If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there; and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.

If we say, We will go into the town, there is no food in the town, and we will come to our end there; and if we go on waiting here, death will come to us. Come then, let us give ourselves up to the army of Aram: if they let us go on living, then life will be ours; and if they put us to death, then death will be ours.

εαν ειπωμεν, να εισελθωμεν εις την πολιν, η πεινα ειναι εν τη πολει, και θελομεν αποθανει εκει· εαν δε καθημεθα εδω, παλιν θελομεν αποθανει· τωρα λοιπον ελθετε, και ας πεσωμεν εις το στρατοπεδον των Συριων· εαν αφησωσιν ημας ζωντας, θελομεν ζησει. και εαν θανατωσωσιν ημας, θελομεν αποθανει.

If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.