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約拿單與大衛結盟

¹大衛對掃羅說完了話，約拿單的心與大衛的心深相契合。約拿單愛大衛，如同愛自己的性命。After David had finished speaking with Saul, the souls of Jonathan and David were knit together, and Jonathan loved him as himself.

²那日掃羅留住大衛，不容他再回父家。And from that day Saul kept David with him and did not let him return to his father’s house.

³約拿單愛大衛如同愛自己的性命，就與他結盟。Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.

⁴約拿單從身上脫下外袍，給了大衛，又將戰衣、刀、弓、腰帶都給了他。And Jonathan removed the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, along with his tunic, his sword, his bow, and his belt.

⁵掃羅無論差遣大衛往何處去，他都做事精明。掃羅就立他作戰士長，眾百姓和掃羅的臣僕無不喜悅。So David marched out and prospered in everything Saul sent him to do, and Saul set him over the men of war. And this was pleasing in the sight of all the people, and of Saul’s officers as well.

掃羅殺死千千，大衛殺死萬萬

⁶大衛打死了那非利士人，同眾人回來的時候，婦女們從以色列各城裡出來，歡歡喜喜，打鼓擊磬，歌唱跳舞，迎接掃羅王。As the troops were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs, and with tambourines and other instruments.

⁷眾婦女舞蹈唱和，說：「掃羅殺死千千，大衛殺死萬萬。」And as the women danced, they sang out: “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands.”

⁸掃羅甚發怒，不喜悅這話，就說：「將萬萬歸大衛，千千歸我，只剩下王位沒有給他了。」And Saul was furious and resented this song. “They have ascribed tens of thousands to David,” he said, “but only thousands to me. What more can he have but the kingdom?”

⁹從這日起，掃羅就怒視大衛。And from that day forward Saul kept a jealous eye on David.

掃羅用槍刺大衛

¹⁰次日，從　神那裡來的惡魔大大降在掃羅身上，他就在家中胡言亂語。大衛照常彈琴，掃羅手裡拿著槍。The next day a spirit of distress sent from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied inside the house while David played the harp as usual. Now Saul was holding a spear,

¹¹掃羅把槍一掄，心裡說，我要將大衛刺透，釘在牆上。大衛躲避他兩次。and he hurled it, thinking, “I will pin David to the wall.” But David eluded him twice.

¹²掃羅懼怕大衛；因為耶和華離開自己，與大衛同在。So Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with David but had departed from Saul.

¹³所以掃羅使大衛離開自己，立他為千夫長，他就領兵出入。Therefore Saul sent David away and gave him command of a thousand men. David led the troops out to battle and back,

¹⁴大衛做事無不精明，耶和華也與他同在。and he continued to prosper in all his ways, because the LORD was with him.

¹⁵掃羅見大衛做事精明，就甚怕他。When Saul saw that David was very successful, he was afraid of him.

¹⁶但以色列和猶大眾人都愛大衛，因為他領他們出入。But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he was leading them out to battle and back.

想藉非利士人的手害大衛

¹⁷掃羅對大衛說：「我將大女兒米拉給你為妻，只要你為我奮勇，為耶和華爭戰。」掃羅心裡說：「我不好親手害他，要藉非利士人的手害他。」Then Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage. Only be valiant for me and fight the LORD’s battles.” But Saul was thinking, “I need not raise my hand against him; let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”

¹⁸大衛對掃羅說：「我是誰，我是甚麼出身，我父家在以色列中是何等的家，豈敢作王的女婿呢？」And David said to Saul, “Who am I, and what is my family or my father’s clan in Israel, that I should become the son-in-law of the king?”

¹⁹掃羅的女兒米拉到了當給大衛的時候，掃羅卻給了米何拉人亞得列為妻。So when it was time to give Saul’s daughter Merab to David, she was given in marriage to Adriel of Meholah.

米甲愛大衛

²⁰掃羅的次女米甲愛大衛。有人告訴掃羅，掃羅就喜悅。Now Saul’s daughter Michal loved David, and when this was reported to Saul, it pleased him.

