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.

現在奏知大王：如果這城建成，牆垣築好，他們就不再繳稅、進貢和納糧，王的國庫收入必定受損。

從前大能的君王統治耶路撒冷，治理河西那邊的全地，接受他們繳稅、進貢和納糧。

可是他們沒有把住在基色的迦南人趕走，於是迦南人住在以法蓮中間，直到今日，成了作苦工的奴僕。

這地豐富的出產都歸給列王，就是你因我們的罪派來管轄我們的；他們也隨意管轄我們的身體和我們的牲畜；我們遭遇大患難。

因為你在這樣富足的時候，沒有以歡樂和高興的心來事奉耶和華你的神，所以你必在飢餓、乾渴、赤身露體和缺乏之中，去事奉耶和華派來攻擊你的仇敵；他必把鐵軛放在你的頸項上，直到把你消滅。

他們的子孫仍然留在那地，以色列人不能滅絕他們。於是所羅門徵召他們作苦工的奴僕，直到今日。

我要你們知道，凡是祭司、利未人、歌唱的、守門的，作殿役的和在這神的殿裡作僕人的，都不可以向他們徵收稅款、貢物和糧食。