He told them,“ Get ready for the third day, and until then abstain from having sexual intercourse.”

他对百姓说：“到第三天要预备好了。不可亲近女人。”

他对百姓说：“第三天要预备好；不可亲近女人。”

他对百姓说：“第三天要预备好；不可亲近女人。”

又吩咐他们说：“到后天一切都要准备好，这期间你们不可亲近女人。”

他对人民说：“第三天，你们要预备好了；不可亲近女人。”

他對百姓說：「到第三天要預備好了。不可親近女人。」

他對百姓說：「第三天要預備好；不可親近女人。」

他對百姓說：「第三天要預備好；不可親近女人。」

又吩咐他們說：「到後天一切都要準備好，這期間你們不可親近女人。」

他對人民說：“第三天，你們要預備好了；不可親近女人。”

他對人民說：『要豫備好了、來赴第三天；不可接觸女人。』

摩西謂之曰、必為三日之備、勿近婦人、○

謂之曰、三日必備、勿御爾妻。○

又諭民曰、當預備第三日、毋近妻、

Then he said to the people,“ Prepare yourselves for the third day. Abstain from sexual relations.”

Then he spoke to the people. He said,“ Get ready for the third day. Don’t have sex.”

And he said to the people,“ Be ready for the third day; do not go near a woman.”

He said to the people,“ Be prepared by the third day. Do not have sexual relations with women.”

He also said to the people,“ Be ready for the third day; do not go near a woman.”

And he said to the people,“ Be ready for the third day; do not come near your wives.”

And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not near a woman.

He said to the people,“ Be prepared by the third day. Do not have sexual relations with women.”

And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at[ your] wives.

He said to the people,“ Be ready for the third day. Do not go near your wives.”

He said to the people,“ Be ready by the third day. Don’t have sexual relations with a woman.”

“ We don’t have any regular bread,” the priest replied.“ But there is the holy bread, which you can have if your young men have not slept with any women recently.”“ Don’t worry,” David replied.“ I never allow my men to be with women when we are on a campaign. And since they stay clean even on ordinary trips, how much more on this one!”

Do not deprive each other of sexual relations, unless you both agree to refrain from sexual intimacy for a limited time so you can give yourselves more completely to prayer. Afterward, you should come together again so that Satan won’t be able to tempt you because of your lack of self control.

Be sure they are ready on the third day, for on that day the Lord will come down on Mount Sinai as all the people watch.

They were to ask this question of the prophets and the priests at the Temple of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies:“ Should we continue to mourn and fast each summer on the anniversary of the Temple’s destruction, as we have done for so many years?”

On the morning of the third day, thunder roared and lightning flashed, and a dense cloud came down on the mountain. There was a long, loud blast from a ram’s horn, and all the people trembled.

“ But who will be able to endure it when he comes? Who will be able to stand and face him when he appears? For he will be like a blazing fire that refines metal, or like a strong soap that bleaches clothes.

the third by white horses, and the fourth by powerful dappled gray horses.

“ Therefore, I will bring upon you all the disasters I have announced. Prepare to meet your God in judgment, you people of Israel!”

Gather all the people— the elders, the children, and even the babies. Call the bridegroom from his quarters and the bride from her private room.

You also must be ready all the time, for the Son of Man will come when least expected.

Even now the ax of God’s judgment is poised, ready to sever the roots of the trees. Yes, every tree that does not produce good fruit will be chopped down and thrown into the fire.“ I baptize with water those who repent of their sins and turn to God. But someone is coming soon who is greater than I am— so much greater that I’m not worthy even to be his slave and carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.He is ready to separate the chaff from the wheat with his winnowing fork. Then he will clean up the threshing area, gathering the wheat into his barn but burning the chaff with never ending fire.”

Since everything around us is going to be destroyed like this, what holy and godly lives you should live,looking forward to the day of God and hurrying it along. On that day, he will set the heavens on fire, and the elements will melt away in the flames.

“ All Israel will mourn, each clan by itself, and with the husbands separate from their wives. The clan of David will mourn alone, as will the clan of Nathan,the clan of Levi, and the clan of Shimei.Each of the surviving clans from Judah will mourn separately, and with the husbands separate from their wives.