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。

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、

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?”

不衒、不妄行、不為己、不暴怒、不逆詐、不喜非義、乃喜真理、隱惡、信善、望人之美、忍己之難、

王弗聽、有少者、與王年相若、侍於王側、王與之議、曰、民來告、我父使眾所負之軛、必易以輕、汝何策以答之。對曰、斯民曾言、爾父使眾負重軛、請爾輕之、爾則應之曰、我之小指、較父之身尤巨。父使爾負重軛、我必益之、我父以鞭責爾、我必以蠍螫爾。

約瑟族遣人窺察伯特利、昔伯特利名路斯。偵者見人由邑出、謂之曰、是邑何由而入、請爾指示、我將矜恤爾。

非利士人伯怒、曰、可使此人返爾所錫之地、毋偕我往戰、恐戰陳之間、反為我敵。彼欲與主復和、如何乃可、非以我眾之首級獻其主乎、

亞吉曰、爾在我前為善、如上帝之使然、我所素知、第非利士人諸伯、不許爾偕我往戰。

五人歸於鎖喇以實道、以告同儕。同儕曰、爾意若何。曰、我見斯地、土壤甚腴、盍往攻而得之、勿怠勿緩。其居民安逸、土壤廣闊、物產俱備、此上帝付之於我也。

約瑟憶前夢、語諸昆曰、爾曹乃偵者、今來此、特窺吾國之虛實耳。曰、吾主、僕不若此、祇為乞糴而來。我儕皆同父者、素行篤實、豈偵者哉。曰、不然、爾今來此、蓋窺吾國之虛實耳。曰、僕昆弟十有二人迦南地一父所生、一弟已亡、季者偕父。約瑟曰、爾誠偵者、我言不虛。吾指法老以誓、未攜季者至、不許爾出此、以徵爾言之真偽。必禁錮爾曹、惟遣一人、攜爾弟至、藉徵爾言之真偽、非然、我指法老以誓、汝果偵者。遂幽於獄、至三日、則語之曰、我畏上帝、特施一策、爾從之則得生。

於故土鎖喇以實道間、簡族中英武者五人、使窺察土地、告之曰、爾往窺地。既至以法蓮山、米迦室、則留宿焉。

嫩之子約書亞由失亭私遣二偵、曰、爾往哉、窺察斯土、及耶利歌。二偵遂往、入妓室而宿焉、妓名喇合。或告耶利歌王曰、今日薄暮、以色列族人至此、窺察我地。耶利歌王遣人、謂喇合曰、有人至此、窺察我地、已入爾室、爾攜之來。