Saying 108: Becoming Like Jesus
Jesus said, "Whoever drinks from my mouth will become like me, and I myself will become like them; then, what's hidden will be revealed to them."
tsisa hinegise, "nasgiquo-yigi aditasdase aqua aholi nidvlenvda didolagose tsilv ayv, ale aya aquvsa didolagose tsilv nasgidv. na gesvase adisgalodita gesvose agadudesdita nasgidv didla."
ᏥᏌ ᎯᏁᎩᏎ, "ᎾᏍᎩᏉ-ᏱᎩ ᎠᏗᏔᏍᏓᏎ ᎠᏆ ᎠᎰᎵ ᏂᏛᎴᏅᏓ ᏗᏙᎳᎪᏎ ᏥᎸ ᎠᏴ, ᎠᎴ ᎠᏯ ᎠᏋᏌ ᏗᏙᎳᎪᏎ ᏥᎸ ᎾᏍᎩᏛ. Ꮎ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎠᏗᏍᎦᎶᏗᏔ ᎨᏒᎣᏎ ᎠᎦᏚᏕᏍᏗᏔ ᎾᏍᎩᏛ ᏗᏜ."
Saying 107: The Parable of the Lost Sheep
Jesus said, "The kingdom can be compared to a shepherd who had a hundred sheep. The largest one strayed. He left the ninety-nine and looked for that one until he found it. Having gone through the trouble, he said to the sheep: 'I love you more than the ninety-nine.'"
tsisa hinegise, "ayeli-unadotlvsv edoda vhnai gesvase tsilv awi-unvtena-digehidohi na uhise sgohitsuqui awi-unvtenadine. wutanv saquo ulenahidise. atsvyai adanvsdise soidi ale ayasdise hia saquonahiyui atsvyai awadvdise nasgine. nahiyui atsvyai hinegise awi-unvtena didla, 'aya geyuase nihine utli igai sinv sonesgohi-sonela.' "
ᏥᏌ ᎯᏁᎩᏎ, "ᎠᏰᎵ-ᎤᎾᏙᏢᏒ ᎡᏙᏓ ᎥᎿᎢ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᏥᎸ ᎠᏫ-ᎤᏅᏖᎾ-ᏗᎨᎯᏙᎯ Ꮎ ᎤᎯᏎ ᏍᎪᎯᏧᏈ ᎠᏫ-ᎤᏅᏖᎾᏗᏁ. ᏭᏔᏅ ᏌᏉ ᎤᎴᏀᎢᏗᏎ. ᎠᏨᏯᎢ ᎠᏓᏅᏍᏗᏎ ᏐᎢᏗ ᎠᎴ ᎠᏯᏍᏗᏎ ᎯᎠ ᏌᏉᏀᎢᏳᎢ ᎠᏨᏯᎢ ᎠᏩᏛᏗᏎ ᎾᏍᎩᏁ. ᏀᎢᏳᎢ ᎠᏨᏯᎢ ᎯᏁᎩᏎ ᎠᏫ-ᎤᏅᏖᎾ ᏗᏜ, 'ᎠᏯ ᎨᏳᎠᏎ ᏂᎯᏁ ᎤᏟ ᎢᎦᎢ ᏏᏅ ᏐᏁᏍᎪᎯ-ᏐᏁᎳ.' "
Saying 105: Knowing Father and Mother
Jesus said, "Whoever knows their father and mother will be called a bastard."
tsisa hinegise, "nasgiquo-yigi unvtase unatseli edodane ale etsine gesvose uyanvdita doyaditlv-udenv.
ᏥᏌ ᎯᏁᎩᏎ, "ᎾᏍᎩᏉ-ᏱᎩ ᎤᏅᏔᏎ ᎤᎾᏤᎵ ᎡᏙᏓᏁ ᎠᎴ ᎡᏥᏁ ᎨᏒᎣᏎ ᎤᏯᏅᏗᏔ ᏙᏯᏗᏢ-ᎤᏕᏅ.
Saying 106: Unity (2)
Jesus said, "When you make the two into one, you'll become Children of Humanity, and if you say 'Mountain, go away!', it'll go."
tsisa hinegise, "hilayui nihi gotlvdase taline tslv saquo, nihi didolagose diniyotli yvwu-anehv, ale iyuno nihi hinegase odalv didla, 'hena,' anagisdose.
ᏥᏌ ᎯᏁᎩᏎ, "ᎯᎳᏳᎢ ᏂᎯ ᎪᏢᏓᏎ ᏔᎵᏁ tᏍᎸ ᏌᏉ, ᏂᎯ ᏗᏙᎳᎪᏎ ᏗᏂᏲᏟ ᏴᏭ-ᎠᏁᎲ, ᎠᎴ ᎢᏳᏃ ᏂᎯ ᎯᏁᎦᏎ ᎣᏓᎸ ᏗᏜ, 'ᎮᎾ,' ᎠᎾᎩᏍᏙᏎ.
Saying 104: Prayer and Fasting
They said to [Jesus], "Come, let's pray and fast today."
Jesus said, "What have I done wrong? Have I failed?
"Rather, when the groom leaves the bridal chamber, then people should fast and pray."
nasgidv kanohedise tsisa didla, nihi nvlu, itsula amatlu ale adadolisdodu gohi-iga." tsisa adadvdodise, "gado-usdi aya gotlvdise galidastanvhi? aya unulvnise? aseno, hilayui asgaya-tsagotsvsdisgi adanvsdase tsvdadatsvsdodihikanvsulv, nahiyui yuwi amatluse ale adadolisdoduse."
