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Welcome to Electrified, it's your host, Dylan Loomis. I think it's quite encouraging when you step back and take a look at the improvements that version 13 has made relative to V12, the areas that V12 needed some work, V13 has made improvements. We've known emergency vehicle situations can be a challenge, and with version 13, there are multiple clips showing improved handling of these scenarios. School buses and their stop signs were also a challenge where FSD wouldn't stop at all in some scenarios, but this time around, rather than ignoring these stop signs, FSD seems to be obeying them. But one area where so far version 13 still needs some work is adjusting to speed zones, specifically when there are flashing lights.

欢迎来到“Electrified”，我是你的主持人迪伦·卢米斯。当我们退一步看看第13版相对于第12版的改进时，我觉得这很令人鼓舞。第12版需要改进的地方，第13版都有所提升。我们知道，处理紧急车辆的情况可能是个挑战，而在第13版中，有多个视频展示了处理这些场景时的改进。校车和它们的停车标志曾经是一个挑战，在某些情况下FSD（全自动驾驶）并不会停车，但这一次，FSD似乎遵守了这些停车标志。不过，第13版在某些方面仍需改进，例如调整限速区，特别是在有闪烁警示灯的情况下。

You may have seen some pictures of Teslas in the snow where they have the B pillars doing a better job of melting the snow thanks to their new heating system. Tesla engineer Eun Tossai said the system integration team does a lot of the energy and thermal optimization across the entire vehicle to optimize autonomy. This is just one example, the heating is actually more complex than just heating it up. And he went on to say that Tesla has also written software for its factories. So we are all used to Tesla's vertical integration and continuous optimization at all different levels of the company. But that level of risk taking in talent acquisition is still largely foreign to most of the legacy OEMs.

你可能看过一些特斯拉在雪地中的照片，这些车通过新的加热系统让B柱更有效地融化积雪。特斯拉工程师Eun Tossai表示，系统集成团队在整个车辆上进行了大量的能源和热量优化，以提升自动驾驶能力。这只是一个例子，实际的加热过程比单纯升温要复杂得多。他还提到，特斯拉已经为其工厂编写了软件。我们都知道特斯拉在公司不同层面上进行的垂直整合和持续优化，但在人才招聘方面的这种冒险精神对多数传统汽车制造商来说仍然是陌生的。

And one more highlight clip from version 13 that not too many people have seen. Oh wait, excellent. Oh he's doing a Miami thing. Oh wow. He has to make a left. So So glad that I got the wrong video. And on top of all of the excitement around Tesla's FSD version 13 right now, there might be something going on with the audible version of Grock. Now Nima said that soon X would allow you to talk to Grock, but that's already been a feature at least for iPhone users for some time. So I just wanted to make it clear that if there is any actual news here, it would likely be that maybe this feature is coming to Android users as well. However, at least from this post, there is no indication that Grock is going to start spitting out answers audibly back to us, at least not yet.

再来看看第13版中的另一个精彩片段，很多人可能还没看到呢。哦，等等，太好了。哦，他正在做一个迈阿密风格的动作。哇哦。 他得向左转。我很高兴我弄错了视频。 现在，除了关于特斯拉FSD第13版的所有激动人心的消息外，Grock的有声版本似乎也有新动态。 Nima说，很快X会允许你与Grock对话，但至少对iPhone用户来说，这已经是一个功能有段时间了。所以，我想澄清一点，如果这里有什么真正的新闻，那可能就是这个功能也会提供给Android用户。然而，至少从这篇文章来看，目前还没有迹象表明Grock会开始用语音回答我们，至少现在还没有。

And I've said in the past, that's the main feature I would want in my Tesla vehicle, the ability to audibly talk to Grock to ask the questions, and then it speaks the answers back to me. And for that feature, as far as I can tell, we still have nothing official. So just don't be misled by this post, because I think some others were getting confused. If you still know people that are of the camp that X AI is not going to be beneficial to Tesla, at the bare minimum, you can say that X AI is a customer of Tesla. And X AI engineer shared this picture reiterating that Colossus and Memphis does indeed use Tesla megapacks to power that supercomputer. Plus, just recently an LLC affiliated with X AI was looking to buy a pretty large plot of land next to the Colossus site that's already in Tennessee. This would be a 552 acre property located just southeast of the existing X AI facility. Then speaking of that new land, the X AI engineer said megapacks are already deployed at the current site, but that's not to say that the additional site will not also have them.

我过去曾说过，我非常希望我的特斯拉汽车能够具备这样一个主要功能：可以通过语音向Grock提问，然后它会把答案读给我。至于这个功能，目前我所知还没有任何官方消息。所以不要被这篇文章误导，因为我觉得有些人可能会感到困惑。如果你认识还认为X AI对特斯拉没有好处的人，你至少可以说X AI是特斯拉的客户。而且，X AI的一名工程师分享了一张照片，重申Colossus和Memphis确实使用了特斯拉的Megapack电池来为超级计算机供电。此外，就在最近，一家与X AI有关的有限责任公司正在打算购买田纳西州Colossus现有地点附近的一大块土地。这块地有552英亩，位于现有X AI设施的东南方。关于这块新土地，X AI的工程师提到Megapack电池已部署在当前地点，但这并不意味着新地点不会同样安装这些电池。

I'm sharing all of that as a bridge of sorts to this news that we got today, X AI has just raised another $6 billion in a series C round. Sadly, at least for me, Tesla is still not listed as one of the raised partners. Which yes, I know should be obvious because it's likely that Tesla shareholders will have to hold a vote if Tesla is ever going to do something like investing in X AI. Every now and then, I think it'll be important to check in on X AI because over the long term, this is going to be a very symbiotic relationship between X AI and Tesla. In the blog post, X AI said Grock 3 is currently training and we're now focused on launching innovative new consumer and enterprise products that will leverage the power of Grock, Colossus and X to transform the way we live, work and play. Depending on who you ask, X AI could be valued in the neighborhood of about $50 billion as a post money valuation after this series C when just back in May it was valued around $25 billion.

我分享这一切是为了引出我们今天收到的消息：X AI 刚刚在 C轮融资中又筹集了60亿美元。可惜的是，至少对我来说，特斯拉仍然没有被列为参与的合作伙伴之一。这一点其实不难理解，因为如果特斯拉要投资 X AI，很可能需要特斯拉的股东们进行投票。时不时地，我认为有必要关注 X AI，因为从长远来看，X AI 和特斯拉将形成一种非常共生的关系。在博客文章中，X AI 表示 Grock 3 目前正在训练，且我们现在专注于推出创新的消费者和企业产品，这些产品将利用 Grock、Colossus 和 X 的力量改变我们的生活、工作和娱乐方式。根据不同的消息来源，X AI 此次 C轮融资后的估值可能高达约500亿美元，而在今年5月时，其估值还在250亿美元左右。

And the last thing I'll say for now, just remember, this is not just about getting Grock in Tesla vehicles, although yes, I think that would be an incredible feature. This also has a lot to do with the long term functionality of Optimus. To be clear, Elon has said in the past that you would be able to ask Grock things in Tesla's when we pair that with the fact that Elon has also expressed aspirations for Optimus to understand and act on spoken instructions. I think that's what we're looking for. Elon has said he wants Optimus to respond to complex commands, something like pick up that bolt and attach it to the car using that wrench. So it may be a little ways off, but to me, it seems pretty clear this is where everything is headed. Rocks AI is not going to run natively in the Tesla vehicle and likely not on Optimus, but that doesn't mean that they can't send those requests to the servers and then bring the information back.

现在我最后要说的一点是，请记住，这不仅仅是要让Grock功能嵌入到特斯拉的车辆中，虽然我认为这将是一个令人惊叹的功能。这也与Optimus的长期功能有很大关系。明确地说，Elon曾表示过，你可以在特斯拉车里使用Grock问问题，加上Elon还表示希望Optimus能理解和执行语音指令。我认为这就是我们的目标。Elon曾说过他希望Optimus能对复杂的命令做出反应，比如用扳手把那个螺栓捡起来并装到车上。目前可能还有一段距离，但在我看来，这就是未来的发展方向。Grock的人工智能不会直接在特斯拉车里运行，也可能不会在Optimus上运行，但这并不意味着它们不能把请求发送到服务器然后返回信息。

Tesla charging said that 630 plus stalls at 50 plus sites are forecast to open in 2025 across Canada. And here is the complete list of all of the different locations and number of stalls. So for my Canadians, go ahead and pause the screen if you'd like. And in case you're near Bakersfield, California, Prim Nevada, El Centro, California, or Cambridge, Ohio, you'll have an opportunity to check out these mega pack chargers deployed for the holidays. There was a neighbor in Portland that left this note on their neighbor's Tesla vehicle, basically saying they need to buy a different electric vehicle because they're subject to vandalism because of Elon, to which Elon said anyone who vandalizes a Tesla will have a criminal record. Go ahead, make my day.

特斯拉充电预计到2025年将在加拿大超过50个地点开设超过630个充电桩。这里是所有不同地点和充电桩数量的完整列表。如果你是加拿大人，可以暂停屏幕查看。如果你在加利福尼亚的贝克斯菲尔德、内华达的普里姆、加利福尼亚的埃尔森特罗或俄亥俄州的剑桥附近，你将有机会在假期期间检查这些出色的充电站。在波特兰，有一位邻居在另一位邻居的特斯拉车上留下了一张纸条，说他们应该换一辆电动车，因为由于埃隆·马斯克的原因，他们的车容易被破坏。对此，埃隆回应说，任何破坏特斯拉的人都会有犯罪记录。

Now I'll be honest, I'm not sure if Elon means something new is coming regarding these scenarios, but figured how it would pass it along. In case you want to listen to the entirety of the Cybertruck Engineer Q&A that was held a few days ago, I'll have the full video linked below. Speaking of the Cybertruck, dirty Tesla said the new rear view in the holiday update is nice, there are three preset zooms, or you can pinch to zoom to whatever you prefer. He said the window is now bigger as well. Over the weekend, the official Tesla account said a Robotaxi future is closer than you probably think.

翻译成中文： 老实说，我不确定Elon指的是这些情况有什么新变化，但我还是想告诉你们。 如果你想听几天前举行的Cybertruck工程师问答的完整内容，我会在下面提供完整视频的链接。 说到Cybertruck，Dirty Tesla提到假期更新中的新后视功能不错，有三个预设缩放级别，或者你可以用捏合缩放到你喜欢的程度。他还说现在的窗口也变大了。 上周末，特斯拉官方账号表示，无人出租车的未来比你想象的更近。

The Biden administration finalized an up to 4.75 billion dollar grant to Samsung to make advanced semiconductors in the US. Although yes, this amount is about 1.7 billion dollars lower than previously expected. They said the chip fab in Taylor, Texas is on track to be ready for 2026 operations. But here's what I think this is pretty neat. With this investment in Samsung, the US is now officially the only country on the planet that's home to all 5 leading edge semiconductor manufacturers, those being Samsung, TSMC, Intel, SK, and Micron. This could also be even more relevant because there has been speculation that Samsung will make Tesla's AI5. And the word has been, it would be on a 4 nanometer process. Tesla's AI4 uses a 7 nanometer process from TSMC, and before that, hardware 3 used a 14 nanometer process from Samsung. The latest news we have on this is that Tesla is looking to use both TSMC and Samsung 4 AI5. And at a meeting on this subject, the word was that the chairman of Samsung offered Elon terms, including favorable contract prices that Elon could not refuse. Just keep in mind, what we're seeing with Tesla's version 13 is really just the beginning of actually utilizing some of the capabilities of AI4.

