24 ᐃᓄᐃᓪᓗ ᓈᒻᒪᒃᓴᕋᑎᒃ ᒨᓯᓯᒧᑦ ᐅᖃᓕᕐᐳᑦ, “ᓇᑭᓪᓕ ᐃᒥᕐᓂᐊᓕᕐᐱᑖ?”
ᑖᑦᓱᒪᓕ ᐱᓂᐊᕐᓂᖏᑦ ᐳᐃᒍᑦᓴᐅᑎᒋᓚᐅᕆᕔᑦ; ᐱᓇᓱᐊᓕᓚᐅᕆᕗᑦ ᑖᑦᓱᒥᖓ ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᕐᕕᖃᓚᐅᕋᑎᒃ.
ᒨᓯᓯᒧᓪᓗ ᐅᖃᕐᓗᑎᒃ, “ᐄᑦᔨᑉᑎᒥᐅᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂ ᐃᓗᕕᕐᓯᕕᒃᓴᖃᖏᓐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᒪᐅᖓ ᐃᓄᖃᖏᑦᑐᓕᐊᕈᑎᕕᑎᒎᑦ ᑐᖁᑕᐅᔭᕐᑐᖁᓪᓗᑖ? ᑕᒪᐅᓐᖓᐅᑦᔨᓚᐅᕐᓂᕐᓄᑦ ᑕᑯᒋᑦ ᐃᒤᑦᑑᒦᓕᕐᐳᒍᑦ!
ᑕᕝᕙᓂᓗ ᐃᓄᖃᖏᑦᑐᒥ ᓄᓇᖃᓕᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓴᕆᐊᓕᒥᐅᓕᒫᑦ ᓈᒻᒪᒃᓴᖏᑦᔪᑎᒥᖕᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᓕᕐᐳᑦ ᒨᓯᓯᒧᑦ ᐂᕉᓂᒧᓪᓗ.
ᐅᖃᕐᐳᓪᓗ, “ᐊᑕᓂᐅᑉ ᑕᑯᓐᓇᕐᐹᓯᒃ ᐊᑭᓂᐊᕐᓕᓯᒡᓗ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᑕᐅᑎᑦᓯᓂᑦᓯᖕᓂᒃ, ᐰᕉᒧᑦ ᐱᔨᒋᔭᖏᓐᓄᓪᓗ ᐊᑭᕋᕐᑐᕐᑕᐅᓕᕐᑎᑦᓯᒐᑦᓯᒃ ᐅᕙᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ, ᑖᒃᑯᓄᖓᓗ ᑐᖁᑕᐅᑦᔪᑎᒃᓴᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓯᓯᒪᕗᓯ.”
ᐊᖑᑎᑦ ᐅᑯᐊ ᑕᑯᓯᒪᖕᒪᑕ ᐱᓐᓇᕐᓇᕐᓂᓐᓂᒃ ᓇᓗᓁᒃᑯᑕᓂᒡᓗ ᑲᒪᓇᕐᑐᓂᒃ ᐱᓂᐊᕐᓂᕆᓚᐅᕐᑕᓐᓂᒃ ᐄᑦᔨᑉᑎᒥ ᐃᓄᖃᖏᑦᑐᒥᓗ, ᐆᒃᑐᕐᒪᖓᓗ ᒫᓐᓇ ᖁᓕᕕᒡᓗᑎᒃ ᓂᐱᓐᓂᒡᓗ ᓈᓚᓚᐅᕋᑎᒃ,
ᑍᒤᒻᒪᑦ ᐃᓕᑦᓯ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᓯᓗ ᑲᑎᒪᕗᓯ ᐊᑕᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᑭᕋᕐᑐᕈᒪᓪᓗᓯ. ᖃᓄᐃᒻᒪᑦ ᐂᕉᓂ ᓈᒻᒪᒋᓇᒍ ᓂᓪᓕᐊᑦᔪᑎᒋᕕᓯᐅᒃ?”
ᖃᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐃᓴᕆᐊᓕᒥᐅᑦ ᐃᓄᒋᐊᒃᑐᕐᔪᐊᓕᒫᑦ ᓈᒻᒪᒃᓴᕋᑎᒃ ᓂᓪᓕᐊᓚᐅᕐᐳᑦ ᒨᓯᓯᒧᑦ ᐂᕉᓂᒧᓪᓗ, ᐅᖃᕐᓗᑎᒃ, “ᑐᖁᑦᓯᔪᓯᒃ ᐊᑕᓂᐅᑉ ᐃᓄᖁᑎᖏᓐᓂᒃ.”
