麥克阿瑟為子祈禱文
主啊！求你塑造我的兒子， 使他夠堅強到能認識自己的軟弱； 夠勇敢到能面對懼怕； 在誠實的失敗中，毫不氣餒； 在勝利中，仍保持謙遜溫和。
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| "Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid; one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.
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懇求塑造我的兒子， 不至空有幻想而缺乏行動； 引導他認識你，同時又知道， 認識自己乃是真知識的基石。
| Build me a son whose wishes will not take the place of deeds; a son who will know Thee…… and that to know himself is the foundation stone of knowledge. |
我祈禱， 願你引導他不求安逸、舒適， 相反的，經過壓力、艱難和挑戰， 學習在風暴中挺身站立， 學會憐恤那些在重壓之下失敗的人。
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| Lead him, I pray, not in the path of ease and comfort, but under the stress and spur of difficulties and challenge. Here, let him learn to stand up in the storm; here let him learn compassion for those that fail.
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求你塑造我的兒子， 心地清潔， 目標遠大； 使他在指揮別人之前， 先懂得駕馭自己； 永不忘記過去的教訓， 又能伸展入未來的理想。 | Build me a son whose heart will be clear, whose goal will be high, a son who will master himself before he seeks to master other men; one who will reach into the future, yet never forget the past. |
當他擁有以上的一切， 我還要禱求，賜他足夠的幽默感， 使他能認真嚴肅， 卻不致過分苛求自己。 | And after all these things are his, add, I pray, enough of a sense of humor, so that he may always be serious, yet never take himself too seriously. |
懇求賜他謙卑， 使他永遠記牢， 真偉大中的平凡， 真智慧中的開明， 真勇力中的溫柔。
| Give him humility, so that he may always remember the simplicity of true greatness, the open mind of true wisdom and the meekness of true strength. |
如此，我這作父親的， 才敢低聲說：「我沒有虛度此生。」
| Then, I, his father will dare to whisper, "I have not lived in vain.'" |
－General Douglas MacArthur
李順長 譯
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