Barwar: The Monk and the Angel

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Geoffrey Khan	Khan, Geoffrey. The Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Barwar. 3 vols. Leiden-Boston: Brill, 2008, vol. 3	Dawiḏ ʾAdam

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0:00	ʾìṯwaˈ xa-ràbbən,ˈ tíwɛwa gu-xa-gəppìṯa.ˈ ṯéle xa-náša swarìya,ˈ rakáwa.ˈ ṣléle rəš-xa-ʾɛ̀na.ˈ tìwle,ˈ xílle mə̀ndi,ˈ štéle mìya.ˈ ʾíṯwale xákma zùze.ˈ qímle šqilìle.ˈ muttìleˈ rəš-d-ɛ-ʾɛ̀na.ˈ ʾàwwaˈ munšìle zúze díye.ˈ zìlle.ˈ ʾáwwa zílle b-ʾùrxa.ˈ ṯéle xá rakáwa xèna,ˈ swarìya.ˈ zílle rəš-ʾɛ̀na.ˈ qəm-xazèlaˈ ʾə̀mma dináre.ˈ šqilíle jal-jàldeˈ muttíle gu-jɛ̀beˈ ʾu-zìlle.ˈ ʾo-qamàyaˈ ʾámər ʾòhˈ zúzi munšìli.ˈ qɛ́mən dɛ̀ṛənˈ ʾázən šáqlən zùziˈ m-rəš-ʾɛ̀na.ˈ ha-t-ʾáṯe ʾo-náša qamàyaˈ máṭe l-ʾɛ̀naˈ ʾáṯe xa-náša sàwa.ˈ máṭe rəš-ʾɛ̀naˈ mattúla kàrteˈ ʾu-tíwle manyòxe.ˈ ʾo-qamáya ṱ-íle zúze mùnšyaˈ ṯéle ʾə́lle dìye.ˈ ʾàmərˈ mpáləṭla zùzi,!ˈ ʾə́mma dináre ʾána hon-mùnšəlla láxxa.ˈ lázəm yawə̀tla.ˈ yába lán-xəzya zùze,ˈ lá ʾáxxa-w tàmmaˈ ʾu-kízle b-ay-gòta.ˈ là.ˈ mə́re qaṭlə̀nnux.ˈ mə́re qṭùl!ˈ lìtli.ˈ zúze làn-xəzya.ˈ qìmleˈ qəm-qaṭə̀lle.ˈ qəm-qaṭə̀lle.ˈ ràbbənˈ yăḏət-mà-yle?ˈ ràbbənˈ ʾáwwa ṱ-i-sàxəḏ l-ʾálahaˈ ʾu-ṱ-i-mṣàle-uˈ lé-y-ʾaxəl bə̀sra-wˈ ʾáw y-amríle ràbbən.ˈ hóle tíwa gu-xa-gəppìṯaˈ ʾarbì-šənne.ˈ qìmɛleˈ mə́re mádam hàtxɛlaˈ ṱ-ázən ṭắyən báṯər ḥaqqùṯaˈ ʾu-na-ḥaqqùṯa.ˈ ʾɛ̀nila ḥaqqúṯaˈ ʾu-ʾɛ̀nila na-ḥaqqúṯa.ˈ mára ṣə̀lyɛleˈ ta-t-ʾázəl ʾùrxa.ˈ ʾálaha mšúdrəlle malàxa.ˈ mə́re ṣlí qamṯə-d-áwwa nàša,ˈ ràbbən,ˈ t-là-xaləṭ.ˈ ṣə́lyɛle qámṯe dìye.ˈ mə̀reˈ ha-gàni,ˈ lɛ̀kət zála?ˈ mə̀reˈ hon-zála ṭắya báṯər ḥaqqúṯa-w na-ḥaqqùṯa.ˈ ʾámər ʾap-ʾàna hówən zála ṭắya báṯər ḥaqqúṯa ʾu-na-ḥaqqùṯa.ˈ mə̀re,ˈ maláxa mə́re ṭla-ràbbən,ˈ mə́re ṱ-áwḏət b-xàbriˈ kú-məndi ṱ-amrə̀nnux?ˈ ʾámər hè.ˈ mə́re ma-yxàləf.ˈ mə́re ʾána w-áti xonăwàṯəx.ˈ zìlela,ˈ zíle, zíle, zíle gu-ḏà-maṯa.ˈ ʾaṣə̀rtɛla,ˈ b-áyya dána hàtxa,ˈ mə́xyela l-tắrət bɛ́ṯət xa-nàša.ˈ wìrela gu-bɛ́ṯa.ˈ šlàma-llɛxu!ˈ b-šɛ́na b-ṭawàṯa,ˈ páqḏu tìwe!ˈ tíwela tàmaˈ ʾu-xílela ʾixàlaˈ ʾu-píše dmìxe.ˈ dmìxela,ˈ b-lɛ̀le,ˈ maláxa mŭṛə̀šleˈqa-ràbbənˈ mə́re qù!ˈ qù!ˈ mə́re há də-šúqlən dàmxəx.ˈ lɛ́t-mira ṱ-óḏən b-xàbrux?ˈ qu-šqúlla ʾáyya skìnta.ˈ si-prúmle ʾáwwa yála zòraˈ ṱ-íle gu-dudìya.ˈ ʾaw-mə̀reˈ dáx pɛrmə́nne ʾàwwa?ˈ mút ḥaqqúṯa na-ḥaqqùṯɛla?ˈ mə́re nə́mu lɛ́t-mira ṱ-óḏən b-xàbrux?ˈ ʾàyyɛla.ˈ bắyət bằyət.ˈ la-bắyət si-prúmle yàla.ˈ bába-w yə́mmət yàlaˈ xamši-šə́nne ʾíṯwala ʾùmraˈ líṯwala bnòne.ˈ ʾáwwa yála yíwəlle ʾálaha ʾə́lla díya ʾəštà yárxe.ˈ ʾu-ʾáp-ʾawwa qəm-parmìle.ˈ ʾu-zìlla.ˈ b-lɛ̀le,ˈ zìlla,ˈ síqla xa-máṯa xèta.ˈ mə́re ʾáyya mút ḥaqqúṯa na-ḥaqqùṯɛla,ˈ ya-ʾaxòni?ˈ hátxa măləpə́tli ḥaqqúṯa ʾu-na-ḥaqqùṯa.ˈ zílela gu-ḏa-máṯa xèta.ˈ màra,ˈ ʾímət sìqlaˈ gu-d-ɛ̀-maṯa,ˈ wírra gu-xa-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ muttúla ʾixála xàla.ˈ xa-ṭásət dàwaˈ qəm-mɛṯɛ̀la,ˈ mattíla tàma,ˈ mìya gáwa díya.ˈ ʾánna xílela ʾixàlaˈ ʾu-lɛ́la šə́tye míya mən-d-ɛ-ṭàsa.ˈ wítɛla b-lɛ̀le,ˈ maláxa mŭṛə́šle qa-ràbbən,ˈ mə́re qù!ˈ šqúlla ʾáyya ṭàsaˈ ʾu-háyyo mə̀nni.ˈ šqíləlla ṭása b-lɛ̀leˈ ʾu-núbləlla zə́dyəlla gu-ḏa-dɛ̀rta.ˈ šqíləlla mən-d-ɛ-dɛ̀rta,ˈ núbləlla zə́dyəlla gu-ḏa-xèta.ˈ mə́re ʾáyya mút ḥaqqúṯa na-ḥaqqùṯɛla?ˈ mút farqùṯɛla,ˈ gu-d-áyya dɛ́rta ʾaw-gu-d-ăyàha?ˈ ʾámər hàyyo!ˈ háyyo mə̀nni.ˈ nə́mu lan-mírəllux ku-mdi-ṱ-ámrən ṱ-óḏət b-xàbri?ˈ mə́re hè.ˈ márɛle síqela gu-xa-ṭùra,ˈ ṭúra ʾisáre ramàne.ˈ xa-náša sàwaˈ ʾúmre díye … yáʿni də́qne díye mṭáya l-ằra,ˈ hóle ṭína kɛ́rtət qɛ̀seˈ l-xàṣe.ˈ hóle tíwa l-kèpa,ˈ hàtxa.ˈ ʾánna pìḏela mə́nne díye,ˈ ʾap-šlàma lɛ́la də́ryəlle.ˈ maláxa mə́re ṭla-ràbbənˈ mə́re xzi-kəmɛ́le lxìma!ˈ si-mxi-ʾáqlux gu-xáṣe díye l-àyya kɛ́rtaˈ ʾu-hálle ṣàle,ˈ šáməṭ qḏále dìye.ˈ ʾámər mút ḥaqqúṯa na-ḥaqqùṯa?!ˈ na-ḥaqqúṯa là ʾawḏə́nna.ˈ mə́re nə́mu lat-mqúla mə̀nni?ˈ mə́re hè.ˈ mə́re də-sì!ˈ zílɛle maxéla-ʾaqle ʾə́lle dìyeˈ ʾap-ʾáw ṣàleˈ šáməṭle qḏàle.ˈ mə́re ṭla-mò hátxa,ˈ ya-xòni?ˈ ṭla-mò wídlux hátxa bíyi?ˈ ʾána zála báṯər ḥaqqúṯa na-ḥaqqúṯa t-ʾàlahaˈ w-áxxa-w támma ʾə́dyo ʾə̀dyoˈ mu-ṣṭímlux bɛ̀ṯi,ˈ ʾáti wídlux hátxa hátxa bìyi?ˈ mə́re mùt xə́zya qam-ʾɛ́nux?ˈ mə́re xə́zyɛwən ʾána ʾímə ṱ-ín tíwa láxxa ʾarbi-šə̀nne,ˈ hon-tíwa láxxa gu-d-áy gəppìṯa,ˈ ṯéle xa-náša swarìya,ˈ ṯéle zílle rəš-ʾɛ̀na.ˈ xílle mə̀ndiˈ ʾu-šwíqle zúze díye táma zìlle.ˈ ṯéle xa-xèna,ˈ ʾan-zúze šqilíle ʾu-zìlle.ˈ ṯéle xa-náša sàwa.ˈ díṛṛe ʾo-qamáya qəm-qaṭə́lle ʾo-sàwa.ˈ ṭla-mòdi?ˈ mə́re yằḏət,ˈ ʾo-gawáyə šqilíle zùzeˈ ʾáni zúzət bábe dìye,ˈ də̀mmɛla.ˈ ʾɛ́nile qṭìləlle?ˈ qṭíləlle ʾo-náša sàwa.ˈ ʾə́dyo ʾo-sáwa qəm-qaṭə̀lle.ˈ mə́re ma-yxàləf,ˈ ʾáyya ḏiyàli.ˈ ʾína módi bəd-brònaˈ ʾíṯwala xámši-w xámša šə̀nneˈ líṯwala bnòne?ˈ har-ʾàwwɛwa.ˈ mə́re xzí ṱ-amrə̀nnux,ˈ ʾu-màṣyəṯ.ˈ mə̀reˈ hál xámši-w xámša šə̀nneˈ y-awɛ́wa sxáḏa ʾalàha,ˈ y-ámər ya-ʾalàha,ˈ yawə́tlən xa-bròna.ˈ ʾímət ʾaláha yíwle ʾəlléy brònaˈ šuréla manšóyəlle ʾalàha,ˈ là txára ʾálaha,ˈ ʾu-là-mṣalɛwa qa-ʾálaha,ˈ har-dbíše b-bronèy.ˈ là,ˈ mə́re šaqlə́xle bronéy ta-t-taxríle ʾálaha xá-ga xèta.ˈ ʾámər ma-yxàləf,ˈ ʾap-ʾáyya qbilàli.ˈ módi bəd-manáyə d-áyya ṭàsaˈ dàwa,ˈ šqilálən m-àxxa,ˈ nublálən gu-d-yáha dɛ̀rta?ˈ mə́re ʾáwwa bɛ́ṯa xălàla-wewaˈ bás ʾáyya ṭása dàwaˈ gnàwa-wawa gnúta.ˈ ʾɛ-dɛ́rtə zədyálux gáwa díya kúlla genàwela.ˈ ʾálaha b-dayə̀nna.ˈ k̭áwa ṭla-d-àni.ˈ mə́re ma-yxàləf.ˈ ʾáwwa náša sáwa ṭla-mó qəm-maqəṭlə́tle bìyi?ˈ ʾáwwa náša sáwa rába ṭàwa-wewaˈ ʾu-y-azə́lwa b-úrxət ʾalàha.ˈ lɛ́wewa xlìṭaˈ ʾu-šuréle ʿajòzeˈ yáʿni kčàxa.ˈ ʾu-t-lá xàləṭˈ ṱ-ámər ya-ʾálaha šqùlliˈ ya-ʾálaha hátxa mə̀nni.ˈ qámət xàləṭ.ˈ ʾánna kúlla t-wiḏìli qámuxˈ ḏìlux módila?ˈ mə́re hé qəm-yăḏə̀nna.ˈ ʾu-mə́re si-dúṛ l-šòpux,ˈ ʾax-ʾarbí-šənne ṱ-it-ʾáti plíxa qa-ʾalàha,ˈ ʾu-pàlxeti.ˈ ʾána malàxən.ˈ ʾən-lá-ʾawḏət b-xábra dìyiˈ gánux šaqlə̀nna.ˈ ʾámər xáṭər ʾalàha,ˈ ʾu-xáṭər mšìxa,ˈ bas-lá dáqrət bìyi.ˈ ṱ-ázən šòpi.ˈ ṱ-axlə́nne lə́xmi hál ʾo-yómət mɛ̀ṯənˈ har-ʾúrxət ʾálaha dóqən b-ìḏi.ˈ šwiqáli tàmaˈ ʾu-ṯéli làxxa.ˈ ʾìṯwaˈ xa-ràbbən,ˈ tíwɛwa gu-xa-gəppìṯa.ˈ ṯéle xa-náša swarìya,ˈ rakáwa.ˈ ṣléle rəš-xa-ʾɛ̀na.ˈ tìwle,ˈ xílle mə̀ndi,ˈ štéle mìya.ˈ ʾíṯwale xákma zùze.ˈ qímle šqilìle.ˈ muttìleˈ rəš-d-ɛ-ʾɛ̀na.ˈ ʾàwwaˈ munšìle zúze díye.ˈ zìlle.ˈ ʾáwwa zílle b-ʾùrxa.ˈ ṯéle xá rakáwa xèna,ˈ swarìya.ˈ zílle rəš-ʾɛ̀na.ˈ qəm-xazèlaˈ ʾə̀mma dináre.ˈ šqilíle jal-jàldeˈ muttíle gu-jɛ̀beˈ ʾu-zìlle.ˈ ʾo-qamàyaˈ ʾámər ʾòhˈ zúzi munšìli.ˈ qɛ́mən dɛ̀ṛənˈ ʾázən šáqlən zùziˈ m-rəš-ʾɛ̀na.ˈ ha-t-ʾáṯe ʾo-náša qamàyaˈ máṭe l-ʾɛ̀naˈ ʾáṯe xa-náša sàwa.ˈ máṭe rəš-ʾɛ̀naˈ mattúla kàrteˈ ʾu-tíwle manyòxe.ˈ ʾo-qamáya ṱ-íle zúze mùnšyaˈ ṯéle ʾə́lle dìye.ˈ ʾàmərˈ mpáləṭla zùzi,!ˈ ʾə́mma dináre ʾána hon-mùnšəlla láxxa.ˈ lázəm yawə̀tla.ˈ yába lán-xəzya zùze,ˈ lá ʾáxxa-w tàmmaˈ ʾu-kízle b-ay-gòta.ˈ là.ˈ mə́re qaṭlə̀nnux.ˈ mə́re qṭùl!ˈ lìtli.ˈ zúze làn-xəzya.ˈ qìmleˈ qəm-qaṭə̀lle.ˈ qəm-qaṭə̀lle.ˈ ràbbənˈ yăḏət-mà-yle?ˈ ràbbənˈ ʾáwwa ṱ-i-sàxəḏ l-ʾálahaˈ ʾu-ṱ-i-mṣàle-uˈ lé-y-ʾaxəl bə̀sra-wˈ ʾáw y-amríle ràbbən.ˈ hóle tíwa gu-xa-gəppìṯaˈ ʾarbì-šənne.ˈ qìmɛleˈ mə́re mádam hàtxɛlaˈ ṱ-ázən ṭắyən báṯər ḥaqqùṯaˈ ʾu-na-ḥaqqùṯa.ˈ ʾɛ̀nila ḥaqqúṯaˈ ʾu-ʾɛ̀nila na-ḥaqqúṯa.ˈ mára ṣə̀lyɛleˈ ta-t-ʾázəl ʾùrxa.ˈ ʾálaha mšúdrəlle malàxa.ˈ mə́re ṣlí qamṯə-d-áwwa nàša,ˈ ràbbən,ˈ t-là-xaləṭ.ˈ ṣə́lyɛle qámṯe dìye.ˈ mə̀reˈ ha-gàni,ˈ lɛ̀kət zála?ˈ mə̀reˈ hon-zála ṭắya báṯər ḥaqqúṯa-w na-ḥaqqùṯa.