James Joyce Archives - A ŚORT SPEL\nClasics in Ñspel: DUBLINERS, by James Joyce\n24/05/2020 Clasics in Ñspel, James Joyce, Short storiesFrank Johnson\n(Dubliners, by James Joyce, transcribed into Ñspel, a new way of spelling devised by Frank Johnson. With audio accompaniment.)\nClasics in Ñspel: The Dead, by James Joyce\n10/06/2018 Clasics in Ñspel, James Joyce, Short storiesIreland, Spelling reformFrank Johnson\n(A transcription into Ñspel of the short story “The Dead” from Dubliners, by James Joyce)\nLili, ɖ certecr’z dōtr, wz litṛli run of hr fīt. Hardli hd ś bròt wn jntlmn intu ɖ litl pantri bhnd ɖ ofis on ɖ grǎnd flor n hlpt him of wɖ hiz oṿcot ɖn ɖ ẃīzi hōldor bel clañd agn n ś hd t scampr alñ ɖ bér hōlwe t let in anɖr gest. It wz wel fr hr ś hd nt t atnd t ɖ lediz olso. Bt Mis Cet n Mis Jūlia hd ʈt v ɖt n hd cnvrtd ɖ baʈrūm upsterz intu a lediz’ dresñrūm. Mis Cet n Mis Jūlia wr ɖr, goṣpñ n lafñ n fusñ, wōcñ aftr ć uɖr t ɖ hed v ɖ sterz, pirñ dǎn ovr ɖ banistrz n cōlñ dǎn t Lili t asc hr hu hd cm.\nIt wz olwz a gret afer, ɖ Misz Morcn’z ańl dans. Evrbdi hu ń ɖm cem t it, membrz v ɖ faṃli, old frendz v ɖ faṃli, ɖ membrz v Jūlia’z qîr, eni v Cet’s pyplz ɖt wr groun p inuf, n īvn sm v Mẹri Jen’z pyplz tù. Nvr wns hd it fōḷn flat. Fr yirz n yirz it hd gn of in splendid stîl az loñ az enwn cd rmembr; evr sins Cet n Jūlia, aftr ɖ deʈ v ɖer bruɖr Pat, hd left ɖ hǎs in Stǒni Batr n tecn Mẹri Jen, ɖer onli nīs, t liv wɖ ɖm in ɖ darc gōnt hǎs on Uśr’z Îḷnd, ɖ upr part v ẃć ɖe hd rentd fṛm Mr. Fŭḷm, ɖ cornfactr on ɖ grǎnd flor. Ɖt wz a gd ʈrti yirz ago f it wz a de. Mẹri Jen, hu wz ɖen a litl grl in śort cloɖz, wz nǎ ɖ mn prop v ɖ hǎshold, fr ś hd ɖ orgn in Hadñtn Rod. Ś hd bn ʈru ɖ Acaḍmi n gev a pyplz’ conṣt evri yir in ɖ upr rūm v ɖ Enćnt Conṣtrūmz. Mni v hr pyplz b’loñd t ɖ betr-clas faṃliz on ɖ Cñztǎn n Dōlci lîn. Old az ɖe wr, hr ānts olso dd ɖer śer. Jūlia, ɖo ś wz qt gre, wz stl ɖ līdñ s’prāno in Adm n Īv’z, n Cet, biyñ tù fībl t g abt mć, gev ḿziclésnz t bginrz on ɖ old sqer piano in ɖ bac rūm. Lili, ɖ certecr’z dōtr, dd hǎsmeid’z wrc fr ɖm. Ɖo ɖer lîf wz modist ɖe b’livd in ītñ wel; ɖ bst v evrʈñ: dîmnd-bon srlônz, ʈri-śilñ ti n ɖ bst botld stǎt. Bt Lili sldm md a mstec in ɖ ordrz so ɖt ś got on wel wɖ hr ʈri mistṛsz. Ɖe wr fusi, ɖt wz ol. Bt ɖ onli ʈñ ɖe wd nt stand wz bac-ansrz.\nV cors ɖe hd gd rīzn t b fusi on sć a nît. N ɖen it wz loñ aftr ten o’cloc n yt ɖr wz no sîn v Gebrịl n hiz wîf. Bsdz ɖe wr dredf̣li afreid ɖt Fredi Malinz mt trn p scrùd. Ɖe wd nt wś fr wrldz ɖt eni v Mẹri Jen’z pyplz śd si him undr ɖ inflụns; n ẃn h wz lîc ɖt it wz smtmz vri hard t manij him. Fredi Malinz olwz cem lêt bt ɖe wundrd ẃt cd b cīpñ Gebrịl: n ɖt wz ẃt bròt ɖm evri tū minits t ɖ banistrz t asc Lili hd Gebrịl or Fredi cm.\n“Ǒ, Mr. Conrô,” sd Lili t Gebrịl ẃn ś opnd ɖ dor fr him, “Mis Cet n Mis Jūlia ʈt y wr nvr cmñ. Gdnît, Msz Conrô.”\n“I’l ingej ɖe dd,” sd Gebrịl, “bt ɖe fget ɖt mî wîf hir tecs ʈri mortl aurz t dres hrslf.”\nH std on ɖ mat, screpñ ɖ sno fṛm hiz g’lośz, ẃl Lili léd hiz wîf t ɖ ft v ɖ sterz n cōld ǎt:\n“Mis Cet, hir’z Msz Conrô.”\nCet n Jūlia cem toḍlñ dǎn ɖ darc sterz at wns. Bʈ v ɖm cist Gebrịl’z wîf, sd ś mst b periśt alîv n asct wz Gebrịl wɖ hr.\n“Hir I am az rît az ɖ meil, Ānt Cet! G on p. I’l folo,” cōld ǎt Gebrịl fṛm ɖ darc.\nH cntinyd screpñ hiz fīt vigṛsli ẃl ɖ ʈri wimin wnt upsterz, lafñ, t ɖ lediz’ dresñrūm. A lît frinj v sno le lîc a cep on ɖ śoldrz v hiz oṿcot n lîc tǒcaps on ɖ toz v hiz g’lośz; n, az ɖ butnz v hiz oṿcot slipt wɖ a sqīcñ nôz ʈru ɖ sno-stifnd frìz, a cold, fregṛnt er fṛm ǎt-v-dorz iscept fṛm creṿsz n foldz.\n“Z it snowñ agn, Mr. Conrô?” asct Lili.\nŚ hd prisidd him intu ɖ pantri t hlp him of wɖ hiz oṿcot. Gebrịl smîld at ɖ ʈri siḷblz ś hd gvn hiz srnem n glanst at hr. Ś wz a slim, growñ grl, pel in cmplex́n n wɖ he-culrd her. Ɖ gas in ɖ pantri md hr lc stl pelr. Gebrịl hd noun hr ẃn ś wz a ćîld n yst t sit on ɖ lǒist step nrsñ a rag dol.\n“Yes, Lili,” h ansrd, “n I ʈnc w’r in fr a nît v it.”\nH lct p at ɖ pantrisīlñ, ẃć wz śecñ wɖ ɖ stampñ n śuf̣lñ v fīt on ɖ flor abv, lisnd fr a momnt t ɖ piano n ɖen glanst at ɖ grl, hu wz foldñ hiz oṿcot cerf̣li at ɖ end v a ślf.\n“Tel m, Lili,” h sd in a frendli ton, “d y stl g t scūl?”\n“Ǒ no, sr,” ś ansrd. “I’m dn scūlñ ɖs yir n mor.”\n“Ǒ, ɖen,” sd Gebrịl gêli, “I s’poz w’l b gwñ t yr wedñ wn v ɖz fîn dez wɖ yr yuñ man, ê?”\nƉ grl glanst bac at him ovr hr śoldr n sd wɖ gret bitrnis:\n“Ɖ men ɖt z nǎ z onli ol p’lāvr n ẃt ɖe cn gt ǎt v y.”\nGebrịl culrd az f h flt h hd md a mstec n, wɖt lcñ at hr, cict of hiz g’lośz n flict activli wɖ hiz muflr at hiz petnt-leɖr śuz.\nH wz a stǎt tōliś yuñ man. Ɖ hî culr v hiz ćīcs pśt upwdz īvn t hiz fōrhed ẃr it scatrd itslf in a fy formlis paćz v pel red; n on hiz herlis fes ɖr sinṭletd restlisli ɖ poliśt lenzz n ɖ brît gílt rimz v ɖ glasz ẃć scrīnd hiz delic̣t n restlis îz. Hiz glosi blac her wz partd in ɖ midl n bruśt in a loñ crv bhnd hiz irz ẃr it crld slîtli bnʈ ɖ grūv left bî hiz hat.\nẂn h hd flict lustr intu hiz śuz h std p n pld hiz weistcot dǎn mor tîtli on hiz plump bodi. Ɖen h tc a côn rapidli fṛm hiz pocit.\n“Ǒ Lili,” h sd, ʈrustñ it intu hr handz, “it’s Crisṃs tîm, z’nt it? Jst … hir’z a litl…”\nH wōct rapidli twdz ɖ dor.\n“Ǒ no, sr!” craid ɖ grl, folowñ him. “Riyli, sr, I wd’nt tec it.”\n“Crisṃs tîm! Crisṃs tîm!” sd Gebrịl, olmst trotñ t ɖ sterz n wevñ hiz hand t hr in depriceśn.\nƉ grl, siyñ ɖt h hd gend ɖ sterz, cōld ǎt aftr him:\n“Wel, ʈanc y, sr.”\nH wêtd ǎtsd ɖ drw̃rūm dor untl ɖ wōlts śd finiś, liṣnñ t ɖ scrts ɖt swept agnst it n t ɖ śuf̣lñ v fīt. H wz stl discmpozd bî ɖ grl’z bitr n sudn rtort. It hd cast a glūm ovr him ẃć h traid t dspel bî arenjñ hiz cufs n ɖ boz v hiz tî. H ɖen tc fṛm hiz weistcot-pocit a litl pepr n glanst at ɖ hedñz h hd md fr hiz spīć. H wz undsîdd abt ɖ lînz fṛm Robt Brǎnñ fr h fird ɖe wd b abv ɖ hedz v hiz hírrz. Sm qoteśn ɖt ɖe wd rec̣gnîz fṛm Śecspir or fṛm ɖ Meḷdiz wd b betr. Ɖ indelic̣t clacñ v ɖ men’z hìlz n ɖ śuf̣lñ v ɖer sǒlz rmîndd him ɖt ɖer gred v culćr difrd fṛm hiz. H wd onli mc himslf r’dikyḷs bî qotñ powtri t ɖm ẃć ɖe cd nt unḍstand. Ɖe wd ʈnc ɖt h wz e’rñ hiz s’pirịr edyceśn. H wd fel wɖ ɖm jst az h hd feld wɖ ɖ grl in ɖ pantri. H hd tecn p a roñ ton. Hiz hol spīć wz a mstec fṛm frst t last, an utr fełr.\nJst ɖen hiz ānts n hiz wîf cem ǎt v ɖ lediz’ dresñrūm. Hiz ānts wr tū smōl plenli drest old wimin. Ānt Jūlia wz an inć or so ɖ tōlr. Hr her, drwn lo ovr ɖ tops v hr irz, wz gre; n gre olso, wɖ darcr śadoz, wz hr larj flaxid fes. Ɖo ś wz stǎt in bild n std irect hr slo îz n partd lips gev hr ɖ apiṛns v a wmn hu dd nt nǒ ẃr ś wz or ẃr ś wz gwñ. Ānt Cet wz mor viveśs. Hr fes, hlʈịr ɖn hr sistr’z, wz ol pucrz n crīsz, lîc a śrivld red apl, n hr her, brêdd in ɖ sem old-faśnd we, hd nt lost its rîp-nut culr.\nƉe bʈ cist Gebrịl francli. H wz ɖer feṿrit nefy, ɖ sun v ɖer ded eldr sistr, Eḷn, hu hd marid T. J. Conrô v ɖ Port n Docs.\n“Greta tlz m y’r nt gwñ t tec a cab bac t Muncstǎn tnît, Gebrịl,” sd Ānt Cet.\n“No,” sd Gebrịl, trnñ t hiz wîf, “w hd qt inuf v ɖt last yir, hd’nt w? D’nt y rmembr, Ānt Cet, ẃt a cold Greta got ǎt v it? Cabwindoz raṭlñ ol ɖ we, n ɖ īst wind blowñ in aftr w pást Merịn. Vri joli it wz. Greta còt a dredfl cold.”\nĀnt Cet frǎnd svirli n nodd hr hed at evri wrd.\n“Qt rît, Gebrịl, qt rît,” ś sd. “Y c’nt b tù cerfl.”\n“Bt az fr Greta ɖr,” sd Gebrịl, “ś’d wōc hom in ɖ sno f ś wr let.”\nMsz Conrô laft.\n“D’nt mînd him, Ānt Cet,” ś sd. “H’z riyli an ōfl boɖr, ẃt wɖ grīn śêdz fr Tom’z îz at nît n mcñ him d ɖ dum-blz, n forsñ Īva t īt ɖ str’bt. Ɖ pur ćîld! N ś simpli hets ɖ sît v it!… Ǒ, bt y’l nvr ges ẃt h mcs m wer nǎ!”\nŚ brouc ǎt intu a pìl v laftr n glanst at hr huzbnd, huz admîrñ n hapi îz hd bn wonḍrñ fṛm hr dres t hr fes n her. Ɖ tū ānts laft harṭli tù, fr Gebrịl’z s’liṣtyd wz a standñ joc wɖ ɖm.\n“G’lośz!” sd Msz Conrô. “Ɖt’s ɖ lêtist. Ẃnvr it’s wet unḍft I mst pt on mî g’lośz. Tnît īvn h wontd m t pt ɖm on, bt I wd’nt. Ɖ nxt ʈñ h’l bai m wl b a dîvñ sūt.”\nGebrịl laft nrṿsli n patd hiz tî ri’śurñli ẃl Ānt Cet nirli dubld hrslf, so harṭli dd ś injô ɖ joc. Ɖ smîl sn fedd fṛm Ānt Jūlia’z fes n hr mrʈlis îz wr d’rectd twdz hr nefy’z fes. Aftr a pōz ś asct:\n“N ẃt r g’lośz, Gebrịl?”\n“G’lośz, Jūlia!” xclemd hr sistr “Gdnis m, d’nt y nǒ ẃt g’lośz r? Y wer ɖm ovr yr … ovr yr būts, Greta, z’nt it?”\n“Yes,” sd Msz Conrô. “Guṭprća ʈñz. W bʈ hv a per nǎ. Gebrịl sz evrwn werz ɖm on ɖ continnt.”\n“Ǒ, on ɖ continnt,” mrmrd Ānt Jūlia, nodñ hr hed slǒli.\nGebrịl nitd hiz brǎz n sd, az f h wr slîtli angrd:\n“It’s nʈñ vri wundrfl bt Greta ʈncs it vri funi bcz ś sz ɖ wrd rmîndz hr v Cristi Minstṛlz.”\n“Bt tel m, Gebrịl,” sd Ānt Cet, wɖ brisc tact. “V cors, y’v sìn abt ɖ rūm. Greta wz seyñ…”\n“Ǒ, ɖ rūm z ol rît,” rplaid Gebrịl. “I’v tecn wn in ɖ Greśm.”\n“T b śr,” sd Ānt Cet, “bî far ɖ bst ʈñ t d. N ɖ ćildṛn, Greta, y’r nt añśs abt ɖm?”\n“Ǒ, fr wn nît,” sd Msz Conrô. “Bsdz, Besi wl lc aftr ɖm.”\n“T b śr,” sd Ānt Cet agn. “Ẃt a cumf̣t it z t hv a grl lîc ɖt, wn y cn dpnd on! Ɖr’z ɖt Lili, I’m śr I d’nt nǒ ẃt hz cm ovr hr lêtli. Ś’z nt ɖ grl ś wz at ol.”\nGebrịl wz abt t asc hiz ānt sm qsćnz on ɖs pônt bt ś brouc of sudnli t gêz aftr hr sistr hu hd wondrd dǎn ɖ sterz n wz crenñ hr nec ovr ɖ banistrz.\n“Nǎ, I asc y,” ś sd olmst tsṭli, “ẃr z Jūlia gwñ? Jūlia! Jūlia! Ẃr r y gwñ?”\nJūlia, hu hd gn haf we dǎn wn flît, cem bac n anǎnst blandli:\nAt ɖ sem momnt a clapñ v handz n a fînl fluriś v ɖ piynist tld ɖt ɖ wōlts hd endd. Ɖ drw̃rūm dor wz opnd fṛm wɖn n sm cuplz cem ǎt. Ānt Cet drù Gebrịl asd huridli n ẃisprd intu hiz ir:\n“Slip dǎn, Gebrịl, lîc a gd felo n si f h’z ol rît, n d’nt let him p f h’z scrùd. I’m śr h’z scrùd. I’m śr h z.”\nGebrịl wnt t ɖ sterz n lisnd ovr ɖ banistrz. H cd hír tū prsnz tōcñ in ɖ pantri. Ɖen h rec̣gnîzd Fredi Malinz’ laf. H wnt dǎn ɖ sterz nôẓli.\n“It’s sć a rlif,” sd Ānt Cet t Msz Conrô, “ɖt Gebrịl z hir. I olwz fīl īzịr in mî mînd ẃn h’z hir… Jūlia, ɖr’z Mis Dêli n Mis Pǎr wl tec sm rfreśmnt. Ʈancs fr yr bytifl wōlts, Mis Dêli. It md luvli tîm.”\nA tōl wizn-fest man, wɖ a stif grizld mstaś n sworɖi scin, hu wz pasñ ǎt wɖ hiz partnr sd:\n“N me w hv sm rfreśmnt, tù, Mis Morcn?”\n“Jūlia,” sd Ānt Cet sumṛli, “n hir’z Mr. Braun n Mis Frloñ. Tec ɖm in, Jūlia, wɖ Mis Dêli n Mis Pǎr.”\n“I’m ɖ man fr ɖ lediz,” sd Mr. Braun, prsñ hiz lips untl hiz mstaś brisld n smîlñ in ol hiz rinclz. “Y nǒ, Mis Morcn, ɖ rīzn ɖe r so fond v m z——”\nH dd nt finiś hiz sntns, bt, siyñ ɖt Ānt Cet wz ǎt v irśot, at wns léd ɖ ʈri yuñ lediz intu ɖ bac rūm. Ɖ midl v ɖ rūm wz okpaid bî tū sqer teblz plest end t end, n on ɖz Ānt Jūlia n ɖ certecr wr streṭnñ n smuɖñ a larj cloʈ. On ɖ sîdbord wr areid diśz n plets, n glasz n bundlz v nîvz n forcs n spūnz. Ɖ top v ɖ clozd sqer piano srvd olso az a sîdbord fr vayndz n swīts. At a smōlr sîdbord in wn cornr tū yuñ men wr standñ, drincñ hópbitrz.\nMr. Braun léd hiz ćarjz ɖiɖr n invîtd ɖm ol, in jest, t sm lediz’ punć, hot, stroñ n swīt. Az ɖe sd ɖe nvr tc enʈñ stroñ h opnd ʈri botlz v leṃned fr ɖm. Ɖen h asct wn v ɖ yuñ men t muv asd, n, tecñ hold v ɖ dcantr, fild ǎt fr himslf a gdli meźr v ẃisci. Ɖ yuñ men aid him rspctf̣li ẃl h tc a trîl sip.\n“God hlp m,” h sd, smîlñ, “it’s ɖ doctr’z ordrz.”\nHiz wiznd fes brouc intu a brōdr smîl, n ɖ ʈri yuñ lediz laft in ḿzicl eco t hiz plezntri, sweyñ ɖer bodiz t n fro, wɖ nrṿs jrcs v ɖer śoldrz. Ɖ boldist sd:\n“Ǒ, nǎ, Mr. Braun, I’m śr ɖ doctr nvr ordrd enʈñ v ɖ cnd.”\nMr. Braun tc anɖr sip v hiz ẃisci n sd, wɖ sîḍlñ miṃcri:\n“Wel, y si, I’m lîc ɖ feṃs Msz Caṣdi, hu z rportd t hv sd: ‘Nǎ, Mẹri Grîmz, f I d’nt tec it, mc m tec it, fr I fīl I wont it.’”\nHiz hot fes hd līnd fwd a litl tù conf̣dnṣ́li n h hd asymd a vri lo Dublin axnt so ɖt ɖ yuñ lediz, wɖ wn instñt, rsivd hiz spīć in sîḷns. Mis Frloñ, hu wz wn v Mẹri Jen’z pyplz, asct Mis Dêli ẃt wz ɖ nem v ɖ priti wōlts ś hd pleid; n Mr. Braun, siyñ ɖt h wz ignord, trnd promtli t ɖ tū yuñ men hu wr mor aprīṣ́tiv.