²¹掃羅心裡說：「我將這女兒給大衛，作他的網羅，好藉非利士人的手害他。」所以掃羅對大衛說：「你今日可以第二次作我的女婿。」“I will give her to David,” Saul thought, “so that she may be a snare to him, and the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David, “For a second time now you can be my son-in-law.”

²²掃羅吩咐臣僕說：「你們暗中對大衛說：『王喜悅你，王的臣僕也都喜愛你，所以你當作王的女婿。』」Then Saul ordered his servants, “Speak to David privately and tell him, ‘Behold, the king is pleased with you, and all his servants love you. Now therefore, become his son-in-law.’”

²³掃羅的臣僕就照這話說給大衛聽。大衛說：「你們以為作王的女婿是一件小事嗎？我是貧窮卑微的人。」But when Saul’s servants relayed these words to David, he replied, “Does it seem trivial in your sight to be the son-in-law of the king? I am a poor man and lightly esteemed.”

²⁴掃羅的臣僕回奏說，大衛所說的如此如此。And the servants told Saul what David had said.

²⁵掃羅說：「你們要對大衛這樣說：『王不要甚麼聘禮，只要一百非利士人的陽皮，好在王的仇敵身上報仇。』」掃羅的意思要使大衛喪在非利士人的手裡。Saul replied, “Say to David, ‘The king desires no other dowry but a hundred Philistine foreskins as revenge on his enemies.’” But Saul intended to cause David’s death at the hands of the Philistines.

²⁶掃羅的臣僕將這話告訴大衛，大衛就歡喜作王的女婿。日期還沒有到，When the servants reported these terms to David, he was pleased to become the king’s son-in-law. Before the wedding day arrived,

²⁷大衛和跟隨他的人起身前往，殺了二百非利士人，將陽皮滿數交給王，為要作王的女婿。於是掃羅將女兒米甲給大衛為妻。David and his men went out and killed two hundred Philistines. He brought their foreskins and presented them as payment in full to become the king’s son-in-law. Then Saul gave his daughter Michal to David in marriage.

掃羅更怕大衛

²⁸掃羅見耶和華與大衛同在，又知道女兒米甲愛大衛，When Saul realized that the LORD was with David and that his daughter Michal loved David,

²⁹就更怕大衛，常作大衛的仇敵。he grew even more afraid of David. So from then on Saul was David’s enemy.

³⁰每逢非利士軍長出來打仗，大衛比掃羅的臣僕做事精明，因此他的名被人尊重。Every time the Philistine commanders came out for battle, David was more successful than all of Saul’s officers, so that his name was highly esteemed.

約拿單替大衛說情

¹掃羅對他兒子約拿單和眾臣僕說，要殺大衛；掃羅的兒子約拿單卻甚喜愛大衛。Then Saul ordered his son Jonathan and all his servants to kill David. But Jonathan delighted greatly in David,

²約拿單告訴大衛說：「我父掃羅想要殺你，所以明日早晨你要小心，到一個僻靜地方藏身。so he warned David, saying, “My father Saul intends to kill you. Be on your guard in the morning; find a secret place and hide there.

³我就出到你所藏的田裡，站在我父親旁邊與他談論。我看他情形怎樣，我必告訴你。」I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, so I can ask about you. And if I find out anything, I will tell you.”

⁴約拿單向他父親掃羅替大衛說好話，說：「王不可得罪王的僕人大衛；因為他未曾得罪你，他所行的都與你大有益處。Then Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul and said to him, “The king should not sin against his servant David; he has not sinned against you. In fact, his actions have been highly beneficial to you.

⁵他拚命殺那非利士人，耶和華為以色列眾人大行拯救；那時你看見，甚是歡喜，現在為何無故要殺大衛，流無辜人的血，自己取罪呢？」He took his life in his hands when he struck down the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced, so why would you sin against innocent blood by killing David for no reason?”

