richmahn_en_tn/pro/06/09.md

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  • How long will you sleep ... When will you rise from your sleep? - The teacher uses these questions to scold the lazy person for sleeping too much. (See: :en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_parallelism and :en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_rquestion)
  • A little more sleep ... of the hands to rest - These are the kinds of things that lazy people say.
  • A little more sleep, a little more slumber - AT: "I'll just sleep a little more. Let me sleep lightly a little"
  • folding of the hands to rest - AT: "I'll just cross my arms comfortably and rest a little" (See: :en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_metonymy)
  • and your poverty will come - The fact that this is a result of being lazy can be made clear. AT: "If you continue to be lazy, your poverty will come" or "While you sleep, poverty will come" (See: :en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_explicit)
  • your poverty will come to you like a robber - The sudden way a lazy person becomes poor is like the sudden way a robber comes and steals things. AT: "you will suddenly become poor, just as if a robber came and stole everything you have" (See: :en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_simile)
  • your needs like an armed soldier - AT: "and your needs will come to you like an armed soldier" or "and you will become needy just as if an armed soldier stole all your things"
  • an armed soldier - AT: "a soldier who is holding a weapon" or "a man with a weapon"