世界末日盡在咫尺 就在年5月21日?

Most people like to push thoughts about the end of the world to the back of their minds, hoping that the apocalypse, if it ever comes, will be a long way off。
大多數人總是把世界末日一說拋在腦後，希望即使有那一天，也是遙不可及。

But for one group of not-so happy campers, doomsday is a lot 21 to be precise. According to the predictions of the Family Radio ministry, on that date a massive earthquake will shake the world apart, littering the ground with "many dead bodies"。
　但有一個不那麼樂觀的組織卻認爲世界末日近在咫尺——5月21日！據這個Family Radio預測，將有場大地震使整個世界支離破碎，伏屍遍野。

Those who believe in Jesus will be carried into heaven, while the rest of humanity will endure 153 days of "death and horror" before the world ends on October 21.
　屆時信耶穌者可入天堂，其餘的人將經歷153天的“死亡和恐慌”，直到10月21日，世界徹底終結。

The group of 10 Christians have set out across the country in a convoy of caravans to bring the “awesome” message to as many people as possible. The members have given up jobs, families and all their possessions to join this final mission。
這個由10名基督徒組成的團體已組成車隊橫穿美國，將這一“重大”消息儘可能傳遞給更多人。所有車隊人員都放棄了家人、工作以及他們所擁有的一切，參加這個終極任務。

Calling themselves "ambassadors", they point to baffling biblical codes to demonstrate their reasoning. According to them, there are two "proofs" that May 21 2011 is the judgement day。
　 這些人稱自己爲“使者”。他們通過聖經密碼計算出世界末日的日期。他們稱，有兩個“證據”可以證明2011年5月21日是末日。

Noah's great flood occurred in the year 4990 BC, exactly 7000 years ago. At the time, God said to Noah he had seven days before the flood would begin. It is said a day for God is like a thousand human years, the church reasoned that seven "days" equals 7000 human years from the time of the flood, making 2011 the year of the apocalypse。
第一，《聖經》上諾亞方舟的大洪水發生在公元前4990年，距今恰好7000年。同時，上帝曾對諾亞說過，洪水開始前他有7天時間準備。上帝的一天相當於人類一千年，那麼七天就相當於人類的7000年，因此2011年應是大災之年。

In its second "proof" the exact date is revealed by working forward from the exact date of the of the crucifixion - April 1, 33 AD. According to their reasoning, there are exactly 722,500 days from April 1, 33 AD until May 21, 2011. This number can be represented as follows: 5 x 10 x 17 x 5 x 10 x 17 = 722,500. Numbers in the bible have special meanings, with the number 5 signifying atonement or redemption, the number 10 signifying "completeness" and the number 17 equaling heaven。
第二個“證據”可由耶穌受刑的日期延伸出來。耶穌受刑于公元33年4月1日。他們推斷，到2011年5月21日，一共經歷了722500天。這個數字可以用5 x 10 x 17 x 5 x 10 x 17 = 722500表示。這些數字在聖經中有特定含義，數字5表示贖罪或者救贖，數字10代表“全部”，而17意味着天堂。

The group's leader, 89-year-old Harold Camping said: "I know it's absolutely true, because the Bible is always absolutely true." Despite his conviction, Camping has predicted the world would end before - on September 4 1994. That, he says, was a mistake, a misreading of the biblical codes used to decipher the exact date of the "rapture"。
　 該組織的領導人、89歲的哈羅德•坎普強調說：“我知道這絕對是真的，因爲聖經從未出錯。” 儘管信誓旦旦，坎普曾預測世界末日在1994年12月4日到來一說並沒成真。對此，坎普稱那是個錯誤，他錯誤理解了用於破解世界末日的聖經密碼。