就打发使者去见以东王，说，求你容我从你的地经过。 以东王却不应允。
Then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land: but the king of Edom would not hearken thereto.
他们坚持说应允许一个人尊严地死去，允许他们决定什么时候死。
They argue that people should be allowed to die with dignity and decide when they want to die.
廷达瑞俄斯欣然应允。奥德修斯要求所有的追求者在国王作出决定之前庄严地发誓：无论谁获选，其他人都要捍卫中选者，反对任何与之争吵的人。
Tyndareus readily agreed and Odysseus proposed that, before the decision was made, all the suitors should swear a most solemn oath to defend the chosen husband against whoever should quarrel with him.
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