Translations
When you call your servant, it is possible that he may not come; or, if he does, he may not do what you want.Elizabeth Carter (c.1750)
And when you call your servant, consider that it is possible he may not come at your call; or, if he does, that he may not do what you wish.Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1890)
And when you call your slave, consider that it is possible that he does not hear; and if he does hear, that he will do nothing which you wish.George Long (1890)
When you call your slave-boy, reflect that he may not be able to hear you, and if he hears you, he may not be able to do anything you want.Percy Ewing Matheson (1916)