# the fourth day

"day 4" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal]])

# Trick

mislead or fool someone into doing something they would not want to do

# your father's house

Possible meanings are 1) this refers to the actual house. Alternate translation: "the house your father and his family live in" or 2) "house" refers to the people who live in it. Alternate translation: "your family" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# will burn up

The phrase "burn up" means to burn something completely. If a person is "burnt up," it means that person is burned to death. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# Did you invite us here in order to make us poor?

They ask her this question to accuse her of doing evil. This question can be written as a statement. Alternate translation: "You have brought us here to make us poor!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

# to make us poor

They would become poor if they had to buy him new clothes if they could not solve the riddle. Alternate translation: "to make us poor by forcing us to buy him new clothes" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])