今日讀經

開墾荒地，心裡受割禮

³耶和華對猶大和耶路撒冷人如此說：要開墾你們的荒地，不要撒種在荊棘中。For this is what the LORD says to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: “Break up your unplowed ground, and do not sow among the thorns.

⁴猶大人和耶路撒冷的居民哪，你們當自行割禮，歸耶和華，將心裡的污穢除掉；恐怕我的忿怒因你們的惡行發作，如火著起，甚至無人能以熄滅！Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and remove the foreskins of your hearts, O men of Judah and people of Jerusalem. Otherwise, My wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it, because of your evil deeds.”

吹角：災禍從北方來

⁵你們當傳揚在猶大，宣告在耶路撒冷說：你們當在國中吹角，高聲呼叫說：你們當聚集！我們好進入堅固城！Announce in Judah, proclaim in Jerusalem, and say: “Blow the ram’s horn throughout the land. Cry aloud and say, ‘Assemble yourselves and let us flee to the fortified cities.’

⁶應當向錫安豎立大旗。要逃避，不要遲延，因我必使災禍與大毀滅從北方來到。Raise a signal flag toward Zion. Seek refuge! Do not delay! For I am bringing disaster from the north, and terrible destruction.

⁷有獅子從密林中上來，是毀壞列國的。牠已經動身出離本處，要使你的地荒涼，使你的城邑變為荒場無人居住。A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his lair to lay waste your land. Your cities will be reduced to ruins and lie uninhabited.

⁸因此，你們當腰束麻布，大聲哀號，因為耶和華的烈怒沒有向我們轉消。So put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.”

⁹耶和華說：「到那時，君王和首領的心都要消滅；祭司都要驚奇，先知都要詫異。」“In that day,” declares the LORD, “the king and officials will lose their courage. The priests will tremble in fear, and the prophets will be astounded.”

¹⁰我說：「哀哉！主耶和華啊，你真是大大地欺哄這百姓和耶路撒冷，說：『你們必得平安』。其實刀劍害及性命了。」Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, how completely You have deceived this people and Jerusalem by saying, ‘You will have peace,’ while a sword is at our throats.”

¹¹那時，必有話對這百姓和耶路撒冷說：「有一陣熱風從曠野淨光的高處向我的眾民（原文是民女）颳來，不是為簸揚，也不是為揚淨。At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, “A searing wind from the barren heights in the desert blows toward the daughter of My people, but not to winnow or to sift;

¹²必有一陣更大的風從這些地方為我颳來；現在我又必發出判語，攻擊他們。」a wind too strong for that comes from Me. Now I also pronounce judgments against them.”

¹³看哪，仇敵必如雲上來；他的戰車如旋風，他的馬匹比鷹更快。我們有禍了！我們敗落了！Behold, he advances like the clouds, his chariots like the whirlwind. His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we are ruined!

¹⁴耶路撒冷啊，你當洗去心中的惡，使你可以得救。惡念存在你心裡要到幾時呢？Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?

¹⁵有聲音從但傳揚，從以法蓮山報禍患。For a voice resounds from Dan, proclaiming disaster from the hills of Ephraim.

¹⁶你們當傳給列國，報告攻擊耶路撒冷的事說：有探望的人從遠方來到，向猶大的城邑大聲吶喊。Warn the nations now! Proclaim to Jerusalem: “A besieging army comes from a distant land; they raise their voices against the cities of Judah.

¹⁷他們周圍攻擊耶路撒冷，好像看守田園的，因為她背叛了我。這是耶和華說的。They surround her like men guarding a field, because she has rebelled against Me,” declares the LORD.

¹⁸你的行動，你的作為，招惹這事；這是你罪惡的結果，實在是苦，是害及你心了！“Your ways and deeds have brought this upon you. This is your punishment; how bitter it is, because it pierces to the heart!”

我的肺腑啊

¹⁹我的肺腑啊，我的肺腑啊，我心疼痛！我心在我裡面煩躁不安。我不能靜默不言，因為我已經聽見角聲和打仗的喊聲。My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm of battle.

