English Standard Version
For this purpose he was hired, that I should be afraid and act in this way and sin, and so they could give me a bad name in order to taunt me.New International Version
He had been hired to intimidate me so that I would commit a sin by doing this, and then they would give me a bad name to discredit me.Catholic Public Domain Version
For he had accepted money, so that I would be afraid, and would sin, and so that they would have some evil with which to rebuke me