ᐊᑕᓂᐅᓪᓗ ᒨᓯᓯ ᐅᖃᐅᑎᕚ, “ᐂᕉᓂᐅᑉ ᐊᔭᐅᑉᐱᐊᖓ ᐃᒃᓯᕐᕕᐅᑉ ᐊᖏᕈᑎᑕᓕᐅᑉ ᓵᖓᓄᑦ ᐅᑎᕐᑎᒍᒃ, ᑕᕝᕙᓂ ᐃᓂᖃᓕᖁᓪᓗᒍ ᐊᑭᕋᕐᑐᓚᐅᕐᑐᓄᑦ ᓇᓗᓁᒃᑯᑕᐅᖁᓪᓗᒍ, ᐅᕙᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᑭᕋᕐᑐᕐᓂᖏᑦ ᐃᓱᓕᑎᑕᐅᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᑐᖁᖁᓇᒋᑦ.”
ᐃᓄᐃᓪᓗ ᓈᒻᒪᒃᓴᖏᓐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᓂᓪᓕᐊᕗᑦ ᒎᑎᒧᑦ ᒨᓯᓯᒧᓪᓗ ᐅᖃᕐᓗᑎᒃ: “ᓱᖕᒪᑦ ᐄᑦᔨᑉᑎᒥᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᕐᑎᓚᐅᕐᐱᑎᒍᑦ ᑐᖁᖁᓪᓗᑖ ᐃᓄᖃᖏᑦᑐᒥ? ᑕᒫᓂ ᓂᕿᒃᓴᖃᖏᒻᒪᑦ, ᐃᒪᖃᕋᓂᓗ, ᓂᕿᕗᓪᓗ ᐃᕿᐊᓐᖑᕐᐸᕗᑦ ᓂᕿᑐᕾᑦ.”
“ᑍᒤᒻᒪᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᑎᕙᑦᓯ: ᐃᓅᓯᑦᓯᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᓱᒪᔮᕈᑎᖃᕐᓂᐊᕋᓯ ᓂᕿᓂᒃ, ᐃᒥᒃᓴᑦᓯᓐᓂᒡᓘᓐᓃᑦ, ᐊᓐᓄᕌᒃᓴᑦᓯᓐᓂᒡᓘᓐᓃᑦ. ᐃᓅᓯᓰ ᐊᓐᓂᕐᓇᕐᓂᕐᓴᐅᓐᖏᓚᖅ ᓂᕿᓂᑦ, ᑎᒥᓯᓘ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᕐᓴᐅᓐᖏᓚᖅ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᓂᑦ?
ᓈᒻᒪᒃᓴᖏᓐᓂᐊᕋᓯᑦᑕᐅᖅ ᑍᒃᑯᑎᑐᓇᖅ, ᑍᒃᑯᐊ ᐃᓚᖏᑦ ᓈᒻᒪᒃᓴᖏᓐᓇᒥᒃ ᑐᖁᑉ ᐂᖏᓕᖓᓄᑦ ᑐᖁᑕᐅᓚᐅᕐᐳᑦ.
ᑕᒤᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕆᑦᓯ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕐᓗᒐᓯ ᐂᕙᓇᓯᓗ,
ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᓈᒪᒃᓴᓐᖏᓐᓇᐅᔭᕐᐳᑦ, ᐊᓯᒥᖕᓂᒡᓗ ᓈᒻᒪᖏᑦᔪᑎᒃᓴᓯᐅᕐᐸᒃᓗᑎᒃ; ᐱᔪᒪᕕᒡᔪᐊᕐᑕᒥᖕᓂᒃ ᐱᐅᖏᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᒪᓕᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᐳᑦ, ᖃᓂᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᒥᒃᑎᒍᑦ ᐊᔪᖏᑦᑐᐊᓘᔮᕐᐳᑦ, ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᐱᐅᒋᔭᐅᑎᓐᓇᓱᐊᕐᐳᑦ ᐱᔪᒪᔭᒥᖕᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᕈᒪᓪᓗᑎᒃ.