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Epistles of Ignatius 1-4

Greek original · 29 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss

1-4:praef.1

Ἰγνατιος, ὁ καὶ Θεοφόρος, τῇ ἠλεημένῃ ἐν μεγαλειότητι πατρὸς ὑψίστου καὶ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ μόνου υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ ἐκκλησίᾳ ἠγαπημένῃ καὶ πεφωτισμένῃ ἐν θελήματι τοῦ θελήσαντος τὰ πάντα,ἃ ἔστιν, κατὰ ἀγάπην Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, τοῦ θεοῦ ἡμῶν, ἥτις καὶ προκάθηται ἐν τόπῳ χωρίου Ῥωμαίων, ἀξιόθεος, ἀξιοπρεπής, ἀξιομακάριστος, ἀξιέπαινος, ἀξιεπίτευκτος, ἀξίαγνος καὶ προκαθημένη τῆς ἀγάπης, χριστώνυμος, πατρώνυμος, ἣν καὶ ἀσπάζομαι ἐν ὀνόματι Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, υἱοῦ πατρός: κατὰ σάρκα καὶ πνεῦμα ἡνωμένοις πάσῃ ἐντολῇ αὐτοῦ, πεπληρωμένοις χάριτος θεοῦ ἀδιακρίτως καὶ ἀποδιυλισμένοις ἀπὸ παντὸς ἀλλοτρίου χρώματος πλεῖστα ἐν Ἰησοῦ Χριστῷ, τῷ θεῷ ἡμῶν, ἀμώμως χαίρειν

Ignatius, also called Theophorus, to the church that has obtained mercy in the majesty of the Father Most High and of Jesus Christ his only Son; beloved and enlightened by the will of him who willed all things that exist, according to the love of Jesus Christ our God; which also presides in the region of the Romans, worthy of God, worthy of honour, worthy of all blessing, worthy of praise, worthy of success, worthy in purity, and presiding in love, bearing the name of Christ and the name of the Father; which I also greet in the name of Jesus Christ, Son of the Father— to those united in flesh and spirit to every commandment of his, filled with the grace of God without wavering and filtered clean from every foreign stain, abundant and blameless greetings in Jesus Christ our God.

伊格那丟，又名神舍者，致那在至高之父並祂獨生子耶穌基督的威嚴中蒙憐憫的教會；這教會蒙那定意創造一切存在之物者的旨意所愛、所光照，是照著我們的神耶穌基督的愛；它也在羅馬人的境內居首位，配得神、配得尊榮、配得一切稱頌、配得讚美、配得成就、配得在純潔中、並在愛中居首位，是冠以基督之名、冠以父之名的；我也奉耶穌基督——父的兒子——的名問候它。願那些在肉身和靈裡與祂一切誡命聯合、毫不動搖地被神的恩典充滿、又從一切外來污染中被濾淨的人，在我們的神耶穌基督裡得享豐盛無瑕的問安。

1-4:1.1

Ἐπεὶ εὐξάμενος θεῷ ἐπέτυχον ἰδεῖν ὑμῶν τὰ ἀξιόθεα πρόσωπα, ὡς καὶ πλέον ᾐτούμην λαβεῖν: δεδεμένος γὰρ ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ ἐλπίζω ὑμᾶς ἀσπάσασθαι, ἐάνπερ θέλημαᾖ τοῦ ἀξιωθῆναί με εἰς τέλος εἶναι

Since by prayer to God I have succeeded in seeing your God-worthy faces, as indeed I asked to receive even more— for bound in Christ Jesus I hope to greet you, if it be the will that I be counted worthy to reach the end—

既然我藉著向神禱告，得以見到你們那配得神的面容，正如我所求要得著更多的——因為我這在基督耶穌裡被捆鎖的人，盼望得以問候你們，只要那是叫我蒙看為配、得以達到終點的旨意——

1-4:1.2

ἡ μὲν γὰρ ἀρχὴ εὐοικονόμητός ἐστιν, ἐάνπερ χάριτος ἐπιτύχω εἰς τὸ τὸν κλῆρόν μου ἀνεμποδίστως ἀπολαβεῖν. φοβοῦμαι γὰρ τὴν ὑμῶν ἀγάπην, μὴ αὐτή με ἀδικήσῃ. ὑμῖν γὰρ εὐχερές ἐστιν, ὃ θέλετε, ποιῆσαι: ἐμοὶ δὲ δύσκολόν ἐστιν τοῦ θεοῦ ἐπιτυχεῖν, ἐάνπερ ὑμεῖς μὴ φείσησθέ μου

For the beginning is well-managed, if indeed I obtain the grace to receive my lot unhindered. For I fear your love, lest it wrong me. For it is easy for you to do what you wish, but it is hard for me to attain to God, if you do not spare me.

