He had been hired to intimidate me so that I would sin by doing as he suggested, so they could give me a bad name in order to discredit me.
KJV
Therefore [was] he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and [that] they might have [matter] for an evil report, that they might reproach me.
ASV
For this cause was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me.