SECTION A
甲部
1. We welcome you to this broadcast.
亲爱的朋友，欢迎你！
2. We are glad you are listening.
我们很高兴你能收听今天的节目。
3. Last time we talked about don’t ever give up,
上次节目里，我们谈的题目是“永不放弃”，
4. And I want to continue in that same theme.
今天我们继续这话题。
5. But I want to begin by asking you a question.
首先让我问你一个问题，
6. Have you ever said to someone,
你曾经对人这么说过吗？
7. I am ashamed of you?
我以你为耻。
8. Have you ever reflected on what this really means?
你有没有想过这话到底是什么意思吗？
9. Have you ever experienced shame and the feeling of being disgraced?
你有过羞耻的经历和丢脸的感觉吗？
10. Or have you caused someone shame or disgrace?
或者，你曾否使别人感到羞愧和丢脸？
11. No doubt most of us have either been at the giving end or the receiving end of embarrassment.
相信大多数人都经历过，要不是让别人感到窘迫，就是自己很尴尬。
12. But few of us ever stop to ask ourselves these questions.
但很少人会扪心自问，
13. What is it that I am ashamed of?
我究竟以什么为耻？
14. What dark secrets am I hiding?
我有什么不可告人的秘密？
15. What secrets am I afraid of people finding out?
有什么秘密是我害怕被人揭穿的？
16. Because if they find out, I am going to be ashamed.
因为一旦被人揭穿了，我就会感到很羞耻。
17. What causes me the most embarrassment?
有什么使我最难堪的？
18. What is the thing that I want to avoid at any cost?
有什么是我不惜任何代价都要避免的？
19. There are some who are ashamed of their looks.
有些人以自己的长相为耻，
20. There are some who are ashamed of their family.
有些人以自己的家庭为耻，
21. There are some who are ashamed of their lack of education.
有些人因自己缺乏教育为耻，
22. What makes us ashamed is something that we think about to be ugly.
通常令我们感到羞愧的，是那些我们认为丑陋的，
23. Something that is not acceptable.
难以接受的，
24. Something that is not approved of by others.
别人不赞同的，
25. Something that does not measure up to what other people’s expectations are.
达不到人们所期望的，
26. The Bible said,
圣经说，
27. And the apostle Paul writes to the Corinthians,
在使徒保罗写给哥林多教会的书信里提到，
28. That there are some shameful things that are happening in their midst that should not be even verbalized.
教会里发生了一件可耻的事，说都说不出口。
29. Today we live in a time where the shameful things are becoming acceptable,
今天我们却活在一个的世代，可耻的事成为可接纳的，
30. And yet the good and wholesome things are made out to be unacceptable.
正直善良的事，反而不被接纳，
31. It is considered to be backward thinking.
被认为是思想落伍的老古板。
32. There are Christians today who have fallen into the trap of being ashamed of Biblical morality.
今天有些基督徒就落在这样的陷阱里，他们以圣经的道德标准为耻。
33. We must never be ashamed of Biblical truth,
我们决不应该以圣经真理为耻，
34. No matter what names they may call us.
无论人们怎样讥笑我们，
35. No matter what category of people they may place us into.
无论将我们如何归类，
36. No matter how much they try to change the schools or the communities.
无论他们把学校和社会改造成什么样子，
37. Let me tell you that shame is the child of fear.
让我告诉你，羞耻是恐惧的产物，
38. Shame is the opposite of confidence.
羞耻与信心适得其反，
39. Shame is the cousin of timidity.
羞耻与畏缩是表兄弟。
40. Let us continue in this series entitled, “Never Give Up”.
让我们继续讲“永不放弃”这系列的信息。
41. This is the last epistle that the apostle Paul wrote from the walls of a Roman dungeon.
这是使徒保罗从罗马的地牢里，写出来的最后一封书信，
42. Possible just days before he died.
很可能就在他临死前不久。
43. His purpose in writing this second letter,
他给提摩太写第二封信的目的，
44. Is to encourage his friend Timothy.
是要鼓励提摩太这位朋友。
45. He was writing to tell him to stand up for the truth of the gospel,
他写信鼓励提摩太，要为福音真理站立得稳，
46. To endure to the end.
坚持到底。
47. And to never be driven by the wind,
不要被世俗之风摇动，
48. To never go with the current,
不要随波逐流，
49. No matter how popular it may be.
不论那是多么受人欢迎的潮流。
50. Let me read to you verse 8 of II Timothy chapter 1.
让我为你读出提摩太后书第一章第8节，
51. Be not ashamed of the testimony of our Lord,
