列王記上 12:4
Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.
Context
This verse from 列王記上 Chapter 12 connects to 10 cross-references. ダビデは人口調査を命じ、ヨアブは反対したが従った。調査後ダビデは良心に責められ悔い改めた。神は三つの裁きの選択肢を与え、ダビデは神の手に倒れることを選んだ。疫病で70,000人が死んだ。
他の翻訳
Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.
`Thy father made hard our yoke, and thou, now, make light <FI>some<Fi> of the hard service of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we serve thee.'
Your father put a hard yoke on us: if you will make the conditions under which your father kept us down less cruel, and the weight of the yoke he put on us less hard, then we will be your servants.
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