2 SAM 19:26 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator,Mefiboshet (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX (SA2 19:27) Καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτὸν Μεμφιβοσθὲ, κύριέ μου βασιλεῦ, ὁ δοῦλός μου παρελογίσατό με, ὅτι εἶπεν ὁ παῖς σου αὐτῷ, ἐπίσαξόν μοι τὴν ὄνον, καὶ ἐπιβῶ ἐπʼ αὐτὴν, καὶ πορεύσομαι μετὰ τοῦ βασιλέως, ὅτι χωλὸς ὁ δοῦλός σου.
(Kai eipe pros auton Memfibosthe, kurie mou basileu, ho doulos mou parelogisato me, hoti eipen ho pais sou autōi, episaxon moi taʸn onon, kai epibō epʼ autaʸn, kai poreusomai meta tou basileōs, hoti ⱪōlos ho doulos sou.)

BrTr (SA2 19:27) And Memphibosthe said to him, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me; for thy servant said to him, Saddle me the ass, and I will ride upon it, and go with the king; for thy servant is lame.

ULT And he said, “My lord the king, my servant deceived me, for your servant said, ‘Let me saddle a donkey for myself, and let me ride on it, and let me go with the king.’ For your servant, is lame.

UST He replied, “Your Majesty, when I heard that you were leaving Jerusalem, I told my servant Ziba, ‘Saddle my donkey so that I can ride on it and go with the king.’ But he deceived me and left without me. I could not follow him, because I am crippled.

BSB & MSB “My lord the king,” he replied, “because [I] am lame, [I] said, ‘I will have my donkey saddled[fn] so that I may ride on it and go with the king.’ But my servant [Ziba] deceived me,

19:26 LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate Saddle a donkey for me; Hebrew I will saddle a donkey for myself

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WEBBE & WMBB He answered, “My lord, O king, my servant deceived me. For your servant said, ‘I will saddle a donkey for myself, that I may ride on it and go with the king,’ because your servant is lame.

NET He replied, “My lord the king, my servant deceived me! I said, ‘Let me get my donkey saddled so that I can ride on it and go with the king,’ for I am lame.

LSV And he says, “My lord, O king, my servant deceived me, for your servant said, I saddle the donkey for myself, and ride on it, and go with the king, for your servant [is] lame;

FBV Mephibosheth answered, “Your Majesty, my servant Ziba tricked me. I told him, ‘Saddle up my donkey[fn] so I can ride her and leave with the king,’ because you know that I'm lame.

19:26 Septuagint reading. Hebrew: “Let me saddle up my donkey.”

T4T He replied, “Your Majesty, you know that I am crippled. When I heard that you were leaving Jerusalem, I said to my servant Ziba, ‘Put a saddle on my donkey in order that I can ride on it and go with the king.’ But he deceived me and left without me.

LEB Then he said, “My lord the king, my servant deceived me, for your servant had said, ‘Let me saddle the donkey that I may ride on her and go with the king,’ for your servant is lame.

BBE And he said in answer, Because of the deceit of my servant, my lord king: for I, your servant, said to him, You are to make ready an ass and on it I will go with the king, for your servant has not the use of his feet.

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JPS (SA2 19:27) (19-28) And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God; do therefore what is good in thine eyes.

ASV And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go with the king; because thy servant is lame.

DRA And he answering, said: My lord, O king, my servant despised me: for I thy servant spoke to him to saddle me an ass, that I might get on and go with the king: for I thy servant am lame.

YLT And he saith, 'My lord, O king, my servant deceived me, for thy servant said, I saddle for me the ass, and ride on it, and go with the king, for thy servant [is] lame;

Drby And he said, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me; for thy servant said, I will saddle me the ass, and ride thereon, and go with the king; for thy servant is lame.

RV And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go with the king; because thy servant is lame.
(And he answered, My lord, Oh king, my servant deceived me: for thy/your servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go with the king; because thy/your servant is lame.)

SLT And he will say, My lord the king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle for me the ass, and I will ride upon it, and I will go to the king; for thy servant is lame.

Wbstr And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride on it, and go to the king; because thy servant is lame.

