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# you will go to your fathers
This is a polite way of saying "you will die." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-euphemism]])
# fathers
The word "fathers" is a synecdoche for all ancestors. Alternate translation: "ancestors" or "ancestral fathers" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]])
# you will be buried in a good old age
"you will be very old when you die and your family buries your body"