1 Kings 12:9 — all translations

American Standard Version (1901)

And he said unto them, What counsel give ye, that we may return answer to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke that thy father did put upon us lighter?

ASV Byzantine Text

And he said unto them, What counsel give ye, that we may return answer to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke that thy father did put upon us lighter?

Asang Khongca Bible

Siangpahrang mah nihcae khaeah, Hae kaminawk mah, kai khaeah, Nampa mah kaicae nuiah phawhsak ih hmuen kazit hae anghoepsak kue lai ah, tiah ang naa o, hae tiah thui kaminawk hae, kawbangmaw ka pathim han, tiah a naa.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Te vaengah amih te, “Kai taengah, 'Na pa loh kaimih soah a tloeng hnamkun lamloh n'yanghoep sak ,’ a ti tih aka thui pilnam he ol mael ham metlam na thui eh?,” a ti nah.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Te vaengah amih te, “Kai taengah, 'Na pa loh kaimih soah a tloeng hnamkun lamloh n'yanghoep sak ,’ a ti tih aka thui pilnam he ol mael ham metlam na thui eh?,” a ti nah.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

Olelo mai la hoi oia ia lakou, Heaha ka olelo a oukou e olelo mai ai, e hai aku ai kakou i keia poe kanaka, ka poe i olelo mai ia'u, i ka i aua mai, E hoomama oe i ka auamo a kou makuakane i kau mai ai maluna o makou?

English Berean Standard Bible

He asked them, “What message do you advise that we send back to these people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’?”

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Li di yo: -Ki konsèy nou ta ban mwen? Kisa pou m' reponn pèp la k'ap mande m' pou m' fè yon leve men pou yo?

Clementine Vulgate 1598

dixitque ad eos: Quod mihi datis consilium, ut respondeam populo huic, qui dixerunt mihi: Levius fac jugum quod imposuit pater tuus super nos?

Bible in Basic English

And said to them, What is your opinion? What answer are we to give to this people who have said to me, Make less the weight of the yoke which your father put on us?

French: Bible J.N. Darby

et il leur dit : Que conseillez-vous que nous répondions à ce peuple, qui m’a parlé, disant : Allège le joug que ton père a mis sur nous ?

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

A řekl k nim: Co vy radíte, jakou bychom dali odpověd lidu tomuto, kteříž mluvili ke mně, řkouce: Polehč břemene, kteréž vzložil otec tvůj na nás?

Kosraean Bible

El siyuk selos, “Kasru fuka lowos nu sik? Mea nga ac sang topuk mwet ma siyuk nga in akmulalaye mwe utuk lalos?”

World Portuguese Bible

Ele lhes disse: “Que conselho vocês dão, para que possamos responder a este povo que me falou, dizendo: ‘Alivie o jugo que seu pai colocou sobre nós’?”

Romanian BTF Bible

Şi le-a spus: Ce sfat ne daţi voi ca să putem răspunde acestui popor, care mi-a vorbit, zicând: Uşurează jugul pe care tatăl tău l-a pus asupra noastră?

Brenton English Septuagint

And he said to them, What counsel do ye give? And what shall I answer to this people who speak to me, saying, Lighten somewhat of the yoke which thy father has put upon us?

Burmese Common Language Bible

``သင်တို့ကငါ့အားအဘယ်သို့အကြံပေးကြ ပါမည်နည်း။ သူတို့၏ဝန်ကိုပေါ့ပါးအောင်ပြု လုပ်ပေးရန် ငါ့ထံပန်ကြားလျှောက်ထားနေသူ တို့အားအဘယ်သို့ဖြေကြားရပါမည်နည်း'' ဟုမေးတော်မူ၏။

Darby Translation

And he said to them, What advice give ye that we may return answer to this people who have spoken to me saying, Lighten the yoke which thy father put upon us?

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Und er sprach zu ihnen: Was ratet ihr, daß wir diesem Volke zur Antwort geben, welches zu mir geredet und gesagt hat: Erleichtere das Joch, das dein Vater auf uns gelegt hat?

Dutch Bible 1917

En hij zeide tot hen: Wat raadt gijlieden, dat wij dit volk antwoorden zullen, die tot mij gesproken hebben, zeggende: Maak het juk, dat uw vader ons opgelegd heeft, lichter.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Hij zeide hun: Wat raadt gij mij, dit volk te antwoorden, dat mij heeft durven zeggen: “Verlicht het juk, dat uw vader ons heeft opgelegd.”

Italian Diodati Bible

E disse loro: Che consigliate voi che rispondiamo a questo popolo, che mi ha parlato, dicendo: Alleviaci dal giogo, il qual tuo padre ha posto sopra noi?

Douay-Rheims 1899

And he said to them: What counsel do you give me, that I may answer this people, who have said to me: Make the yoke which thy father put upon us lighter?

Geneva Bible 1599

And he said vnto them, What counsell giue ye, that we may answere this people, which haue spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke, which thy father did put vpon vs, lighter?

