Chapter 10

CHAPTER 10 "Do I?!" Merle exclaimed. "Best baklava ever!" "What's baklava?" Sadie asked. "Nuts and honey on a light, flaky crust!" Merle licked his squirrel lips. "Merle!" Pearl said. "Not the dessert— the people." "Oh yeah. Them, too. Nice folks." "Yes, nice, but some of them weren't the hardest workers," Pearl said. "Not long before our raft ride to the Dead Sea, the apostle Paul wrote a letter to the new

第十章“是吗？！”默尔喊道。 “史上最好吃的果仁蜜饼！”“果仁蜜饼是什么?”赛迪问道。 “坚果和蜂蜜放在轻薄的脆皮上！”莫尔舔了舔他的松鼠嘴唇。 “默尔!”珍珠说。“不是甜点，是人。” “噢,是的。他们,太。漂亮的人。” “是的，很好，但他们中的一些人不是最努力的工人，”珀尔说。 在我们乘木筏去死海之前不久，使徒保罗写了一封信给新来的人

Christians in Thessalonica. Some of the people in the church there had stopped working and were just taking it easy." "Why's that?" asked Michael. "Before he wrote the letter, a few years after Jesus' death and resurrection, Paul had visited the people in Thessalonica to tell them about what Jesus had done. He also told them that Jesus would be coming back soon," Pearl said. "Some of them figured, 'Our troubles will be over soon, so why bother breaking a sweat? Might as well just relax!'" Merle said. Pearl continued, "Paul told them, 'We hear that some of you are living idle lives, refusing to work and meddling in other people's business. We command such people and urge them in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ to settle down and work to earn their own living. As for the rest of you, dear brothers and sisters, never get tired of doing good.'" Merle added, "That's not too different from what King Solomon said: 'Lazy people want much but get little, but those who work hard will prosper.' We're squirrels, so we should know. If we work hard collecting our nuts in the fall, we'll have a good winter."

帖撒罗尼迦的基督徒。 教堂里的一些人已经停止了工作，只是放松一下。” “为什么？”迈克尔问。 在他写这封信之前，也就是耶稣死而复活的几年之后，保罗拜访了帖撒罗尼迦的人们，告诉他们耶稣所做的事。 他还告诉他们，耶稣很快就会回来，”珀尔说。 “他们中的一些人想，‘我们的麻烦很快就会过去，为什么还要流汗呢？ 还是放轻松吧！’”梅尔说。 珀尔继续说道：“保罗告诉他们，‘我们听说你们中有些人过着懒散的生活，拒绝工作，干涉别人的事情。 我们奉主耶稣基督的名吩咐这样的人，劝他们安定下来，作工自食其力。 亲爱的弟兄姊妹，至于你们其余的人，要行善永不厌烦。’”莫尔补充说，“这与所罗门王所说的没有太大的不同：‘懒惰的人想要的多，得到的少；努力工作的人会成功。’”我们是松鼠，所以我们应该知道。 如果我们在秋天努力收集坚果，我们就会有一个好冬天。”

"God wants us to work hard in serving him and others. That includes doing your best and studying hard in school!" Pearl concluded. "I love that!" said Sadie. "I couldn't agree more," added Justin. Michael looked at his friends. "Are we going skating or what?"

神要我们努力工作，服事他和他人。 这包括在学校努力学习，做到最好！”珍珠总结道。 “我喜欢！”赛迪说。 “我完全同意，”贾斯汀补充道。 迈克尔看着他的朋友们。 “我们去溜冰还是怎么？”