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把神的話寫在書卷上

¹猶大王約西亞的兒子約雅敬第四年，耶和華的話臨到耶利米說：In the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD:

²「你取一書卷，將我對你說攻擊以色列和猶大，並各國的一切話，從我對你說話的那日，就是從約西亞的日子起直到今日，都寫在其上。“Take a scroll and write on it all the words I have spoken to you concerning Israel, Judah, and all the nations, from the day I first spoke to you during the reign of Josiah until today.

³或者猶大家聽見我想要降與他們的一切災禍，各人就回頭，離開惡道，我好赦免他們的罪孽和罪惡。」Perhaps when the people of Judah hear about all the calamity I plan to bring upon them, each of them will turn from his wicked way. Then I will forgive their iniquity and their sin.”

⁴所以，耶利米召了尼利亞的兒子巴錄來；巴錄就從耶利米口中，將耶和華對耶利米所說的一切話寫在書卷上。So Jeremiah called Baruch son of Neriah, and at the dictation of Jeremiah, Baruch wrote on a scroll all the words that the LORD had spoken to Jeremiah.

⁵耶利米吩咐巴錄說：「我被拘管，不能進耶和華的殿。Then Jeremiah commanded Baruch, “I am restricted; I cannot enter the house of the LORD;

⁶所以你要去趁禁食的日子，在耶和華殿中將耶和華的話，就是你從我口中所寫在書卷上的話，念給百姓和一切從猶大城邑出來的人聽。so you are to go to the house of the LORD on a day of fasting, and in the hearing of the people you are to read the words of the LORD from the scroll you have written at my dictation. Read them in the hearing of all the people of Judah who are coming from their cities.

⁷或者他們在耶和華面前懇求各人回頭，離開惡道，因為耶和華向這百姓所說要發的怒氣和忿怒是大的。」Perhaps they will bring their petition before the LORD, and each one will turn from his wicked way; for great are the anger and fury that the LORD has pronounced against this people.”

⁸尼利亞的兒子巴錄就照先知耶利米一切所吩咐的去行，在耶和華的殿中從書上念耶和華的話。So Baruch son of Neriah did everything that Jeremiah the prophet had commanded him. In the house of the LORD he read the words of the LORD from the scroll.

巴錄在聖殿念書卷

⁹猶大王約西亞的兒子約雅敬第五年九月，耶路撒冷的眾民和那從猶大城邑來到耶路撒冷的眾民，在耶和華面前宣告禁食的日子，Now in the ninth month of the fifth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, a fast before the LORD was proclaimed to all the people of Jerusalem and all who had come there from the cities of Judah.

¹⁰巴錄就在耶和華殿的上院，耶和華殿的新門口，沙番的兒子文士基瑪利雅的屋內，念書上耶利米的話給眾民聽。From the chamber of Gemariah son of Shaphan the scribe, which was in the upper courtyard at the opening of the New Gate of the house of the LORD, Baruch read from the scroll the words of Jeremiah in the hearing of all the people.

眾首領聽見書卷的話

¹¹沙番的孫子、基瑪利雅的兒子米該亞聽見書上耶和華的一切話，When Micaiah son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, heard all the words of the LORD from the scroll,

¹²他就下到王宮，進入文士的屋子。眾首領，就是文士以利沙瑪、示瑪雅的兒子第萊雅、亞革波的兒子以利拿單、沙番的兒子基瑪利雅、哈拿尼雅的兒子西底家，和其餘的首領都坐在那裡。he went down to the scribe’s chamber in the king’s palace, where all the officials were sitting: Elishama the scribe, Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan son of Achbor, Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the other officials.

¹³於是米該亞對他們述說他所聽見的一切話，就是巴錄向百姓念那書的時候所聽見的。And Micaiah reported to them all the words he had heard Baruch read from the scroll in the hearing of the people.

¹⁴眾首領就打發古示的曾孫、示利米雅的孫子、尼探雅的兒子猶底到巴錄那裡，對他說：「你將所念給百姓聽的書卷拿在手中到我們這裡來。」尼利亞的兒子巴錄就手拿書卷來到他們那裡。Then all the officials sent word to Baruch through Jehudi son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, saying, “Bring the scroll that you read in the hearing of the people, and come here.” So Baruch son of Neriah took the scroll and went to them.

