Then I perceived that God had not sent him at all, but that he pronounced this prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

我看明神没有差遣他，是他自己说这话攻击我，是多比雅和参巴拉贿买了他。

我看清楚了，看哪，上帝并没有派他，是他自己说预言攻击我，是多比雅和参巴拉收买了他；

我看清楚了，看哪，神并没有派他，是他自己说预言攻击我，是多比雅和参巴拉收买了他；

我察觉上帝并没有差派他，他是被多比雅和参巴拉收买才说预言攻击我的。

我看出神并没有差派他，是他自己宣讲这话攻击我，因为多比雅和参巴拉收买了他。

我看明神沒有差遣他，是他自己說這話攻擊我，是多比雅和參巴拉賄買了他。

我看清楚了，看哪，上帝並沒有派他，是他自己說預言攻擊我，是多比雅和參巴拉收買了他；

我看清楚了，看哪，神並沒有派他，是他自己說預言攻擊我，是多比雅和參巴拉收買了他；

我察覺上帝並沒有差派他，他是被多比雅和參巴拉收買才說預言攻擊我的。

我看出神並沒有差派他，是他自己宣講這話攻擊我，因為多比雅和參巴拉收買了他。

我看出上帝沒有差遣他，是他自己將這話傳作神言來攻擊我的；是多比雅和參巴拉賄買了他的。

吾知其人非上帝所遣、乃受多比雅參巴拉之賄、以此預言告我、

蓋吾知其言非上帝所遣、乃受多比、撒八拉之賄而云然。

我知天主未遣之、乃自以此告我、託為預言、蓋多比雅、參巴拉、賄之言此也、

I realized that God had not sent him, but that he had prophesied against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

I realized that God hadn’t sent Shemaiah. Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him. That’s why he had prophesied lies about me.

And I understood and saw that God had not sent him, but he had pronounced the prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

I realized that God had not spoken to him, but that he had uttered this prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

I realized that God had not sent him, because of the prophecy he spoke against me. Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

Then I realized that God certainly had not sent him, but he uttered his prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

And I discerned, and, lo, God had not sent him; but he pronounced this prophecy against me: and Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

I realized that God had not sent him, because of the prophecy he spoke against me. Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

I recognized the fact that God had not sent him, for he had spoken the prophecy against me as a hired agent of Tobiah and Sanballat.

I discerned, and behold, God had not sent him; but he pronounced this prophecy against me. Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

“ Because with lies you have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and you have strengthened the hands of the wicked, so that he does not turn from his wicked way to save his life.

“ I have heard what the prophets have said who prophesy lies in My name, saying,‘ I have dreamed, I have dreamed!’

Then the prophet Jeremiah said to Hananiah the prophet,“ Hear now, Hananiah, the Lord has not sent you, but you make this people trust in a lie.

and cinnamon and incense, fragrant oil and frankincense, wine and oil, fine flour and wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, and bodies and souls of men.

Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, serving as overseers, not by compulsion but willingly, not for dishonest gain but eagerly;

Have you not seen a futile vision, and have you not spoken false divination? You say,‘ The Lord says,’ but I have not spoken.”

But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one.

Thus says the Lord of hosts:“ Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They make you worthless; They speak a vision of their own heart, Not from the mouth of the Lord.

Her heads judge for a bribe, Her priests teach for pay, And her prophets divine for money. Yet they lean on the Lord, and say,“ Is not the Lord among us? No harm can come upon us.”

Yes, they are greedy dogs Which never have enough. And they are shepherds Who cannot understand; They all look to their own way, Every one for his own gain, From his own territory.

And the Lord said to me,“ The prophets prophesy lies in My name. I have not sent them, commanded them, nor spoken to them; they prophesy to you a false vision, divination, a worthless thing, and the deceit of their heart.

not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;

to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.

For a bishop must be blameless, as a steward of God, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money,

And will you profane Me among My people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, killing people who should not die, and keeping people alive who should not live, by your lying to My people who listen to lies?”

I have coveted no one’s silver or gold or apparel.

By covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; for a long time their judgment has not been idle, and their destruction does not slumber.