One of you will say to me,“ Then why does God still blame us? Who can oppose what he wants to do?”

这样，你必对我说：“他为什么还指责人呢？有谁抗拒他的旨意呢？”

这样，你会对我说：“那么，他为什么还指责人呢？有谁能抗拒他的旨意呢？”

这样，你会对我说：“那么，他为什么还指责人呢？有谁能抗拒他的旨意呢？”

这样，你肯定会对我说：“为什么上帝还指责人呢？谁能抗拒祂的旨意呢？”

这样，你会对我说：“那么他为什么责怪人呢？有谁抗拒他的旨意呢？”

那么，你会对我说：“既然如此，神为什么还要指责人呢？到底谁能抵挡他的旨意呢？”

這樣，你必對我說：「他為甚麼還指責人呢？有誰抗拒他的旨意呢？」

這樣，你會對我說：「那麼，他為甚麼還指責人呢？有誰能抗拒他的旨意呢？」

這樣，你會對我說：「那麼，他為甚麼還指責人呢？有誰能抗拒他的旨意呢？」

這樣，你肯定會對我說：「為什麼上帝還指責人呢？誰能抗拒祂的旨意呢？」

這樣，你會對我說：“那麼他為甚麼責怪人呢？有誰抗拒他的旨意呢？”

這樣，你必對我說：『他為甚麼還指摘人呢？誰反對過他的主意呢？』

那麼，你會對我說：「既然如此，神為什麼還要指責人呢？到底誰能抵擋他的旨意呢？」

如是、爾必語我云、上帝何尚責人乎、孰逆其旨乎、

爾必語我云、何其尚責人哉、孰逆其旨乎、

然則爾必語我云、天主何尚責人哉、誰能抗拒其旨乎、

爾將謂予曰：既如此、則天主尚何復責人？夫孰能違其意乎？

One of you will say to me:“ Then why does God still blame us? For who is able to resist his will?”

You will say to me then,“ Why does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?”

Well then, you might say,“ Why does God blame people for not responding? Haven’t they simply done what he makes them do?”

You will say to me, therefore,“ Why then does he still find fault? For who resists his will?”

You will say to me then,“ Why does He still find fault? For who has resisted His will?”

You will say to me then,“ Why does He still find fault? For who has resisted His will?”

Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he still find fault? For who withstandeth his will?

You will say to me, therefore,“ Why then does He still find fault? For who can resist His will?”

Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?

You will say to me then,“ Why does he still find fault? For who has ever resisted his will?”

You will say then to me,“ Why does he still find fault? For who withstands his will?”

He considers all the nations on earth to be nothing. He does as he pleases with the powers of heaven. He does what he wants with the nations of the earth. No one can hold back his hand. No one can say to him,“ What have you done?”

He said,“ Lord, you are the God of our people who lived long ago. You are the God who is in heaven. You rule over all the kingdoms of the nations. You are strong and powerful. No one can fight against you and win.

But someone will ask,“ How are the dead raised? What kind of body will they have?”

You planned to harm me. But God planned it for good. He planned to do what is now being done. He wanted to save many lives.

In fact, Herod and Pontius Pilate met with the Gentiles in this city. They also met with the people of Israel. All of them made plans against your holy servant Jesus. He is the one you anointed.They did what your power and purpose had already decided should happen.

Before something even happens, I announce how it will end. In fact, from times long ago I announced what was still to come. I say,‘ My plan will succeed. I will do anything I want to do.’I will send for a man from the east to carry out my plan. From a land far away, he will come like a bird that kills its food. I will bring about what I have said. I will do what I have planned.

We have preached that Christ has been raised from the dead. So how can some of you say that no one rises from the dead?

When a person is tempted, they shouldn’t say,“ God is tempting me.” God can’t be tempted by evil. And he doesn’t tempt anyone.

Long ago God planned that Jesus would be handed over to you. With the help of evil people, you put Jesus to death. You nailed him to the cross.

Your anger against sinners brings you praise. Those who live through your anger gather to worship you.

I will send them against the ungodly nation of Judah. I will order them to fight against my own people. My people make me angry. I will order Assyria to take their goods and carry them away. I will order Assyria to walk on my people as if they were walking on mud.But that is not what the king of Assyria plans. It is not what he has in mind. His purpose is to destroy many nations. His purpose is to put an end to them.

“ But he’s the only God. Who can oppose him? He does anything he wants to do.He carries out his plans against me. And he still has many other plans just like them.

If it’s a matter of strength, he is mighty! And if it’s a matter of being fair, who would dare to bring charges against him?

You will say,“ Some branches were broken off so that I could be joined to the tree.”

The Son of Man will go just as it is written about him. But how terrible it will be for the one who hands over the Son of Man! It would be better for him if he had not been born.”

If he takes something, who can stop him? Who would dare to ask him,‘ What are you doing?’God doesn’t hold back his anger. Even the helpers of the sea monster Rahab bowed in fear at his feet.“ So how can I disagree with God? How can I possibly argue with him?Even if I hadn’t done anything wrong, I couldn’t answer him. I could only beg my Judge to have mercy on me.

Doesn’t the fact that we are wrong prove more clearly that God is right? Then what can we say? Can we say that God is not fair when he brings his anger down on us? As you can tell, I am just using human ways of thinking.God is certainly fair! If he weren’t, how could he judge the world?Someone might argue,“ When I lie, it becomes clearer that God is truthful. It makes his glory shine more brightly. Why then does he find me guilty of sin?”Why not say,“ Let’s do evil things so that good things will happen”? Some people actually lie by reporting that this is what we say. They are the ones who will rightly be found guilty.