I see that you are very bitter. You are a prisoner of sin.”

我看出你正在苦胆之中，被罪恶捆绑。”

我看出你正在苦胆之中，被不义捆绑着。”

我看出你正在苦胆之中，被不义捆绑着。”

我看得出你正因为嫉妒而心里充满了苦涩，被罪恶捆绑。”

我看出你正在苦胆之中，邪恶捆绑着你。”

因我看出你在苦毒的胆汁中，被不义所捆绑。”

我看出你正在苦膽之中，被罪惡捆綁。」

我看出你正在苦膽之中，被不義捆綁着。」

我看出你正在苦膽之中，被不義捆綁着。」

我看得出你正因為嫉妒而心裡充滿了苦澀，被罪惡捆綁。」

我看出你正在苦膽之中，邪惡捆綁著你。”

因為我看你在極苦之苦膽中、在不義之捆綁裏。』

因我看出你在苦毒的膽汁中，被不義所捆綁。」

蓋我見爾在膽之苦、惡之繫也、

我見爾如在苦膽中、為物欲所繫也、

我見爾如在苦膽中、為惡所繫也、

吾見爾正處於荼毒之中、為罪惡重加束縛。』

For I see that you are full of bitterness and captive to sin.”

For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity.”

for I can see that you are full of bitter jealousy and are held captive by sin.”

For I see you are poisoned by bitterness and bound by wickedness.”

For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and in the bondage of unrighteousness.”

For I see that you are poisoned by bitterness and bound by iniquity.”

For I see that thou art in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity.

For I see you are poisoned by bitterness and bound by iniquity.”

For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and[ in] the bond of iniquity.

For I see that you are bitterly envious and in bondage to sin.”

For I see that you are in the poison of bitterness and in the bondage of iniquity.”

Sinners are trapped by their own evil acts. They are held tight by the ropes of their sins.

“ Here is the way I want you to fast.“ Set free those who are held by chains without any reason. Untie the ropes that hold people as slaves. Set free those who are crushed. Break every evil chain.

Be sure that no one misses out on God’s grace. See to it that a bitter plant doesn’t grow up. If it does, it will cause trouble. And it will make many people impure.

Jesus replied,“ What I’m about to tell you is true. Everyone who sins is a slave of sin.

God did not spare angels when they sinned. Instead, he sent them to hell. He chained them up in dark prisons. He will keep them there until he judges them.

Lord, I serve you. I serve you just as my mother did. You have set me free from the chains of my suffering.

Their vine comes from the vines of Sodom. It comes from the vineyards of Gomorrah. Their grapes are filled with poison. Their bunches of grapes taste bitter.Their wine is like the poison of snakes. It’s like the deadly poison of cobras.

At one time we too acted like fools. We didn’t obey God. We were tricked. We were controlled by all kinds of desires and pleasures. We were full of evil. We wanted what belongs to others. People hated us, and we hated one another.

I remember how I suffered and wandered. I remember how bitter my life was.

Now stop making fun of me. If you don’t, your chains will become heavier. The Lord who rules over all has spoken to me. The Lord has told me he has ordered that the whole land be destroyed.

“ The army will attack you because of your conduct and actions. This is how you will be punished. It will be so bitter! It will cut deep down into your hearts!”

They promise to give freedom to these new believers. But they themselves are slaves to sinful living. That’s because“ people are slaves to anything that controls them.”

So now the Lord who rules over all speaks. He is the God of Israel. He says,“ I will make these people eat bitter food. I will make them drink poisoned water.

Make sure there isn’t a man or woman among your families or tribes who turns away from the Lord our God. No one must worship the gods of those nations. Make sure that kind of worship doesn’t spread like bitter poison through your whole community.Some people who worship those gods will hear the promise that seals the covenant I’m making. They think they can escape trouble by what they’re saying. They say,“ We’ll be safe, even though we’re stubborn and go our own way.” But they will bring trouble on the whole land.The Lord will never be willing to forgive those people. His great anger will blaze out against them. All the curses I’ve written down in this book will fall on them. And the Lord will erase any mention of them from the earth.

You used to be slaves of sin. But thank God that with your whole heart you obeyed the teachings you were given!You have been set free from sin. You have become slaves to right living.Because you are human, you find this hard to understand. So I am using an everyday example to help you understand. You used to give yourselves to be slaves to unclean living. You were becoming more and more evil. Now give yourselves to be slaves to right living. Then you will become holy.Once you were slaves of sin. At that time right living did not control you.What benefit did you gain from doing the things you are now ashamed of? Those things lead to death!You have been set free from sin. God has made you his slaves. The benefit you gain leads to holy living. And the end result is eternal life.

He has surrounded me and attacked me. He has made me suffer bitterly. He has made things hard for me.

But their food will turn sour in their stomachs. It will become like the poison of a serpent inside them.