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877 B
877 B
The desire of the lazy kills him
The writer speaks of what a person wants as if it were a person who could kill a lazy person. Here the lazy person wants to be idle and not work. AT: "A lazy person only wants to be idle, and because of that he will die" or "A lazy person will die because he does not want to work" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-nominaladj)
his hands refuse
The hand is a synecdoche for the person. AT: "he refuses" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)
craves
desires strongly
gives and does not hold back
The phrase "does not hold back" can be stated positively, and what he gives can be made explicit. AT: "gives everything he should" or "gives generously" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-litotes)