Translations
"Now please, my lord the king β hear my plea. Do not send me back to the house of Jonathan the scribe, or I will die there."
"Now please hear me, my lord the king β let my supplication fall before you, and do not send me back to the house of Yonatan the scribe, lest I die there."
Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.
But now please listen, O my lord the king. May my petition come before you. Do not send me back to the house of Jonathan the scribe, or I will die there.β