Then they must say,‘ Our hands did not shed this person’s blood, nor did we see it happen.

祷告说：‘我们的手未曾流这人的血；我们的眼也未曾看见这事。

声明说：‘我们的手未曾流这人的血；我们的眼也未曾看见这事。

声明说：‘我们的手未曾流这人的血；我们的眼也未曾看见这事。

然后祷告说，‘我们的手没有杀这人，我们的眼也没有看见谁杀了他。

他们要声明，说：‘我们的手未曾流过这人的血，我们的眼也未曾看见这事。

禱告說：『我們的手未曾流這人的血；我們的眼也未曾看見這事。

聲明說：『我們的手未曾流這人的血；我們的眼也未曾看見這事。

聲明說：『我們的手未曾流這人的血；我們的眼也未曾看見這事。

然後禱告說，『我們的手沒有殺這人，我們的眼也沒有看見誰殺了他。

他們要聲明，說：‘我們的手未曾流過這人的血，我們的眼也未曾看見這事。

他們要應聲申明說：「這血我們的手未曾使它流過，我們的眼也未曾看見過。

曰、我手未流此血、我目亦未之見、

稱曰、此人非我所殺、其死非我所見、

禱曰、我手未流此人之血、我目亦未見之、

and they shall declare:“ Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it done.

They’ll say to the Lord,“ We didn’t kill that person. We didn’t see it happen.

and they shall testify,‘ Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it shed.

They will declare,‘ Our hands did not shed this blood; our eyes did not see it.

and they shall respond and say,‘ Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see who did.

Then they shall answer and say,‘ Our hands have not shed this blood, nor have our eyes seen it.

and they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.

They will declare,‘ Our hands did not shed this blood; our eyes did not see it.

And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen[ it].

Then they must proclaim,“ Our hands have not spilled this blood, nor have we witnessed the crime.

They shall answer and say,“ Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.

“ The Lord is paying you back for all the bloodshed in Saul’s clan. You stole his throne, and now the Lord has given it to your son Absalom. At last you will taste some of your own medicine, for you are a murderer!”

O Lord my God, if I have done wrong or am guilty of injustice,if I have betrayed a friend or plundered my enemy without cause,

No one criticizes them openly or pays them back for what they have done.When they are carried to the grave, an honor guard keeps watch at their tomb.A great funeral procession goes to the cemetery. Many pay their respects as the body is laid to rest, and the earth gives sweet repose.“ How can your empty clichés comfort me? All your explanations are lies!”

The priest will then put the woman under oath and say to her,‘ If no other man has had sex with you, and you have not gone astray and defiled yourself while under your husband’s authority, may you be immune from the effects of this bitter water that brings on the curse.But if you have gone astray by being unfaithful to your husband, and have defiled yourself by having sex with another man—’“ At this point the priest must put the woman under oath by saying,‘ May the people know that the Lord’s curse is upon you when he makes you infertile, causing your womb to shrivel and your abdomen to swell.Now may this water that brings the curse enter your body and cause your abdomen to swell and your womb to shrivel.’ And the woman will be required to say,‘ Yes, let it be so.’And the priest will write these curses on a piece of leather and wash them off into the bitter water.He will make the woman drink the bitter water that brings on the curse. When the water enters her body, it will cause bitter suffering if she is guilty.“ The priest will take the jealousy offering from the woman’s hand, lift it up before the Lord, and carry it to the altar.He will take a handful of the flour as a token portion and burn it on the altar, and he will require the woman to drink the water.If she has defiled herself by being unfaithful to her husband, the water that brings on the curse will cause bitter suffering. Her abdomen will swell and her womb will shrink, and her name will become a curse among her people.But if she has not defiled herself and is pure, then she will be unharmed and will still be able to have children.

For they will not care what happens to their family after they are dead.“ But who can teach a lesson to God, since he judges even the most powerful?One person dies in prosperity, completely comfortable and secure,