17 Then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land: but the king of Edom would not hearken thereto.
17 ndipo Israeli wakatuma wajumbe waende kwa mfalme wa Edomu, wakisema, Nakuomba sana unipe ruhusa nipite katika nchi yako; lakini mfalme wa Edomu hakusikia.