⁶掃羅聽了約拿單的話，就指著永生的耶和華起誓說：「我必不殺他。」Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan and swore an oath: “As surely as the LORD lives, David will not be put to death.”

⁷約拿單叫大衛來，把這一切事告訴他，帶他去見掃羅。他就仍然侍立在掃羅面前。So Jonathan summoned David and told him all these things. Then Jonathan brought David to Saul, and David was with Saul as before.

掃羅再次用槍刺大衛

⁸此後又有爭戰的事。大衛出去與非利士人打仗，大大殺敗他們，他們就在他面前逃跑。When war broke out again, David went out and fought the Philistines and struck them with such a mighty blow that they fled before him.

⁹從耶和華那裡來的惡魔又降在掃羅身上（掃羅手裡拿槍坐在屋裡），大衛就用手彈琴。But as Saul was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand, a spirit of distress from the LORD came upon him. While David was playing the harp,

¹⁰掃羅用槍想要刺透大衛，釘在牆上；他卻躲開，掃羅的槍刺入牆內。當夜大衛逃走，躲避了。Saul tried to pin him to the wall with his spear. But David eluded him and the spear struck the wall. And David fled and escaped that night.

米甲縋大衛下窗逃走

¹¹掃羅打發人到大衛的房屋那裡窺探他，要等到天亮殺他。大衛的妻米甲對他說：「你今夜若不逃命，明日你要被殺。」Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him and kill him in the morning. But David’s wife Michal warned him, “If you do not run for your life tonight, tomorrow you will be dead!”

¹²於是米甲將大衛從窗戶裡縋下去，大衛就逃走，躲避了。So Michal lowered David from the window, and he ran away and escaped.

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¹³米甲把家中的神像放在床上，頭枕在山羊毛裝的枕頭上，用被遮蓋。Then Michal took a household idol and laid it in the bed, placed some goat hair on its head, and covered it with a garment.

¹⁴掃羅打發人去捉拿大衛，米甲說：「他病了。」When Saul sent the messengers to seize David, Michal said, “He is ill.”

¹⁵掃羅又打發人去看大衛，說：「當連床將他抬來，我好殺他。」But Saul sent the messengers back to see David and told them, “Bring him up to me in his bed so I can kill him.”

¹⁶使者進去，看見床上有神像，頭枕在山羊毛裝的枕頭上。And when the messengers entered, there was the idol in the bed with the goat hair on its head.

¹⁷掃羅對米甲說：「你為甚麼這樣欺哄我，放我仇敵逃走呢？」米甲回答說：「他對我說：『你放我走，不然我要殺你。』」And Saul said to Michal, “Why did you deceive me like this? You sent my enemy away, and he has escaped!” Michal replied, “He said to me, ‘Help me get away, or I will kill you!’”

掃羅也列在先知中

¹⁸大衛逃避，來到拉瑪見撒母耳，將掃羅向他所行的事述說了一遍。他和撒母耳就往拿約去居住。So David ran away and escaped. And he went to Samuel at Ramah and told him all that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went to Naioth and stayed there.

¹⁹有人告訴掃羅，說大衛在拉瑪的拿約。When Saul was told that David was at Naioth in Ramah,

²⁰掃羅打發人去捉拿大衛。去的人見有一班先知都受感說話，撒母耳站在其中監管他們；打發去的人也受　神的靈感動說話。he sent messengers to seize him. But when they saw the group of prophets prophesying, with Samuel leading them, the Spirit of God came upon them, and Saul’s messengers also began to prophesy.

²¹有人將這事告訴掃羅，他又打發人去，他們也受感說話。掃羅第三次打發人去，他們也受感說話。When this was reported to Saul, he sent more messengers, but they began to prophesy as well. So Saul tried again and sent messengers a third time, and even they began to prophesy.

²²然後掃羅自己往拉瑪去，到了西沽的大井，問人說：「撒母耳和大衛在哪裡呢？」有人說：「在拉瑪的拿約。」Finally, Saul himself left for Ramah and came to the large cistern at Secu, where he asked, “Where are Samuel and David?” “At Naioth in Ramah,” he was told.

