ECB(i)
19 And all the people say to Shemu El, Pray to Yah Veh your Elohim that we your servants not die: for we added to all our sins this evil - to ask us a sovereign.
20 And Shemu El says to the people, Awe not: for all this evil you worked: only, turn not aside from after Yah Veh, but serve Yah Veh with all your heart;
21 turn not aside: for then you go after wasteness, which neither benefits nor rescues; for they are waste.
22 For Yah Veh abandons not his people for sake of his great name: because Yah Veh wills to work you to be his people.
23 I also, far be it that I sin against Yah Veh, in ceasing to pray for you; but I direct you to the good and the straight way:
24 only, awe Yah Veh and serve him in truth with all your heart: for see how he greatens you.