838 B
838 B
Now
AT: "At that same time" (as Elisha was telling the king and his assistant there would be plenty of food for Samaria)
right outside the city gate
AT: "who were just outside the entrance to the city."
Why should we sit here until we die?
AT: "Certainly we should not sit here until we die" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)
let us go to the army of the Arameans
AT: "let us go to the place where the army of the Arameans has their camp."
If they keep us alive, we will live, and if they kill us, we will only die
The four men with leprosy are saying that going to the Aramean camp is their only chance to stay alive. AT: "If the Arameans give us food, we will live, and if they kill us, we were only going to die here anyway." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicitinfo)