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。

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。

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.

如今請王知道：這城如果建造起來，城牆如果築完了，他們就不將貢品賦稅服役獻給王了，終久王就受了虧損。

從前也曾有王管理耶路撒冷，統轄大河以西那邊全地，貢物賦稅、和服役都進獻給王。

但是他們沒有把住基色的迦南人趕出；於是迦南人住在以法蓮中間、直到今日；他們成為作苦工的奴隸。

這地豐富的出產竟歸了列王，就是你因我們的罪所派來管轄我們的；他們也任意轄制我們這些人的身體和我們的牲口呢；我們真是受着大困迫啊。』

『因為你不為了樣樣富足的緣故而以歡樂高興的心事奉永恆主你的上帝，故此你必在饑餓乾渴、赤身裸體、樣樣缺乏之中去服事永恆主所打發來攻擊你的仇敵；他必用鐵軛加在你脖子上，直到將你消滅。

他們的子孫於他們過往之後在此地剩下來、以色列人不能盡行毁滅歸神的——這些人、所羅門都徵派下來、充作苦工奴隸；直到今日還是如此。

你們呢、我要使你們知道：要向所有的祭司、利未人、音樂員、守門的、當殿役的、供這上帝之殿使用的、收貢品賦稅、或叫他們服役、那是不合法的。