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以利沙洩露亞蘭的軍情

⁸亞蘭王與以色列人爭戰，和他的臣僕商議說：「我要在某處某處安營。」Now the king of Aram was at war against Israel. After consulting with his servants, he said, “My camp will be in such and such a place.”

⁹神人打發人去見以色列王，說：「你要謹慎，不要從某處經過，因為亞蘭人從那裡下來了。」Then the man of God sent word to the king of Israel: “Be careful not to pass by this place, for the Arameans are going down there.”

¹⁰以色列王差人去窺探神人所告訴所警戒他去的地方，就防備未受其害，不止一兩次。So the king of Israel sent word to the place the man of God had pointed out. Time and again Elisha warned the king, so that he was on his guard in such places.

¹¹亞蘭王因這事心裡驚疑，召了臣僕來，對他們說：「我們這裡有誰幫助以色列王，你們不指給我嗎？」For this reason the king of Aram became enraged and called his servants to demand of them, “Tell me, which one of us is on the side of the king of Israel?”

¹²有一個臣僕說：「我主，我王！無人幫助他，只有以色列中的先知以利沙，將王在臥房所說的話告訴以色列王了。」But one of his servants replied, “No one, my lord the king. For Elisha, the prophet in Israel, tells the king of Israel the very words you speak in your bedroom.”

亞蘭大軍圍困多坍

¹³王說：「你們去探他在哪裡，我好打發人去捉拿他。」有人告訴王說：「他在多坍。」So the king said, “Go and see where he is, that I may send men to capture him.” On receiving the report, “Elisha is in Dothan,”

¹⁴王就打發車馬和大軍往那裡去，夜間到了，圍困那城。the king of Aram sent horses, chariots, and a great army. They went there by night and surrounded the city.

開僕人的眼睛

¹⁵神人的僕人清早起來出去，看見車馬軍兵圍困了城。僕人對神人說：「哀哉！我主啊，我們怎樣行才好呢？」When the servant of the man of God got up and went out early in the morning, behold, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. So he asked Elisha, “Oh, my master, what are we to do?”

¹⁶神人說：「不要懼怕！與我們同在的比與他們同在的更多。」“Do not be afraid,” Elisha answered, “for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”

¹⁷以利沙禱告說：「耶和華啊，求你開這少年人的眼目，使他能看見。」耶和華開他的眼目，他就看見滿山有火車火馬圍繞以利沙。Then Elisha prayed, “O LORD, please open his eyes that he may see.” And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw that the hills were full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

領亞蘭軍到撒馬利亞

¹⁸敵人下到以利沙那裡，以利沙禱告耶和華說：「求你使這些人的眼目昏迷。」耶和華就照以利沙的話，使他們的眼目昏迷。As the Arameans came down against him, Elisha prayed to the LORD, “Please strike these people with blindness.” So He struck them with blindness, according to the word of Elisha.

¹⁹以利沙對他們說：「這不是那道，也不是那城；你們跟我去，我必領你們到所尋找的人那裡。」於是領他們到了撒馬利亞。And Elisha told them, “This is not the way, and this is not the city. Follow me, and I will take you to the man you are seeking.” And he led them to Samaria.

²⁰他們進了撒馬利亞，以利沙禱告說：「耶和華啊，求你開這些人的眼目，使他們能看見。」耶和華開他們的眼目，他們就看見了，不料，是在撒馬利亞的城中。When they had entered Samaria, Elisha said, “O LORD, open the eyes of these men that they may see.” Then the LORD opened their eyes, and they looked around and discovered that they were in Samaria.

²¹以色列王見了他們，就問以利沙說：「我父啊，我可以擊殺他們嗎？」And when the king of Israel saw them, he asked Elisha, “My father, shall I kill them? Shall I kill them?”