²⁰毀壞的信息連絡不絕，因為全地荒廢。我的帳棚忽然毀壞；我的幔子頃刻破裂。Disaster after disaster is proclaimed, for the whole land is laid waste. My tents are destroyed in an instant, my curtains in a moment.

²¹我看見大旗，聽見角聲，要到幾時呢？How long must I see the signal flag and hear the sound of the horn?

²²耶和華說：我的百姓愚頑，不認識我；他們是愚昧無知的兒女，有智慧行惡，沒有知識行善。“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”

地是空虛混沌

²³先知說：我觀看地，不料，地是空虛混沌；我觀看天，天也無光。I looked at the earth, and it was formless and void; I looked to the heavens, and they had no light.

²⁴我觀看大山，不料，盡都震動，小山也都搖來搖去。I looked at the mountains, and behold, they were quaking; all the hills were swaying.

²⁵我觀看，不料，無人；空中的飛鳥也都躲避。I looked, and no man was left; all the birds of the air had fled.

²⁶我觀看，不料，肥田變為荒地；一切城邑在耶和華面前，因他的烈怒都被拆毀。I looked, and the fruitful land was a desert. All its cities were torn down before the LORD, before His fierce anger.

²⁷耶和華如此說：全地必然荒涼，我卻不毀滅淨盡。For this is what the LORD says: “The whole land will be desolate, but I will not finish its destruction.

²⁸因此，地要悲哀，在上的天也必黑暗；因為我言已出，我意已定，必不後悔，也不轉意不做。Therefore the earth will mourn and the heavens above will grow dark. I have spoken, I have planned, and I will not relent or turn back.”

各城被撇下，打扮也是枉然

²⁹各城的人因馬兵和弓箭手的響聲就都逃跑，進入密林，爬上磐石；各城被撇下，無人住在其中。Every city flees at the sound of the horseman and archer. They enter the thickets and climb among the rocks. Every city is abandoned; no inhabitant is left.

³⁰你淒涼的時候要怎樣行呢？你雖穿上朱紅衣服，佩戴黃金裝飾，用顏料修飾眼目，這樣標緻是枉然的！戀愛你的藐視你，並且尋索你的性命。And you, O devastated one, what will you do, though you dress yourself in scarlet, though you adorn yourself with gold jewelry, though you enlarge your eyes with paint? You adorn yourself in vain; your lovers despise you; they want to take your life.

³¹我聽見有聲音，彷彿婦人產難的聲音，好像生頭胎疼痛的聲音，是錫安女子（就是指民的意思）的聲音；她喘著氣、挓挲手，說：我有禍了！在殺人的跟前，我的心發昏了。For I hear a cry like a woman in labor, a cry of anguish like one bearing her first child—the cry of the Daughter of Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands to say, “Woe is me, for my soul faints before the murderers!”

找不到一個行公義的人

¹你們當在耶路撒冷的街上跑來跑去，在寬闊處尋找，看看有一人行公義求誠實沒有？若有，我就赦免這城。“Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem. Look now and take note; search her squares. If you can find a single person, anyone who acts justly, anyone who seeks the truth, then I will forgive the city.

²其中的人雖然指著永生的耶和華起誓，所起的誓實在是假的。Although they say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ they are swearing falsely.”

³耶和華啊，你的眼目不是看顧誠實嗎？你擊打他們，他們卻不傷慟；你毀滅他們，他們仍不受懲治。他們使臉剛硬過於磐石，不肯回頭。O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.

⁴我說：這些人實在是貧窮的，是愚昧的，因為不曉得耶和華的作為和他們　神的法則。Then I said, “They are only the poor; they have played the fool, for they do not know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.

⁵我要去見尊大的人，對他們說話，因為他們曉得耶和華的作為和他們　神的法則。哪知，這些人齊心將軛折斷，掙開繩索。I will go to the powerful and speak to them. Surely they know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.” But they too, with one accord, had broken the yoke and torn off the chains.