因為這開端本是料理得好的，只要我得著恩典，毫無攔阻地領受我的分。因為我懼怕你們的愛，恐怕它反倒害了我。因為你們要行所願的是容易的，我要歸向神卻是難的，倘若你們不肯放過我。

1-4:2.1

Οὐ γὰρ θέλω ὑμᾶς ἀνθρωπαρεσκῆσαι, ἀλλὰ θεῷ ἀρέσαι, ὥσπερ καὶ ἀρέσκετε. οὔτε γὰρ ἐγώ ποτε ἕξω καιρὸν τοιοῦτον θεοῦ ἐπιτυχεῖν, οὔτε ὑμεῖς, ἐὰν σιωπήσητε, κρείττονι ἔργῳ ἔχετε ἐπιγραφῆναι. ἐὰν γὰρ σιωπήσητε ἀπ̓ ἐμοῦ, ἐγὼ λόγος θεοῦ: ἐὰν δὲ ἐρασθῆτε τῆς σαρκός μου. πάλιν ἕσομαι φωνή

For I do not want you to please men, but to please God, as indeed you do please him. For neither shall I ever have such an opportunity to attain to God, nor can you, if you keep silent, be credited with a better work. For if you keep silent concerning me, I shall be a word of God; but if you love my flesh, I shall again be only a voice.

因為我不願你們討人喜歡，乃願你們討神喜歡，正如你們確實討祂喜歡。因為我再不會有這樣的機會歸向神，你們若緘默，也再得不著比這更美的功業可記在你們名下。因為你們若為我緘默，我就成為神的道；你們若戀慕我的肉身，我就又不過是個聲音了。

1-4:2.2

πλέον μοι μὴ παράσχησθε τοῦ σπονδισθῆναι θεῷ, ὡς ἔτι θυσιαστήριον ἕτοιμόν ἐστιν, ἵνα ἐν ἀγάπῃ χορὸς γενόμενοι ᾅσητε τῷ πατρὶ ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ, ὅτι τὸν ἐπίσκοπον Συρίας ὁ θεὸς κατηξίωσεν εὑρεθῆναι εἰς δύσιν ἀπὸ ἀνατολῆς μεταπεμψάμενος. καλὸν τὸ δῦναι ἀπὸ κόσμου πρὸς θεόν, ἵνα εἰς αὐτὸν ἀνατείλω

Grant me nothing more than to be poured out as a libation to God, while there is still an altar ready, so that, becoming a chorus in love, you may sing to the Father in Christ Jesus, because God has counted the bishop of Syria worthy to be found at the setting, having summoned him from the rising. It is good to set from the world unto God, that I may rise unto him.

除了讓我被澆奠歸與神之外，不要再給我別的；趁著還有祭壇預備好的時候，好叫你們在愛中組成詩班，在基督耶穌裡向父歌唱，因為神看敘利亞的監督為配，把他從日出之地召來，使他在日落之處被尋見。從這世界沉落、歸向神是美的，好叫我能向祂升起。

1-4:3.1

Οὐδέποτε ἐβασκάνατε οὐδενί, ἄλλους ἐδιδάξατε. ἐγὼ δὲ θέλω, ἵνα κἀκεῖνα βέβαιαᾖἃ μαθητεύοντες ἐντέλλεσθε

You never envied anyone; you taught others. And I want those things also to be confirmed which you command as teachers.

