Translations
For we have been sold—my people and I—to be destroyed, to be slaughtered, and to be wiped out. Had we merely been sold into slavery, I would have kept silent—for such a grievance would not have been worth troubling the king.
For we have been sold—I and my people—to be destroyed, to be slain, and to be annihilated. Had we been sold merely as male and female slaves, I would have held my tongue—for the trouble would not have been worth the distress to the king.
For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage.
For my people and I have been sold out to destruction, death, and annihilation. If we had merely been sold as menservants and maidservants, I would have remained silent, because no such distress would justify burdening the king.”
