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Homilies on Second Timothy 8 part 2/2

Greek original · 17 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss · long chapter, split into parts; this part covers 8:285–8:301 (301 verses in all)

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8:285

τὸ μὲν γὰρ πρᾶγμα οὐκ ἐξέβη, τὴν δὲ λύπην ὑπέμεινεν, ἐταρίχευσεν ἑαυτόν

for the thing did not come to pass, yet he endured the grief and pickled himself in it.

因為那事並沒有發生，他卻擔受了憂愁，把自己浸泡在苦楚裡。

8:286

Εἰ συνέφερε τοῦτο, οὐκ ἂν ἡμῖν ἐφθόνησεν ὁ Θεός·

If this were profitable, God would not have grudged it to us;

這事若有益處，神就不會吝惜不給我們；

8:287

οὐκ ἂν ἐβάσκηνεν ὁ τὰ ἐν οὐρανοῖς εἰπών

He who told us the things in the heavens would not have begrudged it.

那位向我們述說諸天之事的，斷不會嫉惜不肯告訴我們。

8:288

Ὅσα γὰρ ἤκουσα παρὰ τοῦ Πατρὸς,. φησὶ, πάντα ἐγνώρισα ὑμῖν, καὶ πάντα ὅσα ἤκουσα παρὰ τοῦ Πατρὸς, ἀπήγγειλα ὑμῖν·

'For all things,' He says, 'that I heard from the Father I have made known to you; and all things whatsoever I heard from the Father I have declared to you';

祂說：「因為我從父所聽見的一切，都已叫你們知道了；凡我從父所聽見的，都已告訴了你們」；

8:289

καὶ, Οὐ λέγω ὑμᾶς δούλους, ἀλλὰ φίλους·

and, 'I call you not servants, but friends.'

又說：「我不再稱你們為僕人，乃稱你們為朋友。」

8:290

Διὰ τί οὖν ταῦτα οὐκ ἐγνώρισεν ἡμῖν·

Why then did He not make these things known to us?

那麼祂為什麼沒有把這些事（指預知未來之事）叫我們知道呢？

8:291

Ὅτι βούλεται μηδένα λόγον ἔχειν ἡμᾶς αὐτῶν

Because He wills that we should take no account of them.

因為祂願意我們絲毫不將這些事放在心上。

8:292

Ἐπεὶ ὅτι οὐ βασκαίνει, τοῖς παλαιοῖς ταῦτα ἐλέγετο, καὶ περὶ ὄνου καὶ ἑτέρων τινῶν, ἐπειδὴ νήπιοι ἦσαν·

Since, to show that He does not begrudge it, to the ancients these things were told, both concerning an ass and certain other matters, because they were babes;

既然為要顯明祂並非嫉惜，對古時的人，這類事就曾被告知，無論是關乎驢的事，或是別的一些事，因為他們還是嬰孩；

8:293

ἡμῖν δὲ, ἐπειδὴ βούλεται μηδένα λόγον ἡμῖν εἶναι περὶ αὐτῶν, οὐδὲ φροντίδα ἔθετο ταύτην τοῦ γνωρίσαι ἡμῖν

but to us, since He wills that we should have no concern about them, He did not even lay upon Himself this care of making them known to us.

但對我們，既然祂願意我們對這些事毫不關切，祂就連把這些事告訴我們的這番心思也沒有放在其上。

8:294

Ἀλλὰ τί μανθάνομεν; Ὅπερ οὐκ ἔμαθον ἐκεῖνοι·

But what do we learn? That which those did not learn;

但我們所學的是什麼呢？就是那些人所沒有學到的；

8:295

ἃ δὲ ἡμεῖς ἐμάθομεν ἐστὶ ταῦτα, ὅτι ἐγειρόμεθα, ὅτι ἀθάνατοι ἐσόμεθα, ὅτι ἄφθαρτοι, ὅτι οὐκ ἔχει τέλος ἡ ζωὴ, ὅτι πάντα παρελεύσεται, ὅτι ἐν νεφέλαις ἁρπαγησόμεθα, ὅτι οἱ πονηροὶ κόλασιν τίσουσι, μυρία πρὸς τούτοις ἕτερα, καὶ οὐδέν ἐστι ψεῦδος

and the things which we have learned are these: that we shall be raised, that we shall be immortal, that we shall be incorruptible, that life has no end, that all things shall pass away, that we shall be caught up in the clouds, that the wicked shall pay the penalty—and countless other things besides these, and none of it is false.

我們所學的乃是這些：我們要復活，我們要成為不死的，要成為不朽壞的，生命沒有窮盡，萬物都要過去，我們要在雲裡被提，惡人要受懲罰的報應—除此以外還有無數別的事，其中沒有一件是虛謊的。

8:296

Οὐ πολλῷ βέλτιον εἰδέναι ταῦτα, ἢ ὅτι ὁ ὄνος ὁ ἀπολόμενος εὑρέθη; Ἰδοὺ ἔλαβες τὸν ὄνον, ἰδοὺ εὗρες·

Is it not far better to know these things than that the lost ass has been found? Behold, you have got the ass, behold, you have found it;

曉得這些事，豈不遠勝於曉得那走失的驢已經找著了嗎？看哪，你得了那驢，看哪，你找著了；

8:297

τί τὸ κέρδος; οὐ πάλιν ἀπολλύεις αὐτὸν ἑτέρῳ τρόπῳ; Κἂν γὰρ αὐτός σε μὴ ἀφῇ, σὺ αὐτὸν ἀφήσεις τῇ τελευτῇ·

what is the gain? Do you not again lose it in another way? For even if it does not leave you, you will leave it at your death;

有什麼益處呢？你豈不是又要以別的方式失去牠麼？因為縱然牠不離開你，你到死的時候也要離棄牠；

8:298

τὰ δὲ πράγματα, ἅπερ ἐγὼ εἶπον, ἂν κρατεῖν βουλώμεθα, διηνεκῶς ἔχομεν

but the things which I have spoken of, if we are willing to hold fast to them, we possess perpetually.

然而我所說的那些事，我們若肯持守，就能永遠擁有。

8:299

Ἐκεῖνα τοίνυν διώκωμεν, ἐκείνων ἐχώμεθα τῶν μενόντων, τῶν βεβαίων

Let us therefore pursue those things, let us cleave to those things which abide, which are sure.

所以，我們要追求那些事，要持守那些長存的、確定的事。

8:300

Μὴ προσέχωμεν μάντεσι, μηδὲ χρησμολόγοις, μηδὲ ἀγύρταις, ἀλλ' ἢ τῷ Θεῷ τῷ πάντα εἰδότι σαφῶς, τῷ τὴν γνῶσιν ἔχοντι τῶν ἁπάντων·

Let us not give heed to soothsayers, nor to dealers in oracles, nor to charlatans, but only to God, who knows all things clearly, who possesses the knowledge of all that is.

我們不要理會卜卦者、算命者，也不要理會江湖術士，只要理會那清楚知道萬事的神，那擁有一切知識的神。

8:301

καὶ οὕτω πάντα εἰσόμεθα, ὃ εἰδέναι χρὴ, καὶ πάντων τῶν ἀγαθῶν ἐπιτευξόμεθα

And thus shall we know all things, whatever we ought to know, and shall attain unto all good things.

如此，凡我們當知道的，我們都必知道，並且必得著一切美善之物。

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