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until daybreak
"until morning"
punishment will overtake us
Someone punishing the four men is spoken of as if punishment were a person who captures them. Alternate translation: "the people will punish us" or "someone will punish us" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification)
tell the king's household
Here the word "household" represents the people who live in the king's palace. Alternate translation: "tell the king and his people" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)