Translations
Better to fall by the sword than to die by famine — the sword-slain fade away quickly, stabbed through for want of the fruit of the field.
Better off are those slain by the sword than those slain by famine — for they waste away, pierced through for want of the field's produce.
They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.
Those slain by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, who waste away, pierced with pain because the fields lack produce.