¹⁵他們對他說：「請你坐下，念給我們聽。」巴錄就念給他們聽。“Please sit down,” they said, “and read it in our hearing.” So Baruch read it in their hearing.

¹⁶他們聽見這一切話就害怕，面面相觀，對巴錄說：「我們必須將這一切話告訴王。」When they had heard all these words, they turned to one another in fear and said to Baruch, “Surely we must report all these words to the king.”

¹⁷他們問巴錄說：「請你告訴我們，你怎樣從他口中寫這一切話呢？」“Tell us now,” they asked Baruch, “how did you write all these words? Was it at Jeremiah’s dictation?”

¹⁸巴錄回答說：「他用口向我說這一切話，我就用筆墨寫在書上。」“It was at his dictation,” Baruch replied. “He recited all these words to me and I wrote them in ink on the scroll.”

¹⁹眾首領對巴錄說：「你和耶利米要去藏起來，不可叫人知道你們在哪裡。」Then the officials said to Baruch, “You and Jeremiah must hide yourselves and tell no one where you are.”

約雅敬王焚燒書卷

²⁰眾首領進院見王，卻先把書卷存在文士以利沙瑪的屋內，以後將這一切話說給王聽。So the officials went to the king in the courtyard. And having stored the scroll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, they reported everything to the king.

²¹王就打發猶底去拿這書卷來，他便從文士以利沙瑪的屋內取來，念給王和王左右侍立的眾首領聽。Then the king sent Jehudi to get the scroll, and he took it from the chamber of Elishama the scribe. And Jehudi read it in the hearing of the king and all the officials who were standing beside him.

²²那時正是九月，王坐在過冬的房屋裡，王的前面火盆中有燒著的火。Since it was the ninth month, the king was sitting in his winter quarters with a fire burning before him.

²³猶底念了三四篇（或譯：行），王就用文士的刀將書卷割破，扔在火盆中，直到全卷在火中燒盡了。And as soon as Jehudi had read three or four columns, Jehoiakim would cut them off with a scribe’s knife and throw them into the firepot, until the entire scroll had been consumed by the fire.

²⁴王和聽見這一切話的臣僕都不懼怕，也不撕裂衣服。Yet in hearing all these words, the king and his servants did not become frightened or tear their garments.

²⁵以利拿單和第萊雅，並基瑪利雅懇求王不要燒這書卷，他卻不聽。Even though Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah urged the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them.

²⁶王就吩咐哈米勒的兒子（或譯：王的兒子）耶拉篾和亞斯列的兒子西萊雅，並亞伯疊的兒子示利米雅，去捉拿文士巴錄和先知耶利米。耶和華卻將他們隱藏。Instead, the king commanded Jerahmeel, a son of the king, as well as Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel, to seize Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet. But the LORD had hidden them.

再寫一卷

²⁷王燒了書卷（其上有巴錄從耶利米口中所寫的話）以後，耶和華的話臨到耶利米說：After the king had burned the scroll containing the words that Baruch had written at Jeremiah’s dictation, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:

²⁸「你再取一卷，將猶大王約雅敬所燒第一卷上的一切話寫在其上。“Take another scroll and rewrite on it the very words that were on the original scroll, which Jehoiakim king of Judah has burned.

²⁹論到猶大王約雅敬你要說，耶和華如此說：你燒了書卷，說：『你為甚麼在其上寫著，說巴比倫王必要來毀滅這地，使這地上絕了人民牲畜呢？』You are to proclaim concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah that this is what the LORD says: You have burned the scroll and said, ‘Why have you written on it that the king of Babylon would surely come and destroy this land and deprive it of man and beast?’

³⁰所以耶和華論到猶大王約雅敬說：他後裔中必沒有人坐在大衛的寶座上；他的屍首必被拋棄，白日受炎熱，黑夜受寒霜。Therefore this is what the LORD says about Jehoiakim king of Judah: He will have no one to sit on David’s throne, and his body will be thrown out and exposed to heat by day and frost by night.

³¹我必因他和他後裔，並他臣僕的罪孽刑罰他們。我要使我所說的一切災禍臨到他們和耶路撒冷的居民，並猶大人；只是他們不聽。」I will punish him and his descendants and servants for their iniquity. I will bring on them, on the residents of Jerusalem, and on the men of Judah, all the calamity about which I warned them but they did not listen.”

