照着少年人所出的主意对民说：“我父亲使你们负重轭，我必使你们负更重的轭！我父亲用鞭子责打你们，我要用蝎子鞭责打你们！”

他照着年轻人所出的主意对他们说：“我父亲使你们负重轭，我必使你们负更重的轭！我父亲用鞭子惩罚你们，我却要用蝎子惩罚你们！”

他照着年轻人所出的主意对他们说：“我父亲使你们负重轭，我必使你们负更重的轭！我父亲用鞭子惩罚你们，我却要用蝎子惩罚你们！”

却照着年轻人给他所出的主意，对他们说：“我父亲加重你们所负的重担，我要使你们负更重的重担；我父亲用鞭子责打你们，我要用蝎子鞭责打你们。”

照着少年人所出的主意對民說：「我父親使你們負重軛，我必使你們負更重的軛！我父親用鞭子責打你們，我要用蠍子鞭責打你們！」

他照着年輕人所出的主意對他們說：「我父親使你們負重軛，我必使你們負更重的軛！我父親用鞭子懲罰你們，我卻要用蠍子懲罰你們！」

他照着年輕人所出的主意對他們說：「我父親使你們負重軛，我必使你們負更重的軛！我父親用鞭子懲罰你們，我卻要用蠍子懲罰你們！」

卻照著年輕人給他所出的主意，對他們說：“我父親加重你們所負的重擔，我要使你們負更重的重擔；我父親用鞭子責打你們，我要用蠍子鞭責打你們。”

反而照少年人出的主意對眾民說：『我父親使你們負的軛很重，我卻要加重你們的軛呢；我父親用鞭子責打你們，我卻要用蠍子鞭責打你們呢。』

依少者之謀、告之曰、我父使爾負重軛、我必益之、我父責爾以鞭、我則責爾以蠍、

乃循少者之謀、謂民曰、我父使爾負重軛、我必使爾負尤重之軛、我父以鞭責爾、我必以蠍責爾、

he followed the advice of the young men and said,“ My father made your yoke heavy; I will make it even heavier. My father scourged you with whips; I will scourge you with scorpions.”

Instead, he followed the advice of the young men. He said,“ My father put a heavy load on your shoulders. But I’ll make it even heavier. My father beat you with whips. But I’ll beat you with bigger whips.”

he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying,“ My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.”

and followed the counsel of his younger advisers. He told the people,“ My father laid heavy burdens on you, but I’m going to make them even heavier! My father beat you with whips, but I will beat you with scorpions!”

and spoke to them according to the young men’s advice:“ My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with barbed whips.”

and he spoke to them according to the advice of the young men, saying,“ My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions!”

and he spoke to them according to the advice of the young men, saying,“ My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scourges!”

and spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

and spoke to them according to the young men’s advice:“ My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with barbed whips.”

And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father[ also] chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

and followed the advice of the younger ones. He said,“ My father imposed heavy demands on you; I will make them even heavier. My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.”

and spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying,“ My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.”

纷争的开始，就如放开的水；卷入争执之前，当放弃争辩。

但如果你们心里怀着苦毒的嫉妒和争竞，就不要自夸、说谎而抵挡真理。这种智慧不是从上面下来的，而是属地的，属血气的，属鬼魔的。要知道，哪里有嫉妒和争竞，哪里就有混乱和各样的恶事。至于从上面来的智慧，首先是纯洁的，然后是和平的、谦和的、温顺的，满有怜悯和美好的果子的，是不偏私、不虚假的；并且义行的果子，是由那些缔造和平的人，在和平中种下的。你们中间的冲突是从哪里来的？争执是从哪里来的？难道不是从你们身体各部分中交战的私欲而来的吗？你们渴望而不能拥有，就杀人；你们嫉妒而不能获得，就争斗、作战。你们不能拥有，是因为你们不求；

事情的尽头好过事情的开始，灵里忍耐好过灵里高慢。

国中所有的总督察、总长、行政官、谋士和省长一同商议，要请王设立一条法规，强制执行一条禁令：王啊，三十天之内，无论何人，如果向你以外的任何神明或任何人祈祷，就必被扔进狮子坑！

狂傲只会带来纷争；听从指教的就有智慧。

弥慕干就在王和首领们面前回答：“王后瓦实提不只是得罪了王，也得罪了所有首领，得罪了亚哈随鲁王各省的全体民众。如果王后这事传到所有作妻子的那里，就会使她们在自己的眼中轻视她们的丈夫，说：‘亚哈随鲁王吩咐人请王后瓦实提到自己面前来，她却没有来。’今天听到王后这事的波斯和米底亚的贵妇们，必对王所有的首领说同样的话；这样，藐视和震怒的事就会层出不穷。“如果王认为好，就请从王面前发出一道谕令，记在波斯和米底亚的法令上，不可废去，就是：瓦实提不可再到亚哈随鲁王面前来，而且王要把她的王后之位赐予另一个比她更好的人。当王所制定的这谕旨传遍全国的广阔之地，所有作妻子的，无论尊贵的或卑微的，都会敬重她们的丈夫。”这事在王和首领们眼中都看为好；王就照着弥慕干的话去做，

于是事奉王的仆人们说：“让人为王寻找一些容貌美丽的年轻处女吧！请王在全国各省中指派监督，让他们把所有容貌美丽的年轻处女都招聚到苏萨城堡的妃嫔宫，归在掌管女人的王室太监希该手下，给她们洁身的香品。然后，哪个年轻女子在王眼中看为好，就让她作王后代替瓦实提。”这事在王眼中看为好，他就如此做了。

琐安的首领们极其愚妄，法老最智慧的谋士们所出的谋略都是愚拙！你们怎么能对法老说“我是智慧人的子孙，是古代君王的后裔”？你的智慧人在哪里呢？让他们告诉你吧，让他们去明白万军之耶和华对埃及所策划的！琐安的首领们愚昧，挪弗的首领们被欺哄；埃及众支派中当房角石的，使埃及人迷失。

义人的意念都是公正；恶人的指引都是诡诈。

破败以先，必有骄傲；绊跌之前，灵里高慢。