Then Herod secretly called for the Wise Men. He found out from them exactly when the star had appeared.

当下，希律暗暗地召了博士来，细问那星是什么时候出现的，

于是，希律暗地里召了博学之士来，查问那星是什么时候出现的，

于是，希律暗地里召了博学之士来，查问那星是什么时候出现的，

于是，希律暗中召见那几位智者，仔细查问那星出现的准确时间，

希律暗中把星象家召来，仔细查问他们，那颗星什么时候出现，

于是，希律暗暗地召见了那几个博士，向他们仔细询问那颗星出现的时间，

當下，希律暗暗地召了博士來，細問那星是甚麼時候出現的，

於是，希律暗地裏召了博學之士來，查問那星是甚麼時候出現的，

於是，希律暗地裏召了博學之士來，查問那星是甚麼時候出現的，

於是，希律暗中召見那幾位智者，仔細查問那星出現的準確時間，

希律暗中把星象家召來，仔細查問他們，那顆星甚麼時候出現，

當下希律祕密地召了占星家來，仔細向他們查問那星出現是甚麼時候；

於是，希律暗暗地召見了那幾個博士，向他們仔細詢問那顆星出現的時間，

於是希律密召博士、詢悉星見之時、

於是希律密召博士、詳問星見之時、

於是希律密召博士、詳問星見之時、

希祿乃密召哲士、詳詢新星出現時日；

Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared.

Then Herod summoned the wise men secretly and ascertained from them what time the star had appeared.

Then Herod called for a private meeting with the wise men, and he learned from them the time when the star first appeared.

Then Herod secretly summoned the wise men and asked them the exact time the star appeared.

Then Herod secretly called for the magi and determined from them the exact time the star appeared.

Then Herod, when he had secretly called the wise men, determined from them what time the star appeared.

Then Herod privily called the Wise- men, and learned of them exactly what time the star appeared.

Then Herod secretly summoned the wise men and asked them the exact time the star appeared.

Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared.

Then Herod privately summoned the wise men and determined from them when the star had appeared.

Then Herod secretly called the wise men, and learned from them exactly what time the star appeared.

A great sign appeared in heaven. It was a woman wearing the sun like clothes. The moon was under her feet. On her head she wore a crown of 12 stars.She was pregnant. She cried out in pain because she was about to have a baby.Then another sign appeared in heaven. It was a huge red dragon. It had seven heads and ten horns. On its seven heads it wore seven crowns.The dragon’s tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky. It threw the stars down to earth. The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to have a baby. The dragon wanted to eat her child the moment he was born.She gave birth to a son. He“ will rule all the nations with an iron scepter.”( Psalm 2:9) And her child was taken up to God and to his throne.

“ I’ll give her to David to be his wife,” Saul said to himself.“ Then maybe she’ll trap him. And maybe the Philistines will strike him down.” So Saul said to David,“ Now you have a second chance to become my son- in- law.”

They make clever plans against your people. They make evil plans against those you love.“ Come,” they say.“ Let’s destroy that whole nation. Then the name of Israel won’t be remembered anymore.”

Then the chief priests met with the elders of the people. They met in the palace of Caiaphas, the high priest.They made plans to arrest Jesus secretly. They wanted to kill him.“ But not during the feast,” they said.“ The people may stir up trouble.”

“‘ The Lord and King says,“ At that time some ideas will come to you. You will make evil plans.You will say,‘ I will march out against a land whose villages don’t have walls around them. I’ll attack those peaceful people. I’ll do this when they aren’t expecting it. None of their villages has walls or gates with metal bars on them.

They hide and wait like a lion in the bushes. From their hiding places they wait to catch those who are helpless. They catch them and drag them off in their nets.Those they have attacked are beaten up. They fall to the ground. They fall because their attackers are too strong for them.

His talk is as smooth as butter. But he has war in his heart. His words flow like olive oil. But they are like swords ready for battle.

They shoot from their hiding places at people who aren’t guilty. They shoot quickly and aren’t afraid of being caught.They help one another make evil plans. They talk about hiding their traps. They say,“ Who can see what we are doing?”They make plans to do what is evil. They say,“ We have thought up a perfect plan!” The hearts and minds of people are so clever!

Aram, Ephraim and Remaliah’s son have planned to destroy you. They said,“ Let’s march into Judah and attack it. Let’s tear everything down. Then we can share the land among ourselves. And we can make Tabeel’s son king over it.”But I am the Lord and King. I say,“‘ “That will not happen. It will not take place.

Come. We must deal with them carefully. If we don’t, there will be even more of them. Then if war breaks out, they’ll join our enemies. They’ll fight against us and leave the country.”

Then out of his mouth the serpent spit water like a river. He wanted to catch the woman and sweep her away in the flood.