²²回答說：「不可擊殺他們！就是你用刀用弓擄來的，豈可擊殺他們嗎（或譯：也不可擊殺，何況這些人呢）？當在他們面前設擺飲食，使他們吃喝回到他們的主人那裡。」“Do not kill them,” he replied. “Would you kill those you have captured with your own sword or bow? Set food and water before them, that they may eat and drink and then return to their master.”

²³王就為他們預備了許多食物；他們吃喝完了，打發他們回到他們主人那裡。從此，亞蘭軍不再犯以色列境了。So the king prepared a great feast for them, and after they had finished eating and drinking, he sent them away, and they returned to their master. And the Aramean raiders did not come into the land of Israel again.

撒馬利亞被圍的大饑荒

²⁴此後，亞蘭王便‧哈達聚集他的全軍，上來圍困撒馬利亞。Some time later, Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army and marched up to besiege Samaria.

²⁵於是撒馬利亞被圍困，有饑荒，甚至一個驢頭值銀八十舍客勒，二升鴿子糞值銀五舍客勒。So there was a great famine in Samaria. Indeed, they besieged the city so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a quarter cab of dove’s dung sold for five shekels of silver.

²⁶一日，以色列王在城上經過，有一個婦人向他呼叫說：「我主，我王啊！求你幫助。」As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, “Help me, my lord the king!”

²⁷王說：「耶和華不幫助你，我從何處幫助你？是從禾場，是從酒醡呢？」He answered, “If the LORD does not help you, where can I find help for you? From the threshing floor or the winepress?”

²⁸王問婦人說：「你有甚麼苦處？」她回答說：「這婦人對我說：『將你的兒子取來，我們今日可以吃，明日可以吃我的兒子。』Then the king asked her, “What is the matter?” And she answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him, and tomorrow we will eat my son.’

²⁹我們就煮了我的兒子吃了。次日我對她說：『要將你的兒子取來，我們可以吃。』她卻將她的兒子藏起來了。」So we boiled my son and ate him, and the next day I said to her, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him.’ But she had hidden her son.”

³⁰王聽見婦人的話，就撕裂衣服；（王在城上經過）百姓看見王貼身穿著麻衣。When the king heard the words of the woman, he tore his clothes. And as he passed by on the wall, the people saw the sackcloth under his clothes next to his skin.

³¹王說：「我今日若容沙法的兒子以利沙的頭仍在他項上，願　神重重地降罰與我！」He announced, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders through this day!”

³²那時，以利沙正坐在家中，長老也與他同坐。王打發一個伺候他的人去；他還沒有到，以利沙對長老說：「你們看這兇手之子，打發人來斬我的頭；你們看著使者來到，就關上門，用門將他推出去。在他後頭不是有他主人腳步的響聲嗎？」Now Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. The king sent a messenger ahead, but before he arrived, Elisha said to the elders, “Do you see how this murderer has sent someone to cut off my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door to keep him out. Is not the sound of his master’s footsteps behind him?”

³³正說話的時候，使者來到，王也到了，說：「這災禍是從耶和華那裡來的，我何必再仰望耶和華呢？」While Elisha was still speaking with them, the messenger came down to him. And the king said, “This calamity is from the LORD. Why should I wait for the LORD any longer?”

以利沙預言糧價大跌

¹以利沙說：「你們要聽耶和華的話，耶和華如此說：明日約到這時候，在撒馬利亞城門口，一細亞細麵要賣銀一舍客勒，二細亞大麥也要賣銀一舍客勒。」Then Elisha said, “Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the LORD says: ‘About this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, a seah of fine flour will sell for a shekel, and two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel.’”

²有一個攙扶王的軍長對神人說：「即便耶和華使天開了窗戶，也不能有這事。」以利沙說：「你必親眼看見，卻不得吃。」But the officer on whose arm the king leaned answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” “You will see it with your own eyes,” replied Elisha, “but you will not eat any of it.”

四個長大痲瘋的人

³在城門那裡有四個長大痲瘋的人，他們彼此說：「我們為何坐在這裡等死呢？Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate, and they said to one another, “Why just sit here until we die?

