RichTestOrg_en_tn/jer/38/15.md

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If I answer you, will you not certainly kill me?

Jeremiah uses this question to express his belief that the king will kill him if he answers truthfully. Alternate translation: "If I tell you the truth, you will certainly kill me" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)

I will not ... give you into the hand of those men

Here the word "hand" refers to the men's control or power. Alternate translation: "I will not ... allow those men to capture you" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)