²³他就往拉瑪的拿約去。　神的靈也感動他，一面走一面說話，直到拉瑪的拿約。So Saul went to Naioth in Ramah. But the Spirit of God came upon even Saul, and he walked along prophesying until he came to Naioth in Ramah.

²⁴他就脫了衣服，在撒母耳面前受感說話，一晝一夜露體躺臥。因此有句俗語說：「掃羅也列在先知中嗎？」Then Saul stripped off his robes and also prophesied before Samuel. And he collapsed and lay naked all that day and night. That is why it is said, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”

大衛與約拿單商議

¹大衛從拉瑪的拿約逃跑，來到約拿單那裡，對他說：「我做了甚麼？有甚麼罪孽呢？在你父親面前犯了甚麼罪，他竟尋索我的性命呢？」Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah. He came to Jonathan and asked, “What have I done? What is my iniquity? How have I sinned against your father, that he wants to take my life?”

²約拿單回答說：「斷然不是！你必不致死。我父做事，無論大小，沒有不叫我知道的。怎麼獨有這事隱瞞我呢？決不如此。」“Far from it!” Jonathan replied. “You will not die. Indeed, my father does nothing, great or small, without telling me. So why would he hide this matter from me? This cannot be true!”

³大衛又起誓說：「你父親準知我在你眼前蒙恩。他心裡說，不如不叫約拿單知道，恐怕他愁煩。我指著永生的耶和華，又敢在你面前起誓，我離死不過一步。」But David again vowed, “Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said, ‘Jonathan must not know of this, or he will be grieved.’ As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, there is but a step between me and death.”

⁴約拿單對大衛說：「你心裡所求的，我必為你成就。」Then Jonathan said to David, “Whatever you desire, I will do for you.”

⁵大衛對約拿單說：「明日是初一，我當與王同席，求你容我去藏在田野，直到第三日晚上。So David told him, “Look, tomorrow is the New Moon, and I am supposed to dine with the king. Instead, let me go and hide in the field until the third evening from now.

⁶你父親若見我不在席上，你就說：『大衛切求我許他回本城伯利恆去，因為他全家在那裡獻年祭。』If your father misses me at all, tell him, ‘David urgently requested my permission to hurry to Bethlehem, his hometown, because there is an annual sacrifice for his whole clan.’

⁷你父親若說好，僕人就平安了；他若發怒，你就知道他決意要害我。If he says, ‘Good,’ then your servant is safe, but if he is enraged, you will know he has evil intentions.

⁸求你施恩與僕人，因你在耶和華面前曾與僕人結盟。我若有罪，不如你自己殺我，何必將我交給你父親呢？」Therefore show kindness to your servant, for you have brought me into a covenant with you before the LORD. If there is iniquity in me, then kill me yourself; why should you bring me to your father?”

⁹約拿單說：「斷無此事！我若知道我父親決意害你，我豈不告訴你呢？」“Never!” Jonathan replied. “If I ever found out that my father had evil intentions against you, would I not tell you?”

¹⁰大衛對約拿單說：「你父親若用厲言回答你，誰來告訴我呢？」Then David asked Jonathan, “Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?”

¹¹約拿單對大衛說：「你我且往田野去。」二人就往田野去了。“Come,” he replied, “let us go out to the field.” So the two of them went out into the field,

約拿單與大衛家立約

¹²約拿單對大衛說：「願耶和華─以色列的　神為證。明日約在這時候，或第三日，我探我父親的意思，若向你有好意，我豈不打發人告訴你嗎？and Jonathan said, “By the LORD, the God of Israel, I will sound out my father by this time tomorrow or the next day. If he is favorable toward you, will I not send for you and tell you?

