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By Pastor Joel Ingebritson

On this Twenty Fifth Sunday after the Pentecost I will share what I call a WATCH WORD FOR THE WEEK. 在五旬节后的第二十五个星期日，我将分享我所说的“本周守望词”。

The watch word comes from Psalm 146 which is our Psalm. 守望词来自我们的诗篇 146。

THE LORD LIFTS UP THOSE WHO ARE BOWED DOWN; THE LORD LOVES THE RIGHTIOUS.  耶和华扶起被压下的人；耶和华喜爱义人。

The writer of the psalm revels these ways that God would have us Lift up those who are bowed downL 诗篇的作者以这些方式欢喜，上帝希望我们扶起那些被压下的人。

HAPPY ARE THOSE WHO GIVE JUSTICE TO THOSE WHO ARE OPPRESSED.  那些为受压迫者伸张正义的人是有福的。

THE LORD OPENS THE EYES OF THE BLIND. 主打开盲人的眼睛。

AND IN DOING THIS I WILL SING PRAISES TO MY GOD IN WHOM I HAVE MY HOPE.  在这样做的过程中，我会歌颂我的上帝，我对  他抱有希望。

OUR WATCHWORD, IS A CALL FOR EACH OF US TO LIVE THE LIFE OF GRACE AS FORGIVEN SINNERS TO LIVE A LIFE OF SERVICE.   我们的守望词是呼吁我们每个人都像被宽恕的罪人一样过上满有恩典的生活，过上侍奉神的生活。

In the Gospel today Our Lord helps us to understand that out of even the smallest gift of our time and our talent we are living a life of service!  在今天的福音书中，我们的主帮助我们明白，即使是我们这个时代最小的恩赐和我们的才能，我们也过着侍奉神的生活！

This service and the giving by the widow of even the most meager resources is made possible because, 这种侍奉以及最贫穷的寡妇提供的奉献之所以成为可能，是因为：

WE ARE CLOTHED WITH THE GARMENTS OF SALVATION.  AND FOR THIS WE CAN PRAY.  我们穿着救恩的外衣。  为此我们可以祈祷。

RIGHTEOUS GOD WE GIVE THANKS FOR YOUR LOVE AND YOUR SALVATION THROUGH YOUR SON JESUS CHRIST.  YOU HAVE CLOTHED US IN THE LOVE OF CHRIST.  LET THE LIGHT OF JESUS SHINE IN EVERYTHING WE DO IN LIFE, FOR YOUR GLORY.  公义的神，我们感谢你的爱和你通过你儿子耶稣基督的拯救。  您让我们披上了基督的爱。  让耶稣的光照亮我们生活中所做的一切，为了你的荣耀。

OUR BAPSTIM CALLS US TO TO LIVE IN THE LIGHT OF OUR SALVATION TO LIVE A LIFE OF SERVICE.  我们的洗礼呼召我们要活在救恩的光中，过侍奉的生活。

SO LET ME SHARE HOW I AS A CHAPLAIN WITH THE SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT GIVE SHAPE TO THE CALL OF JESUS WHO NAMES EACH OF US.  因此，让我分享一下，作为西雅图消防局的一名牧师，我如何践行耶稣的召唤，耶稣为我们每个人命名。

THE CHAPLAINS OF THE SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT SERVE THE COMMUNITY.  西雅图消防局的牧师为社区提供服务。

Has anyone here today or knows anyone who had an emergency and the Fire Department came to your home or Office ?  今天有人或认识的人遇到紧急情况并且消防部门来到你家或办公室吗？

If so, you have seen the Fire fighters who answer the call to ‘ Lift up the bowed down’ .  如果是这样，你已经看到消防员响应呼召 “扶起被压下的人”。

Bowed down may be my perhaps a medical emergency, a traffic accident; a fire or even a flooded basement!  可能是一场医疗急救、一场交通事故；火灾, 甚至地下室被淹！

I believe that our Fire fighters in Seattle but throughout the world have answered a calling to serve.  我相信，我们西雅图乃至全世界的消防队员都响应了服务的号召。

They serve by sharing their gifts of knowledge and care with the Seattle community.  他们通过分享他们的知识和关怀等恩赐来服务西雅图社区。

Perhaps you know a fire fighter or have a member of your family who is a fire fighter or a police officer or sheriff’s deputy?  也许您认识一名消防员，或者您的家庭成员是消防队员、警察或警长？

Those who I am privileged to serve alongside weather they are a Fire Fighter or a Police Officer or a Deputy Sheriff see what they do as not just a job but a calling, even a calling from God.  那些我有幸与他们一起服务的人，无论他们是一名消防员、一名警察还是一名副警长，他们都认为他们所做的不仅仅是一份工作，而是一种召唤，甚至是来自上帝的召唤。

Before being accepted by the Seattle Fire Dept our Fire Fighters have left other jobs following their heart to serve their community.  Many have had the dream and vision to be a fire fighter since they were 7 years old!  That vision that dream was their calling to service.   在被西雅图消防局接纳之前，我们的消防员已经离开了其他工作，全心全意为社区服务。  许多人从7岁起就怀揣着成为一名消防员的梦想和愿景！  这个愿景、梦想就是他们服务的呼召。

