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May God curse me if I know this man!

This is a curse that means May God cause harm to me if what you say is true! or May God punish me if I am lying to you! In this way Peter was saying very strongly that he did not know Jesus. He also referred to Jesus as this man to make it sound like he did not know him. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-exclamations)

a rooster crowed

Crowed is the loud sound that a rooster makes. Compare how you translated this in 38:09.