They replied,“ If you will be kind to these people and please them and give them a favorable answer, they will always be your servants.”

老年人对他说：“王若恩待这民，使他们喜悦，用好话回复他们，他们就永远作王的仆人。”

他们对他说：“王若恩待这百姓，使他们喜悦，跟他们说好话，他们就永远作王的仆人了。”

他们对他说：“王若恩待这百姓，使他们喜悦，跟他们说好话，他们就永远作王的仆人了。”

他们回禀说：“王若善待这些百姓，使他们喜悦，对他们好言相待，他们会永远做王的仆人。”

他们对他说：“如果王善待人民，使他们喜悦，对他们说好话，他们就必永远作你的仆人。”

老年人對他說：「王若恩待這民，使他們喜悅，用好話回覆他們，他們就永遠作王的僕人。」

他們對他說：「王若恩待這百姓，使他們喜悅，跟他們說好話，他們就永遠作王的僕人了。」

他們對他說：「王若恩待這百姓，使他們喜悅，跟他們說好話，他們就永遠作王的僕人了。」

他們回稟說：「王若善待這些百姓，使他們喜悅，對他們好言相待，他們會永遠做王的僕人。」

他們對他說：“如果王善待人民，使他們喜悅，對他們說好話，他們就必永遠作你的僕人。”

老年人對他說：『王若好待這人民，使他們喜悅，對他們說好話，他們就會日日不斷做王的僕人。』

僉曰、如爾恩待斯民、使其心悅、答以善言、則必永為爾僕、

曰、為今計惟施恩斯民、以善言慰之、俾其欣喜、彼必永為爾僕。

曰、如爾善待斯民、使其心悅、以善言答之、則彼必永為爾僕、

They replied,“ Be kind to them. Please them. Give them what they are asking for. Then they’ll always serve you.”

And they said to him,“ If you will be good to this people and please them and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.”

The older counselors replied,“ If you are good to these people and do your best to please them and give them a favorable answer, they will always be your loyal subjects.”

They replied,“ If you will be kind to this people and please them by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”

They spoke to him, saying,“ If you are kind to this people and please them and speak pleasant words to them, then they will be your servants always.”

And they spoke to him, saying,“ If you are kind to these people, and please them, and speak good words to them, they will be your servants forever.”

And they spake unto him, saying, If thou be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.

They replied,“ If you will be kind to these people and please them by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”

And they spake unto him, saying, If thou be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, they will be thy servants for ever.

They said to him,“ If you are fair to these people, grant their request, and are cordial to them, they will be your servants from this time forward.”

They spoke to him, saying,“ If you are kind to these people, please them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.”

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

They replied,“ If today you will be a servant to these people and serve them and give them a favorable answer, they will always be your servants.”

“ Naphtali is a doe set free that bears beautiful fawns.

He would get up early and stand by the side of the road leading to the city gate. Whenever anyone came with a complaint to be placed before the king for a decision, Absalom would call out to him,“ What town are you from?” He would answer,“ Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel.”Then Absalom would say to him,“ Look, your claims are valid and proper, but there is no representative of the king to hear you.”And Absalom would add,“ If only I were appointed judge in the land! Then everyone who has a complaint or case could come to me and I would see that they receive justice.”Also, whenever anyone approached him to bow down before him, Absalom would reach out his hand, take hold of him and kiss him.Absalom behaved in this way toward all the Israelites who came to the king asking for justice, and so he stole the hearts of the people of Israel.