\nA red-fest yuñ wmn, drest in panzi, cem intu ɖ rūm, xîtidli clapñ hr handz n crayñ:\nClos on hr hìlz cem Ānt Cet, crayñ:\n“Tū jntlṃn n ʈri lediz, Mẹri Jen!”\n“Ǒ, hir’z Mr. Brgin n Mr. Cerign,” sd Mẹri Jen. “Mr. Cerign, wl y tec Mis Pǎr? Mis Frloñ, me I gt y a partnr, Mr. Brgin. Ǒ, ɖt’l jst d nǎ.”\n“Ʈri lediz, Mẹri Jen,” sd Ānt Cet.\nƉ tū yuñ jntlṃn asct ɖ lediz f ɖe mt hv ɖ pleźr, n Mẹri Jen trnd t Mis Dêli.\n“Ǒ, Mis Dêli, y’r riyli ōf̣li gd, aftr pleyñ fr ɖ last tū dansz, bt riyli w’r so śort v lediz tnît.”\n“I d’nt mînd in ɖ līst, Mis Morcn.”\n“Bt I’v a nîs partnr fr y, Mr. Bartél D’Arsi, ɖ tenr. I’l gt him t sñ lêtr on. Ol Dublin z revñ abt him.”\n“Luvli vôs, luvli vôs!” sd Ānt Cet.\nAz ɖ piano hd twîs bgun ɖ prelyd t ɖ frst figr Mẹri Jen léd hr rcrūts qcli fṛm ɖ rūm. Ɖe hd hardli gn ẃn Ānt Jūlia wondrd slǒli intu ɖ rūm, lcñ bhnd hr at smʈñ.\n“Ẃt z ɖ matr, Jūlia?” asct Ānt Cet añśsli. “Hu z it?”\nJūlia, hu wz cariyñ in a coḷm v teblnapcinz, trnd t hr sistr n sd, simpli, az f ɖ qsćn hd s’prîzd hr:\n“It’s onli Fredi, Cet, n Gebrịl wɖ him.”\nIn fact rît bhnd hr Gebrịl cd b sìn pîḷtñ Fredi Malinz acrs ɖ landñ. Ɖ latr, a yuñ man v abt forti, wz v Gebrịl’z sîz n bild, wɖ vri rǎnd śoldrz. Hiz fes wz fleśi n palid, tućt wɖ culr onli at ɖ ʈic haññ lǒbz v hiz irz n at ɖ wîd wñz v hiz nǒz. H hd cōrs fīćrz, a blunt nǒz, a convx n rsidñ brǎ, tymid n pṛtrudd lips. Hiz hevi-lidd îz n ɖ dsordr v hiz scanti her md him lc slīpi. H wz lafñ harṭli in a hî ci at a stori ẃć h hd bn telñ Gebrịl on ɖ sterz n at ɖ sem tîm rubñ ɖ nuclz v hiz left fist bcwdz n fwdz intu hiz left î.\n“Gd-īvnñ, Fredi,” sd Ānt Jūlia.\nFredi Malinz bád ɖ Misz Morcn gd-īvnñ in ẃt sīmd an ofhand faśn bî rīzn v ɖ hbićl cać in hiz vôs n ɖen, siyñ ɖt Mr. Braun wz grinñ at him fṛm ɖ sîdbord, crost ɖ rūm on rɖr śeci legz n bgan t rpit in an unḍton ɖ stori h hd jst tld t Gebrịl.\n“H’z nt so bad, z h?” sd Ānt Cet t Gebrịl.\nGebrịl’z brǎz wr darc bt h rezd ɖm qcli n ansrd:\n“Ǒ, no, hardli notisbl.”\n“Nǎ, z’nt h a teṛbl felo!” ś sd. “N hiz pur muɖr md him tec ɖ plej on Ny Yir’z Īv. Bt cm on, Gebrịl, intu ɖ drw̃rūm.”\nBfr līvñ ɖ rūm wɖ Gebrịl ś signld t Mr. Braun bî frǎnñ n śecñ hr fōrfngr in wornñ t n fro. Mr. Braun nodd in ansr n, ẃn ś hd gn, sd t Fredi Malinz:\n“Nǎ, ɖen, Tedi, I’m gwñ t fil y ǎt a gd glas v leṃned jst t buc y p.”\nFredi Malinz, hu wz nirñ ɖ clîmax v hiz stori, wevd ɖ ofr asd impeśntli bt Mr. Braun, hvñ frst cōld Fredi Malinz’ atnśn t a dis’re in hiz dres, fild ǎt n handd him a fl glas v leṃned. Fredi Malinz’ left hand axptd ɖ glas mcanicli, hiz rît hand biyñ ingejd in ɖ mcanicl ri’justmnt v hiz dres. Mr. Braun, huz fes wz wns mor rinc̣lñ wɖ mrʈ, pord ǎt fr himslf a glas v ẃisci ẃl Fredi Malinz xplodd, bfr h hd wel rīćt ɖ clîmax v hiz stori, in a cnc v hî-pićt broncitic laftr n, setñ dǎn hiz untestd n oṿflowñ glas, bgan t rub ɖ nuclz v hiz left fist bcwdz n fwdz intu hiz left î, rpitñ wrdz v hiz last frêz az wel az hiz fit v laftr wd alǎ him.\nGebrịl cd nt lisn ẃl Mẹri Jen wz pleyñ hr Acaḍmi pìs, fl v runz n dificlt paṣjz, t ɖ huśt drw̃rūm. H lîct ḿzic bt ɖ pìs ś wz pleyñ hd no meḷdi fr him n h dǎtd ẃɖr it hd eni meḷdi fr ɖ uɖr lisnrz, ɖo ɖe hd begd Mẹri Jen t ple smʈñ. For yuñ men, hu hd cm fṛm ɖ rfreśmntrūm t stand in ɖ dorwe at ɖ sǎnd v ɖ piano, hd gn awe qaytli in cuplz aftr a fy minits. Ɖ onli prsnz hu sīmd t folo ɖ ḿzic wr Mẹri Jen hrslf, hr handz rêsñ alñ ɖ cībord or liftd fṛm it at ɖ pōzz lîc ɖoz v a prīstes in momntri impṛceśn, n Ānt Cet standñ at hr elbo t trn ɖ pej.\nGebrịl’z îz, iṛtetd bî ɖ flor, ẃć glitrd wɖ bìzwax undr ɖ hevi śanḍlir, wondrd t ɖ wōl abv ɖ piano. A picćr v ɖ balc̣ni sīn in Romio n Jūliit huñ ɖr n bsd it wz a picćr v ɖ tū mrdrd prinsz in ɖ Tǎr ẃć Ānt Jūlia hd wrct in red, blu n brǎn wŭlz ẃn ś wz a grl. Probbli in ɖ scūl ɖe hd gn t az grlz ɖt cnd v wrc hd bn tòt fr wn yir. Hiz muɖr hd wrct fr him az a brʈde preznt a weistcot v prpl tabiṇt, wɖ litl foxz’ hedz upn it, lînd wɖ brǎn satin n hvñ rǎnd mulḅributnz. It wz strenj ɖt hiz muɖr hd hd no ḿzicl taḷnt ɖo Ānt Cet yst t cōl hr ɖ brenzcarịr v ɖ Morcn faṃli. Bʈ ś n Jūlia hd olwz sīmd a litl prǎd v ɖer sirịs n metṛnli sistr. Hr foṭgraf std bfr ɖ pírglas. Ś hld an opn bc on hr niz n wz pôntñ ǎt smʈñ in it t Constntîn hu, drest in a man-o’-wor sūt, le at hr fīt. It wz ś hu hd ćozn ɖ nem v hr sunz fr ś wz vri snṣbl v ɖ digṇti v faṃlilîf. Ʈancs t hr, Constntîn wz nǎ sīńr kṛt in Balbrign n, ʈancs t hr, Gebrịl himslf hd tecn hiz dgri in ɖ Royl Yṇvrṣti. A śado pást ovr hiz fes az h rmembrd hr suḷn opziśn t hiz marij. Sm slîtñ frezz ś hd yzd stl rancld in hiz meṃri; ś hd wns spocn v Greta az biyñ cuntri-kt n ɖt wz nt tru v Greta at ol. It wz Greta hu hd nrst hr jrñ ol hr last loñ ilnis in ɖer hǎs at Muncstǎn.\nH ń ɖt Mẹri Jen mst b nir ɖ end v hr pìs fr ś wz pleyñ agn ɖ oṗnñ meḷdi wɖ runz v scelz aftr evri bar n ẃl h wêtd fr ɖ end ɖ rzntmnt daid dǎn in hiz hart. Ɖ pìs endd wɖ a tril v octevz in ɖ trebl n a fînl dīp octev in ɖ beis. Gret aplōz grītd Mẹri Jen az, bluśñ n rolñ p hr ḿzic nrṿsli, ś iscept fṛm ɖ rūm. Ɖ most vigṛs clapñ cem fṛm ɖ for yuñ men in ɖ dorwe hu hd gn awe t ɖ rfreśmntrūm at ɖ bginñ v ɖ pìs bt hd cm bac ẃn ɖ piano hd stopt.\nLansrz wr arenjd. Gebrịl faund himslf partnrd wɖ Mis Îvrz. Ś wz a franc-manrd tōc̣tiv yuñ ledi, wɖ a frecld fes n prominnt brǎn îz. Ś dd nt wer a lo-cut bodis n ɖ larj broć ẃć wz fixt in ɖ frunt v hr colr bòr on it an Îriś dvîs n moto.\nẂn ɖe hd tecn ɖer plesz ś sd abrupli:\n“I hv a cro t pluc wɖ y.”\n“Wɖ m?” sd Gebrịl.\nŚ nodd hr hed grevli.\n“Ẃt z it?” asct Gebrịl, smîlñ at hr soḷm manr.\n“Hu z G. C.?” ansrd Mis Îvrz, trnñ hr îz upn him.\nGebrịl culrd n wz abt t nit hiz brǎz, az f h dd nt unḍstand, ẃn ś sd bluntli:\n“Ǒ, iṇsnt Emi! I hv faund ǎt ɖt y rait fr Ɖ Dêli Xpres. Nǎ, r’nt y aśemd v yrslf?”