1 Kings 12:4

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

ASV Byzantine Text

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.

Asang Khongca Bible

nampa mah kaicae hae paroeai hmuen kazih ang phawhsak; nampa khae hoi kazit parai ka phawh o ih hmuen, kaicae nuiah koeng ih hmuen kazit hae nang mah loe anghoepsak kue lai ah, to tiah nahaeloe na tok to kang sak pae o han, tiah a naa o.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

“Na pa loh kaimih kah hnamkun he a siing coeng. Tedae namah loh na pa kah thohtatnah mangkhak lamloh, kaimih soah a hnamkun khak a khueh lamloh yanghoep sak laeh. Te daengah ni nang taengah ka thohtat uh eh,” a ti uh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

“Na pa loh kaimih kah hnamkun he a siing coeng. Tedae namah loh na pa kah thohtatnah mangkhak lamloh, kaimih soah a hnamkun khak a khueh lamloh yanghoep sak laeh. Te daengah ni nang taengah ka thohtat uh eh,” a ti uh.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

Ua hookaumaha mai la kou makuakane i ka makou auamo; ano hoi e hoomama oe i ka hana ehaeha a kou makuakane, a me ka auamo kaumaha ana i kau mai ai maluna o makou, alaila e malama aku makou ia oe.

English Berean Standard Bible

“Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now you should lighten the burden of your father’s service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

-Salomon, papa ou, te di anpil ak nou, li te peze nou anpil. Koulye a, fè yon leve men pou nou. Kite nou viv yon ti jan pi alèz, n'a sèvi ou nèt ale.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Pater tuus durissimum jugum imposuit nobis: tu itaque nunc imminue paululum de imperio patris tui durissimo, et de jugo gravissimo quod imposuit nobis, et serviemus tibi.

Bible in Basic English

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.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Ton père a rendu notre joug dur ; et toi, maintenant, allège le dur service de ton père et son joug pesant qu’il a mis sur nous, et nous te servirons.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Otec tvůj ztížil jho naše; protož nyní polehč služby otce svého tvrdé a břemena jeho těžkého, kteréž vzložil na nás, a budeme tobě sloužiti.

Kosraean Bible

“Solomon, papa tomom, el tuh arulana akkeokye kut ac filiya mwe utuk toasr facsr. Kom fin akmulalaye mwe utuk inge ac akfisrasryela nu sesr, na kut ac fah kulansupwekom ke inse pwaye.”

World Portuguese Bible

“Seu pai tornou o nosso jugo pesado. Agora, portanto, alivie a dura servidão de seu pai e o seu jugo pesado que ele colocou sobre nós, e nós o serviremos.”

Romanian BTF Bible

Tatăl tău ne-a făcut jugul apăsător; de aceea acum, fă servirea apăsătoare a tatălui tău şi jugul lui cel greu pe care l-a pus asupra noastră, mai uşor, şi noi îţi vom servi.

Brenton English Septuagint

but do thou now lighten somewhat of the hard service of thy father, and of his heavy yoke which he put upon us, and we will serve thee.

Burmese Common Language Bible

``အ​ရှင့်​ခ​မည်း​တော်​ရှော​လ​မုန်​သည်​ကျွန်ုပ်​တို့ အ​ပေါ်​လေး​လံ​သော​ထမ်း​ပိုး​ကို​တင်​တော်​မူ​ခဲ့ ပါ​၏။ အ​ရှင်​သည်​ထို​လေး​လံ​သော​ထမ်း​ပိုး​နှင့် ပင်​ပန်း​သော​ဝန်​ကို​ပေါ့​ပါး​စေ​လျက် အ​ကျွန်ုပ်​တို့ အား​နေ​သာ​ထိုင်​သာ​ရှိ​အောင်​ပြု​တော်​မူ​မည်​ဆို ပါ​က အ​ကျွန်ုပ်​တို့​သည်​သစ္စာ​ရှိ​စွာ​အ​ရှင့်​၏ အ​မှု​တော်​ကို​ထမ်း​ဆောင်​ပါ​မည်'' ဟု​လျှောက် ထား​ကြ​၏။

Darby Translation

Thy father made our yoke grievous; and now lighten thou the grievous servitude of thy father and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Dein Vater hat unser Joch hart gemacht; du aber, erleichtere nun den harten Dienst deines Vaters und sein schweres Joch, das er auf uns gelegt hat, so wollen wir dir dienen.

