March 10, 2024

The Second Book of Chronicles 36: 14-16, 19-23

36:14	Then too, all the leaders of the priests, with the people, transgressed iniquitously, in accord with all the abominations of the Gentiles. And they polluted the house of the Lord, which he had sanctified to himself in Jerusalem.
36:15	Then the Lord, the God of their fathers, sent to them, by the hand of his messengers, rising in the night and daily admonishing them. For he was lenient to his people and to his habitation.
36:16	But they ridiculed the messengers of God, and they gave little weight to his words, and they mocked the prophets, until the fury of the Lord ascended against his people, and there was no remedy.
36:19	The enemies set fire to the house of God, and they destroyed the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the towers. And whatever was precious, they demolished.
36:20	If anyone had escaped from the sword, he was led into Babylon. And he served the king and his sons, until the king of Persia would command,
36:21	and the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah would be fulfilled, and the land would celebrate her Sabbaths. For during all the days of the desolation, she kept a Sabbath, until the seventy years were completed.
36:22	然之後, in the first year of Cyrus, the king of the Persians, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord, which he had spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah, the Lord stirred up the heart of Cyrus, the king of the Persians, who commanded this to be proclaimed throughout his entire kingdom, and also in writing, 諺語:
36:23	“Thus says Cyrus, the king of the Persians: The Lord, the God of heaven, has given to me all the kingdoms of the earth. And he has instructed me that I should build for him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judea. Who among you is from his entire people? May the Lord his God be with him, and let him ascend.”

The Letter of Saint Paul to the Ephesians 2: 4-10

2:4	Yet still, God, who is rich in mercy, for the sake of his exceedingly great charity with which he loved us,
2:5	even when we were dead in our sins, has enlivened us together in Christ, by whose grace you have been saved.
2:6	And he has raised us up together, and he has caused us to sit down together in the heavens, in Christ Jesus,
2:7	so that he may display, in the ages soon to arrive, the abundant wealth of his grace, by his goodness toward us in Christ Jesus.
2:8	For by grace, you have been saved through faith. And this is not of yourselves, for it is a gift of God.
2:9	And this is not of works, so that no one may glory.
2:10	For we are his handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for the good works which God has prepared and in which we should walk.

John 3: 14- 21

3:14	正如摩西喺曠野中舉起蛇一樣, 人子都必須被舉起,
3:15	使信佢嘅人唔滅亡, 但可能擁有永生.
3:16	因為神愛世人，甚至將他的獨生子賜給世人。, 使所有相信他的人不滅亡, 但可能擁有永生.
3:17	因為神冇差遣佢個仔來到世上, 為咗評判世界, 但為咗透過佢拯救世界.
3:18	相信佢嘅人唔會畀評判. 但邊個唔信，邊個就有被審判, 因為佢唔信神嘅獨生子嘅名.
3:19	就係審判: 光已經來到世界, 人們愛黑暗勝過光明. 因為佢哋嘅行為係邪惡嘅.
3:20	因為凡作惡嘅人都憎恨光，唔走向光明。, 以免佢嘅作品得到糾正.
3:21	但凡是行真人嘅人，都要走向光明。, 使佢嘅作品得以體現, 因為佢哋有喺神度成就。