You know that when you were still pagans, you were led astray and swept along in worshiping speechless idols.

你们作外邦人的时候，随事被牵引，受迷惑，去服侍那哑巴偶像，这是你们知道的。

你们知道，你们作外邦人的时候，随事被引诱，受了迷惑去拜不会出声的偶像。

你们知道，你们作外邦人的时候，随事被引诱，受了迷惑去拜不会出声的偶像。

你们知道，自己在信主前曾受到迷惑和引诱去拜不会说话的偶像。

你们知道，你们还是教外人的时候，总是受迷惑被引诱，去拜那不能说话的偶像。

你们知道，当你们还是外邦人的时候，是怎样被引诱、被带到那些不能说话的偶像那里的。

你們作外邦人的時候，隨事被牽引，受迷惑，去服事那啞巴偶像，這是你們知道的。

你們知道，你們作外邦人的時候，隨事被引誘，受了迷惑去拜不會出聲的偶像。

你們知道，你們作外邦人的時候，隨事被引誘，受了迷惑去拜不會出聲的偶像。

你們知道，自己在信主前曾受到迷惑和引誘去拜不會說話的偶像。

你們知道，你們還是教外人的時候，總是受迷惑被引誘，去拜那不能說話的偶像。

你們知道、你們還未信教的時候、怎樣被帶走，隨事受牽引、去拜不能出聲的偶像。

你們知道，當你們還是外邦人的時候，是怎樣被引誘、被帶到那些不能說話的偶像那裡的。

爾為異邦人時、惑於瘖偶、隨所牽引、爾所知也、

爾乃異邦人、素惑於不言之偶像、隨人所誘、

爾原為異邦人、昔崇事不能言之偶像、隨人所誘、此爾所知也、

爾當猶憶昔為外教人時、如何溺於習俗、惑於無靈之偶像。

You know that when you were pagans, somehow or other you were influenced and led astray to mute idols.

You know that at one time you were unbelievers. You were somehow drawn away to worship statues of gods that couldn’t even speak.

You know that when you were pagans you were led astray to mute idols, however you were led.

You know that when you were pagans, you used to be enticed and led astray by mute idols.

You know that when you were pagans, you were led astray to the mute idols, however you were led.

You know that you were Gentiles, carried away to these dumb idols, however you were led.

Ye know that when ye were Gentiles ye were led away unto those dumb idols, howsoever ye might be led.

You know that when you were pagans, you used to be led off to the idols that could not speak.

Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.

You know that when you were pagans you were often led astray by speechless idols, however you were led.

You know that when you were heathen, you were led away to those mute idols, however you might be led.

You have had enough in the past of the evil things that godless people enjoy— their immorality and lust, their feasting and drunkenness and wild parties, and their terrible worship of idols.

for they keep talking about the wonderful welcome you gave us and how you turned away from idols to serve the living and true God.

They have mouths but cannot speak, and eyes but cannot see.

Don’t forget that you Gentiles used to be outsiders. You were called“ uncircumcised heathens” by the Jews, who were proud of their circumcision, even though it affected only their bodies and not their hearts.In those days you were living apart from Christ. You were excluded from citizenship among the people of Israel, and you did not know the covenant promises God had made to them. You lived in this world without God and without hope.

“ What good is an idol carved by man, or a cast image that deceives you? How foolish to trust in your own creation— a god that can’t even talk!What sorrow awaits you who say to wooden idols,‘ Wake up and save us!’ To speechless stone images you say,‘ Rise up and teach us!’ Can an idol tell you what to do? They may be overlaid with gold and silver, but they are lifeless inside.

Some of you were once like that. But you were cleansed; you were made holy; you were made right with God by calling on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

Before you Gentiles knew God, you were slaves to so called gods that do not even exist.

Their gods are like helpless scarecrows in a cucumber field! They cannot speak, and they need to be carried because they cannot walk. Do not be afraid of such gods, for they can neither harm you nor do you any good.”

They have hands but cannot feel, and feet but cannot walk, and throats but cannot make a sound.

Once we, too, were foolish and disobedient. We were misled and became slaves to many lusts and pleasures. Our lives were full of evil and envy, and we hated each other.

so ignore them. They are blind guides leading the blind, and if one blind person guides another, they will both fall into a ditch.”

They carry it around on their shoulders, and when they set it down, it stays there. It can’t even move! And when someone prays to it, there is no answer. It can’t rescue anyone from trouble.

With the Lord’s authority I say this: Live no longer as the Gentiles do, for they are hopelessly confused.Their minds are full of darkness; they wander far from the life God gives because they have closed their minds and hardened their hearts against him.

They have mouths but cannot speak, and eyes but cannot see.

For you know that God paid a ransom to save you from the empty life you inherited from your ancestors. And it was not paid with mere gold or silver, which lose their value.