The Moabites say to the rulers of Judah,“ Make up your mind. Make a decision. Cover us with your shadow. Make it like night even at noon. Hide those of us who are running away. Don’t turn them over to their enemies.

求你献谋略，行公平，使你的影子在午间如黑夜，隐藏被赶散的人，不可显露逃民。

求你赐谋略，行公平，使你的影子在正午如黑夜，掩护逃亡的人，不泄露逃难者的行踪。

求你赐谋略，行公平，使你的影子在正午如黑夜，掩护逃亡的人，不泄露逃难者的行踪。

他们对犹大人说：“给我们出个主意，伸张正义吧！请让你们的影子在正午如黑夜，遮盖逃难的人，不要出卖逃亡者。

“求你给我们献谋略，作裁判！使你的影子在午间如同黑夜，把被赶逐的人隐藏起来，不可出卖逃亡的人。

摩押说：“求你出谋略，作裁决，使你的影子在正午时如同黑夜，隐藏被驱赶的人，不要暴露逃亡的人；

求你獻謀略，行公平，使你的影子在午間如黑夜，隱藏被趕散的人，不可顯露逃民。

求你賜謀略，行公平，使你的影子在正午如黑夜，掩護逃亡的人，不洩露逃難者的行蹤。

求你賜謀略，行公平，使你的影子在正午如黑夜，掩護逃亡的人，不洩露逃難者的行蹤。

他們對猶大人說：「給我們出個主意，伸張正義吧！請讓你們的影子在正午如黑夜，遮蓋逃難的人，不要出賣逃亡者。

“求你給我們獻謀略，作裁判！使你的影子在午間如同黑夜，把被趕逐的人隱藏起來，不可出賣逃亡的人。

『獻謀略哦！行裁奪哦！使你的影子在午間如黑夜哦！將被趕散的人隱藏起來；不可顯露逃亡之民哦；

摩押說：「求你出謀略，作裁決，使你的影子在正午時如同黑夜，隱藏被驅趕的人，不要暴露逃亡的人；

爾其設謀行義、亭午施蔭若夜、見逐者當藏匿之、逃遁者勿發覺之、

曰、請示我、為我折中、時至亭午、請施庇蔭、有若昏夜、予逢驅逐、爾其匿之、予避患難、爾其藏之、

彼將曰、求爾設謀定議、於嚮午之時施蔭庇、有若昏夜、藏被驅逐者、勿使逃避者顯露、

“ Make up your mind,” Moab says.“ Render a decision. Make your shadow like night— at high noon. Hide the fugitives, do not betray the refugees.

“ Give counsel; grant justice; make your shade like night at the height of noon; shelter the outcasts; do not reveal the fugitive;

“ Help us,” they cry.“ Defend us against our enemies. Protect us from their relentless attack. Do not betray us now that we have escaped.

Give us counsel and make a decision. Shelter us at noonday with shade that is as dark as night. Hide the refugees; do not betray the one who flees.

“ Give us advice, make a decision; Cast your shadow like night at high noon; Hide the outcasts, do not betray the fugitive.

“ Take counsel, execute judgment; Make your shadow like the night in the middle of the day; Hide the outcasts, Do not betray him who escapes.

Give counsel, execute justice; make thy shade as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; betray not the fugitive.

Give us counsel and make a decision. Shelter us at noonday with shade that is as dark as night. Hide the refugees; do not betray the one who flees.

Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.

“ Bring a plan, make a decision! Provide some shade in the middle of the day! Hide the fugitives! Do not betray the one who tries to escape!

Give counsel! Execute justice! Make your shade like the night in the middle of the noonday! Hide the outcasts! Don’t betray the fugitive!

Ahab’s wife Jezebel had been killing off the Lord’ s prophets. So Obadiah had hidden 100 prophets in two caves. He had put 50 in each cave. He had supplied them with food and water.

Poor people have come to you for safety. You have kept needy people safe when they were in trouble. You have been a place to hide when storms came. You have been a shade from the heat of the sun. Evil people attack us. They are like a storm beating against a wall.

Each official will be like a place to get out of the wind. He will be like a place to hide from storms. He’ll be like streams of water flowing in the desert. He’ll be like the shadow of a huge rock in a dry and thirsty land.

Here is what the Lord says to you who belong to David’s royal house.“‘ “Every morning do what is right and fair. Save those who have been robbed. Set them free from the people who have treated them badly. If you do not, my anger will blaze out against you. It will burn like fire because of the evil things you have done. No one will be able to put it out.

That was a time of trouble for your relatives. So you shouldn’t have been happy about what happened to them. The people of Judah were destroyed. So you should not have been happy about it. You should not have laughed at them so much when they were in trouble.You should not have marched through the gates of my people’s city when they were in trouble. You shouldn’t have been happy about what happened to them. You should not have stolen their wealth when they were in trouble.You waited where the roads cross. You wanted to cut down those who were running away. You should not have done that. You handed over to their enemies those who were still left alive. You should not have done that. They were in trouble.

The Lord and King says,“ Princes of Israel, you have gone far enough! Stop hurting others. Do not crush them. Do what is fair and right. Stop taking my people’s land away from them,” announces the Lord and King.“ Use weights and measures that are honest and exact.Use the same standard to measure dry and liquid products. Use a 6- bushel measure for dry products. And use a 60- gallon measure for liquids.Every amount of money must be weighed out in keeping with the standard weights.

Learn to do what is right! Treat people fairly. Help those who are treated badly. Stand up in court for children whose fathers have died. And do the same thing for widows.

I was hungry. And you gave me something to eat. I was thirsty. And you gave me something to drink. I was a stranger. And you invited me in.

Jonah had left the city. He had sat down at a place east of it. There he put some branches over his head. He sat in their shade. He waited to see what would happen to the city.Then the Lord God sent a leafy plant and made it grow up over Jonah. It gave him more shade for his head. It made him more comfortable. Jonah was very happy he had the leafy plant.But before sunrise the next day, God sent a worm. It chewed the plant so much that it dried up.When the sun rose, God sent a burning east wind. The sun beat down on Jonah’s head. It made him very weak. He wanted to die. So he said,“ I’d rather die than live.”

“ The bush asked the trees,‘ Do you really want to anoint me as king over you? If you do, come and rest in my shade. But if you don’t, I will destroy you! Fire will come out of me and burn up the cedar trees of Lebanon!’

Here is what the Lord who rules over all said to his people.“ Treat everyone with justice. Show mercy and tender concern to one another.

Stand up for the weak and for children whose fathers have died. Protect the rights of people who are poor or treated badly.Save those who are weak and needy. Save them from the power of sinful people.

So, Your Majesty, I hope you will accept my advice. Stop being sinful. Do what is right. Give up your evil practices. Show kindness to those who are being treated badly. Then perhaps things will continue to go well with you.”

A child will be born to us. A son will be given to us. He will rule over us. And he will be called Wonderful Adviser and Mighty God. He will also be called Father Who Lives Forever and Prince Who Brings Peace.

The Lord and King will gather those who were taken away from their homes in Israel. He announces,“ I will gather them to myself. And I will gather others to join them.”

The Lord says,“ Do what is fair and right. Save those who have been robbed. Set them free from the people who have treated them badly. Do not do anything wrong to outsiders or widows in this place. Do not harm children whose fathers have died. Do not kill those who are not guilty of doing anything wrong.

Don’t forget to welcome outsiders. By doing that, some people have welcomed angels without knowing it.