KJB-1769 And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go to the king; because thy servant is lame.
(And he answered, My lord, Oh king, my servant deceived me: for thy/your servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go to the king; because thy/your servant is lame.)

KJB-1611 And hee answered, My lord O king, my seruant deceiued mee; for thy seruant sayd, I will saddle me an asse that I may ride thereon, and goe to the king, because thy seruant is lame:
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps He aunswered: My lorde O king, my seruaunt deceaued me: For thy seruaunt saide, I would haue myne asse sadled to ryde thereon, for to go to the king: because thy seruaunt is lame.
(He answered: My lord Oh king, my servant deceived me: For thy/your servant said, I would have mine ass saddled to ride thereon, for to go to the king: because thy/your servant is lame.)

Gnva And he answered, My lorde the king, my seruant deceiued me: for thy seruant said, I would haue mine asse sadled to ride thereon, for to goe with the king, because thy seruant is lame.
(And he answered, My lord the king, my servant deceived me: for thy/your servant said, I would have mine ass saddled to ride thereon, for to go with the king, because thy/your servant is lame.)

Cvdl And he sayde: My lorde O kynge, my seruaut hath dealte vnrighteously with me: for thy seruaunt thoughte: I wyl saddell an asse and ryde theron, and go vnto the kynge: for thy seruaunt is lame,
(And he said: My lord Oh king, my servant hath/has dealt unrighteously with me: for thy/your servant thought: I will saddle an ass and ride thereon, and go unto the king: for thy/your servant is lame,)

Wycl And he answeride and seide, My lord the kyng, my seruaunt dispiside me; and Y thi seruaunt seide to hym, that he schulde sadle the asse to me, and Y schulde stie, and Y schulde go with the king; for Y thi seruaunt am crokid.
(And he answered and said, My lord the king, my servant despised me; and I thy/your servant said to him, that he should saddle the ass to me, and I should ascend, and I should go with the king; for I thy/your servant am crooked.)

Luth (SA2 19:27) Und er sprach: Mein Herr König, mein Knecht hat mich betrogen. Denn dein Knecht gedachte, ich will einen Esel satteln und drauf reiten und zum Könige ziehen; denn dein Knecht ist lahm.
(And he spoke: My Lord king, my servant/farmhand has me cheated. Because your(s) servant/farmhand thought(v), I will a donkey saddle and on_it ride and for_the king(s) pull; because/than your(s) servant/farmhand is lame.)

ClVg Et respondens ait: Domine mi rex, servus meus contempsit me: dixique ei ego famulus tuus ut sterneret mihi asinum, et ascendens abirem cum rege: claudus enim sum servus tuus.
(And responding he_said: Master mi king, servant mine despised me: and_I_said to_him I servant your(sg) as would_spread_out to_me donkey, and ascending I_would_go_away when/with king: lame because I_am servant your(sg).)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

כִּֽי־אָמַ֨ר עַבְדְּ⁠ךָ֜ אֶחְבְּשָׁה־לִּ⁠י֩ הַ⁠חֲמ֨וֹר וְ⁠אֶרְכַּ֤ב עָלֶ֨י⁠הָ֙ וְ⁠אֵלֵ֣ךְ אֶת־הַ⁠מֶּ֔לֶךְ

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_said my=master the=king servant_of,my he,betrayed_me that/for/because/then/when he/it_had_said servant_of,your saddle to/for=me the,donkey so,that_I_may_ride on/upon=it(f) and,so_that_I_may_go DOM the=king that/for/because/then/when lame servant_of,your )

If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: [for your servant told him to saddle a donkey for me and let me ride on it so that I could go with you]

Note 2 topic: translate-tense

אֶחְבְּשָׁה־לִּ⁠י֩ הַ⁠חֲמ֨וֹר

Mephibosheth was speaking of himself as the one who would actively saddle a donkey for himself, but this was a way of instructing Ziba to saddle a donkey for him. If it would be clearer in your language, you could use an imperative form. Alternate translation: [Saddle a donkey for me] or [Make it possible for me to have a saddled donkey for myself]

Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

כִּ֥י

Here the word For introduces not a reason but an explanation. Alternate translation: [After all]

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