Translations
Now the reason I came to speak this matter to my lord the king is that the people frightened me. Your servant thought, "Let me go to the king; maybe the king will do what his servant asks."'
As for my coming to speak this matter to my lord the king — it is because the people have made me afraid. Your servant thought, "Let me speak to the king; perhaps the king will act on your servant's request."'
Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his handmaid.
Now therefore, I have come to present this matter to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid. Your servant thought, ‘I will speak to the king. Perhaps he will grant the request of his maidservant.