中译版圣经:

• 又要立志作安静人，办自己的事，亲手作工，正如我们从前所吩咐你们的。
• 新中译版圣经:又要立志作安静人，办自己的事，亲手作工，正如我们从前所吩咐你们的。
• 新世纪圣经:又要立志过安静的生活，办自己的事，亲手作工，正如我们从前吩咐过你们，
• LCC:要怀着大志做安静人，办自己的事，亲手作工，照我们所嘱咐你们的，
• TCB:立志安份守己，亲手做工来维持自己的生活，正像我们从前劝导你们的，
• 当代圣经:我们以前已吩咐你们要立志过安宁的生活，专心做自己的工作，凡事亲力亲为，
• CSG:你们要以过安定的生活，专务己业，亲手劳作为光荣，就如我们所吩咐过你们的，

英译版圣经:

• 新国际版圣经:Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you,
• NRSV:to aspire to live quietly, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we directed you,
• NASV:and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life and attend to your own business and work with your hands, just as we commanded you,
• 古老版圣经:And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
• ASV:and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your hands, even as we charged you;
• 基础英语版圣经:And that you may take pride in being quiet and doing your business, working with your hands as we gave you orders;
• DBY:and to seek earnestly to be quiet and mind your own affairs, and work with your [own] hands, even as we charged you,
• 标准修订版圣经:to aspire to live quietly, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we charged you;
• 直译圣经95版:and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life and attend to your own business and work with your hands, just as we commanded you,
• 直译圣经77版:and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life and attend to your own business and work with your hands, just as we commanded you;
• WEB:And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
• YLT:and to study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we did command you,

希伯来语圣经:

内容备注:

多语对照圣经中的一节平均而言是一句，包含有12个不同的英文译本，和6个中文译本，以及一个希伯来语本（圣经旧约使用希伯来语和亚兰语书写，新约用希腊语书写）

NIV:新国际版（New International Version，简称NIV）是一个当代英语圣经译本，也是目前在英语国家被最为广泛使用的圣经版本,适合个人研读之用的译本。
NCB: New Century Bible 《新世纪圣经》
LCC:(Library of Christian Classes）
CLB:当代圣经译本(The Chinese Living Bible, CLB)
KJV:詹姆士钦定本是近古英文,是现在所能见到的最老的英译本
BBE:基础英语供移民和儿童阅读
NRSV:是新标准修订版
NASB:用纯粹直译方法（Strictly Literal）的译本
BHS:希伯来语原文圣经

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• ambition [æm´biʃən]   n.雄心，野心；企图   (初中英语单词)
• working [´wə:kiŋ]   a.工人的；劳动的   (初中英语单词)
• international [,intə´næʃənəl]   a.国际的，世界的   (初中英语单词)
• earnestly [´ə:nistli]   ad.认真地；急切地   (高中英语单词)
• aspire [ə´spaiə]   vi.立志要；升高；热望   (英语四级单词)