So when they returned to their father, they said: O our father, the measure is withheld from us, therefore send with us our brother, (so that) we may get the measure, and we will most surely guard him.
他们回去见了他们的父亲，说：我们的父亲啊！人家不准我们再籴粮了，请你派我们的弟弟和我们一同去，我们就能籴粮；我们一定把他保护好。