你們從未嫉妒過任何人；你們教導了別人。我也願你們身為教師所吩咐的那些事，得以堅立。

1-4:3.2

μόνον μοι δύναμιν αἰτεῖσθε ἔσωθέν τε καὶ ἔξωθεν, ἵνα μὴ μόνον λέγω ἀλλὰ καὶ θέλω, ἵνα μὴ μόνον λέγωμαι Χριστιανὸς ἀλλὰ καὶ εὑρεθῶ. ἐὰν γὰρ εὑρεθῶ, καὶ λέγεσθαι δύναμαι, καὶ τότε πιστὸς εἶναι, ὅταν κόσμῳ μὴ φαίνωμαι

Only ask power for me, both within and without, that I may not only speak but also will it; that I may not only be called a Christian but also be found one. For if I am found one, I can also be called one, and then be faithful, when I no longer appear to the world.

只求你們為我祈求能力，無論在內在外，好叫我不只是說，更是甘心願意；不只被稱為基督徒，更被尋見是基督徒。因為我若被尋見是基督徒，便也配得稱呼，並且那時才算忠信，就是當我不再向世人顯露的時候。

1-4:3.3

οὐδὲν φαινόμενον καλόν: ὁ γὰρ θεὸς ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς ἐν πατρὶ ὢν μᾶλλον φαίνεται. οὐ πεισμονῆς τὸ ἔργον, ἀλλὰ μεγέθους ἐστὶν ὁ Χριστιανισμός, ὅταν μισῆται ὑπὸ κόσμου

Nothing visible is good; for our God, Jesus Christ, being in the Father, is the more manifest. Christianity is not the work of persuasion, but of greatness, when it is hated by the world.

凡看得見的都算不得美；因為我們的神耶穌基督在父裡面，反倒更顯明。基督教不是靠說服的工作，乃是宏大的事，正當它被世界恨惡的時候。

1-4:4.1

Ἐγὼ γράφω πάσαις ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις, καὶ ἐντέλλομαι πᾶσιν, ὅτι ἐγὼ ἑκὼν ὑπὲρ θεοῦ ἀποθνήσκω, ἐάνπερ ὑμεῖς μὴ κωλύσητε. παρακαλῶ ὑμᾶς, μὴ εὔνοια ἄκαιρος γένησθέ μοι. ἄφετέ με θηρίων εἶναι βοράν, δἰ ὦν ἔνεστιν θεοῦ ἐπιτυχεῖν. σῖτός εἰμι θεοῦ καὶ δἰ ὀδόντων θηρίων ἀλήθομαι, ἵνα καθαρὸς ἄρτος εὑρεθῶ τοῦ Χριστοῦ

I write to all the churches, and I charge all, that I willingly die for God, if only you do not hinder me. I beseech you, do not become an untimely kindness to me. Let me be food for the wild beasts, through which I can attain to God. I am God's wheat, and I am ground by the teeth of wild beasts, that I may be found pure bread of Christ.

我寫信給眾教會，吩咐眾人：我是甘心為神而死的，只要你們不攔阻我。我懇求你們，不要對我作不合時宜的恩惠。讓我作野獸的食物，藉著牠們我能歸向神。我是神的麥子，被野獸的牙齒磨碎，好叫我被尋見作基督純淨的餅。

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μᾶλλον κολακεύσατε τὰ θηρία, ἵνα μοι τάφος γένωνται καὶ μηθὲν καταλίπωσι τῶν τοῦ σώματός μου, ἵνα μὴ κοιμηθεὶς βαρύς τινι γένωμαι. τότε ἔσομαι μαθητὴς ἀληθῶς Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὅτε οὐδὲ τὸ σῶμά μου ὁ κόσμος ὄψεται. λιτανεύσατε τὸν Χριστὸν ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ, ἵνα διὰ τῶν ὀργάνων τούτων θυσία εὑρεθῶ

Rather coax the wild beasts, that they may become my tomb and leave nothing of my body, so that when I have fallen asleep I may be a burden to no one. Then I shall truly be a disciple of Jesus Christ, when the world no longer sees even my body. Entreat Christ on my behalf, that through these instruments I may be found a sacrifice.

