老者曰、如爾今日在民前自卑如僕、從其所求、以善言答之、則彼必永為爾僕、

老年人对他说：“现在王若服侍这民如仆人，用好话回答他们，他们就永远作王的仆人。”

他们对他说：“现在王若像仆人一样服事这百姓，用好话回覆他们，他们就永远作王的仆人了。”

他们对他说：“现在王若像仆人一样服事这百姓，用好话回覆他们，他们就永远作王的仆人了。”

他们建议说：“现今王若像仆人一样服侍民众，对他们好言相待，他们会永远做王的仆人。”

长老对他说：“今天如果王作这民的仆人，服事他们，用好话回答他们，他们就常作王的仆人。”

老年人對他說：「現在王若服事這民如僕人，用好話回答他們，他們就永遠作王的僕人。」

他們對他說：「現在王若像僕人一樣服事這百姓，用好話回覆他們，他們就永遠作王的僕人了。」

他們對他說：「現在王若像僕人一樣服事這百姓，用好話回覆他們，他們就永遠作王的僕人了。」

他們建議說：「現今王若像僕人一樣服侍民眾，對他們好言相待，他們會永遠做王的僕人。」

長老對他說：“今天如果王作這民的僕人，服事他們，用好話回答他們，他們就常作王的僕人。”

老年人對他說：『今天王若肯做這人民的公僕而服事他們，回答他們時對他們說好話，他們就必日日不斷地做王的僕人。』

僉曰、今日爾若願為斯民之僕、而服事之、答以善言、彼必永為爾僕、

曰、為今計、惟順輿情、以善言慰之、彼必永為爾僕。

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.”

They replied,“ Serve them today. Give them what they are asking for. Then they’ll always serve you.”

And they said to him,“ If you will be a servant to this people today and serve them, and speak good words to them when you answer them, then they will be your servants forever.”

The older counselors replied,“ If you are willing to be a servant to these people today and give them a favorable answer, they will always be your loyal subjects.”

They replied,“ Today if you will be a servant to this people and serve them, and if you respond to them by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”

Then they spoke to him, saying,“ If you will be a servant to this people today, and will serve them and grant them their request, and speak pleasant words to them, then they will be your servants always.”

And they spoke to him, saying,“ If you will be a servant to these people today, and serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.”

And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.

They replied,“ Today if you will be a servant to these people and serve them, and if you respond to them by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”

And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.

They said to him,“ Today if you show a willingness to help these people and grant their request, they will be your servants from this time forward.”

They replied,“ If you will be a servant to this people today, and will serve them, and answer them with good words, then they will be your servants forever.”

答言溫和則息怒、語言暴戾則激怒、

王以厲言答民、不用老者之謀、

秉權者怒爾、勿離爾位、位原文作處因遜順可免大過、

惟爾曹不可如是、爾曹中欲為大者、當為爾役、欲為首者、當為眾之僕、

押沙龍曰、爾言言或作事善且直、無奈王不委人聽爾言、押沙龍又曰、我若如願、得為國中士師、凡為詞訟求判者至我前、我必以公義判斷、有就押沙龍欲拜之者、押沙龍舉手扶之、與之接吻、以色列人中、凡欲赴王前求判者、押沙龍皆如此待之、於是押沙龍陰得陰得原文作竊以色列人心、

然猶虛己、誕降人身、以僕自處、誕降人身以僕自處原文作取僕之狀形體似人、性情似人、自卑而順服至死、甚而死於十字架、為此、天主升之無上、賜之以名、超乎諸名之上、使在天在地在地下者、聞耶穌名、無膝不屈、無口不稱耶穌基督為主、歸榮於父天主、○

主以善言慰藉與我言之天使、

羅波安父所羅門生存之日、有侍其前之老者、羅波安王與之議曰、爾意若何、何以答斯民、曰、如爾善待斯民、使其心悅、以善言答之、則彼必永為爾僕、