ᎾᏍᎩᏛ ᎧᏃᎮᏗᏎ ᏥᏌ ᏗᏜ, ᏂᎯ ᏅᎷ, ᎢᏧᎳ ᎠᎹᏡ ᎠᎴ ᎠᏓᏙᎵᏍᏙᏚ ᎪᎯ-ᎢᎦ." ᏥᏌ ᎠᏓᏛᏙᏗᏎ, "ᎦᏙ-ᎤᏍᏗ ᎠᏯ ᎪᏢᏗᏎ ᎦᎵᏓᏍᏔᏅᎯ? ᎠᏯ ᎤᏄᎸᏂᏎ? ᎠᏎᏃ, ᎯᎳᏳᎢ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ-ᏣᎪᏨᏍᏗᏍᎩ ᎠᏓᏅᏍᏓᏎ ᏨᏓᏓᏨᏍᏙᏗᎯᎧᏅᏑᎸ, ᏀᎢᏳᎢ ᏳᏫ ᎠᎹᏡᏎ ᎠᎴ ᎠᏓᏙᎵᏍᏙᏚᏎ."
Saying 103: The Parable of the Bandits
Jesus said, "Blessed is the one who knows where the bandits are going to enter. [They can] get up to assemble their defenses and be prepared to defend themselves before they arrive."
tsisa hinegise, "vdadilvquotanv gesvase saquo na unvtase hatlv didanasvhvsgidi ayvsdose. nasgidv yeliquase ulisaladodi adatlisodi unatseli ulisdelvdine ale gesvi advnvisdodita atsisdeli unvsa udalulv nasgidv ulutsv."
ᏥᏌ ᎯᏁᎩᏎ, "ᎥᏓᏗᎸᏉᏔᏅ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᏌᏉ Ꮎ ᎤᏅᏔᏎ ᎭᏢ ᏗᏓᎾᏒᎲᏍᎩᏗ ᎠᏴᏍᏙᏎ. ᎾᏍᎩᏛ ᏰᎵᏆᏎ ᎤᎵᏌᎳᏙᏗ ᎠᏓᏟᏐᏗ ᎤᎾᏤᎵ ᎤᎵᏍᏕᎸᏗᏁ ᎠᎴ ᎨᏒᎢ ᎠᏛᏅᎢᏍᏙᏗᏔ ᎠᏥᏍᏕᎵ ᎤᏅᏌ ᎤᏓᎷᎸ ᎾᏍᎩᏛ ᎤᎷᏨ."
I've had a lot of fireplaces and fires in my life, and a lot of places, and a lot of houses.
In the first place where Sandy and I lived together, I remember listening to the music of The Byrds while watching the flames and reminiscing about the 1967 Summer of Love. The fire helped to take me back to a precious time in my life.
In North Carolina, I had a cord of wood stacked up between two trees. I would brush the snow off the wood before carrying it into the house.
Our floating home in Portland, OR had a gas fireplace--not nearly as interesting.
When we lived in Martinez, CA, we had no real fireplace at all--just two fake ones (one of them made by the Amish), with electric heaters in them.
We were back on track, though, when we moved to Uruguay. There, we had to deal with all the logistics of leña, firewood.
Here I am, back in Uruguay. Firewood, though, is at least four times as expensive as it was when Sandy and I first came here. All of it comes from the northern, interior part of the country, far from the touristy coast.
Right now I'm in my friend's house in La Paloma, a couple hours drive from my own house. She has a big wood stove, and we do our best to keep it fed.
One thing that I've noticed is that I like to feed the fire. It's almost a meditative thing. You have a relationship with the fire, and it's a deep one if you build it from scratch. You know every step of its development, in which you had a hand.
I don't have a fireplace or a wood stove in my own house, just three electric "splits.". I'll probably have a pellet stove installed, in the interest of efficiency. It will heat well, but I'll be missing out on feeding the fire.
Copyright © 2024 by Donald C. Traxler.
Saying 102: The Dog in the Feeding Trough
Jesus said, "How awful for the Pharisees who are like a dog sleeping in a feeding trough for cattle, because the dog doesn't eat, and [doesn't let] the cattle eat either."
tsisa hinegise, "gesvase ulosvstanv ani qualisi nasgihai na gesvase tsilv gili gelasdodi-unaditasdi hawina waga nasgihai, igvnisisgi gili tla agisdase ale tla alisgolvdodase wagane agisdi iyusdiquo.
ᏥᏌ ᎯᏁᎩᏎ, "ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎤᎶᏒᏍᏔᏅ ᎠᏂ ᏆᎵᏏ ᎾᏍᎩᎭᎢ Ꮎ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᏥᎸ ᎩᎵ ᎨᎳᏍᏙᏗ-ᎤᎾᏗᏔᏍᏗ ᎭᏫᎾ ᏩᎦ ᎾᏍᎩᎭᎢ, ᎢᎬᏂᏏᏍᎩ ᎩᎵ Ꮭ ᎠᎩᏍᏓᏎ ᎠᎴ Ꮭ ᎠᎵᏍᎪᎸᏙᏓᏎ ᏩᎦᏁ ᎠᎩᏍᏗ ᎢᏳᏍᏗᏉ.