倒不如哄誘那些野獸，叫牠們作我的墳墓，連我身體的一點也不留下，好叫我安睡後不致成為任何人的負擔。那時我才真是耶穌基督的門徒，就是當世界連我的身體也看不見的時候。求你們為我向基督祈求，好叫我藉這些器具被尋見作祭物。

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οὐχ ὡς Πέτρος καὶ Παῦλος διατάσσομαι ὑμῖν. ἐκεῖνοι ἀπόστολοι, ἐγὼ κατάκριτος: ἐκεῖνοι ἐλεύθεροι, ἐγὼ δὲ μέχρι νῦν δοῦλος. ἀλλ̓ ἐὰν πάθω, ἀπελεύθερος γενήσομαι Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ καὶ ἀναστήσομαι ἐν αὐτῷ ἐλεύθερος. νῦν μανθάνω δεδεμένος μηδὲν ἐπιθυμεῖν

I do not command you as did Peter and Paul. They were apostles; I am a condemned man. They were free; I am even now a slave. But if I suffer, I shall become a freedman of Jesus Christ, and shall rise free in him. Now, bound, I learn to desire nothing.

我並不像彼得和保羅那樣吩咐你們。他們是使徒，我是被定罪的人；他們是自由的，我直到如今還是奴僕。但我若受苦，就要成為耶穌基督的自由人，並要在祂裡面復活得自由。如今我被捆鎖，學習一無所求。

1-4:5.1

Ἀπὸ Συρίας μέχρι Ῥώμης θηριομαχῶ, διὰ γῆς καὶ θαλάσσης, νυκτὸς καὶ ἧμερας, δεδεμένος δέκα λεοπάρδοις, ὅ ἐστιν στρατιωτικὸν τάγμα: οἲ καὶ εὐεργετούμενοι χείρους γίνονται. ἐν δὲ τοῖς ἀδικήμασιν αὐτῶν μᾶλλον μαθητεύομαι, ἀλλ̓ οὐ παρὰ τοῦτο δεδικαίωμαι

From Syria as far as Rome I fight with wild beasts, by land and sea, night and day, bound to ten leopards— that is, a detachment of soldiers— who become worse even when treated kindly. But by their wrongdoings I am the more discipled; yet I am not thereby justified.

從敘利亞直到羅馬，我都在與野獸搏鬥，水陸並行，晝夜不息，被捆綁在十隻豹子（就是一隊兵丁）之間；他們越受善待，反越凶惡。但藉著他們的惡行，我越發受教作門徒；只是我並不因此就算為義。

1-4:5.2

ὀναίμην τῶν θηρίων τῶν ἐμοὶ ἡτοιμασμένων καὶ εὔχομαι σύντομά μοι εὑρεθῆναι:ἃ καὶ κολακεύσω, συντόμως με καταφαγεῖν, οὐχ ὥσπερ τινῶν δειλαινόμενα οὐχ ἥψαντο. κἂν αὐτὰ δὲ ἄκοντα μὴ θελήσῃ, ἐγὼ προσβιάσομαι

May I have joy of the wild beasts prepared for me; and I pray that they be found prompt for me. I will even coax them to devour me quickly, not as with some, whom out of fear they did not touch. And even if they are unwilling and refuse, I will force them.

但願我因那為我預備的野獸得益處；我祈願牠們對我利落。我甚至要哄誘牠們快快吞吃我，不像對有些人那樣，因懼怕而不肯下口。即使牠們不甘願、不肯動，我也要強逼牠們。

1-4:5.3

συγγνώμην μοι ἔχετε: τί μοι συμφέρει, ἐγὼ γινώσκω, νῦν ἄρχομαι μαθητὴς εἶναι. μηθέν με ζηλώσαι τῶν ὁρατῶν καὶ ἀοράτων, ἵνα Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐπιτύχω. πῦρ καὶ σταυρὸς θηρίων τε συστάσεις, ἀνατομαί, διαιρέσεις, σκορπισμοὶ ὀστέων, συγκοπὴ μελῶν, ἀλεσμοὶ ὅλου τοῦ σώματος, κακαὶ κολάσεις τοῦ διαβόλου ἐπ ἐμὲ ἐρχέσθωσαν, μόνον ἵνα Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐπιτύχω

Bear with me: I know what is profitable for me. Now I begin to be a disciple. Let nothing of things visible or invisible envy me my attaining to Jesus Christ. Let fire and cross and packs of wild beasts, cuttings and manglings, scatterings of bones, hacking of limbs, grindings of the whole body, the evil torments of the devil, come upon me, only that I may attain to Jesus Christ.

