Why should I have committed a sin against the king my lord?
By the life of the king, I say to the Commissioner of the king my lord: Why dost thou love the Khabiri (Confederates) and hate the (loyal) governors?
And yet continually are they slandering me before the king my lord, because I say that the provinces of the king my lord are being destroyed.
Continually are they slandering me to the king my lord.

But let the king my lord consider, since the king my lord has established the garrisons which have taken the fortresses ...

may the king send help to his country.

[May he send troops] to his country! The cities of the king my lord are lost which Elimelech is destroying, even all the country of the king; so let the king my lord send help to his country.

I say: I will go down to the king my lord, and shall I not see the tears of the king my lord?
but the enemy are strong against me, and I have not been able to go down to the king my lord.