“ Whose ships are these that sail along like clouds? They fly like doves to their nests.

那些飞来如云、又如鸽子向窗户飞回的是谁呢？

那些飞来如云、又像鸽子飞向窗户的是谁呢？

那些飞来如云、又像鸽子飞向窗户的是谁呢？

“这些好像云彩飞来，又像鸽子飞回巢穴的是谁？

那些像云彩飞来，像鸽子飞回巢里的，是谁呢？

这些是谁呢——他们如云彩飞来、像鸽子飞回笼？

那些飛來如雲、又如鴿子向窗戶飛回的是誰呢？

那些飛來如雲、又像鴿子飛向窗戶的是誰呢？

那些飛來如雲、又像鴿子飛向窗戶的是誰呢？

「這些好像雲彩飛來，又像鴿子飛回巢穴的是誰？

那些像雲彩飛來，像鴿子飛回巢裡的，是誰呢？

那些如雲飛來，像鴿子飛回籠子的、是誰呢？

這些是誰呢——他們如雲彩飛來、像鴿子飛回籠？

如雲飛集、如鴿歸牖者、誰乎、

庶民雲集、若鴿歸舍、速飛而至、不知何處來。

此飛集如雲、亦若鴿之歸其巢者誰乎、

“ Who are these that fly along like clouds, like doves to their nests?

Who are these that fly like a cloud, and like doves to their windows?

“ And what do I see flying like clouds to Israel, like doves to their nests?

Who are these who fly like a cloud, like doves to their shelters?

Who are these who fly like a cloud And like the doves to their windows?

“ Who are these who fly like a cloud, And like doves to their roosts?

Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?

Who are these who fly like a cloud, like doves to their shelters?

Who[ are] these[ that] fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?

Who are these who float along like a cloud, who fly like doves to their shelters?

“ Who are these who fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?

Then you will say to yourself,‘ Whose children are these? I lost my children. And I couldn’t have any more. My children were taken far away from me. And no one wanted them. Who brought these children up? I was left all alone. So where have these children come from?’ ”

After this I looked, and there in front of me was a huge crowd of people. They stood in front of the throne and in front of the Lamb. There were so many that no one could count them. They came from every nation, tribe and people. That’s true no matter what language they spoke. They were wearing white robes. In their hands they were holding palm branches.

“ Look up. Look all around you. All your people are getting together to come back to you. Your sons will come from far away. Your daughters will be carried on the hip like little children.

Then Noah sent out a dove. He wanted to see if the water on the surface of the ground had gone down.But the dove couldn’t find any place to rest. Water still covered the whole surface of the earth. So the dove returned to Noah in the ark. Noah reached out his hand and took the dove in. He brought it back to himself in the ark.He waited seven more days. Then he sent out the dove again from the ark.In the evening the dove returned to him. There in its beak was a freshly picked olive leaf! So Noah knew that the water on the earth had gone down.

People will come from east and west and north and south. They will take their places at the feast in God’s kingdom.

“ All you who live anywhere on earth, turn to me and be saved. I am God. There is no other God.

A huge cloud of witnesses is all around us. So let us throw off everything that stands in our way. Let us throw off any sin that holds on to us so tightly. And let us keep on running the race marked out for us.