A person went to Africa and was captured by

the native tribesmen. The savages encircled him,

threw him on the ground, and yelled loudly.

Frightened to death, he prayed to God,

"Oh, God! What shall I do now? Good grief,

perhaps my time has come. Please save me quickly!"

God replied, "No, your time has not come yet."

The poor fellow asked, "What shall I do then?"

God told him, "It's all right, just listen to me.

Stand up bravely, snatch the knife from the

chief's hand, and strike right at his heart."

The man acted accordingly; he seized

the chief's knife, thrust it through the

chief's heart, and killed him. Then the

poor man asked again, "God, I have thrust

the knife through his heart, so what now?"

God answered him: "Now your time has come!"

His time had not yet come before he did that.

時間到了

有一個人跑到非洲那邊去，被一個部落給抓起來壓他在地下，

這時那些非洲部落的人都圍繞在他旁邊哇哇叫……。他在那邊

嚇得求上帝：「哦，上帝啊！我現在怎么辦呢？哎呀！

我大概時間到了，趕快救我！」上帝說：「還沒有，

你時間還沒到！」那個受難的人就說：

「那我現在應該怎么辦呢？」

上帝說：「沒關系，你聽我的！你勇敢的站起來，

把那個酋長的刀子搶過來，拿它刺在他心臟的地方。」

于是他照做，把酋長的刀子搶過來，插在他心臟里面，

酋長就死了。然后那個受難的人再問：「上帝，

我已經把刀子插在他心臟里面，現在怎么樣啦？」

結果上帝說：「現在你時間到了！」以前還沒到。