圣诞节这个庆祝基督降生的日子，是值得我们扬声欢呼的事情。
Christmas, the celebration of the birth of Christ, is something worth Shouting about.
第一部分，前八行,弥尔顿描述了基督降生的景象,还有这个新生婴儿对现实世界的影响。
First, in the first eight stanzas you have Milton describing the scene of the Nativity and the effect that the birth of this new infant has on the natural world.
下一讲，同学们至少要读完，弥尔顿的一首伟大诗作，他写这首诗时才21岁，《基督降生颂歌》。
For next time, make sure that you will have read at the very least Milton's great poem, and he wrote it when he was only twenty-one years old, "the Ode on Christ's Nativity."
但时至今日，撒但依然不肯承认失败，反而要继续阻止我们庆祝基督降生，阻止人们相信祂。
But still today, instead of admitting defeat, Satan is trying to keep us from celebrating the birth of Christ and to keep people from believing in him.
第二部分从第九行到第十七行，这一部分展示了基督降生时天国的唱诗班,唱了一首什么样的歌。
The second section runs from stanzas nine through seventeen, and it characterizes the song that the heavenly choir sings at the moment of the Nativity.
现代人的心灵饱受着各种痛苦的折磨，这使我想到了另一个时代，这种痛苦也同样折磨着那时的年轻人，他们就是生活在基督降生后的第一个世纪的那一代年轻人。
I am reminded of a period when all the agonies that afflict modern minds were felt by another generation, the young people who lived during the first century after Christ.
伟大的基督谦卑的降生，和朋友间无私的爱。
the splendor of Christ's humble birth, the love of friend for friend.
惟有这样，我们才能真正庆祝基督的降生。
他没有煽情地庆祝圣诞节，反而清楚地指出，要庆祝基督的降生，可能需要我们在生命中作出极大的改变。
Instead of offering a sentimental Christmas celebration, he makes clear that to celebrate the birth of Christ may call for some radical changes in our lives.
当我们阅读有关基督来临的故事时，我们需要明白基督的降生是一件代价极重的事情。
As we read the story of Christ's coming, we need to understand that the birth of Christ was a costly event.
在第九章，他为我们列出基督的一些名字，以及有关祂降生的应许。
In chapter 9 he gives us some of the names of Christ as well as the promise of his birth.
我不禁问自己：“是不是连我们的家庭也是著重庆祝圣诞节，多于庆祝基督的降生呢？”
I asked myself, "Could it be that even in our homes we place more emphasis on celebrating Christmas than on celebrating the birth of Christ?"
神正预备藉著基督的降生进入人类历史，这正是我们必须扬声宣告的信息。
God was preparing to break into history through the coming of a Savior. It was the kind of news that had to be shouted out.
神正预备藉著基督的降生进入人类历史，这正是我们必须扬声宣告的信息。
God was preparing to break into history through the coming of a Savior. It was the kind of news that had to be shouted out.
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