你不要以给我们的主作见证为耻，
52. Or of me his prisoner,
也不要以我这为主被囚的为耻，
53. But you be partaker of the affliction of the gospel according to the power of God.
总要按神的能力，与我为福音同受苦难。
54. Three times Paul tells Timothy not to be ashamed.
保罗三次提醒提摩太，不要感到羞耻。
55. Don’t be ashamed of the truth,
不以真理为耻，
56. Don’t be ashamed of me Paul,
不以保罗为耻，
57. And don’t be ashamed of the testimony of Christ.
不以给基督作见证为耻。
58. There are some church leaders today,
今天某些教会领袖，
59. Who are modern day people ashamed of the truth of the gospel,
是以福音真理为耻的现代人，
60. So they write books to reinterpret the Bible,
所以他们重新解释圣经，
61. And they throw out all the parts and the passages that are rejected by the secular society.
并删除圣经中不合现代社会潮流的经文。
62. Can you image that kind of foolish arrogance?
你能想象他们那愚蠢的傲慢吗？
63. In their desire to see that their brand of Christianity be accomplished by the natural mind,
他们照自己的意思，把基督教的信仰自然理性化，
64. They throw out all of the supernatural.
他们抛弃所有超自然的部分。
65. They deny the virgin birth,
他们否定耶稣是由童贞女所生，
66. The resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ,
他们否定耶稣基督从死里复活，
67. And almost all of the moral demands of the gospel.
几乎福音书中所有的道德要求都被否定了。
68. It is almost as if they are saying,
他们似乎在说：
69. We are embarrassed and ashamed of those parts of the gospel that embarrass you.
我们为福音中有令你难堪的部分，感到很惭愧，
70. We are ashamed of these things that you don’t like about the Bible,
我们很惭愧，圣经里这些部分引起你的不悦，
71. And here is a brand of Christianity that you might find palatable.
现在我们提出新版本的基督教，迎合你的口味。
72. Remember,
请记住，
73. Paul is writing primarily to timid Timothy,
保罗的信，本来是写给胆怯的提摩太的，
74. But the Holy Spirit is speaking to all the timid Timothy’s around the globe.
但圣灵藉此也对全世界和提摩太同样胆怯的人说话。
75. And what the spirit of God is saying, it is this.
神的灵这么说，
76. Don’t sell out like these people.
不要像这些人出卖自我，
77. Don’t dissect the truth of the gospel so that it will be acceptable to the unbeliever.
不要为了迎合非信徒，将福音真理分尸解体。
78. Don’t deny the truth just so that you may feel popular.
不要为了收买人心而否定真理。
79. Don’t give up on the truth of the gospel so that you may not be controversial.
不要为了避免争论就放弃福音真道。
80. The temptation is to water down the truth,
这是个试探，叫我们淡化真理，
81. Or to twist it to suit our purpose.
或为自己的利益，扭曲真理。
82. This is a traitorous temptation.
这是叫我们成为叛徒的试探。
83. If Timothy did not feel that particular temptation,
要不是提摩太正面临这叛变的试探，
84. Paul would not have counseled him in this way.
保罗也不必用心良苦的劝诫他了。
85. If Paul himself had not felt this temptation,
若不是保罗自己也曾警觉到这试探，
86. He would have not felt it necessary to write in Romans 1:16 as follows,
他就不需要在罗马书1章16节那里说：
87. For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ,
我不以福音为耻，
88. For it is the power of God unto salvation unto everyone who believes.
这福音本是神的大能，要救一切相信的。
89. Jesus knew that being ashamed of Him is a temptation that is common to all of us.
耶稣知道，“以祂为耻”是很普遍的试探，我们每一个人都会遇到。
90. And that is why He said in Mark 8:38,
所以祂在马可福音第8章38节那里说：
91. For whoever is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation,
凡在这淫乱罪恶的世代，把我和我的道当作可耻的，
92. Of him will the Son of Man also be ashamed when he comes in his Father’s glory with the holy angels.
人子在他父的荣耀里，同圣天使降临的时候，也要把那人当作可耻的。
93. Let us face it.
让我们正视问题吧！
94. We are all more concerned with public opinions than we would like to admit.
我们都不大愿意承认，其实我们是很在乎别人怎样看我们的。
95. We find it easier to go with the flow.
随着潮流走，要容易多了。
96. We would rather be entertained than read the word of God.
我们情愿去娱乐，比读神的话有意思多了。
97. We would rather sleep in than get up and get down on our knees for prayer.