Dutch Bible 1917

Uw vader heeft ons juk hard gemaakt; gij dan nu, maak uws vaders harden dienst, en zijn zwaar juk, dat hij ons opgelegd heeft, lichter, en wij zullen u dienen.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Uw vader heeft ons een zwaar juk opgelegd; verlicht gij nu de harde dienstbaarheid, waartoe uw vader ons dwong, en het zware juk, dat hij ons heeft opgelegd, en wij zullen u dienen.

Italian Diodati Bible

Tuo padre ci ha posto addosso un grave giogo ; ma tu alleviaci ora dalla dura servitù di tuo padre, e dal suo grave giogo, il quale egli ci ha posto addosso, e noi ti saremo soggetti.

Douay-Rheims 1899

Thy father laid a grievous yoke upon us: now therefore do thou take off a little of the grievous service of thy father, and of his most heavy yoke, which he put upon us, and we will serve thee.

Geneva Bible 1599

Thy father made our yoke grieuous: now therefore make thou the grieuous seruitude of thy father, and his sore yoke which he put vpon vs, lighter, and we will serue thee.

Danish Bible 1931

“Din Fader lagde et hårdt Åg på os, men let du nu det hårde Arbejde, din Fader krævede, og det tunge Åg han lagde på os, så vil vi tjene dig!”

Leeser Tanakh

Thy father made our yoke hard; but do thou now make lighter the hard service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, and we will serve thee.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

'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.'

King James Version

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.

King James Version + Apocrypha

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.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Thân phụ vua đã làm cho ách chúng tôi nặng quá nhưng bây giờ vua hãy giảm nhẹ sự phục dịch khó nhọc và cái ách nặng mà thân phụ vua đã gán cho chúng tôi, thì chúng tôi sẽ phục dịch vua.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

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.

Revised West Version

“Naʻe ngaohi ʻe hoʻo tamai ʻemau kavenga ke fakamāfasia: ka ko eni ke ke fakamaʻamaʻa ʻe koe ʻemau ngāue fakamāfasia ki hoʻo tamai, pea mo ʻene kavenga mamafa ʻaia naʻa ne ʻai kiate kimautolu, pea te mau tauhi kiate koe.”

French Ostervald Bible

Ton père a mis sur nous un joug pesant; mais toi, allège maintenant cette rude servitude de ton père et ce joug pesant qu'il nous a imposé, et nous te servirons.

Esperanto Bible

Via patro tro pezigis nian jugon; nun deprenu iom de la malfacilaj laboroj de via patro, kaj de lia peza jugo, kiun li metis sur nin, kaj tiam ni servados al vi.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Ton père a rendu notre joug dur; toi maintenant, allège cette rude servitude et le joug pesant que nous a imposé ton père. Et nous te servirons.

German Luther Bible 1912

Dein Vater hat unser Joch zu hart gemacht; so mache du nun den harten Dienst und das schwere Joch leichter, das er uns aufgelegt hat, so wollen wir dir untertänig sein.

LXX2012 U. S. English

but do you now lighten somewhat of the hard service of your father, and of his heavy yoke which he put upon us, and we will serve you.

British English Septuagint 2012

but do you now lighten somewhat of the hard service of your father, and of his heavy yoke which he put upon us, and we will serve you.

Majority Standard BIble

“Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now you must lighten the burden of your father’s service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”

Webster Bible

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.

Revised Version

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.

Italian Riveduta Bible

“Tuo padre ha reso duro il nostro giogo; ora rendi tu più lieve la dura servitù e il giogo pesante che tuo padre ci ha imposti, e noi ti serviremo”.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

« Ton père a rendu notre joug dur. Maintenant donc, allège le dur service imposé par ton père et le joug pesant qu'il nous a imposé, et nous te servirons. »

Reina Valera 1909

Tu padre agravó nuestro yugo, mas ahora tú disminuye algo de la dura servidumbre de tu padre, y del yugo pesado que puso sobre nosotros, y te serviremos.

