Praising God helps us recall His goodness that never ends.
讚美上帝能提醒我們祂不變的美善。
Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of lips that openly profess his name. Hebrews 13:15
我們應當靠著耶穌，常常以頌讚為祭獻給上帝，這就是那承認主名之人嘴唇的果子。-希伯來書13章15節
Even though my friend Mickey was losing his eyesight, he told me, “I’m going to keep praising God every day, because He’s done so much for me.”
我的朋友李奇雖然已經近乎失明，但他卻說：“我仍要每天持續不斷地讚美上帝，因祂為我成就許多美事。”
Jesus gave Mickey, and us, the ultimate reason for such never-ending praise. The twenty-sixth chapter of Matthew tells us about how Jesus shared the Passover meal with His disciples the night before He went to the cross. Verse 30 shows us how they concluded the meal: “When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.”
耶穌不只給李奇，也給了我們不斷讚美祂的理由。在馬太福音26章，描述了耶穌上十字架前一晚和門徒共進逾越節晚餐的情景。根據第30節的記載，他們的晚餐是這麼結束的：“他們唱了詩，就出來往橄欖山去。”
It wasn’t just any hymn they sang that night—it was a hymn of praise. For millennia, Jews have sung a group of Psalms called “The Hallel” at Passover (hallel is the Hebrew word for “praise”). The last of these prayers and songs of praise, found in Psalms 113–118, honors the God who has become our salvation (118:21). It refers to a rejected stone that became a cornerstone (v. 22) and one who comes in the name of the Lord (v. 26). They may very well have sung, “The Lord has done it this very day; let us rejoice today and be glad” (v. 24).
那晚，他們唱的詩歌是讚美詩。幾千年來，猶太人都會在逾越節吟唱“哈利路亞頌詞”（Hallel，這個字希伯來文的意思為頌讚），就是記錄在詩篇113-118篇的禱詞和讚美詩歌。它最後的部分尊崇上帝成為我們的拯救（118篇21節） 、被人所棄的石頭已成了房角的頭塊石頭（22節） ，以及有一位將會奉耶和華的名而來（26節） 。所以他們高聲歡唱：“這是耶和華所定的日子，我們在其中要高興歡喜。”（24節）
As Jesus sang with His disciples on this Passover night, He was giving us the ultimate reason to lift our eyes above our immediate circumstances. He was leading us in praise of the never-ending love and faithfulness of our God.
當耶穌和門徒在逾越節同聲讚美時，祂給了我們不看環境，只單單仰望祂的理由，祂也帶領我們讚美上帝的信實與祂永不止息的愛。
You are always worthy of praise, Lord, even when I don’t feel like praising You! Help us to learn to praise You more and more.
主啊，即便當我不願開口讚美禰時，
禰都永遠配得我們的頌讚！
求禰幫助我，能學習常常讚美禰。
Matthew 26:17-30 (NIV)
The Last Supper
17 On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do you want us to make preparations for you to eat the Passover?”
18 He replied, “Go into the city to a certain man and tell him, ‘The Teacher says: My appointed time is near. I am going to celebrate the Passover with my disciples at your house.’” 19 So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover.
20 When evening came, Jesus was reclining at the table with the Twelve. 21 And while they were eating, he said, “Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me.”
22 They were very sad and began to say to him one after the other, “Surely you don’t mean me, Lord?”
23 Jesus replied, “The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with me will betray me. 24 The Son of Man will go just as it is written about him. But woe to that man who betrays the Son of Man! It would be better for him if he had not been born.”
25 Then Judas, the one who would betray him, said, “Surely you don’t mean me, Rabbi?”
Jesus answered, “You have said so.”
26 While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is my body.”
27 Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. 28 This is my blood of the[a]covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. 29 I tell you, I will not drink from this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.”
30 When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
馬太福音 26:17-30
17 除酵節的第一天，門徒來問耶穌說：“你吃逾越節的筵席，要我們在哪裡給你預備？”
18 耶穌說：“你們進城去，到某人那裡，對他說：‘夫子說：我的時候快到了，我與門徒要在你家裡守逾越節。’”
19 門徒遵著耶穌所吩咐的就去預備了逾越節的筵席。
20 到了晚上，耶穌和十二個門徒坐席。
21 正吃的時候，耶穌說：“我實在告訴你們，你們中間有一個人要賣我了。”
22 他們就甚憂愁，一個一個地問他說：“主，是我嗎？”
23 耶穌回答說：“同我蘸手在盤子裡的，就是他要賣我。
24 人子必要去世，正如經上指著他所寫的；但賣人子的人有禍了！那人不生在世上倒好。”
25 賣耶穌的猶大問他說：“拉比，是我嗎？”耶穌說：“你說的是。”
26 他們吃的時候，耶穌拿起餅來，祝福，就擘開，遞給門徒，說：“你們拿著吃，這是我的身體”；
27 又拿起杯來，祝謝了，遞給他們，說：“你們都喝這個；
28 因為這是我立約的血，為多人流出來，使罪得赦。
29 但我告訴你們，從今以後，我不再喝這葡萄汁，直到我在我父的國裡同你們喝新的那日子。”
30 他們唱了詩，就出來往橄欖山去。
