「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.

「你們圍攻一座城久攻不下時，不可用斧頭砍掉那裡的樹木，因為你們可以吃樹上的果子。田間的樹木豈是人，讓你們圍攻嗎？

倘若他把衣服給你作抵押，你要在日落之前把衣服還給他。因為他只有這件蔽體的衣服，若是沒有，他晚上如何睡覺？他若呼求我，我必定幫助他，因為我是仁慈的。

「我們父親的命與這孩子的命緊密相連，倘若我沒有把這孩子帶回到你僕人——我父親身邊，

在你那裡，再也聽不見彈琴作樂、鳴笛吹號的聲音了，再也找不到能工巧匠了，再也聽不到推磨的聲音了，

接著，祂對眾人說：「你們要小心防範一切的貪心，因為人的生命並不在於家道富足。」