## it is his folly and shame ##

AT: "it is foolish of him, and he should be ashamed" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])

## A person's spirit will survive sickness ##

A person's spirit stands for a person's desire to live. AT: "If a person is full of hope in his inner being, he will survive being sick" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])

## but a broken spirit who can bear it? ##

This is a rhetorical question, expecting the answer that few can bear it. AT: "but it is very hard to bear a broken spirit" (See:[[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

## a broken spirit ##

AT: "being depressed" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])