Our young men are forced to grind grain at the mill. Our boys almost fall down as they carry heavy loads of wood.

少年人扛磨石，孩童背木柴，都绊跌了。

年轻人扛磨石，孩童背木柴而跌倒。

年轻人扛磨石，孩童背木柴而跌倒。

青年被迫推磨，孩童肩背柴捆，步履蹒跚。

青年人推磨吃苦；孩童因背木柴而跌倒。

少年人扛磨石，孩童背木柴，都絆跌了。

年輕人扛磨石，孩童背木柴而跌倒。

年輕人扛磨石，孩童背木柴而跌倒。

青年被迫推磨，孩童肩背柴捆，步履蹣跚。

青年人推磨吃苦；孩童因背木柴而跌倒。

青年人推着磨，少年人背着木柴而打趔趄。

少者服於磨石、稚子躓於薪下兮、

使壯者旋磨、幼穉負薪而偃仆兮。

使壯者負磨石、使少者負薪而仆、

Young men toil at the millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood.

Young men are compelled to grind at the mill, and boys stagger under loads of wood.

Young men are led away to work at millstones, and boys stagger under heavy loads of wood.

Young men labor at millstones; boys stumble under loads of wood.

Young men worked at the grinding mill, And youths staggered under loads of wood.

Young men ground at the millstones; Boys staggered under loads of wood.

The young men bare the mill; And the children stumbled under the wood.

Young men labor at millstones; boys stumble under loads of wood.

They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.

The young men perform menial labor; boys stagger from their labor.

The young men carry millstones. The children stumbled under loads of wood.

Then the Philistines grabbed him. They poked his eyes out. They took him down to Gaza. They put bronze chains around him. Then they made him grind grain in the prison.

Every oldest son in Egypt will die. The oldest son of Pharaoh, who sits on the throne, will die. The oldest son of every female slave, who works at her hand mill, will die. All the male animals born first to their mothers among the cattle will also die.

Get millstones and grind some flour like a female slave. Take off your veil. Lift up your skirts. Make your legs bare. Wade through the streams.

Some men and their wives cried out against their Jewish brothers and sisters.Some of them were saying,“ There are now many of us. We have many sons and daughters. We have to get some grain so we can eat and stay alive.”Others were saying,“ We’re being forced to sell our fields, vineyards and homes. We have to do it to buy grain. There isn’t enough food for everyone.”Still others were saying,“ We’ve had to borrow money. We needed it to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.We belong to the same family lines as the rest of our people. Our children are as good as theirs. But we’ve had to sell them off as slaves. Some of our daughters have already been made slaves. But we can’t do anything about it. That’s because our fields and vineyards now belong to others.”

“ Here is the way I want you to fast.“ Set free those who are held by chains without any reason. Untie the ropes that hold people as slaves. Set free those who are crushed. Break every evil chain.

They tie up heavy loads that are hard to carry. Then they put them on other people’s shoulders. But they themselves aren’t willing to lift a finger to move them.

Moses grew up. One day, he went out to where his own people were. He watched them while they were hard at work. He saw an Egyptian hitting a Hebrew man. The man was one of Moses’ own people.

So the Egyptians put slave drivers over the people of Israel. The slave drivers treated them badly and made them work hard. The Israelites built the cities of Pithom and Rameses so Pharaoh could store things there.

Suppose you see that the donkey of someone who hates you has fallen down under its load. Then do not leave it there. Be sure you help them with it.

Then may my wife grind another man’s grain. May other men sleep with her.