[和合本] “你父亲使我们负重轭，作苦工，现在求你使我们作的苦工、负的重轭轻松些，我们就侍奉你。”
[新标点] “你父亲使我们负重轭，做苦工，现在求你使我们做的苦工、负的重轭轻松些，我们就事奉你。”
[和合修] “你父亲使我们负重轭，现在求你减轻你父亲所加给我们的苦工和重轭，我们就服事你。”
[新译本] “你父亲加给我们的重担，现在求你减轻你父亲使我们作的苦工和加在我们背上的重担，我们就服事你。”
[当代修] “你父亲使我们负担沉重，求你减轻我们的负担吧，我们一定效忠你。”
[现代修] “你父亲所罗门使我们背负重担。如果你减轻我们的担子，使我们的生活过得去，我们就归顺你。”
[吕振中] “你父亲使我们的轭很难负；你呢，现在你使你父亲那令人很难作的工、和他所加在我们身上的重轭、轻松些吧，我们就服事你。”
[思高本] “你的父亲使我们的负担繁重，现在，你得减轻你父亲加给我们的苦役和重轭（è），我们才肯服事你。”
[文理本] 尔父使我侪负轭艰苦、尔其轻尔父之重轭、与艰苦之役事、我则服事尔、
[GNT] "Your father Solomon treated us harshly and placed heavy burdens on us. If you make these burdens lighter and make life easier for us, we will be your loyal subjects."
[BBE] 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.
[KJV] 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.
[NKJV] "Your father made our yoke heavy; now therefore, lighten the burdensome service of your father, and his heavy yoke which he put on us, and we will serve you."
[KJ21] "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."
[NASB] "Your father made our yoke hard; but now, lighten the hard labor imposed by your father and his heavy yoke which he put on us, and we will serve you."
[NRSV] "Your father made our yoke heavy. Now therefore lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke that he placed on us, and we will serve you."
[WEB] "Your father made our yoke difficult. Now therefore make the hard service of your father, and his heavy yoke which he put on us, lighter, and we will serve you."
[ESV] "Your father made our yoke heavy. Now therefore lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke on us, and we will serve you."
[NIV] "Your father put a heavy yoke on us, but now lighten the harsh labor and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you."
[NIrV] "Your father put a heavy load on our shoulders. But now make our hard work easier. Make the heavy load on us lighter. Then we'll serve you."
[HCSB] "Your father made our yoke harsh. You, therefore, lighten your father's harsh service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you."
[CSB] "Your father made our yoke harsh. You, therefore, lighten your father's harsh service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you."
[AMP] Your father made our yoke heavy; now therefore lighten the hard service and the heavy yoke your father put upon us, and we will serve you.
[NLT] "Your father was a hard master," they said. "Lighten the harsh labor demands and heavy taxes that your father imposed on us. Then we will be your loyal subjects."
[YLT] 'Thy father made hard our yoke, and thou, now, make light [some] of the hard service of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we serve thee.'