And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times so many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?
But Joab said: May the LORD add to his people a hundred times as many as they are! Are they not, my lord the king, all of them my lord's servants? Why then should my lord require this? Why should it be a cause of guilt for Israel?
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יוֹאָ֡ב יוֹסֵ֣ף יְ֠הוָה עַ֣ל עַמּ֤וֹ כָהֵם֙ מֵאָ֣ה פְעָמִ֔ים הֲלֹ֤א אֲדֹנִי הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ כֻּלָּ֣ם לַאדֹנִ֣י לַעֲבָדִ֔ים לָ֥מָּה יְבַקֵּ֛שׁ זֹ֥את אֲדֹנִ֖י לָ֣מָּה יִהְיֶ֥ה לְאַשְׁמָ֖ה לְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
vayoʾmer yvoʾab yvosef yhvah ʿal ʿamvo kahem meʾah pʿamiym haloʾ ʾadoniy hamelek kulam laʾdoniy laʿabadiym lamah ybaqesh zoʾt ʾadoniy lamah yihyeh lʾashmah lyishraʾel