Spanish BLL

“Su padre nos impuso un yugo muy pesado. Si usted ahora aligera el duro trabajo y el yugo pesado que él nos impuso, nosotros le serviremos”.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

«Vuestro padre agravó nuestro yugo; ahora, pues, aligerad vos el duro servicio de vuestro padre y el pesado yugo que puso sobre nosotros, y os serviremos».

Croatian Bible

“Tvoj nam je otac nametnuo teški jaram. Ti nam sada olakšaj tešku službu svoga oca, teški jaram koji metnu na nas, pa ćemo ti služiti!”

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Tvoj je otac metnuo na nas težak jaram; nego ti sada olakšaj ljutu službu oca svog i teški jaram koji je metnuo na nas, pak ćemo ti služiti.

German Textbibel

Dein Vater hat uns ein drückendes Joch auferlegt; so erleichtere du uns nun den harten Dienst und das schwere Joch, das uns dein Vater auferlegt hat, so wollen wir dir unterthan sein.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

but do thou now lighten somewhat of the hard service of thy father, and of his heavy yoke which he put upon us, and we will serve thee.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

אָבִ֖יךָ הִקְשָׁ֣ה אֶת־עֻלֵּ֑נוּ וְאַתָּ֡ה עַתָּ֣ה הָקֵל֩ מֵעֲבֹדַ֨ת אָבִ֜יךָ הַקָּשָׁ֗ה וּמֵעֻלּ֧וֹ הַכָּבֵ֛ד אֲשֶׁר־נָתַ֥ן עָלֵ֖ינוּ וְנַעַבְדֶֽךָּ׃

World English Bible

“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.”

World English Bible (Catholic)

“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.”

World English Bible British Edition

“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.”

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

“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.”

World English Bible Classic

“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.”

World English Bible Updated

“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.”

World Messianic Bible

“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.”

World Messianic Bible British Edition

“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.”

Young's Literal Translation

'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.'

SEPTUAGINTA

ὁ πατήρ σου ἐβάρυνε τὸν κλοιὸν ἡμῶν, καὶ σὺ νῦν κούφισον ἀπὸ τῆς δουλείας τοῦ πατρός σου τῆς σκληρᾶς καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ κλοιοῦ αὐτοῦ τοῦ βαρέως, οὗ ἔδωκεν ἐφ᾿ ἡμᾶς, καὶ δουλεύσομέν σοι.

Brenton Septuagint

Ὁ πατήρ σου ἐβάρυνε τὸν κλοιὸν ἡμῶν, καὶ σὺ νῦν κούφισον ἀπὸ τῆς δουλείας τοῦ πατρός σου τῆς σκληρᾶς, καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ κλοιοῦ αὐτοῦ τοῦ βαρέως, οὗ ἔδωκεν ἐφʼ ἡμᾶς, καὶ δουλεύσομέν σοι.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)

„Татэл тэу не-а ынгреуят жугул; акум, ту ушурязэ ачастэ аспрэ робие ши жугул греу пе каре л-а пус песте ной татэл тэу. Ши ыць вом служи.”

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish

Батько твій наложив на нас важке ярмо; полегчи нам тяжку службу й важенне ярмо, що батько твій наложив, так будемо служити тобі.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible

Батько твій наложив на нас важке ярмо; полегчи нам тяжку службу й важенне ярмо, що батько твій наложив, так будемо служити тобі.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)

Твој је отац метнуо на нас тежак јарам; него ти сада олакшај љуту службу оца свог и тешки јарам који је метнуо на нас, пак ћемо ти служити.

Russian Synodal Bible

отец твой наложил на нас тяжкое иго, ты же облегчи нам жестокую работу отца твоего и тяжкое иго, которое он наложил на нас, и тогда мы будем служить тебе.

