Translation of "#7" (Relay)

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Original: A physician is walking on the road and sees a woman, barely conscious and with her legs cut off, lying in a ditch. He approaches, hoping to help her, saying, “Don’t fear! I’ll make sure that you receive help.” The woman looks at him and said, “My husband truly needs your help.” The physician asks, “Why? Where is he?” She answers, “He’s at home, raising our three adolescent daughters.”
Translation:
Davot dava dimityok ret syin yupeltem, lir tisanyik anyayu saplelis, polyelis, sof syin yupeltem. Syim ey lin yudod, lir lhom simil ey kakeli. Syin davot, sil dava misyok leftet, tisyok yuhesem. Sem tomyok tise "Lo delye mi kakrot lek! Eff delye kardyik sanya leftet myol!" Syin anya ekaril astye, lir tomil "Kitya, rhaym efim dava sokryot tamyev, sil lo delye leftyok astye." Syin davot sipelyok, "Sodra delye kre? Sem ey laya?" Syim kasot tise "Sem ey tyem sodra uyilame, lir dava tremilyok dolv salimeyu efim."
Interlinear:
davot
worker
dava
IPFV
dimit
walk
-yok
-SG.MASC
ret
along
syin
DET
yu-
LOC-
peltem,
road
lir
CONJ
tisan
see
-yik
-SG.MASC
anya
woman
-yu
-ACC
sapleli
collapsed
-s,
-F
polyeli
injured
-s,
-F
sof
beside
syin
DET
yu-
LOC-
peltem
road
syim
3sF.NOM
ey
COP
lin
near
yu-
LOC-
dod,
death
lir
CONJ
lhom
leg
simil
3sF.GEN
ey
COP
kakeli.
broken
syin
DET
davot,
worker
sil
REL
dava
IPFV
mis
want
-yok
-SG.MASC
leftet,
help[INF]
tis
approach
-yok
-SG.MASC
yu-
LOC-
hesem.
3s.PRON
sem
3sM.NOM
tom
say
-yok
-SG.MASC
tise
3s.DAT
"lo
2s.NOM
delye
IRR
mi
OBL
kakr
fear
-ot
-SG.FEM
lek!
NEG
eff
1s.NOM
delye
IRR
kard
be.able
-yik
-SG.MASC
sanya
certainly
leftet
help[INF]
myol!"
2s.ACC
syin
DET
anya
woman
ekar
look.at
-il
-SG.FEM
astye,
3s.ACC
lir
CONJ
tom
say
-il
-SG.FEM
"kitya,
actually
rhaym
husband
efim
1s.GEN
dava
IPFV
sokr
need
-yot
-SG.MASC
tamyev,
more
sil
REL
lo
2s.NOM
delye
IRR
left
help
-yok
-SG.MASC
astye."
3s.ACC
syin
DET
davot
worker
sipel
ask
-yok,
-SG.MASC
"sodra
that
delye
IRR
kre?
why
sem
3sM.NOM
ey
COP
laya?"
where
syim
3sF.NOM
kas
reply
-ot
-SG.FEM
tise
3s.DAT
"sem
3sM.NOM
ey
COP
tyem
in
sodra
that
uy-
LOC-
ilame,
house
lir
CONJ
dava
IPFV
tremil
care.for
-yok
-SG.MASC
dolv
three
salime
daughter
-yu
-ACC
efim."
1s.GEN