But his people hated him and sent a delegation after him to say,‘ We do not want him to be our king.’

他本国的人却恨他，打发使者随后去，说：‘我们不愿意这个人作我们的王。’

他本国的百姓却恨他，打发使者随后去，说：‘我们不愿意这个人作我们的王。’

他本国的百姓却恨他，打发使者随后去，说：‘我们不愿意这个人作我们的王。’

“可是他的人民却憎恨他，他们随后派一个代表团去请愿说，‘我们不要这人做我们的王。’

他本国的人却恨他，就派使者跟着去说：‘我们不愿意这个人作王统治我们。’

“他本国的人却憎恨他，就差派特使在他背后去，说：‘我们不要这个人做王统治我们。’

他本國的人卻恨他，打發使者隨後去，說：『我們不願意這個人作我們的王。』

他本國的百姓卻恨他，打發使者隨後去，說：『我們不願意這個人作我們的王。』

他本國的百姓卻恨他，打發使者隨後去，說：『我們不願意這個人作我們的王。』

「可是他的人民卻憎恨他，他們隨後派一個代表團去請願說，『我們不要這人作我們的王。』

他本國的人卻恨他，就派使者跟著去說：‘我們不願意這個人作王統治我們。’

他的公民素常恨他，便差遣使者跟他後邊去說：「我們不願意這個人做王管理我們。」

「他本國的人卻憎恨他，就差派特使在他背後去，說：『我們不要這個人做王統治我們。』

其民憾之、遣使於其後、曰、我儕不欲斯人君我也、

其民憾之、遣使於後、訴曰、我儕不欲斯人君我也、

其國民憾之、遣使隨其後、訴曰、我儕不欲斯人君我也、

其國人素惡之、至是乃遣使追告、聲言不願其為王。

“ But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say,‘ We don’t want this man to be our king.’

“ But those he ruled over hated him. They sent some messengers after him. They were sent to say,‘ We don’t want this man to be our king.’

But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying,‘ We do not want this man to reign over us.’

“ But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying,‘ We don’t want this man to rule over us.’

But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying,‘ We do not want this man to reign over us.’

But his citizens hated him, and sent a delegation after him, saying,‘ We will not have this man to reign over us.’

But his citizens hated him, and sent an ambassage after him, saying, We will not that this man reign over us.

“ But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying,‘ We don’t want this man to rule over us!’

But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this[ man] to reign over us.

But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying,‘ We do not want this man to be king over us!’

But his citizens hated him, and sent an envoy after him, saying,‘ We don’t want this man to reign over us.’

“ You stubborn people! You are heathen at heart and deaf to the truth. Must you forever resist the Holy Spirit? That’s what your ancestors did, and so do you!Name one prophet your ancestors didn’t persecute! They even killed the ones who predicted the coming of the Righteous One— the Messiah whom you betrayed and murdered.

Anyone who hates me also hates my Father.If I hadn’t done such miraculous signs among them that no one else could do, they would not be guilty. But as it is, they have seen everything I did, yet they still hate me and my Father.

You rejected this holy, righteous one and instead demanded the release of a murderer.You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead. And we are witnesses of this fact!

“ In fact, this has happened here in this very city! For Herod Antipas, Pontius Pilate the governor, the Gentiles, and the people of Israel were all united against Jesus, your holy servant, whom you anointed.But everything they did was determined beforehand according to your will.

“ Do everything they say to you,” the Lord replied,“ for they are rejecting me, not you. They don’t want me to be their king any longer.

The Lord, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, says to the one who is despised and rejected by the nations, to the one who is the servant of rulers:“ Kings will stand at attention when you pass by. Princes will also bow low because of the Lord, the faithful one, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”

He came to his own people, and even they rejected him.

Why are the nations so angry? Why do they waste their time with futile plans?The kings of the earth prepare for battle; the rulers plot together against the Lord and against his anointed one.“ Let us break their chains,” they cry,“ and free ourselves from slavery to God.”

I got rid of their three evil shepherds in a single month. But I became impatient with these sheep, and they hated me, too.

And as for these enemies of mine who didn’t want me to be their king— bring them in and execute them right here in front of me.’”

“ If the world hates you, remember that it hated me first.