12 “ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐊᑐᓕᕐᐸᑦ ᔨᕉᓴᓕᒻ ᕿᓂᕐᕕᒋᔪᒫᕐᐸᕋ ᓇᓂᕈᐊᓄᑦ, ᓱᒋᐊᕈᒫᕐᐸᒃᑲᓗ ᐃᒻᒥᖕᓂᒃ ᓈᒻᒪᒐᓱᒋᔪᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕋᓱᒋᔪᓪᓗ, ᐆᒻᒪᑎᒥᒍᓪᓗ ᐃᓱᒪᔪᑦ, ‘ᐊᑕᓂᖅ ᐱᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐱᐅᖏᑦᑐᓂᒡᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᐊᓐᖏᓚᖅ.’
ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑑᖕᒪᑦ ᐊᔪᒐᖃᖏᑦᑐᖅ, ᓱᖕᒪᑦ ᐱᔨᑦᓯᕆᐊᖃᕐᐸᕘᑦ? ᖃᓄᕐᓗ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᕈᑎᖃᕋᔭᕐᐱᑕ ᑐᒃᓯᐊᕐᕕᒋᒍᑦᑎᒍ?’
ᐱᐅᖏᑦᑐᓕᔪᑦ ᐱᐅᔪᕆᓂᕐᒥᖕᓄᑦ ᐊᑕᓂᐅᑉ ᑮᓇᖓᓂᒃ ᕿᓂᓐᖏᓚᑦ; ᒎᑎᓗ ᐃᓱᒪᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᓂᖃᓐᖏᓚᖅ.
ᓯᓔᑦᑐᖅ ᐆᒻᒪᑎᒥᒍᑦ ᐅᖃᕐᒪᑦ, “ᒎᑎᑕᖃᓐᖏᓚᖅ.” ᐊᔪᕐᑐᓕᔪᐊᓘᕗᑦ, ᐱᓂᐊᕐᓂᖏᓪᓗ ᐱᐅᖏᑦᑑᓪᓗᑎᒃ, ᓇᓪᓕᐊᓐᓂᒡᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐱᐅᔪᒥᒃ ᐱᓂᐊᕐᓂᖃᕐᑐᖃᓐᖏᓚᑦ.
ᐅᖃᕐᓗᑎᒡᓗ, “ᐊᑕᓂᖅ ᑕᑯᓐᓇᓐᖏᓚᖅ; ᔧᑰᓪᓗ ᒎᑎᖓ ᐃᒃᐱᒍᓱᒐᓂ.”
ᐅᖃᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᒫᒃ: “ᐅᐃᒪᓚᐅᕐᓕ, ᐱᓕᕆᐊᓂ ᑐᐊᕕᐊᕆᓚᐅᕐᓕᐅᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕐᑕᖓ ᑕᑯᓂᐊᕋᑦᑎᒍ; ᐃᓴᕆᐊᓕᐅᑉ ᐃᑦᔪᕐᓁᑦᑐᖁᑎᖓᑕ ᐱᑦᔪᑎᒃᓴᖓ ᖃᒡᓕᓚᐅᕐᓕ, ᕾᓚᐅᕐᓕ ᖃᐅᔨᓂᐊᕋᑦᑎᒍ!”
ᐱᕈᕐᓰᕕᖕᒥ ᑎᖕᒥᐊᓄᑦ ᑲᑉᐱᐊᓵᕆᑦᔪᑎᑎᑐᑦ ᑍᒤᑉᐳᑦ, ᒎᑎᒋᔭᐅᒐᓗᐊᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᐅᖃᕈᓐᓇᓐᖏᓚᑦ, ᐊᒡᔭᒐᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᕗᑦ ᐱᓱᒍᓐᓇᖏᒻᒪᑕ; ᑲᑉᐱᐊᒋᑦᑍᓕᓯᐅᒃ ᐱᐅᖏᑦᑐᓕᔪᓐᓇᖏᒻᒪᑕ ᐱᐅᔪᒥᒡᓗ ᐱᓂᐊᕐᓂᖃᕋᑎᒃ.”
“ᒧᐊᐱᒥᐅᑦ ᑍᒪᓐᖓᑦ ᐸᒡᕕᓴᒃᑕᐅᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᓐᖏᓚᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᖑᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᓐᓂᕋᒥᒃ, ᕔᓂᑎᑐᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᖏᑦᑐᑎᑐᑦ ᑯᕕᐅᕋᕐᑕᐅᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᖏᑦᑐᑎᑐᓪᓗ, ᑎᒍᔭᐅᓗᓂ ᓄᓇᒋᓐᖏᑕᒥᓄᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᕈᑦᔭᐅᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᖏᓐᓇᒥ, ᕔᓂᐅᑉ ᑎᐱᖃᑦᓯᐊᕐᓂᖓᑕ ᐊᑦᔨᒋᕔᑦ, ᒪᒪᕐᓂᖓᑕ ᐊᓯᓐᖑᕐᓯᒪᖏᓐᓂᖓᑐᑦ.
