16 ᐃᒫᒃ ᐃᓱᒪᓕᓚᐅᕐᐳᖓ, “ᑕᑯᒋᑦ, ᓯᓚᑐᓂᕐᔪᐊᓕᐊᓘᓕᕐᐳᖓ, ᓯᓚᑐᓂᕐᓴᐅᓕᕐᓗᖓᓗ ᑕᒤᓐᓂᑦ ᔨᕉᓴᓕᒥ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕐᔪᐊᖑᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᔪᓂᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᓐᓂᑦ; ᓯᓚᑐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓂᕐᒥᒡᓗ ᐊᖏᔪᒥᒃ ᐊᑐᕐᓯᒪᓕᕐᐳᖓ.”
ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᕙᒃᑐᑦ ᐅᒃᐱᕆᓚᐅᓐᖏᓚᒃᑲ ᐅᕙᖓ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ ᑕᑯᓚᐅᖅᑳᕐᓇᖓ ᐊᒡᓛᑦ ᕿᑎᖅᑲᓪᓗᐊᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᑐᓴᓚᐅᕐᓂᖏᓐᓇᒪ, ᓯᓚᑐᓃᑦ ᐊᒃᓱᐃᓐᓃᓪᓗ ᑐᓴᓚᐅᕐᑕᓐᓂᑦ ᐊᖏᓂᕐᓴᒻᒪᕆᐅᖕᒪᑕ.
ᓲᓗᒨᓂ ᓯᓚᑐᓂᕐᓴᐅᓚᐅᕐᐳᖅ ᐃᓄᖕᓂᑦ ᓯᕿᓂᐅᑉ ᓄᐃᕕᐊᑕ ᓇᓛᓃᑦᑐᓕᒫᓂᑦ, ᓯᓚᑐᓂᕐᓴᐅᓪᓗᓂᓗ ᐄᑦᔨᑉᑎᐅᑉ ᓯᓚᑐᔪᖁᑎᓕᒫᖏᓐᓂᑦ.
ᓴᓇᔨᖁᑎᒪ ᓇᐹᕐᑐᐃᑦ ᓕᐸᓇᓂᐅᑉ ᑕᕆᐅᖓᓄᐊᕈᑎᓂᐊᕐᐰᑦ ᐃᒥᖕᓄᑦ ᕿᓚᓱᕐᓗᒋᑦ, ᐳᒃᑕᓛᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᑐᓚᕕᒋᔭᐅᖁᔭᕐᓄᑦ ᓄᓈᕐᑎᑕᐅᔪᒫᕐᒪᑕ, ᑕᕝᕙᓂ ᓴᓇᔨᖁᑎᒃᑲ ᕿᓚᕈᑦᔮᕐᑎᕆᔭᕇᑐᐊᕈᑎᒃ ᓴᓇᔨᖁᑎᖕᓅᑦ ᑐᓂᓯᒐᔭᕐᒪᑕ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᑲᒪᖔᕐᑎᓕᕐᓗᒋᑦ; ᐱᔪᒪᔭᖃᕐᐳᖓ ᐃᓕᖕᓂᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕐᔪᐊᖃᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᐃᒡᓗᒥᐅᖃᑎᒃᑲ ᓂᕿᒃᓴᕐᑖᕐᑎᑕᐅᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ.”
ᒋᕼᐋᓯ, ᐃᓔᓴᐅᑉ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᑎᖓ ᒎᑎᐅᑉ ᐃᓄᖁᑎᖓᑕ ᐃᓱᒪᓕᕋᒥ, “ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕅᓐᓇ ᐱᔭᕐᓂᓈᕐᓯᑎᑦᓯᓗᐊᕐᑐᖅ ᓁᒪᓐᒥᒃ ᓯᕆᐊᒥᐅᒥᒃ, ᑐᓂᑦᔪᑎᒋᓇᓱᒃᑕᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᓚᓐᖎᖏᑦᓯᐊᕐᑐᖅ, ᐊᑕᓂᖅ ᐆᒪᔪᖅ ᐱᑦᔪᑎᒋᓪᓗᒍ ᒪᓕᐊᓪᓚᒡᓗᒍ ᐃᓚᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᑖᕆᐊᕐᑐᓚᐅᕐᓚᖓ.”
ᕼᐅᕋᒻ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᕆᕗᖅ: “ᐊᑕᓂᖅ ᐃᓴᕆᐊᓕᒥᐅᑉ ᒎᑎᖓ ᓂᕐᑐᕐᑕᐅᓕ, ᕿᓚᖕᒥᒃ ᓄᓇᒥᒡᓗ ᓴᓇᓚᐅᕐᑐᖅ, ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕐᔪᐊᖅ ᑍᕕᑎ ᐃᕐᓂᕐᑖᕐᑎᓚᐅᕐᒪᒍ ᓯᓚᑐᔪᒥᒃ, ᓇᓗᓁᕐᓯᑦᓯᐊᕈᓐᓇᕐᑐᒥᒃ ᑐᑭᓯᓯᒪᑦᓯᐊᕐᑐᒥᒡᓗ, ᓴᓇᓂᐊᕐᑐᒥᒃ ᐊᑕᓂᐅᑉ ᑐᒃᓯᐊᕐᕕᒡᔪᐊᖁᑎᖓᓂᒃ, ᐃᒡᓗᕐᔪᐊᒃᓴᒥᓂᒡᓗ ᓴᓇᓂᐊᕐᑐᒥᒃ.
