en_tn/2sa/14/12.md

Please let your servant speak a further word to my master the king

The woman is requesting permission to speak to King David on a new topic. AT: "Please may I say something to you."

Speak on

"You may speak to me"

Why then have you devised such a thing against the people of God?

This question is asked to rebuke David. AT: "What you have just said proved that you did wrong." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)

are like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again

"after we die we can not be brought back again" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)

God ... finds a way to bring back one he has driven away from himself

"God brings back someone whom he has chased away from himself and you should bring back your son who has run away from you." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)