³²於是，耶利米又取一書卷交給尼利亞的兒子文士巴錄，他就從耶利米的口中寫了猶大王約雅敬所燒前卷上的一切話，另外又添了許多相彷的話。Then Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to the scribe Baruch son of Neriah, and at Jeremiah’s dictation he wrote on it all the words of the scroll that Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire. And many similar words were added to them.

西底家求耶利米禱告

¹約西亞的兒子西底家代替約雅敬的兒子哥尼雅為王，是巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒立在猶大地作王的。Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made Zedekiah son of Josiah the king of Judah, and he reigned in place of Coniah son of Jehoiakim.

²但西底家和他的臣僕，並國中的百姓，都不聽從耶和華藉先知耶利米所說的話。But he and his officers and the people of the land refused to obey the words that the LORD had spoken through Jeremiah the prophet.

³西底家王打發示利米雅的兒子猶甲和祭司瑪西雅的兒子西番雅去見先知耶利米，說：「求你為我們禱告耶和華─我們的　神。」Yet King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, to Jeremiah the prophet with the message, “Please pray to the LORD our God for us!”

⁴那時耶利米在民中出入，因為他們還沒有把他囚在監裡。Now Jeremiah was free to come and go among the people, for they had not yet put him in prison.

⁵法老的軍隊已經從埃及出來，那圍困耶路撒冷的迦勒底人聽見他們的風聲，就拔營離開耶路撒冷去了。Pharaoh’s army had left Egypt, and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard the report, they withdrew from Jerusalem.

迦勒底人必再來

⁶耶和華的話臨到先知耶利米說：Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet:

⁷「耶和華─以色列的　神如此說：猶大王打發你們來求問我，你們要如此對他說：『那出來幫助你們法老的軍隊必回埃及本國去。“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says that you are to tell the king of Judah, who sent you to Me: Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which has marched out to help you, will go back to its own land of Egypt.

⁸迦勒底人必再來攻打這城，並要攻取，用火焚燒。Then the Chaldeans will return and fight against this city. They will capture it and burn it down.

⁹耶和華如此說：你們不要自欺說「迦勒底人必定離開我們」，因為他們必不離開。This is what the LORD says: Do not deceive yourselves by saying, ‘The Chaldeans will go away for good,’ for they will not!

¹⁰你們即便殺敗了與你們爭戰的迦勒底全軍，但剩下受傷的人也必各人從帳棚裡起來，用火焚燒這城。』」Indeed, if you were to strike down the entire army of the Chaldeans that is fighting against you, and only wounded men remained in their tents, they would still get up and burn this city down.”

耶利米被誣投降，下在監裡

¹¹迦勒底的軍隊因怕法老的軍隊，拔營離開耶路撒冷的時候，When the Chaldean army withdrew from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army,

¹²耶利米就雜在民中出離耶路撒冷，要往便雅憫地去，在那裡得自己的地業。Jeremiah started to leave Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin to claim his portion there among the people.

¹³他到了便雅憫門那裡，有守門官名叫伊利雅，是哈拿尼亞的孫子、示利米雅的兒子，他就拿住先知耶利米，說：「你是投降迦勒底人哪！」But when he reached the Gate of Benjamin, the captain of the guard, whose name was Irijah son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah, seized him and said, “You are deserting to the Chaldeans!”

¹⁴耶利米說：「你這是謊話，我並不是投降迦勒底人。」伊利雅不聽他的話，就拿住他，解到首領那裡。“That is a lie,” Jeremiah replied. “I am not deserting to the Chaldeans!” But Irijah would not listen to him; instead, he arrested Jeremiah and took him to the officials.

¹⁵首領惱怒耶利米，就打了他，將他囚在文士約拿單的房屋中，因為他們以這房屋當作監牢。The officials were angry with Jeremiah, and they beat him and placed him in jail in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for it had been made into a prison.

¹⁶耶利米來到獄中，進入牢房，在那裡囚了多日。So Jeremiah went into a cell in the dungeon and remained there a long time.

西底家私下求問

¹⁷西底家王打發人提出他來，在自己的宮內私下問他說：「從耶和華有甚麼話臨到沒有？」耶利米說：「有！」又說：「你必交在巴比倫王手中。」Later, King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah and received him in his palace, where he asked him privately, “Is there a word from the LORD?” “There is,” Jeremiah replied. “You will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.”

