本城的长老就要召那人来问他，他若执意说：‘我不愿意娶她’，

本城的长老就要召那人来，跟他谈话。若他坚持说：‘我不情愿娶她。’

本城的长老就要召那人来，跟他谈话。若他坚持说：‘我不情愿娶她。’

长老们要把死者的兄弟召来，与他商谈。如果他执意不肯，

本城的长老就要把那人叫来，对他说明；如果他坚持说：‘我不乐意娶她’，

本城的長老就要召那人來問他，他若執意說：『我不願意娶她』，

本城的長老就要召那人來，跟他談話。若他堅持說：『我不情願娶她。』

本城的長老就要召那人來，跟他談話。若他堅持說：『我不情願娶她。』

長老們要把死者的兄弟召來，與他商談。如果他執意不肯，

本城的長老就要把那人叫來，對他說明；如果他堅持說：‘我不樂意娶她’，

那麼他本城的長老就要把那人叫來，對他講話；他若立定主意說：「我不樂意娶她」；

邑之長老必召而問之、如執意言不欲娶之、

長老必召而問之、如仍不欲。

其邑之長老、必召而問之、如執意曰、我不欲娶之、

Then the elders of his town shall summon him and talk to him. If he persists in saying,“ I do not want to marry her,”

Then the elders in his town will send for him. They will talk to him. But he still might say,“ I don’t want to marry her.”

Then the elders of his city shall call him and speak to him, and if he persists, saying,‘ I do not wish to take her,’

The elders of the town will then summon him and talk with him. If he still refuses and says,‘ I don’t want to marry her,’

The elders of his city will summon him and speak with him. If he persists and says,‘ I don’t want to marry her,’

Then the elders of his city shall summon him and speak to him. And if he persists and says,‘ I do not desire to take her,’

Then the elders of his city shall call him and speak to him. But if he stands firm and says,‘ I do not want to take her,’

Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and if he stand, and say, I like not to take her;

The elders of his city will summon him and speak with him. If he persists and says,‘ I don’t want to marry her,’

Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and[ if] he stand[ to it], and say, I like not to take her;

Then the elders of his city must summon him and speak to him. If he persists, saying,“ I don’t want to marry her,”

Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak to him. If he stands and says,“ I don’t want to take her,”

At this, the guardian-redeemer said,“ Then I cannot redeem it because I might endanger my own estate. You redeem it yourself. I cannot do it.” (niv)