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3 Maccabees 6
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6:1
Ελεαζαρος δέ τις ἀνὴρ ἐπίσημος τῶν ἀπὸ τῆς χώρας ἱερέων ἐν πρεσβείῳ τὴν ἡλικίαν ἤδη λελογχὼς καὶ πάσῃ τῇ κατὰ τὸν βίον ἀρετῇ κεκοσμημένος τοὺς περὶ αὐτὸν καταστείλας πρεσβυτέρους ἐπικαλεῖσθαι τὸν ἅγιον θεὸν προσηύξατο τάδε
And Eleazar, an illustrious priest of the country, who had attained to length of days, and whose life had been adorned with virtue, caused the presbyters who were about him to cease to cry out to the holy God, and prayed thus:
有一個名叫以利亞撒的人，是鄉間祭司中有名望的，年事已高，一生以各樣的美德為妝飾；他止住身邊那些長老的呼喊，便求告那聖潔的神，這樣禱告說：
6:2
βασιλεῦ μεγαλοκράτωρ ὕψιστε παντοκράτωρ θεὲ τὴν πᾶσαν διακυβερνῶν ἐν οἰκτιρμοῖς κτίσιν
O king, mighty in power, most high, Almighty God, who regulates the whole creation with your tender mercy,
「王啊，大有權能的主、至高者、全能的神，你以慈憐治理全受造之物，
6:3
ἔπιδε ἐπὶ Αβρααμ σπέρμα ἐπὶ ἡγιασμένου τέκνα Ιακωβ μερίδος ἡγιασμένης σου λαὸν ἐν ξένῃ γῇ ξένον ἀδίκως ἀπολλύμενον πάτερ
look upon the seed of Abraham, upon the children of the sanctified Jacob, your sanctified inheritance, O Father, now being wrongfully destroyed as strangers in a strange land.
求你垂顧亞伯拉罕的後裔，垂顧成聖的雅各的兒女，就是你聖潔的產業，父啊，他們如今在異地作客旅，無辜地被滅絕。
6:4
σὺ Φαραω πληθύνοντα ἅρμασιν τὸν πρὶν Αἰγύπτου ταύτης δυνάστην ἐπαρθέντα ἀνόμῳ θράσει καὶ γλώσσῃ μεγαλορρήμονι σὺν τῇ ὑπερηφάνῳ στρατιᾷ ποντοβρόχους ἀπώλεσας φέγγος ἐπιφάνας ἐλέους Ισραηλ γένει
You destroyed Pharaoh, with his army of chariots, when that lord of this same Egypt was uplifted with lawless hardihood and loud-sounding tongue. Shedding the beams of your mercy upon the race of Israel, you did overwhelm him with his proud army.
你曾毀滅那從前駕著眾多戰車、作這埃及之主、以不法的膽大和狂言自高的法老，連同他那狂傲的軍隊一同沉於海中淹沒；你向以色列民照耀了你憐憫的光輝。
6:5
σὺ τὸν ἀναριθμήτοις δυνάμεσιν γαυρωθέντα Σενναχηριμ βαρὺν Ἀσσυρίων βασιλέα δόρατι τὴν πᾶσαν ὑποχείριον ἤδη λαβόντα γῆν καὶ μετεωρισθέντα ἐπὶ τὴν ἁγίαν σου πόλιν βαρέα λαλοῦντα κόμπῳ καὶ θράσει σύ δέσποτα ἔθραυσας ἔκδηλον δεικνὺς ἔθνεσιν πολλοῖς τὸ σὸν κράτος
When Sennacherim, the grievous king of the Assyrians, glorying in his countless army, had subdued the whole land with his spear, and was lifting himself against your holy city, with boastings grievous to be endured, you, O Lord, did demolish him and did show forth your might to many nations.
那倚仗無數軍兵而自誇的西拿基立，就是那殘暴的亞述王，他用刀劍把全地都收歸己手，又高抬自己攻擊你的聖城，狂妄膽大地說出難忍的話來；主宰啊，你卻打碎了他，向許多國民彰顯了你的權能。
6:6
σὺ τοὺς κατὰ τὴν Βαβυλωνίαν τρεῖς ἑταίρους πυρὶ τὴν ψυχὴν αὐθαιρέτως δεδωκότας εἰς τὸ μὴ λατρεῦσαι τοῖς κενοῖς διάπυρον δροσίσας κάμινον ἐρρύσω μέχρι τριχὸς ἀπημάντους φλόγα πᾶσιν ἐπιπέμψας τοῖς ὑπεναντίοις
When the three friends in the land of Babylon of their own will exposed their lives to the fire rather than serve vain things, you did send a dewy coolness through the fiery furnace, and bring the fire upon all their adversaries.
