Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become disheartened.

你们作父亲的，不要惹儿女的气，恐怕他们失了志气。

你们作父亲的，不要惹儿女生气，恐怕他们会灰心。

你们作父亲的，不要惹儿女生气，恐怕他们会灰心。

你们做父亲的，不要激怒儿女，免得他们灰心丧志。

你们作父亲的，不要激怒儿女，免得他们灰心丧志。

你们做父亲的，不要惹自己儿女生气，免得他们灰心丧志；

你們作父親的，不要惹兒女的氣，恐怕他們失了志氣。

你們作父親的，不要惹兒女生氣，恐怕他們會灰心。

你們作父親的，不要惹兒女生氣，恐怕他們會灰心。

你們作父親的，不要激怒兒女，免得他們灰心喪志。

你們作父親的，不要激怒兒女，免得他們灰心喪志。

做父親的，別激你們兒女的氣了，免得他們喪志灰心。

你們做父親的，不要惹自己兒女生氣，免得他們灰心喪志；

父勿激子、恐其氣餒、

父勿使子怨怒、恐其氣餒、

父、爾勿激子之怒、恐其失志、

為父者不可苛責其子女、使之灰心。

Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.

Fathers, don’t make your children bitter. If you do, they will lose hope.

Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.

Fathers, do not aggravate your children, or they will become discouraged.

Fathers, do not exasperate your children, so that they won’t become discouraged.

Fathers, do not antagonize your children, so that they will not become discouraged.

Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.

Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be not discouraged.

Fathers, do not exasperate your children, so they won’t become discouraged.

Fathers, provoke not your children[ to anger], lest they be discouraged.

Fathers, don’t provoke your children, so that they won’t be discouraged.

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but raise them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Listen, children, to a father’s instruction, and pay attention so that you may gain discernment.Because I give you good instruction, do not forsake my teaching.When I was a son to my father, a tender only child before my mother,he taught me, and he said to me:“ Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands so that you will live.

For the LORD disciplines those he loves, just as a father disciplines the son in whom he delights.

As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on his faithful followers.

As you know, we treated each one of you as a father treats his own children,

And have you forgotten the exhortation addressed to you as sons?“ My son, do not scorn the Lord’s discipline or give up when he corrects you.“ For the Lord disciplines the one he loves and chastises every son he accepts.”Endure your suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is there that a father does not discipline?But if you do not experience discipline, something all sons have shared in, then you are illegitimate and are not sons.Besides, we have experienced discipline from our earthly fathers and we respected them; shall we not submit ourselves all the more to the Father of spirits and receive life?For they disciplined us for a little while as seemed good to them, but he does so for our benefit, that we may share his holiness.Now all discipline seems painful at the time, not joyful. But later it produces the fruit of peace and righteousness for those trained by it.