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大衛藏身隱基底

²⁹大衛從那裡上去，住在隱‧基底的山寨裡。And David went up from there and lived in the strongholds of En-gedi.

¹掃羅追趕非利士人回來，有人告訴他說：「大衛在隱‧基底的曠野。」After Saul had returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, “David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.”

²掃羅就從以色列人中挑選三千精兵，率領他們往野羊的磐石去，尋索大衛和跟隨他的人。So Saul took three thousand chosen men from all Israel and went to look for David and his men in the region of the Rocks of the Wild Goats.

洞中割下衣襟

³到了路旁的羊圈，在那裡有洞，掃羅進去大解。大衛和跟隨他的人正藏在洞裡的深處。Soon Saul came to the sheepfolds along the road, where there was a cave, and he went in to relieve himself. And David and his men were hiding in the recesses of the cave.

⁴跟隨的人對大衛說：「耶和華曾應許你說：『我要將你的仇敵交在你手裡，你可以任意待他。』如今時候到了！」大衛就起來，悄悄地割下掃羅外袍的衣襟。So David’s men said to him, “This is the day about which the LORD said to you, ‘Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, that you may do with him as you wish.’” Then David crept up and stealthily cut off a corner of Saul’s robe.

⁵隨後大衛心中自責，因為割下掃羅的衣襟；Afterward, David’s conscience was stricken because he had cut off the corner of Saul’s robe.

⁶對跟隨他的人說：「我的主乃是耶和華的受膏者，我在耶和華面前萬不敢伸手害他，因他是耶和華的受膏者。」So he said to his men, “The LORD forbid that I should do such a thing to my master, the LORD’s anointed. May I never lift my hand against him, since he is the LORD’s anointed.”

⁷大衛用這話攔住跟隨他的人，不容他們起來害掃羅。掃羅起來，從洞裡出去行路。With these words David restrained his men, and he did not let them rise up against Saul. Then Saul left the cave and went on his way.

大衛向掃羅表明心跡

⁸隨後大衛也起來，從洞裡出去，呼叫掃羅說：「我主，我王！」掃羅回頭觀看，大衛就屈身、臉伏於地下拜。After that, David got up, went out of the cave, and called out to Saul, “My lord the king!” When Saul looked behind him, David bowed facedown in reverence

⁹大衛對掃羅說：「你為何聽信人的讒言，說大衛想要害你呢？and said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘Look, David intends to harm you’?

¹⁰今日你親眼看見在洞中，耶和華將你交在我手裡；有人叫我殺你，我卻愛惜你，說：『我不敢伸手害我的主，因為他是耶和華的受膏者。』Behold, this day you have seen with your own eyes that the LORD delivered you into my hand in the cave. I was told to kill you, but I spared you and said, ‘I will not lift my hand against my lord, since he is the LORD’s anointed.’

¹¹我父啊，看看你外袍的衣襟在我手中。我割下你的衣襟，沒有殺你；你由此可以知道我沒有惡意叛逆你。你雖然獵取我的命，我卻沒有得罪你。See, my father, look at the corner of your robe in my hand. For I cut it off, but I did not kill you. Know and see that there is no evil or rebellion in my hands. I have not sinned against you, even though you are hunting me down to take my life.

¹²願耶和華在你我中間判斷是非，在你身上為我伸冤，我卻不親手加害於你。May the LORD judge between you and me, and may the LORD take vengeance on you, but my hand will never be against you.

¹³古人有句俗語說：『惡事出於惡人。』我卻不親手加害於你。As the old proverb says, ‘Wickedness proceeds from the wicked.’ But my hand will never be against you.

¹⁴以色列王出來要尋找誰呢？追趕誰呢？不過追趕一條死狗，一個虼蚤就是了。Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea?

¹⁵願耶和華在你我中間施行審判，斷定是非，並且鑒察，為我伸冤，救我脫離你的手。」May the LORD be our judge and decide between you and me. May He take notice and plead my case and deliver me from your hand.”