那在巴比倫地的三個朋友，甘心把性命交付於火，不肯事奉虛空之物，你卻使那烈火的窯透出甘露的清涼，救他們連一根頭髮也不受損，又把火焰降在他們一切的仇敵身上。
6:7
σὺ τὸν διαβολαῖς φθόνου λέουσι κατὰ γῆς ῥιφέντα θηρσὶν βορὰν Δανιηλ εἰς φῶς ἀνήγαγες ἀσινῆ
It was you who, when Daniel was hurled, through slander and envy, as a prey to lions down below, did bring him back against unhurt to light.
但以理因嫉妒的毀謗，被丟在地下作野獸的食物，落在獅子中間，你卻把他毫髮無傷地帶回光明之中。
6:8
τόν τε βυθοτρεφοῦς ἐν γαστρὶ κήτους Ιωναν τηκόμενον ἀφιδὼν ἀπήμαντον πᾶσιν οἰκείοις ἀνέδειξας πάτερ
When Jonah was pining away in the belly of the sea-bred monster, you did look upon him, O Father, and recover him to the sight of his own.
約拿在那海中所生大魚的腹中消磨憔悴，你也垂顧他，父啊，使他毫髮無損地回到自己親人面前。
6:9
καὶ νῦν μίσυβρι πολυέλεε τῶν ὅλων σκεπαστά τὸ τάχος ἐπιφάνηθι τοῖς ἀπὸ Ισραηλ γένους ὑπὸ ἐβδελυγμένων ἀνόμων ἐθνῶν ὑβριζομένοις
And now, you who hate insolence; you who do abound in mercy; you who are the protector of all things; appear quickly to those of the race of Israel, who are insulted by abhorred, lawless gentiles.
如今，你這恨惡狂傲、滿有憐憫、護庇萬物的主啊，求你速速向以色列族顯現，他們正被那可憎不法的外邦欺凌。
6:10
εἰ δὲ ἀσεβείαις κατὰ τὴν ἀποικίαν ὁ βίος ἡμῶν ἐνέσχηται ῥυσάμενος ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ ἐχθρῶν χειρός ᾧ προαιρῇ δέσποτα ἀπόλεσον ἡμᾶς μόρῳ
If our life has during our exile been stained with iniquity, deliver us from the hand of the enemy, and destroy us, O Lord, by the death which you prefer.
我們的生活在這流亡之地若沾染了罪惡，求你救我們脫離仇敵的手，主宰啊，照你所揀選的方式用死亡滅絕我們，
6:11
μὴ τοῖς ματαίοις οἱ ματαιόφρονες εὐλογησάτωσαν ἐπὶ τῇ τῶν ἠγαπημένων σου ἀπωλείᾳ λέγοντες οὐδὲ ὁ θεὸς αὐτῶν ἐρρύσατο αὐτούς
Let not the vain-minded congratulate vain idols at the destruction of your beloved, saying, Neither did their god deliver them.
不要讓那些心思虛妄的人，因你所愛之民的滅亡而向虛妄的偶像稱頌，說：『連他們的神也不能拯救他們。』
6:12
σὺ δέ ὁ πᾶσαν ἀλκὴν καὶ δυναστείαν ἔχων ἅπασαν αἰώνιε νῦν ἔπιδε ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς τοὺς καθ’ ὕβριν ἀνόμων ἀλόγιστον ἐκ τοῦ ζῆν μεθισταμένους ἐν ἐπιβούλων τρόπῳ
You, who are All-powerful and Almighty, O Eternal One, behold! have mercy upon us who are being withdrawn from life, like traitors, by the unreasoning insolence of lawless men.
你這滿有一切大能和權勢的永生者啊，如今求你垂顧、憐憫我們，我們正被不法之人無理的狂傲像叛徒一般從世上除滅。
6:13
πτηξάτω δὲ ἔθνη σὴν δύναμιν ἀνίκητον σήμερον ἔντιμε δύναμιν ἔχων ἐπὶ σωτηρίᾳ Ιακωβ γένους
Let the heathen cower before your invincible might today, O glorious One, who have all power to save the race of Jacob.
