Look! The cry of the people of Israel has reached me, and I have seen how harshly the Egyptians abuse them.

现在以色列人的哀声达到我耳中，我也看见埃及人怎样欺压他们。

现在，看哪，以色列人的哀声达到我这里，我也看见埃及人怎样欺压他们。

现在，看哪，以色列人的哀声达到我这里，我也看见埃及人怎样欺压他们。

现在，以色列人的呼求传到我耳中，我也看到了埃及人怎样压迫他们。

现在以色列人的呼声已经达到我的面前，我也看见了埃及人对他们所施的压迫。

現在以色列人的哀聲達到我耳中，我也看見埃及人怎樣欺壓他們。

現在，看哪，以色列人的哀聲達到我這裏，我也看見埃及人怎樣欺壓他們。

現在，看哪，以色列人的哀聲達到我這裏，我也看見埃及人怎樣欺壓他們。

現在，以色列人的呼求傳到我耳中，我也看到了埃及人怎樣壓迫他們。

現在以色列人的呼聲已經達到我的面前，我也看見了埃及人對他們所施的壓迫。

現在你看，以色列人的哀叫聲已經到達了我了；埃及人怎樣壓迫他們、我也看見了。

以色列人之哀號、達於我前、埃及人之虐遇、我亦鑒之、

埃及人虐遇以色列族、其籲上聞於我、我已鑒之。

以色列人哀號已達於我前、其受伊及人之虐待、我亦鑒之、

And now the cry of the Israelites has reached me, and I have seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing them.

And now Israel’s cry for help has reached me. I have seen how badly the Egyptians are treating them.

And now, behold, the cry of the people of Israel has come to me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.

So because the Israelites’ cry for help has come to me, and I have also seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing them,

And now, behold, the cry of the sons of Israel has come to Me; furthermore, I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians are oppressing them.

Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to Me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.

And now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: moreover I have seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.

The Israelites’ cry for help has come to Me, and I have also seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing them.

Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.

And now indeed the cry of the Israelites has come to me, and I have also seen how severely the Egyptians oppress them.

Now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to me. Moreover I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.

Years passed, and the king of Egypt died. But the Israelites continued to groan under their burden of slavery. They cried out for help, and their cry rose up to God.

Then the Lord told him,“ I have certainly seen the oppression of my people in Egypt. I have heard their cries of distress because of their harsh slave drivers. Yes, I am aware of their suffering.

Then Pharaoh gave this order to all his people:“ Throw every newborn Hebrew boy into the Nile River. But you may let the girls live.”

So the Egyptians made the Israelites their slaves. They appointed brutal slave drivers over them, hoping to wear them down with crushing labor. They forced them to build the cities of Pithom and Rameses as supply centers for the king.

So the Egyptians worked the people of Israel without mercy.They made their lives bitter, forcing them to mix mortar and make bricks and do all the work in the fields. They were ruthless in all their demands.

Don’t rob the poor just because you can, or exploit the needy in court.For the Lord is their defender. He will ruin anyone who ruins them.

Listen to me, you fat cows living in Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, and who are always calling to your husbands,“ Bring us another drink!”

What sorrow awaits you who lie awake at night, thinking up evil plans. You rise at dawn and hurry to carry them out, simply because you have the power to do so.When you want a piece of land, you find a way to seize it. When you want someone’s house, you take it by fraud and violence. You cheat a man of his property, stealing his family’s inheritance.But this is what the Lord says:“ I will reward your evil with evil; you won’t be able to pull your neck out of the noose. You will no longer walk around proudly, for it will be a terrible time.”

The Lord replies,“ I have seen violence done to the helpless, and I have heard the groans of the poor. Now I will rise up to rescue them, as they have longed for me to do.”

Again, I observed all the oppression that takes place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, with no one to comfort them. The oppressors have great power, and their victims are helpless.

This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says:“ The people of Israel and Judah have been wronged. Their captors hold them and refuse to let them go.But the one who redeems them is strong. His name is the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. He will defend them and give them rest again in Israel. But for the people of Babylon there will be no rest!

Don’t be surprised if you see a poor person being oppressed by the powerful and if justice is being miscarried throughout the land. For every official is under orders from higher up, and matters of justice get lost in red tape and bureaucracy.