⁶因此，林中的獅子必害死他們；晚上（或譯：野地）的豺狼必滅絕他們；豹子要在城外窺伺他們。凡出城的必被撕碎；因為他們的罪過極多，背道的事也加增了。Therefore a lion from the forest will strike them down, a wolf from the desert will ravage them. A leopard will lie in wait near their cities, and everyone who ventures out will be torn to pieces. For their rebellious acts are many, and their unfaithful deeds are numerous.

⁷我怎能赦免你呢？你的兒女離棄我，又指著那不是神的起誓。我使他們飽足，他們就行姦淫，成群地聚集在娼妓家裡。“Why should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by gods that are not gods. I satisfied their needs, yet they committed adultery and assembled at the houses of prostitutes.

⁸他們像餵飽的馬到處亂跑，各向他鄰舍的妻發嘶聲。They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing after his neighbor’s wife.

⁹耶和華說：我豈不因這些事討罪呢？豈不報復這樣的國民呢？Should I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?

葡萄園要被毀，百姓不認耶和華

¹⁰你們要上她葡萄園的牆施行毀壞，但不可毀壞淨盡，只可除掉她的枝子，因為不屬耶和華。Go up through her vineyards and ravage them, but do not finish them off. Strip off her branches, for they do not belong to the LORD.

¹¹原來以色列家和猶大家大行詭詐攻擊我。這是耶和華說的。For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have been utterly unfaithful to Me,” declares the LORD.

¹²他們不認耶和華，說：這並不是他，災禍必不臨到我們；刀劍和饑荒，我們也看不見。They have lied about the LORD and said: “He will not do anything; harm will not come to us; we will not see sword or famine.

¹³先知的話必成為風；道也不在他們裡面。這災必臨到他們身上。The prophets are but wind, for the word is not in them. So let their own predictions befall them.”

從遠方來的強國

¹⁴所以耶和華─萬軍之　神如此說：因為百姓說這話，我必使我的話在你口中為火，使他們為柴；這火便將他們燒滅。Therefore this is what the LORD God of Hosts says: “Because you have spoken this word, I will make My words a fire in your mouth and this people the wood it consumes.

¹⁵耶和華說：以色列家啊，我必使一國的民從遠方來攻擊你，是強盛的國，是從古而有的國。他們的言語你不曉得，他們的話你不明白。Behold, I am bringing a distant nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD. “It is an established nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know and whose speech you do not understand.

¹⁶他們的箭袋是敞開的墳墓；他們都是勇士。Their quivers are like open graves; they are all mighty men.

¹⁷他們必吃盡你的莊稼和你的糧食，是你兒女該吃的；必吃盡你的牛羊，吃盡你的葡萄和無花果；又必用刀毀壞你所倚靠的堅固城。They will devour your harvest and food; they will consume your sons and daughters; they will eat up your flocks and herds; they will feed on your vines and fig trees. With the sword they will destroy the fortified cities in which you trust.”

¹⁸耶和華說：「就是到那時，我也不將你們毀滅淨盡。“Yet even in those days,” declares the LORD, “I will not make a full end of you.

¹⁹百姓若說：『耶和華─我們的　神為甚麼向我們行這一切事呢？』你就對他們說：『你們怎樣離棄耶和華（原文是我），在你們的地上事奉外邦神，也必照樣在不屬你們的地上事奉外邦人。』」And when the people ask, ‘For what offense has the LORD our God done all these things to us?’ You are to tell them, ‘Just as you have forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your land, so will you serve foreigners in a land that is not your own.’”

用沙為海定界限的神

²⁰當傳揚在雅各家，報告在猶大說：Declare this in the house of Jacob and proclaim it in Judah:

²¹愚昧無知的百姓啊，你們有眼不看，有耳不聽，現在當聽這話。“Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.

²²耶和華說：你們怎麼不懼怕我呢？我以永遠的定例，用沙為海的界限，水不得越過。因此，你們在我面前還不戰兢嗎？波浪雖然翻騰，卻不能逾越；雖然匉訇，卻不能過去。Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot cross it.

²³但這百姓有背叛忤逆的心；他們叛我而去，But these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts. They have turned aside and gone away.

