When your children ask you,‘ What does this ceremony mean to you?’–

你们的儿女问你们说：‘行这礼是什么意思？’

你们的儿女对你们说：‘这礼仪是什么意思呢？’

你们的儿女对你们说：‘这礼仪是什么意思呢？’

你们的儿女问你们守这节期的意义时，

日后，如果你们的子孙问你们：‘你们这敬拜之礼有什么意思？’

你們的兒女問你們說：『行這禮是甚麼意思？』

你們的兒女對你們說：『這禮儀是甚麼意思呢？』

你們的兒女對你們說：『這禮儀是甚麼意思呢？』

你們的兒女問你們守這節期的意義時，

日後，如果你們的子孫問你們：‘你們這敬拜之禮有甚麼意思？’

將來你們的兒女若問你們說：「這事奉禮對你們有甚麼意思？」

如爾子孫問曰、行此禮曷故、

如爾子孫、問曷故行是。

如爾子孫問曰、爾行此禮何故、

And when your children ask you,‘ What does this ceremony mean to you?’

Your children will ask you,‘ What does this holy day mean to you?’

And when your children say to you,‘ What do you mean by this service?’

Then your children will ask,‘ What does this ceremony mean?’

When your children ask you,‘ What does this ceremony mean to you?’

And when your children say to you,‘ What does this rite mean to you?’

And it shall be, when your children say to you,‘ What do you mean by this service?’

And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service?

When your children ask you,‘ What does this ritual mean to you?’

And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service?

It will happen, when your children ask you,‘ What do you mean by this service?’

In the future, when your son asks you‘ What is this?’ you are to tell him,‘ With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the land of slavery.When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to release us, the LORD killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of people to the firstborn of animals. That is why I am sacrificing to the LORD the first male offspring of every womb, but all my firstborn sons I redeem.’

Remember the ancient days; bear in mind the years of past generations. Ask your father and he will inform you, your elders, and they will tell you.

One generation will praise your deeds to another, and tell about your mighty acts!

The stones will be a reminder to you. When your children ask someday,‘ Why are these stones important to you?’tell them how the water of the Jordan stopped flowing before the ark of the covenant of the LORD. When it crossed the Jordan, the water of the Jordan stopped flowing. These stones will be a lasting memorial for the Israelites.”

What we have heard and learned– that which our ancestors have told us–we will not hide from their descendants. We will tell the next generation about the LORD’s praiseworthy acts, about his strength and the amazing things he has done.He established a rule in Jacob; he set up a law in Israel. He commanded our ancestors to make his deeds known to their descendants,so that the next generation, children yet to be born, might know about them. They will grow up and tell their descendants about them.

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but raise them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

The living person, the living person, he gives you thanks, as I do today. A father tells his sons about your faithfulness.

He told the Israelites,“ When your children someday ask their fathers,‘ What do these stones represent?’explain to your children,‘ Israel crossed the Jordan River on dry ground.’For the LORD your God dried up the water of the Jordan before you while you crossed over. It was just like when the LORD your God dried up the Red Sea before us while we crossed it.He has done this so all the nations of the earth might recognize the LORD’s power and so you might always obey the LORD your God.”

You are to tell your son on that day,‘ It is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.’It will be a sign for you on your hand and a memorial on your forehead, so that the law of the LORD may be in your mouth, for with a mighty hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt.

and you must teach them to your children and speak of them as you sit in your house, as you walk along the road, as you lie down, and as you get up.

He did not remove the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night from before the people.

Teach them to your children and speak of them as you sit in your house, as you walk along the road, as you lie down, and as you get up.

and in order that in the hearing of your son and your grandson you may tell how I made fools of the Egyptians and about my signs that I displayed among them, so that you may know that I am the LORD.”