依少者之謀、告之曰、我父使爾負重軛、我必益之、我父責爾以鞭、我則責爾以蠍、

照着少年人所出的主意对民说：“我父亲使你们负重轭，我必使你们负更重的轭！我父亲用鞭子责打你们，我要用蝎子鞭责打你们！”

他照着年轻人所出的主意对他们说：“我父亲使你们负重轭，我必使你们负更重的轭！我父亲用鞭子惩罚你们，我却要用蝎子惩罚你们！”

他照着年轻人所出的主意对他们说：“我父亲使你们负重轭，我必使你们负更重的轭！我父亲用鞭子惩罚你们，我却要用蝎子惩罚你们！”

却照着年轻人给他所出的主意，对他们说：“我父亲加重你们所负的重担，我要使你们负更重的重担；我父亲用鞭子责打你们，我要用蝎子鞭责打你们。”

照着少年人所出的主意對民說：「我父親使你們負重軛，我必使你們負更重的軛！我父親用鞭子責打你們，我要用蠍子鞭責打你們！」

他照着年輕人所出的主意對他們說：「我父親使你們負重軛，我必使你們負更重的軛！我父親用鞭子懲罰你們，我卻要用蠍子懲罰你們！」

他照着年輕人所出的主意對他們說：「我父親使你們負重軛，我必使你們負更重的軛！我父親用鞭子懲罰你們，我卻要用蠍子懲罰你們！」

卻照著年輕人給他所出的主意，對他們說：“我父親加重你們所負的重擔，我要使你們負更重的重擔；我父親用鞭子責打你們，我要用蠍子鞭責打你們。”

反而照少年人出的主意對眾民說：『我父親使你們負的軛很重，我卻要加重你們的軛呢；我父親用鞭子責打你們，我卻要用蠍子鞭責打你們呢。』

乃循少者之謀、謂民曰、我父使爾負重軛、我必使爾負尤重之軛、我父以鞭責爾、我必以蠍責爾、

he followed the advice of the young men and said,“ My father made your yoke heavy; I will make it even heavier. My father scourged you with whips; I will scourge you with scorpions.”

Instead, he followed the advice of the young men. He said,“ My father put a heavy load on your shoulders. But I’ll make it even heavier. My father beat you with whips. But I’ll beat you with bigger whips.”

he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying,“ My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.”

and followed the counsel of his younger advisers. He told the people,“ My father laid heavy burdens on you, but I’m going to make them even heavier! My father beat you with whips, but I will beat you with scorpions!”

and spoke to them according to the young men’s advice:“ My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with barbed whips.”

and he spoke to them according to the advice of the young men, saying,“ My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions!”

and he spoke to them according to the advice of the young men, saying,“ My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scourges!”

and spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

and spoke to them according to the young men’s advice:“ My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with barbed whips.”

And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father[ also] chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

and followed the advice of the younger ones. He said,“ My father imposed heavy demands on you; I will make them even heavier. My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.”

and spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying,“ My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.”

又曰、斯民眾多、爾乃弛其負擔、是日法老諭民之督工者、與其有司曰、厥後斯民陶瓦、勿如疇昔給之以草、使往自斂、所陶之瓦、其數如前、毋容少減、彼惰、故號呼曰、容我往祭我之上帝、當重其役、使之辛勞、不聽浮言、○

不給以草、而命陶瓦、僕又被撻、咎在王民、曰、爾惰矣、爾惰矣、故曰、容我往祭耶和華、爾往操作、不給爾草、瓦必如數以納、

偕彼同長之少者曰、斯民謂爾云、爾父使我負重軛、求為我輕之、可答之曰、我之小指、巨於我父之腰、我父使爾負重軛、我必益之、我父責爾以鞭、我則責爾以蠍、

釁端之起、如水潰決、宜先弭之、以免爭鬥、

若心懷嫉很朋黨、則勿誇勿誑、以敵真理、此智非自上而來、乃屬地與慾與魔也、蓋媢嫉朋黨所在、必有紛亂與諸惡行、惟自上之智、則首貞潔、次和平、溫良、柔順、充以矜恤與善果、無貳無偽、仁義之果、乃以和致和者之所播也、爾中之戰鬥爭競、奚自哉、非自戰於爾百體中之慾乎、爾欲而不得、爾殺爾嫉而不能得、戰鬥也、爭競也、爾之無所得者、以爾不求也、

行耶和華所惡、如亞哈家然、其父沒後、亞哈家為之主謀、致其淪喪、且從亞哈家之謀、偕以色列王亞哈子約蘭、往基列拉末、與亞蘭王哈薛戰、約蘭為亞蘭人所傷、

事之終愈於事之始、心忍愈於心驕、

國之宰輔、督臣方伯、議士牧伯會議、請降詔諭、立一禁令、三旬之內、惟王是求、此外、凡求神與人者、必投之獅洞、

使之作苦、以勞其生、和泥、陶瓦、力田、所服之役、無不以嚴、○

驕泰惟起爭端、受勸乃有智慧、

米母干謂王及諸伯曰、后瓦實提所為、匪但有害於王、亦有害於王之諸州牧伯庶民、蓋后之所為、必傳於諸婦、言王召后、而后不至、致諸婦亦蔑視其夫、今而後、波斯瑪代眾命婦、聞后所為、必效其尤、言於王之牧伯、遂生藐視、憤怒靡已、如王以為善、則降諭旨、載於波斯瑪代之律、永遠不廢、不容瓦實提進御、以其后位、賜較彼尤善者、王疆宇甚廣、王詔布告通國、則婦必敬其夫、無論尊卑、王與諸伯、咸悅米母干之言、王遂依此而行、

侍臣曰、宜為王採訪豔麗處女、請王設官於國之諸州、集豔麗處女、咸至書珊、俾入後宮、令內豎希該掌之、賜以薰沐所需、惟王所悅之女、則立為后、以代瓦實提、王以為善、依此而行、○

瑣安之牧伯愚甚、法老有智之謀士、所謀愚蠢、何謂法老曰、我乃哲人之後、前王之胤耶、爾之智者安在、萬軍之耶和華為埃及所定者、任其知之以告爾、瑣安之牧伯為愚、挪弗之牧伯見惑、埃及支派之屋隅石、引其民於迷途、

義人之思維公平、惡人之計謀詭詐、

倨傲為淪亡之先導、心驕乃隕越之前因、