“ 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.

“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.

“ 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.

“ When you are attacking a town and the war drags on, you must not cut down the trees with your axes. You may eat the fruit, but do not cut down the trees. Are the trees your enemies, that you should attack them?

If you take your neighbor’s cloak as security for a loan, you must return it before sunset.This coat may be the only blanket your neighbor has. How can a person sleep without it? If you do not return it and your neighbor cries out to me for help, then I will hear, for I am merciful.

“ And now, my lord, I cannot go back to my father without the boy. Our father’s life is bound up in the boy’s life.

The sound of harps, singers, flutes, and trumpets will never be heard in you again. No craftsmen and no trades will ever be found in you again. The sound of the mill will never be heard in you again.

Then he said,“ Beware! Guard against every kind of greed. Life is not measured by how much you own.”