But if his descendants forsake my instructions and fail to obey my regulations,

“倘若他的子孙离弃我的律法，不照我的典章行，

“倘若他的子孙离弃我的律法，不照我的典章行，

“倘若他的子孙离弃我的律法，不照我的典章行，

如果他的后代背弃我的律法，不遵行我的典章，

如果他的子孙离弃我的律法，不照着我的典章而行；

如果他的子孙离弃我的律法，不照着我的法规而行；

倘若他的子孫離棄我的律法，不照我的典章行，

「倘若他的子孫離棄我的律法，不照我的典章行，

「倘若他的子孫離棄我的律法，不照我的典章行，

如果他的後代背棄我的律法，不遵行我的典章，

如果他的子孫離棄我的律法，不照著我的典章而行；

倘若他子孫撇棄了我的律法，不照我的典章而行；

如果他的子孫離棄我的律法，不照著我的法規而行；

如其子孫違棄我法度、不遵我律例、

如其子孫、違我律例、不從法度、

其子孫若違背我訓、不依我法度而行、

大維之苗裔。綿綿萬世存。大維之宗室。天地共長春。

“ If his sons forsake my law and do not follow my statutes,

“ What if his sons turn away from my laws and do not follow them?

If his children forsake my law and do not walk according to my rules,

If his sons abandon my instruction and do not live by my ordinances,

“ If his sons abandon My Law And do not walk in My judgments,

“ If his sons forsake My law And do not walk in My judgments,

If his children forsake my law, And walk not in mine ordinances;

If his sons forsake My instruction and do not live by My ordinances,

If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;

If his sons reject my law and disobey my regulations,

If his children forsake my law, and don’t walk in my ordinances;

I will be his father, and he will be my son. If he sins, I will correct and discipline him with the rod, like any father would do.

I become furious with the wicked, because they reject your instructions.

“ And Solomon, my son, learn to know the God of your ancestors intimately. Worship and serve him with your whole heart and a willing mind. For the Lord sees every heart and knows every plan and thought. If you seek him, you will find him. But if you forsake him, he will reject you forever.

for I am giving you good guidance. Don’t turn away from my instructions.

“ As for you, if you faithfully follow me as David your father did, obeying all my commands, decrees, and regulations,then I will establish the throne of your dynasty. For I made this covenant with your father, David, when I said,‘ One of your descendants will always rule over Israel.’“ But if you or your descendants abandon me and disobey the decrees and commands I have given you, and if you serve and worship other gods,then I will uproot the people from this land that I have given them. I will reject this Temple that I have made holy to honor my name. I will make it an object of mockery and ridicule among the nations.And though this Temple is impressive now, all who pass by will be appalled. They will ask,‘ Why did the Lord do such terrible things to this land and to this Temple?’“ And the answer will be,‘ Because his people abandoned the Lord, the God of their ancestors, who brought them out of Egypt, and they worshiped other gods instead and bowed down to them. That is why he has brought all these disasters on them.’”

and faithfully obeys my decrees and regulations. Anyone who does these things is just and will surely live, says the Sovereign Lord.

He helps the poor, does not lend money at interest, and obeys all my regulations and decrees. Such a person will not die because of his father’s sins; he will surely live.

The Lord replies,“ This has happened because my people have abandoned my instructions; they have refused to obey what I said.Instead, they have stubbornly followed their own desires and worshiped the images of Baal, as their ancestors taught them.So now, this is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: Look! I will feed them with bitterness and give them poison to drink.I will scatter them around the world, in places they and their ancestors never heard of, and even there I will chase them with the sword until I have destroyed them completely.”

‘ I am the Lord your God,’ I told them.‘ Follow my decrees, pay attention to my regulations,

If your descendants obey the terms of my covenant and the laws that I teach them, then your royal line will continue forever and ever.”

Zechariah and Elizabeth were righteous in God’s eyes, careful to obey all of the Lord’s commandments and regulations.

To reject the law is to praise the wicked; to obey the law is to fight them.