天父的名
约翰福音十七章1至10节
1耶稣说了这话，就举目望天，说：父阿，时候到了，愿你荣耀你的儿子，使儿子也荣耀你；
2正如你曾赐给他权柄管理凡有血气的，叫他将永生赐给你所赐给他的人。
3认识你─独一的真神，并且认识你所差来的耶稣基督，这就是永生。
4我在地上已经荣耀你，你所托付我的事，我已成全了。
5父阿，现在求你使我同你享荣耀，就是未有世界以先，我同你所有的荣耀。
6你从世上赐给我的人，我已将你的名显明与他们。他们本是你的，你将他们赐给我，他们也遵守了你的道。
7如今他们知道，凡你所赐给我的，都是从你那里来的；
8因为你所赐给我的道，我已经赐给他们，他们也领受了，又确实知道，我是从你出来的，并且信你差了我来。
9我为他们祈求，不为世人祈求，却为你所赐给我的人祈求，因他们本是你的。
10凡是我的，都是你的；你的也是我的，并且我因他们得了荣耀。
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其他福音书和不同圣经译本的翻译，对我们理解这节经文大有帮助。当代圣经为：「我们尊崇你的圣名」（太六章）、「愿你的圣洁之名得着尊崇」（路十一章），还有「愿你的名永远被尊为圣」，或「愿所有人都承认你的名和属性是圣洁的。」
这句祷文对我们有甚么意义呢？我们也许可意译为：「愿我作为你的儿女，我的所言所行都不会让你的圣名或属性受辱。」
韦柏夫（Alan Redpath）说得好：「我们在主日不断重复说『愿你的名为圣』，可是，来到周间，却在工作的地方或家中不断让你的名受到羞辱，那有甚么意思呢？」当我们向神祷告说：「愿你的名为圣」，那就意味着我们愿意在言行生活中不断彰显神的圣洁属性。我们去做任何事之前，都必须先反问自己：「此举能否让天父得着荣耀？让神的名得着尊崇？」这是一个严肃而发人深省的问题。
那么，「神的名」是代表甚么呢？按照圣经的启示，神的名乃代表着神的全部，包括祂的属性、祂的权能、祂的信实等等。
例如，士师记六章24节记载圣经里神众多名字中的一个，基甸称神为「耶和华沙龙」，意即「耶和华赐平安」。你的生活能否反照这个事实呢？当你遭遇逆境的考验时，你是否经历到神所赐予的平安，以致别人不得不承认你所相信的神，确是一个赐人平安的神？如此，神的名便得着尊崇；反之，便只会换来别人对神的讪笑，认为祂是「名不副实」的神。神的其他许多称号，都可以用同一方式得着人的尊崇。
愿你的名被尊为圣。
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.