Gospel of Thomas 72 in English and Udugi ꭴꮪꭹ

 

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?"

Gospel of Thomas 71 in English and Udugi ꭴꮪꭹ

 

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."

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Gospel of Thomas 70 in English and Udugi ꭴꮪꭹ

 

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."

Gospel of Thomas 69 in English and Udugi ꭴꮪꭹ

 

Saying 69: Those Who Are Persecuted

Jesus said, "Blessed are those who've been persecuted in their own hearts. They've truly known the Father. Blessed are those who are hungry, so that their stomachs may be filled."

tsisa hinegise, "adadoligita gesvase nasgidv na gesvise adasdvdisdita unatseli adanvdodi hawina. nasgidv udohiye unvtise edodane. adadoligita gesvase nasgidv na uhase uyosine igvnisisgi unatseli usquolidi gesvose kaligita.

ᏥᏌ ᎯᏁᎩᏎ, "ᎠᏓᏙᎵᎩᏔ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎾᏍᎩᏛ Ꮎ ᎨᏒᎢᏎ ᎠᏓᏍᏛᏗᏍᏗᏔ ᎤᎾᏤᎵ ᎠᏓᏅᏙᏗ ᎭᏫᎾ. ᎾᏍᎩᏛ ᎤᏙᎯᏰ ᎤᏅᏘᏎ ᎡᏙᏓᏁ. ᎠᏓᏙᎵᎩᏔ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎾᏍᎩᏛ Ꮎ ᎤᎭᏎ ᎤᏲᏏᏁ ᎢᎬᏂᏏᏍᎩ ᎤᎾᏤᎵ ᎤᏍᏉᎵᏗ ᎨᏒᎣᏎ ᎧᎵᎩᏔ.

Our Speech Is Still Sprinkled With Spanish - II

 

On June 9, 2019, I wrote, and posted, this:

Our speech is still sprinkled with Spanish,
I still drink ma-te every day,
but we are here,
and this is home.

I illustrated it with this photo:

It was about a week after we had moved into our home in Hudson, Florida. Sandy knew that she had a lump in her breast, and hoped it was just a cyst. She hadn't told me about it. Three months later we got the definitive diagnosis: it was not a cyst. Sandy had great cancer care, and in the end it was not cancer, but heart and respiratory problems that took her.

I love this photo because in it we see Sandy looking out at the trees in exactly the same way that she used to look out at the ocean in Aguas Dulces, sitting on the deck with our dog. Even Betty's posture is the same.

I still drink ma-te every day,

but Sandy is gone,

and that house is gone,

and I cannot bear life

in this senior facility

without her.

So I am going back,

I am going back to the place

that was, for us, 

a kinder home.

Text and image Copyright © 2024 by Donald C. Traxler.

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