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Peace – 平安

Peace of the running waves to you

祝你擁有滾滾浪潮的平安，

Deep peace of the flowing air to you

祝你擁有徐徐微風的深深平安，

Deep peace of the quiet earth to you.

祝你擁有靜土的深深平安，

Deep peace of the shining stars to you

祝你擁有閃亮星辰的深深平安，

Deep peace of the shades of night to you

祝你擁有夜幕低垂的深深平安，

Moon and stars always giving light to you

願月亮和星辰總照耀著你，

Deep peace of Christ, the Son of Peace, to you.

祝你擁有「平安之子」──基督的平安。

Be Lord…

within me to strengthen me

願主...

在我之內賜我力量

without me to preserve me

在我之外保守我

over me to shelter me

在我之上庇護我

beneath me to support me

在我之下支撐我

before me to direct me

在我之前引導我

behind me to bring me back

在我之後帶我回來

around me to fortify me.

在我四周保衛我。

The Blessing –上帝的祝福

May God bless you and keep you,

願主賜福你，保護你；

May God make His face to shine on you and be gracious to you,

願主使他的臉光照你，賜恩給你；

May God lift up His face toward you,

願主敞臉垂顧你，

And give you peace.

賜你平安。

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Text and image credits:

Cover image adapted from public domain artwork.

“Peace”: Traditional Gaelic blessing. Images 1 and 5 by freepik.com; image 7 copyright TFI. Used by permission. Other images in public domain.

“Be Lord” by Lancelot Andrews (1555-1626). Images in public domain.

“The Blessing” (English version) adapted from the Bible, Numbers 6:24-26 (WEB); in public domain. Chinese text (slightly adapted) from CNV version; used by permission (see copyright information listed below). Images 1 & 2 by freepik.com; image 3 by smarnad via freedigitalphotos.net, image 4 in public domain.

Chinese text for “Peace” and “Be Lord” copyright Activated magazine, www.activated.org. Used by permission.

「經文引自《聖經新譯本》，版權屬於環球聖經公會，蒙允准使用。」