掃羅承認大衛比他公義

¹⁶大衛向掃羅說完這話，掃羅說：「我兒大衛，這是你的聲音嗎？」就放聲大哭，When David had finished saying these things, Saul called back, “Is that your voice, David my son?” Then Saul wept aloud

¹⁷對大衛說：「你比我公義；因為你以善待我，我卻以惡待你。and said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have rewarded me with good, though I have rewarded you with evil.

¹⁸你今日顯明是以善待我；因為耶和華將我交在你手裡，你卻沒有殺我。And you have declared this day how you have treated me well, for when the LORD delivered me into your hand, you did not kill me.

¹⁹人若遇見仇敵，豈肯放他平安無事地去呢？願耶和華因你今日向我所行的，以善報你。When a man finds his enemy, does he let him go away unharmed? May the LORD reward you with good for what you have done for me this day.

²⁰我也知道你必要作王，以色列的國必堅立在你手裡。Now I know for sure that you will be king and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hands.

²¹現在你要指著耶和華向我起誓，不剪除我的後裔，在我父家不滅沒我的名。」So now, swear to me by the LORD that you will not cut off my descendants or wipe out my name from my father’s house.”

²²於是大衛向掃羅起誓，掃羅就回家去；大衛和跟隨他的人上山寨去了。So David gave his oath to Saul. Then Saul returned home, but David and his men went up to the stronghold.

撒母耳去世

¹撒母耳死了，以色列眾人聚集，為他哀哭，將他葬在拉瑪─他自己的墳墓（原文是房屋）裡。大衛起身，下到巴蘭的曠野。When Samuel died, all Israel gathered to mourn for him; and they buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David set out and went down to the Wilderness of Paran.

拿八辱罵大衛的僕人

²在瑪雲有一個人，他的產業在迦密，是一個大富戶，有三千綿羊，一千山羊；他正在迦密剪羊毛。Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. He was a very wealthy man with a thousand goats and three thousand sheep, which he was shearing in Carmel.

³那人名叫拿八，是迦勒族的人；他的妻名叫亞比該，是聰明俊美的婦人。拿八為人剛愎凶惡。His name was Nabal, and his wife’s name was Abigail. She was an intelligent and beautiful woman, but her husband, a Calebite, was harsh and evil in his dealings.

⁴大衛在曠野聽見說拿八剪羊毛，While David was in the wilderness, he heard that Nabal was shearing sheep.

⁵大衛就打發十個僕人，吩咐他們說：「你們上迦密去見拿八，提我的名問他安。So David sent ten young men and instructed them, “Go up to Nabal at Carmel. Greet him in my name

⁶要對那富戶如此說：『願你平安，願你家平安，願你一切所有的都平安。and say to him, ‘Long life to you, and peace to you and to your house and to all that belongs to you.

⁷現在我聽說有人為你剪羊毛，你的牧人在迦密的時候和我們在一處，我們沒有欺負他們，他們也未曾失落甚麼。Now I hear that it is time for shearing. When your shepherds were with us, we did not harass them, and nothing of theirs was missing the whole time they were in Carmel.

⁸可以問你的僕人，他們必告訴你。所以願我的僕人在你眼前蒙恩，因為是在好日子來的。求你隨手取點賜與僕人和你兒子大衛。』」Ask your young men, and they will tell you. So let my young men find favor with you, for we have come on the day of a feast. Please give whatever you can spare to your servants and to your son David.’”

⁹大衛的僕人到了，將這話提大衛的名都告訴了拿八，就住了口。When David’s young men arrived, they relayed all these words to Nabal on behalf of David. Then they waited.

¹⁰拿八回答大衛的僕人說：「大衛是誰？耶西的兒子是誰？近來悖逆主人奔逃的僕人甚多，But Nabal asked them, “Who is David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many servants these days are breaking away from their masters.

