12 ᑕᕝᕙᓃᑦᑐᖃᕐᒪᑦ ᔫᑎᓂᒃ, ᐹᐱᓘᓂᐅᑉ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᕐᓯᒪᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑲᐅᑎᑕᕐᓂᒃ; ᓵᑐᕌᑭ, ᒥᓵᑭ, ᐊᐱᓐᑎᒎᓗ; ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕐᔪᐊᖅ ᐃᓕᖕᓂᒃ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᓈᓚᓐᖏᓚᑦ, ᐃᕝᕕᓪᓗ ᒎᑎᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᔨᑦᓯᕈᒪᓇᑎᒃ, ᑐᒃᓯᐊᕐᕕᖃᕈᒪᖏᒻᒪᑕ ᐃᓄᓐᖑᐊᒥᒃ ᓴᓇᔭᐅᑎᓚᐅᕐᑕᕐᓂᒃ.”
ᑕᕝᕙ ᕼᐂᒪᓂ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕐᔪᐊᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᕼᐊᓱᐃᕋᔅᒧᑦ ᐅᖃᕐᐳᖅ, “ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒌᒡᔪᐊᕐᑕᖃᕐᐳᖅ ᓇᓂᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᓯᐊᒻᒪᖓᔪᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᖁᑎᕕᑦ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᕐᓯᒪᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᖃᕐᑐᓂᒃ; ᑖᒃᑯᐊᓗ ᐃᒻᒥᒍᑦ ᐱᖁᔭᖃᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᑦᔨᒋᔭᐅᖏᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒌᒡᔪᐊᑦ ᐱᖁᔭᖏᓐᓄᑦ, ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕐᔪᐊᓪᓗ ᐱᖁᔭᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᒪᓕᒐᑎᒃ, ᑍᒤᒻᒪᑦ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᑍᒤᓕᖓᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᑎᓐᓂᐊᕈᕕᒋᑦ ᐃᓕᖕᓄᑦ ᓈᒻᒪᑦᔮᓐᖏᓚᑦ.
ᓂᓐᖓᐅᒪᓂᖅ ᐱᐅᓐᖏᓚᖅ, ᓂᓐᖓᖕᓂᒡᓗ ᓵᓚᖃᕈᓐᓇᕐᐳᖅ; ᑭᓇᓕ ᓯᖕᓇᓂᐅᑉ ᓵᖓᓂ ᓇᖏᕈᓐᓇᕐᐹ?
ᓱᓕ ᖃᐅᔨᓚᐅᕆᕗᖓ ᓴᓇᓂᓕᒫᑦ ᓴᓇᔪᓐᓇᑦᓯᐊᕐᓃᓪᓗ ᑐᓱᒋᔭᐅᖕᒪᑕ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓄᑦ. ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᑐᑭᖃᖏᒻᒪᑦ ᐊᓄᕆᒥᒡᓗ ᐊᖑᓯᓇᓱᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᐅᔮᕐᓗᓂ.
ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕐᔪᐊᑉ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖁᑎᖓᑕ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᒫᒃ ᐊᑎᕐᑖᕐᑎᑉᐰᑦ: ᑖᓂᐊᓕ, ᐱᐊᓪᓴᔮᕆᒥᒃ; ᕼᐊᓇᓁᐊ, ᓵᑐᕌᑭᒥᒃ; ᒥᓮᐅᓪ, ᒥᓵᑭᒥᒃ; ᐊᔭᕅᐊᓗ, ᐊᐱᓐᑎᒎᒥᒃ.
ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕐᔪᐊᑉ ᑕᕝᕙ ᑖᓂᐊᓕ ᐃᓂᑖᕐᑎᑉᐹ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖁᑎᒥ ᐳᕐᑐᓂᕐᐹᖓᓐᓄᑦ, ᑐᓂᓯᕕᒋᓪᓗᒍᓗ ᐱᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐱᖁᑎᓂᒃ ᐅᓄᕐᑐᓂᒃ. ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᓐᖑᕐᑎᓪᓗᒍᓗ ᐹᐱᓘᓂᓕᒫᒧᑦ, ᓯᓚᑐᔪᖁᑎᓕᒫᒥᓄᓪᓗ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᓐᖑᕐᑎᑉᐹ.
ᑖᓂᐊᓕᐅᓪᓕ ᐱᖁᔨᓂᖓᓄᑦ, ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕐᔪᐊᑉ ᓵᑐᕌᑭ, ᒥᓵᑭᓗ ᐊᐱᓐᑎᒎᓗ, ᑲᒪᔨᓐᖑᕐᑎᐰᑦ ᐹᐱᓘᓂᓕᒫᒧᑦ: ᑖᓂᐊᓕᓕ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕐᔪᐊᑉ ᐃᒡᓗᖓᓃᖏᓐᓇᓕᕐᐳᖅ.
