German to English to Latin?

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Hello,

I just found this site and I hope you can help me translate one sentence into Latin.
The problem is: the original sentence is in German and I'm not sure about the correct English translation. Embarrassed

The German sentence is: "Gott weiss, ich will kein Engel sein."
Would this be in English: "God knows that I don't want to be (or to become?) an angel. ?
The Latin words I figured out are: Gott-God-Deus
weiss/wissen-know-scire/scit (?)

Can anybody help me finish the translation, please?

Thank you so much,
Aquamarin1978

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I can't help with the German-to-English.

As for the English-to-Latin, I'm guessing that "God knows" is meant in the
same sense as "certainly" rather than as a statement that God knows a
particular thing. That would make a diffrence in how I'd render it in Latin.

Deus scit, me angelum fieri non volo.
God knows, I do not want to become an angel.

-or-

Deus me angelum fieri non velle scit.
God knows that I do not want to become an angel.

If you determine that "be" is a better translation from the German
than "become", substitue "esse" for "fieri" above.

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