¹⁸耶利米又對西底家王說：「我在甚麼事上得罪你，或你的臣僕，或這百姓，你竟將我囚在監裡呢？Then Jeremiah asked King Zedekiah, “How have I sinned against you or your servants or these people, that you have put me in prison?

¹⁹對你們預言巴比倫王必不來攻擊你們和這地的先知，現今在哪裡呢？Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, claiming, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you or this land’?

²⁰主─我的王啊，求你現在垂聽，准我在你面前的懇求：不要使我回到文士約拿單的房屋中，免得我死在那裡。」But now please listen, O my lord the king. May my petition come before you. Do not send me back to the house of Jonathan the scribe, or I will die there.”

²¹於是，西底家王下令，他們就把耶利米交在護衛兵的院中，每天從餅舖街取一個餅給他，直到城中的餅用盡了。這樣，耶利米仍在護衛兵的院中。So King Zedekiah gave orders for Jeremiah to be placed in the courtyard of the guard and given a loaf of bread daily from the street of the bakers, until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.

首領要治死耶利米

¹瑪坦的兒子示法提雅、巴施戶珥的兒子基大利、示利米雅的兒子猶甲、瑪基雅的兒子巴施戶珥聽見耶利米對眾人所說的話，說：Now Shephatiah son of Mattan, Gedaliah son of Pashhur, Jucal son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur son of Malchijah heard that Jeremiah had been telling all the people:

²「耶和華如此說：住在這城裡的必遭刀劍、饑荒、瘟疫而死；但出去歸降迦勒底人的必得存活，就是以自己命為掠物的，必得存活。“This is what the LORD says: Whoever stays in this city will die by sword and famine and plague, but whoever surrenders to the Chaldeans will live; he will retain his life like a spoil of war, and he will live.

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³耶和華如此說：這城必要交在巴比倫王軍隊的手中，他必攻取這城。」This is what the LORD says: This city will surely be delivered into the hands of the army of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it.”

⁴於是首領對王說：「求你將這人治死；因他向城裡剩下的兵丁和眾民說這樣的話，使他們的手發軟。這人不是求這百姓得平安，乃是叫他們受災禍。」Then the officials said to the king, “This man ought to die, for he is discouraging the warriors who remain in this city, as well as all the people, by speaking such words to them; this man is not seeking the well-being of these people, but their ruin.”

⁵西底家王說：「他在你們手中，無論何事，王也不能與你們反對。」“Here he is,” replied King Zedekiah. “He is in your hands, since the king can do nothing to stop you.”

⁶他們就拿住耶利米，下在哈米勒的兒子（或譯：王的兒子）瑪基雅的牢獄裡；那牢獄在護衛兵的院中。他們用繩子將耶利米繫下去。牢獄裡沒有水，只有淤泥，耶利米就陷在淤泥中。So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.

以伯‧米勒救出耶利米

⁷在王宮的太監古實人以伯‧米勒，聽見他們將耶利米下了牢獄（那時王坐在便雅憫門口），Now Ebed-melech the Cushite, a court official in the royal palace, heard that Jeremiah had been put into the cistern. While the king was sitting at the Gate of Benjamin,

⁸以伯‧米勒就從王宮裡出來，對王說：Ebed-melech went out from the king’s palace and said to the king,

⁹「主─我的王啊，這些人向先知耶利米一味地行惡，將他下在牢獄中；他在那裡必因飢餓而死，因為城中再沒有糧食。」“My lord the king, these men have acted wickedly in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet. They have dropped him into the cistern, where he will starve to death, for there is no more bread in the city.”

¹⁰王就吩咐古實人以伯‧米勒說：「你從這裡帶領三十人，趁著先知耶利米未死以前，將他從牢獄中提上來。」So the king commanded Ebed-melech the Cushite, “Take thirty men from here with you and pull Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern before he dies.”

¹¹於是以伯‧米勒帶領這些人同去，進入王宮，到庫房以下，從那裡取了些碎布和破爛的衣服，用繩子縋下牢獄去到耶利米那裡。Then Ebed-melech took the men with him and went to the king’s palace, to a place below the storehouse. From there he took old rags and worn-out clothes and lowered them with ropes to Jeremiah in the cistern.