請你們包容我：我知道甚麼對我有益。如今我才開始作門徒。願一切可見與不可見的，都不嫉妒我得以歸向耶穌基督。火、十字架、群獸、剮割、肢解、骨頭的散落、四肢的砍斷、全身的碾磨、魔鬼一切惡毒的酷刑，儘管都臨到我身上，只要我能歸向耶穌基督。

1-4:6.1

Οὐδέν μοι ὠφελήσει τὰ πέρατα τοῦ κόσμου οὐδὲ αἱ βασιλεῖαι τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου. καλόν μοι ἀποθανεῖν εἰς Χριστὸν Ἰησοῦν, ἢ βασιλεύειν τῶν περάτων τῆς γῆς. ἐκεῖνον ζητῶ, τὸν ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν ἀποθανόντα: ἐκεῖνον θέλω, τὸν δἰ ἡμᾶς ἀναστάντα. ὁ δὲ τοκετός μοι ἐπίκειται

The ends of the world will profit me nothing, nor the kingdoms of this age. It is good for me to die into Christ Jesus rather than to reign over the ends of the earth. Him I seek, who died for us; him I desire, who rose again for us. My birth-pangs are upon me.

地極對我毫無益處，這世代的萬國也是如此。我寧可死而歸入基督耶穌，勝過作王統治地的四極。我所尋求的，是那為我們死的；我所切慕的，是那為我們復活的。我產難的陣痛已臨到我了。

1-4:6.2

σύγγνωτέ μοι, ἀδελφοί: μὴ ἐμποδίσητέ μοι ζῆσαι, μὴ θελήσητε με ἀποθανεῖν: τὸν τοῦ θεοῦ θέλοντα εἶναι κόσμῳ μὴ χαρίσησθε, μηδὲ ὕλῃ ἐξαπατήσητε: ἄφετέ με καθαρὸν φῶς λαβεῖν: ἐκεῖ παραγενόμενος ἄνθρωπος ἔσομαι

Bear with me, brothers: do not hinder me from living, do not wish me to die. Do not give to the world the one who wills to be God's, nor deceive him with matter. Allow me to receive pure light; arriving there I shall be a man.

弟兄們，請包容我：不要攔阻我活，不要願我死。不要把那願意屬神的人交給世界，也不要用物質欺哄他。讓我得著純淨的光；到了那裡，我才成為真正的人。

1-4:6.3

ἐπιτρέψατέ μοι μιμητὴν εἶναι τοῦ πάθους τοῦ θεοῦ μου. εἴ τις αὐτὸν ἐν ἑαυτῷ ἔχει, νοησάτω ὃ θέλω, καὶ συμπαθείτω μοι εἰδὼς τὰ συνέχοντά με

Permit me to be an imitator of the passion of my God. If anyone has him within himself, let him understand what I wish, and let him sympathize with me, knowing the things that constrain me.

容我效法我神的受苦。若有人裡面有祂，就讓他明白我所願的，並體恤我，知道那些催逼我的事。

1-4:7.1

Ὁ ἄρχων τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου διαρπάσαι με βούλεται καὶ τὴν εἰς θεόν μου γνώμην διαφθεῖραι. μηδεὶς οὖν τῶν παρόντων ὑμῶν βοηθείτω αὐτῷ: μᾶλλον ἐμοῦ γίνεσθε, τουτέστιν τοῦ θεοῦ. μὴ λαλεῖτε Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν, κόσμον δὲ ἐπιθυμεῖτε

The ruler of this age wishes to seize me and to corrupt my mind set toward God. Let none of you who are present help him; rather become mine, that is, God's. Do not speak of Jesus Christ while desiring the world.

