17 ᓂᓐᖓᖕᓂᕐᔪᐊᖓᑕ ᑲᑉᐱᐊᓇᕐᓂᖓ ᓇᓪᓕᐅᑎᖕᒪᑦ, ᑭᓇᓗ ᑖᑦᓱᒧᖓ ᓵᓐᖓᓗᓂ ᓇᖏᕈᓐᓇᕐᐹ?”
ᐊᑕᓂᖅ ᑕᓕᕐᐱᖕᓃᑉᐳᖅ; ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕐᔪᐊᑦ ᓯᖁᒥᑦᓱᒫᕐᐰᑦ ᓂᓐᖓᖕᓂᖓᑕ ᐅᓪᓗᖏᓐᓂ.
ᐃᑎᒐᖏᑦ ᑯᓂᒃᑭᑦ ᓂᓐᖓᖁᓇᒍ, ᓂᓐᖓᒃᐸᑦ ᐊᓯᕈᕐᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᕋᑦᓯ ᐱᓂᐊᕐᓂᑦᓯᓐᓂᑦ, ᓂᓐᖓᖕᓂᖓ ᕿᓚᒥᐊᐱᒃ ᓄᐃᔪᓐᓇᕐᒪᑦ. ᖁᕕᐊᓱᑦᓯᐊᕐᐳᑦ ᑖᑦᓱᒥᖓ ᑕᑎᖃᕐᑐᑦ.
ᐃᕝᕕᑐᐊᖅ ᓯᕘᕋᒋᔭᐅᔪᒃᓴᐅᕗᑎᑦ; ᑭᓇ ᓇᔪᕐᑕᕐᓂ ᓇᖏᕈᓐᓇᕐᐹ ᓂᓐᖓᒃᑎᓪᓗᑎᑦ?
ᐅᓪᓗᖅ ᐊᑭᓂᐊᕐᕕᒃᓴᕋ ᐆᒻᒪᒻᒥᐅᑕᕆᓕᕋᒃᑯ, ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓗ ᐱᐅᓕᒃᓯᕕᒃᓴᕋ ᑎᑭᓯᒪᓕᕐᓗᓂ.
ᐅᓪᓗᖅ ᑍᓐᓇ ᑲᑉᐱᐊᓇᕐᑐᖃᕐᑐᖅ ᐊᑦᔨᖃᕈᒫᓐᖏᓚᖅ ᔧᑯᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓇᕐᑐᒦᑦᓱᒫᕐᐳᑦ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂᓕ ᑕᕝᕙᓐᖓᑦ ᐱᐅᓕᔭᐅᔪᒫᕐᐳᑦ.”
ᐊᑕᓂᐅᑉ ᐅᓪᓗᖓ ᖃᒡᓕᕗᖅ; ᑎᑭᓐᓂᐊᕐᐳᖅ ᐊᓯᕈᐃᔭᕐᑐᕐᑐᑐᑦ ᐊᔪᒐᖃᖏᑦᑐᕐᔪᐊᕐᒥᓐᖔᕐᓗᓂ.
ᑎᑦᑐᓚᐅᑏᑦ ᓂᓪᓕᕐᑎᓯᒋᑦ ᓮᐅᓂᒥ, ᐊᑕᓂᐅᑉ ᖃᖅᑲᖓᓂ ᐃᑦᔪᕐᓁᑦᑐᒥ, ᓄᓇᓕᓕᒫᓪᓗ ᓴᔪᒡᓕᑦ, ᐊᑕᓂᐅᑉ ᐅᓪᓗᖓ ᑎᑭᓕᕐᒪᑦ, ᖃᓂᑦᑑᓕᕐᓗᓂ.
ᐊᑕᓂᐅᑉ ᓂᐱᒥᓄᑦ ᐅᓇᑕᕐᑐᒃᓴᖁᑎᓂ ᐊᐅᓚᑉᐰᑦ, ᐅᓇᑕᕐᑐᒃᓴᖁᑎᖏᑦ ᐅᓄᕐᑐᕐᔪᐊᖑᕗᑦ; ᓂᐱᖓᓂᒃ ᓈᓚᒃᑐᖅ ᓲᖑᔪᕐᔪᐊᖑᕗᖅ. ᐊᑕᓂᐅᑉ ᐅᓪᓗᖓ ᑲᑉᐱᐊᓇᕐᐳᖅ; ᑭᓇᓖ ᑕᒪᑐᒥᖓ ᐊᓂᒍᐃᔪᓐᓇᕐᐹ?
ᓯᕿᓂᕐᓗ ᑖᕐᓯᔪᒫᕐᐳᖅ, ᑕᖅᑭᕐᓗ ᐊᐅᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᐊᐅᐸᕐᓯᓗᓂ, ᐊᑕᓂᐅᑉ ᐅᓪᓗᕐᔪᐊᖓ ᑲᒪᓇᕐᑐᕐᔪᐊᖅ ᓇᓪᓕᐅᑎᖅᑳᕐᑎᓐᓇᒍ.
ᓂᓐᖓᓕᕐᐸᑦ, ᑭᓇ ᐊᓐᓇᒍᓐᓇᕋᔭᕐᐹ? ᑭᓇᓗ ᐊᓐᓇᒍᓐᓇᕐᐹ ᓂᓐᖓᐅᒪᕕᒡᔪᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂᑦ? ᑖᑦᓱᒪ ᓂᓐᖓᐅᒪᓂᖓ ᐃᑯᒪᔪᑐᑦ ᑍᒤᑦᑐᖅ ᓈᕕᑕᐅᕗᖅ; ᑕᕝᕙ ᐅᔭᕅᑦ ᓯᖃᓪᓕᕗᑦ ᑖᑦᓱᒪ ᓵᖓᓂ.
