19 lines
878 B
Markdown
19 lines
878 B
Markdown
## Please let your servant speak a further word to my master the king ##
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The woman is requesting permission to speak to King David on a new topic. AT: "Please may I say something to you."
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## Speak on ##
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"You may speak to me"
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## Why then have you devised such a thing against the people of God? ##
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This question is asked to rebuke David. AT: "What you have just said proved that you did wrong." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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## are like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again ##
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"after we die we can not be brought back again" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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## God ... finds a way to bring back one he has driven away from himself ##
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"God brings back someone whom he has chased away from himself and you should bring back your son who has run away from you." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]]) |