[和合本] 我对他们说:“我们尽力赎回我们弟兄,就是卖与外邦的犹大人;你们还要卖弟兄,使我们赎回来吗?”他们就静默不语,无话可答。
[新标点] 我对他们说:“我们尽力赎回我们弟兄,就是卖与外邦的犹大人;你们还要卖弟兄,使我们赎回来吗?”他们就静默不语,无话可答。
[和合修] 我对他们说:“我们已尽力赎回我们的弟兄,就是卖到列国的犹太人;你们还要卖弟兄,让我们去买回来吗?”他们就静默不语,无话可答。
[新译本] 我对他们说:“我们已尽了我们的能力,把那些卖了给外族人的同胞犹大人买赎回来,而你们还想要出卖你们的同胞,好让我们再把他们买回来吗?”他们都默不作声,无话可说。
[当代修] 我对他们说:“我们在尽力赎回那些被卖到外邦的犹太同胞,你们却要卖他们为奴,好让我们再赎回他们吗?”他们都沉默不语,无言以对。
[现代修] 对他们说:“我们曾经尽最大的努力赎回那些不得已卖身给外族的犹太弟兄。现在你们竟强迫弟兄出卖自己给你们——给自己的犹太同胞!”领袖们默不作声,无话可说。
[吕振中] 我对他们说:“我们已尽了力量来赎回我们的族弟兄犹大人、那些卖给外国人的;你们、你们还要卖你们的族弟兄,好让他们又卖回给我们么?”他们都不作声,找不着话来说。
[思高本] 向他们说:“我们已费尽力量,赎回来了那些被卖给异民作奴隶的犹太同胞,难道你们又要卖你们的同胞,叫我们赎回来吗?”他们不出声,也不知如何回答。
[文理本] 谓之曰、我同宗犹大人鬻于异邦、我侪尽力赎之、尔曹乃鬻同宗、且鬻于我侪耶、彼众默然、无词以对、
[GNT] and said, "As far as we have been able, we have been buying back our Jewish relatives who had to sell themselves to foreigners. Now you are forcing your own relatives to sell themselves to you, their own people!" The leaders were silent and could find nothing to say.
[BBE] And I said to them, We have given whatever we were able to give, to make our brothers the Jews free, who were servants and prisoners of the nations: and would you now give up your brothers for a price, and are they to become our property? Then they said
[KJV] And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer.
[NKJV] And I said to them, "According to our ability we have redeemed our Jewish brethren who were sold to the nations. Now indeed, will you even sell your brethren? Or should they be sold to us?" Then they were silenced and found nothing [to say.]
[KJ21] And I said unto them, "We, according to our ability, have redeemed our brethren the Jews who were sold unto the heathen. And will ye even sell your brethren? Or shall they be sold unto us?" Then they held their peace, and found nothing to answer.
[NASB] And I said to them, "We, according to our ability, have (Lit purchased)redeemed our Jewish brothers who were sold to the nations; now would you even sell your brothers that they may be sold to us?" Then they were silent and could not find a word to say.
[NRSV] and said to them, "As far as we were able, we have bought back our Jewish kindred who had been sold to other nations; but now you are selling your own kin, who must then be bought back by us!" They were silent, and could not find a word to say.
[WEB] I said to them, "We, after our ability, have redeemed our brothers the Jews that were sold to the nations; and would you even sell your brothers, and should they be sold to us?" Then they held their peace, and found not a word to say.
[ESV] and said to them, "We, as far as we are able, have bought back our Jewish brothers who have been sold to the nations, but you even sell your brothers that they may be sold to us!" They were silent and could not find a word to say.
[NIV] and said: "As far as possible, we have bought back our Jewish brothers who were sold to the Gentiles. Now you are selling your brothers, only for them to be sold back to us!" They kept quiet, because they could find nothing to say.
[NIrV] I said, "Our Jewish brothers and sisters were sold to other nations. We've done everything we could to buy them back and bring them home. But look at what you are doing! You are actually selling your own people! Now we'll have to buy them back too!" The people kept quiet. They couldn't think of anything to say.
[HCSB] and said, "We have done our best to buy back our Jewish countrymen who were sold to foreigners, but now you sell your own countrymen, and we have to buy them back." They remained silent and could not say a word.
[CSB] and said, "We have done our best to buy back our Jewish countrymen who were sold to foreigners, but now you sell your own countrymen, and we have to buy them back." They remained silent and could not say a word.
[AMP] I said to them, We, according to our ability, have bought back our Jewish brethren who were sold to the nations; but will you even sell your brethren, that they may be sold to us? Then they were silent and found not a word to say.
[NLT] At the meeting I said to them, "We are doing all we can to redeem our Jewish relatives who have had to sell themselves to pagan foreigners, but you are selling them back into slavery again. How often must we redeem them?" And they had nothing to say in their defense.
[YLT] and say to them, 'We have acquired our brethren the Jews, those sold to the nations, according to the ability that [is] in us, and ye also sell your brethren, and they have been sold to us!' and they are silent, and have not found a word.