⁴我們若說，進城去吧！城裡有饑荒，必死在那裡；若在這裡坐著不動，也必是死。來吧，我們去投降亞蘭人的軍隊，他們若留我們的活命，就活著；若殺我們，就死了吧！」If we say, ‘Let us go into the city,’ we will die there from the famine in the city; but if we sit here, we will also die. So come now, let us go over to the camp of the Arameans. If they let us live, we will live; if they kill us, we will die.”

⁵黃昏的時候，他們起來往亞蘭人的營盤去；到了營邊，不見一人在那裡。So they arose at twilight and went to the camp of the Arameans. But when they came to the outskirts of the camp, there was not a man to be found.

⁶因為主使亞蘭人的軍隊聽見車馬的聲音，是大軍的聲音；他們就彼此說：「這必是以色列王賄買赫人的諸王和埃及人的諸王來攻擊我們。」For the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound of chariots, horses, and a great army, so that they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel must have hired the kings of the Hittites and Egyptians to attack us.”

⁷所以，在黃昏的時候他們起來逃跑，撇下帳棚、馬、驢，營盤照舊，只顧逃命。Thus the Arameans had arisen and fled at twilight, abandoning their tents and horses and donkeys. The camp was intact, and they had run for their lives.

⁸那些長大痲瘋的到了營邊，進了帳棚，吃了喝了，且從其中拿出金銀和衣服來，去收藏了；回來又進了一座帳棚，從其中拿出財物來去收藏了。When the lepers reached the edge of the camp, they went into a tent to eat and drink. Then they carried off the silver, gold, and clothing, and went and hid them. On returning, they entered another tent, carried off some items from there, and hid them.

⁹那時，他們彼此說：「我們所做的不好！今日是有好信息的日子，我們竟不作聲！若等到天亮，罪必臨到我們。來吧，我們與王家報信去！」Finally, they said to one another, “We are not doing what is right. Today is a day of good news. If we are silent and wait until morning light, our sin will overtake us. Now, therefore, let us go and tell the king’s household.”

¹⁰他們就去叫守城門的，告訴他們說：「我們到了亞蘭人的營，不見一人在那裡，也無人聲，只有拴著的馬和驢，帳棚都照舊。」So they went and called out to the gatekeepers of the city, saying, “We went to the Aramean camp and no one was there—not a trace—only tethered horses and donkeys, and the tents were intact.”

¹¹守城門的叫了眾守門的人來，他們就進去與王家報信。The gatekeepers shouted the news, and it was reported to the king’s household.

王派人去窺探

¹²王夜間起來，對臣僕說：「我告訴你們亞蘭人向我們如何行。他們知道我們飢餓，所以離營，埋伏在田野，說：『以色列人出城的時候，我們就活捉他們，得以進城。』」So the king got up in the night and said to his servants, “Let me tell you what the Arameans have done to us. They know we are starving, so they have left the camp to hide in the field, thinking, ‘When they come out of the city, we will take them alive and enter the city.’”

¹³有一個臣僕對王說：「我們不如用城裡剩下之馬中的五匹馬（馬和城裡剩下的以色列人都是一樣，快要滅絕），打發人去窺探。」But one of his servants replied, “Please, have scouts take five of the horses that remain in the city. Their plight will be no worse than all the Israelites who are left here. You can see that all the Israelites here are doomed. So let us send them and find out.”

¹⁴於是取了兩輛車和馬，王差人去追尋亞蘭軍，說：「你們去窺探窺探。」Then the scouts took two chariots with horses, and the king sent them after the Aramean army, saying, “Go and see.”

¹⁵他們就追尋到約旦河，看見滿道上都是亞蘭人急跑時丟棄的衣服器具，使者就回來報告王。And they tracked them as far as the Jordan, and indeed, the whole way was littered with the clothing and equipment the Arameans had thrown off in haste. So the scouts returned and told the king.

