But if that evil servant should say in his heart,‘ My lord is delaying his coming,’

倘若那恶仆心里说：‘我的主人必来得迟’，

如果那恶仆心里说：‘我的主人会来得迟’，

如果那恶仆心里说：‘我的主人会来得迟’，

但如果奴仆邪恶，以为主人不会那么快回来，

如果他是个坏的仆人，心里说‘我的主人不会那么快回来’，

但如果这恶奴心里说‘我的主人会迟延回来’，

倘若那惡僕心裏說：『我的主人必來得遲』，

如果那惡僕心裏說：『我的主人會來得遲』，

如果那惡僕心裏說：『我的主人會來得遲』，

但如果奴僕邪惡，以為主人不會那麼快回來，

如果他是個壞的僕人，心裡說‘我的主人不會那麼快回來’，

但那惡奴僕若自己心裏說：「我主人一定會遲延」，

但如果這惡奴心裡說『我的主人會遲延回來』，

倘彼惡僕意謂、我主稽遲、

倘有惡僕、意主將遲遲而至、

倘惡僕心內云、我主之至必遲、

倘有不肖之僕、私揣其主稽遲、

But suppose that servant is wicked and says to himself,‘ My master is staying away a long time,’

But suppose that slave is evil. Suppose he says to himself,‘ My master is staying away a long time.’

But if that wicked servant says to himself,‘ My master is delayed,’

But what if the servant is evil and thinks,‘ My master won’t be back for a while,’

But if that wicked servant says in his heart,‘ My master is delayed,’

But if that evil slave says in his heart,‘ My master is not coming for a long time,’

But if that evil servant says in his heart,‘ My master is delaying his coming,’

But if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord tarrieth;

But if that wicked slave says in his heart,‘ My master is delayed,’

But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;

But if that evil slave should say to himself,‘ My master is staying away a long time,’

Then his lord called him in, and said to him,‘ You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt, because you begged me.

But if that servant says in his heart,‘ My lord delays his coming,’ and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken,

For the fool will speak folly, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice profanity, and to utter error against Yahweh, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

knowing this first, that in the last days mockers will come, walking after their own lustsand saying,“ Where is the promise of his coming? For, from the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.”For this they willfully forget that there were heavens from of old, and an earth formed out of water and amid water by the word of God,

For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts,

During supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him,

“ Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel, saying,‘ The days are prolonged, and every vision fails?’

“ Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say,‘ The vision that he sees is for many days to come, and he prophesies of times that are far off.’

Beware that there not be a wicked thought in your heart, saying,“ The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand,” and your eye be evil against your poor brother and you give him nothing; and he cry to Yahweh against you, and it be sin to you.

“ But his lord answered him,‘ You wicked and slothful servant. You knew that I reap where I didn’t sow, and gather where I didn’t scatter.

He said to him,“ Didn’t my heart go with you, when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and olive groves and vineyards, and sheep and cattle, and male servants and female servants?

“ He said to him,‘ Out of your own mouth I will judge you, you wicked servant! You knew that I am an exacting man, taking up that which I didn’t lay down, and reaping that which I didn’t sow.

Don’t say in your heart, after Yahweh your God has thrust them out from before you,“ For my righteousness Yahweh has brought me in to possess this land;” because Yahweh drives them out before you because of the wickedness of these nations.

Repent therefore of this, your wickedness, and ask God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.

But Peter said,“ Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back part of the price of the land?

Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.