[和合本] 以利沙就离开牛跑到以利亚那里，说：“求你容我先与父母亲嘴，然后我便跟随你。”以利亚对他说：“你回去吧！我向你作了什么呢？”
[新标点] 以利沙就离开牛，跑到以利亚那里，说：“求你容我先与父母亲嘴，然后我便跟随你。”以利亚对他说：“你回去吧，我向你做了什么呢？”
[和合修] 以利沙就离开牛，跑到以利亚那里，说：“请你让我先与父母吻别，然后我就跟随你。”以利亚对他说：“因我对你所做的事，你去吧，然后回来。【“因我…回来。”或译“你去吧，然后回来，我向你做了什么呢？”】”
[新译本] 以利沙就撇下那些牛，跑在以利亚的后面，说：“请你允许我与父母亲吻别，然后我就跟随你。”以利亚对他说：“你回去吧！我向你作了什么呢？”
[当代修] 以利沙就撇下牛，追上以利亚说：“请你让我先回去与父母亲吻道别，再跟你走吧。”以利亚说：“你回去吧，别忘了我刚才对你做的事。”
[现代修] 于是以利沙离开他的牛，去追以利亚，说：“等我向父母亲吻别了，然后就跟你走。”以利亚说：“好吧，你回去。我不阻止你！【注30、以利亚说的这句话又可译“去吧，可是要回来，因为刚才我向你做的是很重要的事。”】”
[吕振中] 以利沙就撇下那些牛，跑去追上以利亚，说：“请容我先和父母亲咀，然后我便来跟随你。”以利亚对他说：“你去吧，可要回来；因为我向你作了什么、你总要记得。”
[思高本] 厄里叟丢下那些牛，追上厄里亚说：“请你让我先回去和我的父母吻别，然后来跟随你。”厄里亚对他说：“你去吧！要再回来！因为我应为你作的，已经作了。”
[文理本] 乃弃牛、趋于以利亚后、曰、请容我与父母接吻、后必从尔、曰、归哉、我于尔何为乎、
[GNT] Elisha then left his oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, "Let me kiss my father and mother good-bye, and then I will go with you." Elijah answered, "All right, go back. I'm not stopping you!"
[BBE] And letting the oxen be where they were, he came running after Elijah, and said, Only let me give a kiss to my father and mother, and then I will come after you. But he said to him, Go back again; for what have I done to you?
[KJV] And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?
[NKJV] And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah, and said, "Please let me kiss my father and my mother, and [then] I will follow you." And he said to him, "Go back again, for what have I done to you?"
[KJ21] And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah, and said, "Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee." And he said unto him, "Go back again, for what have I done to thee?"
[NASB] Then he left the oxen behind and ran after Elijah, and said, "Please let me kiss my father and my mother, then I will follow you." And he said to him, "Go back, for (I.e., so as to influence Elisha's decision)what have I done to you?"
[NRSV] He left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, "Let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you." Then Elijah said to him, "Go back again; for what have I done to you?"
[WEB] Elisha left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, "Let me please kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you."He said to him, "Go back again; for what have I done to you?"
[ESV] And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah and said, "Let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you." And he said to him, "Go back again, for what have I done to you?"
[NIV] Elisha then left his oxen and ran after Elijah. "Let me kiss my father and mother good-by," he said, "and then I will come with you." "Go back," Elijah replied. "What have I done to you?"
[NIrV] Then Elisha left his oxen. He ran after Elijah. "Let me kiss my father and mother good-by," he said. "Then I'll come with you." "Go back," Elijah replied. "What have I done to you?"
[HCSB] Elisha left the oxen, ran to follow Elijah, and said, "Please let me kiss my father and mother, and then I will follow you." "Go on back," he replied, "for what have I done to you?"
[CSB] Elisha left the oxen, ran to follow Elijah, and said, "Please let me kiss my father and mother, and then I will follow you." "Go on back," he replied, "for what have I done to you?"
[AMP] He left the oxen and ran after Elijah and said, Let me kiss my father and mother, and then I will follow you. And he [testing Elisha] said, Go on back. What have I done to you? [Settle it for yourself.]
[NLT] Elisha left the oxen standing there, ran after Elijah, and said to him, "First let me go and kiss my father and mother good-bye, and then I will go with you!" Elijah replied, "Go on back, but think about what I have done to you."
[YLT] and he forsaketh the oxen, and runneth after Elijah, and saith, 'Let me give a kiss, I pray thee, to my father and to my mother, and I go after thee.' And he saith to him, 'Go, turn back, for what have I done to thee?'