She said to me, “I will not do so; I will not go into the city, but I will die here”: Good News Bible provides a good model for this verse also. The following alternative is based on Contemporary English Version:

• She replied, “No! I will never go back home. I’m going to die out here.”

Quoted with permission from Bullard, Roger A. and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on 1-2 Esdras. (UBS Helps for Translators). Miami: UBS, 2019. For this and other handbooks for translators see here.