亞伯拉罕生活在西元前2000年左右，並且是猶太人和阿拉伯人的祖先。當時多神教-相信許多神同時存在之信仰-很普遍，亞伯拉罕變成一位相信單一和肉眼看不見的上帝的人。在上帝指示下，他離開古時在吾珥(現在的南伊拉克)地區附近的祖國，而旅行到迦南(現代以色列和巴勒斯坦)。 Abraham lived around 2000 B.C. and is the ancestor of both the Jews and the Arabs. At a time when polytheism—the belief in multiple gods—was the norm, Abraham became a believer in the one and unseen God. At the behest of God he left his native land in the area around ancient Ur (in what is now southern Iraq) and journeyed to the land of Canaan (modern Israel and Palestine).

摩西生活在西元前1400年左右，他帶領古以色列人脫離他們在埃及的奴役生活之束縛。透過他，上帝頒給古以色列人包含法律在內的聖經前五本書，這些書卷將民法和宗教法令混合在一起，也是管理以色列子民的法則。 Moses lived around 1400 B.C. and led the Israelites out of their bondage as slaves in Egypt. Through him God gave the Israelites the first five books of the Bible that contained the Law, a mixture of both civil and religious ordinances, by which they were to be governed.

底波拉是位女先知和士師。她召集和組織軍隊，把以色列人從迦南王耶賓的統治下解救出來。 Deborah was a prophetess and judge. She rallied and organized the army that freed Israel from the occupying forces of Jabin, a Canaanite king.

基甸—古代猶太人的一位先知兼領袖，依照上帝的指示而帶領猶太人戰勝數目多於他們一百多倍的敵人。 Gideon was a prophet and leader of the ancient Jews. God showed him how to overcome an invading army that was a hundred times larger than his own army.

大衛是古以色列最偉大的國王，他生活在西元前1000年左右。雖然他是一個使用武力和犯過很多錯誤的人，聖經談及他是一個符合上帝心意的人。他寫了很多成為聖經裡最大書卷的讚美詩歌:詩篇。 David was the greatest king of ancient Israel and lived around 1000 B.C. Although a man of force and faults, the Bible says of him that he was a man after God’s own heart. He wrote many of the songs of praise that constitute the largest book of the Bible, the book of Psalms.

以利亞--這位偉大、勇敢和擁有大能的先知，能夠從天上喚下大火，挫敗巴力的假先知，並以此證明自己是對的。 The great, brave and mighty prophet, Elijah, was able to call down fire from Heaven to confound the false prophets of Baal and to prove that he was right!

耶利米--古時上帝的一位先知，在十多歲就被上帝召叫去跟隨祂。

Jeremiah was one of God's prophets. God called him when he was just a young teen.

Daniel was born around 620 BC. Together with other Jews of Royal blood, he was carried to Babylon. He and his three friends were later made wise men and counsellors of the King. Daniel lived at least 72 years in Babylon and his life there extended from the first year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar through the reigns of the succeeding five Babylonian kings, past the Fall of Babylon into the Persian Empire, and through the reign of Darius the Mede, and even unto the third year of Cyrus the Persian.

但以理本人在大約西元前620年出生。但以理與其他猶太人的王族，一同被擄到巴比倫去。他和他三個朋友被封為國王的哲士和策士。 但以理在巴比倫生活了至少72年，他從尼布甲尼撒王統治的第一年起，就住在那裡生活，並在接著的五位統治巴比倫的國王手下做臣子，在巴比倫覆亡後，繼續為波斯帝國 效勞，做瑪代王大利烏的臣子，甚 至活到波斯王古列統治的第三年。

Published by My Wonder Studio. Copyright 2012 by The Family International. Adapted by www.freekidstories.org

以斯帖，是個名叫哈大沙的年輕猶太女孩。異教徒波斯王薛西斯，也是為人所知的亞哈隨魯王，喜悅她，並立她為王后。做了王后之後，腐敗的大臣哈曼策劃了一個冷酷無情的宮廷陰謀，頒佈命令要處死國內所有的猶太人。以斯帖，冒著生命危險救了本族人的性命。 Esther was a young Jewish girl named Hadassah when she caught the eye of the Persian king, Xerxes, also known as Ahasuerus. After becoming his queen, in a chilling episode of court intrigue, Esther risked her life to save her people when the king’s corrupt minister, Haman, ordered all the Jews in the kingdom to be put to death.