Now therefore, I have come to present this matter to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid. Your servant thought, βI will speak to the king. Perhaps he will grant the request of his maidservant.
KJV
Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the king, [it is] because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his handmaid.
ASV
Now therefore seeing that I am come to speak this word unto my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his servant.