ᓂᓐᖓᐅᒪᓕᕆᑦᓯ, ᐊᔪᕐᑐᓕᑦᑍᓕᓗᓯᓕ; ᐆᒻᒪᑎᑦᓯᓐᓂ ᓂᐱᖃᖏᓪᓗᓯ ᐃᓱᒪᒃᓴᕐᓯᐅᓕᕆᑦᓯ, ᐃᓐᓇᖓᕕᑦᓯᓐᓂ ᐊᒡᓛᑦ ᓂᐱᖃᖏᓪᓗᓯ. ᓰᓚ
ᐃᓐᖏᐅᑎᒋᕙᓚᐅᕐᑕᒃᑲ ᐃᖅᑲᕐᐸᒃᑲ ᐅᓐᓄᐊᒥ; ᐃᓱᒪᒃᓴᕐᓯᐅᕈᑎᒋᓚᐅᕐᐸᒃᑲ, ᐊᓂᕐᓂᕋᓗ ᕿᓂᕐᓗᓂ.
ᐅᕙᓐᓄᑦ ᐅᖃᕐᐳᖓ, “ᐊᑏ, ᖁᕕᐊᓇᕐᑐᓂᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᑎᑦᓱᒪᒋᕙᒋᑦ.” ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊᓕ ᓱᓇᐅᖏᑦᓯᐊᕆᕗᑦ.
ᑕᕝᕙ ᐆᒻᒪᑎᓐᓂ ᐃᓱᒪᓚᐅᕐᐳᖓ, “ᓯᓔᑦᑐᖅ ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑐᒧᑦ ᑎᑭᑕᐅᖕᒪᑦ, ᐅᕙᖓᑦᑕᐅᖅ ᑍᒫᓪᓗᐊᑦᓯᐊᖅ ᐊᑦᔨᖓᓂᒃ ᑎᑭᑕᐅᒋᕗᖓ, ᓱᖕᒪᓪᓕ ᐅᕙᖓ ᓯᓚᑐᓂᕐᓴᐅᕗᖓ?” ᑕᕝᕙ ᐆᒻᒪᑎᓐᓂ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᕐᐳᖓ, “ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᓱᕙᓕᑭᐊᖑᕗᖅ.”
ᑍᒤᒻᒪᑦ ᐊᔪᕈᓐᓃᕐᔪᐊᓚᐅᕐᐳᖓ, ᓯᕗᓕᕆᓚᐅᕐᑕᓐᓂᑦ ᔨᕉᓴᓕᒥ ᑕᒤᓐᓂᑦ ᐊᔪᖏᓐᓂᕐᓴᐅᓕᓚᐅᕐᐳᖓ: ᓯᓚᑐᓂᕋᓗ ᐅᕙᓐᓂ ᓇᔫᑏᓐᓇᓚᐅᕐᐳᖅ.
ᐆᒻᒪᑎᑯᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᓚᐅᕐᐳᖓ, “ᒎᑎᐅᑉ ᐃᖅᑲᕐᑐᐃᕕᖕᒧᑦ ᕾᑎᑦᓱᒫᕐᐰᑦ ᐱᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᐅᖏᑦᑐᓕᔪᓪᓗ, ᓇᓪᓕᐅᓐᓂᖃᕐᒪᑦ ᐱᑦᔪᑎᒃᓴᖃᕐᑐᓄᑦ ᓱᓇᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓄᑦ ᓴᓇᓯᒪᔪᓄᓪᓗ.”
ᐅᖃᕐᑐᖅ, ‘ᐊᑭᑐᔪᒃᓴᔭᒥᒃ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᐅᕈᒪᕗᖓ ᐃᒡᓗᒃᓴᓐᓂᒃ, ᐃᒡᓗᐊᕈᓯᖃᕐᑐᒥᒃ ᓂᕈᑐᔪᓂᒃ ᖁᓕᕇᓂᒃ.’ ᐃᒐᓛᖏᑦ ᐊᖏᔫᑕᐅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᕿᔪᑦᓯᐊᕙᐅᓂᕐᐹᓂᒃ ᓰᑕᕆᓂᒃ ᑐᓐᖓᕕᖃᕐᑎᑉᐹ ᓴᐅᓂᖃᕐᑎᓪᓗᒍᓗ, ᐊᐅᐸᕐᑐᒥᒡᓗ ᒥᖑᐊᕈᑎᖃᕐᑎᓪᓗᒍ.
ᑕᕝᕙ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕐᔪᐊᖅ ᐅᖃᕐᐳᖅ, “ᐹᐱᓘᓂ ᐊᖏᔪᐊᓘᓐᖏᓛᖅ? ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕐᔪᐊᒧᑦ ᐃᓂᓕᐊᕆᓚᐅᓐᖏᓚᕌ? ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕐᔪᐊᖑᓂᕐᒪᓗ ᐅᐱᒋᔭᐅᑦᔪᑎᒃᓴᖓᓄᑦ?”
ᐱᕈᕇᕐᓯᒪᓕᕐᑑᓪᓕ ᓂᕿᓪᓚᕇᑦ ᓂᕿᒋᔭᒃᓴᕆᕔᑦ, ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᕆᓯᒪᔭᓂ ᖃᐅᔨᔪᓐᓇᕐᓯᑦᔪᑎᒋᓗᓂᒋᑦ ᐱᐅᔪᒥᒃ ᐱᐅᖏᑦᑐᒥᒡᓗ.