今日读经

以利沙泄露亚兰的军情

⁸亚兰王与以色列人争战，和他的臣仆商议说：“我要在某处某处安营。”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神人打发人去见以色列王，说：“你要谨慎，不要从某处经过，因为亚兰人从那里下来了。”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以色列王差人去窥探神人所告诉所警戒他去的地方，就防备未受其害，不止一两次。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亚兰王因这事心里惊疑，召了臣仆来，对他们说：“我们这里有谁帮助以色列王，你们不指给我吗？”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有一个臣仆说：“我主，我王！无人帮助他，只有以色列中的先知以利沙，将王在卧房所说的话告诉以色列王了。”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.”

亚兰大军围困多坍

¹³王说：“你们去探他在哪里，我好打发人去捉拿他。”有人告诉王说：“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王就打发车马和大军往那里去，夜间到了，围困那城。the king of Aram sent horses, chariots, and a great army. They went there by night and surrounded the city.

开仆人的眼睛

¹⁵神人的仆人清早起来出去，看见车马军兵围困了城。仆人对神人说：“哀哉！我主啊，我们怎样行才好呢？”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神人说：“不要惧怕！与我们同在的比与他们同在的更多。”“Do not be afraid,” Elisha answered, “for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”

¹⁷以利沙祷告说：“耶和华啊，求你开这少年人的眼目，使他能看见。”耶和华开他的眼目，他就看见满山有火车火马围绕以利沙。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.

领亚兰军到撒马利亚

¹⁸敌人下到以利沙那里，以利沙祷告耶和华说：“求你使这些人的眼目昏迷。”耶和华就照以利沙的话，使他们的眼目昏迷。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以利沙对他们说：“这不是那道，也不是那城；你们跟我去，我必领你们到所寻找的人那里。”于是领他们到了撒马利亚。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他们进了撒马利亚，以利沙祷告说：“耶和华啊，求你开这些人的眼目，使他们能看见。”耶和华开他们的眼目，他们就看见了，不料，是在撒马利亚的城中。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以色列王见了他们，就问以利沙说：“我父啊，我可以击杀他们吗？”And when the king of Israel saw them, he asked Elisha, “My father, shall I kill them? Shall I kill them?”

²²回答说：“不可击杀他们！就是你用刀用弓掳来的，岂可击杀他们吗（或译：也不可击杀，何况这些人呢）？当在他们面前设摆饮食，使他们吃喝回到他们的主人那里。”“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王就为他们预备了许多食物；他们吃喝完了，打发他们回到他们主人那里。从此，亚兰军不再犯以色列境了。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.

撒马利亚被围的大饥荒

²⁴此后，亚兰王便·哈达聚集他的全军，上来围困撒马利亚。Some time later, Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army and marched up to besiege Samaria.

²⁵于是撒马利亚被围困，有饥荒，甚至一个驴头值银八十舍客勒，二升鸽子粪值银五舍客勒。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，以色列王在城上经过，有一个妇人向他呼叫说：“我主，我王啊！求你帮助。”As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, “Help me, my lord the king!”

²⁷王说：“耶和华不帮助你，我从何处帮助你？是从禾场，是从酒榨呢？”He answered, “If the LORD does not help you, where can I find help for you? From the threshing floor or the winepress?”

²⁸王问妇人说：“你有什么苦处？”她回答说：“这妇人对我说：‘将你的儿子取来，我们今日可以吃，明日可以吃我的儿子。’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我们就煮了我的儿子吃了。次日我对她说：‘要将你的儿子取来，我们可以吃。’她却将她的儿子藏起来了。”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王听见妇人的话，就撕裂衣服；（王在城上经过）百姓看见王贴身穿着麻衣。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王说：“我今日若容沙法的儿子以利沙的头仍在他项上，愿　神重重地降罚与我！”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那时，以利沙正坐在家中，长老也与他同坐。王打发一个伺候他的人去；他还没有到，以利沙对长老说：“你们看这凶手之子，打发人来斩我的头；你们看着使者来到，就关上门，用门将他推出去。在他后头不是有他主人脚步的响声吗？”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正说话的时候，使者来到，王也到了，说：“这灾祸是从耶和华那里来的，我何必再仰望耶和华呢？”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?”

以利沙预言粮价大跌

¹以利沙说：“你们要听耶和华的话，耶和华如此说：明日约到这时候，在撒马利亚城门口，一细亚细面要卖银一舍客勒，二细亚大麦也要卖银一舍客勒。”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有一个搀扶王的军长对神人说：“即便耶和华使天开了窗户，也不能有这事。”以利沙说：“你必亲眼看见，却不得吃。”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.”

四个长大痲疯的人

³在城门那里有四个长大麻风的人，他们彼此说：“我们为何坐在这里等死呢？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我们若说，进城去吧！城里有饥荒，必死在那里；若在这里坐着不动，也必是死。来吧，我们去投降亚兰人的军队，他们若留我们的活命，就活着；若杀我们，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黄昏的时候，他们起来往亚兰人的营盘去；到了营边，不见一人在那里。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因为主使亚兰人的军队听见车马的声音，是大军的声音；他们就彼此说：“这必是以色列王贿买赫人的诸王和埃及人的诸王来攻击我们。”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，在黄昏的时候他们起来逃跑，撇下帐棚、马、驴，营盘照旧，只顾逃命。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那些长大麻风的到了营边，进了帐棚，吃了喝了，且从其中拿出金银和衣服来，去收藏了；回来又进了一座帐棚，从其中拿出财物来去收藏了。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那时，他们彼此说：“我们所做的不好！今日是有好信息的日子，我们竟不作声！若等到天亮，罪必临到我们。来吧，我们与王家报信去！”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他们就去叫守城门的，告诉他们说：“我们到了亚兰人的营，不见一人在那里，也无人声，只有拴着的马和驴，帐棚都照旧。”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守城门的叫了众守门的人来，他们就进去与王家报信。The gatekeepers shouted the news, and it was reported to the king’s household.

王派人去窥探

¹²王夜间起来，对臣仆说：“我告诉你们亚兰人向我们如何行。他们知道我们饥饿，所以离营，埋伏在田野，说：‘以色列人出城的时候，我们就活捉他们，得以进城。’”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有一个臣仆对王说：“我们不如用城里剩下之马中的五匹马（马和城里剩下的以色列人都是一样，快要灭绝），打发人去窥探。”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于是取了两辆车和马，王差人去追寻亚兰军，说：“你们去窥探窥探。”Then the scouts took two chariots with horses, and the king sent them after the Aramean army, saying, “Go and see.”

¹⁵他们就追寻到约旦河，看见满道上都是亚兰人急跑时丢弃的衣服器具，使者就回来报告王。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.

预言应验

¹⁶众人就出去，掳掠亚兰人的营盘。于是一细亚细面卖银一舍客勒，二细亚大麦也卖银一舍客勒，正如耶和华所说的。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王派搀扶他的那军长在城门口弹压，众人在那里将他践踏，他就死了，正如神人在王下来见他的时候所说的。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神人曾对王说：“明日约到这时候，在撒马利亚城门口，二细亚大麦要卖银一舍客勒，一细亚细面也要卖银一舍客勒。”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那军长对神人说：“即便耶和华使天开了窗户，也不能有这事。”神人说：“你必亲眼看见，却不得吃。”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这话果然应验在他身上；因为众人在城门口将他践踏，他就死了。And that is just what happened to him. The people trampled him in the gateway, and he died.

书念妇人的田产归还

¹以利沙曾对所救活之子的那妇人说：“你和你的全家要起身往你可住的地方去住，因为耶和华命饥荒降在这地七年。”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妇人就起身，照神人的话带着全家往非利士地去，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，那妇人从非利士地回来，就出去为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那时王正与神人的仆人基哈西说：“请你将以利沙所行的一切大事告诉我。”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基哈西告诉王以利沙如何使死人复活，恰巧以利沙所救活、她儿子的那妇人为自己的房屋田地来哀告王。基哈西说：“我主我王，这就是那妇人，这是她的儿子，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王问那妇人，她就把那事告诉王。于是王为她派一个太监，说：“凡属这妇人的都还给她，自从她离开本地直到今日，她田地的出产也都还给她。”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.”

哈薛篡位作亚兰王

⁷以利沙来到大马士革，亚兰王便·哈达正患病。有人告诉王说：“神人来到这里了。”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王就吩咐哈薛说：“你带着礼物去见神人，托他求问耶和华，我这病能好不能好？”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于是哈薛用四十个骆驼，驮着大马士革的各样美物为礼物，去见以利沙。到了他那里，站在他面前，说：“你儿子亚兰王便·哈达打发我来见你，他问说：‘我这病能好不能好？’”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以利沙对哈薛说：“你回去告诉他说，这病必能好；但耶和华指示我，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神人定睛看着哈薛，甚至他惭愧。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哈薛说：“我主为什么哭？”回答说：“因为我知道你必苦害以色列人，用火焚烧他们的保障，用刀杀死他们的壮丁，摔死他们的婴孩，剖开他们的孕妇。”“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哈薛说：“你仆人算什么，不过是一条狗，焉能行这大事呢？”以利沙回答说：“耶和华指示我，你必作亚兰王。”“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哈薛离开以利沙，回去见他的主人。主人问他说：“以利沙对你说什么？”回答说：“他告诉我你必能好。”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，哈薛拿被窝浸在水中，蒙住王的脸，王就死了。于是哈薛篡了他的位。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.

犹大王约兰

¹⁶以色列王亚哈的儿子约兰第五年，犹大王约沙法还在位的时候，约沙法的儿子约兰登基作了犹大王。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约兰登基的时候年三十二岁，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他行以色列诸王所行的，与亚哈家一样；因为他娶了亚哈的女儿为妻，行耶和华眼中看为恶的事。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耶和华却因他仆人大卫的缘故，仍不肯灭绝犹大，照他所应许大卫的话，永远赐灯光与他的子孙。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约兰年间，以东人背叛犹大，脱离他的权下，自己立王。In the days of Jehoram, Edom rebelled against the hand of Judah and appointed their own king.

²¹约兰率领所有的战车往撒益去，夜间起来，攻打围困他的以东人和车兵长；犹大兵就逃跑，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这样，以东人背叛犹大，脱离他的权下，直到今日。那时立拿人也背叛了。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约兰其余的事，凡他所行的，都写在犹大列王记上。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约兰与他列祖同睡，葬在大卫城他列祖的坟地里。他儿子亚哈谢接续他作王。And Jehoram rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David. And his son Ahaziah reigned in his place.

犹大王亚哈谢

²⁵以色列王亚哈的儿子约兰十二年，犹大王约兰的儿子亚哈谢登基。In the twelfth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab over Israel, Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.

²⁶他登基的时候年二十二岁，在耶路撒冷作王一年。他母亲名叫亚她利雅，是以色列王暗利的孙女。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亚哈谢效法亚哈家行耶和华眼中看为恶的事，与亚哈家一样，因为他是亚哈家的女婿。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他与亚哈的儿子约兰同往基列的拉末去，与亚兰王哈薛争战。亚兰人打伤了约兰，Then Ahaziah went with Joram son of Ahab to fight against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead, and the Arameans wounded Joram.

²⁹约兰王回到耶斯列，医治在拉末与亚兰王哈薛打仗的时候所受的伤。犹大王约兰的儿子亚哈谢因为亚哈的儿子约兰病了，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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拉撒路出来

⁴¹他们就把石头挪开。耶稣举目望天，说：“父啊，我感谢你，因为你已经听我。So they took away the stone. Then Jesus lifted His eyes upward and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.

⁴²我也知道你常听我，但我说这话是为周围站着的众人，叫他们信是你差了我来。”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说了这话，就大声呼叫说：“拉撒路出来！”After Jesus had said this, He called out in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”

⁴⁴那死人就出来了，手脚裹着布，脸上包着手巾。耶稣对他们说：“解开，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，有人去报告法利赛人

⁴⁵那些来看马利亚的犹太人见了耶稣所做的事，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但其中也有去见法利赛人的，将耶稣所做的事告诉他们。But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.

公会商议

⁴⁷祭司长和法利赛人聚集公会，说：“这人行好些神迹，我们怎么办呢？Then the chief priests and Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we to do? This man is performing many signs.

⁴⁸若这样由着他，人人都要信他，罗马人也要来夺我们的地土和我们的百姓。”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.”

该亚法的预言

⁴⁹内中有一个人，名叫该亚法，本年作大祭司，对他们说：“你们不知道什么。But one of them, named Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all!

⁵⁰独不想一个人替百姓死，免得通国灭亡，就是你们的益处。”You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.”

⁵¹他这话不是出于自己，是因他本年作大祭司，所以预言耶稣将要替这一国死；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也不但替这一国死，并要将　神四散的子民都聚集归一。and not only for the nation, but also for the scattered children of God, to gather them together into one.

⁵³从那日起，他们就商议要杀耶稣。So from that day on they plotted to kill Him.

耶稣退到以法莲

⁵⁴所以，耶稣不再显然行在犹太人中间，就离开那里往靠近旷野的地方去，到了一座城，名叫以法莲，就在那里和门徒同住。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.

逾越节近了

⁵⁵犹太人的逾越节近了，有许多人从乡下上耶路撒冷去，要在节前洁净自己。Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem to purify themselves before the Passover.

⁵⁶他们就寻找耶稣，站在殿里彼此说：“你们的意思如何，他不来过节吗？”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那时，祭司长和法利赛人早已吩咐说，若有人知道耶稣在哪里，就要报明，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.