我们情愿睡懒觉，比清早起床跪下祷告要舒服多了。
98. We find it easier to wink at wrong than deal with it.
我们发觉，犯了错不必太认真，日子就好过多了。
99. And those of us who are parents,
我们身为父母的，
SECTION B
乙部
1. We tend to let our children get away with things that they should not get away with.
我们常常姑息孩子们作错的事，而不要求他们承担后果。
2. Why?
为什么呢？
3. Takes an effort!
太费神啦！
4. We would rather talk about positive affirmation than self-examination.
我们情愿说些正面肯定的话，而不要求自我检讨。
5. We would rather avoid witnessing for fear of ridicule.
我们避免为神作见证，因为害怕被嘲笑。
6. Let us face it.
让我们正视问题吧！
7. None of us by nature enjoys suffering,
按照我们的天性，没有人喜欢受苦，
8. Even the Lord Jesus Christ himself.
即使耶稣基督也是这样。
9. He prayed in Gethsemane,
祂在客西马尼园里祷告，
10. That the cup of suffering would be removed from him.
不要叫祂喝那苦杯，
11. If that were the Father’s will,
如果这是天父的旨意。
12. And the apostle Paul prayed three times that the thorn in the flesh be removed,
使徒保罗曾三次祷告，求神除去他身上的刺。
13. And Peter stood in fear and embarrassment.
而彼得则感到害怕和羞愧，
14. Before a harmless servant,
在一个不能伤害他的仆人面前，
15. And he denied Jesus Christ.
他否认耶稣。
16. He said I never heard of him.
他说，我从没听说过祂。
17. Yet sometimes suffering is part of our faithfulness to God.
但有时，要忠于神，就得受苦。
18. And if and when that time comes.
当受苦的时刻来临，
19. Paul tells us to stand up and be counted.
保罗叫我们要站稳了，
20. The bottom line Paul is saying is this,
保罗最基本的意思就是，
21. That when we are timid and reluctant, it is because we are afraid.
我们胆怯退缩，是因为我们恐惧。
22. What are you afraid of?
你害怕什么？
23. Our listening friends, what is the thing that makes you afraid the most?
亲爱的朋友，你最怕什么？
24. Loss of jobs?
失业？
25. Loss of prestige?
失去你的声望？
26. Loss of property or money?
财物的损失？
27. Are you afraid of not being popular?
你害怕自己不再受欢迎吗？
28. Or are you ultimately afraid of the loss of life itself,
甚至，最怕的就是去生命，
29. That is the fear of dying?
怕死？
30. Paul was facing death when he was writing this letter,
当保罗写这封书信时，他正面对死亡，
31. And that is why in verses 9 and 10, Paul said the following,
因此在第9第10节里保罗说，
32. Do not be afraid of death.
不要惧怕死亡。
33. My friend,
我的朋友，
34. If you are a Christian,
如果你是基督徒，
35. Let me remind you,
让我提醒你，
36. That God saved you,
神拯救了你，
37. And God called you,
神呼召你，
38. And God has brought you from death to life,
神救你出死入生，
39. And God is the one who will give you power not to be afraid,
神将赐你能力，使你不再惧怕，
40. He will give you the power to live,
祂会赐给你活下去的力量，
41. And not just coast in life.
而不是浑浑噩噩的活着。
42. God is the one who will give us the power not to live a life that is just coasting in neutral all the time.
神会赐给我们力量，不至于随波逐流，浮沉于人海中。
43. That kind of life would make a mockery of Jesus Christ’s sacrificial death upon the cross.
那样的人生，是对耶稣基督在十字架上的牺牲的讽刺。
44. He died on the cross so that you may have life and have it more abundantly.
祂死在十字架上，为了使你得生命，并且得的更丰盛。
45. I want to talk to you more about fear in the next broadcast,
在下次的节目中，我还要多谈些有关“恐惧”这方面的事，
46. Because I want to tell you about how Jesus Christ has given us power over fear.
因为我要告诉你，耶稣基督如何赐能力给我们，使我们能克服恐惧。
47. And I want to pray with you now, until next time, I will say good-bye.
就让我们在下次的节目中再会，现在让我们一起祷告。
48. Heavenly Father,
天上的父啊，
49. We thank you that the Lord Jesus Christ has not given us the spirit of fear,
感谢你，耶稣基督赐给我们的不是胆怯的心，
50. But the spirit of power and love and self-control.
而是刚强、仁爱、谨守的心。
51. We thank you that fear does not have to be part of our life,
感谢你，在生活中，我们不需要惧怕，
52. But that we have victory in Jesus Christ.
却有在耶稣基督里的胜利。
53. Teach us that very important lesson,
请教导我们这重要的功课，
54. For we ask that in Jesus name.
奉主耶稣的名祷告，
55. Amen.
阿们。