ᓇᓪᓕᐊᓪᓗ ᐹᒻᒪᒃᑎᖏᑦᑐᖅ ᑐᒃᓯᐊᖏᓪᓗᓂᓗ, ᐃᒋᑕᐅᖁᓪᓗᒍ ᐃᒐᐅᑉ ᐃᓗᐊᓄᑦ ᐃᑯᐊᓚᔪᒧᑦ.
ᑕᕝᕙ ᓵᑐᕌᑭ, ᒥᓵᑭᓗ, ᐊᐱᓐᑎᒎᓗ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕐᔪᐊᕐᒧᑦ ᑭᐅᕗᑦ, “ᓂᐱᑯᓁᓵ, ᐅᕙᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᓵᖕᓂ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᓴᐳᑎᓇᓱᐊᕆᐊᖃᓐᖏᓚᒍᑦ.
“ᑍᒤᒻᒪᑦ ᐱᖁᔭᓕᐅᓕᕐᐳᖓ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓇᑭᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᐱᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᑎᒌᖏᑦᑐᓪᓗ, ᓇᓪᓕᐊᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᑭᕋᕐᑐᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐅᖃᕐᑐᖃᕐᐸᑦ, ᓵᑐᕌᑭᐅᑉ ᒥᓵᑭᐅᓪᓗ ᐊᐱᓐᑎᒎᓪᓗ ᒎᑎᖓᓐᓄᑦ, ᑍᒤᓕᐅᕐᑑᑉ ᑎᒥᖓ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᕐᑕᐅᔪᒃᓴᐅᕗᖅ ᐃᒡᓗᖓᓗ ᓯᖁᒥᑕᐅᓗᓂ ᓴᓂᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᓕᕐᓗᓂ: ᒎᑎᑕᖃᖏᒻᒪᑦ ᐊᓯᐊᓂᒃ ᑍᒫᒃ ᓴᐳᑦᔨᔪᓐᓇᕐᑎᒋᔪᒥᒃ.”
ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕐᔪᐊᑉ ᓵᑐᕌᑭ ᒥᓵᑭᓗ, ᐊᐱᓐᑎᒎᓗ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᓐᖑᕐᑎᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᐰᑦ ᐹᐱᓘᓂᒥ ᓄᓇᒥ.
ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕐᔪᐊᒧᑦ ᐅᖃᓕᕐᐳᑦ, “ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕐᔪᐊᖅ, ᑖᓂᐊᓕ, ᔫᑕᒥᑦ ᑎᒍᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐃᓚᖓᑦ, ᐃᓕᖕᓂᒃ ᓈᓚᖏᒻᒪᑦ, ᐱᖁᔭᓕᐊᕆᓚᐅᕐᑕᕐᓂᒡᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᒪᓕᖏᒻᒪᑦ; ᓱᓕ ᑐᒃᓯᐊᖃᑦᑕᕐᒪᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᖅ ᐱᖓᓱᐃᕐᓱᕐᓗᒍ.”
ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕐᔪᐊᕐᓕ ᑕᒪᑐᒥᖓ ᑐᓴᕋᒥ ᐃᓱᒪᔮᒻᒪᕆᓕᕐᐳᖅ, ᖃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓗ ᕿᓂᓕᕐᐳᖅ ᑖᓂᐊᓕ ᓴᐳᑎᔪᒪᓪᓗᒍ ᓯᕿᓂᐅᑉ ᓂᐱᓂᖓ ᑎᑭᓪᓗᒍ.
ᔧᓴᐅᑉ ᐃᓚᓕᐅᕐᓯᒪᕔᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᒥᓄᑦ; ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕐᔪᐊᑉ ᓰᓴᕆᐅᑉ ᐱᖁᔭᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᑭᕋᕐᑐᕐᒪᑕ, ᐊᓯᐊᓂᒃ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕐᔪᐊᕐᑕᖃᕐᓂᕅᓪᓗᑎᒃ, ᔩᓱᓯᒥᒃ ᐊᑎᓕᖕᒥᒃ.”
ᐅᖃᕐᓗᓂ, “ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓗᑕ ᐃᓕᑦᓯᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᓂᕐᑎᕆᓚᐅᕐᐳᒍᑦ ᐊᔪᕆᕐᑐᐃᖃᑦᑕᖁᓇᑕ ᑖᑦᓱᒪ ᐊᑎᖓᓂ, ᐃᓕᑦᓯᓕ ᔨᕉᓴᓕᒻᒥᐅᑦ ᑕᒪᕐᒥᐊᓗᒃ ᑐᓴᕐᑎᓕᕐᐸᓯ ᐊᔪᕆᕐᑐᐃᓂᑦᓯᓐᓄᑦ, ᐅᕙᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᑍᑦᓱᒪ ᑐᖁᑕᐅᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᓵᑕᒃᓴᐅᓂᕅᖃᑦᑕᕐᓗᓯ.”