\n“Ẃ śd I b aśemd v mslf?” asct Gebrịl, blincñ hiz îz n trayñ t smîl.\n“Wel, I’m aśemd v y,” sd Mis Îvrz francli. “T se y’d rait fr a pepr lîc ɖt. I dd’nt ʈnc y wr a Wst Britn.”\nA lc v pplex̣ti apird on Gebrịl’z fes. It wz tru ɖt h rout a litrri coḷm evri Wenzde in Ɖ Dêli Xpres, fr ẃć h wz peid fiftīn śilñz. Bt ɖt dd nt mc him a Wst Britn śrli. Ɖ bcs h rsivd fr rvy wr olmst mor welcm ɖn ɖ pōltri ćéc. H luvd t fīl ɖ cuvrz n trn ovr ɖ pejz v nyli printd bcs. Nirli evri de ẃn hiz tīćñ in ɖ colij wz endd h yst t wondr dǎn ɖ cìz t ɖ secnd-hand bcselrz, t Hici’z on Bać̣lr’z Wōc, t Web’z or Masi’z on Astn’z Cì, or t O’Cloḥsi’z in ɖ bî-strīt. H dd nt nǒ hǎ t mīt hr ćarj. H wontd t se ɖt litṛćr wz abv poḷtics. Bt ɖe wr frendz v mni yirz’ standñ n ɖer c’rirz hd bn paṛlel, frst at ɖ yṇvrṣti n ɖen az tīćrz: h cd nt risc a grandios frêz wɖ hr. H cntinyd blincñ hiz îz n trayñ t smîl n mrmrd lemli ɖt h sw nʈñ p’liticl in raitñ rvyz v bcs.\nẂn ɖer trn t cros hd cm h wz stl pplext n in’tntiv. Mis Îvrz promtli tc hiz hand in a worm grasp n sd in a soft frendli ton:\n“V cors, I wz onli jocñ. Cm, w cros nǎ.”\nẂn ɖe wr tgɖr agn ś spouc v ɖ Yṇvrṣti qsćn n Gebrịl flt mor at īz. A frend v hrz hd śoun hr hiz rvy v Brǎnñ’z powmz. Ɖt wz hǎ ś hd faund ǎt ɖ sīcrit: bt ś lîct ɖ rvy imnsli. Ɖen ś sd sudnli:\n“Ǒ, Mr. Conrô, wl y cm fr an xcrśn t ɖ Aṛn Îlz ɖs sumr? W’r gwñ t ste ɖr a hol munʈ. It wl b splendid ǎt in ɖ Atlantic. Y òt t cm. Mr. Clansi z cmñ, n Mr. Cilceli n Caʈlīn Cirni. It wd b splendid fr Greta tù f ś’d cm. Ś’z fṛm Conōt, z’nt ś?”\n“Hr ppl r,” sd Gebrịl śortli.\n“Bt y wl cm, w’nt y?” sd Mis Îvrz, leyñ hr worm hand īgrli on hiz arm.\n“Ɖ fact z,” sd Gebrịl, “I hv jst arenjd t g——”\n“G ẃr?” asct Mis Îvrz.\n“Wel, y nǒ, evri yir I g fr a sîc̣lñtur wɖ sm feloz n so——”\n“Bt ẃr?” asct Mis Îvrz.\n“Wel, w yẓ́li g t Frans or Beljm or phps Jrṃni,” sd Gebrịl ōcẉdli.\n“N ẃ d y g t Frans n Beljm,” sd Mis Îvrz, “instd v viẓtñ yr ǒn land?”\n“Wel,” sd Gebrịl, “it’s partli t cīp in tuć wɖ ɖ lanḡjz n partli fr a ćenj.”\n“N hv’nt y yr ǒn lanḡj t cīp in tuć wɖ—Îriś?” asct Mis Îvrz.\n“Wel,” sd Gebrịl, “f it cmz t ɖt, y nǒ, Îriś z nt mî lanḡj.”\nƉer nebrz hd trnd t lisn t ɖ crosixaṃneśn. Gebrịl glanst rît n left nrṿsli n traid t cīp hiz gd hymr undr ɖ ordīl ẃć wz mcñ a bluś inved hiz fōrhed.\n“N hv’nt y yr ǒn land t vizit,” cntinyd Mis Îvrz, “ɖt y nǒ nʈñ v, yr ǒn ppl, n yr ǒn cuntri?”\n“Ǒ, t tel y ɖ truʈ,” rtortd Gebrịl sudnli, “I’m sic v mî ǒn cuntri, sic v it!”\n“Ẃ?” asct Mis Îvrz.\nGebrịl dd nt ansr fr hiz rtort hd hītd him.\n“Ẃ?” rpitd Mis Îvrz.\nƉe hd t g viẓtñ tgɖr n, az h hd nt ansrd hr, Mis Îvrz sd wormli:\n“V cors, y’v no ansr.”\nGebrịl traid t cuvr hiz ajteśn bî tecñ part in ɖ dans wɖ gret eṇji. H avôdd hr îz fr h hd sìn a sǎr xpreśn on hr fes. Bt ẃn ɖe met in ɖ loñ ćen h wz s’prîzd t fīl hiz hand frmli prest. Ś lct at him fṛm undr hr brǎz fr a momnt qizicli untl h smîld. Ɖen, jst az ɖ ćen wz abt t start agn, ś std on tipto n ẃisprd intu hiz ir:\nẂn ɖ lansrz wr ovr Gebrịl wnt awe t a rmot cornr v ɖ rūm ẃr Fredi Malinz’ muɖr wz sitñ. Ś wz a stǎt fībl old wmn wɖ ẃît her. Hr vôs hd a cać in it lîc hr sun’z n ś stutrd slîtli. Ś hd bn tld ɖt Fredi hd cm n ɖt h wz nirli ol rît. Gebrịl asct hr ẃɖr ś hd hd a gd crosñ. Ś livd wɖ hr marid dōtr in Glazgo n cem t Dublin on a vizit wns a yir. Ś ansrd plasidli ɖt ś hd hd a bytifl crosñ n ɖt ɖ captin hd bn most atntiv t hr. Ś spouc olso v ɖ bytifl hǎs hr dōtr cept in Glazgo, n v ol ɖ frendz ɖe hd ɖr. Ẃl hr tuñ rambld on Gebrịl traid t baniś fṛm hiz mînd ol meṃri v ɖ unpleznt insidnt wɖ Mis Îvrz. V cors ɖ grl or wmn, or ẃtvr ś wz, wz an inʈyziast bt ɖr wz a tîm fr ol ʈñz. Phps h òt nt t hv ansrd hr lîc ɖt. Bt ś hd no rît t cōl him a Wst Britn bfr ppl, īvn in joc. Ś hd traid t mc him r’dikyḷs bfr ppl, hec̣lñ him n stẹrñ at him wɖ hr rabit’s îz.\nH sw hiz wîf mcñ hr we twdz him ʈru ɖ wōltsñ cuplz. Ẃn ś rīćt him ś sd intu hiz ir:\n“Gebrịl, Ānt Cet wonts t nǒ w’nt y carv ɖ gūs az yźl. Mis Dêli wl carv ɖ ham n I’l d ɖ pŭdñ.”\n“Ol rît,” sd Gebrịl.\n“Ś’z sndñ in ɖ yungr wnz frst az sn az ɖs wōlts z ovr so ɖt w’l hv ɖ tebl t ǎrslvz.”\n“Wr y dansñ?” asct Gebrịl.\n“V cors I wz. Dd’nt y si m? Ẃt rǎ hd y wɖ Moli Îvrz?”\n“No rǎ. Ẃ? Dd ś se so?”\n“Smʈñ lîc ɖt. I’m trayñ t gt ɖt Mr. D’Arsi t sñ. H’z fl v cnsit, I ʈnc.”\n“Ɖr wz no rǎ,” sd Gebrịl mūḍli, “onli ś wontd m t g fr a trip t ɖ wst v Îrḷnd n I sd I wd’nt.”\nHiz wîf claspt hr handz xîtidli n gev a litl jump.\n“Ǒ, d g, Gebrịl,” ś craid. “I’d luv t si Gōlwe agn.”\n“Y cn g f y lîc,” sd Gebrịl coldli.\nŚ lct at him fr a momnt, ɖen trnd t Msz Malinz n sd:\n“Ɖr’z a nîs huzbnd fr y, Msz Malinz.”\nẂl ś wz ʈredñ hr we bac acrs ɖ rūm Msz Malinz, wɖt advrtñ t ɖ inṭrupśn, wnt on t tel Gebrịl ẃt bytifl plesz ɖr wr in Scotḷnd n bytifl sìṇri. Hr sun-in-lw bròt ɖm evri yir t ɖ lecs n ɖe yst t g fiśñ. Hr sun-in-lw wz a splendid fiśr. Wn de h còt a bytifl big fiś n ɖ man in ɖ hotel cct it fr ɖer dinr.\nGebrịl hardli hŕd ẃt ś sd. Nǎ ɖt supr wz cmñ nir h bgan t ʈnc agn abt hiz spīć n abt ɖ qoteśn. Ẃn h sw Fredi Malinz cmñ acrs ɖ rūm t vizit hiz muɖr Gebrịl left ɖ ćer fri fr him n rtîrd intu ɖ imbreźr v ɖ windo. Ɖ rūm hd olrdi clird n fṛm ɖ bac rūm cem ɖ clatr v plets n nîvz. Ɖoz hu stl rmend in ɖ drw̃rūm sīmd tîrd v dansñ n wr cnvrsñ qaytli in litl grūps. Gebrịl’z worm tremḅlñ fngrz tapt ɖ cold pein v ɖ windo. Hǎ cūl it mst b ǎtsd! Hǎ pleznt it wd b t wōc ǎt alon, frst alñ bî ɖ rivr n ɖen ʈru ɖ parc! Ɖ sno wd b layñ on ɖ branćz v ɖ triz n formñ a brît cap on ɖ top v ɖ Welñtn Mońmnt. Hǎ mć mor pleznt it wd b ɖr ɖn at ɖ suprtebl!\nH ran ovr ɖ hedñz v hiz spīć: Îriś hosṗtaḷti, sad meṃriz, ɖ Ʈri Gresz, Paris, ɖ qoteśn fṛm Brǎnñ. H rpitd t himslf a frêz h hd ritn in hiz rvy: “Wn fīlz ɖt wn z liṣnñ t a ʈt-tormntd ḿzic.” Mis Îvrz hd prezd ɖ rvy. Wz ś s’nsir? Hd ś riyli eni lîf v hr ǒn bhnd ol hr propgandizm? Ɖr hd nvr bn eni il-fīlñ btwn ɖm untl ɖt nît. It uņrvd him t ʈnc ɖt ś wd b at ɖ suprtebl, lcñ p at him ẃl h spouc wɖ hr criticl qizñ îz. Phps ś wd nt b sori t si him fel in hiz spīć. An îdīa cem intu hiz mînd n gev him curij. H wd se, aludñ t Ānt Cet n Ānt Jūlia: “Lediz n Jntlṃn, ɖ jeṇreśn ẃć z nǎ on ɖ wen amñ s me hv hd its fōlts bt fr mî part I ʈnc it hd srtn qoḷtz v hosṗtaḷti, v hymr, v hymaṇti, ẃć ɖ ny n vri sirịs n hyṗedycetd jeṇreśn ɖt z growñ p arnd s sīmz t m t lac.” Vri gd: ɖt wz wn fr Mis Îvrz. Ẃt dd h cer ɖt hiz ānts wr onli tū ignṛnt old wimin?\nA mrmr in ɖ rūm atractd hiz atnśn. Mr. Braun wz advansñ fṛm ɖ dor, gaḷntli iscortñ Ānt Jūlia, hu līnd upn hiz arm, smîlñ n haññ hr hed. An ireğlr musc̣tri v aplōz iscortd hr olso az far az ɖ piano n ɖen, az Mẹri Jen sītd hrslf on ɖ stūl, n Ānt Jūlia, no longr smîlñ, haf trnd so az t pić hr vôs ferli intu ɖ rūm, graɉli sīst. Gebrịl rec̣gnîzd ɖ prelyd. It wz ɖt v an old soñ v Ānt Jūlia’z—Areid fr ɖ Brîdl. Hr vôs, stroñ n clir in ton, atact wɖ gret spirit ɖ runz ẃć imbeliś ɖ er n ɖo ś sañ vri rapidli ś dd nt mis īvn ɖ smōlist v ɖ gresnots. T folo ɖ vôs, wɖt lcñ at ɖ sñr’z fes, wz t fīl n śer ɖ xîtmnt v swift n s’kr flît. Gebrịl aplōdd lǎdli wɖ ol ɖ uɖrz at ɖ clos v ɖ soñ n lǎd aplōz wz bòrn in fṛm ɖ inviẓbl suprtebl. It sǎndd so jenyin ɖt a litl culr strugld intu Ānt Jūlia’z fes az ś bnt t rples in ɖ ḿzicstand ɖ old leɖr-baund soñ-bc ɖt hd hr iniślz on ɖ cuvr. Fredi Malinz, hu hd lisnd wɖ hiz hed prćt sîdwez t hír hr betr, wz stl aplōdñ ẃn evrwn els hd sīst n tōcñ aṇmetidli t hiz muɖr hu nodd hr hed grevli n slǒli in aqiesns. At last, ẃn h cd clap no mor, h std p sudnli n hurid acrs ɖ rūm t Ānt Jūlia huz hand h sizd n hld in bʈ hiz handz, śecñ it ẃn wrdz feld him or ɖ cać in hiz vôs pruvd tù mć fr him.\n“I wz jst telñ mî muɖr,” h sd, “I nvr hŕd y sñ so wel, nvr. No, I nvr hŕd yr vôs so gd az it z tnît. Nǎ! Wd y b’liv ɖt nǎ? Ɖt’s ɖ truʈ. Upn mî wrd n onr ɖt’s ɖ truʈ. I nvr hŕd yr vôs sǎnd so freś n so … so clir n freś, nvr.”\nĀnt Jūlia smîld brōdli n mrmrd smʈñ abt complimnts az ś rlist hr hand fṛm hiz grasp. Mr. Braun xtndd hiz opn hand twdz hr n sd t ɖoz hu wr nir him in ɖ manr v a śomn intṛdysñ a proḍji t an ōdịns:\n“Mis Jūlia Morcn, mî lêtist dscuṿri!”\nH wz lafñ vri harṭli at ɖs himslf ẃn Fredi Malinz trnd t him n sd:\n“Wel, Braun, f y’r sirịs y mt mc a wrs dscuṿri. Ol I cn se z I nvr hŕd hr sñ haf so wel az loñ az I am cmñ hir. N ɖt’s ɖ onist truʈ.”\n“Nɖr dd I,” sd Mr. Braun. “I ʈnc hr vôs hz gretli impruvd.”\nĀnt Jūlia śrugd hr śoldrz n sd wɖ mīc prîd:\n“Ʈrti yirz ago I hd’nt a bad vôs az vôsz g.”\n“I ofn tld Jūlia,” sd Ānt Cet imfaticli, “ɖt ś wz simpli ʈroun awe in ɖt qîr. Bt ś nvr wd b sd bî m.”\nŚ trnd az f t apil t ɖ gd sns v ɖ uɖrz agnst a rfractri ćîld ẃl Ānt Jūlia gezd in frunt v hr, a veg smîl v reṃnisns pleyñ on hr fes.\n“No,” cntinyd Ānt Cet, “ś wd’nt b sd or léd bî enwn, slevñ ɖr in ɖt qîr nît n de, nît n de. Six o’cloc on Crisṃs mornñ! N ol fr ẃt?”\n“Wel, z’nt it fr ɖ onr v God, Ānt Cet?” asct Mẹri Jen, twistñ rnd on ɖ pianostūl n smîlñ.\nĀnt Cet trnd firsli on hr nīs n sd:\n“I nǒ ol abt ɖ onr v God, Mẹri Jen, bt I ʈnc it’s nt at ol onṛbl fr ɖ pǒp t trn ǎt ɖ wimin ǎt v ɖ qîrz ɖt hv slevd ɖr ol ɖer lîvz n pt litl ẃiprsnaprz v bôz ovr ɖer hedz. I s’poz it z fr ɖ gd v ɖ Ćrć f ɖ pǒp dz it. Bt it’s nt just, Mẹri Jen, n it’s nt rît.”\nŚ hd wrct hrslf intu a paśn n wd hv cntinyd in dfns v hr sistr fr it wz a sor subjict wɖ hr bt Mẹri Jen, siyñ ɖt ol ɖ dansrz hd cm bac, inṭvind p’sificli:\n“Nǎ, Ānt Cet, y’r gvñ scandl t Mr. Braun hu z v ɖ uɖr psweźn.”\nĀnt Cet trnd t Mr. Braun, hu wz grinñ at ɖs aluźn t hiz rlijn, n sd hesṭli:\n“Ǒ, I d’nt qsćn ɖ pǒp’s biyñ rît. I’m onli a stypid old wmn n I wd’nt prizym t d sć a ʈñ. Bt ɖr’z sć a ʈñ az comn evride p’lîtnis n grattyd. N f I wr in Jūlia’z ples I’d tel ɖt Faɖr Hīli stret p t hiz fes…”\n“N bsdz, Ānt Cet,” sd Mẹri Jen, “w riyli r ol hungri n ẃn w r hungri w r ol vri qoṛlsm.”\n“N ẃn w r ʈrsti w r olso qoṛlsm,” add Mr. Braun.\n“So ɖt w hd betr g t supr,” sd Mẹri Jen, “n finiś ɖ dscuśn aftwdz.”\nOn ɖ landñ ǎtsd ɖ drw̃rūm Gebrịl faund hiz wîf n Mẹri Jen trayñ t pswed Mis Îvrz t ste fr supr. Bt Mis Îvrz, hu hd pt on hr hat n wz buṭnñ hr clǒc, wd nt ste. Ś dd nt fīl in ɖ līst hungri n ś hd olrdi oṿsteid hr tîm.\n“Bt onli fr ten minits, Moli,” sd Msz Conrô. “Ɖt w’nt dle y.”\n“T tec a pic itslf,” sd Mẹri Jen, “aftr ol yr dansñ.”\n“I riyli cd’nt,” sd Mis Îvrz.\n“I am afreid y dd’nt injô yrslf at ol,” sd Mẹri Jen hoplisli.\n“Evr so mć, I aśur y,” sd Mis Îvrz, “bt y riyli mst let m run of nǎ.”\n“Bt hǎ cn y gt hom?” asct Msz Conrô.\n“Ǒ, it’s onli tū steps p ɖ cì.”\nGebrịl heztetd a momnt n sd:\n“F y wl alǎ m, Mis Îvrz, I’l si y hom f y r riyli oblîjd t g.”\nBt Mis Îvrz brouc awe fṛm ɖm.\n“I w’nt hír v it,” ś craid. “Fr gdnis’ sec g in t yr suprz n d’nt mînd m. I’m qt wel ebl t tec cer v mslf.”\n“Wel, y’r ɖ comicl grl, Moli,” sd Msz Conrô francli.\n“Beannacht libh,” craid Mis Îvrz, wɖ a laf, az ś ran dǎn ɖ sterces.\nMẹri Jen gezd aftr hr, a mūdi puzld xpreśn on hr fes, ẃl Msz Conrô līnd ovr ɖ banistrz t lisn fr ɖ hōldor. Gebrịl asct himslf wz h ɖ cōz v hr abrupt dparćr. Bt ś dd nt sīm t b in il hymr: ś hd gn awe lafñ. H stérd blancli dǎn ɖ sterces.\nAt ɖ momnt Ānt Cet cem toḍlñ ǎt v ɖ supŗūm, olmst riññ hr handz in dsper.\n“Ẃr z Gebrịl?” ś craid. “Ẃr on rʈ z Gebrịl? Ɖr’z evrwn wêtñ in ɖr, stej t let, n nbdi t carv ɖ gūs!”\n“Hir I am, Ānt Cet!” craid Gebrịl, wɖ sudn aṇmeśn, “redi t carv a floc v gīs, f nesṣri.”