Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad[ be] not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad’s life;

我父亲的命与这童子的命相连。如今我回到你仆人我父亲那里，若没有童子与我们同在，

如今我回到你仆人，我父亲那里，若没有这年轻人和我们同去，我父亲的命是与这年轻人的命相连的，

如今我回到你仆人，我父亲那里，若没有这年轻人和我们同去，我父亲的命是与这年轻人的命相连的，

“我们父亲的命与这孩子的命紧密相连，倘若我没有把这孩子带回到你仆人——我父亲身边，

我父亲的命与这孩子的命，是相连在一起的。现在我回到你仆人我的父亲那里，如果没有孩子与我们在一起，

“现在如果我回到你仆人我父亲那里，而那少年没有与我们在一起，既然我父亲的命与那少年的命相连，

我父親的命與這童子的命相連。如今我回到你僕人－我父親那裏，若沒有童子與我們同在，

如今我回到你僕人，我父親那裏，若沒有這年輕人和我們同去，我父親的命是與這年輕人的命相連的，

如今我回到你僕人，我父親那裏，若沒有這年輕人和我們同去，我父親的命是與這年輕人的命相連的，

「我們父親的命與這孩子的命緊密相連，倘若我沒有把這孩子帶回到你僕人——我父親身邊，

我父親的命與這孩子的命，是相連在一起的。現在我回到你僕人我的父親那裡，如果沒有孩子與我們在一起，

我父親的命和這兒童的命，簡直是連在一起。如今我回到你僕人我父親那裏，若沒有兒童和我們一同去，

「現在如果我回到你僕人我父親那裡，而那少年沒有與我們在一起，既然我父親的命與那少年的命相連，

父子二人、相依為命、我歸見主之僕我父、而孺子不與我偕、

今歸見吾主之僕我父、而季弟不與我偕、將若何。況父惜季弟如命。

我父與童子相依為命、今我歸見我主之僕我父、而童子不與我偕、

“ So now, if the boy is not with us when I go back to your servant my father, and if my father, whose life is closely bound up with the boy’s life,

“ So now, what will happen if the boy isn’t with us when I go back to my father? His life depends on the boy’s life.

“ Now therefore, as soon as I come to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us, then, as his life is bound up in the boy’s life,

“ And now, my lord, I cannot go back to my father without the boy. Our father’s life is bound up in the boy’s life.

“ So if I come to your servant my father and the boy is not with us— his life is wrapped up with the boy’s life—

So now, when I come to your servant, my father, and the boy is not with us— since our father’s life is so attached to the boy’s life—

“ Now therefore, when I come to your servant my father, and the lad is not with us, since his life is bound up in the lad’s life,

Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad is not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad’s life;

“ So if I come to your servant my father and the boy is not with us— his life is wrapped up with the boy’s life—

“ So now, when I return to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us– his very life is bound up in his son’s life.

Now therefore when I come to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us; since his life is bound up in the boy’s life;

And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

And he said, God forbid that I should do so:[ but] the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father.

For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad[ be] not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.

Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out,[ as out] of the middle of a sling.

And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!

It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad[ is] not[ with us], that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.