¹¹我豈可將飲食和為我剪羊毛人所宰的肉給我不知道從哪裡來的人呢？」Why should I take my bread and water and the meat I have slaughtered for my shearers, and give them to these men whose origin I do not know?”

¹²大衛的僕人就轉身從原路回去，照這話告訴大衛。So David’s men turned around and went back, and they relayed to him all these words.

¹³大衛向跟隨他的人說：「你們各人都要帶上刀！」眾人就都帶上刀，大衛也帶上刀。跟隨大衛上去的約有四百人，留下二百人看守器具。And David said to his men, “Strap on your swords!” So David and all his men strapped on their swords, and about four hundred men followed David, while two hundred stayed with the supplies.

亞比該急忙預備禮物

¹⁴有拿八的一個僕人告訴拿八的妻亞比該說：「大衛從曠野打發使者來問我主人的安，主人卻辱罵他們。Meanwhile, one of Nabal’s young men informed Nabal’s wife Abigail, “Look, David sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our master, but he screamed at them.

¹⁵但是那些人待我們甚好；我們在田野與他們來往的時候，沒有受他們的欺負，也未曾失落甚麼。Yet these men were very good to us. When we were in the field, we were not harassed, and nothing of ours went missing the whole time we lived among them.

¹⁶我們在他們那裡牧羊的時候，他們晝夜作我們的保障。They were a wall around us, both day and night, the whole time we were herding our sheep near them.

¹⁷所以你當籌劃，看怎樣行才好；不然，禍患定要臨到我主人和他全家。他性情凶暴，無人敢與他說話。」Now consider carefully what you must do, because disaster looms over our master and all his household. For he is such a scoundrel that nobody can speak to him!”

¹⁸亞比該急忙將二百餅，兩皮袋酒，五隻收拾好了的羊，五細亞烘好了的穗子，一百葡萄餅，二百無花果餅，都馱在驢上，Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five butchered sheep, five seahs of roasted grain, a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs. She loaded them on donkeys

¹⁹對僕人說：「你們前頭走，我隨著你們去。」這事她卻沒有告訴丈夫拿八。and said to her young men, “Go ahead of me. I will be right behind you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal.

²⁰亞比該騎著驢，正下山坡，見大衛和跟隨他的人從對面下來，亞比該就迎接他們。As Abigail came riding her donkey into a mountain ravine, she saw David and his men coming down toward her, and she met them.

²¹大衛曾說：「我在曠野為那人看守所有的，以致他一樣不失落，實在是徒然了！他向我以惡報善。Now David had just said, “In vain I have protected all that belonged to this man in the wilderness. Nothing that belongs to him has gone missing, yet he has paid me back evil for good.

²²凡屬拿八的男丁，我若留一個到明日早晨，願　神重重降罰與我！」May God punish David, and ever so severely, if I let one male belonging to Nabal survive until morning.”

亞比該攔阻大衛報仇

²³亞比該見大衛，便急忙下驢，在大衛面前臉伏於地叩拜，When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off the donkey, fell facedown, and bowed before him.

²⁴俯伏在大衛的腳前，說：「我主啊，願這罪歸我！求你容婢女向你進言，更求你聽婢女的話。She fell at his feet and said, “My lord, may the blame be on me alone, but please let your servant speak to you; hear the words of your servant.

²⁵我主不要理這壞人拿八，他的性情與他的名相稱；他名叫拿八（就是愚頑的意思），他為人果然愚頑。但我主所打發的僕人，婢女並沒有看見。My lord should pay no attention to this scoundrel Nabal, for he lives up to his name: His name means Fool, and folly accompanies him. I, your servant, did not see my lord’s young men whom you sent.

²⁶我主啊，耶和華既然阻止你親手報仇，取流血的罪，所以我指著永生的耶和華、又敢在你面前起誓說：『願你的仇敵和謀害你的人都像拿八一樣。』Now, my lord, as surely as the LORD lives and you yourself live, since the LORD has held you back from bloodshed and from avenging yourself with your own hand, may your enemies and those who seek harm for my lord be like Nabal.