這世代之君想要擄掠我，敗壞我向著神的心志。願你們這些在場的人，沒有一個幫助他；倒要歸我，就是歸神。不要一面口稱耶穌基督，一面貪戀世界。

1-4:7.2

βασκανία ἐν ὑμῖν μὴ κατοικείτω. μηδ̓ ἂν ἐγὼ παρὼν παρακαλῶ ὑμᾶς, πείσθητέ μοι: τούτοις δὲ μᾶλλον πείσθητε, οἷς γράφω ὑμῖν. ζῶν γὰρ γράφω ὑμῖν, ἐρῶν τοῦ ἀποθανεῖν. ὁ ἐμὸς ἔρως ἐσταύρωται, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν ἐμοὶ πῦρ φιλόυλον: ὕδωρ δὲ ζῶν καὶ λαλοῦν ἐν ἐμοί, ἔσωθέν μοι λέγον: Δεῦρο πρὸς τὸν πατέρα

Let no envy dwell among you. Even if I myself, when present, beseech you, do not obey me; rather obey these things which I write to you. For I write to you while living, longing to die. My love has been crucified, and there is in me no fire that loves matter; but living water, speaking within me, says to me from within: 'Come to the Father.'

不要讓嫉妒住在你們中間。縱然我親自在場懇求你們，你們也不要聽我；倒要聽我所寫給你們的這些話。因為我是活著寫信給你們，渴望死。我的愛慾已被釘十字架，我裡面再沒有戀慕物質的火；只有活水在我裡面說話，從裡面對我說：『來歸向父。』

1-4:7.3

οὐχ ἥδομαι τροφῇ φθορᾶς οὐδὲ ἡδοναῖς τοῦ βίου τούτου. ἄρτον θεοῦ θέλω, ὅ ἐστιν σὰρξ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, τοῦ ἐκ σπέρματος Δαυείδ, καὶ πόμα θέλω τὸ αἷμα αὐτοῦ, ὅ ἐστιν ἀγάπη ἄφθαρτος

I take no pleasure in corruptible food nor in the pleasures of this life. I desire the bread of God, which is the flesh of Jesus Christ, who is of the seed of David; and for drink I desire his blood, which is incorruptible love.

我不以那會朽壞的食物為樂，也不以今生的宴樂為樂。我所切慕的是神的餅，就是耶穌基督的肉身，祂是出於大衛的後裔；至於飲，我所切慕的是祂的血，就是那不朽的愛。

1-4:8.1

Οὐκέτι θέλω κατὰ ἀνθρώπους ζῆν. τοῦτο δὲ ἔσται, ἐὰν ὑμεῖς θελήσητε. θελήσατε, ἵνα καὶ ὑμεῖς θεληθῆτε

I no longer wish to live according to men. And this shall be, if you so will. Will it, that you also may be willed.

我不再願意按人而活。這事必能成就，只要你們願意。你們要願意，好叫你們也蒙神願意。

1-4:8.2

δἰ ὀλίγων γραμμάτων αἰτοῦμαι ὑμᾶς: πιστεύσατέ μοι. Ἰησοῦς δὲ Χριστὸς ὑμῖν ταῦτα φανερώσει, ὅτι ἀληθῶς λέγω: τὸ ἀψευδὲς στόμα, ἐν ᾧ ὁ πατὴρ ἐλάλησεν ἀληθῶς

By a few letters I ask you: believe me. And Jesus Christ will make these things plain to you, that I speak truly— he the mouth that does not lie, in which the Father has truly spoken.

我藉這幾行字求你們：要信我。耶穌基督必向你們顯明這些事，證明我所說的是真的——祂是那不說謊的口，父確實藉著這口說了話。

1-4:8.3

αἰτήσασθε περὶ ἐμοῦ, ἵνα ἐπιτύχω. οὐ κατὰ σάρκα ὑμῖν ἔγραψα, ἀλλὰ κατὰ γνώμην θεοῦ. ἐὰν πάθω, ἠθελήσατε: ἐὰν ἀποδοκιμασθῶ, ἐμισήσατε

Pray for me, that I may attain. I have written to you not according to the flesh, but according to the mind of God. If I suffer, you have willed it; if I am rejected, you have hated me.