預言應驗

¹⁶眾人就出去，擄掠亞蘭人的營盤。於是一細亞細麵賣銀一舍客勒，二細亞大麥也賣銀一舍客勒，正如耶和華所說的。Then the people went out and plundered the camp of the Arameans. It was then that a seah of fine flour sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley sold for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.

¹⁷王派攙扶他的那軍長在城門口彈壓，眾人在那裡將他踐踏，他就死了，正如神人在王下來見他的時候所說的。Now the king had appointed the officer on whose arm he leaned to be in charge of the gate, but the people trampled him in the gateway, and he died, just as the man of God had foretold when the king had come to him.

¹⁸神人曾對王說：「明日約到這時候，在撒馬利亞城門口，二細亞大麥要賣銀一舍客勒，一細亞細麵也要賣銀一舍客勒。」It happened just as the man of God had told the king: “About this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel, and a seah of fine flour will sell for a shekel.”

¹⁹那軍長對神人說：「即便耶和華使天開了窗戶，也不能有這事。」神人說：「你必親眼看見，卻不得吃。」And the officer had answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” So Elisha had replied, “You will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of it!”

²⁰這話果然應驗在他身上；因為眾人在城門口將他踐踏，他就死了。And that is just what happened to him. The people trampled him in the gateway, and he died.

書念婦人的田產歸還

¹以利沙曾對所救活之子的那婦人說：「你和你的全家要起身往你可住的地方去住，因為耶和華命饑荒降在這地七年。」Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Arise, you and your household; go and live as a foreigner wherever you can. For the LORD has decreed that a seven-year famine will come to the land.”

²婦人就起身，照神人的話帶著全家往非利士地去，住了七年。So the woman had proceeded to do as the man of God had instructed. And she and her household lived as foreigners for seven years in the land of the Philistines.

³七年完了，那婦人從非利士地回來，就出去為自己的房屋田地哀告王。At the end of seven years, when the woman returned from the land of the Philistines, she went to the king to appeal for her house and her land.

⁴那時王正與神人的僕人基哈西說：「請你將以利沙所行的一切大事告訴我。」Now the king had been speaking to Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, “Please relate to me all the great things Elisha has done.”

⁵基哈西告訴王以利沙如何使死人復活，恰巧以利沙所救活、她兒子的那婦人為自己的房屋田地來哀告王。基哈西說：「我主我王，這就是那婦人，這是她的兒子，就是以利沙所救活的。」And Gehazi was telling the king how Elisha had brought the dead back to life. Just then the woman whose son Elisha had revived came to appeal to the king for her house and her land. So Gehazi said, “My lord the king, this is the woman, and this is the son Elisha restored to life.”

⁶王問那婦人，她就把那事告訴王。於是王為她派一個太監，說：「凡屬這婦人的都還給她，自從她離開本地直到今日，她田地的出產也都還給她。」When the king asked the woman, she confirmed it. So the king appointed for her an officer, saying, “Restore all that was hers, along with all the proceeds of the field from the day that she left the country until now.”

哈薛篡位作亞蘭王

⁷以利沙來到大馬士革，亞蘭王便‧哈達正患病。有人告訴王說：「神人來到這裡了。」Then Elisha came to Damascus while Ben-hadad king of Aram was sick, and the king was told, “The man of God has come here.”

⁸王就吩咐哈薛說：「你帶著禮物去見神人，託他求問耶和華，我這病能好不能好？」So the king said to Hazael, “Take a gift in your hand, go to meet the man of God, and inquire of the LORD through him, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”

⁹於是哈薛用四十個駱駝，馱著大馬士革的各樣美物為禮物，去見以利沙。到了他那裡，站在他面前，說：「你兒子亞蘭王便．哈達打發我來見你，他問說：『我這病能好不能好？』」So Hazael went to meet Elisha, taking with him a gift of forty camel loads of every good thing from Damascus. And he went in and stood before him and said, “Your son Ben-hadad king of Aram has sent me to ask, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”

¹⁰以利沙對哈薛說：「你回去告訴他說，這病必能好；但耶和華指示我，他必要死。」Elisha answered, “Go and tell him, ‘You will surely recover.’ But the LORD has shown me that in fact he will die.”