²⁴心內也不說：我們應當敬畏耶和華─我們的　神；他按時賜雨，就是秋雨春雨，又為我們定收割的節令，永存不廢。They have not said in their hearts, ‘Let us fear the LORD our God, who gives the rains, both autumn and spring, in season, who keeps for us the appointed weeks of harvest.’

²⁵你們的罪孽使這些事轉離你們；你們的罪惡使你們不能得福。Your iniquities have diverted these from you; your sins have deprived you of My bounty.

民中的惡人像捕鳥的

²⁶因為在我民中有惡人。他們埋伏窺探，好像捕鳥的人；他們設立圈套陷害人。For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.

²⁷籠內怎樣滿了雀鳥，他們的房中也照樣充滿詭詐；所以他們得成為大，而且富足。Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich.

²⁸他們肥胖光潤，作惡過甚，不為人伸冤！就是不為孤兒伸冤，不使他亨通，也不為窮人辨屈。They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.

²⁹耶和華說：我豈不因這些事討罪呢？豈不報復這樣的國民呢？Should I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?

³⁰國中有可驚駭、可憎惡的事：A horrible and shocking thing has happened in the land.

³¹就是先知說假預言，祭司藉他們把持權柄；我的百姓也喜愛這些事，到了結局你們怎樣行呢？The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?

耶路撒冷被圍

¹便雅憫人哪，你們要逃出耶路撒冷，在提哥亞吹角，在伯‧哈基琳立號旗；因為有災禍與大毀滅從北方張望。“Run for cover, O sons of Benjamin; flee from Jerusalem! Sound the ram’s horn in Tekoa; send up a signal over Beth-haccherem, for disaster looms from the north, even great destruction.

²那秀美嬌嫩的錫安女子（就是指民的意思），我必剪除。Though she is beautiful and delicate, I will destroy the Daughter of Zion.

³牧人必引他們的羊群到她那裡，在她周圍支搭帳棚，各在自己所佔之地使羊吃草。Shepherds and their flocks will come against her; they will pitch their tents all around her, each tending his own portion:

⁴你們要準備攻擊她。起來吧，我們可以趁午時上去。哀哉！日已漸斜，晚影拖長了。‘Prepare for battle against her; rise up, let us attack at noon. Woe to us, for the daylight is fading; the evening shadows grow long.

⁵起來吧，我們夜間上去，毀壞她的宮殿。Rise up, let us attack by night and destroy her fortresses!’”

⁶因為萬軍之耶和華如此說：你們要砍伐樹木，築壘攻打耶路撒冷。這就是那該罰的城，其中盡是欺壓。For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Cut down the trees and raise a siege ramp against Jerusalem. This city must be punished; there is nothing but oppression in her midst.

⁷井怎樣湧出水來，這城也照樣湧出惡來；在其間常聽見有強暴毀滅的事，病患損傷也常在我面前。As a well gushes its water, so she pours out her evil. Violence and destruction resound in her; sickness and wounds are ever before Me.

⁸耶路撒冷啊，你當受教，免得我心與你生疏，免得我使你荒涼，成為無人居住之地。Be forewarned, O Jerusalem, or I will turn away from you; I will make you a desolation, a land without inhabitant.”

⁹萬軍之耶和華曾如此說：敵人必擄盡以色列剩下的民，如同摘淨葡萄一樣。你要像摘葡萄的人摘了又摘，回手放在筐子裡。This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Glean the remnant of Israel as thoroughly as a vine. Pass your hand once more like a grape gatherer over the branches.”

¹⁰現在我可以向誰說話作見證，使他們聽呢？他們的耳朵未受割禮，不能聽見。看哪，耶和華的話他們以為羞辱，不以為喜悅。To whom can I give this warning? Who will listen to me? Look, their ears are closed, so they cannot hear. See, the word of the LORD has become offensive to them; they find no pleasure in it.

¹¹因此我被耶和華的忿怒充滿，難以含忍。我要傾在街中的孩童和聚會的少年人身上，連夫帶妻，並年老的與日子滿足的都必被擒拿。But I am full of the LORD’s wrath; I am tired of holding it back. “Pour it out on the children in the street, and on the young men gathered together. For both husband and wife will be captured, the old and the very old alike.