求你們為我禱告，好叫我能達到目的。我寫信給你們，不是按肉體，乃是按神的心意。我若受苦，便是你們所願的；我若被棄絕，便是你們所恨的。

1-4:9.1

Μνημονεύετε ἐν τῇ προσευχῇ ὑμῶν τῆς ἐν Συρίᾳ ἐκκλησίας, ἥτις ἀντὶ ἐμοῦ ποιμένι τῷ θεῷ χρῆται. μόνος αὐτὴν Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς ἐπισκοπήσει καὶ ἡ ὑμῶν ἀγάπη

Remember in your prayer the church in Syria, which now has God as shepherd in my place. Jesus Christ alone will oversee it as bishop— he and your love.

求你們在禱告中記念敘利亞的教會；如今它以神代替我作牧人。惟有耶穌基督要作監督看顧它——就是祂和你們的愛。

1-4:9.2

ἐγὼ δὲ αἰσχύνομαι ἐξ αὐτῶν λέγεσθαι: οὐδὲ γὰρ ἄξιός εἰμι, ὣν ἔσχατος αὐτῶν καὶ ἔκτρωμα: ἀλλ̓ ἠλέημαί τις εἶναι, ἐὰν θεοῦ ἐπιτύχω

But I am ashamed to be called one of them; for I am not worthy, being the least of them and as one untimely born. But I have obtained mercy to be someone, if I attain to God.

但我羞於被稱為他們中間的一員；因為我不配，我是他們中最小的，如同未到產期而生的。然而我若得以歸向神，便蒙了憐憫，得以算為一個人物。

1-4:9.3

ἀσπάζεται ὑμᾶς τὸ ἐμὸν πνεῦμα καὶ ἡ ἀγάπη τῶν ἐκκλησιῶν τῶν δεξαμένων με εἰς ὄνομα Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, οὐχ ὡς παροδεύοντα. καὶ γὰρ αἱ μὴ προσήκουσαί μοι τῇ ὁδῷ τῇ κατὰ σάρκα, κατὰ πόλιν με προῆγον

My spirit greets you, and the love of the churches that received me in the name of Jesus Christ, not as one merely passing through. For even those churches that did not lie on my route according to the flesh went before me from city to city.

我的靈問你們安，還有那些奉耶穌基督的名接待我、不把我當作過路客的眾教會的愛也問你們安。因為連那些按肉身不在我路途上的教會，也城接著城地在前面迎接我。

1-4:10.1

Γράφω δὲ ὑμῖν ταῦτα ἀπὸ Σμύρνης δἰ Ἐφεσίων τῶν ἀξιομακαρίστων. ἔστιν δὲ καὶ ἅμα ἐμοὶ σὺν ἄλλοις πολλοῖς καὶ Κρόκος, τὸ ποθητόν μοι ὄνομα

I write these things to you from Smyrna by the hand of the Ephesians, worthy of all blessing. And there is with me, together with many others, also Crocus, the name dear to me.

我從士每拿，藉那配得一切稱頌的以弗所人之手寫這些給你們。和我同在的，除了許多別人之外，還有克羅古，這名是我所親愛的。

1-4:10.2

περὶ τῶν προελθόντων με ἀπὸ Συρίας εἰς Ῥώμην εἰς δόξαν τοῦ θεοῦ πιστεύω ὑμᾶς ἐπεγνωκέναι, οἷς καὶ δηλώσατε ἐγγύς με ὄντα. πάντες γάρ εἰσιν ἄξιοι τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ ὑμῶν: οὕς πρέπον ὑμῖν ἐστὶν κατὰ πάντα ἀναπαῦσαι

Concerning those who went before me from Syria to Rome for the glory of God, I believe you have come to know them; make known to them that I am near. For they are all worthy of God and of you; it is fitting for you to refresh them in every way.

論到那些為神的榮耀，從敘利亞先我去到羅馬的人，我相信你們已經認識他們了；求你們告訴他們，我已將近了。因為他們都配得神，也配得你們；你們理當在各樣事上使他們得安息。

1-4:10.3

ἔγραψα δὲ ὑμῖν ταῦτα τῇ πρὸ ἐννέα καλανδῶν Σεπτεμβρίων. ἔρρωσθε εἰς τέλος ἐν ὑπομονῇ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ

I have written these things to you on the ninth day before the Kalends of September. Farewell unto the end, in the endurance of Jesus Christ.

我在九月初一前第九日（即八月二十四日）寫了這些給你們。願你們在耶穌基督的忍耐中，平安到底。

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