16 ᑕᕝᕙ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕐᔪᐊᖅ ᑍᕕᑎ ᐃᑎᕋᒥ ᐃᖏᑉᐳᖅ ᐊᑕᓂᐅᑉ ᓵᖓᓄᑦ; ᐅᖃᕐᓗᓂᓗ, “ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑑᕗᖔ, ᐊᑕᓃᖅ ᒎᑏᒃ? ᐃᓚᒃᑲᓗ ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑑᕙᑦ, ᑕᒪᐅᖓ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᑎᓯᒪᓕᕋᕕᓐᖓ?
ᓂᑲᒋᔭᒃᓴᐅᖏᒃᑲᓗᐊᕐᑎᓪᓗᖓ ᐱᑦᓯᐊᕐᕕᒋᓯᒪᒐᕕᖓ ᓇᒡᓕᖕᓂᕐᓄᑦ ᓱᖁᓯᔪᐃᑦᑐᒧᑦ, ᑲᔪᓯᑦᓮᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᓂᒃ ᐱᔩᑦ ᑕᑯᑎᓯᒪᒐᕕᐅᒃ, ᑰᒃ ᔪᐊᕐᑕᓂ ᐃᑳᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᕙᕋ ᐊᔭᐅᑉᐱᐊᓕᔭᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓗᖓ, ᒫᓐᓇᓕ ᐅᑎᓕᕐᐳᖓ ᒪᕐᕈᐃᓕᖓᔪᓂᒃ ᐃᓚᖃᓕᕐᓗᖓ.
ᑕᒪᑐᒪ ᑭᖑᓂᖓᒍᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕐᔪᐊᖅ ᑍᕕᑎ ᑐᐱᕐᒧᐊᕐᐳᖅ ᐊᑕᓂᐅᑉ ᓇᔪᕐᑕᖓᓄᑦ, ᐃᖏᓪᓗᓂᓗ ᑐᒃᓯᐊᕐᐳᖅ ᐅᖃᕐᓗᓂ, “ᐊᑕᓃᖅ ᒎᑏ, ᓇᓗᖅᑯᑎᕗᖓ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓯᒪᓂᕆᔭᕐᓂᒃ ᐅᕙᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᓚᓐᓄᓪᓗ.
ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕐᔪᐊᑉ ᕼᐃᓯᑬᐊᐅᑉ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᐅᓯᐊᓂ ᐱᒐᒥᒋᑦ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᕐᐰᑦ; ᐅᖃᓕᒫᕇᕋᒥᒋᑦ ᐊᑕᓂᐅᑉ ᐃᒡᓗᖓᓄᐊᕐᓗᓂ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᐅᓯᐊᓂ ᐊᑕᓂᐅᑉ ᓵᖓᓄᑦ ᐃᓯᕕᑉᐰᑦ.
ᐅᖃᐅᓰᑦ ᑕᑯᑎᑦᔪᑎᓕᒫᓪᓗ ᒪᓕᒡᓗᒋᑦ, ᓁᑕᓂᐅᑉ ᑍᕕᑎ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᒡᕕᒋᓚᐅᕐᐹ.
ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᑕᑯᓐᓇᕐᑕᕕᑦ ᓵᖓᓂ ᒥᑭᔫᒐᓗᐊᖅ, ᒎᑏᒃ; ᐅᖃᕐᓯᒪᒐᕕᓪᓗ ᐱᔨᕕᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᖏᑕ ᓯᕗᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᖏᔪᒥᒃ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᒃᓴᕆᔭᖏᓐᓂᒃ, ᑕᑯᑎᓯᒪᒐᕕᖓᓗ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᒥ ᑭᖑᕚᕇᒃᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᒫᕐᑐᓂᒃ, ᐊᑕᓃᖅ ᒎᑏᒃ!
ᐅᕙᖓᓕ, ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒃᑲᓗ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐱᔪᒪᓂᑦᑎᓐᓄ ᑐᓂᓯᔪᓐᓇᕐᐱᑖ? ᐃᓘᓐᓇᑦᓯᐊᑎᒃ ᐃᓕᖕᓂᑦ ᐱᖕᒪᑕ, ᓇᖕᒥᓂᑎᓪᓗ ᑕᕝᕙ ᑐᓂᕙᕗᑦ ᐃᓕᖕᓄᑦ.
ᓲᓗᒨᓂᐅᓪᓗ ᒎᑎ ᐅᖃᐅᑎᕚ, “ᓈᒃᑭᒍᓱᕕᒡᔪᐊᕐᓯᒪᒐᕕᑦ ᓇᒡᓕᒍᓱᒃᓗᑎᓪᓗ ᐊᑖᑕᓐᓂᒃ ᑍᕕᑎᒥᒃ, ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕐᔪᐊᓐᖑᕐᑎᓯᒪᕙᕐᒪᓗ ᑖᑦᓱᒥᖓ ᐃᓇᖐᑎᓪᓗᖓ.
