有的说：“我们要借钱才能缴纳王对我们的田地和葡萄园征收的税。

有的说：“我们已经指着田地、葡萄园，借了钱给王纳税。

有的说：“我们借了钱付田地和葡萄园的税给王。

有的说：“我们借了钱付田地和葡萄园的税给王。

有些人说：“我们为了要借钱向王纳税，只好抵押了我们的田地和葡萄园。

有的說：「我們已經指着田地、葡萄園，借了錢給王納稅。

有的說：「我們借了錢付田地和葡萄園的稅給王。

有的說：「我們借了錢付田地和葡萄園的稅給王。

有的說：「我們要借錢才能繳納王對我們的田地和葡萄園徵收的稅。

有些人說：“我們為了要借錢向王納稅，只好抵押了我們的田地和葡萄園。

有的說：『我們已把我們的田地和葡萄園作抵押去借銀錢來交王的貢物稅了。

或曰、我以田畝、及葡萄園、貸金納王之稅、

或曰、我之田園、已質於人、得金以納稅。

或曰、我已質田畝、葡萄園、貸銀以納王之稅、

Still others were saying,“ We have had to borrow money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.

Still others were saying,“ We’ve had to borrow money. We needed it to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.

And there were those who said,“ We have borrowed money for the king’s tax on our fields and our vineyards.

And others said,“ We have had to borrow money on our fields and vineyards to pay our taxes.

Still others were saying,“ We have borrowed money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.

There also were those who said,“ We have borrowed money for the king’s tax on our fields and our vineyards.

There were also those who said,“ We have borrowed money for the king’s tax on our lands and vineyards.

There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute upon our fields and our vineyards.

Still others were saying,“ We have borrowed money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.

There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute,[ and that upon] our lands and vineyards.

Then there were those who said,“ We have borrowed money to pay our taxes to the king on our fields and our vineyards.

There were also some who said,“ We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute using our fields and our vineyards as collateral.

王该知道，如果这城建好，城墙完工，他们将不再进贡、交赋、纳税，王的税收必受亏损。

强大的君王曾经统管耶路撒冷和幼发拉底河西全境，并向人们征收贡物和赋税。

他们没有赶走住在基色的迦南人，迦南人至今还住在以法莲人当中，为他们服劳役。

因为我们的罪过，这地方的丰富出产都归给了那些你派来统管我们的王。他们随意统管我们和我们的牲畜。我们生活在极大的苦难中。

如果你们在富足时不心甘情愿地事奉你们的上帝耶和华，你们必失去所有，饥饿干渴、赤身裸体地侍奉耶和华派来攻击你们的敌人。祂要把铁轭加在你们的颈上，直到消灭你们。

以色列人没能灭绝这些外族人，所罗门让他们服劳役，至今如此。

我们也通知你们不可向这座上帝殿的祭司、利未人、歌乐手、殿门守卫、殿役或其他工人征收赋税。