MLV(i)
2 Go to the house of the Rechabites and speak to them and bring them into the house of Jehovah, into one of the chambers and give them wine to drink.
3 Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habazziniah and his brothers and all his sons and the whole house of the Rechabites. 4 And I brought them into the house of Jehovah, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan the son of Igdaliah, the man of God, which was by the chamber of the rulers, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the threshold.
5 And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites bowls full of wine and cups and I said to them, Drink wine. 6 But they said, We will drink no wine. For Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying, You* will drink no wine, neither you*, nor your* sons, everlasting.
7 Neither will you* build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any, but all your* days you* will dwell in tents, that you* may live many days in the land in which you* journey.
8 And we have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all that he charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, or our daughters,
3 Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habazziniah and his brothers and all his sons and the whole house of the Rechabites. 4 And I brought them into the house of Jehovah, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan the son of Igdaliah, the man of God, which was by the chamber of the rulers, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the threshold.
5 And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites bowls full of wine and cups and I said to them, Drink wine. 6 But they said, We will drink no wine. For Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying, You* will drink no wine, neither you*, nor your* sons, everlasting.
7 Neither will you* build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any, but all your* days you* will dwell in tents, that you* may live many days in the land in which you* journey.
8 And we have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all that he charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, or our daughters,