拜登政府最终批准了一项高达47.5亿美元的补助给三星，用于在美国生产先进半导体。尽管如此，这个金额比之前预期的减少了大约17亿美元。他们表示，位于德克萨斯州泰勒的芯片制造厂有望在2026年开始运作。但我认为这次投资很棒，因为美国现在正式成为全球唯一拥有所有五大前沿半导体制造商的国家，这些制造商包括三星、台积电、英特尔、SK海力士和美光。这可能更加重要，因为有传言称，三星将为特斯拉制造AI5。据说，这项产品将使用4纳米工艺。特斯拉的AI4使用台积电的7纳米工艺，而此前硬件3使用的是三星的14纳米工艺。最新的消息显示，特斯拉计划在AI5中同时使用台积电和三星的技术。在就此议题举行的一次会议上，有消息称，三星的董事长向埃隆·马斯克提供优惠的合同价格，马斯克无法拒绝。请记住，我们在特斯拉的版本13中看到的，只是刚刚开始实际利用AI4的一些功能。

This has been my morning routine lately. Bible in prayer with my wife, make breakfast, then make my AG1, which I like to sip all afternoon, and read Tesla and Elon Fudd from Fred Fuddstone himself. So yeah sorry guys, I'm in a cult if you didn't know. Then I just laugh and move on and go get a little workout and get the blood flowing. I'll just say you really don't need as much as you may think, you just need to learn how to feel your muscles, but more on that later. And listen, I know some of you are like, what does Dylan actually know about fitness, and to all of you, I just want to say for now, stick around into 2025. In real talk, for those that do try to support the channel, I cannot thank you enough, and it's just a reality without you guys being so supportive, trying out different sponsors, this channel would not exist as it does today. And it's true, this may be one of your last chances to do that via AG1, depending on how things go. So if you've been waiting, now would be a great time to kick off 2025 prioritizing your well-being. And I can talk about the 75 vitamins, minerals, and probiotics in every serving all day, but the truth is everybody's body reacts differently to stimulus. And you won't necessarily feel like you're taking a pre-workout, but just because you don't feel something in a few weeks does not mean your body isn't doing the behind-the-scenes tasks better. You know, the stuff that goes unfelt for decades until you feel it. So just keep that in mind, and as always, learn to try things for yourself. Come to your own conclusions based on the data, like my man here, who is 55, he measures his data and the results are better when on AG1. And right now, AG1 is still offering that surprise limited edition gift in addition to the welcome kit when you first subscribe. So you can head to drinkag1.com slash electrified to check it out while supplies last.

这是我最近的早晨日常。我和妻子一起进行圣经祈祷，然后做早餐，再准备我的AG1，我喜欢整个下午慢慢喝，接着阅读Fred Fuddstone本人写的关于特斯拉和Elon Fudd的内容。对不起，大家，如果你们不知道的话，我好像陷入了一个“邪教”。然后我就笑一笑，继续做些小运动，让血液流动。我想说，其实你不需要你想象的那么多，你只需要学会如何感受你的肌肉，但以后再详细说。听着，我知道你们中有些人在想，Dylan对健身到底了解多少，我想说，留到2025年再看看吧。实际上，对那些支持这个频道的人，我真心感谢，没有你们的支持，尝试不同的赞助商，这个频道现在的存在是不可想象的。可能AG1是你最后几次通过这种方式支持我们的机会，视情况而定。如果你一直在等，那么现在是开启2025年，优先考虑你健康的好时机。我可以整天谈论每份AG1中包含的75种维生素、矿物质和益生菌，但事实是，每个人的身体对刺激的反应不同。虽然你不一定会觉得像是在服用健身前补剂一样明显感受，但只是因为几周内没有感受到变化，并不意味着你的身体没有在幕后做得更好。那些几十年不会感觉到却很重要的事情，所以请记住这一点，与往常一样，学会自己尝试，通过数据得出自己的结论。比如我这里有一位55岁的人，他记录了数据，服用AG1时效果更好。现在，AG1首次订阅时，除了欢迎礼包外，还提供惊喜限量版礼品，所以可以在供应持续期间前往drinkag1.com/electrified查看。

Today, Honda and Nissan are expected to announce the start of those business integration talks. They're aiming to finalize everything by June 2025, and if successful, a joint holding company will list its shares while Honda and Nissan will each go private in August 2026. We don't have many details yet, but one post-merger initiative could be Honda supplying Nissan with hybrids in the American market. Now, I'm sure you're all very excited about this merger and all of the juicy details, but I'm sure we'll get more in the weeks ahead. If you're a current Hyundai EV owner or you plan to buy one on or before January 31st, 2025, you'll have the ability to request a free NACS adapter. They did confirm Hyundai's Ionic 5 is the first non-Tesla vehicle on sale to feature a factory installed native NACS port. On Tesla's official page, they do not yet have Hyundai listed as other companies that can access the Supercharger network, so it sounds like that'll be coming in quarter one as well. As Sawyer said, you can now redeem a monthly FSD subscription using your Tesla referral credits.

今天，本田和日产预计将宣布开启业务整合谈判。他们计划在2025年6月前完成一切，如果成功，合并后的控股公司将上市，而本田和日产将于2026年8月私有化。目前我们还没有太多细节，但合并后的其中一项计划可能是本田向日产供应美国市场的混合动力车。我相信大家对这次合并以及各种细节非常感兴趣，不过接下来几周我们应该能了解到更多信息。如果您是现代电动车的现有车主，或计划在2025年1月31日之前购买，您将可以申请免费的NACS适配器。他们已确认现代的Ionic 5是首款销售中配置了原生NACS接口的非特斯拉车辆。在特斯拉的官方网站上，还没有将现代列为可以使用超充网络的公司之一，所以这项功能预计将在第一季度推出。正如Sawyer所说，您现在可以使用特斯拉推荐积分兑换每月的FSD订阅。

Toyota has decided to build a new factory to make Lexus electric vehicles in China. Toyota has ordinarily worked through joint ventures for production in China, but this time around, the factory will be operated independently. Toyota aims to start operations at the new plant around 2027. We knew this one was coming, but now it's official California's new car dealers association is taking aim at VW and scout motors. The dealers association has requested that scout motors stop taking deposits for its upcoming EVs. Those vehicles are not set to enter production until 2027, but this saga is likely going to play out in the courts. Just to make it official, Lithium Americas has closed on its joint venture with GM for their Thacker Pass mine partnership. Under this deal, GM would contribute $625 million to the project for a 38% stake in Thacker Pass in the form of cash in a credit facility. It's important to note that Trump did actually approve this mine during his first term. During the first year of operation later this decade, it's expected to produce enough Lithium for about 800,000 EVs per year. This chart showing the global automotive industry by market cap was shared and Elon had some comments.

