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I'm trying to say this in Japanese: "Woe be to those who near the swamp."
I wasn't really sure how to go about this, but I came up with this:
それらのための災いは誰が沼に行きます
Woe for those who go to the swamp.
Is this correct at all? I'm very unsure about this sentence. Perhaps there's a better way of saying this?
To match the tone of "woe" and the slightly older sounding English of the original, why not?
沼地に近寄る者に災いあれ
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それらのための災いは誰が沼に行きます
Is, I'm sorry to say, mostly nonsensical: "disasters for the benefit of those, who goes to the swamp?"
沼に近寄る者は不幸である.