Aging Project LXXXI

 

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Gospel of Thomas 60 in English and Udugi ꭴꮪꭹ

 

Saying 60: Don't Become a Corpse

They saw a Samaritan carrying a lamb to Judea. He said to his disciples, "What do you think he's going to do with that lamb?"

They said to him, "He's going to kill it and eat it."

He said to them, "While it's living, he won't eat it, but only after he kills it and it becomes a corpse."

They said, "He can't do it any other way."

He said to them, "You, too, look for a resting place, so that you won't become a corpse and be eaten."

nasgidv gowatise samalitahi asgayane awidvdanete ayoli unodenane tsusayi didla. atsvyai adadvdodiseutseli adasdawadidohidididla, "gado-usdi nihi adanvtesgv atsvyai hnadvgose nasgi gvdodi?" "atsvyai tsilugose nasgine ale agisdosenasgine," nasgidv kanohedise atsvyv didla. "na hiyui nasgi gesvase gvnodv, atsvyai tla agisdose nasgine," atsvyai kanohedise nasgidv didla, "aseno uwasa ulosonv atsvyai tsilugise nasgine ale nasgi didolagise uyohusv ayelv." "atsvyai tla yeliquase handvgi niga soi galohisdi," nasgidv hinegise. "nihi, nasquv, ayasdu hananine atsawesolvsdo vhnai," atsvyai kanohedise nasgidv didla, "hia-iyv nihi tla didolagose uyohusv ayelv ale gesv agisdita."

ᎾᏍᎩᏛ ᎪᏩᏘᏎ ᏌᎹᎵᏔᎯ ᎠᏍᎦᏯᏁ ᎠᏫᏛᏓᏁᏖ ᎠᏲᎵ ᎤᏃᏕᎾᏁ ᏧᏌᏱ ᏗᏜ. ᎠᏨᏯᎢ ᎠᏓᏛᏙᏗᏎᎤᏤᎵ ᎠᏓᏍᏓᏩᏗᏙᎯᏗᏗᏜ, "ᎦᏙ-ᎤᏍᏗ ᏂᎯ ᎠᏓᏅᏖᏍᎬ ᎠᏨᏯᎢ ᎿᏛᎪᏎ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎬᏙᏗ?" "ᎠᏨᏯᎢ ᏥᎷᎪᏎ ᎾᏍᎩᏁ ᎠᎴ ᎠᎩᏍᏙᏎᎾᏍᎩᏁ," ᎾᏍᎩᏛ ᎧᏃᎮᏗᏎ ᎠᏨᏴ ᏗᏜ. "ᎾᎯᏳᎢ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎬᏃᏛ, ᎠᏨᏯᎢ Ꮭ ᎠᎩᏍᏙᏎ ᎾᏍᎩᏁ," ᎠᏨᏯᎢ ᎧᏃᎮᏗᏎ ᎾᏍᎩᏛ ᏗᏜ, "ᎠᏎᏃ ᎤᏩᏌ ᎤᎶᏐᏅ ᎠᏨᏯᎢ ᏥᎷᎩᏎ ᎾᏍᎩᏁ ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏗᏙᎳᎩᏎ ᎤᏲᎱᏒ ᎠᏰᎸ." "ᎠᏨᏯᎢ Ꮭ ᏰᎵᏆᏎ ᎭnᏛᎩ ᏂᎦ ᏐᎢ ᎦᎶᎯᏍᏗ," ᎾᏍᎩᏛ ᎯᏁᎩᏎ. "ᏂᎯ, ᎾᏍᏋ, ᎠᏯᏍᏚ ᎭᎾᏂᏁ ᎠᏣᏪᏐᎸᏍᏙ ᎥᎿᎢ," ᎠᏨᏯᎢ ᎧᏃᎮᏗᏎ ᎾᏍᎩᏛ ᏗᏜ, "ᎯᎠ-ᎢᏴ ᏂᎯ Ꮭ ᏗᏙᎳᎪᏎ ᎤᏲᎱᏒ ᎠᏰᎸ ᎠᎴ ᎨᏒ ᎠᎩᏍᏗᏔ."