「不可拿人的石磨或上面的磨石作抵押，因為這是拿人的命作抵押。

“不可拿人的全盘磨石或是上磨石作当头，因为这是拿人的命作当头。

“不可拿人的石磨或上面的磨石作抵押，因为这是拿人的命作抵押。

“不可拿人的石磨或上面的磨石作抵押，因为这是拿人的命作抵押。

“不可拿别人的磨或磨的上盘作抵押品，因为这等于拿他们的生命作抵押。

“不可拿人的磨，或是上磨石作抵押，因为这等于拿人的生命作抵押。

「不可拿人的全盤磨石或是上磨石作當頭，因為這是拿人的命作當頭。

「不可拿人的石磨或上面的磨石作抵押，因為這是拿人的命作抵押。

「不可拿別人的磨或磨的上盤作抵押品，因為這等於拿他們的生命作抵押。

“不可拿人的磨，或是上磨石作抵押，因為這等於拿人的生命作抵押。

『不可拿人的全盤磨石或是上磨石做當頭，因為那是等於拿人的性命做當頭。

毋取上下磨為質、蓋質人之生命也、○

毋取上下磨為質、蓋人藉此以得生。

人不可取上下之磨為質、因此乃恃以養生之物、因此乃恃以養生之物原文作是質生命也○

Do not take a pair of millstones— not even the upper one— as security for a debt, because that would be taking a person’s livelihood as security.

Someone might borrow money from you and give you two millstones to keep until you are paid back. Don’t keep them. Don’t even keep the upper one. That person needs both millstones to make a living.

“ No one shall take a mill or an upper millstone in pledge, for that would be taking a life in pledge.

“ It is wrong to take a set of millstones, or even just the upper millstone, as security for a loan, for the owner uses it to make a living.

“ Do not take a pair of grindstones or even the upper millstone as security for a debt, because that is like taking a life as security.

“ No one shall seize a handmill or an upper millstone as a pledge for a loan, since he would be seizing the debtor’s means of life as a pledge.

“ No man shall take the lower or the upper millstone in pledge, for he takes one’s living in pledge.

No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he taketh a man’s life to pledge.

“ Do not take a pair of millstones or an upper millstone as security for a debt, because that is like taking a life as security.

No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh[ a man’s] life to pledge.

One must not take either lower or upper millstones as security on a loan, for that is like taking a life itself as security.

No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone as a pledge, for he takes a life in pledge.

「你若圍困一座城，需要攻打許多日子才能奪取，就不可用斧頭砍壞樹木。你可以吃樹上的果子，卻不可把樹砍下來。田間的樹木豈是人，讓你去圍攻的嗎？

你果真拿了鄰舍的外衣作抵押，也要在日落前還給他；因為他只有這一件用來作被子，是他蔽體的衣服。他還可以拿甚麼睡覺呢？當他哀求我，我就應允，因為我是有恩惠的。

如今我回到你僕人，我父親那裏，若沒有這年輕人和我們同去，我父親的命是與這年輕人的命相連的，

彈琴、歌唱、吹笛、吹號的聲音，在你中間絕對聽不見了；各行手藝的技工在你中間絕對見不到了；推磨的聲音在你中間絕對聽不見了；

於是他對他們說：「你們要謹慎自守，躲避一切的貪心，因為人的生命不在於家道豐富。」