¹²古實人以伯‧米勒對耶利米說：「你用這些碎布和破爛的衣服放在繩子上，墊你的胳肢窩。」耶利米就照樣行了。Ebed-melech the Cushite cried out to Jeremiah, “Put these worn-out rags and clothes under your arms to pad the ropes.” Jeremiah did so,

¹³這樣，他們用繩子將耶利米從牢獄裡拉上來。耶利米仍在護衛兵的院中。and they pulled him up with the ropes and lifted him out of the cistern. And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.

西底家再次私下求問

¹⁴西底家王打發人帶領先知耶利米，進耶和華殿中第三門裡見王。王就對耶利米說：「我要問你一件事，你絲毫不可向我隱瞞。」Then King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah the prophet and received him at the third entrance to the house of the LORD. “I am going to ask you something,” said the king to Jeremiah. “Do not hide anything from me.”

¹⁵耶利米對西底家說：「我若告訴你，你豈不定要殺我嗎？我若勸戒你，你必不聽從我。」“If I tell you,” Jeremiah replied, “you will surely put me to death. And even if I give you advice, you will not listen to me.”

¹⁶西底家王就私下向耶利米說：「我指著那造我們生命之永生的耶和華起誓：我必不殺你，也不將你交在尋索你命的人手中。」But King Zedekiah swore secretly to Jeremiah, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has given us this life, I will not kill you, nor will I deliver you into the hands of these men who are seeking your life.”

¹⁷耶利米對西底家說：「耶和華─萬軍之　神、以色列的　神如此說：你若出去歸降巴比倫王的首領，你的命就必存活，這城也不致被火焚燒，你和你的全家都必存活。Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “This is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you indeed surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then you will live, this city will not be burned down, and you and your household will survive.

¹⁸你若不出去歸降巴比倫王的首領，這城必交在迦勒底人手中。他們必用火焚燒，你也不得脫離他們的手。」But if you do not surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then this city will be delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans. They will burn it down, and you yourself will not escape their grasp.’”

¹⁹西底家王對耶利米說：「我怕那些投降迦勒底人的猶大人，恐怕迦勒底人將我交在他們手中，他們戲弄我。」But King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “I am afraid of the Jews who have deserted to the Chaldeans, for the Chaldeans may deliver me into their hands to abuse me.”

²⁰耶利米說：「迦勒底人必不將你交出。求你聽從我對你所說耶和華的話，這樣你必得好處，你的命也必存活。“They will not hand you over,” Jeremiah replied. “Obey the voice of the LORD in what I am telling you, that it may go well with you and you may live.

²¹你若不肯出去，耶和華指示我的話乃是這樣：But if you refuse to surrender, this is the word that the LORD has shown me:

²²猶大王宮裡所剩的婦女必都帶到巴比倫王的首領那裡。這些婦女必說：你知己的朋友催逼你，勝過你；見你的腳陷入淤泥中，就轉身退後了。All the women who remain in the palace of the king of Judah will be brought out to the officials of the king of Babylon, and those women will say: ‘They misled you and overcame you—those trusted friends of yours. Your feet sank into the mire, and they deserted you.’

²³「人必將你的后妃和你的兒女帶到迦勒底人那裡；你也不得脫離他們的手，必被巴比倫王的手捉住；你也必使這城被火焚燒。」All your wives and children will be brought out to the Chaldeans. And you yourself will not escape their grasp, for you will be seized by the king of Babylon, and this city will be burned down.”

不要使人知道這些話

²⁴西底家對耶利米說：「不要使人知道這些話，你就不至於死。Then Zedekiah warned Jeremiah, “Do not let anyone know about this conversation, or you will die.

²⁵首領若聽見了我與你說話，就來見你，問你說：『你對王說甚麼話不要向我們隱瞞，我們就不殺你。王向你說甚麼話也要告訴我們。』If the officials hear that I have spoken with you, and they come and demand of you, ‘Tell us what you said to the king and what he said to you; do not hide it from us, or we will kill you,’

²⁶你就對他們說：『我在王面前懇求不要叫我回到約拿單的房屋死在那裡。』」then tell them, ‘I was presenting to the king my petition that he not return me to the house of Jonathan to die there.’”

