# Look

This word is used here to draw peoples' attention to what is said next. It is also used here to mark a new section in the book. Alternate translation: "Listen"

# envoys

messengers

# the diplomats hoping for peace weep bitterly

This means they weep because they do not succeed in making peace. Alternate translation: "the diplomats hope for peace but they do not succeed and so they weep bitterly" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])