Rotherham(i)
4 And there were others who were saying, We have borrowed silver, for the king’s tribute,––[upon] our lands and our vineyards.
5 Now, therefore, as is the flesh of our brethren, so is our flesh, as are their children, so are our children. Yet lo! we are putting in subjection our sons and our daughters, for bondservants, yea there are some of our daughters already trodden down, and we are powerless, and, our fields and our vineyards, belong to others.
6 And it angered me greatly,––when I heard their outcry, and these words. 7 So my heart took counsel unto me and I contended with the nobles and with the deputies, and said to them, A loan on interest––every man to his brother, are ye making,––So I appointed over them a great assembly; 8 and I said unto them, We, have bought our brethren the Jews, who had sold themselves unto the nations, according to our ability, and will, ye, even sell your brethren, or shall they sell themselves unto us? And they were silent, and found no answer.
6 And it angered me greatly,––when I heard their outcry, and these words. 7 So my heart took counsel unto me and I contended with the nobles and with the deputies, and said to them, A loan on interest––every man to his brother, are ye making,––So I appointed over them a great assembly; 8 and I said unto them, We, have bought our brethren the Jews, who had sold themselves unto the nations, according to our ability, and will, ye, even sell your brethren, or shall they sell themselves unto us? And they were silent, and found no answer.