ᑕᕝᕙ ᐅᖃᐅᑎᕚᖓ, “ᐃᓅᑉ ᐃᕐᓂᖓ, ᖃᐅᔨᕖᑦ? ᐃᓴᕆᐊᓕᐅᑉ ᑭᖑᕚᖏᑕ ᓯᕗᓕᕐᑎᖏᑦ ᐃᔨᕋᕐᑐᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᐸᖕᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ, ᐃᒡᓗᕈᓯᕐᒥ ᐊᑐᓂᑦ ᒎᑎᓐᖑᐊᓂᒃ ᐊᑦᔨᓐᖑᐊᖁᑎᖃᐅᕐᐳᑦ; ᐅᖃᖃᑦᑕᕐᐳᑦ, ‘ᐊᑕᓂᐅᑉ ᑕᑯᓐᓇᓐᖏᓛᑎᒍᑦ, ᐊᑕᓂᐅᑉ ᓄᓇ ᕿᒪᒃᓯᒪᓕᕐᐹ.’”
ᐊᑕᓂᐅᓪᓗ ᐅᖃᐅᑎᕚ, “ᔨᕉᓴᓕᐅᑉ ᐃᒡᓗᒐᓴᖏᑎᒍᑦ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᒋᑦ, ᖃᐅᖏᑎᒍᑦ ᓇᓗᓁᒃᑯᓯᕐᓱᐃᓗᑎᑦ ᐊᓂᕐᓴᐅᒥᑦᔪᑎᓕᖕᓂᒃ ᐅᒡᒍᐊᕈᑎᓕᖕᓂᒡᓗ ᓇᕐᕈᓇᕐᑐᓂᒃ ᐱᓂᐊᕐᓂᐅᕙᒃᑐᓂᒃ.”
ᑕᕝᕙ ᐅᖃᐅᑎᕚᖓ, “ᐃᓴᕆᐊᓕᐅᑉ ᔫᑕᐅᓪᓗ ᑭᖑᕚᖏᑦ ᐸᓯᔭᒃᓴᐅᓗᐊᕐᒪᑕ; ᓄᓇ ᐊᐅᖕᒥᒃ ᑕᑕᒻᒪᑦ, ᐃᒡᓗᒐᓴᒡᔪᐊᕐᒥᐅᓪᓗ ᐊᑦᔨᒌᒃᑎᑦᓯᓇᑎᒃ; ᐅᖃᖃᑦᑕᕐᒪᑕ, ‘ᐊᑕᓂᖅ ᓄᓇᒥᒃ ᖁᔭᓈᕐᓯᕗᖅ, ᑕᑯᓐᓇᕈᓐᓃᕐᓗᓂᓗ.’
ᑲᑉᐱᐊᓇᒦᒃ ᐃᓕᑦᓯ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓇᖏᑦᑐᒥ ᐃᓅᔪᓯ ᓮᐅᓂᒥ, ᑕᑎᖃᕐᑐᓪᓗ ᓴᒥᐊᕆᐊᑉ ᖃᖅᑲᖓᓂᒃ, ᓯᕗᓕᕐᑎᐅᔪᓯᓗ ᐅᐱᒋᔭᐅᓪᓗᓯ ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒌᒡᔪᐊᓂ ᐊᔪᖏᑦᑐᕐᔪᐊᓂ, ᐃᓴᕆᐊᓕᐅᑉ ᑭᖑᕚᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᑕᑎᒋᔭᐅᕙᒃᑐᓯ!
ᐄᓴᐅᑉ ᐱᖁᑎᖏᑦ ᑎᒡᓕᒐᕐᑕᐅᕗᑦ, ᐱᕕᐊᕐᓇᕐᑐᖁᑎᖏᑦ ᐃᔨᕐᑐᐊᖏᑦ ᓇᓂᔭᐅᕗᑦ.
ᐅᖃᐅᓯᑦᓯᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᑕᓂᖅ ᑕᖃᑎᓕᕐᐸᓯ. ᐅᖃᕐᐳᓯᓕ, “ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓗᑖ ᑕᖃᑎᓕᕐᐸᕘᑦ?” ᐃᒫᒃ ᐅᖃᕐᓂᑦᓯᓐᓄᑦ, “ᐱᐅᖏᑦᑐᓕᔪᓕᒫᑦ ᐱᐅᔫᕗᑦ ᐊᑕᓂᐅᑉ ᓵᖓᓂ, ᖁᕕᐊᒋᕔᓪᓗ.” ᐅᕝᕙᓗ ᐅᖃᕐᐳᓯ, “ᓇᐅᒡᓕ ᒎᑎ ᓈᒻᒪᓈᕐᑐᒥᒃ ᐃᖅᑲᕐᑐᐃᔨ?”
ᐅᖃᕐᓗᑎᒡᓗ, “ᓇᐅᒡᓕ ᐊᖏᕐᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᑎᑭᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᕋᕐᓗᓂ? ᓯᕗᓕᕗᑦ ᑐᖁᓯᒪᓕᕐᐳᑦ, ᓱᓇᑐᐃᓐᓁᑦ ᓱᓕ ᓱᖁᓯᕐᓯᒪᓐᖏᓚᑦ ᑍᒪᓐᖓᑦ ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᑉ ᐱᓐᖑᕐᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᕐᓂᖓᓂᑦ.”
ᕿᑐᕐᖓᖏᓪᓗ ᑐᖁᖃᓯᐅᑎᓂᐊᕐᐸᒃᑲ. ᐅᒃᐱᕐᑑᖃᑎᒌᓕᒫᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐅᕙᖓᐅᒐᒪ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔪᑐᐊᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐆᒻᒪᒻᒥᐅᑕᖏᓐᓂᒡᓗ, ᐊᑐᓂᓪᓗ ᐱᓂᐊᕐᕕᒋᔪᒫᕐᐸᑦᓯ ᐱᓂᐊᕐᓂᓯ ᒪᓕᒡᓗᒋᑦ.