What I do as a Chaplain to serve alongside our women and men in the Seattle Fire Department is to share that mind and heart of service for people bowed down by their situation in a difficult time.  作为一名牧师，我与西雅图消防局的男女队员一起服务，我所做的就是为那些在困难时期因处境而被压下的人们分享服务的思想和感受。

AS A CHAPLAIN I SUPPORT AND OFFER CARE AND ENCOURAGEMENT TO THE FIRE FIGHTERS.  作为一名牧师，我支持、关心和鼓励我们的消防队员。

EVEN FIRE FIGHTER CAN BE BOWED DOWN AND AT THE DIFFICULT SCENES THEY ATTEND.  即使是消防队员，在他们参与的抢险中也有被屈服的时候。

In these times the CHAPLAIN COMES ALONG SIDE WITH SHARING THE CONFIDENCE WE HAVE  IN KNOWLING HOW GOD CARRIES HIS PEOPLE ON THE JOURNEY. 在这些时候，牧师来到他们身边与他们分享上帝如何关心 他的子民的信心。

DEUTERONOMY SAYS IT THIS WAY,  申命记是这样说的，

YOU SAW HOW THE LORD YOUR GOD CARRIED YOU JUST AS ONE CARRIES A CHILD ALL THE WAY THAT YOU HAVE TRAVELLED.  在你所走过的路上，你看到主你的神如何背负着你，就像一个人背负着一个孩子一样。

EACH OF US IN OUR OWN WAY ARE CALLED BY BY OUR LORD TO CARE AND TO RESTORE THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH WE LIVE.  我们每个人都以自己的方式被我们的主呼召去关心和恢复我们所居住的社区。

And THE STRENGTH TO LIVE THAT SERVICE IS GOD’S WORD OF HOPE CONFIDENCE.  履行这种服务的力量是上帝的希望和信心的话语。

AND IT IS FOUND 我发现

IN THE MEAL WE SHARE TODAY IN HOLY COMMUNION WE SAY,  在我们今天分享的圣餐中我们说：

YOU ARE THE BREAD OF LIFE  你是生命的粮

O LORD TO ME 主啊，对我来说

YOUR HOLY WORD THE TRUTH THAT RESCUES ME  你的圣言是拯救我的真理

GIVE ME TO EAT AND LIVE  供我吃饭和生活

WITH YOU ABOVE  你在天上

TEACH ME TO LOVE YOUR TRUTH 教我爱你的真理

FOR YOU ARE LOVE.  因为你就是爱。

IT IS OUR GOD OF GRACE AND MERCY WHO RESUCES AND RESTORES US TO SERVE AND TO FOLLOW JUST AS THE WIDOW WITH HER FEW COINS.  是我们的恩典和怜悯之神拯救并恢复我们的服务，并跟随上帝，就像寡妇带着她的几枚硬币一样。

MARTIN LUTHERAN ONCE SAID THAT OUR LIVES OUR TO BE LIVED OUT AS LITTLE CHRISTS IN SERVICE AND CARE FOR OTHERS.  马丁·路德曾经说过，我们的生活就是要像基督一样为他人服务，照顾他人。

Jesus of the commandments, the first being Love the Lord your God    耶稣的诫命，第一就是爱主你的神

And Love your neighbor as yourself.  并爱人如己。

What I do in My Chaplaincy with the Community and with the Fire Fighters is not always with words.  It is often with my presence just coming alongside those in crisis who need the care and concern we bring. 我在社区和消防员的工作中作牧师工作，并不总是通过言语。  我经常与那些处于危机中、需要我们照顾和关心的人在一起。

Our Seattle Fire Chaplains have a saying,  我们西雅图消防队牧师有一句话，

I AM NOT HERE FOR ME  我在这里不是为了我自己

I AM HERE FOR WE 我在这里为我们

AND WE ARE HERE FOR THEM.  我们在这里是为了他们。

(THOSE WE SERVE)   （我们服务的对象）

ST FRANCIS OF ASSISI SAID,  阿西西的圣方济各说，

PREACH THE GOSPEL ALWAYS AND SOMETIMES USE WORDS  经常传播福音，有时使用言语

Chaplaincy is,  牧师职位是，

Living out what God has called us to be on our journey in THE CARE AND LOVE FOR THE NEIGHBOR   在关爱邻舍中活出神对我们的呼召

lifting up those who are bowed down,   扶起那些被压倒的人，

opening the eyes of the blind    掰开盲人的眼睛

sustaining  the widow and the orphan    赡养寡妇和孤儿

caring  for the stranger  照顾陌生人

giving  justice to the oppressed and food to those that hunger     为受压迫者伸张正义，为饥饿者提供食物

So on our journey of servicer  we can pray  所以在我们服务者的旅程中我们可以祈祷

LORD JESUS CHRIST, WE PRAISE YOUR NAME FOR COMING TO US AND FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE.  LET OUR LIVES BE A LIVING TESTIMONY OF YOUR LOVE, YOUR GOODNESS, AND YOUR SALVATION.  WE PRAISE YOUR NAME.  BLESSED IS THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, WHO HAS COME IN THE NAME OF THE LORD.  主耶稣基督，我们赞美你的名，感谢你来到我们这里，以及你所做的一切。  让我们的生活成为你的爱、你的良善和你的救赎的活生生见证。  我们赞美你的名字。  奉主名降临的主耶稣基督是应当称颂的。

Let us all say 让我们大家说

AMEN   阿门