You would even cast lots for those whose fathers have died. You would even trade away your closest friend.

你们想为孤儿拈阄，以朋友当货物。

你们甚至为孤儿抽签，把朋友当货物。

你们甚至为孤儿抽签，把朋友当货物。

你们甚至抽签得孤儿，把朋友当货物卖掉。

你们竟抽签得孤儿，拿朋友当货物。

你們想為孤兒拈鬮，以朋友當貨物。

你們甚至為孤兒抽籤，把朋友當貨物。

你們甚至為孤兒抽籤，把朋友當貨物。

你們甚至抽籤得孤兒，把朋友當貨物賣掉。

你們竟抽籤得孤兒，拿朋友當貨物。

你們竟要拈鬮得孤兒，竟要拿朋友當貨物啊！

爾欲為孤子而探鬮、以友朋為貿易、

爾撻煢獨、坑友朋。

爾竟撒網以絆孤兒、或作爾欺壓孤兒掘坎以陷友朋、

You would even cast lots for the fatherless and barter away your friend.

You would even cast lots over the fatherless, and bargain over your friend.

You would even send an orphan into slavery or sell a friend.

No doubt you would cast lots for a fatherless child and negotiate a price to sell your friend.

You would even cast lots for the orphans, And barter over your friend.

Yes, you overwhelm the fatherless, And you undermine your friend.

Yea, ye would cast lots upon the fatherless, And make merchandise of your friend.

No doubt you would cast lots for a fatherless child and negotiate a price to sell your friend.

Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig[ a pit] for your friend.

Yes, you would gamble for the fatherless, and auction off your friend.

Yes, you would even cast lots for the fatherless, and make merchandise of your friend.

They cast lots for my people. They sold boys into slavery to get prostitutes. They sold girls to buy some wine to drink.

They take away the donkeys that belong to children whose fathers have died. They take a widow’s ox until she has paid what she owes.

But you sent widows away without anything. You mistreated children whose fathers had died.

But Thebes was captured anyway. Its people were taken away as prisoners. Its babies were smashed to pieces at every street corner. The Assyrian soldiers cast lots for all its nobles. They put them in chains and made slaves out of them.

These teachers are never satisfied. They want to get something out of you. So they make up stories to take advantage of you. They have been under a sentence of death for a long time. The God who will destroy them has not been sleeping.

Children whose fathers have died are torn away from their mothers. A poor person’s baby is taken away to pay back what is owed.

Whoever digs a hole and shovels it out falls into the pit they have made.

Here are the beliefs and way of life that God our Father accepts as pure and without fault. When widows are in trouble, take care of them. Do the same for children who have no parents. And don’t let the world make you impure.

Bring their enemies against them without warning. Let cries be heard from their houses. They have dug a pit to capture me. They have hidden traps for my feet.

I haven’t kept my bread to myself. I’ve shared it with children whose fathers had died.

“ So I will come and put you on trial. I will be quick to bring charges against all of you,” says the Lord who rules over all.“ I will bring charges against you sinful people who do not have any respect for me. That includes those who practice evil magic. It includes those who commit adultery and those who tell lies in court. It includes those who cheat workers out of their pay. It includes those who treat widows badly. It also includes those who mistreat children whose fathers have died. And it includes those who take away the rights of outsiders in the courts.

Suppose I’ve raised my hand against children whose fathers have died. And I did it because I knew I had power in the courts.

Should the good things I’ve done be paid back with evil? But my enemies have dug a pit for me. Remember that I stood in front of you and spoke up for them. I tried to turn your anger away from them.

Stand up for the weak and for children whose fathers have died. Protect the rights of people who are poor or treated badly.

They have made fun of fathers and mothers alike. They have crushed outsiders. They have treated badly the children whose fathers have died. They have done the same thing to widows.

“ Do not take advantage of widows. Do not take advantage of children whose fathers have died.If you do, they might cry out to me. I will certainly hear them.And I will get angry. I will kill you with a sword. Your wives will become widows. Your children’s fathers will die.

That’s because I saved poor people who cried out for help. I saved helpless children whose fathers had died.

My enemies spread a net to catch me by the feet. I felt helpless. They dug a pit in my path. But they fell into it themselves.

Don’t move old boundary stones. Don’t try to take over the fields of children whose fathers have died.That’s because the God who guards them is strong. He will stand up for them in court against you.