.1（部份重譯） (31)
上帝的啟示到處可見；上帝從來不會沒有見證者
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God’s Revelation Can Be Seen Everywhere; God Is Never Without a
Witness – From Preface to Bible of Olivetan （新譯） (33)
人一睜開眼就能看見上帝在大自然的啟示
When Man Opens His Eyes, He Cannot But See God’s Revelation in
Creation – From 1.5.1（重譯） (34)
無神是不可能的
Godlessness Is Impossible From 1.3.3 (35)
人類對普遍啟示的回應人類對普遍啟示的回應﹕﹕盲目盲目，，偶像敬拜偶像敬拜，，哲學猜測
MANKIND’S RESPONSE TO GENERAL REVELATION:
BLINDNESS, IDOLATRY, PHILOSOPHICAL SPECULATION
人類的邪惡，歪曲，無知，忽略上帝在創造的榮美；
上帝賜真知識給人，可是人須要聖靈的光照，僅靠自然是不夠的
Mankind is Wicked, Perverted, Ignorant; Neglect Glory in Creation:
God Grants True Knowledge, but Man Needs Illumination by Spirit;
Nature Not Sufficient Comm. Acts 17:27 (37)
人的傾向（異教徒）﹕敬拜偶像
Man’s Tendency (Pagans): Idolatry
Comm. Rom. 1:22; Heb. 11:6; Sermon Deuteronomy （新譯） (39)
fareastmovement
除青春痘方法異教徒所敬拜的，都是自己所想像的
The Pagans Worship Their Own Imaginations
申命記講道第55篇
55th Sermon on Deuteronomy (41)
人文﹕哲學家有對上帝的認識的開端；哲學家不一致，使人混淆；
上帝給人關於祂的香氣；人無可推諉
Humanities: Philosophers Have Beginning of Knowledge of God;
But Inconsistent, Confu Men; God Gives Them Savor of Himlf,
They Have No Excu; What They See = Far from Truth
From 2.2.18（部份重譯） (42)
我們了解的有限
The Limits of Our Understanding 2.2.18 (43)
墮落之後﹕認識上帝的意志有所缺欠，上帝只能咒詛人；
人沒有能力來親近上帝；為自己的無能負責
我們看見到處上帝的咒詛，是公義的；我們心思意念蒙蔽，看不見真理
After Fall: Will to Know God = Deprived; God But Curs Man;
Man Cannot Approach God; Responsible for This Inability
God’s Cur = Everywhere: God Justly Disowns Us;
Our Blind Minds Do Not Perceive What Is True 2.6.1 (45)
上帝已經在上帝已經在《《聖經聖經》》中說話中說話﹕﹕祂賜給我們賜給我們《《聖經聖經》》有祂的理由有祂的理由；；
我們要勤讀我們要勤讀《《聖經聖經》，》，》，認識上帝認識上帝認識上帝
GOD HAS SPOKEN IN THE BIBLE,
HE GAVE US BIBLE FOR GOOD REASON:
KNOW GOD THROUGH THE BIBLE
上帝賜《聖經》給我們，為要教導美好的教義，安慰我們，勸誡我們，
使我們完全行各樣善事；《聖經》造就我們，要我們信靠上帝，
敬畏祂，認識祂 – 取自《日內瓦聖經》序言
God Gave Bible to Teach Good Doctrine, To Comfort, Exhort Us to
vdlDo Good, Edify Us to Trust, Fear, Know God
From the Preface to the Geneva Bible （新譯） (50)
上帝在《聖經》裏向我們說話，發表祂的真理
God Speaks to Us In Scripture, Publishes His Truth 1.7.1 (51)
聖靈的默示﹕使徒們是聖靈的記錄者 (notaries)；
使徒以後的傳道人，只不過宣講《聖經》裏所印記的教導
Holy Spirit’s Inspiration: Apostles Are Merely Spirit’s Notaries:
Preachers After Apostles Only Teach What Is Sealed in Scripture
4.8.9 (should inrt at page 40; temporarily put here) (54)
認識上帝 = 領受《聖經》所教導的；
聖靈為《聖經》作見證，印證在我們心中
Knowing = Receiving What Scripture Teaches; Spirit Bears Witness,
Seals Scriptures in Our Hearts 1.7.4 (57)
基督是基督是《《聖經聖經》》的中心的中心；；來認識祂來認識祂；；
evolution是什么意思聖靈為聖靈為《《聖經聖經》》作見證
CHRIST IS CENTER OF SCRIPTURE: KNOW HIM;
SPIRIT AUTHENTICATES SCRIPTURE
基督乃是《聖經》的目的與中心；我們只在基督裏認識上帝；
因此，要在《聖經》裏尋找基督；不然，有學問也不能找到真理
Christ = Aim and Center of Scripture; We Know God Only in Christ;
Find Christ in the Bible; Otherwi the Learned Cannot Find Truth
Comm. John 5:39（新譯） (60)
因為基督是神人之間唯一中保；因此﹕在基督（鏡子）裏尋找上帝；
瘾君子什么意思上帝只藉著祂兒子顯明自己
Christ is the Only Mediator between God and Man; Thus:
Seek God in Christ (A Mirror); God Only Manifests Himlf by Christ
4.8.5（新譯） (62)
如何認識上帝？讓《聖經》教導我們；用新心，信心讀《聖經》
How May We Know God? Be Taught by Scripture, with New Heart,
By Faith 1.6.1 (65)
《聖經》就是上帝的話語
The Word as Holy Scripture 1.6.2 (68)
《聖經》是自我證實的
Scripture Bears Its Own Authentication 1.7.5 ……………………………………...... 70 胡亂思想的人拒絕「聖靈」的名的教義；
聖靈要我們了解上帝的話，不是叫人藐視上帝的話
Fanatic Minds Reject Doctrine in Name of the Holy Spirit;
The Holy Spirit Leads Us Not to Despi, but to Understand God’s Word
徒16:14注釋Comm. Acts 16:14（新譯） (74)
《聖經聖經》》的用詞的用詞，，神學神學的用詞的用詞的用詞；；三位一體三位一體的教義的教義
WORDS USED IN THE BIBLE, WORDS USED IN THEOLOGY;
THE DOCTRINE OF THE TRINITY
零基础学习英语
上帝遷就我們，用人的言語，好像乳母與嬰孩講話
God Accommodates Us with Language, as Nurs Lisp to Babes 1.13.1 (75)
嫩芽是什么意思神格裏的三位格
The Three Persons in the Godhead 1.13.2 (78)
「三位一體」與「位格」等詞匯幫助我們解釋《聖經》，可以使用
The Expressions “Trinity” and “Person” Aid the Interpretation of
Scripture, are Thus Admissible 1.13.3 (81)
教會認為，用「三位一體」，「位格」等詞匯，
對於揭露假教師是必需的
The Church Has Regarded Expressions Like “Trinity,” “Person,” etc.
as Necessary to Unmask Fal Teachers 1.13.4 (84)
神學名詞的限制與必需性
Limits and necessity of theological terms 1.13.5 (86)
最重要觀念的意義﹕「位格」
The Meaning of the Most Important Conception: “Person” 1.13.6 (90)
位格的分辨﹕不是分開；
不僅是上帝的不同頭銜，不僅是講論上帝不同方法
聖子的屬性（生存形式）與聖父不同，有分別；
聖子在上帝裏的道，與父有別
Distinction of Persons: Not Divisions; Not Just Titles,
Not Just Different Ways of Signifying God;
Son’s Attributes (Subsistence) = Distinct from Father;
Son = Word in God, Other than Father 1.13.16-20 (92)