尊榮的主啊，求你今日使列國在你無敵的大能面前畏縮，你有大能拯救雅各的族類。
6:14
ἱκετεύει σε τὸ πᾶν πλῆθος τῶν νηπίων καὶ οἱ τούτων γονεῖς μετὰ δακρύων
The whole band of infants and their parents with tears beseech you.
全體嬰孩和他們的父母都含淚懇求你。
6:15
δειχθήτω πᾶσιν ἔθνεσιν ὅτι μεθ’ ἡμῶν εἶ κύριε καὶ οὐκ ἀπέστρεψας τὸ πρόσωπόν σου ἀφ’ ἡμῶν ἀλλὰ καθὼς εἶπας ὅτι οὐδὲ ἐν τῇ γῇ τῶν ἐχθρῶν αὐτῶν ὄντων ὑπερεῖδον αὐτούς οὕτως ἐπιτέλεσον κύριε
Let it be shewn to all the nations that you are with us, O Lord, and have not turned your face away from us; but as you said that you would not forget them even in the land of their enemies, so do you fulfil this saying, O Lord.
主啊，求你向萬國顯明，你是與我們同在的，並未轉臉不顧我們；正如你所說，就是他們在仇敵之地，你也不撇棄他們，主啊，求你照樣成全這話。」
6:16
τοῦ δὲ Ελεαζαρου λήγοντος ἄρτι τῆς προσευχῆς ὁ βασιλεὺς σὺν τοῖς θηρίοις καὶ παντὶ τῷ τῆς δυνάμεως φρυάγματι κατὰ τὸν ἱππόδρομον παρῆγεν
Now, at the time that Eleazar had ended his prayer, the king came along to the hippodrome, with the wild beasts, and with his tumultuous power.
當以利亞撒剛結束禱告之時，王帶著那些野獸和全軍狂傲的氣勢，沿著賽馬場進來了。
6:17
καὶ θεωρήσαντες οἱ Ιουδαῖοι μέγα εἰς οὐρανὸν ἀνέκραξαν ὥστε καὶ τοὺς παρακειμένους αὐλῶνας συνηχήσαντας ἀκατάσχετον πτόην ποιῆσαι παντὶ τῷ στρατοπέδῳ
When the Jews saw this, they uttered a loud cry to heaven, so that the adjacent valleys resounded, and caused an irrepressible lamentation throughout the army.
猶大人見了，便向天大聲呼喊，連旁邊的山谷都跟著迴響，使全軍生出無法遏止的驚惶。
6:18
τότε ὁ μεγαλόδοξος παντοκράτωρ καὶ ἀληθινὸς θεὸς ἐπιφάνας τὸ ἅγιον αὐτοῦ πρόσωπον ἠνέῳξεν τὰς οὐρανίους πύλας ἐξ ὧν δεδοξασμένοι δύο φοβεροειδεῖς ἄγγελοι κατέβησαν φανεροὶ πᾶσιν πλὴν τοῖς Ιουδαίοις
Then the all-glorious, all-powerful, and true God, displayed his holy countenance, and opened the gates of heaven, from which two angels, dreadful of form, came down and were visible to all but the Jews.
那時，大有榮耀、全能、真實的神顯出祂聖潔的容面，開了天上的門，從中有兩位形貌可畏、滿有榮耀的天使降下來，眾人都看得見，惟有猶大人看不見。
6:19
καὶ ἀντέστησαν καὶ τὴν δύναμιν τῶν ὑπεναντίων ἐπλήρωσαν ταραχῆς καὶ δειλίας καὶ ἀκινήτοις ἔδησαν πέδαις
And they stood opposite, and filled the enemies’ army with confusion and cowardice; and bound them with immoveable fetters.
他們站在對面，使仇敵的軍隊充滿了混亂和怯懦，又用不可動搖的鐐銬把他們捆住。
6:20
καὶ ὑπόφρικον καὶ τὸ τοῦ βασιλέως σῶμα ἐγενήθη καὶ λήθη τὸ θράσος αὐτοῦ τὸ βαρύθυμον ἔλαβεν
And a cold shudder came over the person of the king, and oblivion paralysed the vehemence of his spirit.
連王的身體也起了寒慄，他那兇暴的膽量也被遺忘所奪去。
6:21
καὶ ἀπέστρεψαν τὰ θηρία ἐπὶ τὰς συνεπομένας ἐνόπλους δυνάμεις καὶ κατεπάτουν αὐτὰς καὶ ὠλέθρευον
They turned back the animals upon the armed forces which followed them; and the animals trod them down, and destroyed them.