¹²他們的房屋、田地，和妻子都必轉歸別人；我要伸手攻擊這地的居民。這是耶和華說的。Their houses will be turned over to others, their fields and wives as well, for I will stretch out My hand against the inhabitants of the land,” declares the LORD.

平安了！其實沒有平安

¹³因為他們從最小的到至大的都一味地貪婪，從先知到祭司都行事虛謊。“For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.

¹⁴他們輕輕忽忽地醫治我百姓的損傷，說：平安了！平安了！其實沒有平安。They dress the wound of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all.

¹⁵他們行可憎的事知道慚愧嗎？不然，他們毫不慚愧，也不知羞恥。因此，他們必在仆倒的人中仆倒；我向他們討罪的時候，他們必致跌倒。這是耶和華說的。Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse,” says the LORD.

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訪問古道

¹⁶耶和華如此說：你們當站在路上察看，訪問古道，哪是善道，便行在其間；這樣，你們心裡必得安息。他們卻說：我們不行在其間。This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’

¹⁷我設立守望的人照管你們，說：要聽角聲。他們卻說：我們不聽。I appointed watchmen over you and said, ‘Listen for the sound of the ram’s horn.’ But they answered, ‘We will not listen!’

¹⁸列國啊，因此你們當聽！會眾啊，要知道他們必遭遇的事。Therefore hear, O nations, and learn, O congregations, what will happen to them.

¹⁹地啊，當聽！我必使災禍臨到這百姓，就是他們意念所結的果子；因為他們不聽從我的言語，至於我的訓誨（或譯：律法），他們也厭棄了。Hear, O earth! I am bringing disaster on this people, the fruit of their own schemes, because they have paid no attention to My word and have rejected My instruction.

²⁰從示巴出的乳香，從遠方出的菖蒲（或譯：甘蔗）奉來給我有何益呢？你們的燔祭不蒙悅納；你們的平安祭，我也不喜悅。What use to Me is frankincense from Sheba or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please Me.”

²¹所以耶和華如此說：我要將絆腳石放在這百姓前面。父親和兒子要一同跌在其上；鄰舍與朋友也都滅亡。Therefore this is what the LORD says: “I will lay stumbling blocks before this people; fathers and sons alike will be staggered; friends and neighbors will perish.”

北方來的殘忍大國

²²耶和華如此說：看哪，有一種民從北方而來，並有一大國被激動，從地極來到。This is what the LORD says: “Behold, an army is coming from the land of the north; a great nation is stirred up from the ends of the earth.

²³他們拿弓和槍，性情殘忍，不施憐憫；他們的聲音像海浪匉訇。錫安城（原文是女子）啊，他們騎馬都擺隊伍，如上戰場的人要攻擊你。They grasp the bow and spear; they are cruel and merciless. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride upon horses, lined up like men in formation against you, O Daughter of Zion.”

²⁴我們聽見他們的風聲，手就發軟；痛苦將我們抓住，疼痛彷彿產難的婦人。We have heard the report; our hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped us, pain like that of a woman in labor.

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²⁵你們不要往田野去，也不要行在路上，因四圍有仇敵的刀劍和驚嚇。Do not go out to the fields; do not walk the road. For the enemy has a sword; terror is on every side.

²⁶我民（原文是民女）哪，應當腰束麻布，滾在灰中。你要悲傷，如喪獨生子痛痛哭號，因為滅命的要忽然臨到我們。O daughter of my people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing, as you would for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.

²⁷我使你在我民中為高臺（或譯：試驗人的），為保障，使你知道試驗他們的行動。“I have appointed you to examine My people like ore, so you may know and try their ways.

²⁸他們都是極悖逆的，往來讒謗人。他們是銅是鐵，都行壞事。All are hardened rebels, walking around as slanderers. They are bronze and iron; all of them are corrupt.

