en_tn/pro/19/18.md

while there is hope

This refers to while the child is young and will still accept discipline and instruction. The full meaning of this can be made clear. Alternate translation: "while he is young" or "while he can still be taught" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit)

and do not set your desire on putting him to death

Possible meanings are 1) this phrase describes punishing your child. Alternate translation: "but do not punish him so severely that he might die" or 2) this phrase describes what it is like if you do not punish your child. Alternate translation: "for if you do not punish him you are helping him destroy himself" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit)

set your desire on putting him

This idiom means to be determined to cause something to happen. Alternate translation: "be determined to put him" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom)