And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.

And they said to him, No, my lord; but to buy food are thy servants come.

And they said to him, Not so, my lord: your servants have come with money to get food.

And they said: "It is not so, my lord. But your servants have arrived in order to buy food.

Et dixerunt ad eum, Nequaquam, domine mi: sed servi tui venerunt ad emendum cibum.

And they said unto him, nay, my lord,.... One in the name of the rest, or each in his turn, denying that they were spies, and addressing him with the greatest reverence and submission, calling him their lord, and thus further accomplishing his dreams:
but to buy food are thy servants come; that and no other was the errand they came upon.