Hebrew Masoretic OT

אָבִ֖יךָ הִקְשָׁ֣ה אֶת־עֻלֵּ֑נוּ וְאַתָּ֡ה עַתָּ֣ה הָקֵל֩ מֵעֲבֹדַ֨ת אָבִ֜יךָ הַקָּשָׁ֗ה וּמֵעֻלֹּ֧ו הַכָּבֵ֛ד אֲשֶׁר־נָתַ֥ן עָלֵ֖ינוּ וְנַעַבְדֶֽךָּ׃

Modern Hebrew Bible

אביך הקשה את עלנו ואתה עתה הקל מעבדת אביך הקשה ומעלו הכבד אשר נתן עלינו ונעבדך׃

Arabic Van Dyck Bible

«إِنَّ أَبَاكَ قَسَّى نِيرَنَا، وَأَمَّا أَنْتَ فَخَفِّفِ ٱلْآنَ مِنْ عُبُودِيَّةِ أَبِيكَ ٱلْقَاسِيَةِ، وَمِنْ نِيرِهِ ٱلثَّقِيلِ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَهُ عَلَيْنَا، فَنَخْدِمَكَ».

Old Persion Version Bible

«پدر تو یوغ ما راسخت ساخت اما تو الان بندگی سخت و یوغ سنگینی را که پدرت بر ما نهاد سبک ساز، و تو راخدمت خواهیم نمود.»

Judson Burmese Bible

ခမည်းတော် သည် ကျွန်တော် တို့၌ လေး သောထမ်းဘိုး ကိုတင်ပါပြီ။ ခမည်းတော် ထံမှာပင်ပန်း စွာ ဆောင်ရွက်ရသောအမှု ၊ တင် တော်မူသော ထမ်းဘိုး လေး ကို ပေါ့ စေတော်မူပါ။ ထိုသို့ ပြုတော်မူလျှင်၊ ကျွန်တော်တို့သည် အမှု တော်ကို ထမ်းပါမည်ဟု လျှောက်ဆို ကြ၏။

Korean Bible 1910

`왕의 부친이 우리의 멍에를 무겁게 하였으나 왕은 이제 왕의 부친이 우리에게 시킨 고역과 메운 무거운 멍에를 가볍게 하소서 그리하시면 우리가 왕을 섬기겠나이다'

Japanese Freedom Bible

「あなたの父はわれわれのくびきを重くしました。ですから今、あなたの父の過酷な奉仕と、彼がわれわれに負わせた重いくびきを軽くしてください。そうすれば、われわれはあなたに仕えます。」

World Chinese Bible

“你父亲使我们的轭沉重。现在求你使你父亲加在我们身上的苦役和重轭轻省些，我们就事奉你。”

Chinese Union Version (simplified)

「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。」

Chinese Union Version (traditional)

「你父親使我們負重軛， 做苦工，現在求你使我們做的苦工、負的重軛輕鬆些，我們就事奉你。」

Portuguese Bíblia Livre

Teu pai agravou nosso jugo, mas agora tu diminui algo da dura servidão de teu pai, e do jugo pesado que ele pôs sobre nós, e te serviremos.

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Mashi Bible

«Sho ali amarhuma okushiga kwîrhu kwabà kushigalala, ci w’oyûla buno orhulembuhizagye ogwôla mushigo muzirho gwa sho n’ogwôla muzigo muzirho sho ali amarhubarhuza; rhwânakurhumikira».

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German Schlachter Bible 1951

Dein Vater hat unser Joch zu hart gemacht; so mache du nun den harten Dienst deines Vaters und das schwere Joch, welches er uns aufgelegt hat, leichter, so wollen wir dir untertänig sein!

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La Biblia en Español Sencillo

Tu padre nos echó un duro yugo; si las condiciones a las que tu padre nos reprimió sean menos crueles, y el peso del yugo que nos puso menos duros, entonces seremos tus sirvientes.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You)

Tu padre agravó nuestro yugo. Ahora, disminuye tú el duro trabajo de esclavo de tu padre, para que el pesado yugo que nos impuso sea más llevadero, y te serviremos.

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The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible

Avicha made our ol (yoke) difficult; now therefore make thou the grievous avodat Avicha, and his heavy ol (yoke) which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.

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