ˈ ʾámər ʾap-ʾàna hówən zála ṭắya báṯər ḥaqqúṯa ʾu-na-ḥaqqùṯa.ˈ mə̀re,ˈ maláxa mə́re ṭla-ràbbən,ˈ mə́re ṱ-áwḏət b-xàbriˈ kú-məndi ṱ-amrə̀nnux?ˈ ʾámər hè.ˈ mə́re ma-yxàləf.ˈ mə́re ʾána w-áti xonăwàṯəx.ˈ zìlela,ˈ zíle, zíle, zíle gu-ḏà-maṯa.ˈ ʾaṣə̀rtɛla,ˈ b-áyya dána hàtxa,ˈ mə́xyela l-tắrət bɛ́ṯət xa-nàša.ˈ wìrela gu-bɛ́ṯa.ˈ šlàma-llɛxu!ˈ b-šɛ́na b-ṭawàṯa,ˈ páqḏu tìwe!ˈ tíwela tàmaˈ ʾu-xílela ʾixàlaˈ ʾu-píše dmìxe.ˈ dmìxela,ˈ b-lɛ̀le,ˈ maláxa mŭṛə̀šleˈqa-ràbbənˈ mə́re qù!ˈ qù!ˈ mə́re há də-šúqlən dàmxəx.ˈ lɛ́t-mira ṱ-óḏən b-xàbrux?ˈ qu-šqúlla ʾáyya skìnta.ˈ si-prúmle ʾáwwa yála zòraˈ ṱ-íle gu-dudìya.ˈ ʾaw-mə̀reˈ dáx pɛrmə́nne ʾàwwa?ˈ mút ḥaqqúṯa na-ḥaqqùṯɛla?ˈ mə́re nə́mu lɛ́t-mira ṱ-óḏən b-xàbrux?ˈ ʾàyyɛla.ˈ bắyət bằyət.ˈ la-bắyət si-prúmle yàla.ˈ bába-w yə́mmət yàlaˈ xamši-šə́nne ʾíṯwala ʾùmraˈ líṯwala bnòne.ˈ ʾáwwa yála yíwəlle ʾálaha ʾə́lla díya ʾəštà yárxe.ˈ ʾu-ʾáp-ʾawwa qəm-parmìle.ˈ ʾu-zìlla.ˈ b-lɛ̀le,ˈ zìlla,ˈ síqla xa-máṯa xèta.ˈ mə́re ʾáyya mút ḥaqqúṯa na-ḥaqqùṯɛla,ˈ ya-ʾaxòni?ˈ hátxa măləpə́tli ḥaqqúṯa ʾu-na-ḥaqqùṯa.ˈ zílela gu-ḏa-máṯa xèta.ˈ màra,ˈ ʾímət sìqlaˈ gu-d-ɛ̀-maṯa,ˈ wírra gu-xa-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ muttúla ʾixála xàla.ˈ xa-ṭásət dàwaˈ qəm-mɛṯɛ̀la,ˈ mattíla tàma,ˈ mìya gáwa díya.ˈ ʾánna xílela ʾixàlaˈ ʾu-lɛ́la šə́tye míya mən-d-ɛ-ṭàsa.ˈ wítɛla b-lɛ̀le,ˈ maláxa mŭṛə́šle qa-ràbbən,ˈ mə́re qù!ˈ šqúlla ʾáyya ṭàsaˈ ʾu-háyyo mə̀nni.ˈ šqíləlla ṭása b-lɛ̀leˈ ʾu-núbləlla zə́dyəlla gu-ḏa-dɛ̀rta.ˈ šqíləlla mən-d-ɛ-dɛ̀rta,ˈ núbləlla zə́dyəlla gu-ḏa-xèta.ˈ mə́re ʾáyya mút ḥaqqúṯa na-ḥaqqùṯɛla?ˈ mút farqùṯɛla,ˈ gu-d-áyya dɛ́rta ʾaw-gu-d-ăyàha?ˈ ʾámər hàyyo!ˈ háyyo mə̀nni.ˈ nə́mu lan-mírəllux ku-mdi-ṱ-ámrən ṱ-óḏət b-xàbri?ˈ mə́re hè.ˈ márɛle síqela gu-xa-ṭùra,ˈ ṭúra ʾisáre ramàne.ˈ xa-náša sàwaˈ ʾúmre díye … yáʿni də́qne díye mṭáya l-ằra,ˈ hóle ṭína kɛ́rtət qɛ̀seˈ l-xàṣe.ˈ hóle tíwa l-kèpa,ˈ hàtxa.ˈ ʾánna pìḏela mə́nne díye,ˈ ʾap-šlàma lɛ́la də́ryəlle.ˈ maláxa mə́re ṭla-ràbbənˈ mə́re xzi-kəmɛ́le lxìma!ˈ si-mxi-ʾáqlux gu-xáṣe díye l-àyya kɛ́rtaˈ ʾu-hálle ṣàle,ˈ šáməṭ qḏále dìye.ˈ ʾámər mút ḥaqqúṯa na-ḥaqqùṯa?!ˈ na-ḥaqqúṯa là ʾawḏə́nna.ˈ mə́re nə́mu lat-mqúla mə̀nni?ˈ mə́re hè.ˈ mə́re də-sì!ˈ zílɛle maxéla-ʾaqle ʾə́lle dìyeˈ ʾap-ʾáw ṣàleˈ šáməṭle qḏàle.ˈ mə́re ṭla-mò hátxa,ˈ ya-xòni?ˈ ṭla-mò wídlux hátxa bíyi?ˈ ʾána zála báṯər ḥaqqúṯa na-ḥaqqúṯa t-ʾàlahaˈ w-áxxa-w támma ʾə́dyo ʾə̀dyoˈ mu-ṣṭímlux bɛ̀ṯi,ˈ ʾáti wídlux hátxa hátxa bìyi?ˈ mə́re mùt xə́zya qam-ʾɛ́nux?ˈ mə́re xə́zyɛwən ʾána ʾímə ṱ-ín tíwa láxxa ʾarbi-šə̀nne,ˈ hon-tíwa láxxa gu-d-áy gəppìṯa,ˈ ṯéle xa-náša swarìya,ˈ ṯéle zílle rəš-ʾɛ̀na.ˈ xílle mə̀ndiˈ ʾu-šwíqle zúze díye táma zìlle.ˈ ṯéle xa-xèna,ˈ ʾan-zúze šqilíle ʾu-zìlle.ˈ ṯéle xa-náša sàwa.ˈ díṛṛe ʾo-qamáya qəm-qaṭə́lle ʾo-sàwa.ˈ ṭla-mòdi?ˈ mə́re yằḏət,ˈ ʾo-gawáyə šqilíle zùzeˈ ʾáni zúzət bábe dìye,ˈ də̀mmɛla.ˈ ʾɛ́nile qṭìləlle?ˈ qṭíləlle ʾo-náša sàwa.ˈ ʾə́dyo ʾo-sáwa qəm-qaṭə̀lle.ˈ mə́re ma-yxàləf,ˈ ʾáyya ḏiyàli.ˈ ʾína módi bəd-brònaˈ ʾíṯwala xámši-w xámša šə̀nneˈ líṯwala bnòne?ˈ har-ʾàwwɛwa.ˈ mə́re xzí ṱ-amrə̀nnux,ˈ ʾu-màṣyəṯ.ˈ mə̀reˈ hál xámši-w xámša šə̀nneˈ y-awɛ́wa sxáḏa ʾalàha,ˈ y-ámər ya-ʾalàha,ˈ yawə́tlən xa-bròna.ˈ ʾímət ʾaláha yíwle ʾəlléy brònaˈ šuréla manšóyəlle ʾalàha,ˈ là txára ʾálaha,ˈ ʾu-là-mṣalɛwa qa-ʾálaha,ˈ har-dbíše b-bronèy.ˈ là,ˈ mə́re šaqlə́xle bronéy ta-t-taxríle ʾálaha xá-ga xèta.ˈ ʾámər ma-yxàləf,ˈ ʾap-ʾáyya qbilàli.ˈ módi bəd-manáyə d-áyya ṭàsaˈ dàwa,ˈ šqilálən m-àxxa,ˈ nublálən gu-d-yáha dɛ̀rta?ˈ mə́re ʾáwwa bɛ́ṯa xălàla-wewaˈ bás ʾáyya ṭása dàwaˈ gnàwa-wawa gnúta.ˈ ʾɛ-dɛ́rtə zədyálux gáwa díya kúlla genàwela.ˈ ʾálaha b-dayə̀nna.ˈ k̭áwa ṭla-d-àni.ˈ mə́re ma-yxàləf.ˈ ʾáwwa náša sáwa ṭla-mó qəm-maqəṭlə́tle bìyi?ˈ ʾáwwa náša sáwa rába ṭàwa-wewaˈ ʾu-y-azə́lwa b-úrxət ʾalàha.ˈ lɛ́wewa xlìṭaˈ ʾu-šuréle ʿajòzeˈ yáʿni kčàxa.ˈ ʾu-t-lá xàləṭˈ ṱ-ámər ya-ʾálaha šqùlliˈ ya-ʾálaha hátxa mə̀nni.ˈ qámət xàləṭ.ˈ ʾánna kúlla t-wiḏìli qámuxˈ ḏìlux módila?ˈ mə́re hé qəm-yăḏə̀nna.ˈ ʾu-mə́re si-dúṛ l-šòpux,ˈ ʾax-ʾarbí-šənne ṱ-it-ʾáti plíxa qa-ʾalàha,ˈ ʾu-pàlxeti.ˈ ʾána malàxən.ˈ ʾən-lá-ʾawḏət b-xábra dìyiˈ gánux šaqlə̀nna.ˈ ʾámər xáṭər ʾalàha,ˈ ʾu-xáṭər mšìxa,ˈ bas-lá dáqrət bìyi.ˈ ṱ-ázən šòpi.ˈ ṱ-axlə́nne lə́xmi hál ʾo-yómət mɛ̀ṯənˈ har-ʾúrxət ʾálaha dóqən b-ìḏi.ˈ šwiqáli tàmaˈ ʾu-ṯéli làxxa.ˈ	There was once a monk who lived in a cave. A horseman, a rider came. He alighted at a spring. He sat down, ate something and drank some water. He had some money. He took it and put it on top of the spring. He forgot his money. He went off. He went off on the road. Another rider came, a horseman. He went to the spring. He saw the hundred dinars. He quickly took them, put them in his pocket and went off. The first (rider) said ‘Oh, I have forgotten my money. I’ll return and go to take my money from on top of the spring.’ Before the first man reached the spring, an old man came. He went up to the spring, laid down his load and sat down to rest. The first man, who had forgotten his money, came to him. He said ‘Give back my money! I have forgotten one hundred dinars here. You must give it (to me).’ ‘I have not seen any money’. (He could) not (find it) here and there, he tried (looking) on the other side, but no. He said ‘I’ll kill you’. He said ‘Kill (me). I have not got it. I have not seen any money’. He killed him. He killed him. Do you know what a monk is? A monk is somebody who worships God, who prays and does not eat meat. He is called a monk. He was dwelling in a cave for forty years. He arose and said ‘If (the world) is like that, I shall go and search for what is lawful and what is unlawful, for what is lawful and what is not lawful’. So, he went down to set off on the road. God sent an angel to him. He said ‘Go down to meet this man, the monk, so that he does not make a mistake’. He went down to meet him. He said ‘Hey, my soul, where are you going?’ He said ‘I am going to search for what is lawful and what is unlawful’. He said ‘I also am going to search for what is lawful and what is unlawful’. He said, the angel said to the monk, he said ‘Will you do as I say, whatever I tell you?’ He said ‘Yes’. He said ‘Fine’. He said ‘You and I are brothers’. They went a long way until they came to a village. It was evening, this time of day, they knocked on the door of a person. They entered the house. ‘Greetings to you!’ ‘You are welcome, please sit down’. They sat there, ate food, then slept. They slept. In the night the angel woke the monk. He said ‘Get up! Get up!’ He said ‘Oh, let us sleep’. ‘Did you not say “I shall do as I say”? Get up and take this knife. Go and slaughter this baby boy who is in the cradle’. He said ‘How can I slaughter him? What is lawful and what is unlawful?’ He said ‘Did you not say “I shall do as you say”. That is that. Whether you want to do so or not, go and slaughter the baby.’ The father and mother of the baby did not have children for fifty years. God gave this baby to them six months ago’. They slaughtered him and went on their way. At night they went off, and went up to another village. He said ‘What is there lawful or unlawful in this, my brother? You should teach me what is lawful and what is unlawful’. They went to another village. Then, when they had gone up to that village, they entered a house. They (the inhabitants) laid food to eat. They brought a golden bowl. They placed it there, with water in it. They ate the food, but did not drink the water from that bowl. In the night the angel woke the monk, he said ‘Get up! Take this bowl and come with me’. They took the bowl in the night, took it away and threw it into a house enclosure. They took it from that enclosure, took it away and threw it into another one. He said ‘What is lawful or unlawful in this? What is the difference (whether it is) in this enclosure or that one?’ He said ‘Come, come with me. Did I not say to you “Do everything I tell you”?’ He said ‘Yes’. Then they went up into a mountain, a mountain with high rocks. An old man, whose age … that is his beard reached the ground, was carrying a load of wood on his back. He was sitting on a stone, like this. They passed by him, but did not even greet him. The angel said to the monk, he said ‘Look how fit he is! Go and kick his back on the load (he is carrying) and let him go down (the mountain) and break his neck.’ He said ‘What is there lawful or unlawful (in this)?’ I shall not do what is unlawful.’ He said ‘Have you not promised me?’ He said ‘Yes’. He said ‘Go on!’ He went and kicked him, and he went down (the mountain) and broke his neck’. He said ‘Why this, my brother? Why have you done this to me? I am seeking what is lawful and what is unlawful to God, and so forth, but why have you ruined me today and done such a thing to me?’ He said ‘What did you see before your eyes?’ He said ‘I saw, when I had sat there for forty years, had sat in that cave, that a horseman came, he came to a spring. He ate something. He left his money there and went off. Another man came. He took that money and went off. An old man came. The first man returned and killed that old man. Why?’ He said ‘You know, the second one, who took the money, this is the money of his father, it is his blood (money). Who killed him? That old man killed him. Today that old man killed him’. He said ‘Fine, I have understood this (now), but what about the child, (whose parents) had not had children for fifty-five years? He was the only one (they had)’. He said ‘Look, I’ll tell you, so listen.’ He said ‘For fifty-five years they were worshipping God, he (the man) would say “Oh God, give us a son”. When God gave them a son, they began to forget God, they did not remember God and did not pray to God. They were constantly attached to their son. No, he told us to take their son so that they remember God again.’ He said ‘Fine, I now accept that. What about the meaning of that golden bowl, which we took from here and took away to that house enclosure?’ He said ‘That house was pure, but the bowl was stolen. The enclo-sure where you threw it, they are all robbers there. God will judge them. May they get what they deserve’. He said ‘Fine, but why did you make me kill that old man?’ ‘That old man was very good and went in the way of God. He had not committed any (sinful) error. He started to get incapable and tired. In order for him not to commit an error, he said ‘Oh God, take me, oh God, while I am like this”, before he committed any error. Do you now understand everything that I did before you?’ He said ‘Yes, I have understood them.’ He said ‘Go back to your place and continue to serve God as you have served him for forty years. I am an angel. If you do not do as I tell you, I shall take away your life’. He said ‘For the sake of God and the Messiah, do not touch me. I shall go to my place. I’ll eat my bread (there) and until the day I die I shall always keep to God’s way’. I have left it there and come here.

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ʾìṯwaˈ xa-ràbbən,ˈ tíwɛwa gu-xa-gəppìṯa.ˈ ṯéle xa-náša swarìya,ˈ rakáwa.ˈ ṣléle rəš-xa-ʾɛ̀na.ˈ tìwle,ˈ xílle mə̀ndi,ˈ štéle mìya.ˈ ʾíṯwale xákma zùze.ˈ qímle šqilìle.ˈ muttìleˈ rəš-d-ɛ-ʾɛ̀na.ˈ ʾàwwaˈ munšìle zúze díye.ˈ zìlle.ˈ ʾáwwa zílle b-ʾùrxa.ˈ ṯéle xá rakáwa xèna,ˈ swarìya.ˈ zílle rəš-ʾɛ̀na.ˈ qəm-xazèlaˈ ʾə̀mma dináre.ˈ šqilíle jal-jàldeˈ muttíle gu-jɛ̀beˈ ʾu-zìlle.ˈ ʾo-qamàyaˈ ʾámər ʾòhˈ zúzi munšìli.ˈ qɛ́mən dɛ̀ṛənˈ ʾázən šáqlən zùziˈ m-rəš-ʾɛ̀na.ˈ ha-t-ʾáṯe ʾo-náša qamàyaˈ máṭe l-ʾɛ̀naˈ ʾáṯe xa-náša sàwa.ˈ máṭe rəš-ʾɛ̀naˈ mattúla kàrteˈ ʾu-tíwle manyòxe.ˈ ʾo-qamáya ṱ-íle zúze mùnšyaˈ ṯéle ʾə́lle dìye.ˈ ʾàmərˈ mpáləṭla zùzi,!ˈ ʾə́mma dináre ʾána hon-mùnšəlla láxxa.ˈ lázəm yawə̀tla.ˈ yába lán-xəzya zùze,ˈ lá ʾáxxa-w tàmmaˈ ʾu-kízle b-ay-gòta.ˈ là.ˈ mə́re qaṭlə̀nnux.ˈ mə́re qṭùl!ˈ lìtli.ˈ zúze làn-xəzya.ˈ qìmleˈ qəm-qaṭə̀lle.ˈ qəm-qaṭə̀lle.ˈ ràbbənˈ yăḏət-mà-yle?ˈ ràbbənˈ ʾáwwa ṱ-i-sàxəḏ l-ʾálahaˈ ʾu-ṱ-i-mṣàle-uˈ lé-y-ʾaxəl bə̀sra-wˈ ʾáw y-amríle ràbbən.ˈ hóle tíwa gu-xa-gəppìṯaˈ ʾarbì-šənne.ˈ qìmɛleˈ mə́re mádam hàtxɛlaˈ ṱ-ázən ṭắyən báṯər ḥaqqùṯaˈ ʾu-na-ḥaqqùṯa.ˈ ʾɛ̀nila ḥaqqúṯaˈ ʾu-ʾɛ̀nila na-ḥaqqúṯa.ˈ mára ṣə̀lyɛleˈ ta-t-ʾázəl ʾùrxa.ˈ ʾálaha mšúdrəlle malàxa.ˈ mə́re ṣlí qamṯə-d-áwwa nàša,ˈ ràbbən,ˈ t-là-xaləṭ.ˈ ṣə́lyɛle qámṯe dìye.ˈ mə̀reˈ ha-gàni,ˈ lɛ̀kət zála?ˈ mə̀reˈ hon-zála ṭắya báṯər ḥaqqúṯa-w na-ḥaqqùṯa.ˈ ʾámər ʾap-ʾàna hówən zála ṭắya báṯər ḥaqqúṯa ʾu-na-ḥaqqùṯa.ˈ mə̀re,ˈ maláxa mə́re ṭla-ràbbən,ˈ mə́re ṱ-áwḏət b-xàbriˈ kú-məndi ṱ-amrə̀nnux?ˈ ʾámər hè.ˈ mə́re ma-yxàləf.ˈ mə́re ʾána w-áti xonăwàṯəx.ˈ zìlela,ˈ zíle, zíle, zíle gu-ḏà-maṯa.ˈ ʾaṣə̀rtɛla,ˈ b-áyya dána hàtxa,ˈ mə́xyela l-tắrət bɛ́ṯət xa-nàša.ˈ wìrela gu-bɛ́ṯa.ˈ šlàma-llɛxu!ˈ b-šɛ́na b-ṭawàṯa,ˈ páqḏu tìwe!ˈ tíwela tàmaˈ ʾu-xílela ʾixàlaˈ ʾu-píše dmìxe.ˈ dmìxela,ˈ b-lɛ̀le,ˈ maláxa mŭṛə̀šleˈqa-ràbbənˈ mə́re qù!ˈ qù!ˈ mə́re há də-šúqlən dàmxəx.ˈ lɛ́t-mira ṱ-óḏən b-xàbrux?ˈ qu-šqúlla ʾáyya skìnta.ˈ si-prúmle ʾáwwa yála zòraˈ ṱ-íle gu-dudìya.ˈ ʾaw-mə̀reˈ dáx pɛrmə́nne ʾàwwa?ˈ mút ḥaqqúṯa na-ḥaqqùṯɛla?ˈ mə́re nə́mu lɛ́t-mira ṱ-óḏən b-xàbrux?ˈ ʾàyyɛla.ˈ bắyət bằyət.ˈ la-bắyət si-prúmle yàla.ˈ bába-w yə́mmət yàlaˈ xamši-šə́nne ʾíṯwala ʾùmraˈ líṯwala bnòne.ˈ ʾáwwa yála yíwəlle ʾálaha ʾə́lla díya ʾəštà yárxe.ˈ ʾu-ʾáp-ʾawwa qəm-parmìle.ˈ ʾu-zìlla.ˈ b-lɛ̀le,ˈ zìlla,ˈ síqla xa-máṯa xèta.ˈ mə́re ʾáyya mút ḥaqqúṯa na-ḥaqqùṯɛla,ˈ ya-ʾaxòni?ˈ hátxa măləpə́tli ḥaqqúṯa ʾu-na-ḥaqqùṯa.ˈ zílela gu-ḏa-máṯa xèta.ˈ màra,ˈ ʾímət sìqlaˈ gu-d-ɛ̀-maṯa,ˈ wírra gu-xa-bɛ̀ṯa.ˈ muttúla ʾixála xàla.ˈ xa-ṭásət dàwaˈ qəm-mɛṯɛ̀la,ˈ mattíla tàma,ˈ mìya gáwa díya.ˈ ʾánna xílela ʾixàlaˈ ʾu-lɛ́la šə́tye míya mən-d-ɛ-ṭàsa.ˈ wítɛla b-lɛ̀le,ˈ maláxa mŭṛə́šle qa-ràbbən,ˈ mə́re qù!ˈ šqúlla ʾáyya ṭàsaˈ ʾu-háyyo mə̀nni.ˈ šqíləlla ṭása b-lɛ̀leˈ ʾu-núbləlla zə́dyəlla gu-ḏa-dɛ̀rta.ˈ šqíləlla mən-d-ɛ-dɛ̀rta,ˈ núbləlla zə́dyəlla gu-ḏa-xèta.ˈ mə́re ʾáyya mút ḥaqqúṯa na-ḥaqqùṯɛla?ˈ mút farqùṯɛla,ˈ gu-d-áyya dɛ́rta ʾaw-gu-d-ăyàha?ˈ ʾámər hàyyo!ˈ háyyo mə̀nni.ˈ nə́mu lan-mírəllux ku-mdi-ṱ-ámrən ṱ-óḏət b-xàbri?ˈ mə́re hè.ˈ márɛle síqela gu-xa-ṭùra,ˈ ṭúra ʾisáre ramàne.ˈ xa-náša sàwaˈ ʾúmre díye … yáʿni də́qne díye mṭáya l-ằra,ˈ hóle ṭína kɛ́rtət qɛ̀seˈ l-xàṣe.ˈ hóle tíwa l-kèpa,ˈ hàtxa.ˈ ʾánna pìḏela mə́nne díye,ˈ ʾap-šlàma lɛ́la də́ryəlle.ˈ maláxa mə́re ṭla-ràbbənˈ mə́re xzi-kəmɛ́le lxìma!ˈ si-mxi-ʾáqlux gu-xáṣe díye l-àyya kɛ́rtaˈ ʾu-hálle ṣàle,ˈ šáməṭ qḏále dìye.ˈ ʾámər mút ḥaqqúṯa na-ḥaqqùṯa?!ˈ na-ḥaqqúṯa là ʾawḏə́nna.ˈ mə́re nə́mu lat-mqúla mə̀nni?ˈ mə́re hè.ˈ mə́re də-sì!ˈ zílɛle maxéla-ʾaqle ʾə́lle dìyeˈ ʾap-ʾáw ṣàleˈ šáməṭle qḏàle.ˈ mə́re ṭla-mò hátxa,ˈ ya-xòni?ˈ ṭla-mò wídlux hátxa bíyi?ˈ ʾána zála báṯər ḥaqqúṯa na-ḥaqqúṯa t-ʾàlahaˈ w-áxxa-w támma ʾə́dyo ʾə̀dyoˈ mu-ṣṭímlux bɛ̀ṯi,ˈ ʾáti wídlux hátxa hátxa bìyi?ˈ mə́re mùt xə́zya qam-ʾɛ́nux?ˈ mə́re xə́zyɛwən ʾána ʾímə ṱ-ín tíwa láxxa ʾarbi-šə̀nne,ˈ hon-tíwa láxxa gu-d-áy gəppìṯa,ˈ ṯéle xa-náša swarìya,ˈ ṯéle zílle rəš-ʾɛ̀na.ˈ xílle mə̀ndiˈ ʾu-šwíqle zúze díye táma zìlle.ˈ ṯéle xa-xèna,ˈ ʾan-zúze šqilíle ʾu-zìlle.ˈ ṯéle xa-náša sàwa.ˈ díṛṛe ʾo-qamáya qəm-qaṭə́lle ʾo-sàwa.ˈ ṭla-mòdi?ˈ mə́re yằḏət,ˈ ʾo-gawáyə šqilíle zùzeˈ ʾáni zúzət bábe dìye,ˈ də̀mmɛla.ˈ ʾɛ́nile qṭìləlle?ˈ qṭíləlle ʾo-náša sàwa.ˈ ʾə́dyo ʾo-sáwa qəm-qaṭə̀lle.ˈ mə́re ma-yxàləf,ˈ ʾáyya ḏiyàli.ˈ ʾína módi bəd-brònaˈ ʾíṯwala xámši-w xámša šə̀nneˈ líṯwala bnòne?ˈ har-ʾàwwɛwa.ˈ mə́re xzí ṱ-amrə̀nnux,ˈ ʾu-màṣyəṯ.ˈ mə̀reˈ hál xámši-w xámša šə̀nneˈ y-awɛ́wa sxáḏa ʾalàha,ˈ y-ámər ya-ʾalàha,ˈ yawə́tlən xa-bròna.ˈ ʾímət ʾaláha yíwle ʾəlléy brònaˈ šuréla manšóyəlle ʾalàha,ˈ là txára ʾálaha,ˈ ʾu-là-mṣalɛwa qa-ʾálaha,ˈ har-dbíše b-bronèy.ˈ là,ˈ mə́re šaqlə́xle bronéy ta-t-taxríle ʾálaha xá-ga xèta.ˈ ʾámər ma-yxàləf,ˈ ʾap-ʾáyya qbilàli.ˈ módi bəd-manáyə d-áyya ṭàsaˈ dàwa,ˈ šqilálən m-àxxa,ˈ nublálən gu-d-yáha dɛ̀rta?ˈ mə́re ʾáwwa bɛ́ṯa xălàla-wewaˈ bás ʾáyya ṭása dàwaˈ gnàwa-wawa gnúta.ˈ ʾɛ-dɛ́rtə zədyálux gáwa díya kúlla genàwela.ˈ ʾálaha b-dayə̀nna.ˈ k̭áwa ṭla-d-àni.ˈ mə́re ma-yxàləf.ˈ ʾáwwa náša sáwa ṭla-mó qəm-maqəṭlə́tle bìyi?ˈ ʾáwwa náša sáwa rába ṭàwa-wewaˈ ʾu-y-azə́lwa b-úrxət ʾalàha.ˈ lɛ́wewa xlìṭaˈ ʾu-šuréle ʿajòzeˈ yáʿni kčàxa.ˈ ʾu-t-lá xàləṭˈ ṱ-ámər ya-ʾálaha šqùlliˈ ya-ʾálaha hátxa mə̀nni.ˈ qámət xàləṭ.ˈ ʾánna kúlla t-wiḏìli qámuxˈ ḏìlux módila?ˈ mə́re hé qəm-yăḏə̀nna.ˈ ʾu-mə́re si-dúṛ l-šòpux,ˈ ʾax-ʾarbí-šənne ṱ-it-ʾáti plíxa qa-ʾalàha,ˈ ʾu-pàlxeti.ˈ ʾána malàxən.ˈ ʾən-lá-ʾawḏət b-xábra dìyiˈ gánux šaqlə̀nna.ˈ ʾámər xáṭər ʾalàha,ˈ ʾu-xáṭər mšìxa,ˈ bas-lá dáqrət bìyi.ˈ ṱ-ázən šòpi.ˈ ṱ-axlə́nne lə́xmi hál ʾo-yómət mɛ̀ṯənˈ har-ʾúrxət ʾálaha dóqən b-ìḏi.ˈ šwiqáli tàmaˈ ʾu-ṯéli làxxa.ˈ

Translation:

There was once a monk who lived in a cave. A horseman, a rider came. He alighted at a spring. He sat down, ate something and drank some water. He had some money. He took it and put it on top of the spring. He forgot his money. He went off. He went off on the road. Another rider came, a horseman. He went to the spring. He saw the hundred dinars. He quickly took them, put them in his pocket and went off. The first (rider) said ‘Oh, I have forgotten my money. I’ll return and go to take my money from on top of the spring.’ Before the first man reached the spring, an old man came. He went up to the spring, laid down his load and sat down to rest. The first man, who had forgotten his money, came to him. He said ‘Give back my money! I have forgotten one hundred dinars here. You must give it (to me).’ ‘I have not seen any money’. (He could) not (find it) here and there, he tried (looking) on the other side, but no. He said ‘I’ll kill you’. He said ‘Kill (me). I have not got it. I have not seen any money’. He killed him. He killed him. Do you know what a monk is? A monk is somebody who worships God, who prays and does not eat meat. He is called a monk. He was dwelling in a cave for forty years. He arose and said ‘If (the world) is like that, I shall go and search for what is lawful and what is unlawful, for what is lawful and what is not lawful’. So, he went down to set off on the road. God sent an angel to him. He said ‘Go down to meet this man, the monk, so that he does not make a mistake’. He went down to meet him. He said ‘Hey, my soul, where are you going?’ He said ‘I am going to search for what is lawful and what is unlawful’. He said ‘I also am going to search for what is lawful and what is unlawful’. He said, the angel said to the monk, he said ‘Will you do as I say, whatever I tell you?’ He said ‘Yes’. He said ‘Fine’. He said ‘You and I are brothers’. They went a long way until they came to a village. It was evening, this time of day, they knocked on the door of a person. They entered the house. ‘Greetings to you!’ ‘You are welcome, please sit down’. They sat there, ate food, then slept. They slept. In the night the angel woke the monk. He said ‘Get up! Get up!’ He said ‘Oh, let us sleep’. ‘Did you not say “I shall do as I say”? Get up and take this knife. Go and slaughter this baby boy who is in the cradle’. He said ‘How can I slaughter him? What is lawful and what is unlawful?’ He said ‘Did you not say “I shall do as you say”. That is that. Whether you want to do so or not, go and slaughter the baby.’ The father and mother of the baby did not have children for fifty years. God gave this baby to them six months ago’. They slaughtered him and went on their way. At night they went off, and went up to another village. He said ‘What is there lawful or unlawful in this, my brother? You should teach me what is lawful and what is unlawful’. They went to another village. Then, when they had gone up to that village, they entered a house. They (the inhabitants) laid food to eat. They brought a golden bowl. They placed it there, with water in it. They ate the food, but did not drink the water from that bowl. In the night the angel woke the monk, he said ‘Get up! Take this bowl and come with me’. They took the bowl in the night, took it away and threw it into a house enclosure. They took it from that enclosure, took it away and threw it into another one. He said ‘What is lawful or unlawful in this? What is the difference (whether it is) in this enclosure or that one?’ He said ‘Come, come with me. Did I not say to you “Do everything I tell you”?’ He said ‘Yes’. Then they went up into a mountain, a mountain with high rocks. An old man, whose age … that is his beard reached the ground, was carrying a load of wood on his back. He was sitting on a stone, like this. They passed by him, but did not even greet him. The angel said to the monk, he said ‘Look how fit he is! Go and kick his back on the load (he is carrying) and let him go down (the mountain) and break his neck.’ He said ‘What is there lawful or unlawful (in this)?’ I shall not do what is unlawful.’ He said ‘Have you not promised me?’ He said ‘Yes’. He said ‘Go on!’ He went and kicked him, and he went down (the mountain) and broke his neck’. He said ‘Why this, my brother? Why have you done this to me? I am seeking what is lawful and what is unlawful to God, and so forth, but why have you ruined me today and done such a thing to me?’ He said ‘What did you see before your eyes?’ He said ‘I saw, when I had sat there for forty years, had sat in that cave, that a horseman came, he came to a spring. He ate something. He left his money there and went off. Another man came. He took that money and went off. An old man came. The first man returned and killed that old man. Why?’ He said ‘You know, the second one, who took the money, this is the money of his father, it is his blood (money). Who killed him? That old man killed him. Today that old man killed him’. He said ‘Fine, I have understood this (now), but what about the child, (whose parents) had not had children for fifty-five years? He was the only one (they had)’. He said ‘Look, I’ll tell you, so listen.’ He said ‘For fifty-five years they were worshipping God, he (the man) would say “Oh God, give us a son”. When God gave them a son, they began to forget God, they did not remember God and did not pray to God. They were constantly attached to their son. No, he told us to take their son so that they remember God again.’ He said ‘Fine, I now accept that. What about the meaning of that golden bowl, which we took from here and took away to that house enclosure?’ He said ‘That house was pure, but the bowl was stolen. The enclo-sure where you threw it, they are all robbers there. God will judge them. May they get what they deserve’. He said ‘Fine, but why did you make me kill that old man?’ ‘That old man was very good and went in the way of God. He had not committed any (sinful) error. He started to get incapable and tired. In order for him not to commit an error, he said ‘Oh God, take me, oh God, while I am like this”, before he committed any error. Do you now understand everything that I did before you?’ He said ‘Yes, I have understood them.’ He said ‘Go back to your place and continue to serve God as you have served him for forty years. I am an angel. If you do not do as I tell you, I shall take away your life’. He said ‘For the sake of God and the Messiah, do not touch me. I shall go to my place. I’ll eat my bread (there) and until the day I die I shall always keep to God’s way’. I have left it there and come here.