“ Don’t tell lies about a servant when you talk to their master. If you do, they will curse you, and you will pay for your lies.

你不要向主人谗谤仆人，恐怕他咒诅你，你便算为有罪。

不要向主人谗害他的仆人，恐怕他诅咒你，你便算为有罪。

不要向主人谗害他的仆人，恐怕他诅咒你，你便算为有罪。

别向主人毁谤他的仆人，免得你受咒诅、担当罪责。

“不要向主人诽谤他的仆人，恐怕他咒诅你，你就判为有罪。

你不要对主人说仆人的坏话，免得他诅咒你，你就要承担罪责。

你不要向主人讒謗僕人，恐怕他咒詛你，你便算為有罪。

不要向主人讒害他的僕人，恐怕他詛咒你，你便算為有罪。

不要向主人讒害他的僕人，恐怕他詛咒你，你便算為有罪。

別向主人譭謗他的僕人，免得你受咒詛、擔當罪責。

“不要向主人誹謗他的僕人，恐怕他咒詛你，你就判為有罪。

不要向一個做主人的、鼓弄舌頭、說他僕人的閒話，恐怕他咒詛你，你就有了罪責。

你不要對主人說僕人的壞話，免得他詛咒你，你就要承擔罪責。

勿對主謗僕、恐彼詛爾、爾為有罪、

毋於主前誣告其僕、恐彼咒詛、反坐其罪。

勿於主人前讒其僕、僕或作奴恐彼詛爾、爾則有罪、

“ Do not slander a servant to their master, or they will curse you, and you will pay for it.

Do not slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.

Never slander a worker to the employer, or the person will curse you, and you will pay for it.

Don’t slander a servant to his master or he will curse you, and you will become guilty.

Do not slander a slave to his master, Or he will curse you and you will be found guilty.

Do not malign a servant to his master, Lest he curse you, and you be found guilty.

Slander not a servant unto his master, Lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty.

Don’t slander a servant to his master or he will curse you, and you will become guilty.

Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.

Do not slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you are found guilty.

“ Don’t slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.

Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? Whether they are faithful or not is their own master’s concern. And they will be faithful, because the Lord has the power to make them faithful.

David asked him,“ Can you lead me down to the men who attacked Ziklag?” He answered,“ Make a promise to me in the name of God. Promise that you won’t kill me. Promise that you won’t hand me over to my master. Then I’ll take you down to them.”

He said to Saul,“ Why do you listen when men say,‘ David is trying to harm you’?

Then they spoke to the king again. They said,“ Daniel is one of the prisoners from Judah. He doesn’t pay any attention to you, Your Majesty. He doesn’t obey the order you put in writing. He still prays to his God three times a day.”

If a slave comes to you for safety, don’t hand them over to their master.

King Joash didn’t remember how kind Zechariah’s father Jehoiada had been to him. So he killed Jehoiada’s son. As Zechariah was dying he said,“ May the Lord see this. May he hold you responsible.”In the spring, the army of Aram marched into Judah and Jerusalem against Joash. They killed all the leaders of the people. They took a large amount of goods from Judah. They sent it to their king in Damascus.The army of Aram had come with only a few men. But the Lord allowed them to win the battle over a much larger army. Judah had deserted the Lord, the God of their people. That’s why the Lord punished Joash.

He said,“ You are my king and master. I’m not able to walk. So I thought,‘ I’ll have a saddle put on my donkey. I’ll ride on it. Then I can go with the king.’ But my servant Ziba turned against me.He has told you lies about me. King David, you are like an angel of God. So do what you wish.

Here are more sayings of wise people. Taking sides in court is not good.A curse will fall on those who say the guilty are not guilty. Nations will ask for bad things to happen to them. People will speak against them.

Doeg was standing with Saul’s officials. He was from Edom. He said,“ I saw Jesse’s son David come to Ahimelek at Nob. Ahimelek is the son of Ahitub.Ahimelek asked the Lord a question for David. He also gave him food and the sword of Goliath, the Philistine.”

David went just beyond the top of the Mount of Olives. Ziba was waiting there to meet him. He was Mephibosheth’s manager. He had several donkeys with saddles on them. They were carrying 200 loaves of bread and 100 raisin cakes. They were also carrying 100 fig cakes and a bottle of wine. The bottle was made out of animal skin.The king asked Ziba,“ Why have you brought all these things?” Ziba answered,“ The donkeys are for the king’s family to ride on. The bread and fruit are for the people to eat. The wine will make those who get tired in the desert feel like new again.”Then the king asked,“ Where is your master’s grandson Mephibosheth?” Ziba said to him,“ He’s staying in Jerusalem. He thinks,‘ Today the Israelites will cause me to rule once again over my grandfather Saul’s kingdom.’ ”Then the king said to Ziba,“ Everything that belonged to Mephibosheth belongs to you now.”“ You are my king and master,” Ziba said.“ I make myself humble in front of you. I bow down to you. May you be pleased with me.”

King Saul, please listen to what I’m saying. Was it the Lord who made you angry with me? If it was, may he accept my offering. Was it people who made you angry at me? If it was, may the Lord see them cursed. They have driven me today from my share of the Lord’ s land. By doing that, they might as well have said,‘ Go and serve other gods.’

Be careful not to have an evil thought in your mind. Don’t say to yourself,“ The seventh year will soon be here. It’s the year for forgiving people what they owe.” If you think like that, you might treat the needy people among you badly. You might not give them anything. Then they might make their appeal to the Lord against you. And he will find you guilty of sin.

Don’t pay attention to everything people say. If you do, you might hear your servant cursing you.

At this time some people who studied the heavens came forward. They spoke against the Jews.They said,“ King Nebuchadnezzar, may you live forever!Your Majesty has commanded everyone to fall down and worship the gold statue. You told them to do it when they heard the horns, flutes, zithers, lyres, harps, pipes and other musical instruments.If they didn’t, they would be thrown into a blazing furnace.But you have appointed some Jews to help Daniel govern Babylon and the towns around it. Their names are Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. They don’t pay any attention to you, King Nebuchadnezzar. They don’t serve your gods. And they refuse to worship the gold statue you have set up.”Nebuchadnezzar was very angry. He sent for Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. So they were brought to him.The king said to them,“ Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, is what I heard about you true? Don’t you serve my gods? Don’t you worship the gold statue I set up?You will hear the horns, flutes, zithers, lyres, harps, pipes and other musical instruments. When you do, fall down and worship the statue I made. If you will, that’s very good. But if you won’t, you will be thrown at once into a blazing furnace. Then what god will be able to save you from my power?”Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego replied to him. They said,“ King Nebuchadnezzar, we don’t need to talk about this anymore.We might be thrown into the blazing furnace. But the God we serve is able to bring us out of it alive. He will save us from your power.But we want you to know this, Your Majesty. Even if we knew that our God wouldn’t save us, we still wouldn’t serve your gods. We wouldn’t worship the gold statue you set up.”

Then the king gave another order. The men who had said bad things about Daniel were brought in. They were thrown into the lions’ den. So were their wives and children. Before they hit the bottom of the den, the lions attacked them. And the lions crushed all their bones.

People ask for bad things to happen to those who store up grain for themselves. But people ask for God’s blessing on those who are willing to sell.

Those who give to poor people will have all they need. But those who close their eyes to the poor will receive many curses.