And next to them the Tekoites repaired, but their nobles would not stoop to serve their Lord.

其次是提哥亚人修造；但是他们的贵胄不用肩担他们主的工作。

在他们旁边修造的是提哥亚人；但是他们的贵族不用肩扛他们主人的工作。

在他们旁边修造的是提哥亚人；但是他们的贵族不用肩扛他们主人的工作。

再下一段由提哥亚人修筑，但他们的贵族不肯做督工所分派的工作。

接着这一段的是由提哥亚人修筑；但是他们的贵族不愿肩负他们的主的工作。

其次是提哥亞人修造；但是他們的貴冑不用肩擔他們主的工作。

在他們旁邊修造的是提哥亞人；但是他們的貴族不用肩扛他們主人的工作。

在他們旁邊修造的是提哥亞人；但是他們的貴族不用肩扛他們主人的工作。

再下一段由提哥亞人修築，但他們的貴族不肯做督工所分派的工作。

接著這一段的是由提哥亞人修築；但是他們的貴族不願肩負他們的主的工作。

其次是提哥亞人修造的；但是他們貴顯的人不用肩膀擔負起他們主子的工作。

其次、提哥亞人修葺、然彼之顯者、不肩負其主之工、

其次提哥亞人修葺、然其世職不用力服勞上主之事。

其次、提哥亞人修葺、惟其紳宦、不願為其主之事盡力、

The next section was repaired by the men of Tekoa, but their nobles would not put their shoulders to the work under their supervisors.

Some men from Tekoa repaired the next part of the wall. But their nobles refused to do any work at all. They didn’t pay any attention to the people who were in charge of the work.

Next were the people from Tekoa, though their leaders refused to work with the construction supervisors.

Beside them the Tekoites made repairs, but their nobles did not lift a finger to help their supervisors.

Moreover, next to him the Tekoites made repairs, but their nobles did not support the work of their masters.

Next to them the Tekoites made repairs; but their nobles did not put their shoulders to the work of their Lord.

And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their lord.

Beside them the Tekoites made repairs, but their nobles did not lift a finger to help their supervisors.

And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their Lord.

The men of Tekoa worked on the section adjacent to them, but their town leaders would not assist with the work of their master.

Next to them, the Tekoites made repairs; but their nobles didn’t put their necks to the Lord’s work.

And Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman and said to her,“ Pretend to be a mourner and put on mourning garments. Do not anoint yourself with oil, but behave like a woman who has been mourning many days for the dead.

After him the Tekoites repaired another section opposite the great projecting tower as far as the wall of Ophel.

“‘“ But if any nation or kingdom will not serve this Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, I will punish that nation with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence, declares the Lord, until I have consumed it by his hand.

Thus the Lord said to me:“ Make yourself straps and yoke-bars, and put them on your neck.

Then I said,“ These are only the poor; they have no sense; for they do not know the way of the Lord, the justice of their God.I will go to the great and will speak to them, for they know the way of the Lord, the justice of their God.” But they all alike had broken the yoke; they had burst the bonds.

Now, therefore, why are you putting God to the test by placing a yoke on the neck of the disciples that neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?

To Zedekiah king of Judah I spoke in like manner:“ Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people and live.

Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy.They are to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share,

“ And it shall come to pass in that day, declares the Lord of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off your neck, and I will burst your bonds, and foreigners shall no more make a servant of him.But they shall serve the Lord their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.

For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth.

The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

“ Curse Meroz, says the angel of the Lord, curse its inhabitants thoroughly, because they did not come to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord against the mighty.