14. Manna issue 58 - The Blessing of a Campus Fellowship 校園團契的祝福
Creative Writing 文學創作
Manna for Forty Years 四十年的嗎哪
Sharon Chang—Singapore 新加坡
See it with your mind
Feel it in your heart
The stark endless
The hot ruthless
Cruel desert plain
Suddenly clothed in pristine shimmering white
用想像去觀察
用心去感受
荒涼無垠
炎熱無情
殘酷的沙漠平原
突然披上純淨閃耀的白色
He gave a command to the skies above
And opened the doors of heaven1
He rained down…
祂向天空下達命令
打開了天堂之門
祂降下雨水...
“What is it?” They wondered
The bread the Lord has given you to eat
Moses answered
Beautiful, women breathed
Amazing, men added
Yummy, children sighed
Jehovah Jireh
the Lord provided
“那是什麼呢？”他們在想
耶和華已經賜給你們可以吃餅
摩西回答說：
女人說：好美麗
男人說：很奇妙
小朋友讚嘆：好好吃
耶和華以勒
耶和華預備
He gave them the grain of heaven
[His people] ate the bread of angels2
祂賜給他們天上的糧食
祂的子民吃享用大能者的食物。
From one day to one week
Did the wonderment persist?
From one year to forty
Did gratitude still exist?
從一天到一周
這種奇妙一直存在嗎？
從一年到四十年
這份感恩仍存在嗎？
I wonder 我思想
As a mother gathered with her child
Did she say each day
Remember this, my love
正如一位母親與自已孩子重聚時
她是否每天會說
記住這件事，我的小寶貝
We are free
We are filled
Because of the Lord’s love
我們自由了
我們飽足了
都因為主的慈愛
As the people started out each morning
Was the awe still as strong
How high how deep how wide how long
Is our Father’s love
正如大家每天清晨出門
敬畏之心是否依然強烈呢？
我們天父的慈愛
到底有多高深長闊呢？
As families sat down to dine
Did each bite taste
Better than Egypt’s finest meat and wine
Or did they groan
Bitterly at the dreary sameness
The heart-, soul-, might-, mind-numbing mundanity
每當家人坐下來用餐時
品嚐的每一口味道
是否都比埃及最上等的肉與酒更好呢？
或者他們是否嘆息
痛苦這沉悶平凡如常
這令人內心，靈魂，力量和心思麻木的世俗生活
When my hands first held
The chance to serve the Lord
I wondered that He,
all the millions in the world
thousands in the church
Had chosen me
unclean lips
unworthy heart
To be His vessel
當我的手第一次握住
服事主的機會
我驚訝的發現，祂，
在世上萬萬的人中
教會千千的信徒
竟然選擇了我
嘴唇不潔
內心不配
成為祂的器皿
To be like You Lord
I whispered then
像主一樣
我低聲說道
You emptied Yourself
Your food, to do the Father’s will
You loved the loveless, unloved and unloving
Broke bread with he who meant you ill
You fed You taught You healed You touched
You rested little, labored much
你倒空自己
你的糧食，就是尊行天父的旨意
你疼愛那些少愛，不受愛，無愛的人
與那些對你懷有惡意的人共餐
你餵養，你教導，你醫治，你觸摸
你少少休息，多多勞力
To give my best
To do no less
I resolved then
為了盡已所能
為了多多付出
我就下定決心
From one day to one week
Does the wonderment persist?
From one year to many
Does the gratitude still exist?
從一天到一周
這種奇妙一直存在嗎？
從一年到多年
這份感恩仍存在嗎？
I wonder 我思想
Beautiful Savior, I breathed
Amazing grace, my heart added
Help this child always remember
Jehovah Nissi
the Lord, my banner
Help me love and serve You
all my heart my soul my might my mind
The Lord
my bread of life.
親愛的救主，我傾吐氣息
奇妙恩典，我心銘記
幫助這孩子永遠記住
耶和華尼西
主是我的旌旗，
幫助我用愛心服事你，
盡心，盡性，盡力，盡意
主耶和華
我生命的糧。
1. Psalm 28:23-24
2. Psalm 78:24-25
1. 詩 28：23-24
2. 詩 78：24-25
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