“If I refuse to be fair to my slaves\par when they have a complaint against me,\par
Deuteronomy 24:15 - Easy To Read Version Give him his pay every day before sunset. Why? Because he is poor and depends on the money. If you don’t pay him, he will complain against you to the Lord. And you will be guilty of sin. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 at his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You shall give him his hire on the day he earns it before the sun goes down, for he is poor, and sets his heart upon it; lest he cry against you to the Lord, and it be sin to you. American Standard Version (1901) in his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it (for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it); lest he cry against thee unto Jehovah, and it be sin unto thee. Common English Bible Pay them their salary the same day, before the sun sets, because they are poor, and their very life depends on that pay, and so they don’t cry out against you to the LORD. That would make you guilty. Catholic Public Domain Version Instead, you shall pay him the price of his labor on the same day, before the setting of the sun. For he is poor, and with it he sustains his life. Otherwise, he may cry out against you to the Lord, and it would be charged to you as a sin. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But thou shalt pay him the price of his labour the same day, before the going down of the sun, because he is poor, and with it maintaineth his life: lest he cry against thee to the Lord, and it be reputed to thee for a sin. |
“If I refuse to be fair to my slaves\par when they have a complaint against me,\par
“I didn’t steal my land from anyone.\par No one can accuse me of stealing it.\par
Those bad people hurt poor people,\par and made them cry to God for help.\par And God hears that cry for help.\par
“If \{bad\} people are being hurt,\par then they will cry out for help.\par They go to powerful people\par and beg them to help them.\par
Man is like a slave who wants the\par cool shade after hard work on a hot day.\par Man is like a hired worker\par waiting for payday.\par
People who have not done evil things,\par people who have pure hearts,\par people who have not used my name {\cf2\super [146]} to make lies sound like the truth,\par and people who have not lied and made false promises.\par \{Only those people can worship there.\}\par
Master, I put my life in your hands.\par Make me happy, I am your servant.\par
The field of grapes that belongs to the Lord All-Powerful is the nation of Israel. The grapevine—the plant the Lord loves—is the man of Judah. {\cf2\super [48]}
It will be very bad for King Jehoiakim.\par He is doing bad things\par so he can build his palace. {\cf2\super [179]} \par He is cheating people\par so he can build rooms upstairs.\par He is making his own people\par work for nothing.\par He is not paying them for their work.\par
“You must not do bad things to your neighbor. You must not rob {him}. You must not hold a hired worker’s salary all night until morning. [338]
“Maybe a person from your own country [431] will become too poor to support himself. You must let him live with you like a visitor.
Then I will come to you—and I will do the right thing. I will be like a person that is ready to tell the judge about the bad things people did. Some people do evil magic. Some people do the sin of adultery. {\cf2\super [19]} Some people make false promises. Some people cheat their workers—they don’t pay them the money they promised. People don’t help widows and orphans. {\cf2\super [20]} People don’t help strangers. People don’t respect me!” The Lord All-Powerful said these things.
“At the end of the day, the owner of the field said to the boss of all the workers, ‘Call the workers and pay all of them. Start by paying the last people I hired. Then pay all of them, ending with the workers I hired first.’
\{But I will answer your question.\} You know the commands: ‘You must not murder anyone, you must not do the sin of adultery, {\cf2\super [127]} you must not steal, you must not lie, you must not cheat, you must honor (respect) your father and mother….’ {\cf2\super [128]} ”
“Don’t ever refuse to help someone simply because the seventh year, the year for canceling debts, is near. Don’t let an evil thought like that enter your mind. You must never have bad thoughts about a person that needs help. You must not refuse to help him. If you don’t help that poor person, then he will complain to the Lord against you. And the Lord will find you guilty of sin.
Why? Because the Scriptures {\cf2\super [28]} say, “When a work animal is doing the work of separating grain, don’t cover its mouth \{and stop it from eating the grain\}.” {\cf2\super [29]} And the Scriptures also say, “A worker should be given his pay.” {\cf2\super [30]}
People worked in your fields, but you did not pay them. Those people are crying out against you. Those people harvested your crops. Now the Lord (God) of heaven’s armies {\cf2\super [24]} has heard the things they are shouting.