那些野獸便轉迴向那跟隨在後、全副武裝的軍隊，把他們踐踏滅絕。
6:22
καὶ μετεστράφη τοῦ βασιλέως ἡ ὀργὴ εἰς οἶκτον καὶ δάκρυα ὑπὲρ τῶν ἔμπροσθεν αὐτῷ μεμηχανευμένων
The king’s wrath was converted into compassion; and he wept at his own machinations.
王的忿怒轉為憐憫和眼淚，為著他先前所謀算的事而哭泣。
6:23
ἀκούσας γὰρ τῆς κραυγῆς καὶ συνιδὼν πρηνεῖς ἅπαντας εἰς τὴν ἀπώλειαν δακρύσας μετ’ ὀργῆς τοῖς φίλοις διηπειλεῖτο λέγων
For when he heard the cry, and saw them all on the verge of destruction, with tears he angrily threatened his friends, saying,
他聽見那呼喊，又見眾人都瀕臨滅亡，便含淚帶怒地恐嚇他的友人說：
6:24
παραβασιλεύετε καὶ τυράννους ὑπερβεβήκατε ὠμότητι καὶ ἐμὲ αὐτὸν τὸν ὑμῶν εὐεργέτην ἐπιχειρεῖτε τῆς ἀρχῆς ἤδη καὶ τοῦ πνεύματος μεθιστᾶν λάθρᾳ μηχανώμενοι τὰ μὴ συμφέροντα τῇ βασιλείᾳ
You⌃ have governed badly; and have exceeded tyrants in cruelty; and me your benefactor you⌃ have laboured to deprive at once of my dominion and my life, by secretly devising measures injurious to the kingdom.
「你們把持朝政，殘暴超過了暴君，竟然圖謀要把我這作你們恩主的人，連權位帶性命一同奪去，暗中策劃那有害於國家的事。
6:25
τίς τοὺς κρατήσαντας ἡμῶν ἐν πίστει τὰ τῆς χώρας ὀχυρώματα τῆς οἰκίας ἀποστήσας ἕκαστον ἀλόγως ἤθροισεν ἐνθάδε
Who has gathered here, unreasonably removing each from his home, those who, in fidelity to us, had held the fortresses of the country?
是誰把這些忠心為我們守衛國中要塞的人，無理地一個個從家中遷出，聚集到這裡來呢？
6:26
τίς τοὺς ἐξ ἀρχῆς εὐνοίᾳ πρὸς ἡμᾶς κατὰ πάντα διαφέροντας πάντων ἐθνῶν καὶ τοὺς χειρίστους πλεονάκις ἀνθρώπων ἐπιδεδεγμένους κινδύνους οὕτως ἀθέσμως περιέβαλεν αἰκίαις
Who has thus consigned to unmerited punishments those who in good will towards us from the beginning have in all things surpassed all nations, and who often have engaged in the most dangerous undertakings?
是誰把這些從起初就在凡事上對我們存善意、勝過列國，又屢次甘冒人間最危險之事的人，這樣無法無天地施以酷刑呢？
6:27
λύσατε ἐκλύσατε ἄδικα δεσμά εἰς τὰ ἴδια μετ’ εἰρήνης ἐξαποστείλατε τὰ προπεπραγμένα παραιτησάμενοι
Loose, loose the unjust bonds; send them to their homes in peace, and deprecate what has been done.
解開吧，解開這些不義的捆鎖！平平安安地打發他們各回本鄉，又為先前所行的事向他們陪罪。」
6:28
ἀπολύσατε τοὺς υἱοὺς τοῦ παντοκράτορος ἐπουρανίου θεοῦ ζῶντος ὃς ἀφ’ ἡμετέρων μέχρι τοῦ νῦν προγόνων ἀπαραπόδιστον μετὰ δόξης εὐστάθειαν παρέχει τοῖς ἡμετέροις πράγμασιν
Release the sons of the almighty living God of heaven, who from our ancestors’ times until now has granted a glorious and uninterrupted prosperity to our affairs.
