有的說：「我們已經指着田地、葡萄園，借了錢給王納稅。

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.

如今王該知道，他們若建造這城，城牆完畢就不再與王進貢，交課，納稅，終久王必受虧損。

從前耶路撒冷也有大君王統管河西全地，人就給他們進貢，交課，納稅。

他們沒有趕出住基色的迦南人；迦南人卻住在以法蓮人中間，成為做苦工的僕人，直到今日。

這地許多出產歸了列王，就是你因我們的罪所派轄制我們的。他們任意轄制我們的身體和牲畜，我們遭了大難。」

「因為你富有的時候，不歡心樂意地事奉耶和華－你的神，所以你必在飢餓、乾渴、赤露、缺乏之中事奉耶和華所打發來攻擊你的仇敵。他必把鐵軛加在你的頸項上，直到將你滅絕。

就是以色列人不能滅盡的，所羅門挑取他們的後裔作服苦的奴僕，直到今日。

我又曉諭你們，至於祭司、利未人、歌唱的、守門的，和尼提寧，並在神殿當差的人，不可叫他們進貢，交課，納稅。』