¹¹神人定睛看著哈薛，甚至他慚愧。神人就哭了；Elisha fixed his gaze steadily on him until Hazael became uncomfortable. Then the man of God began to weep.

¹²哈薛說：「我主為甚麼哭？」回答說：「因為我知道你必苦害以色列人，用火焚燒他們的保障，用刀殺死他們的壯丁，摔死他們的嬰孩，剖開他們的孕婦。」“Why is my lord weeping?” asked Hazael. “Because I know the evil you will do to the Israelites,” Elisha replied. “You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword, dash their little ones to pieces, and rip open their pregnant women.”

¹³哈薛說：「你僕人算甚麼，不過是一條狗，焉能行這大事呢？」以利沙回答說：「耶和華指示我，你必作亞蘭王。」“But how could your servant, a mere dog, do such a monstrous thing?” said Hazael. And Elisha answered, “The LORD has shown me that you will be king over Aram.”

¹⁴哈薛離開以利沙，回去見他的主人。主人問他說：「以利沙對你說甚麼？」回答說：「他告訴我你必能好。」So Hazael left Elisha and went to his master, who asked him, “What did Elisha say to you?” And he replied, “He told me that you would surely recover.”

¹⁵次日，哈薛拿被窩浸在水中，蒙住王的臉，王就死了。於是哈薛篡了他的位。But the next day Hazael took a thick cloth, dipped it in water, and spread it over the king’s face. So Ben-hadad died, and Hazael reigned in his place.

猶大王約蘭

¹⁶以色列王亞哈的兒子約蘭第五年，猶大王約沙法還在位的時候，約沙法的兒子約蘭登基作了猶大王。In the fifth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab over Israel, Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat succeeded his father as king of Judah.

¹⁷約蘭登基的時候年三十二歲，在耶路撒冷作王八年。Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years.

¹⁸他行以色列諸王所行的，與亞哈家一樣；因為他娶了亞哈的女兒為妻，行耶和華眼中看為惡的事。And Jehoram walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done. For he married a daughter of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD.

¹⁹耶和華卻因他僕人大衛的緣故，仍不肯滅絕猶大，照他所應許大衛的話，永遠賜燈光與他的子孫。Yet for the sake of His servant David, the LORD was unwilling to destroy Judah, since He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants forever.

²⁰約蘭年間，以東人背叛猶大，脫離他的權下，自己立王。In the days of Jehoram, Edom rebelled against the hand of Judah and appointed their own king.

²¹約蘭率領所有的戰車往撒益去，夜間起來，攻打圍困他的以東人和車兵長；猶大兵就逃跑，各回各家去了。So Jehoram crossed over to Zair with all his chariots. When the Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, he rose up and attacked by night. His troops, however, fled to their homes.

²²這樣，以東人背叛猶大，脫離他的權下，直到今日。那時立拿人也背叛了。So to this day Edom has been in rebellion against the hand of Judah. Likewise, Libnah rebelled at the same time.

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²³約蘭其餘的事，凡他所行的，都寫在猶大列王記上。As for the rest of the acts of Jehoram, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

²⁴約蘭與他列祖同睡，葬在大衛城他列祖的墳地裡。他兒子亞哈謝接續他作王。And Jehoram rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David. And his son Ahaziah reigned in his place.

猶大王亞哈謝

²⁵以色列王亞哈的兒子約蘭十二年，猶大王約蘭的兒子亞哈謝登基。In the twelfth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab over Israel, Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.

²⁶他登基的時候年二十二歲，在耶路撒冷作王一年。他母親名叫亞她利雅，是以色列王暗利的孫女。Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri king of Israel.