¹³我父親若有意害你，我不告訴你使你平平安安地走，願耶和華重重地降罰與我。願耶和華與你同在，如同從前與我父親同在一樣。But if my father intends to bring evil on you, then may the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if I do not tell you and send you on your way in safety. May the LORD be with you, just as He has been with my father.

¹⁴你要照耶和華的慈愛恩待我，不但我活著的時候免我死亡，And as long as I live, treat me with the LORD’s loving devotion, that I may not die,

¹⁵就是我死後，耶和華從地上剪除你仇敵的時候，你也永不可向我家絕了恩惠。」and do not ever cut off your loving devotion from my household—not even when the LORD cuts off every one of David’s enemies from the face of the earth.”

¹⁶於是約拿單與大衛家結盟，說：「願耶和華藉大衛的仇敵追討背約的罪。」So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, “May the LORD hold David’s enemies accountable.”

¹⁷約拿單因愛大衛如同愛自己的性命，就使他再起誓。And Jonathan had David reaffirm his vow out of love for him, for Jonathan loved David as he loved himself.

¹⁸約拿單對他說：「明日是初一，你的座位空設，人必理會你不在那裡。Then Jonathan said to David, “Tomorrow is the New Moon, and you will be missed, because your seat will be empty.

¹⁹你等三日，就要速速下去，到你從前遇事所藏的地方，在以色磐石那裡等候。When you have stayed three days, hurry down to the place you hid on the day this trouble began, and remain beside the stone Ezel.

²⁰我要向磐石旁邊射三箭，如同射箭靶一樣。I will shoot three arrows to the side of it, as if I were aiming at a target.

²¹我要打發童子，說：『去把箭找來。』我若對童子說：『箭在後頭，把箭拿來』，你就可以回來；我指著永生的耶和華起誓，你必平安無事。Then I will send a boy and say, ‘Go, find the arrows!’ Now, if I expressly say to him, ‘Look, the arrows are on this side of you; bring them,’ then come, because as surely as the LORD lives, it is safe for you, and there is no danger.

²²我若對童子說：『箭在前頭』，你就要去，因為是耶和華打發你去的。But if I say to the young man, ‘Look, the arrows are beyond you,’ then you must go, for the LORD has sent you away.

²³至於你我今日所說的話，有耶和華在你我中間為證，直到永遠。」And as for the matter you and I have discussed, the LORD is a witness between you and me forever.”

掃羅向約拿單發怒

²⁴大衛就去藏在田野。到了初一日，王坐席要吃飯。So David hid in the field, and when the New Moon had come, the king sat down to eat.

²⁵王照常坐在靠牆的位上，約拿單侍立，押尼珥坐在掃羅旁邊，大衛的座位空設。He sat in his usual place by the wall, opposite Jonathan and beside Abner, but David’s place was empty.

²⁶然而這日掃羅沒有說甚麼，他想大衛遇事，偶染不潔，他必定是不潔。Saul said nothing that day because he thought, “Something has happened to David to make him ceremonially unclean—surely he is unclean.”

²⁷初二日大衛的座位還空設。掃羅問他兒子約拿單說：「耶西的兒子為何昨日、今日沒有來吃飯呢？」But on the day after the New Moon, the second day, David’s place was still empty, and Saul asked his son Jonathan, “Why hasn’t the son of Jesse come to the meal either yesterday or today?”

²⁸約拿單回答掃羅說：「大衛切求我容他往伯利恆去。Jonathan answered, “David urgently requested my permission to go to Bethlehem,

²⁹他說：『求你容我去，因為我家在城裡有獻祭的事；我長兄吩咐我去。如今我若在你眼前蒙恩，求你容我去見我的弟兄』；所以大衛沒有赴王的席。」saying, ‘Please let me go, because our clan is holding a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has told me to be there. So now, if I have found favor in your eyes, please let me go and see my brothers.’ That is why he has not come to the king’s table.”

³⁰掃羅向約拿單發怒，對他說：「你這頑梗背逆之婦人所生的，我豈不知道你喜悅耶西的兒子，自取羞辱，以致你母親露體蒙羞嗎？Then Saul’s anger burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of the mother who bore you?

