〈顯現上帝大能的聖經〉，《聖經論》/ 柯志明教授

「聖經是一本人類歷史中實實在在的書，與真實歷史密不可分，當然可以對之進行歷史研究，而且謙卑、誠實、嚴格的歷史研究大大有益於我們對聖經的認識與理解，讓我們知道聖經如何地連結於真實的歷史與世界」 （柯志明，〈顯現上帝大能的聖經〉，《聖經論》，頁23）。

“The Bible is a real book in human history. It is inseparable from real history. Of course, we can do historical research on it. A humble, honest, and rigorous historical research will greatly benefit our understanding of the Bible. It lets us know how the Bible is connected to the real history and the world” (Immanuel Chih-Ming Ke, “The Bible that Manifests the Power of God,” Bibliology, page 23).

「但聖經同時是一本上帝的書，出於上帝的默示，陳述上帝對人的啟示、言書與作為，因而不可能為高傲自大的人間學問所認識與理解。究極而言，聖經不是歷史產物，不是人間的一個東西，不是人可以任意把玩、操控、利用、洞悉的一本書。聖經的書寫者已死，但作者卻未死也不會死，並隨時臨在於任何一個聖經讀者，或為知開顯，或向之遮蔽。即便現代科學自信滿滿地以為可以看透世界、掌握宇宙法則、預測未來，但終究無法識透聖經，也無法超越聖經的言說」（24）。

“But the Bible is at the same time a book of God. It is from God's inspiration. It states God's revelation, words, and deeds to people, so it is impossible to be known and understood by arrogant humans. Ultimately, the Bible is not a product of history. It is not a thing in the world. It is not a book that people can play, manipulate, use, and can see clearly and thoroughly. The writer of the Bible is dead, but the author is neither dead nor dying, and is always present to any reader of the Bible, or is revealed or concealed from readers. Even though modern science confidently believes that they can see through the world, master the laws of the universe, and predict the future, they will not be able to understand the Bible after all, nor can it surpass the Bible” (Immanuel Chih-Ming Ke, “The Bible that Manifests the Power of God,” Bibliology, page 24).

「除非沒有聖經的上帝，否則祂當然能自由臨在於世界與歷史中，祂當然能自由地向人顯現，祂當然能成為肉身住在人間直接啟示自身，祂當然能透過祂所揀選的人無誤地寫出祂要向人講的話，祂當然能守護聖經而使之流傳於世，祂當然能讓人準確地理解祂的話。除非你不相信聖經的上帝，否則你不可能懷疑祂能如此，以至於不相信聖經是上帝默示的、無誤的、全然真實可信的。除非你不接受人是有限且有罪的，在許多方面無知而且常常犯錯，否則你不可能不會承認人根本沒有能用以鑑別、批判聖經的真理標準，以至於根本無法斷定聖經有錯誤且沒有真理權威」（24-25）。

“Unless the God that indicated in the Bible does not exist, surely He can freely appear in the world and history, surely He can freely reveal Himself to people, surely He can incarnate in the world and directly reveal himself, and surely He can unmistakably write what He wants to tell people through the people He chooses. Surely He can protect the Bible and spread it to the world. Surely He can make people understand His words accurately. Unless you don’t believe in the God in the Bible, you can’t doubt that He can do so, that you don’t believe that God inspires the Bible, and the Bible is unmistakable, totally true as well as credible. Unless you do not accept that people are limited, guilty, unless you do not think that people do not know in many ways, and often make mistakes, you must admit that people have no standard of truth that can be used to discern and criticize the Bible, so that it cannot be concluded that there are some mistakes in the Bible and it has no authority of truth” (Immanuel Chih-Ming Ke, “The Bible that Manifests the Power of God,” Bibliology, page 24-25).
（英文部分為版主試譯）