²⁷亞哈謝效法亞哈家行耶和華眼中看為惡的事，與亞哈家一樣，因為他是亞哈家的女婿。And Ahaziah walked in the ways of the house of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab, for he was a son-in-law of the house of Ahab.

²⁸他與亞哈的兒子約蘭同往基列的拉末去，與亞蘭王哈薛爭戰。亞蘭人打傷了約蘭，Then Ahaziah went with Joram son of Ahab to fight against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead, and the Arameans wounded Joram.

²⁹約蘭王回到耶斯列，醫治在拉末與亞蘭王哈薛打仗的時候所受的傷。猶大王約蘭的兒子亞哈謝因為亞哈的兒子約蘭病了，就下到耶斯列看望他。So King Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds that the Arameans had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab, because Joram had been wounded.

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拉撒路出來

⁴¹他們就把石頭挪開。耶穌舉目望天，說：「父啊，我感謝你，因為你已經聽我。So they took away the stone. Then Jesus lifted His eyes upward and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.

⁴²我也知道你常聽我，但我說這話是為周圍站著的眾人，叫他們信是你差了我來。」I knew that You always hear Me, but I say this for the benefit of the people standing here, so they may believe that You sent Me.”

⁴³說了這話，就大聲呼叫說：「拉撒路出來！」After Jesus had said this, He called out in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”

⁴⁴那死人就出來了，手腳裹著布，臉上包著手巾。耶穌對他們說：「解開，叫他走！」The man who had been dead came out with his hands and feet bound in strips of linen, and his face wrapped in a cloth. “Unwrap him and let him go,” Jesus told them.

有人信了，有人去報告法利賽人

⁴⁵那些來看馬利亞的猶太人見了耶穌所做的事，就多有信他的；Therefore many of the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, believed in Him.

⁴⁶但其中也有去見法利賽人的，將耶穌所做的事告訴他們。But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.

公會商議

⁴⁷祭司長和法利賽人聚集公會，說：「這人行好些神蹟，我們怎麼辦呢？Then the chief priests and Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we to do? This man is performing many signs.

⁴⁸若這樣由著他，人人都要信他，羅馬人也要來奪我們的地土和我們的百姓。」If we let Him go on like this, everyone will believe in Him, and then the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”

該亞法的預言

⁴⁹內中有一個人，名叫該亞法，本年作大祭司，對他們說：「你們不知道甚麼。But one of them, named Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all!

⁵⁰獨不想一個人替百姓死，免得通國滅亡，就是你們的益處。」You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.”

⁵¹他這話不是出於自己，是因他本年作大祭司，所以預言耶穌將要替這一國死；Caiaphas did not say this on his own. Instead, as high priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus would die for the nation,

⁵²也不但替這一國死，並要將　神四散的子民都聚集歸一。and not only for the nation, but also for the scattered children of God, to gather them together into one.

⁵³從那日起，他們就商議要殺耶穌。So from that day on they plotted to kill Him.

耶穌退到以法蓮

⁵⁴所以，耶穌不再顯然行在猶太人中間，就離開那裡往靠近曠野的地方去，到了一座城，名叫以法蓮，就在那裡和門徒同住。As a result, Jesus no longer went about publicly among the Jews, but He withdrew to a town called Ephraim in an area near the wilderness. And He stayed there with the disciples.

逾越節近了

⁵⁵猶太人的逾越節近了，有許多人從鄉下上耶路撒冷去，要在節前潔淨自己。Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem to purify themselves before the Passover.

⁵⁶他們就尋找耶穌，站在殿裡彼此說：「你們的意思如何，他不來過節嗎？」They kept looking for Jesus and asking one another as they stood in the temple courts, “What do you think? Will He come to the feast at all?”

⁵⁷那時，祭司長和法利賽人早已吩咐說，若有人知道耶穌在哪裡，就要報明，好去拿他。But the chief priests and Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where He was must report it, so that they could arrest Him.