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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)