“ All right,” the angel said,“ I will grant your request. I will not destroy the little village.

天使对他说：“这事我也应允你；我不倾覆你所说的这城。

天使对他说：“看哪，这事我也应允你，不倾覆你所说的这城。

天使对他说：“看哪，这事我也应允你，不倾覆你所说的这城。

天使回答说：“好吧，我答应你，不毁灭那座小城。

有一位天使对他说：“这事我也答应你，你所说的这城，我必不倾覆。

天使对他说：“看哪，这事我也答应你，不会倾覆你所说的这城。

天使對他說：「這事我也應允你；我不傾覆你所說的這城。

天使對他說：「看哪，這事我也應允你，不傾覆你所說的這城。

天使對他說：「看哪，這事我也應允你，不傾覆你所說的這城。

天使回答說：「好吧，我答應你，不毀滅那座小城。

有一位天使對他說：“這事我也答應你，你所說的這城，我必不傾覆。

那一位對他說：『你看，就是對這事、我也給你面子；你所說的這城、我也不覆滅。

天使對他說：「看哪，這事我也答應你，不會傾覆你所說的這城。

曰、斯事我亦允爾、所言之邑、我不翦滅、

曰許汝所求、爾所言之邑、我不翦滅。

曰、此事我亦允爾、不滅爾所言之邑、

He said to him,“ Very well, I will grant this request too; I will not overthrow the town you speak of.

The Lord said to Lot,“ All right. I will also give you what you are asking for. I will not destroy the town you are talking about.

He said to him,“ Behold, I grant you this favor also, that I will not overthrow the city of which you have spoken.

And he said to him,“ All right, I’ll grant your request about this matter too and will not demolish the town you mentioned.

And he said to him,“ Behold, I grant you this request also, not to overthrow the town of which you have spoken.

And he said to him,“ See, I have favored you concerning this thing also, in that I will not overthrow this city for which you have spoken.

And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which thou hast spoken.

And he said to him,“ All right, I’ll grant your request about this matter too and will not demolish the town you mentioned.

And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.

“ Very well,” he replied,“ I will grant this request too and will not overthrow the town you mentioned.

He said to him,“ Behold, I have granted your request concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which you have spoken.

The eyes of the Lord watch over those who do right; his ears are open to their cries for help.

So take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer on your behalf. I will not treat you as you deserve, for you have not spoken accurately about me, as my servant Job has.”So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite did as the Lord commanded them, and the Lord accepted Job’s prayer.

He will listen to the prayers of the destitute. He will not reject their pleas.

He grants the desires of those who fear him; he hears their cries for help and rescues them.

But I tell you this— though he won’t do it for friendship’s sake, if you keep knocking long enough, he will get up and give you whatever you need because of your shameless persistence.

You will be accepted if you do what is right. But if you refuse to do what is right, then watch out! Sin is crouching at the door, eager to control you. But you must subdue it and be its master.”

I will make you into a great nation. I will bless you and make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others.

So this is what the Lord says to his people:“ You love to wander far from me and do not restrain yourselves. Therefore, I will no longer accept you as my people. Now I will remember all your wickedness and will punish you for your sins.”

This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for he faced all of the same testings we do, yet he did not sin.So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.

Suppose you find fifty righteous people living there in the city— will you still sweep it away and not spare it for their sakes?

He will not crush the weakest reed or put out a flickering candle. Finally he will cause justice to be victorious.

Therefore, it was necessary for him to be made in every respect like us, his brothers and sisters, so that he could be our merciful and faithful High Priest before God. Then he could offer a sacrifice that would take away the sins of the people.