## Lest ## The word "lest" is used when someone says something in order to prevent something bad from happening. AT: "for fear that" ## give away your honor to others ## Possible meanings are 1) you will lose the respect of other people (UDB) 2) what is honorable about you is lost because of what you gave to the adulteress. ## give away years of your life to a cruel person ## The cruel person is the adulteress. ## strangers feast upon ... the house of a stranger ## Possible meanings are 1) strangers will take your possessions (UDB) 2) the children you will have with the adulteress will take your inheritance. AT: "your bastard children enjoy your wealth, and your inheritance claimed by a family that is not your own" ## feast upon ## AT: "hold a feast because they took" or "enjoy" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])