他暫時和你分離，或者是要讓你永遠收着他：

他暂时离开你，或者是叫你永远得着他，

他暂时离开你，也许是要让你永远得着他，

他暂时离开你，也许是要让你永远得着他，

或许他暂时离开你是为了让你以后永远得到他。

也许他暂时离开你，正是为了使你永远得着他，

其实，他暂时离开你，或许正是为了使你可以永远得着他——

他暫時離開你，或者是叫你永遠得着他，

他暫時離開你，也許是要讓你永遠得着他，

他暫時離開你，也許是要讓你永遠得着他，

或許他暫時離開你是為了讓你以後永遠得到他。

也許他暫時離開你，正是為了使你永遠得著他，

其實，他暫時離開你，或許正是為了使你可以永遠得著他——

彼暫離爾、或俾爾永有之、

彼與爾今或暫相離、後必恆相聚、

彼暫時與爾相離、焉知非使爾永遠得之乎、

以今思之、彼昔日之與爾暫離、或正所以促成爾等今後之永合耳。

Perhaps the reason he was separated from you for a little while was that you might have him back forever—

Onesimus was separated from you for a little while. Maybe that was so you could have him back forever.

For this perhaps is why he was parted from you for a while, that you might have him back forever,

It seems you lost Onesimus for a little while so that you could have him back forever.

For perhaps this is why he was separated from you for a brief time, so that you might get him back permanently,

For perhaps it was for this reason that he was separated from you for a while, that you would have him back forever,

For perhaps he departed for a while for this purpose, that you might receive him forever,

For perhaps he was therefore parted from thee for a season, that thou shouldest have him for ever;

For perhaps this is why he was separated from you for a brief time, so that you might get him back permanently,

For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever;

For perhaps it was for this reason that he was separated from you for a little while, so that you would have him back eternally,

For perhaps he was therefore separated from you for a while, that you would have him forever,

現在你們不要因為把我賣到這裏來自己憂傷、自己惱怒；因為是為了要保全人類的生命，上帝才差了我在你們以先來的。這兩年境內已經鬧了饑荒：還有五年，不能耕種，不能收割。上帝差了我在你們以先來，是要給你們留餘種在地上，又要使你們的性命存活，來成就偉大之解救。如今看來，差我來的並不是你們，乃是上帝；他又使我像法老的父，做他全家的主，來管理埃及全地。

在你們，你們從前所圖謀的原是要加害於我，但上帝所圖謀的卻很好，就是為要成就像今天這樣、叫許多人得以存活。

要作你手和你計畫所豫定必成的一切事。

當那日子、這沿海一帶的居民必說：「看哪，我們素來所仰望的，我們為要蒙援救、逃離亞述王、才逃去求救助的，尚且落到這樣的下場，何況我們呢、又怎能逃脫呢？」』

人的烈怒終必稱讚你；你必用人的餘怒去束腰。