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、

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。』

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、

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.”

法老又曰、斯民眾多、爾竟欲使之不服役乎、當日法老諭督民之役者、及其諸有司曰、此民作磚、爾勿如昔給之禾稈、使往自斂、仍令按前數作磚、不可減少、其人怠惰、故號呼曰、容我往祭我之天主、當加增其工、俾之操作、使不復聽信虛浮之言、

不以禾稈給僕、又命僕如數作磚、今僕見撻、是乃使王之民受罪、法老曰、爾惰矣、爾惰矣、故云、容我往祭耶和華、今爾往仍當操作、禾稈不給爾、磚必如數交納、

偕羅波安同長之少者曰、斯民告王云、爾父使我負重軛、求為我輕之、王則如斯對之曰、我之小指、較父之腰尤大、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、或作我以蠍鞭責爾蠍鞭鞭名鞭稍有鈎如蠍蠆下同

爭端之起、如水之破隙、故爭競未發之先、當止之、

爾心若懷嫉很、紛爭、則勿矜誇、勿誑妄、以敵真理、如此智慧、非由上而來、乃屬地、屬血氣、屬鬼魔、蓋嫉妒紛爭所在、必有亂行及諸惡事、惟由上之智慧、先廉潔、後和平、溫良、柔順、充滿矜恤、多結善果、不偏視、不偽善、善義之果、必被行和平之人以和平而種、爾中戰鬥爭競、何自而來、非自戰於爾百體中之慾乎、爾貪欲而無所得、爾殘殺嫉妒而無所獲、爾戰鬥爭競而亦無所獲、皆因爾不祈求、

行惡於主前、與亞哈家無異、其父歿後、從亞哈家之謀、自取毀敗、從亞哈家之言、偕以色列王亞哈子約蘭、往基列之拉末、與亞蘭王哈謝戰、亞哈子約蘭在拉末與亞蘭王哈謝戰時、亞蘭人擊約蘭而傷之、約蘭遂返耶斯列就醫、猶大王約蘭子亞撒利雅、即亞哈謝別名下耶斯烈、見之問疾、

事之終、愈於事之始、容忍之心、愈於驕傲之心、

國之冢宰、大員、方伯、議士、牧伯牧伯或作州牧已會議、願王頒詔、設一禁令、三十日間、惟可求王、凡祈神求人者、必投獅穴、

使之辛勞工作、合土陶瓦、力田劬勞、艱苦其生、凡所使之役、無不以嚴、○

人恃驕泰、常啟爭端、聽勸言者、則為有智、

米母干在王及諸牧伯前、曰、王后瓦實提所行、非獨待亞哈隨魯王不善、亦且有損於王各州之臣民、人必傳言、亞哈隨魯王命王后瓦實提至王前、王后不至、天下諸婦、既知王后所行、必藐視其夫、巴西與瑪代命婦聞王后所行、必述於夫前、自此以後、必大開藐視忿怒之端、

王之侍臣曰、莫若為王尋美貌之處女數人、王可設官於國之各州、俾集美貌之處女、咸至書珊城、入後宮、交付掌宮中女之宦官希該、賜以香品、薰沐其身、王所悅之女、可立為王后、以代瓦實提、王以為善、遂循此而行、○

瑣安之候伯、盡為愚蒙、法老謀士之智者、其謀忽成拙計、焉能告法老曰、我乃先賢之後、古王之裔哉、爾之智慧者安在、萬有之主為伊及所定之謀、謀或作命下同彼當知之、當告爾、瑣安之侯伯愚蒙、挪弗之侯伯迷惑、伊及諸支派之領袖、謬引伊及人、

善人所懷者公義、惡人所謀者詭譎、

心驕必敗、氣傲必躓、