Then the people asked me,“ Won’t you tell us what these things you are doing mean for us?”

百姓问我说：“你这样行与我们有什么关系，你不告诉我们吗？”

百姓对我说：“你这样做跟我们有什么关系，你不告诉我们吗？”

百姓对我说：“你这样做跟我们有什么关系，你不告诉我们吗？”

百姓问我：“你可以告诉我们，你这样做跟我们有什么关系吗？”

众人问我：“你不告诉我们你这样行与我们有什么关系吗？”

百姓問我說：「你這樣行與我們有甚麼關係，你不告訴我們嗎？」

百姓對我說：「你這樣做跟我們有甚麼關係，你不告訴我們嗎？」

百姓對我說：「你這樣做跟我們有甚麼關係，你不告訴我們嗎？」

百姓問我：「你可以告訴我們，你這樣做跟我們有什麼關係嗎？」

眾人問我：“你不告訴我們你這樣行與我們有甚麼關係嗎？”

人民問我說：『你這樣行跟我們有甚麼關係、你不告訴我們麼？』

民問我曰、爾之所為、與我何與、請以告我、

民問我曰、爾有斯舉、與我何與、請以告我。

民問我曰、爾如是以行、與我何與、請以告我、

Then the people asked me,“ Won’t you tell us what these things have to do with us? Why are you acting like this?”

Then the people said to me,“ Tell us what these things have to do with us. Why are you acting like this?”

And the people said to me,“ Will you not tell us what these things mean for us, that you are acting thus?”

Then the people asked,“ What does all this mean? What are you trying to tell us?”

Then the people asked me,“ Won’t you tell us what these things you are doing mean for us?”

And the people said to me,“ Will you not tell us what these things mean for us, that you are doing?”

And the people said to me,“ Will you not tell us what these things signify to us, that you behave so?”

And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou doest so?

And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these[ things are] to us, that thou doest[ so]?

Then the people said to me,“ Will you not tell us what these things you are doing mean for us?”

The people asked me,“ Won’t you tell us what these things are to us, that you do so?”

“ Son of man, hasn’t the house of Israel, that rebellious house, asked you,‘ What are you doing?’

When your people ask you,‘ Won’t you explain to us what you mean by these things?’—

And when they ask you,‘ Why are you groaning?’ then say: Because of the news that is coming. Every heart will melt, and every hand will become weak. Every spirit will be discouraged, and every knee will turn to water. Yes, it is coming and it will happen.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.

“ Your words against Me are harsh,” says the Lord. Yet you ask:“ What have we spoken against You?”

“ Since the days of your fathers, you have turned from My statutes; you have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the Lord of Hosts. But you ask:“ How can we return?”“ Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me!” You ask:“ How do we rob You?”“ By not making the payments of the tenth and the contributions.

Then I said,“ Oh, Lord God, they are saying of me,‘ Isn’t he just posing riddles?’”

“ Now say to that rebellious house: Don’t you know what these things mean? Tell them: The king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, took its king and officials, and brought them back with him to Babylon.