the Lord will greatly bless his people. Wherever they plant seed, bountiful crops will spring up. Their cattle and donkeys will graze freely.

你们在各水边撒种、牧放牛驴的有福了！

然而你们在水边撒种，牧放牛驴的有福了！

然而你们在水边撒种，牧放牛驴的有福了！

你们这些在河边撒种、自由地牧放牛驴的人有福了！

你们这些在各水边撒种，又使牛驴随意走动的，是多么有福啊！

你们这些在各水边撒种、让牛驴自由走动的，是蒙福的人！

你們在各水邊撒種、牧放牛驢的有福了！

然而你們在水邊撒種，牧放牛驢的有福了！

然而你們在水邊撒種，牧放牛驢的有福了！

你們這些在河邊撒種、自由地牧放牛驢的人有福了！

你們這些在各水邊撒種，又使牛驢隨意走動的，是多麼有福啊！

有福啊，你們在各水邊撒種的，使牛驢腳踏遍地的！

你們這些在各水邊撒種、讓牛驢自由走動的，是蒙福的人！

爾曹播種諸水之濱、驅牛驢於彼者、福矣、

我之選民、驅牛叱驢、耕耘水畔、咸蒙福祉。

凡爾播種於諸水畔、隨在得牧牛驢者、即為有福、

how blessed you will be, sowing your seed by every stream, and letting your cattle and donkeys range free.

But how blessed you people will be! You will plant your seeds by every stream. You will let your cattle and donkeys wander anywhere they want to.

Happy are you who sow beside all waters, who let the feet of the ox and the donkey range free.

You will be happy as you sow seed beside abundant water, and as you let oxen and donkeys range freely.

How blessed will you be, you who sow beside all waters, Who let the ox and the donkey out freely.

Blessed are you who sow beside all waters, Who send out freely the feet of the ox and the donkey.

Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth the feet of the ox and the ass.

Those who sow seed are happy beside abundant waters; they let ox and donkey range freely.

Blessed[ are] ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth[ thither] the feet of the ox and the ass.

you will be blessed, you who plant seed by all the banks of the streams, you who let your ox and donkey graze.

Blessed are you who sow beside all waters, who send out the feet of the ox and the donkey.

Send your grain across the seas, and in time, profits will flow back to you.

Then the Lord will bless you with rain at planting time. There will be wonderful harvests and plenty of pastureland for your livestock.The oxen and donkeys that till the ground will eat good grain, its chaff blown away by the wind.

I planted the seed in your hearts, and Apollos watered it, but it was God who made it grow.

But many of the people who heard their message believed it, so the number of men who believed now totaled about 5,000.

The waters of the Nile will fail to rise and flood the fields. The riverbed will be parched and dry.The canals of the Nile will dry up, and the streams of Egypt will stink with rotting reeds and rushes.All the greenery along the riverbank and all the crops along the river will dry up and blow away.

For the law of Moses says,“ You must not muzzle an ox to keep it from eating as it treads out the grain.” Was God thinking only about oxen when he said this?Wasn’t he actually speaking to us? Yes, it was written for us, so that the one who plows and the one who threshes the grain might both expect a share of the harvest.Since we have planted spiritual seed among you, aren’t we entitled to a harvest of physical food and drink?

Yet more and more people believed and were brought to the Lord— crowds of both men and women.

Those who believed what Peter said were baptized and added to the church that day— about 3,000 in all.

“ The rain and snow come down from the heavens and stay on the ground to water the earth. They cause the grain to grow, producing seed for the farmer and bread for the hungry.It is the same with my word. I send it out, and it always produces fruit. It will accomplish all I want it to, and it will prosper everywhere I send it.

And those who are peacemakers will plant seeds of peace and reap a harvest of righteousness.