亞捫族之牧伯謂哈嫩曰、大衛遣唁者詣爾、爾意大衛果敬爾父乎、其僕詣爾、詎非窺察此地、而滅之耶、

但亚扪人的首领对哈嫩说：“大卫差人来安慰你，你想他是尊敬你父亲吗？他的臣仆来见你不是为详察窥探、倾覆这地吗？”

但亚扪人的领袖对哈嫩说：“大卫派人来安慰你，你看他是要尊敬你父亲吗？他的臣仆来见你，不是为了要窥探侦察，而倾覆这地吗？”

但亚扪人的领袖对哈嫩说：“大卫派人来安慰你，你看他是要尊敬你父亲吗？他的臣仆来见你，不是为了要窥探侦察，而倾覆这地吗？”

亚扪的官长却对哈嫩说：“大卫派人来安慰你，你以为他是来吊唁你父亲吗？他的臣仆来见你不过是来探听虚实，想征服这地方。”

但亚扪人的众领袖对哈嫩说：“大卫差派这些慰问的人到你这里来，你以为他是尊敬你父亲吗？他的臣仆来见你，不是为了窥探、倾覆、侦察这地吗？”

但亞捫人的首領對哈嫩說：「大衛差人來安慰你，你想他是尊敬你父親嗎？他的臣僕來見你不是為詳察窺探、傾覆這地嗎？」

但亞捫人的領袖對哈嫩說：「大衛派人來安慰你，你看他是要尊敬你父親嗎？他的臣僕來見你，不是為了要窺探偵察，而傾覆這地嗎？」

但亞捫人的領袖對哈嫩說：「大衛派人來安慰你，你看他是要尊敬你父親嗎？他的臣僕來見你，不是為了要窺探偵察，而傾覆這地嗎？」

亞捫的官長卻對哈嫩說：「大衛派人來安慰你，你以為他是來弔唁你父親嗎？他的臣僕來見你不過是來探聽虛實，想征服這地方。」

但亞捫人的眾領袖對哈嫩說：“大衛差派這些慰問的人到你這裡來，你以為他是尊敬你父親嗎？他的臣僕來見你，不是為了窺探、傾覆、偵察這地嗎？”

但是亞捫人的首領對哈嫩說：大衛差遣慰問者到你這裏來、你看他是敬重你父親麼？他的臣僕到你這裏來、豈不是要窺察、傾覆、偵探這地麼？』

亞捫族諸伯告哈嫩曰、爾謂大闢唁爾父喪、其意豈在尊崇乎。蓋遣其臣、詳察我地、使我敗亡耳。

亞捫之侯伯謂哈嫩曰、大衛遣使來唁王、王以為大衛果敬王父乎、其臣僕來見王、乃欲窺探斯地以傾滅之、

the Ammonite commanders said to Hanun,“ Do you think David is honoring your father by sending envoys to you to express sympathy? Haven’t his envoys come to you only to explore and spy out the country and overthrow it?”

The Ammonite commanders spoke to Hanun. They said,“ David has sent messengers to tell you he is sad. They say he wants to honor your father. But the real reason they’ve come is to look the land over. They want to destroy it.”

But the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun,“ Do you think, because David has sent comforters to you, that he is honoring your father? Have not his servants come to you to search and to overthrow and to spy out the land?”

the Ammonite commanders said to Hanun,“ Do you really think these men are coming here to honor your father? No! David has sent them to spy out the land so they can come in and conquer it!”

the Ammonite leaders said to Hanun,“ Just because David has sent men with condolences for you, do you really believe he’s showing respect for your father? Instead, haven’t his emissaries come in order to scout out, overthrow, and spy on the land?”

But the commanders among the sons of Ammon said to Hanun,“ Do you think that David is honoring your father, in that he has sent comforters to you? Have his servants not come to you to search, to demolish, and to spy out the land?”

And the princes of the people of Ammon said to Hanun,“ Do you think that David really honors your father because he has sent comforters to you? Did his servants not come to you to search and to overthrow and to spy out the land?”

But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honor thy father, in that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?

the Ammonite leaders said to Hanun,“ Just because David has sent men with condolences for you, do you really believe he’s showing respect for your father? Instead, hasn’t David sent his emissaries in order to scout out, overthrow, and spy on the land?”

But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?

the Ammonite officials said to Hanun,“ Do you really think David is trying to honor your father by sending these messengers to express his sympathy? No, his servants have come to you so they can get information and spy out the land!”

But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun,“ Do you think that David honors your father, in that he has sent comforters to you? Haven’t his servants come to you to search, to overthrow, and to spy out the land?”

不妄行、不為己、不暴怒、不念惡、不喜非義、而喜真理、悉容、悉信、悉望、悉忍、

惟王違棄耆老之謀、與侍其前、偕己同長之少者謀、曰、斯民謂我云、爾父加我之軛、求爾輕之、汝有何謀、以答斯民、偕彼同長之少者曰、斯民謂爾云、爾父使我負重軛、求為我輕之、可答之曰、我之小指、巨於我父之腰、我父使爾負重軛、我必益之、我父責爾以鞭、我則責爾以蠍、

伯特利昔名路斯、約瑟家遣人窺之、偵者見一人自邑出、謂之曰、入邑之路、請爾示我、我必善待爾、

牧伯怒亞吉曰、可使此人返爾所置之地、毋令偕我出戰、恐戰陳之間、反為我敵、彼欲與其主和、何所需耶、非以我眾之首級乎、

亞吉曰、爾在我前為善、如上帝之使然、此我所知、但牧伯謂爾不可偕我往戰、

五人返於瑣拉以實陶、告其昆弟、昆弟問曰、爾意若何、曰、可起、而往攻之、我見其地甚美、豈可閒居、宜往勿緩、據以為業、既至、必見其民安逸無慮、土壤寬廣、天下物產、罔有所缺、上帝付之爾手、○

約瑟憶前夢、語諸昆曰、爾曹乃偵者、今來此、特窺是邦之虛實耳、曰、吾主、不然、僕為乞糴而來、我儕一父所生、為人篤實、非偵者也、曰、否、爾曹來窺是邦之虛實耳、曰、僕昆弟十二、迦南一人之子、一弟已亡、季者偕父、約瑟曰、汝為偵者、我言誠是、若不攜季者至、以徵爾言之真偽、吾指法老生命而誓、不許爾出此、爾中惟遣一人攜汝弟來、其餘禁錮、俟徵爾語、知爾誠否、非然、吾指法老生命而言、汝果偵者、遂同幽於獄三日、○至三日、語之曰、我寅畏上帝、有一策焉、爾若從之、則可得生、

於族中遣勇士五人、由瑣拉以實陶而往、窺察土地、語之曰、往窺其地、乃適以法蓮山地、至米迦室宿焉、

嫩之子約書亞由什亭潛遣二諜、曰、往窺其地及耶利哥、二人遂往、入宿妓室、妓名喇合、或告耶利哥王曰、今夜有以色列人至此察地、耶利哥王遣人謂喇合曰、詣爾入爾室者、當攜之出、蓋彼為察全地而來、