“不可拿人的磨，或是上磨石作抵押，因为这等于拿人的生命作抵押。

“不可拿人的全盘磨石或是上磨石作当头，因为这是拿人的命作当头。

“不可拿人的石磨或上面的磨石作抵押，因为这是拿人的命作抵押。

“不可拿人的石磨或上面的磨石作抵押，因为这是拿人的命作抵押。

“不可拿别人的磨或磨的上盘作抵押品，因为这等于拿他们的生命作抵押。

「不可拿人的全盤磨石或是上磨石作當頭，因為這是拿人的命作當頭。

「不可拿人的石磨或上面的磨石作抵押，因為這是拿人的命作抵押。

「不可拿人的石磨或上面的磨石作抵押，因為這是拿人的命作抵押。

「不可拿別人的磨或磨的上盤作抵押品，因為這等於拿他們的生命作抵押。

“不可拿人的磨，或是上磨石作抵押，因為這等於拿人的生命作抵押。

『不可拿人的全盤磨石或是上磨石做當頭，因為那是等於拿人的性命做當頭。

毋取上下磨為質、蓋質人之生命也、○

毋取上下磨為質、蓋人藉此以得生。

人不可取上下之磨為質、因此乃恃以養生之物、因此乃恃以養生之物原文作是質生命也○

Do not take a pair of millstones— not even the upper one— as security for a debt, because that would be taking a person’s livelihood as security.

Someone might borrow money from you and give you two millstones to keep until you are paid back. Don’t keep them. Don’t even keep the upper one. That person needs both millstones to make a living.

“ No one shall take a mill or an upper millstone in pledge, for that would be taking a life in pledge.

“ It is wrong to take a set of millstones, or even just the upper millstone, as security for a loan, for the owner uses it to make a living.

“ Do not take a pair of grindstones or even the upper millstone as security for a debt, because that is like taking a life as security.

“ No one shall seize a handmill or an upper millstone as a pledge for a loan, since he would be seizing the debtor’s means of life as a pledge.

“ No man shall take the lower or the upper millstone in pledge, for he takes one’s living in pledge.

No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he taketh a man’s life to pledge.

“ Do not take a pair of millstones or an upper millstone as security for a debt, because that is like taking a life as security.

No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh[ a man’s] life to pledge.

One must not take either lower or upper millstones as security on a loan, for that is like taking a life itself as security.

No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone as a pledge, for he takes a life in pledge.

“如果你围困一座城，很久才能攻取占领它，你就不可挥斧破坏那里的树木；因为你可以吃树上的果子，却不可以砍伐树木。难道田间的树木是人，可以被你围困的吗？

如果你拿了邻居的衣服作抵押，必须在日落之前归还给他。因为这是他唯一的铺盖，是他蔽体的衣服；如果没有了它，他拿什么睡觉呢？如果他向我呼求，我必应允，因为我是满有恩惠的。

我父亲的命与这孩子的命，是相连在一起的。现在我回到你仆人我的父亲那里，如果没有孩子与我们在一起，

弹琴、奏乐、吹笛、吹号的声音，在你中间决不能再听到了！各样手艺技工，在你中间决不能再找到了！推磨的声音，在你中间决不能再听到了！

于是他对众人说：“你们要谨慎，远离一切贪心，因为人的生命并不在于家道丰富。”