Why in Chinese Bible (和合本), "you" was translated as "你" instead of "您"?
&quot;I thought 您 is more polite and honorific and thus should be used when address Jehovah. Why was &quot;you&quot; translated as &quot;你&quot; instead of &quot;您&quot;?&quot;

你 is, in fact, the correct translation, not only linguistically; but theologically as well. Because God is Father, the familiar form of the second person is appropriate.
A little diversion on the English terms, &quot;thou&quot; is the singular form in Early Modern English, and &quot;you&quot; the plural. The plural form came to be used as a polite form of address later, and &quot;thou&quot; the singular and familiar form. Over time, &quot;you&quot; took over and now Modern English uses &quot;you&quot; as both singular and plural and that distinction between formal (polite) and informal (familiar) is lost.
The translation of the Bible into English has maintained the difference between formal and informal; and it is also correct to maintain the same when translating into Chinese, &quot;Thou/ thee&quot; (informal and familiar) as &quot;你&quot; and &quot;thy&quot; as &quot;你的&quot;. It is linguistically faithful. Theologically it is also the correct form since we are talking about a father-child relationship, and it is definitely not formal.