NET

3 So I sent messengers to them saying, “I am engaged in an important work, and I am unable to come down. Why should the work come to a halt when I leave it to come down to you?”

Darby

3 And I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work, and I cannot come down. Why should the work cease, whilst I leave it and come down to you?

KJV

3 And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I [am] doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?

Strong's

3 And I sent^H7971 messengers^H4397 unto them, saying^H559, I am doing^H6213 a great^H1419 work^H4399, so that I cannot^H3201 come down^H3381: why should the work^H4399 cease^H7673, whilst^H834 I leave^H7503 it, and come down^H3381 to you?