Translations
He answered, "My lord the king—my servant betrayed me. I said to him, 'Saddle a donkey for me so I can ride and follow the king'—because your servant cannot walk.
He answered, "My lord, O king—my servant deceived me. Your servant said to him, 'Saddle a donkey for me that I may ride on it and go with the king'—for your servant is lame.
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.
“My lord the king,” he replied, “because I am lame, I said, ‘I will have my donkey saddled so that I may ride on it and go with the king.’ But my servant Ziba deceived me,