“ᑭᐊ ᐊᑐᕈᓐᓇᕈᒫᕐᐸᐅᒃ ᐅᓪᓗᖅ ᑖᑦᓱᒪ ᑎᑭᕝᕕᒃᓴᖓ? ᑭᓇᓗ ᓇᖏᕈᓐᓇᕈᒫᕐᐸ ᓴᖅᑭᑉᐸᑦ? ᑖᓐᓇ ᐃᑯᒪᑐᑦ ᓴᕕᕋᔭᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᐊᐅᒃᑎᑦᓯᔪᑎᑎᑐᑦ ᑍᒤᑦᓱᒫᕐᒪᑦ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᓂᒡᓗ ᐅᐊᓴᐅᑎᑎᑐᑦ;
ᑍᒪᓐᖓᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᑦᓮᓐᓇᕆᑦᓯ, ᑐᒃᓯᐊᖃᑦᑕᕐᓗᓯ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖃᕐᑎᑕᐅᖁᓪᓗᓯ ᐊᓂᒍᐃᔪᓐᓇᖁᓪᓗᓯ ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᐱᔪᒫᕐᑐᑦ ᐊᑐᓕᕐᐸᑕ, ᓇᖏᕈᓐᓇᖁᓪᓗᓯᓗ ᐃᓅᑉ ᐃᕐᓂᖓᑕ ᓵᖓᓂ.”
ᓯᑎᔪᐊᓘᓂᕐᓄᑦ ᐆᒻᒪᑎᒃᑯᓪᓗ ᖃᕿᐊᓕᕈᒪᖏᓐᓂᕐᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᖕᓂᒃ ᖁᒥᐅᑎᒋᓕᕐᐳᑎᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒧᑦ ᒎᑎᐅᑉ ᓂᓐᖓᒡᕕᒃᓴᖓᓄᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᕐᑐᐃᓂᖓ ᓈᒻᒪᓈᑦᓯᐊᕐᑐᖅ ᓴᖅᑭᑉᐸᑦ.
ᐂᖏᓖᓪᓗ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒥᓃᖏᓐᓇᓚᐅᓐᖏᓚᑦ ᐃᓂᒋᔭᒥᖕᓂᒡᓗ ᕿᒤᓚᐅᕐᐳᑦ ᑖᑦᓱᒧᖓᓗ ᕿᓚᒃᑕᐅᓚᐅᕐᐳᑦ ᓴᕕᕋᔭᖕᓄᑦ ᐃᓱᖃᖏᑦᑐᒧᑦ ᕿᓚᒃᓯᒪᓂᐊᓕᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᑖᕐᑐᕐᔪᐊᕐᒥ ᐊᒃᐸᓯᖕᓂᕐᐹᒥ ᑕᕝᕙᓂᓗ ᐅᑕᖅᑭᑎᑕᐅᕗᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᕐᔪᐊᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᕐᑐᐃᓂᐅᓛᕐᑐᒧ;
ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒌᒡᔪᐊᑦ ᓂᓐᖓᕕᒡᔪᐊᕐᐳᑦ, ᓂᓐᖓᐅᓰᓪᓕ ᓇᓪᓕᐅᑎᓕᕐᐳᖅ, ᑐᖁᖓᔪᓪᓗ ᐃᖅᑲᕐᑐᕐᑕᐅᕕᒃᓴᖏᑦ ᓇᓪᓕᐅᑎᕗᑦ, ᐱᔨᕕᓪᓗ ᐊᑭᓕᕐᑕᐅᓂᒃᓴᖏᑦ ᓇᓪᓕᐅᑎᕗᑦ, ᓇᓚᐅᑦᑍᔨᖁᑎᑎᑦ, ᐃᑦᔪᕐᓁᑦᑐᖁᑎᑎᓪᓗ, ᐃᓕᖕᓂᒡᓗ ᐅᐱᒍᓱᒃᑐᑦ, ᐱᓪᓚᕆᐅᒃᐸᑕ ᐱᓪᓚᕆᐅᖏᑉᐸᑕᓘᓐᓃᑦ. ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᕐᒥᒡᓗ ᐊᓯᕈᕐᓮᔩᑦ ᐊᓯᕈᕐᑕᐅᕕᒃᓴᖓᑦ ᓇᓪᓕᐅᑎᕗᖅ.”
ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐊᓂᕐᓂᕐᓘᕗᑦ ᓵᑖᓇᓯᒥᓐᖔᕐᓯᒪᔪᑦ, ᑲᒪᓇᕐᑐᓂᒃ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᓯᖃᑦᑕᕐᐳᑦ, ᐊᓂᕐᓃᓪᓗ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐱᖓᓱᑦ ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᕐᒥᐅᓕᒫᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕐᔪᐊᖏᓐᓄᐊᕐᐳᑦ, ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᑲᑐᑦᔨᓗᑎᒃ ᐅᓇᑕᖅᑯᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᒎᑎᐅᑉ ᐊᔪᒐᖃᖏᑦᑐᕐᔪᐊᑉ ᐅᓪᓗᕐᔪᐊᖓᑕ ᓇᓪᓕᐅᓐᓂᖓᓂ.
ᐱᑦ-ᓯᒥᔅᓯᐅᑉ ᐃᓄᖏᑦ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᕐᐳᑦ, “ᑭᓇ ᓇᖏᕈᓐᓇᕐᐹ ᐊᑕᓂᐅᑉ ᐃᑦᔪᕐᓁᑦᑑᑉ ᒎᑎᐅᑉ ᓵᖓᓂ? ᓇᒧᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᕐᑎᑦᓱᓐᓇᕐᐸᕘᑦ ᐅᕙᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᕿᒪᕉᑎᖁᓪᓗᒍ?”