- Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.
- And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, Art thou Joab? And he answered, I am he. Then she said unto him, Hear the words of thine handmaid. And he answered, I do hear.
- Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter.
- I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD?
- And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.
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- 有一个聪明妇人从城上呼叫说,听阿,听阿,请约押近前来,我好与他说话。
- 约押就近前来,妇人问他说,你是约押不是。他说,我是。妇人说,求你听婢女的话。约押说,我听。
- 妇人说,古时有话说,当先在亚比拉求问,然后事就定妥。
- 我们这城的人在以色列人中是和平,忠厚的。你为何要毁坏以色列中的大城,吞灭耶和华的产业呢。
- 约押回答说,我决不吞灭毁坏,
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