Danish Bible 1931

og spurgte dem: “Hvad råder I os til at svare dette Folk, som kræver af mig, at jeg skal lette dem det Åg, min Fader lagde på dem?”

Leeser Tanakh

And he said unto them, What do you counsel how we should give an answer to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make lighter the yoke which thy father did put upon us?

JPS TaNaKH 1917

And he said unto them: 'What counsel give ye, that we may return answer to this people, who have spoken to me, saying: Make the yoke that thy father did put upon us lighter?'

King James Version

And he said unto them, What counsel give ye that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke which thy father did put upon us lighter?

King James Version + Apocrypha

And he said unto them, What counsel give ye that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke which thy father did put upon us lighter?

Vietnamese Bible 1923

mà rằng: Dân sự này đã tâu với ta rằng: Hãy giảm nhẹ cái ách mà thân phụ vua đã gán cho chúng tôi; vậy, các ngươi bàn luận cho ta phải đáp với chúng nó làm sao?

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

and he said unto them, What counsel give ye that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke which thy father did put upon us lighter?

Revised West Version

Pea naʻa ne pehē kiate kinautolu, “Ko e hā homou loto ʻomoutolu koeʻuhi ke tau tali ʻaki ʻae kakai ni, ʻaia kuo lea mai kiate au, ʻo pehē, ‘Fakamaʻamaʻa ʻae kavenga ʻaia naʻe ʻai kiate kimautolu ʻe hoʻo tamai?’”

French Ostervald Bible

Et il leur dit: Que me conseillez-vous de répondre à ce peuple qui m'a parlé et m'a dit: Allège le joug que ton père a mis sur nous?

Esperanto Bible

Kaj li diris al ili: Kion vi konsilas, ke ni respondu al ĉi tiu popolo, kiu diris al mi jene: Faru malpli peza la jugon, kiun via patro metis sur nin?

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Il leur dit: Que conseillez-vous de répondre à ce peuple qui me tient ce langage: Allège le joug que nous a imposé ton père?

German Luther Bible 1912

Und er sprach zu Ihnen: Was ratet ihr, daß wir antworten diesem Volk, die zu mir gesagt haben: Mache das Joch leichter, das dein Vater auf uns gelegt hat?

LXX2012 U. S. English

And he said to them, What counsel do you⌃ give? And what shall I answer to this people who speak to me, saying, Lighten somewhat of the yoke which your father has put upon us?

British English Septuagint 2012

And he said to them, What counsel do you⌃ give? And what shall I answer to this people who speak to me, saying, Lighten somewhat of the yoke which your father has put upon us?

Majority Standard BIble

He asked them, “What message do you advise that we send back to these people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’?”

Webster Bible

And he said to them, What counsel give ye that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke which thy father did put upon us lighter?

Revised Version

And he said unto them, What counsel give ye, that we may return answer to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke that thy father did put upon us lighter?

Italian Riveduta Bible

e disse loro: “Come consigliate voi che rispondiamo a questo popolo che m’ha parlato dicendo: Allevia il giogo che tuo padre ci ha imposto?”

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Il leur dit : « Quel conseil donnez-vous pour que nous puissions répondre à ce peuple qui m'a parlé en disant : “Allège le joug que ton père nous a imposé” ? »

Reina Valera 1909

Y díjoles: ¿Cómo aconsejáis vosotros que respondamos á este pueblo, que me ha hablado, diciendo: Disminuye algo del yugo que tu padre puso sobre nosotros?

Spanish BLL

Les preguntó: “¿Qué consejo me dan ustedes? ¿Qué debemos responderle a este pueblo que me pide que aligere el yugo que mi padre les impuso?”.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Y les dijo: “¿Qué aconsejáis vosotros que respondamos a este pueblo, que me ha hablado diciendo: «Aligera el yugo que vuestro padre puso sobre nosotros»?”.

Croatian Bible

Upita ih: “Što savjetujete da odgovorim ovome narodu koji mi reče: 'Olakšaj jaram što nam ga nametnu tvoj otac?'”

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

I reče im: Šta vi savetujete da odgovorimo narodu, koji mi rekoše govoreći: Olakšaj jaram koji je metnuo na nas tvoj otac?

German Textbibel

und fragte sie: Welchen Bescheid ratet ihr diesen Leuten zu geben, die also zu mir geredet haben: Mache das Joch leichter, das uns dein Vater auferlegt hat?

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

And he said to them, What counsel do ye give? And what shall I answer to this people who speak to me, saying, Lighten somewhat of the yoke which thy father has put upon us?

Hebrew OT (WLC)

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם מָ֚ה אַתֶּ֣ם נֽוֹעָצִ֔ים וְנָשִׁ֥יב דָּבָ֖ר אֶת־הָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֑ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר דִּבְּר֤וּ אֵלַי֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר הָקֵל֙ מִן־הָעֹ֔ל אֲשֶׁר־נָתַ֥ן אָבִ֖יךָ עָלֵֽינוּ׃