丰田决定在中国建造一家新的工厂，用于生产雷克萨斯电动汽车。丰田通常通过合资企业在中国开展生产，但这次工厂将独立运营。丰田计划于2027年左右开始新工厂的运营。我们早就预料到了这一点，但现在官方消息确认，加州的新车经销商协会正在针对大众和Scout Motors采取措施。经销商协会要求Scout Motors停止接受其即将推出的电动汽车的订金。虽然这些车辆要到2027年才开始生产，但这场纠纷可能会在法庭上解决。 为了正式宣布，Lithium Americas已与通用汽车就其Thacker Pass矿进行合资达成协议。根据这项协议，通用汽车将以625亿美元现金和信用额度的形式，为Thacker Pass项目贡献38%的股份。值得注意的是，该矿是在特朗普的第一任期内获得批准的。在本世纪后期的第一年运营中，预计每年将生产足够供应约80万辆电动汽车的锂。网上分享了一张按市值划分的全球汽车行业图表，埃隆也发表了一些评论。

He said, with a lot of work and good ideas, I think it could exceed the value of all transport companies, excluding SpaceX. Of course, the company he was referring to was Tesla. So if you take the entirety of the global auto market, it has a market cap of roughly $3 trillion. Tesla's market cap right now is $1.38 trillion, so it's approaching that 50% mark of the entire global auto industry. But one distinction I wanted to add, Elon did say the value of all transport companies as if space companies could be included in that number as well. But by that logic, then are airlines included in this transport category? I think you could at least make the argument. The global market cap of the airline industry probably isn't as big as you may expect, it would likely add maybe $500 billion of total valuation. But to keep it simple for today, this is effectively Elon saying that if things go well, Tesla could absolutely reach a market cap of $4 trillion plus. But if you've been following along, you'll know that's not really news, this is just a confirmation and an updated one of those expectations.

他说，通过大量的努力和好的创意，我认为这家公司（指的是特斯拉）的价值可以超过所有运输公司的总和，但不包括SpaceX。当然，他提到的公司就是特斯拉。目前全球汽车市场的市值大约为3万亿美元，而特斯拉的市值现在是1.38万亿美元，已经接近全球汽车行业市值的50%。我想补充一点，埃隆提到的是所有运输公司的价值，这似乎包括了太空公司。那么按照这个逻辑，航空公司是否也包含在这个运输类别中呢？我认为你至少可以这样论证。全球航空业的市值可能没有你预期的那么大，可能会增加约5000亿美元的总估值。不过为了简单起见，这基本上是埃隆在说，如果一切顺利，特斯拉的市值绝对可以达到4万亿美元以上。但如果你一直在关注这些消息，你会知道这不算什么新闻，这只是对这些期望的一个确认和更新。

The NASDAQ 100 did another reshuffling of its constituents because of the run up of some of these companies. One of those is Tesla, meaning some of these index funds and passive investments that follow the NASDAQ 100 likely have been and will be selling some Tesla to rebalance. Tesla's supercharger voting is now open for the winter, I'll have this link below if you want to cast your votes. Tesla stock closed the day at $432.69 up.49% while the NASDAQ was up.98%. The volume was 25% below the average. That will wrap up today's portion of the electrified video, and don't forget if you're looking to check out AG1, take advantage of that free gift right now, my link is below, and as always, I really appreciate you supporting the channel in that way. Now, I hope you all stick around, but I just want to share a story of something that happened to me recently.

纳斯达克100指数最近因为一些公司的股价上涨进行了重新调整。其中之一是特斯拉，这意味着一些跟踪纳斯达克100指数的指数基金和被动投资可能已经在卖出或将要卖出一些特斯拉股票以重新平衡。特斯拉的超级充电站投票现已开放冬季投票，如果你想投票，我将在下面提供链接。特斯拉股票以432.69美元收盘，上涨了0.49%，而纳斯达克指数上涨了0.98%。成交量比平均水平低25%。这就是今天电动视频部分的总结，不要忘记，如果你有兴趣了解AG1，现在可以利用这个免费礼物，我的链接在下面，一如既往地感谢你通过这种方式支持我的频道。现在，希望大家继续关注，但我想分享一个最近发生在我身上的故事。

So, I was at the barber shop, and my barber and I have developed a pretty close relationship over the past few years. He's a little bit older, and he had a pretty rough upbringing as a child, but we were talking about plans and goals for 2025, and I was sharing mine and kind of what I'm excited about. I asked him about his, and he told me a little bit, but then he went on to say that really no matter what he thinks about her plans or tries to get excited about, he still feels empty. Long story short, he actually went on to say that he literally Googled what is the meaning of life. Now, some important context, he's a very optimistic person. He has a very successful shop, a bunch of employees. He's married with kids. They're all happy and healthy. He has hobbies. He likes to work out. He has some close friends, so by all of these worldly standards, he has a very successful life, but he already has money. He's realized he's not motivated by that anymore, and it was one of those moments where he stopped to cut and came around and kind of looked at me like this and said, no matter what I think about, I still feel empty. And look, some of you out there may not share that experience of feeling empty, but what I would challenge you with is have you ever stopped and slowed down and really contemplated your life? What's really important to you? Have you asked yourself why you're doing the things that you're doing and spending your life the way that you are? All I'm trying to say is I think it's very easy to get caught up in the autopilot of the day to day with work and job and families and to do this and to never really stop and contemplate the serious things of life. And yes, of course, I went on to tell him about Jesus as I had actually done a few times in the past as well.

所以，我去理发店理发，我和理发师在过去几年里建立了很亲密的关系。他年纪稍微大一点，童年时经历过不少艰难困苦。我们在聊关于2025年的计划和目标时，我分享了我的计划和让我兴奋的事情。我问他关于他的计划，他也说了一些，但接着他表示不管他对计划有什么想法或者尝试让自己感到兴奋，他还是感觉空虚。长话短说，他甚至说自己上网搜过“生命的意义”。需要提到的是，他是个很乐观的人，有一家很成功的理发店，有一批员工。他已婚，有孩子，大家都幸福健康。他有爱好，也喜欢健身，还有一些亲密的朋友。从世俗的标准来看，他的生活很成功，他也已经不差钱了，他意识到钱不再能激励他。在一次理发中，他停下来，走到我这边，望着我说：“不管我有什么想法，我还是感觉空虚。”我想说的是，有些人也许没有这样的空虚感，但我想挑战大家的是，你是否曾经停下脚步，真正思考过自己的生活？什么对你来说是真正重要的？你是否问过自己为什么要做自己正在做的事情，为什么以那样的方式度过你的人生？我只是想说，在日常的工作、家庭事务中，很容易陷入自动驾驶状态，从未停下来思考生活中真正重要的事情。当然，我也告诉他耶稣的事情，就像我之前几次做过的一样。

Now, at this point, I think a lot of you know where I'm going with this, but look, I just want to be clear. I know that Christians can be very annoying. They can come off as judgy, high and mighty, their way or the highway, all the while, you know, they're so hypocritical because they say one thing and do another. Then you layer in this man made religion and all of the scandals over the years and you think to yourself to believe in this stuff, you really have to be off the deep end. And the thing is that was me until I was 22. And I know a lot of you would say, you know what, if you want to do the Christian thing, that's fine. Do your own thing, whatever makes you happy type of deal. But don't tell me about it. I'm not interested. I don't want to hear about it. I don't want your world view forced on me, which at face value, okay, whatever, fair enough. But the problem with that is if I believe what the Bible says, then I have to share the message.

现在，在这个时候，我想你们很多人已经知道我想说什么了，但听我说，我只是想把话说清楚。我知道基督徒有时候真的很让人烦。他们可能表现得很爱评头论足，自以为是，好像只有他们的路才是正道。同时，你也知道，他们非常虚伪，口是心非。再加上这种人为的宗教和多年来的各种丑闻，你可能会觉得相信这些东西简直是疯狂。事实上，我也是这样，直到我22岁。我知道你们中的很多人可能会说，如果你想坚持基督教，那也没关系，你就做你自己的事情，什么让你开心就去做之类的。但是不要跟我说这些，我不感兴趣。我不想听到这些，也不想被你的世界观强加于我。表面上看，这样说是没错，但问题在于，如果我相信圣经上所说的，我就必须传播这个信息。

It would be incredibly cruel not to at least share what I've learned the Bible teaches. Here's an example. Let's say that you or a loved one has cancer and your doctor actually has the cure, but it's somewhat of a controversial cure based on how they do it. There would be a lot of pushback if this ever became public, but he knows that he has the cure. However, he decides not to share it with you or your loved one due to that perceived pushback. So this doctor has the cure to heal you or your loved one, but chooses not to share it. That would be incredibly selfish and if you ever found out, I'm sure you would not be happy. The truth is the Christian faith is the same way except it's even more impactful because it has eternal consequences. So it's just something that I have to do and not just that. It's something I want to do because of the hope and joy and peace that I have found in Christ.

翻译成中文： 如果我不分享我从《圣经》中学到的东西，那将是非常残忍的。让我举个例子。假设你或你所爱的人患有癌症，而你的医生实际上有治愈的方法，但由于他们治疗的方式有些争议，所以这个治疗方法受到许多反对。如果这种方法公之于众，将会引起很大反响，但他知道自己确实有治愈的办法。然而，由于担心会受到反对，他决定不把治疗方法告诉你或你所爱的人。这位医生明明可以治愈你或你所爱的人，却选择不分享这个方法。这将是非常自私的行为，如果你知道了这一点，我相信你一定会不高兴。 事实是，基督教信仰也是如此，而且影响更大，因为它关系到永恒的结果。所以我必须这样做，而且不仅如此，我还愿意这样做，因为我在基督里找到了希望、快乐和安宁。

And I'll be honest, these segments are so hard for me to do because I feel like there are so many things I want to say and talk about, but to compress that into a few minutes is incredibly difficult. So just a few things I want everybody to know. First of all, my faith is my own. It's not because I grew up a certain way. It's not because somebody told me to believe it. It's not because of any one thing. And yes, I know that theologically faith is a gift from God. We can't do anything to earn it or to get it ourselves. I'm just talking from a worldly perspective. So in college, I knew somebody was right about what happens when we die. And I also know that we're only here for a short time and eternity is forever. All I knew was that it would make sense to spend some amount of time trying to find out the right answer to that question what happens when we die. So for five years, starting in college, I was reading, asking questions, researching like a madman, trying all sorts of different worldviews and trying to get to the truth.

我坦白说，这些片段对我来说真的很难，因为我有太多想说的话题，但要在几分钟内说完实在是太难了。所以，我想让大家知道一些事情。首先，我的信仰是我自己的。这不是因为我从小就这样，也不是因为有人让我相信它，也不是因为任何单一的原因。虽然从神学上讲，信仰是上帝的恩赐，我们无法靠自己获得，但我从世俗的角度来谈。在大学时，我意识到必须有人对关于人死后发生的事情有正确的认识。我也知道我们在这个世界上停留的时间很短，而永恒是永远的。因此，我觉得花点时间去寻找问题“我们死后会怎样”的正确答案是有意义的。从大学开始的五年里，我像个疯狂的人一样阅读、提问、研究，尝试各种不同的世界观，努力寻找真相。

So one of the most important things I want you to know is that Jesus was 100% a historical figure to anybody trying to argue that Jesus was a myth or he never existed. You would be laughed out of any academic institution. There are even non biblical sources that talk about the existence of Jesus, what he taught, and about his death on the cross. There are also non biblical sources like Josephus and Tacitus that talk about Jesus's followers claiming to have seen him resurrected. And I've shared a longer version of my testimony in the past. But for me, when the light switch went off was knowing that historically again, you can't disprove these facts because there are non biblical sources talking about Jesus's followers actually ultimately going to their death because they were saying that Jesus rose from the grave.

所以，我希望你知道的一件重要事情是，尝试争论耶稣是虚构的或者他根本不存在的人肯定是站不住脚的，无论是在任何学术机构中都会被嘲笑。甚至还有非圣经的来源谈到了耶稣的存在、他的教导和他在十字架上的死亡。还有像约瑟夫斯和塔西佗这样的非圣经来源提到耶稣的追随者声称看到他复活。过去我分享过一个更长版本的见证，但对我来说，关键时刻是了解到这些历史事实是无法反驳的，因为有非圣经的来源说明耶稣的追随者最终甘愿舍命，因为他们坚持说耶稣从死里复活。

So ask yourself, would you willingly go to a horrific death for something that you knew was a lie? Personally, I would not. And I'm guessing you wouldn't either. I also want to be clear. I know that there is nothing I can say that can make anyone else a believer. All I can do is share my faith, maybe plant a couple seeds, but ultimately God is the one that has to water that. So all I'm really asking from anyone at this point is knowing that Jesus was certainly a historical figure. You have to answer the question for yourself. Who is Jesus to you? There are only two options. He was either the son of God and God putting on flesh himself, or he was a lying lunatic. This idea that he was a good teacher or a good prophet is just not compatible with what the Bible teaches.

所以问问自己：如果你知道某件事情是个谎言，你会愿意为此走向可怕的死亡吗？就我个人而言，我不会。我猜想你也不会。我也想明确一点：我知道无论我说什么，都不能让别人变成信徒。我所能做的只有分享我的信仰，也许能埋下一些种子，但最终还要靠上帝来浇灌。因此，我现在对任何人的唯一要求是，知道耶稣肯定是一个历史人物。你必须自己回答这个问题：耶稣对你来说是谁？只有两个选择。他要么是上帝的儿子，是上帝化身为人，要么就是一个撒谎的疯子。认为他只是一个好老师或好先知，这种看法与《圣经》的教导并不一致。

Because yes, in the Bible, Jesus claimed to be God. He claimed to be the Messiah, the only one that can forgive sins past, present, and future. Ultimately, I just want to be a voice that is encouraging you if you haven't spent enough time on your own, exploring who Jesus really was historically. What did he actually teach? What was he really about? Just don't make the most important decision you're ever going to make in your life, which is who is Jesus Christ to you based on what somebody else told you. And second, I just want everybody to know what Christianity really is because it really seems like the world thinks it's something it is absolutely not.

是的，在《圣经》中，耶稣声称自己是上帝。他声称自己是弥赛亚，是唯一能够宽恕过去、现在和未来罪恶的人。最终，我只是想鼓励你们，如果你们还没有花足够的时间，去探索耶稣在历史上到底是谁。他到底教导了什么？他真正的核心是什么？不要仅仅依赖别人告诉你的信息来做出你这辈子最重要的决定——耶稣基督对你而言究竟是谁。其次，我希望每个人都能真正了解基督教是什么，因为似乎世界对它的理解与事实完全不符。

Christianity is not about cleaning yourself up and being a better person and to stop drinking and smoking and to ultimately be good enough to get to heaven. The truth is no one will ever be good enough by their own merits to warrant heaven. That's why God gave us the law to ultimately expose our sin and our incompetence when it comes to being good enough to merit heaven. And that's why in God's love for us, he chose to send his only son, Jesus Christ, to be God himself in the flesh, to be the very representation of God's nature. So if you want to know God's character, look to the person of Christ.

基督教的核心不是让自己变得更好、戒酒戒烟或者通过努力达到上天堂的标准。事实上，没有人能凭借自身的优点获得上天堂的资格。这就是为什么上帝赐予我们法律，以揭示我们的罪过和在达到天堂标准方面的无能。因此，上帝因爱我们，选择派遣他的独生子耶稣基督，以肉身形式成为上帝本身，展现上帝的本质。所以，如果你想了解上帝的品格，可以通过耶稣基督来认识。

In short, God created the world and it was good. Then man decided to not listen to God and broke that covenant. Then sin entered the world, which we can now see everywhere we look. And the Bible says Romans 3, 23, for all have sinned in fall short of the glory of God and are justified by his grace as a gift through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood to be received by faith. And don't forget all of human history split at the coming of this one person Jesus, B.C., before Christ, an A.D., anodominy, the year of the Lord. This right here is the actual reason for Christmas.

简而言之，上帝创造了世界，并且祂所创造的是美好的。然而，人类选择不听从上帝，从而破坏了原本的约定。于是，罪恶进入了世界，现在我们可以在生活的各个角落看到它。圣经罗马书3章23节说道：“因为世人都犯了罪，亏缺了神的荣耀。”但通过上帝的恩典作为恩赐，人们可以因耶稣基督的救赎而称义。上帝使耶稣以献血的方式为我们的罪作了赎罪祭，我们需凭信心接受。不要忘记，整个人类历史因为耶稣的到来而被划分为公元前（B.C.，意为“基督之前”）和公元后（A.D.，意为“主的年代”）。这就是圣诞节的真正意义所在。

And look, if you're not a believer and you celebrate Christmas, you do you, but at the end of the day, there isn't very much logical consistency in doing so. And I know you may have great childhood memories, but again, if you ask yourself, why are we doing this? You'll be hard pressed to find an answer that makes sense that doesn't ultimately tie back to Jesus. Isaiah 9, 6, for to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. He will be called a wonderful counselor, mighty God, everlasting father, prince of peace. And just note the prophet Isaiah wrote that down hundreds of years before Mary ever conceived to give birth to Jesus.

翻译如下： 如果你不是个信徒但仍然庆祝圣诞节，那没关系，这是你的选择，但归根结底，这样做并没有太多的逻辑一致性。我知道你可能有美好的童年回忆，但如果你问自己：我们为什么要这样做？你很难找到一个合理的答案，而这个答案最终不会与耶稣扯上关系。以赛亚书9:6说：“因有一婴孩为我们而生，有一子赐给我们，政权必担在他的肩头上。他名称为奇妙的策士，全能的神，永在的父，和平的君。”值得注意的是，先知以赛亚在玛丽亚怀孕生下耶稣的几百年前就写下了这些话。

I'll be honest, I have an incredible life. Many of my friends, I'm sure, would love to be in the situation that I'm in. I have a beautiful wife, I have a healthy family, a home that we own, two Teslas, I get to do what I enjoy every day, I don't have a boss, I have an able body where financially secure, I have plenty of friends and basically anything the world can offer, we have it. But the relationship that I found in Jesus Christ, because I spent years genuinely seeking him with my mind and my heart, ultimately, he just rewarded my effort to find him and to know him. And now I have a relationship with him that really is inexplicable, the peace and the joy and the hope and the forgiveness that is found in Christ alone that you will never find anywhere else in this world is something that I have to share with other people.

老实说，我的生活非常美好。我相信我的许多朋友都希望能像我一样的处境。我有一个美丽的妻子，有一个健康的家庭，我们有自己的房子，两辆特斯拉车。我每天都能做自己喜欢的事情，没有老板管束，身体健康，财务稳定，朋友众多，世界上的美好事物我们基本上都有。但是，我通过花费多年时间用心去寻找耶稣基督，找到了与他的关系，这让我感到无比满足。最终，他回报了我对他的追寻，赐予我无可言喻的平安、快乐、希望和宽恕。这些都是只有在基督里才能找到的，是世界上其他地方无法得到的珍贵体验，我迫不及待想与他人分享。

And guess what? To have all of those gifts and more and to experience this intimate relationship with Christ being fully known by the creator of the universe, all you have to do is confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. It really should not be hard for all of us to admit that we're all sinners. If all of our thoughts were projected on a big screen for the entire world to see, we would all be incredibly embarrassed. Our thoughts are not pure, especially in the light of a perfect and holy God. And no matter what you've done in your lifetime, there is no sin that can separate you from the love of God.

你猜怎么着？为了拥有所有这些恩赐并更多，以及体验与基督的亲密关系，被宇宙的创造者完全了解，你所需要做的就是用口承认“耶稣是主”，并在心中相信上帝让他从死里复活，你就会得救。对我们所有人而言，承认自己是罪人真的不应该很难。如果我们所有的想法都被投射到一个大屏幕上让全世界看到，我们都会感到无比尴尬。我们的思想并不纯洁，尤其是当与完美和圣洁的上帝相比时。而且，无论你在一生中做了什么事，都没有罪可以让你与上帝的爱分离。

So all you need to do is confess that you're a sinner, repent of your sins, meaning you genuinely want to turn away from them to do everything in your power to stop living that way. And then reach out and cling to Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. He is the one that died the death that we all deserve. So when we put our faith in Jesus, when God looks at us, guess what? He sees Christ's perfection and his perfect life that we could never live. He takes our place. And yes, the Bible teaches that Jesus Christ is the only way to heaven. In Matthew 15, it says, beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves, you will recognize them by their fruits.

所以，你所需要做的就是承认自己是一个罪人，并忏悔你的罪过，也就是你真心想要远离这些罪并尽一切努力去改变自己的生活方式。然后，向耶稣基督寻求帮助，把他当作你的主和救主。他为我们而死，为我们承受了本该属于我们的死亡。当我们相信耶稣时，当上帝看我们的时候，你猜会发生什么？他看到的是基督的完美和我们无法达到的完美生活。耶稣代替了我们。是的，圣经教导说耶稣基督是通往天堂的唯一道路。在《马太福音》第15章中提到，要提防那些披着羊皮却内心凶狠如狼的假先知，你们可以通过他们的行为来认出他们。

Again, I wish I could sit and talk to you guys for the next two hours. But I also need people to know that not everybody that claims to be a Christian actually is. So if you're struggling with this faith thing, because you see so many people claiming to be Christian, but the fruit of their life, you really can't see any of God's qualities, well, there's a good chance that they're not actually born again. Matthew also says, not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my father who is in heaven.

再次说明，我真希望能坐下来和大家聊上两个小时。但我也需要让大家知道，并不是每个自称基督徒的人实际上都是。如果你在信仰上感到困惑，因为看到很多人自称是基督徒，但他们的生活中看不到任何上帝的品质，那么很有可能他们并没有真正重生。马太福音也说，不是每个对我说“主啊，主啊”的人都能进天国，唯有遵行我在天之父旨意的人才能进去。

You've likely also heard the verse in Matthew, enter by the narrow gate for the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction. And those who enter by it are many for the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life and those who find it are few. So to land this plane, if you don't yet know the God of the universe, if you don't yet truly in the depths of your soul, know what your purpose is and why you're here and you feel yourself kind of pushing down those desires to find those answers, I would just ask you to try to drop any preconceived notions that you may have heard in your life about who Jesus is about religion and faith and all of that hypocrisy that we touched on.

你可能也听过马太福音中的这句话：“要进窄门，因为那引到灭亡的门是宽的，路是大的，进去的人也多；引到生命的门是窄的，路是小的，找着的人也少。” 所以，总结一下，如果你还不认识宇宙之神，如果还没有在内心深处真正了解你的目的和你存在的意义，并且你感到自己在抵制去寻找这些答案的愿望，我建议你尝试放下你生命中可能听到的关于耶稣、宗教与信仰，及我们提到的所有虚伪之词的成见。

Just set that all aside because that's mostly just other humans falling short and fix your focus on the person and work of Jesus Christ alone and seek it from a historical perspective. The Bible does say if you seek God with an open mind and an open genuine heart that ultimately you will find him. And I would hope that over the years, you guys would agree that I try to be logical. I try to root everything that I do in data and facts and not get too lost in hyperbole or emotion. I'm just saying I applied that exact same framework, putting aside everything the world wants me to think and believe and I just got to the data and tried to figure it out for myself. Ultimately, that's exactly what led me to meeting the God of the universe Jesus Christ.

把所有这些放到一边，因为那大多只是人类自己的不足，而专注于耶稣基督这个人以及他的工作，并从历史的角度去探索。圣经上说，如果你以开放的心态和真诚的心寻求上帝，最终你会找到他。我希望多年来你们能同意，我努力保持逻辑性，尝试将我的所有行动建立在数据和事实的基础上，而不是被夸张或情绪所影响。我所说的是，我把世界希望我相信的一切都放到一边，只关注数据并试图自己去弄清楚。最终，这正是引领我认识宇宙之神、耶稣基督的原因。

And look, over the years, I'm sure I'm going to let you guys down many times because I'm a human, I'm a sinner, I fall short and I need God's grace and mercy every single day. For the usual, I could keep rambling right now. So to try to wrap this up, I just want you to know there is absolutely more to life than I think most people are aware of everything that we've ever seen in this world has a creator behind it. This desk, my computer, my camera, our televisions, everything has been made by someone.

多年来，我肯定会让你们失望很多次，因为我是一个普通人，我会犯错，我会不足，我每天都需要上帝的恩典和怜悯。我本来可以一直说下去，但为了简短，我只是想让你们知道，生活中绝对有比多数人意识到的更多的东西。我们在这个世界上见过的一切背后都有一个创造者。这个桌子、我的电脑、我的相机、我们的电视机，一切都是由某个人制造的。

So why wouldn't it hold true that the most complex thing we know our existence, the universe in these galaxies and how if we were any closer to the sun we'd burn if we were any further we would freeze, do you really think that's all just a random accident explosion? Respectfully, as an atheist, you're 100% putting your faith in something to get to that conclusion. And whether you want to admit it or not, deep down, you know that all humans really are created in the image of God, it's written on our hearts, we all have this moral code that oftentimes go unspoken, but we all generally know what's right and what's wrong.

为什么我们不能认为这种观点是正确的呢？我们所知最复杂的事物——我们的存在、宇宙中的星系、如果地球离太阳更近我们就会被烧毁，如果更远我们就会冻结——你真的认为这仅仅是一次随机的意外爆炸吗？恕我直言，作为一个无神论者，为了得出那个结论，你其实完全是在相信某种东西。不管你是否愿意承认，深层次里，你知道所有人类都是按上帝的形象被创造的，这种观念写在我们的心上。我们都有一种道德准则，尽管不常被说出来，但我们大体上都知道什么是对的，什么是错的。

And with that, I just want you to know that you were created in the image of God and he loves you more than you will ever be able to understand. Being a Christian does not mean that everything in your life is just going to work out and everything will be easy. No, oftentimes following Christ is going to be incredibly difficult. It goes against everything that the world is about nowadays. But you realize that Christ is worth it and relationship with him is so much better than anything that this world has to offer. Plus over time you realize that you can trust the Lord in the midst of any worldly storm because he isn't with you and from an eternal perspective, he can and will make all things right.

因此，我只想让你知道，你是按照上帝的形象被创造的，他对你的爱超过你能理解的范围。成为基督徒并不意味着你生活中的一切都会顺利，也不会一切都很轻松。实际上，追随基督往往非常困难，因为这与当今世界的价值观相悖。然而，你会意识到基督的价值远超于此，与他的关系比世界上的任何事物都要美好。随着时间的推移，你会意识到，即使在世俗的风暴中，你也可以信任主，因为从永恒的角度来看，他会使一切恢复正义和美好。

And I really wish more people would keep an open mind about the Bible because even just as a literary work of art, it's the most incredible book of all time. There is so much timeless wisdom and incredible stories and prophecies that to spend a lifetime not diving into it and trying to understand it is just beyond my comprehension and really is the work of Satan trying to deceive everybody with anything but the truth of God's word, the Bible.

我真的希望更多人能够以开放的心态来看待《圣经》，因为即使仅仅把它当作一部文学艺术作品，它也是有史以来最不可思议的书。书中蕴含了大量永恒的智慧、精彩的故事和预言。若一生都不深入研究和理解它，对我来说是难以想象的。我认为这实际上是撒旦的伎俩，试图用各种东西来迷惑大家，而不是让人们了解上帝的话语——《圣经》的真理。

So that's my Christmas message for this year. I share because I truly do care about all of you guys. I appreciate you more than you know. And at the end of the day, I believe what the Bible says and I would love for everybody here to be saved to come to know the forgiveness and the joy of our Lord Jesus Christ. It's available to everybody and I will happily limit my social growth to share the hope and the love that I have found in Christ alone.

这是我今年的圣诞寄语。我分享这些是因为我真的很关心你们所有人。你们的支持比你们想象的对我来说更重要。最终，我相信圣经所说的内容，我希望这里的每一个人都能获得救赎，体会到我们主耶稣基督的宽恕和喜悦。这份恩典对所有人都是开放的，我愿意放慢社交发展的步伐，去传递我在基督里找到的希望和爱。

May you all have a wonderful and blessed Christmas and you'll hear from me again later this week, Lord willing.

愿你们都度过一个美好而有福的圣诞节，如果上帝愿意，我会在本周晚些时候再联系你们。