天父的名
約翰福音十七章1至10節
1耶穌說了這話，就舉目望天，說：父阿，時候到了，願你榮耀你的兒子，使兒子也榮耀你；
2正如你曾賜給他權柄管理凡有血氣的，叫他將永生賜給你所賜給他的人。
3認識你─獨一的真神，並且認識你所差來的耶穌基督，這就是永生。
4我在地上已經榮耀你，你所託付我的事，我已成全了。
5父阿，現在求你使我同你享榮耀，就是未有世界以先，我同你所有的榮耀。
6你從世上賜給我的人，我已將你的名顯明與他們。他們本是你的，你將他們賜給我，他們也遵守了你的道。
7如今他們知道，凡你所賜給我的，都是從你那裡來的；
8因為你所賜給我的道，我已經賜給他們，他們也領受了，又確實知道，我是從你出來的，並且信你差了我來。
9我為他們祈求，不為世人祈求，卻為你所賜給我的人祈求，因他們本是你的。
10凡是我的，都是你的；你的也是我的，並且我因他們得了榮耀。
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其他福音書和不同聖經譯本的翻譯，對我們理解這節經文大有幫助。當代聖經為：「我們尊崇你的聖名」（太六章）、「願你的聖潔之名得著尊崇」（路十一章），還有「願你的名永遠被尊為聖」，或「願所有人都承認你的名和屬性是聖潔的。」
這句禱文對我們有甚麼意義呢？我們也許可意譯為：「願我作為你的兒女，我的所言所行都不會讓你的聖名或屬性受辱。」
韋柏夫（Alan Redpath）說得好：「我們在主日不斷重覆說『願你的名為聖』，可是，來到週間，卻在工作的地方或家中不斷讓你的名受到羞辱，那有甚麼意思呢？」當我們向神禱告說：「願你的名為聖」，那就意味著我們願意在言行生活中不斷彰顯神的聖潔屬性。我們去做任何事之前，都必須先反問自己：「此舉能否讓天父得著榮耀？讓神的名得著尊崇？」這是一個嚴肅而發人深省的問題。
那麼，「神的名」是代表甚麼呢？按照聖經的啟示，神的名乃代表著神的全部，包括祂的屬性、祂的權能、祂的信實等等。
例如，士師記六章24節記載聖經裡神衆多名字中的一個，基甸稱神為「耶和華沙龍」，意即「耶和華賜平安」。你的生活能否反照這個事實呢？當你遭遇逆境的考驗時，你是否經歷到神所賜予的平安，以致別人不得不承認你所相信的神，確是一個賜人平安的神？如此，神的名便得著尊崇；反之，便只會換來別人對神的訕笑，認為祂是「名不副實」的神。神的其他許多稱號，都可以用同一方式得著人的尊崇。
願你的名被尊為聖。
OUR FATHER'S NAME
John 17:1-10
1 Jesus spoke these words, lifted up His eyes to heaven, and said: “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son also may glorify You,
2 as You have given Him authority over all flesh, that He should give eternal life to as many as You have given Him.
3 And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
4 I have glorified You on the earth. I have finished the work which You have given Me to do.
5 And now, O Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was.
6 “I have manifested Your name to the men whom You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours, You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.
7 Now they have known that all things which You have given Me are from You.
8 For I have given to them the words which You have given Me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came forth from You; and they have believed that You sent Me.
9 “I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for those whom You have given Me, for they are Yours.
10 And all Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine, and I am glorified in them.
Message
Different versions may help us here. The Living Bible says "We honour your holy name" (Mt 6), and "May your name be honoured for its holiness" (Lk 11). "May your name be kept holy" is another rendering, also "Let everyone acknowledge the holiness of your name and character".
What does this mean for us? Can we paraphrase it this way? "Let nothing I do as your child, bring reproach to your name or character."
Alan Redpath said it well, "What value is it to repeat on Sunday 'Hallowed be Thy name' if we are responsible for that name being dishonoured in the office or the home during the week?" To pray those words, "Hallowed be Thy name", means that it is our deepest desire that others will see something of God's character being expressed in our lives continually. Those words "Hallowed be Thy name" can put a question over all that we do - Will this honour our Heavenly Father? That is a serious searching question, isn't that?
Then think of the last part of the phrase - God's name. In the Scripture the name of God stands for all that God is - His character, His power, His faithfulness and much more.
For example, here is one of the many names for God in the Bible: Jehovah-Shalom (Jdg 6:24). It means "God is my peace." Is that true in my life? Is God's name being honoured by my behaviour under testing? Do others see the peace that God can give? If not, then God's name is not being hallowed and not being honoured in my life. Many of the other names of God can be applied in the same way.
HALLOWED BE THY NAME.