³¹耶西的兒子若在世間活著，你和你的國位必站立不住。現在你要打發人去，將他捉拿交給我；他是該死的。」For as long as the son of Jesse lives on this earth, neither you nor your kingdom shall be established. Now send for him and bring him to me, for he must surely die!”

³²約拿單對父親掃羅說：「他為甚麼該死呢？他做了甚麼呢？」“Why must he be put to death?” Jonathan replied. “What has he done?”

³³掃羅向約拿單掄槍要刺他，約拿單就知道他父親決意要殺大衛。Then Saul hurled his spear at Jonathan to kill him. So Jonathan knew that his father was determined to kill David.

³⁴於是約拿單氣忿忿地從席上起來，在這初二日沒有吃飯。他因見父親羞辱大衛，就為大衛愁煩。Jonathan got up from the table in fierce anger and did not eat any food that second day of the month, for he was grieved by his father’s shameful treatment of David.

射箭的暗號

³⁵次日早晨，約拿單按著與大衛約會的時候出到田野，有一個童子跟隨。In the morning Jonathan went out to the field for the appointment with David, and a small boy was with him.

³⁶約拿單對童子說：「你跑去，把我所射的箭找來。」童子跑去，約拿單就把箭射在童子前頭。He said to the boy, “Run and find the arrows I shoot.” And as the boy ran, Jonathan shot an arrow beyond him.

³⁷童子到了約拿單落箭之地，約拿單呼叫童子說：「箭不是在你前頭嗎？」When the boy reached the place where Jonathan’s arrow had fallen, Jonathan called to him, “Isn’t the arrow beyond you?”

³⁸約拿單又呼叫童子說：「速速地去，不要遲延！」童子就拾起箭來，回到主人那裡。Then Jonathan cried out, “Hurry! Make haste! Do not delay!” So the boy picked up the arrow and returned to his master.

³⁹童子卻不知道這是甚麼意思，只有約拿單和大衛知道。But the boy did not know anything; only Jonathan and David knew the arrangement.

⁴⁰約拿單將弓箭交給童子，吩咐說：「你拿到城裡去。」Then Jonathan gave his equipment to the boy and said, “Go, take it back to the city.”

⁴¹童子一去，大衛就從磐石的南邊出來，俯伏在地，拜了三拜；二人親嘴，彼此哭泣，大衛哭得更慟。When the young man had gone, David got up from the south side of the stone, fell facedown, and bowed three times. Then he and Jonathan kissed each other and wept together—though David wept more.

⁴²約拿單對大衛說：「我們二人曾指著耶和華的名起誓說：『願耶和華在你我中間，並你我後裔中間為證，直到永遠。』如今你平平安安地去吧！」大衛就起身走了；約拿單也回城裡去了。And Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, for the two of us have sworn in the name of the LORD, saying, ‘May the LORD be a witness between you and me, and between your descendants and mine forever.’” Then David got up and departed, and Jonathan went back into the city.

聖殿將被拆毀

⁵有人談論聖殿是用美石和供物妝飾的；As some of the disciples were remarking how the temple was adorned with beautiful stones and consecrated gifts, Jesus said,

⁶耶穌就說：「論到你們所看見的這一切，將來日子到了，在這裡沒有一塊石頭留在石頭上，不被拆毀了。」“As for what you see here, the time will come when not one stone will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”

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⁷他們問他說：「夫子！甚麼時候有這事呢？這事將到的時候有甚麼預兆呢？」“Teacher,” they asked, “when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that they are about to take place?”

不要受迷惑

⁸耶穌說：「你們要謹慎，不要受迷惑；因為將來有好些人冒我的名來，說：『我是基督』，又說：『時候近了』，你們不要跟從他們！Jesus answered, “See to it that you are not deceived. For many will come in My name, claiming, ‘I am He,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Do not follow them.