\nA fat brǎn gūs le at wn end v ɖ tebl n at ɖ uɖr end, on a bed v crīst pepr strùn wɖ sprigz v parsli, le a gret ham, stript v its ǎtr scin n péprd ovr wɖ crust crumz, a nīt pepr fril rnd its śin n bsd ɖs wz a rǎnd v spîst bīf. Btwn ɖz rîvl endz ran paṛlel lînz v sîḑiśz: tū litl minstrz v jeli, red n yelo; a śalo diś fl v blocs v bḷmonź n red jam, a larj grīn līf-śept diś wɖ a stōc-śept handl, on ẃć le bunćz v prpl reznz n pīld almndz, a cmpańn diś on ẃć le a solid rectangl v Smirna figz, a diś v custd topt wɖ greitd nutmeg, a smōl bol fl v ćocḷts n swīts rápt in gold n silvr peprz n a glas vāz in ẃć std sm tōl seḷri stōcz. In ɖ sntr v ɖ tebl ɖr std, az sntriz t a frūtstand ẃć upheld a piṛmid v oṛnjz n Americn aplz, tū sqot old-faśnd dcantrz v cut glas, wn cntenñ port n ɖ uɖr darc śeri. On ɖ clozd sqer piano a pŭdñ in a hyj yelo diś le in wêtñ n bhnd it wr ʈri sqodz v botlz v stǎt n el n minṛlz, drwn p acordñ t ɖ culrz v ɖer yṇformz, ɖ frst tū blac, wɖ brǎn n red leblz, ɖ ʈrd n smōlist sqod ẃît, wɖ tranzvrs grīn saśz.\nGebrịl tc hiz sīt boldli at ɖ hed v ɖ tebl n, hvñ lct t ɖ éj v ɖ carvr, plunjd hiz forc frmli intu ɖ gūs. H flt qt at īz nǎ fr h wz an xprt carvr n lîct nʈñ betr ɖn t fînd himslf at ɖ hed v a wel-lêdn tebl.\n“Mis Frloñ, ẃt śl I snd y?” h asct. “A wñ or a slîs v ɖ brest?”\n“Jst a smōl slîs v ɖ brest.”\n“Mis Higinz, ẃt fr y?”\n“Ǒ, enʈñ at ol, Mr. Conrô.”\nẂl Gebrịl n Mis Dêli xćenjd plets v gūs n plets v ham n spîst bīf Lili wnt fṛm gest t gest wɖ a diś v hot flauri ptetoz rápt in a ẃît napcin. Ɖs wz Mẹri Jen’z îdīa n ś hd olso sjstd apl sōs fr ɖ gūs bt Ānt Cet hd sd ɖt plen rost gūs wɖt eni apl sōs hd olwz bn gd inuf fr hr n ś hopt ś mt nvr īt wrs. Mẹri Jen wêtd on hr pyplz n sw ɖt ɖe got ɖ bst slîsz n Ānt Cet n Ānt Jūlia opnd n carid acrs fṛm ɖ piano botlz v stǎt n el fr ɖ jntlṃn n botlz v minṛlz fr ɖ lediz. Ɖr wz a gret dīl v cnfyźn n laftr n nôz, ɖ nôz v ordrz n cǎntr-ordrz, v nîvz n forcs, v corcs n glas stoprz. Gebrịl bgan t carv secnd hlpñz az sn az h hd finiśt ɖ frst rǎnd wɖt srvñ himslf. Evrwn pṛtstd lǎdli so ɖt h compṛmîzd bî tecñ a loñ dráft v stǎt fr h hd faund ɖ carvñ hot wrc. Mẹri Jen setld dǎn qaytli t hr supr bt Ānt Cet n Ānt Jūlia wr stl toḍlñ rnd ɖ tebl, wōcñ on ć uɖr’z hìlz, gtñ in ć uɖr’z we n gvñ ć uɖr unhīdd ordrz. Mr. Braun begd v ɖm t sit dǎn n īt ɖer suprz n so dd Gebrịl bt ɖe sd ɖe wr tîm inuf so ɖt, at last, Fredi Malinz std p n, capćrñ Ānt Cet, plumt hr dǎn on hr ćer amd jenṛl laftr.\nẂn evrwn hd bn wel srvd Gebrịl sd, smîlñ:\n“Nǎ, f enwn wonts a litl mor v ẃt vulgr ppl cōl stufñ let him or hr spīc.”\nA cōṛs v vôsz invîtd him t bgin hiz ǒn supr n Lili cem fwd wɖ ʈri ptetoz ẃć ś hd rzrvd fr him.\n“Vri wel,” sd Gebrịl emịbli, az h tc anɖr pripaṛtri dráft, “cîndli fget mî xistns, lediz n jntlṃn, fr a fy minits.”\nH set t hiz supr n tc no part in ɖ convseśn wɖ ẃć ɖ tebl cuvrd Lili’z rmuvl v ɖ plets. Ɖ subjict v tōc wz ɖ opṛcumṗni ẃć wz ɖen at ɖ Ʈiytr Royl. Mr. Bartél D’Arsi, ɖ tenr, a darc-cmplex́nd yuñ man wɖ a smart mstaś, prezd vri hîli ɖ līdñ cntralto v ɖ cumṗni bt Mis Frloñ ʈt ś hd a rɖr vulgr stîl v pṛdux́n. Fredi Malinz sd ɖr wz a nīgro ćīftn sññ in ɖ secnd part v ɖ Geyti panṭmîm hu hd wn v ɖ fînist tenr vôsz h hd evr hŕd.\n“Hv y hŕd him?” h asct Mr. Bartél D’Arsi acrs ɖ tebl.\n“No,” ansrd Mr. Bartél D’Arsi cerlisli.\n“Bcz,” Fredi Malinz xplend, “nǎ I’d b krịs t hír yr opińn v him. I ʈnc h hz a grand vôs.”\n“It tecs Tedi t fînd ǎt ɖ riyli gd ʈñz,” sd Mr. Braun fmiłrli t ɖ tebl.\n“N ẃ cd’nt h hv a vôs tù?” asct Fredi Malinz śarpli. “Z it bcz h’z onli a blac?”\nNbdi ansrd ɖs qsćn n Mẹri Jen léd ɖ tebl bac t ɖ l’jitiṃt oṗra. Wn v hr pyplz hd gvn hr a pas fr Mignon. V cors it wz vri fîn, ś sd, bt it md hr ʈnc v pur Jorjīna Brnz. Mr. Braun cd g bac farɖr stl, t ɖ old Itałn cumṗniz ɖt yst t cm t Dublin—Tietjens, Ilma de Murzka, Campanini, ɖ gret Trebelli, Giuglini, Ravelli, Aramburo. Ɖoz wr ɖ dez, h sd, ẃn ɖr wz smʈñ lîc sññ t b hŕd in Dublin. H tld tù v hǎ ɖ top gaḷri v ɖ old Royl yst t b páct nît aftr nît, v hǎ wn nît an Itałn tenr hd suñ fîv oncorz t Let m lîc a Soljr fōl, intṛdysñ a hî C evri tîm, n v hǎ ɖ gaḷri bôz wd smtmz in ɖer inʈyziazm unyoc ɖ horsz fṛm ɖ carij v sm gret prīma dona n pl hr ɖmslvz ʈru ɖ strīts t hr hotel. Ẃ dd ɖe nvr ple ɖ grand old oṗraz nǎ, h asct, Dinōra, Lucrezia Borgia? Bcz ɖe cd nt gt ɖ vôsz t sñ ɖm: ɖt wz ẃ.\n“Ǒ, wel,” sd Mr. Bartél D’Arsi, “I prizym ɖr r az gd sñrz tde az ɖr wr ɖen.”\n“Ẃr r ɖe?” asct Mr. Braun dfayntli.\n“In Lundn, Paris, Milan,” sd Mr. Bartél D’Arsi wormli. “I s’poz C’rūzo, fr xampl, z qt az gd, f nt betr ɖn eni v ɖ men y hv mnśnd.”\n“Mbi so,” sd Mr. Braun. “Bt I me tel y I dǎt it stroñli.”\n“Ǒ, I’d gv enʈñ t hír C’rūzo sñ,” sd Mẹri Jen.\n“Fr m,” sd Ānt Cet, hu hd bn picñ a bon, “ɖr wz onli wn tenr. T plīz m, I mīn. Bt I s’poz nn v y evr hŕd v him.”\n“Hu wz h, Mis Morcn?” asct Mr. Bartél D’Arsi p’lîtli.\n“Hiz nem,” sd Ānt Cet, “wz Parcinsn. I hŕd him ẃn h wz in hiz prîm n I ʈnc h hd ɖen ɖ pyrist tenr vôs ɖt wz evr pt intu a man’z ʈrot.”\n“Strenj,” sd Mr. Bartél D’Arsi. “I nvr īvn hŕd v him.”\n“Yes, yes, Mis Morcn z rît,” sd Mr. Braun. “I rmembr hírñ v old Parcinsn bt h’z tù far bac fr m.”\n“A bytifl pyr swīt melo Ñgliś tenr,” sd Ānt Cet wɖ inʈyziazm.\nGebrịl hvñ finiśt, ɖ hyj pŭdñ wz trnsfŕd t ɖ tebl. Ɖ clatr v forcs n spūnz bgan agn. Gebrịl’z wîf srvd ǎt spūnflz v ɖ pŭdñ n pást ɖ plets dǎn ɖ tebl. Midwe dǎn ɖe wr hld p bî Mẹri Jen, hu rpleniśt ɖm wɖ razḅri or orinj jeli or wɖ bḷmonź n jam. Ɖ pŭdñ wz v Ānt Jūlia’z mcñ n ś rsivd prezz fr it fṛm ol qortrz. Ś hrslf sd ɖt it wz nt qt brǎn inuf.\n“Wel, I hop, Mis Morcn,” sd Mr. Braun, “ɖt I’m brǎn inuf fr y bcz, y nǒ, I’m ol brǎn.”\nOl ɖ jntlṃn, xpt Gebrịl, ét sm v ɖ pŭdñ ǎt v complimnt t Ānt Jūlia. Az Gebrịl nvr ét swīts ɖ seḷri hd bn left fr him. Fredi Malinz olso tc a stōc v seḷri n ét it wɖ hiz pŭdñ. H hd bn tld ɖt seḷri wz a capitl ʈñ fr ɖ blud n h wz jst ɖen undr doctr’z cer. Msz Malinz, hu hd bn sîḷnt ol ʈru ɖ supr, sd ɖt hr sun wz gwñ dǎn t Mǎnt Meḷre in a wīc or so. Ɖ tebl ɖen spouc v Mǎnt Meḷre, hǎ bresñ ɖ er wz dǎn ɖr, hǎ hspitbl ɖ muncs wr n hǎ ɖe nvr asct fr a peni-pìs fṛm ɖer gests.\n“N d y mīn t se,” asct Mr. Braun increɉḷsli, “ɖt a ćap cn g dǎn ɖr n pt p ɖr az f it wr a hotel n liv on ɖ fat v ɖ land n ɖen cm awe wɖt peyñ enʈñ?”\n“Ǒ, most ppl gv sm dneśn t ɖ moṇstri ẃn ɖe līv.” sd Mẹri Jen.\n“I wś w hd an insttyśn lîc ɖt in ǎr Ćrć,” sd Mr. Braun candidli.