There were also some who said,“ We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute using our fields and our vineyards as collateral.

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。

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.

Be it known now to the king that if this city is built and the walls finished, they will not pay tribute, custom, or toll, and in the end it will be hurtful to the kings.

There have also been mighty kings over Jerusalem, who have ruled over all the country beyond the River; and tribute, custom, and toll, was paid to them.

They didn’t drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwell in the territory of Ephraim to this day, and have become servants to do forced labor.

It yields much increase to the kings whom you have set over us because of our sins. Also they have power over our bodies and over our livestock, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.

Because you didn’t serve Yahweh your God with joyfulness and with gladness of heart, by reason of the abundance of all things;therefore you will serve your enemies whom Yahweh sends against you, in hunger, in thirst, in nakedness, and in lack of all things. He will put an iron yoke on your neck until he has destroyed you.

their children who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel were not able utterly to destroy, of them Solomon raised a levy of bondservants to this day.

Also we inform you that it shall not be lawful to impose tribute, custom, or toll, on any of the priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, temple servants, or laborers of this house of God.