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Flosi is still furious over that thing that happened at parliament and he decides to kill the sons of NjállFlosi iser stillenn verymjög angryreiður overyfir thisþessu mattermáli whichsem happenedgerðist oná parliamentAlþingi andog hehann decidesákveður to killað drepa sons of NjállNjálssyni. He gathers his friends and they set out to Njáll's home.heHann collectssafnar togethersaman friendsvinum hissínum andog theyþeir they set out, they start their journeyleggja af stað homeheim totil Njáls.
Njáll stands outside his house when he sees the men come.Njáll standsstendur outsidefyrir utan the househúsið hissitt whenþegar hehann seessér the menmennina comekoma. His sons fetch weapons and begin fighting.sonsSynir hishans fetchná í weaponsvopn andog theyþeir beginbyrja to fightað berjast. They fight quite well.theyÞeir fightberjast verymjög wellvel. Many of Flosi's men get badly injured.manyMargir menmenn Flosa become injured, get hurtslasast badlyilla.
"This isn't working out for us at all," says Flosi.„thisÞetta iser not at allekkert working out for us, working as expected for usað ganga hjá okkur,“ sayssegir Flosi. They fight too well.„theyÞeir fightberjast tooof wellvel. We have two options“There are two things in this situation.”itÞað iser two thingstvennt “in the situation”[that we can do] in this situationí stöðunni: We can either quit [our plan of killing them] (which will lead to us all being killed), or we can set their house on fire and make them die in the fire.eitherAnnaðhvort to quit, to cancel our planað hætta við (whichsem leadsleiðir totil itþess thatað wevið will beverðum allallir killeddrepnir) “or then”or; or otherwiseeða þá to burnað brenna themþá insideinni.“
Flosi's men try to set the house on fire.menMenn Flosa tryreyna to igniteað kveikja í the househúsinu. It's not going well.itÞað goesgengur notekki wellvel.
"So, boys, are you trying to set the house on fire or are you trying to make some soup?" asks Skarphéðinn jokingly while the women throw water and milk onto the fire.„very wellJæja, boydstrákar, areeruð you guysþið tryingað reyna to igniteað kveikja í the househúsinu oreða areeruð you guysþið tryingað reyna to create, to makeað búa til soupsúpu?“ asksspyr Skarphéðinn “in joke”jokinglyí gríni whileá meðan the womenkonurnar oná the homeheimilinu throwhenda watervatni andog milkmjólk oná the fireeldinn.
Now Flosi's men fetch some hay and set it on fire.nowNú fetchná menmenn Flosa fetchí hayhey andog ignitekveikja í itþví. That works much better and they're able to set the entire house on fire.itÞað goes, worksgengur muchmiklu betterbetur andog theyþeir ar able toná to igniteað kveikja í the househúsinu.
"Stay calm," says Njáll to the people who are there with him inside the house.„beVerið calmróleg.“ sayssegir Njáll tovið the peoplefólkið oná the homeheimilinu. God is good. He will not let us burn both in this life and the next.Njáll is referring to the Christian God, Iceland had recently become Christian at this time (and the story is written centuries later by Christians). He says that God will spare them from hell.„GodGuð iser goodgóður, hehann makeslætur usokkur notekki bothbæði butnbrenna iní thisþessu lifelífi andog theþví nextnæsta.“