I signed and sealed the deed of purchase. I had some people witness everything. And I weighed out the silver on the scales.

我在契上画押，将契封缄，又请见证人来，并用天平将银子平给他。

我在契上签字，将契封缄，又请证人来，用天平把银子秤给他。

我在契上签字，将契封缄，又请证人来，用天平把银子秤给他。

“我在契约上签了名，把契封好了，又请了证人作证，就用天平把银子称给他。

我在契上畫押，將契封緘，又請見證人來，並用天平將銀子平給他。

我在契上簽字，將契封緘，又請證人來，用天平把銀子秤給他。

我在契上簽字，將契封緘，又請證人來，用天平把銀子秤給他。

“我在契約上簽了名，把契封好了，又請了證人作證，就用天平把銀子稱給他。

我在契券上簽名畫押，封好蓋上了印，請了見證人作證，用天平將銀子平給他。

簽名緘封、延證者、權銀以與之、

我書於簡、印之、使人為證、權金與之。

我書契約印以印、使人為證、以權權銀予之、

I signed and sealed the deed, had it witnessed, and weighed out the silver on the scales.

I signed the deed, sealed it, got witnesses, and weighed the money on scales.

I signed and sealed the deed of purchase before witnesses, weighed out the silver, and paid him.

I recorded it on a scroll, sealed it, called in witnesses, and weighed out the silver on the scales.

And I signed and sealed the deed, and called in witnesses, and weighed out the silver on the scales.

And I signed the deed and sealed it, took witnesses, and weighed the money on the scales.

And I subscribed the deed, and sealed it, and called witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.

I recorded it on a scroll, sealed it, called in witnesses, and weighed out the silver in the scales.

And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed[ it], and took witnesses, and weighed[ him] the money in the balances.

I signed the deed of purchase, sealed it, and had some men serve as witnesses to the purchase. I weighed out the silver for him on a scale.

I signed the deed, sealed it, called witnesses, and weighed the money in the balances to him.

Fields will be bought with silver. Deeds will be signed, sealed and witnessed. That will be done in the territory of Benjamin. It will be done in the villages around Jerusalem and in the towns of Judah. It will also be done in the towns of the central hill country. And it will be done in the towns of the western hills and the Negev Desert. I will bless their people with great success again,” announces the Lord.

I gave Baruch the copies of the deed. My cousin Hanamel saw me do this. The witnesses who had signed the deed were there too. So were all the Jews who were sitting in the courtyard of the guard. Baruch was the son of Neriah. Neriah was the son of Mahseiah.

The Lord says,“ I have kept all those terrible things stored away. I have kept them sealed up in my strongbox.

Lord and King, the city will be handed over to the armies of Babylon. In spite of that, you tell me to buy a field. You say,“ Pay for it with silver. And have the sale witnessed.” ’ ”

The wrong things I’ve done will be sealed up in a bag. You will wipe out my sins by forgiving them.

Some will say,‘ We belong to the Lord.’ Others will call themselves by Jacob’s name. Still others will write on their hands,‘ We belong to the Lord.’ And they will be called by the name of Israel.

So the men left and went through the land. They wrote a report about its features on a scroll. It showed how they divided up the land into seven shares. It listed the towns in each share. The men returned to Joshua in the camp at Shiloh.

Then I saw another angel coming up from the east. He brought the official seal of the living God. He called out in a loud voice to the four angels. They had been allowed to harm the land and the sea.

Do not make God’s Holy Spirit mourn. The Holy Spirit is the proof that you belong to God. And the Spirit is the proof that God will set you completely free.

You also became believers in Christ. That happened when you heard the message of truth. It was the good news about how you could be saved. When you believed, he stamped you with an official mark. That official mark is the Holy Spirit that he promised.

Do not work for food that spoils. Work for food that lasts forever. That is the food the Son of Man will give you. For God the Father has put his seal of approval on him.”

He put his Spirit in our hearts and marked us as his own. We can now be sure that he will give us everything he promised us.

Then Boaz said to the elders and all the people,“ Today you are witnesses. You have seen that I have bought land from Naomi. I have bought all the property that had belonged to Elimelek, Kilion and Mahlon.I’ve also taken Ruth, who is from Moab, to become my wife. She is Mahlon’s widow. I’ve decided to marry her so the dead man’s name will stay with his property. Now his name won’t disappear from his family line or from his hometown. Today you are witnesses!”Then the elders and all the people at the gate said,“ We are witnesses. The woman is coming into your home. May the Lord make her like Rachel and Leah. Together they built up the family of Israel. May you be an important person in Ephrathah. May you be famous in Bethlehem.

The Lord said to me,“ Get a large sheet of paper. Write‘ Maher- Shalal- Hash- Baz’ on it with a pen.”So I sent for Zechariah and Uriah the priest. Zechariah is the son of Jeberekiah. Zechariah and Uriah were witnesses for me whom I could trust.

The Lord said to me,“ Go now. Write on a tablet for the people of Judah what I am about to say. Also write it on a scroll. In days to come it will be a witness that lasts forever.

Anyone who has accepted it has said,‘ Yes. God is truthful.’

“ The vision of the evenings and mornings that has been given to you is true. But seal up the vision. It is about a time far off.”

They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree. They were supposed to harm only the people without God’s official seal on their foreheads.

Hold me close to your heart where your royal seal is worn. Keep me as close to yourself as the bracelet on your arm. My love for you is so strong it won’t let you go. Love is as powerful as death. Love’s jealousy is as strong as the grave. Love is like a blazing fire. Love burns like a mighty flame.