(Behold) the deep, launch her (thither).”
I understood and said to Ae, my lord:
“[Behol]d, my lord, what thou, even thou, hast said, verily (?)
It is excellent (?), (and) I will do (it).
(How?) may I answer the city—the young men and the elders?”
Ae opened his mouth and spake,
He said to his servant, to me:
“Thus, then, shalt thou say unto them;
‘It has been told me (that) Ellila hates me,
I will not dwell in ... and