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When James was a college student, he had admired a lovely sports car in one dealer's showroom for a long time.
当James还是大学生时,他曾在一家经销商的展厅里长时间欣赏一辆漂亮的跑车.
He knew that his parents could afford it and told them, that this car is all that he wanted as a gift in a day of his graduation.
他知道他的父母能买得起这辆车,并告诉他们,这辆车就是他毕业那天想要的唯一礼物.
Graduation day came and father had called James into his private office.
毕业那天到了,父亲叫James到他的私人办公室.
He told him: I am very proud to have such a good son like you.
他告诉James:我非常自豪有你这样的好儿子.
He told him how much he loved him and handed him a lovely wrapped gift.
他说了他有多么爱James,然后递给他一个精美包装的礼物.
James felt disappointment, but he was curious to know what it was, so he opened the box and saw a leather-bound Bible.
James感到失望,但他很想知道里面是什么,于是他打开了盒子,看到了一本皮革封面的圣经.
"You are so wealthy and all you can give me is a Bible?
-- James shouted at his father with anger and left the house.
你这么有钱,竟然只送我一本圣经?
James愤怒地对父亲喊道,然后离开了家.
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Time passed and James became a successful businessman.
时间过去了,James成为了成功的商人.
He was happily married and had two children.
他幸福地结了婚,育有两个孩子.
Their family lived in a beautiful house.
他们一家住在一座漂亮的房子里.
However, his soul still hurt due to broken relationships with his father.
然而,由于与父亲的关系破裂,他的内心依然感到痛苦.
James did not see him since his graduation day.
自从毕业那天以来,James没有见过他的父亲.
One day he received a note, which told that his father passed away.
一天,他收到了一张纸条,上面写着他的父亲去世的消息.
According to the testament he had inherited all of the possessions of his father.
根据遗嘱,他继承了父亲所有的财产.
When James arrived at his father's house and began to look for some important paper,
and accidentally he found the Bible, still gift-wrapped, and sadness had filled his heart.
当James到达父亲的房子并开始寻找一些重要的文件时,
他意外地找到了那本仍然包着的圣经,悲伤充满了他的心.
With tears in his eyes, he opened the Bible and read a verse that was underlined by his father:
And if ye, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children,
how much more shall your Heavenly Father give to those who ask Him?
他眼含泪水地打开圣经,读到了父亲用下划线标出的经文:
你们虽然不好,却知道把好东西给儿女,何况你们的天父呢?
Suddenly a car key had dropped from the back of the Bible.
突然,一把车钥匙从圣经的背面掉了出来.
He knew that it was keys to the same car that he desired at that time.
他知道那就是他当时渴望的那辆车的钥匙.
James also found a tag with the date of his graduation on it and the words
"Paid in full".
James还发现了一个标签,上面写着他的毕业日期和全额支付.
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