²⁷如今求你將婢女送來的禮物給跟隨你的僕人。Now let this gift your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow you.

²⁸求你饒恕婢女的罪過。耶和華必為我主建立堅固的家，因我主為耶和華爭戰；並且在你平生的日子查不出有甚麼過來。Please forgive your servant’s offense, for the LORD will surely make a lasting dynasty for my lord, because he fights the LORD’s battles. May no evil be found in you as long as you live.

²⁹雖有人起來追逼你，尋索你的性命，你的性命卻在耶和華─你的　神那裡蒙保護，如包裹寶器一樣；你仇敵的性命，耶和華必拋去，如用機弦甩石一樣。And should someone pursue you and seek your life, then the life of my lord will be bound securely by the LORD your God in the bundle of the living. But He shall fling away the lives of your enemies like stones from a sling.

^30–31我主現在若不親手報仇流無辜人的血，到了耶和華照所應許你的話賜福與你，立你作以色列的王，那時我主必不致心裡不安，覺得良心有虧。耶和華賜福與我主的時候，求你記念婢女。」When the LORD has done for my lord all the good He promised, and when He has appointed you ruler over Israel, then my lord will have no remorse or guilt of conscience over needless bloodshed and revenge. And when the LORD has dealt well with my lord, may you remember your servant.”

³²大衛對亞比該說：「耶和華─以色列的　神是應當稱頌的，因為他今日使你來迎接我。Then David said to Abigail, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who sent you to meet me this day!

³³你和你的見識也當稱讚；因為你今日攔阻我親手報仇、流人的血。Blessed is your discernment, and blessed are you, because today you kept me from bloodshed and from avenging myself by my own hand.

³⁴我指著阻止我加害於你的耶和華─以色列永生的　神起誓，你若不速速地來迎接我，到明日早晨，凡屬拿八的男丁必定不留一個。」Otherwise, as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, who has restrained me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, then surely no male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by morning light.”

³⁵大衛受了亞比該送來的禮物，就對她說：「我聽了你的話，准了你的情面，你可以平平安安地回家吧！」Then David accepted from her hand what she had brought him, and he said to her, “Go home in peace. See, I have heeded your voice and granted your request.”

耶和華擊打拿八

³⁶亞比該到拿八那裡，見他在家裡設擺筵席，如同王的筵席；拿八快樂大醉。亞比該無論大小事都沒有告訴他，就等到次日早晨。When Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing until morning light.

³⁷到了早晨，拿八醒了酒，他的妻將這些事都告訴他，他就魂不附體，身僵如石頭一般。In the morning when Nabal was sober, his wife told him about these events, and his heart failed within him, and he became like a stone.

³⁸過了十天，耶和華擊打拿八，他就死了。About ten days later, the LORD struck Nabal dead.

大衛娶亞比該

³⁹大衛聽見拿八死了，就說：「應當稱頌耶和華，因他伸了拿八羞辱我的冤，又阻止僕人行惡；也使拿八的惡歸到拿八的頭上。」於是大衛打發人去，與亞比該說，要娶她為妻。On hearing that Nabal was dead, David said, “Blessed be the LORD, who has upheld my cause against the reproach of Nabal and has restrained His servant from evil. For the LORD has brought the wickedness of Nabal down upon his own head.” Then David sent word to Abigail, asking her to become his wife.

⁴⁰大衛的僕人到了迦密見亞比該，對她說：「大衛打發我們來見你，想要娶你為妻。」When his servants came to Abigail at Carmel, they said, “David has sent us to take you as his wife.”

⁴¹亞比該就起來，俯伏在地，說：「我情願作婢女，洗我主僕人的腳。」She arose, bowed facedown, and said, “Here is your servant, ready to serve and to wash the feet of my lord’s servants.”

