「我們父親的命與這孩子的命緊密相連，倘若我沒有把這孩子帶回到你僕人——我父親身邊，

我父亲的命与这童子的命相连。如今我回到你仆人我父亲那里，若没有童子与我们同在，

如今我回到你仆人，我父亲那里，若没有这年轻人和我们同去，我父亲的命是与这年轻人的命相连的，

如今我回到你仆人，我父亲那里，若没有这年轻人和我们同去，我父亲的命是与这年轻人的命相连的，

“我们父亲的命与这孩子的命紧密相连，倘若我没有把这孩子带回到你仆人——我父亲身边，

我父亲的命与这孩子的命，是相连在一起的。现在我回到你仆人我的父亲那里，如果没有孩子与我们在一起，

“现在如果我回到你仆人我父亲那里，而那少年没有与我们在一起，既然我父亲的命与那少年的命相连，

我父親的命與這童子的命相連。如今我回到你僕人－我父親那裏，若沒有童子與我們同在，

如今我回到你僕人，我父親那裏，若沒有這年輕人和我們同去，我父親的命是與這年輕人的命相連的，

如今我回到你僕人，我父親那裏，若沒有這年輕人和我們同去，我父親的命是與這年輕人的命相連的，

我父親的命與這孩子的命，是相連在一起的。現在我回到你僕人我的父親那裡，如果沒有孩子與我們在一起，

我父親的命和這兒童的命，簡直是連在一起。如今我回到你僕人我父親那裏，若沒有兒童和我們一同去，

「現在如果我回到你僕人我父親那裡，而那少年沒有與我們在一起，既然我父親的命與那少年的命相連，

父子二人、相依為命、我歸見主之僕我父、而孺子不與我偕、

今歸見吾主之僕我父、而季弟不與我偕、將若何。況父惜季弟如命。

我父與童子相依為命、今我歸見我主之僕我父、而童子不與我偕、

“ So now, if the boy is not with us when I go back to your servant my father, and if my father, whose life is closely bound up with the boy’s life,

“ So now, what will happen if the boy isn’t with us when I go back to my father? His life depends on the boy’s life.

“ Now therefore, as soon as I come to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us, then, as his life is bound up in the boy’s life,

“ And now, my lord, I cannot go back to my father without the boy. Our father’s life is bound up in the boy’s life.

“ So if I come to your servant my father and the boy is not with us— his life is wrapped up with the boy’s life—

So now, when I come to your servant, my father, and the boy is not with us— since our father’s life is so attached to the boy’s life—

“ Now therefore, when I come to your servant my father, and the lad is not with us, since his life is bound up in the lad’s life,

Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad is not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad’s life;

“ So if I come to your servant my father and the boy is not with us— his life is wrapped up with the boy’s life—

Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad[ be] not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad’s life;

“ So now, when I return to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us– his very life is bound up in his son’s life.

Now therefore when I come to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us; since his life is bound up in the boy’s life;

大衛與掃羅說完話後，又見了約拿單，二人一見如故，約拿單像愛自己一樣愛大衛。

約瑟回答說：「不！我決不會這樣做。從誰那裡搜出了銀杯，誰就做我的奴僕，其他人平安地回去見你們的父親吧。」

這孩子不和我一同回去，我如何見我父親呢？我不願看到災難臨到我父親。」

你就是被人追殺，也會在你的上帝耶和華的保護下安然無恙。你敵人的性命卻要像石頭一樣被耶和華用投石器拋出去。

王聽了十分難過，就走上城門樓去痛哭，邊走邊說：「我兒押沙龍啊！我兒，我兒押沙龍啊！我恨不得可以替你死！押沙龍，我兒啊！我兒！」

他一看這孩子不在，一定會死。僕人們會使自己白髮蒼蒼的父親淒淒慘慘地進墳墓。