And so blessing and cursing come pouring out of the same mouth. Surely, my brothers and sisters, this is not right!

颂赞和咒诅从一个口里出来！我的弟兄们，这是不应当的！

颂赞和诅咒从同一个口出来。我的弟兄们，这是不应该的。

颂赞和诅咒从同一个口出来。我的弟兄们，这是不应该的。

赞美和咒诅竟然从同一张嘴里发出来。我的弟兄姊妹，这是不应该的！

同一张嘴竟然又称颂主，又咒诅人；我的弟兄们，这是不应该的！

颂赞和诅咒从同一张嘴里出来！我的弟兄们，这些事不应该如此！

頌讚和咒詛從一個口裏出來！我的弟兄們，這是不應當的！

頌讚和詛咒從同一個口出來。我的弟兄們，這是不應該的。

頌讚和詛咒從同一個口出來。我的弟兄們，這是不應該的。

讚美和咒詛竟然從同一張嘴裡發出來。我的弟兄姊妹，這是不應該的！

同一張嘴竟然又稱頌主，又咒詛人；我的弟兄們，這是不應該的！

祝頌和咒詛都從同一個口裏出來：我的弟兄們，這是不該這樣的。

頌讚和詛咒從同一張嘴裡出來！我的弟兄們，這些事不應該如此！

祝與詛均出一口、我兄弟乎、此非所宜也、

祝與詛、均由口出、兄弟乎勿如是、

祝讚與咒詛、自一口出、兄弟乎、此非所宜也、

兄弟乎讚美與咒詛、同出一口、有是理乎？

Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be.

Praise and cursing come out of the same mouth. My brothers and sisters, it shouldn’t be this way.

From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.

Blessing and cursing come out of the same mouth. My brothers and sisters, these things should not be this way.

from the same mouth come both blessing and cursing. My brothers and sisters, these things should not be this way.

Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so.

out of the same mouth cometh forth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

Praising and cursing come out of the same mouth. My brothers, these things should not be this way.

Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. These things should not be so, my brothers and sisters.

Out of the same mouth comes blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.

Bless those who persecute you. Don’t curse them; pray that God will bless them.

Don’t repay evil for evil. Don’t retaliate with insults when people insult you. Instead, pay them back with a blessing. That is what God has called you to do, and he will grant you his blessing.

But God says to the wicked:“ Why bother reciting my decrees and pretending to obey my covenant?For you refuse my discipline and treat my words like trash.When you see thieves, you approve of them, and you spend your time with adulterers.Your mouth is filled with wickedness, and your tongue is full of lies.You sit around and slander your brother— your own mother’s son.

for you are still controlled by your sinful nature. You are jealous of one another and quarrel with each other. Doesn’t that prove you are controlled by your sinful nature? Aren’t you living like people of the world?

And if they are on the list, they will learn to be lazy and will spend their time gossiping from house to house, meddling in other people’s business and talking about things they shouldn’t.

But don’t be fooled by those who promise you safety simply because the Lord’s Temple is here. They chant,“ The Lord’s Temple is here! The Lord’s Temple is here!”But I will be merciful only if you stop your evil thoughts and deeds and start treating each other with justice;only if you stop exploiting foreigners, orphans, and widows; only if you stop your murdering; and only if you stop harming yourselves by worshiping idols.Then I will let you stay in this land that I gave to your ancestors to keep forever.“‘ Don’t be fooled into thinking that you will never suffer because the Temple is here. It’s a lie!Do you really think you can steal, murder, commit adultery, lie, and burn incense to Baal and all those other new gods of yours,and then come here and stand before me in my Temple and chant,“ We are safe!”— only to go right back to all those evils again?

You rulers make decisions based on bribes; you priests teach God’s laws only for a price; you prophets won’t prophesy unless you are paid. Yet all of you claim to depend on the Lord.“ No harm can come to us,” you say,“ for the Lord is here among us.”

Then Abimelech called for Abraham.“ What have you done to us?” he demanded.“ What crime have I committed that deserves treatment like this, making me and my kingdom guilty of this great sin? No one should ever do what you have done!

“ No, my brother!” she cried.“ Don’t be foolish! Don’t do this to me! Such wicked things aren’t done in Israel.