Hugh:
> Ignoring the taboo against saying such a 
> thing in the first place, I would think only
> the first one. I would likely write the 
> second as {jIluj 'e' vIHaj}.

I'd probably use a sao too, to express the "I'm afraid (that) I'll fail".

But I can't stop wondering, whether the {jIlajvIp} would/could mean, both of the options of the original message.

~ gha'cher qIj