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Shall say (eipēi). Second aorist subjunctive, with ean, condition of the third class, undetermined, but with prospect of being determined.
Delayeth (chronizei). From chronos, time, spends time, lingers.
Shall begin (arxētai). First aorist middle subjunctive with ean and the same condition as eipēi, above.
The menservants (tous paidas) and the maidservants (kai tas paidiskas). Paidiskē is a diminutive of pais for a young female slave and occurs in the papyri, orginally just a damsel. Here pais can mean slave also though strictly just a boy.