「釋放那全能、活著、屬天之神的眾子吧，這神從我們祖先的時候直到如今，使我們的國事得享毫無阻礙、滿有榮耀的安定。」
6:29
ὁ μὲν οὖν ταῦτα ἔλεξεν οἱ δὲ ἐν ἀμερεῖ χρόνῳ λυθέντες τὸν ἅγιον σωτῆρα θεὸν αὐτῶν εὐλόγουν ἄρτι τὸν θάνατον ἐκπεφευγότες
These things he said; and they, released the same moment, having now escaped death, praised God their holy Saviour.
王這樣說了，他們便在頃刻之間被釋放，剛逃脫了死亡，就稱頌那拯救他們、聖潔的救主神。
6:30
εἶτα ὁ βασιλεὺς εἰς τὴν πόλιν ἀπαλλαγεὶς τὸν ἐπὶ τῶν προσόδων προσκαλεσάμενος ἐκέλευσεν οἴνους τε καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ πρὸς εὐωχίαν ἐπιτήδεια τοῖς Ιουδαίοις χορηγεῖν ἐπὶ ἡμέρας ἑπτὰ κρίνας αὐτοὺς ἐν ᾧ τόπῳ ἔδοξαν τὸν ὄλεθρον ἀναλαμβάνειν ἐν τούτῳ ἐν εὐφροσύνῃ πάσῃ σωτήρια ἀγαγεῖν
The king then departed to the city, and called his financier to him, and bade him provide a seven days’ quantity of wine and other materials for feasting for the Jews. He decided that they should keep a gladsome festival of deliverance in the very place in which they expected to meet with their destruction.
隨後王回到城裡，召了那管理稅收的來，吩咐他供給猶大人酒和其餘宴樂所需之物，為期七日，又決定他們要在那原以為要遭滅亡的地方，盡情歡樂地慶祝得救的節期。
6:31
τότε οἱ τὸ πρὶν ἐπονείδιστοι καὶ πλησίον τοῦ ᾅδου μᾶλλον δὲ ἐπ’ αὐτῷ βεβηκότες ἀντὶ πικροῦ καὶ δυσαιάκτου μόρου κώθωνα σωτήριον συστησάμενοι τὸν εἰς πτῶσιν αὐτοῖς καὶ τάφον ἡτοιμασμένον τόπον κλισίαις κατεμερίσαντο πλήρεις χαρμονῆς
Then they who were before despised and near to hades, yes, rather advanced into it, partook of the cup of salvation, instead of a grievous and lamentable death. Full of exultation, they parted out the place intended for their fall and burial into banqueting booths.
那時，那些先前被人凌辱、瀕臨陰間，甚至已踏進其中的人，如今卻以得救的酒杯代替了苦毒可悲的死亡，便滿心歡騰，把那原為他們預備作傾覆與墳墓的地方，劃分成歡宴的棚子。
6:32
καταλήξαντες δὲ θρήνων πανόδυρτον μέλος ἀνέλαβον ᾠδὴν πάτριον τὸν σωτῆρα καὶ τερατοποιὸν αἰνοῦντες θεόν οἰμωγήν τε πᾶσαν καὶ κωκυτὸν ἀπωσάμενοι χοροὺς συνίσταντο εὐφροσύνης εἰρηνικῆς σημεῖον
Ceasing their miserable strain of woe, they took up the subject of their fatherland, hymning in praise God their wonder-working Saviour. All groans, all wailing, were laid aside: they formed dances in token of serene joy.
他們止住那極悲慘的哀歌，重新唱起祖國的歌，讚美那行奇事、拯救他們的救主神；一切的悲嘆與哀號都被除去，他們便組成舞蹈，作為祥和喜樂的記號。
6:33
ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺς περὶ τούτων συμπόσιον βαρὺ συναγαγὼν ἀδιαλείπτως εἰς οὐρανὸν ἀνθωμολογεῖτο μεγαλομερῶς ἐπὶ τῇ παραδόξῳ γενηθείσῃ αὐτῷ σωτηρίᾳ
So, also, the king collected a number of guests for the occasion, and returned unceasing thanks with much magnificence for the unexpected deliverance afforded him.
照樣，王也為這事召集了眾多賓客，大張筵席，不住地、極隆重地向天稱謝，為他所得着那意外的拯救。
6:34
οἵ τε πρὶν εἰς ὄλεθρον καὶ οἰωνοβρώτους αὐτοὺς ἔσεσθαι τιθέμενοι καὶ μετὰ χαρᾶς ἀπογραψάμενοι κατεστέναξαν αἰσχύνην ἐφ’ ἑαυτοῖς περιβαλόμενοι καὶ τὴν πυρόπνουν τόλμαν ἀκλεῶς ἐσβεσμένοι
Those who had marked them out as for death and for carrion, and had registered them with joy, howled aloud, and were clothed with shame, and had the fire of their rage ingloriously put out.
