He asked them,“ What’s your advice? How should I answer these people? They say to me,‘ Make the load your father put on our shoulders lighter.’ ”

说：“这民对我说：‘你父亲使我们负重轭，求你使我们轻松些。’你们给我出个什么主意，我好回复他们。”

他对他们说：“这百姓对我说：‘你父亲使我们负重轭，求你减轻一些。’你们出个什么主意，我们好把话带回给他们。”

他对他们说：“这百姓对我说：‘你父亲使我们负重轭，求你减轻一些。’你们出个什么主意，我们好把话带回给他们。”

说：“民众求我减轻我父亲加给他们的重担。你们认为我该怎样回复他们？”

问他们：“你们的主意怎样，我应该怎样回覆这民？他们对我说：‘请你减轻你父亲加在我们身上的重担。’”

說：「這民對我說：『你父親使我們負重軛，求你使我們輕鬆些。』你們給我出個甚麼主意，我好回覆他們。」

他對他們說：「這百姓對我說：『你父親使我們負重軛，求你減輕一些。』你們出個甚麼主意，我們好把話帶回給他們。」

他對他們說：「這百姓對我說：『你父親使我們負重軛，求你減輕一些。』你們出個甚麼主意，我們好把話帶回給他們。」

說：「民眾求我減輕我父親加給他們的重擔。你們認為我該怎樣回覆他們？」

問他們：“你們的主意怎樣，我應該怎樣回覆這民？他們對我說：‘請你減輕你父親加在我們身上的重擔。’”

問他們說：『這眾民對我說：「你使你父親所加在我們身上的軛輕鬆些吧」；你們給我出個甚麼主意，我好有話回答他們呢？』

曰、斯民謂我云、爾父加我之軛、求爾輕之、汝有何謀、以答斯民、

曰、民來告、我父使眾所負之軛、必易以輕、汝何策以答之。

斯民告我云、爾父加我之軛、求爾輕之、爾意如何、當何以答之、

He asked them,“ What is your advice? How should we answer these people who say to me,‘ Lighten the yoke your father put on us’?”

And he said to them,“ What do you advise that we answer this people who have said to me,‘ Lighten the yoke that your father put on us’?”

“ What is your advice?” he asked them.“ How should I answer these people who want me to lighten the burdens imposed by my father?”

He asked them,“ What message do you advise that we send back to this people who said to me,‘ Lighten the yoke your father put on us’?”

He said to them,“ What advice do you give, so that we may answer this people who have spoken to me, saying,‘ Lighten the yoke which your father put on us’?”

And he said to them,“ What advice do you give? How should we answer this people who have spoken to me, saying,‘ Lighten the yoke which your father put on us’?”

And he said unto them, What counsel give ye, that we may return answer to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke that thy father did put upon us lighter?

He asked them,“ What message do you advise that we send back to these people who said to me,‘ Lighten the yoke your father put on us’?”

And he said unto them, What counsel give ye that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke which thy father did put upon us lighter?

He asked them,“ How do you advise me to respond to these people who said to me,‘ Lessen the demands your father placed on us’?”

He said to them,“ What counsel do you give, that we may answer these people, who have spoken to me, saying,‘ Make the yoke that your father put on us lighter?’”

He asked them,“ What’s your advice? How should I answer these people? They said to me,‘ Make the load your father put on our shoulders lighter.’ ”

But Absalom said,“ Send for Hushai, the Arkite. Then we can find out what he suggests as well.”Hushai came to him. Absalom said,“ Ahithophel has given us his advice. Should we do what he says? If we shouldn’t, tell us what you would do.”

So the king of Israel brought 400 prophets together. He asked them,“ Should we go to war against Ramoth Gilead, or not?”“ Go,” they answered.“ God will hand it over to you.”But Jehoshaphat asked,“ Is there no longer a prophet of the Lord here? If there is, ask him what we should do.”The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat. He said,“ There is still one prophet we can go to. We can ask the Lord for advice through him. But I hate him. He never prophesies anything good about me. He only prophesies bad things. His name is Micaiah. He’s the son of Imlah.”“ You shouldn’t say bad things about him,” Jehoshaphat replied.

So the king of Israel brought about 400 prophets together. He asked them,“ Should I go to war against Ramoth Gilead? Or should I stay here?”“ Go,” they answered.“ The Lord will hand it over to you.”But Jehoshaphat asked,“ Is there no longer a prophet of the Lord here? If there is, ask him what we should do.”The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat. He said,“ There is still one other man we can go to. We can ask the Lord for advice through him. But I hate him. He never prophesies anything good about me. He only prophesies bad things. His name is Micaiah. He’s the son of Imlah.”“ You shouldn’t say bad things about him,” Jehoshaphat replied.