ل َقَد تَمَّ بَيعِي أنا وَشَعبِيَ لِكَي نَهلِكَ وَنُقتَلَ وَنُبادَ. وَلَو تَمَّ بَيعُنا رِجالاً وَنِساءً كَعَبِيدٍ لَما قُلْتُ شَيئاً، فَمِثلُ هَذا الضَرَرِ لا يَستَحِقُّ إزعاجَ المَلِكِ.»
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.
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