那些先前斷定他們必遭滅亡、要成為飛鳥啄食之物、又歡歡喜喜把他們登記下來的人，如今卻哀號嘆息，身披羞愧，他們那噴火般的兇焰也羞愧地熄滅了。
6:35
οἵ τε Ιουδαῖοι καθὼς προειρήκαμεν συστησάμενοι τὸν προειρημένον χορὸν μετ’ εὐωχίας ἐν ἐξομολογήσεσιν ἱλαραῖς καὶ ψαλμοῖς διῆγον
But the Jews, as we just said, instituted a dance, and then gave themselves up to feasting, glad thanksgivings, and psalms.
猶大人正如我們先前所說的，組成了上面所提的舞蹈，又在筵席中以歡欣的稱謝和詩歌度日。
6:36
καὶ κοινὸν ὁρισάμενοι περὶ τούτων θεσμὸν ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν παροικίαν αὐτῶν εἰς γενεὰς τὰς προειρημένας ἡμέρας ἄγειν ἔστησαν εὐφροσύνους οὐ πότου χάριν καὶ λιχνείας σωτηρίας δὲ τῆς διὰ θεὸν γενομένης αὐτοῖς
They made a public ordinance to commemorate these things for generations to come, as long as they should be sojourners. They thus established these days as days of mirth, not for the purpose of drinking or luxury, but because God had saved them.
他們又為這事立了一個共同的條例，要在他們寄居的全境世世代代守上面所提的那些日子，作為歡樂的日子，不是為著飲酒和貪食的緣故，而是因神拯救了他們。
6:37
ἐνέτυχον δὲ τῷ βασιλεῖ τὴν ἀπόλυσιν αὐτῶν εἰς τὰ ἴδια αἰτούμενοι
They requested the king to send them back to their homes.
他們又求王打發他們回自己的家鄉去。
6:38
ἀπογράφονται δὲ αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ πέμπτης καὶ εἰκάδος τοῦ Παχων ἕως τῆς τετάρτης τοῦ Επιφι ἐπὶ ἡμέρας τεσσαράκοντα συνίστανται δὲ αὐτῶν τὴν ἀπώλειαν ἀπὸ πέμπτης τοῦ Επιφι ἕως ἑβδόμης ἡμέραις τρισίν
They were being enrolled from the twenty-fifth of Pachon to the fourth of Epiphi, a period of forty days: the measures taken for their destruction lasted from the fifth of Epiphi till the seventh, that is, three days.
他們被登記，是從帕宏月二十五日起，到伊皮非月初四日，共四十日；定意要滅他們的事，則從伊皮非月初五日起，到初七日，共三日。
6:39
ἐν αἷς καὶ μεγαλοδόξως ἐπιφάνας τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ ὁ τῶν πάντων δυνάστης ἀπταίστους αὐτοὺς ἐρρύσατο ὁμοθυμαδόν
The Ruler over all did during this time manifest forth his mercy gloriously, and did deliver them all together unharmed.
在這幾日之內，那掌管萬有的主，極其榮耀地彰顯了祂的憐憫，使他們眾人都毫無損傷地一同得救。
6:40
εὐωχοῦντο δὲ πάνθ’ ὑπὸ τοῦ βασιλέως χορηγούμενοι μέχρι τῆς τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτης ἐν ᾗ καὶ τὴν ἐντυχίαν ἐποιήσαντο περὶ τῆς ἀπολύσεως αὐτῶν
They feasted upon the king’s provision up to the fourteenth day, and then asked to be sent away.
他們蒙王供給一切所需，歡宴直到十四日，那日他們便求王打發他們回去。
6:41
συναινέσας δὲ αὐτοῖς ὁ βασιλεὺς ἔγραψεν αὐτοῖς τὴν ὑπογεγραμμένην ἐπιστολὴν πρὸς τοὺς κατὰ πόλιν στρατηγοὺς μεγαλοψύχως τὴν ἐκτενίαν ἔχουσαν
The king commended them, and wrote the subjoined letter, of magnanimous import for them, to the commanders of every city.
王應允了他們，又寫了下面這封滿有寬宏氣度的信給各城的將領，吩咐善待他們。