Now I hear that you too are doing all of the same terrible and evil things. You aren’t being faithful to our God. You are marrying women from other lands.”

如此，我岂听你们行这大恶，娶外邦女子干犯我们的神呢？”

我们岂能听凭你们行这一切大恶，娶外邦女子干犯我们的上帝呢？”

我们岂能听凭你们行这一切大恶，娶外邦女子干犯我们的神呢？”

我怎能听凭你们行这大恶，因娶外族女子而背叛我们的上帝呢？”

难道我们要听从你们，行这大恶，娶外族的女子为妻，对我们神不忠吗？”

如此，我豈聽你們行這大惡，娶外邦女子干犯我們的神呢？」

我們豈能聽憑你們行這一切大惡，娶外邦女子干犯我們的上帝呢？」

我們豈能聽憑你們行這一切大惡，娶外邦女子干犯我們的神呢？」

我怎能聽憑你們行這大惡，因娶外族女子而背叛我們的上帝呢？」

難道我們要聽從你們，行這大惡，娶外族的女子為妻，對我們神不忠嗎？”

難道我們所該聽的是你們，來行這一切大壞事，娶外籍女人為妻，來對我們的上帝不忠實麼？』

我豈聽爾行此大惡、娶異邦之女、干犯我上帝乎、

豈可任爾、娶異邦人陷於重罪、干犯上帝哉。

豈可任爾行此大不法之事、娶異邦之女、干犯我天主乎、

Must we hear now that you too are doing all this terrible wickedness and are being unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women?”

Shall we then listen to you and do all this great evil and act treacherously against our God by marrying foreign women?”

How could you even think of committing this sinful deed and acting unfaithfully toward God by marrying foreign women?”

Why then should we hear about you doing all this terrible evil and acting unfaithfully against our God by marrying foreign women?”

Has it not then been reported about you that you have committed all this great evil by acting unfaithfully against our God, by marrying foreign women?”

Should we then hear of your doing all this great evil, transgressing against our God by marrying pagan women?”

Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to trespass against our God in marrying foreign women?

Why then should we hear about you doing all this terrible evil and acting unfaithfully against our God by marrying foreign women?”

Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?

Should we then in your case hear that you do all this great evil, thereby being unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign wives?”

Shall we then listen to you to do all this great evil, to trespass against our God in marrying foreign women?”

Shekaniah spoke to Ezra. Shekaniah was the son of Jehiel. He belonged to the family line of Elam. Shekaniah said,“ We haven’t been faithful to our God. We’ve married women from the nations around us. In spite of that, there is still hope for Israel.

So no one will pay any attention to what you are saying. Each man who stayed with the supplies will receive the same share as each man who went down to the battle. Everyone’s share will be the same.”