\nH wz astoniśt t hír ɖt ɖ muncs nvr spouc, got p at tū in ɖ mornñ n slept in ɖer cofinz. H asct ẃt ɖe dd it fr.\n“Ɖt’s ɖ rūl v ɖ ordr,” sd Ānt Cet frmli.\n“Yes, bt ẃ?” asct Mr. Braun.\nĀnt Cet rpitd ɖt it wz ɖ rūl, ɖt wz ol. Mr. Braun stl sīmd nt t unḍstand. Fredi Malinz xplend t him, az bst h cd, ɖt ɖ muncs wr trayñ t mc p fr ɖ sinz cmitd bî ol ɖ sinrz in ɖ ǎtsd wrld. Ɖ xpḷneśn wz nt vri clir fr Mr. Braun grind n sd:\n“I lîc ɖt îdīa vri mć bt wd’nt a cumf̣tbl sprñ bed d ɖm az wel az a cofin?”\n“Ɖ cofin,” sd Mẹri Jen, “z t rmînd ɖm v ɖer last end.”\nAz ɖ subjict hd groun l’gūbrịs it wz berid in a sîḷns v ɖ tebl jrñ ẃć Msz Malinz cd b hŕd seyñ t hr nebr in an indistñt unḍton:\n“Ɖe r vri gd men, ɖ muncs, vri pays men.”\nƉ reznz n almndz n figz n aplz n oṛnjz n ćocḷts n swīts wr nǎ pást abt ɖ tebl n Ānt Jūlia invîtd ol ɖ gests t hv îɖr port or śeri. At frst Mr. Bartél D’Arsi rfyzd t tec îɖr bt wn v hiz nebrz nujd him n ẃisprd smʈñ t him upn ẃć h alaud hiz glas t b fild. Graɉli az ɖ last glasz wr biyñ fild ɖ convseśn sīst. A pōz foloud, brocn onli bî ɖ nôz v ɖ wîn n bî unseṭlñz v ćerz. Ɖ Misz Morcn, ol ʈri, lct dǎn at ɖ teblcloʈ. Smwn coft wns or twîs n ɖen a fy jntlṃn patd ɖ tebl jntli az a signl fr sîḷns. Ɖ sîḷns cem n Gebrịl pśt bac hiz ćer.\nƉ patñ at wns grù lǎdr in incurijmnt n ɖen sīst oltgɖr. Gebrịl līnd hiz ten tremḅlñ fngrz on ɖ teblcloʈ n smîld nrṿsli at ɖ cumṗni. Mītñ a ro v uptrnd fesz h rezd hiz îz t ɖ śanḍlir. Ɖ piano wz pleyñ a wōlts tyn n h cd hír ɖ scrts swīpñ agnst ɖ drw̃rūm dor. Ppl, phps, wr standñ in ɖ sno on ɖ cì ǎtsd, gezñ p at ɖ lîtd windoz n liṣnñ t ɖ wōltsḿzic. Ɖ er wz pyr ɖr. In ɖ distns le ɖ parc ẃr ɖ triz wr weitd wɖ sno. Ɖ Welñtn Mońmnt wòr a glīmñ cap v sno ɖt flaśt wstẉd ovr ɖ ẃît fīld v Fiftīn Ecrz.\n“Lediz n Jntlṃn,\n“It hz fōḷn t mî lot ɖs īvnñ, az in yirz past, t pform a vri plizñ tasc bt a tasc fr ẃć I am afreid mî pur pǎrz az a spīcr r ol tù inadiqt.”\n“No, no!” sd Mr. Braun.\n“Bt, hvr ɖt me b, I cn onli asc y tnît t tec ɖ wil fr ɖ dīd n t lend m yr atnśn fr a fy momnts ẃl I indevr t xpres t y in wrdz ẃt mî fīlñz r on ɖs oceźn.\n“Lediz n Jntlṃn, it z nt ɖ frst tîm ɖt w hv gaɖrd tgɖr undr ɖs hspitbl rūf, arnd ɖs hspitbl bord. It z nt ɖ frst tîm ɖt w hv bn ɖ rsipịnts—or phps, I hd betr se, ɖ victimz—v ɖ hosṗtaḷti v srtn gd lediz.”\nH md a srcl in ɖ er wɖ hiz arm n pōzd. Evrwn laft or smîld at Ānt Cet n Ānt Jūlia n Mẹri Jen hu ol trnd crimzn wɖ pleźr. Gebrịl wnt on mor boldli:\n“I fīl mor stroñli wɖ evri rcŕñ yir ɖt ǎr cuntri hz no tṛdiśn ẃć dz it so mć onr n ẃć it śd gard so jeḷsli az ɖt v its hosṗtaḷti. It z a tṛdiśn ɖt z ynīc az far az mî xpirịns gz (n I hv viẓtd nt a fy plesz abrōd) amñ ɖ modn neśnz. Sm wd se, phps, ɖt wɖ s it z rɖr a felñ ɖn enʈñ t b bostd v. Bt grantd īvn ɖt, it z, t mî mînd, a prinsli felñ, n wn ɖt I trust wl loñ b cultvetd amñ s. V wn ʈñ, at līst, I am śr. Az loñ az ɖs wn rūf śltrz ɖ gd lediz afōr-sd—n I wś fṛm mî hart it me d so fr mni n mni a loñ yir t cm—ɖ tṛdiśn v jenyin wrm-hartd crtịs Îriś hosṗtaḷti, ẃć ǎr fōrfaɖrz hv handd dǎn t s n ẃć w in trn mst hand dǎn t ǎr dsndnts, z stl alîv amñ s.”\nA harti mrmr v asnt ran rnd ɖ tebl. It śot ʈru Gebrịl’z mînd ɖt Mis Îvrz wz nt ɖr n ɖt ś hd gn awe dscrtịsli: n h sd wɖ confidns in himslf:\n“A ny jeṇreśn z growñ p in ǎr mdst, a jeṇreśn acćuetd bî ny îdīaz n ny prínsiplz. It z sirịs n inʈyziastic fr ɖz ny îdīaz n its inʈyziazm, īvn ẃn it z misḍrectd, z, I b’liv, in ɖ mn s’nsir. Bt w r livñ in a scepticl n, f I me yz ɖ frêz, a ʈt-tormntd ej: n smtmz I fir ɖt ɖs ny jeṇreśn, edycetd or hîṗedycetd az it z, wl lac ɖoz qoḷtz v hymaṇti, v hosṗtaḷti, v cîndli hymr ẃć b’loñd t an oldr de. Liṣnñ tnît t ɖ nemz v ol ɖoz gret sñrz v ɖ past it sīmd t m, I mst cnfes, ɖt w wr livñ in a les speśs ej. Ɖoz dez mt, wɖt xaɉreśn, b cōld speśs dez: n f ɖe r gn bynd rcōl let s hop, at līst, ɖt in gaɖ̇rñz sć az ɖs w śl stl spīc v ɖm wɖ prîd n afx́n, stl ćeriś in ǎr hārts ɖ meṃri v ɖoz ded n gn gret wnz huz fem ɖ wrld wl nt wilñli let dî.”\n“Hír, hír!” sd Mr. Braun lǎdli.\n“Bt yt,” cntinyd Gebrịl, hiz vôs fōlñ intu a softr inflex́n, “ɖr r olwz in gaɖ̇rñz sć az ɖs sadr ʈts ɖt wl rcŕ t ǎr mîndz: ʈts v ɖ past, v yʈ, v ćenjz, v absnt fesz ɖt w mis hir tnît. Ǎr paʈ ʈru lîf z strùn wɖ mni sć sad meṃriz: n wr w t brūd upn ɖm olwz w cd nt fînd ɖ hart t g on brevli wɖ ǎr wrc amñ ɖ livñ. W hv ol v s livñ dytiz n livñ afx́nz ẃć clem, n rîtli clem, ǎr strenẏs indevrz.\n“Ɖrfr, I wl nt lingr on ɖ past. I wl nt let eni glūmi moṛlîzñ intrud upn s hir tnît. Hir w r gaɖrd tgɖr fr a brīf momnt fṛm ɖ busl n ruś v ǎr evride rūtīn. W r met hir az frendz, in ɖ spirit v gd-felośp, az colīgz, olso t a srtn xtnt, in ɖ tru spirit v caṃraḍri, n az ɖ gests v—ẃt śl I cōl ɖm?—ɖ Ʈri Gresz v ɖ Dublin ḿzicl wrld.”\nƉ tebl brst intu aplōz n laftr at ɖs aluźn. Ānt Jūlia venli asct ć v hr nebrz in trn t tel hr ẃt Gebrịl hd sd.\n“H sz w r ɖ Ʈri Gresz, Ānt Jūlia,” sd Mẹri Jen.\nĀnt Jūlia dd nt unḍstand bt ś lct p, smîlñ, at Gebrịl, hu cntinyd in ɖ sem vein:\n“I wl nt atmt t ple tnît ɖ part ɖt Paris pleid on anɖr oceźn. I wl nt atmt t ćūz btwn ɖm. Ɖ tasc wd b an invidịs wn n wn bynd mî pur pǎrz. Fr ẃn I vy ɖm in trn, ẃɖr it b ǎr ćīf hostes hrslf, huz gd hart, huz tù gd hart, hz bcm a bîwrd wɖ ol hu nǒ hr, or hr sistr, hu sīmz t b giftd wɖ p’reńl yʈ n huz sññ mst hv bn a s’prîz n a reṿleśn t s ol tnît, or, last bt nt līst, ẃn I cnsidr ǎr yungist hostes, talntd, ćirfl, hard-wrcñ n ɖ bst v nīsz, I cnfes, Lediz n Jntlṃn, ɖt I d nt nǒ t ẃć v ɖm I śd aword ɖ prîz.”\nGebrịl glanst dǎn at hiz ānts n, siyñ ɖ larj smîl on Ānt Jūlia’z fes n ɖ tirz ẃć hd rizn t Ānt Cet’s îz, hesnd t hiz clos. H rezd hiz glas v port gaḷntli, ẃl evri membr v ɖ cumṗni fngrd a glas xpctntli, n sd lǎdli:\n“Let s tost ɖm ol ʈri tgɖr. Let s drinc t ɖer hlʈ, wlʈ, loñ lîf, hapinis n pṛspeṛti n me ɖe loñ cntiny t hold ɖ prǎd n slf-wún pziśn ẃć ɖe hold in ɖer pṛfeśn n ɖ pziśn v onr n afx́n ẃć ɖe hold in ǎr harts.”