si eos expectare velitis donec crescant, et annos pubertatis impleant, ante eritis vetulæ quam nubatis. Nolite, quæso, filiæ meæ: quia vestra angustia magis me premit, et egressa est manus Domini contra me.
If you would wait till they were grown up, and come to man's estate, you would be old women before you marry. Do not so, my daughters, I beseech you: for I am grieved the more for your distress, and the hand of the Lord is gone out against me.
Si illos expecta vol usque que cresce, et annos de pubertate imple, ante es vetulas quam nube. Ne vol, quaese, de filia meo: quia vestro angustia magis me preme, et egredior es manu de Domino contra me.