⁹你們聽見打仗和擾亂的事，不要驚惶；因為這些事必須先有，只是末期不能立時就到。」When you hear of wars and rebellions, do not be alarmed. These things must happen first, but the end is not imminent.”

¹⁰當時，耶穌對他們說：「民要攻打民，國要攻打國；Then He told them, “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.

¹¹地要大大震動，多處必有饑荒、瘟疫，又有可怕的異象和大神蹟從天上顯現。There will be great earthquakes, famines, and pestilences in various places, along with fearful sights and great signs from heaven.

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門徒要受逼迫

¹²但這一切的事以先，人要下手拿住你們，逼迫你們，把你們交給會堂，並且收在監裡，又為我的名拉你們到君王諸侯面前。But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. On account of My name they will deliver you to the synagogues and prisons, and they will bring you before kings and governors.

¹³但這些事終必為你們的見證。This will be your opportunity to serve as witnesses.

¹⁴所以，你們當立定心意，不要預先思想怎樣分訴；So make up your mind not to worry beforehand how to defend yourselves.

¹⁵因為我必賜你們口才、智慧，是你們一切敵人所敵不住、駁不倒的。For I will give you speech and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.

¹⁶連你們的父母、弟兄、親族、朋友也要把你們交官；你們也有被他們害死的。You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and some of you will be put to death.

¹⁷你們要為我的名被眾人恨惡，And you will be hated by everyone because of My name.

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¹⁸然而，你們連一根頭髮也必不損壞。Yet not even a hair of your head will perish.

¹⁹你們常存忍耐，就必保全靈魂（或譯：必得生命）。」By your patient endurance you will gain your souls.

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耶路撒冷被圍困

²⁰「你們看見耶路撒冷被兵圍困，就可知道它成荒場的日子近了。But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near.

²¹那時，在猶太的應當逃到山上；在城裡的應當出來；在鄉下的不要進城；Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country stay out of the city.

²²因為這是報應的日子，使經上所寫的都得應驗。For these are the days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written.

²³當那些日子，懷孕的和奶孩子的有禍了！因為將有大災難降在這地方，也有震怒臨到這百姓。How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! For there will be great distress upon the land and wrath against this people.

²⁴他們要倒在刀下，又被擄到各國去。耶路撒冷要被外邦人踐踏，直到外邦人的日期滿了。」They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations. And Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

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人子駕雲降臨

²⁵「日、月、星辰要顯出異兆，地上的邦國也有困苦；因海中波浪的響聲，就慌慌不定。There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among the nations, bewildered by the roaring of the sea and the surging of the waves.

²⁶天勢都要震動，人想起那將要臨到世界的事，就都嚇得魂不附體。Men will faint from fear and anxiety over what is coming upon the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

²⁷那時，他們要看見人子有能力，有大榮耀駕雲降臨。At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

²⁸一有這些事，你們就當挺身昂首，因為你們得贖的日子近了。」When these things begin to happen, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”

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無花果樹的比喻

^29–30耶穌又設比喻對他們說：「你們看無花果樹和各樣的樹；它發芽的時候，你們一看見，自然曉得夏天近了。Then Jesus told them a parable: “Look at the fig tree and all the trees. When they sprout leaves, you can see for yourselves and know that summer is near.

³¹這樣，你們看見這些事漸漸地成就，也該曉得　神的國近了。So also, when you see these things happening, know that the kingdom of God is near.

³²我實在告訴你們，這世代還沒有過去，這些事都要成就。Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have happened.

³³天地要廢去，我的話卻不能廢去。」Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.

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要時時警醒

³⁴「你們要謹慎，恐怕因貪食、醉酒，並今生的思慮累住你們的心，那日子就如同網羅忽然臨到你們；But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.

³⁵因為那日子要這樣臨到全地上一切居住的人。For it will come upon all who dwell on the face of all the earth.

³⁶你們要時時警醒，常常祈求，使你們能逃避這一切要來的事，得以站立在人子面前。」So keep watch at all times, and pray that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen and to stand before the Son of Man.”

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