Then Joab said to a Cushite, " Go, tell the king what you have seen" . The Cushite bowed down before Joab and ran off.

约押对古示人说：" 你去将你所看见的告诉王。" 古示人在约押面前下拜，就跑去了。

Then the king commanded Ebed-Melek the Cushite, " Take thirty men from here with you and lift Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern before he dies" .

王就吩咐古实人以伯米勒说：" 你从这里带领三十人，趁着先知耶利米未死以前，将他从牢狱中提上来。"

The king asked the Cushite, " Is the young man Absalom safe" ? The Cushite replied, " May the enemies of my lord the king and all who rise up to harm you be like that young man" .

王问古示人说：" 少年人押沙龙平安不平安？" 古示人回答说：" 愿我主我王的仇敌，和一切兴起要杀害你的人，都与那少年人一样。"

Ahimaaz son of Zadok again said to Joab, " Come what may, please let me run behind the Cushite" . But Joab replied, " My son, why do you want to go? You don't have any news that will bring you a reward" .

撒督的儿子亚希玛斯又对约押说：" 无论怎样，求你容我随着古示人跑去。" 约押说：" 我儿，你报这信息，既不得赏赐，何必要跑去呢？"