I developed a hospital acquired infection that nearly took my life.

我在医院感染了一种疾病，几乎夺去了我的生命。

At this point, it's not a matter of if, but when it takes my life.

此时此刻，不是我是否会死，而是我什么时候会死。

These climate catastrophes have almost taken my life.

这些气候灾难几乎要了我的命。

" Will your Highness take my life" ? he cried.

“殿下会取我的命吗” ？ 他哭了。

But, He did take my life.

但是，他确实夺走了我的生命。

I take my life in my hands every time I walk out to my outhouse.

每次我走到外屋时，我都把自己的生命掌握在自己手中。

They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps, hoping to take my life.

他们聚集、埋伏，窥探我的脚踪，等候要害我的命。

Though I constantly take my life in my hands, I will not forget your law.

我的性命常在危险之中，我却不忘记你的律法。

And I was very concerned for them, that I thought taking my life was a better choice.

我非常担心他们，我认为结束自己的生命是一个更好的选择。

And I was just overwhelmingly self-destructive, and I was looking for a way out, to take my life.

而我只是压倒性地自我毁灭， 我正在寻找一条出路， 结束我的生命。

The last hope that I have left is to try to take my life into my own hands, but I don't know if I have enough strength for this.

我最后的希望就是试着把我的生命掌握在自己手中 但我不知道我是否有足够的力量。

It is a little remarkable, that—though disinclined to talk overmuch of myself and my affairs at the fireside, and to my personal friends—an autobiographical impulse should twice in my life have taken possession of me, in addressing the public.

有点了不起的是， 尽管我不愿意在炉边和我的私人朋友那里过多地谈论我自己和我的事情，但在我的生命中， 一种自传式的冲动应该两次占据我， 向公众发表讲话。