⁴²亞比該立刻起身，騎上驢，帶著五個使女，跟從大衛的使者去了，就作了大衛的妻。So Abigail hurried and got on a donkey, and attended by five of her maidens, she followed David’s messengers and became his wife.

⁴³大衛先娶了耶斯列人亞希暖，她們二人都作了他的妻。David had also married Ahinoam of Jezreel. So she and Abigail were both his wives.

⁴⁴掃羅已將他的女兒米甲，就是大衛的妻，給了迦琳人拉億的兒子帕提為妻。But Saul had given his daughter Michal, David’s wife, to Palti son of Laish, who was from Gallim.

掃羅再次追趕大衛

¹西弗人到基比亞見掃羅，說：「大衛不是在曠野前的哈基拉山藏著嗎？」Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding on the hill of Hachilah, opposite Jeshimon?”

²掃羅就起身，帶領以色列人中挑選的三千精兵下到西弗的曠野，要在那裡尋索大衛。So Saul, accompanied by three thousand chosen men of Israel, went down to the Wilderness of Ziph to search for David there.

³掃羅在曠野前的哈基拉山，在道路上安營。大衛住在曠野，聽說掃羅到曠野來追尋他，Saul camped beside the road at the hill of Hachilah opposite Jeshimon, but David was living in the wilderness. When he realized that Saul had followed him there,

⁴就打發人去探聽，便知道掃羅果然來到。David sent out spies to verify that Saul had arrived.

⁵大衛起來，到掃羅安營的地方，看見掃羅和他的元帥尼珥的兒子押尼珥睡臥之處；掃羅睡在輜重營裡，百姓安營在他周圍。Then David set out and went to the place where Saul had camped. He saw the place where Saul and Abner son of Ner, the general of his army, had lain down. Saul was lying inside the inner circle of the camp, with the troops camped around him.

夜入掃羅營中

⁶大衛對赫人亞希米勒和洗魯雅的兒子約押的兄弟亞比篩說：「誰同我下到掃羅營裡去？」亞比篩說：「我同你下去。」And David asked Ahimelech the Hittite and Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, “Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?” “I will go with you,” answered Abishai.

⁷於是大衛和亞比篩夜間到了百姓那裡，見掃羅睡在輜重營裡；他的槍在頭旁，插在地上。押尼珥和百姓睡在他周圍。That night David and Abishai came to the troops, and Saul was lying there asleep in the inner circle of the camp, with his spear stuck in the ground by his head. And Abner and the troops were lying around him.

⁸亞比篩對大衛說：「現在　神將你的仇敵交在你手裡，求你容我拿槍將他刺透在地，一刺就成，不用再刺。」Abishai said to David, “Today God has delivered your enemy into your hand. Now, therefore, please let me thrust the spear through him into the ground with one stroke. I will not need to strike him twice!”

⁹大衛對亞比篩說：「不可害死他。有誰伸手害耶和華的受膏者而無罪呢？」But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him, for who can extend a hand against the LORD’s anointed and be guiltless?”

¹⁰大衛又說：「我指著永生的耶和華起誓，他或被耶和華擊打，或是死期到了，或是出戰陣亡；David added, “As surely as the LORD lives, the LORD Himself will strike him down; either his day will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish.

¹¹我在耶和華面前，萬不敢伸手害耶和華的受膏者。現在你可以將他頭旁的槍和水瓶拿來，我們就走。」But the LORD forbid that I should extend my hand against the LORD’s anointed. Instead, take the spear and water jug by his head, and let us go.”

¹²大衛從掃羅的頭旁拿了槍和水瓶，二人就走了，沒有人看見，沒有人知道，也沒有人醒起，都睡著了，因為耶和華使他們沉沉地睡了。So David took the spear and water jug by Saul’s head, and they departed. No one saw them or knew about it, nor did anyone wake up; they all remained asleep, because a deep sleep from the LORD had fallen on them.

