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!" 有一个人跑到非洲那边去，被一个部落给抓起来压他在地下，
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.
时间到了
这时那些非洲部落的人都围绕在他旁边哇哇叫……。他在那边
吓得求上帝：「哦，上帝啊！我现在怎么办呢？哎呀！
我大概时间到了，赶快救我！」上帝说：「还没有，
你时间还没到！」那个受难的人就说：
「那我现在应该怎么办呢？」
上帝说：「没关系，你听我的！你勇敢的站起来，
把那个酋长的刀子抢过来，拿它刺在他心脏的地方。」
于是他照做，把酋长的刀子抢过来，插在他心脏里面，
酋长就死了。然后那个受难的人再问：「上帝，
我已经把刀子插在他心脏里面，现在怎么样啦？」
结果上帝说：「现在你时间到了！」以前还没到。