現在整個家族都起來反對婢女,說,『把那打死親兄弟的兇手交出來,我們要他以命償命,除掉這個繼承人。』他們要斷了我家的香火,使婢女的丈夫既不能留名,也不能留後。」

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Now the whole clan has risen up against your servant; they say, ‘Hand over the one who struck his brother down, so that we may put him to death(A) for the life of his brother whom he killed; then we will get rid of the heir(B) as well.’ They would put out the only burning coal I have left,(C) leaving my husband neither name nor descendant on the face of the earth.”

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