Saying 94: Knock and It Will Be Opened
Jesus [said], "Whoever looks will find, [and whoever knocks], it will be opened for them."
tsisa hinegise, "nasgiquo-yigi ayasdase awadvdose, ale nasgiquo-yigi agvnihase, nasgi gesvose asduidita nasgidv nasgihai."
ᏥᏌ ᎯᏁᎩᏎ, "ᎾᏍᎩᏉ-ᏱᎩ ᎠᏯᏍᏓᏎ ᎠᏩᏛᏙᏎ, ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᎩᏉ-ᏱᎩ ᎠᎬᏂᎭᏎ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎨᏒᎣᏎ ᎠᏍᏚᎢᏗᏔ ᎾᏍᎩᏛ ᎾᏍᎩᎭᎢ."
Saying 93: Don't Throw Pearls to Pigs
"Don't give what's holy to the dogs, or else it might be thrown on the manure pile. Don't throw pearls to the pigs, or else they might […]"
"tla adanedu na gesvase galvquodiyu gili didla, alenasgi gesvu wadinvdita uyo hawina. tla wadinvdu dagvnadine siquadi didla, alenasgi nasgidv lasdaedu nasgidvne."
"Ꮭ ᎠᏓᏁᏚ Ꮎ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎦᎸᏉᏗᏳ ᎩᎵ ᏗᏜ, ᎠᎴᎾᏍᎩ ᎨᏒᎤ ᏩᏗᏅᏗᏔ ᎤᏲ ᎭᏫᎾ. Ꮭ ᏩᏗᏅᏚ ᏓᎬᎾᏗᏁ ᏏᏆᏗ ᏗᏜ, ᎠᎴᎾᏍᎩ ᎾᏍᎩᏛ ᎳᏍᏓᎡᏚ ᎾᏍᎩᏛᏁ."
Saying 92: Look and Find
Jesus said, "Look and you'll find. I didn't answer your questions before. Now I want to give you answers, but you aren't looking for them."
Tsisa hinegise, "ayasdu ale nihi awadvdose. aya tla gawohiliyvdise nihi advdvhvsgidine udalulv. noquu aya aduladase adanedi nihi didla wohiliyvsgvdine, aseno nihi tla ayasdase nasgidvne."
ᏥᏌ ᎯᏁᎩᏎ, "ᎠᏯᏍᏚ ᎠᎴ ᏂᎯ ᎠᏩᏛᏙᏎ. ᎠᏯ Ꮭ ᎦᏬᎯᎵᏴᏗᏎ ᏂᎯ ᎠᏛᏛᎲᏍᎩᏗᏁ ᎤᏓᎷᎸ. ᏃᏊ ᎠᏯ ᎠᏚᎳᏓᏎ ᎠᏓᏁᏗ ᏂᎯ ᏗᏜ ᏬᎯᎵᏴᏍᎬᏗᏁ, ᎠᏎᏃ ᏂᎯ Ꮭ ᎠᏯᏍᏓᏎ ᎾᏍᎩᏛᏁ."
Saying 91: Reading the Signs
They said to him, "Tell us who you are so that we may trust you."
He said to them, "You read the face of the sky and the earth, but you don't know the one right in front of you, and you don't know how to read the present moment."
nasgidv kanohedise atsvyv didla, "kanohedu itsulv kagoi nihi gesvase, hia-iyv itsula yelquase howa-ayelvdi nihine." atsvyai kanohedise nasgidv didla, "nihi goliyase ikadvne galvloi vhnai ale elohi vhnai, aseno nihi tla unvtase saquone nihi igvyiditlv, ale nihi tla gata goliyi hia iyuquu.
ᎾᏍᎩᏛ ᎧᏃᎮᏗᏎ ᎠᏨᏴ ᏗᏜ, "ᎧᏃᎮᏚ ᎢᏧᎸ ᎧᎪᎢ ᏂᎯ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ, ᎯᎠ-ᎢᏴ ᎢᏧᎳ ᏰlᏆᏎ ᎰᏩ-ᎠᏰᎸᏗ ᏂᎯᏁ."
ᎠᏨᏯᎢ ᎧᏃᎮᏗᏎ ᎾᏍᎩᏛ ᏗᏜ, "ᏂᎯ ᎪᎵᏯᏎ ᎢᎧᏛᏁ ᎦᎸᎶᎢ ᎥᎿᎢ ᎠᎴ ᎡᎶᎯ ᎥᎿᎢ, ᎠᏎᏃ ᏂᎯ Ꮭ ᎤᏅᏔᏎ ᏌᏉᏁ ᏂᎯ ᎢᎬᏱᏗᏢ, ᎠᎴ ᏂᎯ Ꮭ ᎦᏔ ᎪᎵᏱ ᎯᎠ ᎢᏳᏊ.
Saying 90: Jesus' Yoke is Easy
Jesus said, "Come to me, because my yoke is easy and my requirements are light. You'll be refreshed."
tsisa hinegise, "nvlu ayv didla, igvnisisgi aqua digalvwisdano gesvase ahida ale aqua kanesdi-iyadvnedodi tla gesvase gagedv. nihi awadvdose atsawesolvsdone.
ᏥᏌ ᎯᏁᎩᏎ, "ᏅᎷ ᎠᏴ ᏗᏜ, ᎢᎬᏂᏏᏍᎩ ᎠᏆ ᏗᎦᎸᏫᏍᏓᏃ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎠᎯᏓ ᎠᎴ ᎠᏆ ᎧᏁᏍᏗ-ᎢᏯᏛᏁᏙᏗ Ꮭ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎦᎨᏛ. ᏂᎯ ᎠᏩᏛᏙᏎ ᎠᏣᏪᏐᎸᏍᏙᏁ.
On this date sixty-one years ago, June 27, 1963, I arrived in San Francisco. I had left my native San Diego, thinking to never return (except perhaps for visits). We drove all night, my friend Leroy Culver (whose car it was), Pat(ricia) Maddock, a young woman whose name I don't remember((I'll call her "Suzanne") but who worked after school at the San Diego Public Library, "Emil," a friend of my friend Dan, Pat Rusconi, who rested her head on my sweatshirted shoulder most of the night, and myself. All except Emil, who was from DEEtroit, had been students together at SDCC (San Diego City College, the old, downtown campus).
We arrived at about 6 am, and went to the top of Telegraph Hill to have a look. To me, what we saw was astoundingly beautiful. I was totally blown away on that sunny, cold morning,, as I looked at the piers on the Embarcadero, Alcatraz, Angel Island, and all the rest of it. I remember saying to myself, "I'm never going back." And so it was, for a while. But life has a way of changing any plans that you make.
Copyright © 2024 by Donald C. Traxler.
Saying 89: Inside and Outside
Jesus said, "Why do you wash the outside of the cup? Don't you know that whoever created the inside created the outside too?"
tsisa adadvdodise, "gadono nihi agvsquodase doyehine ganuhilodi vhnai? nihi tla unvtase na nasgiquo-yigi gotlvdise hawinine gotlvdise doyehine nasquo?"
ᏥᏌ ᎠᏓᏛᏙᏗᏎ, "ᎦᏙᏃ ᏂᎯ ᎠᎬᏍᏉᏓᏎ ᏙᏰᎯᏁ ᎦᏄᎯᎶᏗ ᎥᎿᎢ? ᏂᎯ Ꮭ ᎤᏅᏔᏎ Ꮎ ᎾᏍᎩᏉ-ᏱᎩ ᎪᏢᏗᏎ ᎭᏫᏂᏁ ᎪᏢᏗᏎ ᏙᏰᎯᏁ ᎾᏍᏉ?"