²⁷隨後眾首領來見耶利米，問他，他就照王所吩咐的一切話回答他們。他們不再與他說話，因為事情沒有洩漏。When all the officials came to Jeremiah and questioned him, he relayed to them the exact words the king had commanded him to say. So they said no more to him, for no one had overheard the conversation.

²⁸於是耶利米仍在護衛兵的院中，直到耶路撒冷被攻取的日子。And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard until the day Jerusalem was captured.

問安

¹為基督耶穌被囚的保羅，同兄弟提摩太寫信給我們所親愛的同工腓利門，Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved fellow worker,

²和妹子亞腓亞並與我們同當兵的亞基布，以及在你家的教會。to Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church that meets at your house:

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³願恩惠、平安從　神我們的父和主耶穌基督歸與你們！Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

為腓利門的愛心和信心感謝神

⁴我禱告的時候提到你，常為你感謝我的　神；I always thank my God, remembering you in my prayers,

⁵因聽說你的愛心並你向主耶穌和眾聖徒的信心（或譯：因聽說你向主耶穌和眾聖徒有愛心有信心）。because I hear about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints.

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⁶願你與人所同有的信心顯出功效，使人知道你們各樣善事都是為基督做的。I pray that your partnership in the faith may become effective as you fully acknowledge every good thing that is ours in Christ.

⁷兄弟啊，我為你的愛心，大有快樂，大得安慰，因眾聖徒的心從你得了暢快。I take great joy and encouragement in your love, because you, brother, have refreshed the hearts of the saints.

為阿尼西謀求情

⁸我雖然靠著基督能放膽吩咐你合宜的事，So although in Christ I am bold enough to order you to do what is proper,

⁹然而像我這有年紀的保羅，現在又是為基督耶穌被囚的，寧可憑著愛心求你，I prefer to appeal on the basis of love. For I, Paul, am now aged, and a prisoner of Christ Jesus as well.

¹⁰就是為我在捆鎖中所生的兒子阿尼西謀（就是有益處的意思）求你。I appeal to you for my child Onesimus, whose father I became while I was in chains.

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¹¹他從前與你沒有益處，但如今與你我都有益處。Formerly he was useless to you, but now he has become useful both to you and to me.

¹²我現在打發他親自回你那裡去；他是我心上的人。I am sending back to you him who is my very heart.

¹³我本來有意將他留下，在我為福音所受的捆鎖中替你伺候我。I would have liked to keep him with me, so that on your behalf he could minister to me in my chains for the gospel.

¹⁴但不知道你的意思，我就不願意這樣行，叫你的善行不是出於勉強，乃是出於甘心。But I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that your goodness will not be out of compulsion, but by your own free will.

不再是奴僕，乃是親愛的兄弟

¹⁵他暫時離開你，或者是叫你永遠得著他，For perhaps this is why he was separated from you for a while, so that you might have him back for good—

¹⁶不再是奴僕，乃是高過奴僕，是親愛的兄弟。在我實在是如此，何況在你呢！這也不拘是按肉體說，是按主說。no longer as a slave, but better than a slave, as a beloved brother. He is especially beloved to me, but even more so to you, both in person and in the Lord.

都歸在我的帳上

¹⁷你若以我為同伴，就收納他，如同收納我一樣。So if you consider me a partner, receive him as you would receive me.

¹⁸他若虧負你，或欠你甚麼，都歸在我的帳上；But if he has wronged you in any way or owes you anything, charge it to my account.

¹⁹我必償還，這是我─保羅親筆寫的。我並不用對你說，連你自己也是虧欠於我。I, Paul, write this with my own hand. I will repay it—not to mention that you owe me your very self.

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²⁰兄弟啊，望你使我在主裡因你得快樂（或譯：益處），並望你使我的心在基督裡得暢快。Yes, brother, let me have some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.

深信你必過於我所說的

²¹我寫信給你，深信你必順服，知道你所要行的必過於我所說的。Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I ask.

²²此外你還要給我預備住處；因為我盼望藉著你們的禱告，必蒙恩到你們那裡去。In the meantime, prepare a guest room for me, because I hope that through your prayers I will be restored to you.

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問安與祝福

²³為基督耶穌與我同坐監的以巴弗問你安。Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends you greetings,

²⁴與我同工的馬可、亞里達古、底馬、路加也都問你安。as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.

²⁵願我們主耶穌基督的恩常在你的心裡。阿們！The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.

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