大衛隔山呼叫

¹³大衛過到那邊去，遠遠地站在山頂上，與他們相離甚遠。Then David crossed to the other side and stood atop the mountain at a distance; there was a wide gulf between them.

¹⁴大衛呼叫百姓和尼珥的兒子押尼珥說：「押尼珥啊，你為何不答應呢？」押尼珥說：「你是誰？竟敢呼叫王呢？」And David shouted to the troops and to Abner son of Ner, “Will you not answer me, Abner?” “Who are you who calls to the king?” Abner replied.

¹⁵大衛對押尼珥說：「你不是個勇士嗎？以色列中誰能比你呢？民中有人進來要害死王─你的主，你為何沒有保護王─你的主呢？So David said to Abner, “You are a man, aren’t you? And who in Israel is your equal? Why then did you not protect your lord the king when one of the people came to destroy him?

¹⁶你這樣是不好的！我指著永生的耶和華起誓，你們都是該死的；因為沒有保護你們的主，就是耶和華的受膏者。現在你看看王頭旁的槍和水瓶在哪裡。」This thing you have done is not good. As surely as the LORD lives, all of you deserve to die, since you did not protect your lord, the LORD’s anointed. Now look around. Where are the king’s spear and water jug that were by his head?”

¹⁷掃羅聽出是大衛的聲音，就說：「我兒大衛，這是你的聲音嗎？」大衛說：「主─我的王啊，是我的聲音」；Then Saul recognized David’s voice and asked, “Is that your voice, David my son?” “It is my voice, my lord and king,” David said.

¹⁸又說：「我做了甚麼？我手裡有甚麼惡事？我主竟追趕僕人呢？And he continued, “Why is my lord pursuing his servant? What have I done? What evil is in my hand?

¹⁹求我主我王聽僕人的話：若是耶和華激發你攻擊我，願耶和華收納祭物；若是人激發你，願他在耶和華面前受咒詛；因為他現今趕逐我，不容我在耶和華的產業上有分，說：『你去事奉別神吧！』Now please, may my lord the king hear the words of his servant: If the LORD has stirred you up against me, then may He accept an offering. But if men have done it, may they be cursed in the presence of the LORD! For today they have driven me away from sharing in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’

²⁰現在求王不要使我的血流在離耶和華遠的地方。以色列王出來是尋找一個虼蚤，如同人在山上獵取一個鷓鴣一般。」So do not let my blood fall to the ground far from the presence of the LORD. For the king of Israel has come out to look for a flea, like one who hunts a partridge in the mountains.”

掃羅再次認錯

²¹掃羅說：「我有罪了！我兒大衛，你可以回來，因你今日看我的性命為寶貴；我必不再加害於你。我是糊塗人，大大錯了。」Then Saul replied, “I have sinned. Come back, David my son. I will never harm you again, because today you considered my life precious. I have played the fool and have committed a grave error!”

²²大衛說：「王的槍在這裡，可以吩咐一個僕人過來拿去。“Here is the king’s spear,” David answered. “Let one of the young men come over and get it.

²³今日耶和華將王交在我手裡，我卻不肯伸手害耶和華的受膏者。耶和華必照各人的公義誠實報應他。May the LORD repay every man for his righteousness and faithfulness. For the LORD delivered you into my hand today, but I would not extend my hand against the LORD’s anointed.

²⁴我今日重看你的性命，願耶和華也重看我的性命，並且拯救我脫離一切患難。」As surely as I valued your life today, so may the LORD value my life and rescue me from all trouble.”

²⁵掃羅對大衛說：「我兒大衛，願你得福！你必做大事，也必得勝。」於是大衛起行，掃羅回他的本處去了。Saul said to him, “May you be blessed, David my son. You will accomplish great things and will surely prevail.” So David went on his way, and Saul returned home.

門徒爭論誰為大

²⁴門徒起了爭論，他們中間哪一個可算為大。A dispute also arose among the disciples as to which of them should be considered the greatest.

²⁵耶穌說：「外邦人有君王為主治理他們，那掌權管他們的稱為恩主。So Jesus declared, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in authority over them call themselves benefactors.

²⁶但你們不可這樣；你們裡頭為大的，倒要像年幼的，為首領的，倒要像服事人的。But you shall not be like them. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who leads like the one who serves.

²⁷是誰為大？是坐席的呢？是服事人的呢？不是坐席的大嗎？然而，我在你們中間如同服事人的。For who is greater, the one who reclines at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines? But I am among you as one who serves.

在國裡同席、坐在寶座上

²⁸我在磨煉之中，常和我同在的就是你們。You are the ones who have stood by Me in My trials.

²⁹我將國賜給你們，正如我父賜給我一樣，And I bestow on you a kingdom, just as My Father has bestowed one on Me,

³⁰叫你們在我國裡，坐在我的席上吃喝，並且坐在寶座上，審判以色列十二個支派。」so that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

耶穌為彼得祈求

³¹主又說：「西門！西門！撒但想要得著你們，好篩你們像篩麥子一樣；Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all of you like wheat.

³²但我已經為你祈求，叫你不至於失了信心。你回頭以後，要堅固你的弟兄。」But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith will not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”

³³彼得說：「主啊，我就是同你下監，同你受死，也是甘心！」“Lord,” said Peter, “I am ready to go with You even to prison and to death.”

³⁴耶穌說：「彼得，我告訴你，今日雞還沒有叫，你要三次說不認得我。」But Jesus replied, “I tell you, Peter, the rooster will not crow today until you have denied three times that you know Me.”

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如今要帶錢囊和刀

³⁵耶穌又對他們說：「我差你們出去的時候，沒有錢囊，沒有口袋，沒有鞋，你們缺少甚麼沒有？」他們說：「沒有。」Then Jesus asked them, “When I sent you out without purse or bag or sandals, did you lack anything?” “Nothing,” they answered.

³⁶耶穌說：「但如今有錢囊的可以帶著，有口袋的也可以帶著，沒有刀的要賣衣服買刀。“Now, however,” He told them, “the one with a purse should take it, and likewise a bag; and the one without a sword should sell his cloak and buy one.

³⁷我告訴你們，經上寫著說：『他被列在罪犯之中。』這話必應驗在我身上；因為那關係我的事必然成就。」For I tell you that this Scripture must be fulfilled in Me: ‘And He was numbered with the transgressors.’ For what is written about Me is reaching its fulfillment.”

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³⁸他們說：「主啊，請看！這裡有兩把刀。」耶穌說：「夠了。」So they said, “Look, Lord, here are two swords.” “That is enough,” He answered.

橄欖山上的禱告

³⁹耶穌出來，照常往橄欖山去，門徒也跟隨他。Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed Him.

⁴⁰到了那地方，就對他們說：「你們要禱告，免得入了迷惑。」When He came to the place, He told them, “Pray that you will not enter into temptation.”

⁴¹於是離開他們約有扔一塊石頭那麼遠，跪下禱告，And He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, where He knelt down and prayed,

⁴²說：「父啊！你若願意，就把這杯撤去；然而，不要成就我的意思，只要成就你的意思。」“Father, if You are willing, take this cup from Me. Yet not My will, but Yours be done.”

⁴³有一位天使從天上顯現，加添他的力量。Then an angel from heaven appeared to Him and strengthened Him.

⁴⁴耶穌極其傷痛，禱告更加懇切，汗珠如大血點滴在地上。And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.

門徒因憂愁睡著了

⁴⁵禱告完了，就起來，到門徒那裡，見他們因為憂愁都睡著了，When Jesus rose from prayer and returned to the disciples, He found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow.

⁴⁶就對他們說：「你們為甚麼睡覺呢？起來禱告，免得入了迷惑！」“Why are you sleeping?” He asked. “Get up and pray so that you will not enter into temptation.”

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