things known from long ago.

这话是从创世以来显明这事的主说的。’

祂从亘古就显明了这事。

这是自古以来就显明了这些事的主所说的。’

这是自古以来，让人知道这些事的主说的。’

這話是從創世以來顯明這事的主說的。

祂從亙古就顯明了這事。

這是自古以來就顯明了這些事的主所說的。’

這是從古世以來將這些事工讓人知道的主說的。」

這是自古以來，讓人知道這些事的主說的。』

此自世初、示人斯事之主言之矣、

上帝所為、早已知之、

凡天主所為、天主自始皆已知之、

誰作斯語經綸主、真宰夙知今所為。

The Lord does things that have been known from long ago.

known from of old.’

he who made these things known so long ago.’

known from long ago.

Says the Lord, who makes these things known from long ago.

“ Known to God from eternity are all His works.

Saith the Lord, who maketh these things known from of old.

known from long ago.

Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.

known from long ago.

“ All of God’s works are known to him from eternity.

Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me.I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say,‘ My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.’

He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake.

For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love

But we ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you as firstfruits to be saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief in the truth.

The beast, which you saw, once was, now is not, and yet will come up out of the Abyss and go to its destruction. The inhabitants of the earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the creation of the world will be astonished when they see the beast, because it once was, now is not, and yet will come.

“ Then the King will say to those on his right,‘ Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.

From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands.

“ Tell us, you idols, what is going to happen. Tell us what the former things were, so that we may consider them and know their final outcome. Or declare to us the things to come,tell us what the future holds, so we may know that you are gods. Do something, whether good or bad, so that we will be dismayed and filled with fear.

Declare what is to be, present it— let them take counsel together. Who foretold this long ago, who declared it from the distant past? Was it not I, the Lord? And there is no God apart from me, a righteous God and a Savior; there is none but me.

All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast— all whose names have not been written in the Lamb’s book of life, the Lamb who was slain from the creation of the world.

In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will,

Who then is like me? Let him proclaim it. Let him declare and lay out before me what has happened since I established my ancient people, and what is yet to come— yes, let them foretell what will come.

and to make plain to everyone the administration of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things.

So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet:“ I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter things hidden since the creation of the world.”

God is not human, that he should lie, not a human being, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?