Suppose the members of the community act like they don’t know that the man has sacrificed his child to Molek. And suppose they don’t put him to death.

那人把儿女献给摩洛，本地人若佯为不见，不把他治死，

那人把儿女献给摩洛，本地的百姓若假装没看见，不把他处死，

那人把儿女献给摩洛，本地的百姓若假装没看见，不把他处死，

如果那地方的人对此置之不理，没有处死那人，

如果有人把他的儿子献给摩洛，而本地的人掩目不看，不把他处死，

那人把兒女獻給摩洛，本地人若佯為不見，不把他治死，

那人把兒女獻給摩洛，本地的百姓若假裝沒看見，不把他處死，

那人把兒女獻給摩洛，本地的百姓若假裝沒看見，不把他處死，

如果那地方的人對此置之不理，沒有處死那人，

如果有人把他的兒子獻給摩洛，而本地的人掩目不看，不把他處死，

人把他的後裔獻給摩洛，這地的人若掩目不看，不把他處死，

若斯土之民、見其獻子女於摩洛、佯為不見、不致之死、

若鄰里目擊其事、佯為不見、不置之死、

彼以子女獻摩洛、若本處之民、偽為不見而不殺之、

If the members of the community close their eyes when that man sacrifices one of his children to Molek and if they fail to put him to death,

And if the people of the land do at all close their eyes to that man when he gives one of his children to Molech, and do not put him to death,

And if the people of the community ignore those who offer their children to Molech and refuse to execute them,

But if the people of the country look the other way when that man gives any of his children to Molech, and do not put him to death,

If the people of the land, however, should ever disregard that man when he gives any of his children to Molech, so as not to put him to death,

And if the people of the land should in any way hide their eyes from the man, when he gives some of his descendants to Molech, and they do not kill him,

And if the people at the land do at all hide their eyes from that man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and put him not to death;

But if the people of the country look the other way when that man gives any of his children to Molech, and do not put him to death,

And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from the man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and kill him not:

If, however, the people of the land shut their eyes to that man when he gives some of his children to Molech so that they do not put him to death,

If the people of the land all hide their eyes from that person when he gives of his offspring to Molech, and don’t put him to death,

Don’t give in to those who are tempting you. Don’t listen to them. Don’t feel sorry for them. Don’t spare them or save them.

Someone living among you might do what is evil in the sight of the Lord your God. It might happen in one of the towns the Lord is giving you. That person is breaking the Lord’ s covenant.The person might have worshiped or bowed down to other gods. That person might have bowed down to the sun or moon or stars in the sky. I have commanded you not to do these things.When you hear that people have done something like that, check the matter out carefully. If it’s true, an evil thing has been done in Israel. The Lord hates that.So take the person who has done that evil thing to your city gate. Put that person to death by throwing stones at them.

In the past, God didn’t judge people for what they didn’t know. But now he commands all people everywhere to turn away from their sins.

‘ But I have a few things against you. Some of your people follow the teaching of Balaam. He taught Balak to lead the people of Israel into sin. So they ate food that had been offered to statues of gods. And they committed sexual sins.

That is why the Israelites can’t stand up against their enemies. They turn their backs and run. That’s because I have decided to let them be destroyed. You must destroy the things you took that had been set apart to me. If you do not, I will not be with you anymore.

He told the king,“ The Lord says,‘ You have set a man free. But I had said he should be set apart to the Lord in a special way to be destroyed. So you must pay for his life with yours. You must pay for his people’s lives with the lives of your people.’ ”

I told Eli I would punish his family forever. He knew his sons were sinning. He knew they were saying bad things about me. In spite of that, he did not stop them.So I made a promise to the family of Eli. I said,‘ The sins of Eli’s family will never be paid for by bringing sacrifices or offerings.’ ”