We never accepted food from anyone without paying for it. We worked hard day and night so we would not be a burden to any of you.

也未尝白吃人的饭，倒是辛苦劳碌，昼夜做工，免得叫你们一人受累。

也从未白吃人的饭，倒是辛苦劳碌，昼夜做工，免得使你们中间有人受累。

也从未白吃人的饭，倒是辛苦劳碌，昼夜做工，免得使你们中间有人受累。

也没有白吃谁的饭，而是昼夜辛勤工作，免得成为你们任何人的负担。

也没有白吃过谁的饭，反而辛苦劳碌，昼夜作工，免得加重你们任何一人的负担。

也没有白吃过谁的饭。相反，我们辛苦劳碌、日夜做工，免得成为你们任何人的负担。

也未嘗白吃人的飯，倒是辛苦勞碌，晝夜做工，免得叫你們一人受累。

也從未白吃人的飯，倒是辛苦勞碌，晝夜做工，免得使你們中間有人受累。

也從未白吃人的飯，倒是辛苦勞碌，晝夜做工，免得使你們中間有人受累。

也沒有白吃誰的飯，而是晝夜辛勤工作，免得成為你們任何人的負擔。

也沒有白吃過誰的飯，反而辛苦勞碌，晝夜作工，免得加重你們任何一人的負擔。

也沒有白喫過甚麼人的飯，倒是辛苦勞碌、黑夜白日地作工，免得加重你們任何人的負擔。

也沒有白吃過誰的飯。相反，我們辛苦勞碌、日夜做工，免得成為你們任何人的負擔。

亦未嘗素餐於人、乃以勞以苦、晝夜操作、免累爾中一人、

亦非素餐、惟是勞苦、晝夜操作、無累一人、

亦未素餐於人、惟是勞苦、晝夜操作、免累爾一人、

亦未嘗仰給於人、惟日夜躬自操作、以免加累於爾。

nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. On the contrary, we worked night and day, laboring and toiling so that we would not be a burden to any of you.

We didn’t eat anyone’s food without paying for it. In fact, it was just the opposite. We worked night and day. We worked very hard so that we wouldn’t cause any expense to any of you.

nor did we eat anyone’s bread without paying for it, but with toil and labor we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you.

we did not eat anyone’s food free of charge; instead, we labored and toiled, working night and day, so that we would not be a burden to any of you.

nor did we eat anyone’s bread without paying for it, but with labor and hardship we kept working night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you;

nor did we eat anyone’s bread free of charge, but worked with labor and toil night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you,

neither did we eat bread for nought at any man’s hand, but in labor and travail, working night and day, that we might not burden any of you:

we did not eat anyone’s food free of charge; instead, we labored and struggled, working night and day, so that we would not be a burden to any of you.

Neither did we eat any man’s bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:

and we did not eat anyone’s food without paying. Instead, in toil and drudgery we worked night and day in order not to burden any of you.

neither did we eat bread from anyone’s hand without paying for it, but in labor and travail worked night and day, that we might not burden any of you,

Don’t you remember, dear brothers and sisters, how hard we worked among you? Night and day we toiled to earn a living so that we would not be a burden to any of you as we preached God’s Good News to you.

Give us today the food we need,

Paul lived and worked with them, for they were tentmakers just as he was.

Make it your goal to live a quiet life, minding your own business and working with your hands, just as we instructed you before.

If you are a thief, quit stealing. Instead, use your hands for good hard work, and then give generously to others in need.

We work wearily with our own hands to earn our living. We bless those who curse us. We are patient with those who abuse us.

And when I was with you and didn’t have enough to live on, I did not become a financial burden to anyone. For the brothers who came from Macedonia brought me all that I needed. I have never been a burden to you, and I never will be.

You know that these hands of mine have worked to supply my own needs and even the needs of those who were with me.

She carefully watches everything in her household and suffers nothing from laziness.

We command such people and urge them in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ to settle down and work to earn their own living.