²⁹風箱吹火，鉛被燒毀；他們煉而又煉，終是徒然；因為惡劣的還未除掉。The bellows blow fiercely, blasting away the lead with fire. The refining proceeds in vain, for the wicked are not purged.

³⁰人必稱他們為被棄的銀渣，因為耶和華已經棄掉他們。They are called rejected silver, because the LORD has rejected them.”

主的日子還沒有到

¹弟兄們，論到我們主耶穌基督降臨和我們到他那裡聚集，Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to Him, we ask you, brothers,

²我勸你們：無論有靈、有言語、有冒我名的書信，說主的日子現在（現在：或譯就）到了，不要輕易動心，也不要驚慌。not to be easily disconcerted or alarmed by any spirit or message or letter seeming to be from us, alleging that the Day of the Lord has already come.

大罪人要先顯露

³人不拘用甚麼法子，你們總不要被他誘惑；因為那日子以前，必有離道反教的事，並有那大罪人，就是沉淪之子，顯露出來。Let no one deceive you in any way, for it will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness—the son of destruction—is revealed.

⁴他是抵擋主，高抬自己，超過一切稱為神的和一切受人敬拜的，甚至坐在　神的殿裡，自稱是　神。He will oppose and exalt himself above every so-called god or object of worship. So he will seat himself in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.

⁵我還在你們那裡的時候，曾把這些事告訴你們，你們不記得嗎？Do you not remember that I told you these things while I was still with you?

那攔阻的

⁶現在你們也知道，那攔阻他的是甚麼，是叫他到了的時候才可以顯露。And you know what is now restraining him, so that he may be revealed at the proper time.

⁷因為那不法的隱意已經發動，只是現在有一個攔阻的，等到那攔阻的被除去，For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work, but the one who now restrains it will continue until he is taken out of the way.

主要廢掉不法的人

⁸那時這不法的人必顯露出來。主耶穌要用口中的氣滅絕他，用降臨的榮光廢掉他。And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of His mouth and annihilate by the majesty of His arrival.

⁹這不法的人來，是照撒但的運動，行各樣的異能、神蹟，和一切虛假的奇事，The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder,

¹⁰並且在那沉淪的人身上行各樣出於不義的詭詐；因他們不領受愛真理的心，使他們得救。and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.

¹¹故此，　神就給他們一個生發錯誤的心，叫他們信從虛謊，For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they believe the lie,

¹²使一切不信真理、倒喜愛不義的人都被定罪。in order that judgment may come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted in wickedness.

神揀選你們得救

¹³主所愛的弟兄們哪，我們本該常為你們感謝　神；因為他從起初揀選了你們，叫你們因信真道，又被聖靈感動，成為聖潔，能以得救。But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth.

¹⁴神藉我們所傳的福音召你們到這地步，好得著我們主耶穌基督的榮光。To this He called you through our gospel, so that you may share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

站立得穩，堅守教訓

¹⁵所以，弟兄們，你們要站立得穩，凡所領受的教訓，不拘是我們口傳的，是信上寫的，都要堅守。Therefore, brothers, stand firm and cling to the traditions we taught you, whether by speech or by letter.

¹⁶但願我們主耶穌基督和那愛我們、開恩將永遠的安慰並美好的盼望賜給我們的父　神，Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who by grace has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope,

¹⁷安慰你們的心，並且在一切善行善言上堅固你們。encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good word and deed.

請為我們禱告

¹弟兄們，我還有話說：請你們為我們禱告，好叫主的道理快快行開，得著榮耀，正如在你們中間一樣，Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may spread quickly and be held in honor, just as it was with you.

²也叫我們脫離無理之惡人的手；因為人不都是有信心。And pray that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men; for not everyone holds to the faith.

主是信實的

³但主是信實的，要堅固你們，保護你們脫離那惡者（或譯：脫離凶惡）。But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.

⁴我們靠主深信，你們現在是遵行我們所吩咐的，後來也必要遵行。And we have confidence in the Lord that you are doing and will continue to do what we command.

⁵願主引導你們的心，叫你們愛　神，並學基督的忍耐！May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance.