Saying 74: The Well
He said, "Lord, many are gathered around the well, but there's no one in the well.."
atsvyai hinegise, "unelanvhi, ugodidi gesvase gatlisodita atalesv-amayi yvwaduwidv, aseno gesvase tlagiloi atalesv-amayi hawina.
ᎠᏨᏯᎢ ᎯᏁᎩᏎ, "ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ, ᎤᎪᏗᏗ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎦᏟᏐᏗᏔ ᎠᏔᎴᏒ-ᎠᎹᏱ ᏴᏩᏚᏫᏛ, ᎠᏎᏃ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᏝᎩᎶᎢ ᎠᏔᎴᏒ-ᎠᎹᏱ ᎭᏫᎾ.
Saying 73: Workers for the Harvest
Jesus said, "The harvest really is plentiful, but the workers are few. So pray that the Lord will send workers to the harvest."
tsisa hinegise, "asquanigododo udohiye gesvase ugodi, aseno tsulewisdanehidi gesvase gayoli. adadolisdodu na unelanvhi adanvsdose tsulewisdanehidine asquanigododo didla.
ᏥᏌ ᎯᏁᎩᏎ, "ᎠᏍᏆᏂᎪᏙᏙ ᎤᏙᎯᏰ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎤᎪᏗ, ᎠᏎᏃ ᏧᎴᏫᏍᏓᏁᎯᏗ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎦᏲᎵ. ᎠᏓᏙᎵᏍᏙᏚ Ꮎ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎠᏓᏅᏍᏙᏎ ᏧᎴᏫᏍᏓᏁᎯᏗᏁ ᎠᏍᏆᏂᎪᏙᏙ ᏗᏜ.
It happened again today, as perhaps a hundred times before. I think it's kind of cute when Internet virtual-sex prostitutes give me a "like" for one of my posts about the Gospel of Thomas. When I click on their profiles, they are just like all the others of their kind: enticing me to look at their "naked pictures." But these women are not naturists or nudists, and their visuals, I assume, go far beyond simple nudity.
Let me say first of all, that some good friends of mine are anti-prostitution activists. While I have never paid a prostitute for sex (real or virtual), I respect them, because I respect women. Many of these women are single mothers, doing the best they can to provide for themselves and their children.
I have been acquainted with some well-known hookers, including Margo St. James, the founder of Coyote, the "Prostitutes' Union" of San Francisco. She once called me to take photos of their office, after it had been bombed. Those women trusted me for one reason: I showed them respect, and it was genuine respect.
The anti-prostitution activists cannot say that I am fostering or supporting prostitution. I am not. I am simply respecting and supporting women.
Copyright © 2024 by Donald C. Traxler.
Saying 72: Not a Divider
[Someone said to him], "Tell my brothers to divide our inheritance with me."
He said to him, "Who made me a divider?"
He turned to his disciples and said to them, "Am I really a divider?"
giloi kanohedise atsvyv didla, "kanohedu aqua nvtlidi ale ulvdi didla ayatasdi aquatseli udatiyedone ayv gvdodi." atsvyai adadvdodise, "gago yinvgahvgise ayv ayatasdisgi?" atsvyai agatahvsdise utseli adasdawadidohidi didla ale agadvdodise, "gesvase aya udohiye ayatasdisgi?"
ᎩᎶᎢ ᎧᏃᎮᏗᏎ ᎠᏨᏴ ᏗᏜ, "ᎧᏃᎮᏚ ᎠᏆ ᏅᏟᏗ ᎠᎴ ᎤᎸᏗ ᏗᏜ ᎠᏯᏔᏍᏗ ᎠᏆᏤᎵ ᎤᏓᏘᏰᏙᏁ ᎠᏴ ᎬᏙᏗ." ᎠᏨᏯᎢ ᎠᏓᏛᏙᏗᏎ, "ᎦᎪ ᏱᏅᎦᎲᎩᏎ ᎠᏴ ᎠᏯᏔᏍᏗᏍᎩ?" ᎠᏨᏯᎢ ᎠᎦᏔᎲᏍᏗᏎ ᎤᏤᎵ ᎠᏓᏍᏓᏩᏗᏙᎯᏗ ᏗᏜ ᎠᎴ ᎠᎦᏛᏙᏗᏎ, "ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎠᏯ ᎤᏙᎯᏰ ᎠᏯᏔᏍᏗᏍᎩ?"
Saying 71: Destroying the Temple
Jesus said, "I'll destroy [this] house, and no one will be able to build it […]"
tsisa hinegise, "aya ayosdodose hia galitsodene, ale tlagiloi yeliquose anesgvdi nasgine asiquo."
ᏥᏌ ᎯᏁᎩᏎ, "ᎠᏯ ᎠᏲᏍᏙᏙᏎ ᎯᎠ ᎦᎵᏦᏕᏁ, ᎠᎴ ᏝᎩᎶᎢ ᏰᎵᏉᏎ ᎠᏁᏍᎬᏗ ᎾᏍᎩᏁ ᎠᏏᏉ."
Saying 70: Salvation is Within
Jesus said, "If you give birth to what's within you, what you have within you will save you. If you don't have that within [you], what you don't have within you [will] kill you."
tsisa hinegise, "iyuno nihi adanedase udenvne na nihi hawini gesvase didla, na nihi uhase nihi hawini adasdelvdose nihine. iyuno nihi tla uhase na nihi hawini, na nihi tla uhase nihi hawini tsilugose nihine."
ᏥᏌ ᎯᏁᎩᏎ, "ᎢᏳᏃ ᏂᎯ ᎠᏓᏁᏓᏎ ᎤᏕᏅᏁ Ꮎ ᏂᎯ ᎭᏫᏂ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᏗᏜ, Ꮎ ᏂᎯ ᎤᎭᏎ ᏂᎯ ᎭᏫᏂ ᎠᏓᏍᏕᎸᏙᏎ ᏂᎯᏁ. ᎢᏳᏃ ᏂᎯ Ꮭ ᎤᎭᏎ Ꮎ ᏂᎯ ᎭᏫᏂ, Ꮎ ᏂᎯ Ꮭ ᎤᎭᏎ ᏂᎯ ᎭᏫᏂ ᏥᎷᎪᏎ ᏂᎯᏁ."
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