ᐊᑕᓃᖅ, ᐃᓄᒃ ᓱᓇᐅᕚ ᑍᒫᒃ ᑲᒪᒋᒐᕕᐅᒃ? ᐅᕝᕙᓗ ᐃᓅᑉ ᐃᕐᓂᖓ ᑍᒫᒃ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᒐᕕᐅᒃ?
ᒎᑎᐅᓪᓕ ᐃᑲᔪᐃᓐᓇᕐᐹᖓ ᐅᓪᓗᒥᒧᑦ ᑎᑭᓪᓗᒍ, ᒫᓐᓇᓗ ᓇᖏᕐᐳᖓ ᓇᓗᓁᕐᓯᔪᓐᓇᕐᓗᖓ ᐊᑦᔨᒌᒃᑐᒥᒃ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᐊᑦᔨᒌᖏᑦᑐᓄᑦ, ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᕐᐳᖓ ᓇᓚᐅᑦᑍᔪᑦ ᒨᓯᓯᐅᓪᓗ ᓇᓪᓕᐅᑎᓂᐊᕐᓂᕋᕐᓯᒪᔭᖏᑕ ᐊᓯᐊᒎᖏᑦᑐᓂᒃ.
ᑖᑦᓱᒪ ᓴᐳᑎᓚᐅᕐᐹᑎᒍᑦ ᑐᖁᒦᓐᓇᕐᑐᓂᑦ, ᓱᓕᓗ ᓴᐳᑎᓂᐊᕆᕚᑎᒍᑦ; ᑖᑦᓱᒪᓐᖓᑦ ᓂᕆᐅᒃᐳᒍᑦ ᓱᓕ ᓴᐳᑎᓯᒪᓂᐊᕐᒪᑎᒍᑦ.
ᐅᕙᖓ ᒎᑎᐅᑉ ᐃᓄᖁᑎᓕᒫᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᒥᑭᓐᓂᕐᐸᐅᒐᓗᐊᕐᑐᖓ, ᒎᑎᐅᑉ ᑐᓂᓯᕕᒋᓚᐅᕐᐹᖓ ᐱᑦᓯᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᑎᑦᓯᓂᕐᒥᒍᑦ; ᔫᑎᐅᖏᑦᑐᓄᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕐᓂᒃ ᑐᓴᕈᒥᓇᕐᑐᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᖁᓪᓗᖓ ᙭ᔅᑑᓯᐅᑉ ᐊᒥᒐᕐᓯᖏᓐᓂᖓᓂᒃ ᑭᒡᓕᖃᖏᑦᑐᒥᒃ,
ᒋᑎᐅᓂᐅᑉ ᑭᐅᕚ, “ᕿᓄᕗᖓ, ᐊᑕᓃᖅ, ᖃᓄᕐᓕ ᓴᐳᑦᔨᔪᓐᓇᕐᐳᖓ ᐃᓴᕆᐊᓕᒥᐅᓂᒃ? ᑭᖑᕚᖑᖃᑎᑦᑎᓐᓂᑦ ᐃᓚᒌᒃᑐᒍᑦ ᓴᓐᖐᓐᓂᕐᐹᖑᒐᑦᑕ ᒫᓇᓯᐅᑉ ᑭᖑᕚᖏᓐᓂ, ᐅᕙᖓᓗ ᓱᓇᐅᖏᓐᓂᕐᐹᖑᓪᓗᖓ ᐃᓚᑦᑎᓐᓂᑦ.”
ᑕᕝᕙ ᓴᒧᐃᓕ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᒥᒃ ᑎᒍᓯᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᓕᕚ ᒥᔅᐸᐅᑉ ᔨᓴᓇᐅᓪᓗ ᐊᑯᓐᓂᖓᓄᑦ, ᐊᑦᓯᕐᐹᓗ ᐃᐱᓂᓯᕆᒥᒃ ᐅᖃᕐᓗᓂ, “ᑕᒪᐅᖓ ᑎᑭᓪᓗᒍ ᐊᑕᓂᐅᑉ ᐃᑲᔪᓚᐅᕐᐹᑎᒍᑦ.”
ᓴᐅᓕᐅᑉ ᑭᐅᕚ, “ᐱᓐᔭᒥᓂᐅᑉ ᑭᖑᕚᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᓐᖏᓚᖔ, ᐃᓴᕆᐊᓕᒥᐅᑦ ᑭᖑᕚᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᒥᑭᓐᓂᕐᐸᐅᕗᑦ ᐃᓚᒃᑲᓗ ᒥᑭᓐᓂᕐᐸᐅᖏᓛᑦ ᐱᓐᔭᒥᓂᐅᑉ ᑭᖑᕚᕇᖏᓐᓂᑦ? ᖃᓄᐃᒻᒪᑦ ᑍᒫᒃ ᐅᕙᓐᓄᑦ ᐅᖃᕐᐲᑦ?”