民眾答道：「我們決不背棄耶和華去事奉別的神明，

百姓回答说：“我们断不敢离弃耶和华去侍奉别神；

百姓回答说：“我们绝不离弃耶和华去事奉别神。

百姓回答说：“我们绝不离弃耶和华去事奉别神。

民众答道：“我们决不背弃耶和华去事奉别的神明，

众民回答：“我们绝对不会离弃耶和华，去事奉别的神；

百姓回答說：「我們斷不敢離棄耶和華去事奉別神；

百姓回答說：「我們絕不離棄耶和華去事奉別神。

百姓回答說：「我們絕不離棄耶和華去事奉別神。

眾民回答：“我們絕對不會離棄耶和華，去事奉別的神；

人民回答說：『我們絕對不離棄永恆主、去事奉別的神；

民對曰、我決不離棄耶和華、而事他神、

民對曰、我斷不可違耶和華、事他上帝、

民對曰、我儕斷不棄主而事異邦之神、異邦之神或作他神

Then the people answered,“ Far be it from us to forsake the Lord to serve other gods!

Then the people answered Joshua,“ We would never desert the Lord! We would never serve other gods!

Then the people answered,“ Far be it from us that we should forsake the Lord to serve other gods,

The people replied,“ We would never abandon the Lord and serve other gods.

The people replied,“ We will certainly not abandon the LORD to worship other gods!

The people answered and said,“ Far be it from us that we would abandon the Lord to serve other gods;

So the people answered and said:“ Far be it from us that we should forsake the Lord to serve other gods;

And the people answered and said, Far be it from us that we should forsake Jehovah, to serve other gods;

The people replied,“ We will certainly not abandon the Lord to worship other gods!

And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods;

The people responded,“ Far be it from us to abandon the LORD so we can worship other gods!

The people answered,“ Far be it from us that we should forsake Yahweh, to serve other gods;

屬我的義人必靠信心而活。他若畏縮退後，我必不喜悅他。」但我們都不是退後走向滅亡的人，而是因為有信心而靈魂得救的人。

當然不是！若是這樣，上帝怎麼能審判這世界呢？

至於我，我會不斷地為你們祈禱，免得我得罪耶和華。我會教導你們行善道、走正路。

絕不可以！我們既然向罪死了，豈可繼續活在罪中？