\nOl ɖ gests std p, glas in hand, n trnñ twdz ɖ ʈri sītd lediz, sañ in ynisn, wɖ Mr. Braun az līdr:\nFr ɖe r joli ge feloz,\nẂć nbdi cn dnî.\nĀnt Cet wz mcñ franc ys v hr hanc̣ćif n īvn Ānt Jūlia sīmd muvd. Fredi Malinz bìt tîm wɖ hiz pŭdñforc n ɖ sñrz trnd twdz wn anɖr, az f in mlodịs confṛns, ẃl ɖe sañ wɖ emf̣sis:\nUnls h tlz a lî,\nUnls h tlz a lî.\nƉen, trnñ wns mor twdz ɖer hostesz, ɖe sañ:\nƉ acḷmeśn ẃć foloud wz tecn p bynd ɖ dor v ɖ supŗūm bî mni v ɖ uɖr gests n rnyd tîm aftr tîm, Fredi Malinz actñ az ofisr wɖ hiz forc on hî.\nƉ pirsñ mornñ er cem intu ɖ hōl ẃr ɖe wr standñ so ɖt Ānt Cet sd:\n“Clos ɖ dor, smbdi. Msz Malinz wl gt hr deʈ v cold.”\n“Braun z ǎt ɖr, Ānt Cet,” sd Mẹri Jen.\n“Braun z evrẃr,” sd Ānt Cet, lowrñ hr vôs.\nMẹri Jen laft at hr ton.\n“Riyli,” ś sd arćli, “h z vri atntiv.”\n“H hz bn leid on hir lîc ɖ gas,” sd Ānt Cet in ɖ sem ton, “ol jrñ ɖ Crisṃs.”\nŚ laft hrslf ɖs tîm gd-hymrdli n ɖen add qcli:\n“Bt tel him t cm in, Mẹri Jen, n cloz ɖ dor. I hop t gdnis h dd’nt hír m.”\nAt ɖt momnt ɖ hōldor wz opnd n Mr. Braun cem in fṛm ɖ dorstep, lafñ az f hiz hart wd brec. H wz drest in a loñ grīn oṿcot wɖ moc astṛcan cufs n colr n wòr on hiz hed an ovl fŕ cap. H pôntd dǎn ɖ sno-cuvrd cì fṛm ẃr ɖ sǎnd v śril pṛloñd ẃiṣlñ wz bòrn in.\n“Tedi wl hv ol ɖ cabz in Dublin ǎt,” h sd.\nGebrịl advanst fṛm ɖ litl pantri bhnd ɖ ofis, struġlñ intu hiz oṿcot n, lcñ rnd ɖ hōl, sd:\n“Greta nt dǎn yt?”\n“Ś’z gtñ on hr ʈñz, Gebrịl,” sd Ānt Cet.\n“Hu’z pleyñ p ɖr?” asct Gebrịl.\n“Nbdi. Ɖ’r ol gn.”\n“Ǒ no, Ānt Cet,” sd Mẹri Jen. “Bartél D’Arsi n Mis O’Caḷhn r’nt gn yt.”\n“Smwn z fūlñ at ɖ piano enhǎ,” sd Gebrịl.\nMẹri Jen glanst at Gebrịl n Mr. Braun n sd wɖ a śivr:\n“It mcs m fīl cold t lc at y tū jntlṃn mufld p lîc ɖt. I wd’nt lîc t fes yr jrni hom at ɖs aur.”\n“I’d lîc nʈñ betr ɖs minit,” sd Mr. Braun stǎtli, “ɖn a raṭlñ fîn wōc in ɖ cuntri or a fast drîv w�� a gd spancñ gowr btwn ɖ śafts.”\n“W yst t hv a vri gd hors n trap at hom,” sd Ānt Jūlia sadli.\n“Ɖ nvr-t-b-fgotn Joni,” sd Mẹri Jen, lafñ.\nĀnt Cet n Gebrịl laft tù.\n“Ẃ, ẃt wz wundrfl abt Joni?” asct Mr. Braun.\n“Ɖ lêt l’mntd Patric Morcn, ǎr granfaɖr, ɖt z,” xplend Gebrịl, “comnli noun in hiz lêtr yirz az ɖ old jntlmn, wz a glūbôlr.”\n“Ǒ nǎ, Gebrịl,” sd Ānt Cet, lafñ, “h hd a starćmil.”\n“Wel, glu or starć,” sd Gebrịl, “ɖ old jntlmn hd a hors bî ɖ nem v Joni. N Joni yst t wrc in ɖ old jntlmn’z mil, wōcñ rnd n rnd in ordr t drîv ɖ mil. Ɖt wz ol vri wel; bt nǎ cmz ɖ trajic part abt Joni. Wn fîn de ɖ old jntlmn ʈt h’d lîc t drîv ǎt wɖ ɖ qoḷti t a militri rvy in ɖ parc.”\n“Ɖ Lord hv mrsi on hiz soul,” sd Ānt Cet cmpaśṇtli.\n“Āmén,” sd Gebrịl. “So ɖ old jntlmn, az I sd, harnist Joni n pt on hiz vri bst tōl hat n hiz vri bst stoc colr n drouv ǎt in grand stîl fṛm hiz ansestṛl manśn smẃr nir Bac Len, I ʈnc.”\nEvrwn laft, īvn Msz Malinz, at Gebrịl’z manr n Ānt Cet sd:\n“Ǒ nǎ, Gebrịl, h dd’nt liv in Bac Len, riyli. Onli ɖ mil wz ɖr.”\n“Ǎt fṛm ɖ manśn v hiz fōrfaɖrz,” cntinyd Gebrịl, “h drouv wɖ Joni. N evrʈñ wnt on bytifli untl Joni cem in sît v Cñ Bili’z staću: n ẃɖr h fél in luv wɖ ɖ hors Cñ Bili sits on or ẃɖr h ʈt h wz bac agn in ɖ mil, enhǎ h bgan t wōc rnd ɖ staću.”\nGebrịl pêst in a srcl rnd ɖ hōl in hiz g’lośz amd ɖ laftr v ɖ uɖrz.\n“Rnd n rnd h wnt,” sd Gebrịl, “n ɖ old jntlmn, hu wz a vri pomṗs old jntlmn, wz hîli indignnt. ‘G on, sr! Ẃt d y mīn, sr? Joni! Joni! Most xtrordnri conduct! C’nt unḍstand ɖ hors!’”\nƉ pìl v laftr ẃć foloud Gebrịl’z iṃteśn v ɖ insidnt wz inṭruptd bî a rzǎndñ noc at ɖ hōldor. Mẹri Jen ran t opn it n let in Fredi Malinz. Fredi Malinz, wɖ hiz hat wel bac on hiz hed n hiz śoldrz humt wɖ cold, wz pufñ n stīmñ aftr hiz xrśnz.\n“I cd onli gt wn cab,” h sd.\n“Ǒ, w’l fînd anɖr alñ ɖ cì,” sd Gebrịl.\n“Yes,” sd Ānt Cet. “Betr nt cīp Msz Malinz standñ in ɖ dráft.”\nMsz Malinz wz hlpt dǎn ɖ frunt steps bî hr sun n Mr. Braun n, aftr mni mnūvrz, hôstd intu ɖ cab. Fredi Malinz clambrd in aftr hr n spent a loñ tîm seṭlñ hr on ɖ sīt, Mr. Braun hlpñ him wɖ advîs. At last ś wz setld cumf̣tbli n Fredi Malinz invîtd Mr. Braun intu ɖ cab. Ɖr wz a gd dīl v cnfyzd tōc, n ɖen Mr. Braun got intu ɖ cab. Ɖ cabmn setld hiz rug ovr hiz niz, n bnt dǎn fr ɖ adres. Ɖ cnfyźn grù gretr n ɖ cabmn wz d’rectd difṛntli bî Fredi Malinz n Mr. Braun, ć v hūm hd hiz hed ǎt ʈru a windo v ɖ cab. Ɖ dificlti wz t nǒ ẃr t drop Mr. Braun alñ ɖ rùt, n Ānt Cet, Ānt Jūlia n Mẹri Jen hlpt ɖ dscuśn fṛm ɖ dorstep wɖ crosdirex́nz n contṛdix́nz n abundns v laftr. Az fr Fredi Malinz h wz spīćlis wɖ laftr. H popt hiz hed in n ǎt v ɖ windo evri momnt t ɖ gret denjr v hiz hat, n tld hiz muɖr hǎ ɖ dscuśn wz pṛgresñ, tl at last Mr. Braun śǎtd t ɖ bwildrd cabmn abv ɖ din v evrbdi’z laftr:\n“D y nǒ Triṇti Colij?”\n“Yes, sr,” sd ɖ cabmn.\n“Wel, drîv bañ p agnst Triṇti Colij gets,” sd Mr. Braun, “n ɖen w’l tel y ẃr t g. Y unḍstand nǎ?”\n“Mc lîc a brd fr Triṇti Colij.”\n“Rît, sr,” sd ɖ cabmn.\nƉ hors wz ẃipt p n ɖ cab ratld of alñ ɖ cì amd a cōṛs v laftr n ady.\nGebrịl hd nt gn t ɖ dor wɖ ɖ uɖrz. H wz in a darc part v ɖ hōl gezñ p ɖ sterces. A wmn wz standñ nir ɖ top v ɖ frst flît, in ɖ śado olso. H cd nt si hr fes bt h cd si ɖ teṛcota n samn-pnc panlz v hr scrt ẃć ɖ śado md apir blac n ẃît. It wz hiz wîf. Ś wz līnñ on ɖ banistrz, liṣnñ t smʈñ. Gebrịl wz s’prîzd at hr stilnis n strend hiz ir t lisn olso. Bt h cd hír litl sev ɖ nôz v laftr n dspyt on ɖ frunt steps, a fy cōrdz struc on ɖ piano n a fy nots v a man’z vôs sññ.\nH std stil in ɖ glūm v ɖ hōl, trayñ t cać ɖ er ɖt ɖ vôs wz sññ n gezñ p at hiz wîf. Ɖr wz gres n misṭri in hr attyd az f ś wr a simbl v smʈñ. H asct himslf ẃt z a wmn standñ on ɖ sterz in ɖ śado, liṣnñ t distnt ḿzic, a simbl v. F h wr a pentr h wd pent hr in ɖt attyd. Hr blu flt hat wd śo of ɖ bronz v hr her agnst ɖ darcnis n ɖ darc panlz v hr scrt wd śo of ɖ lît wnz. Distnt Ḿzic h wd cōl ɖ picćr f h wr a pentr.\nƉ hōldor wz clozd; n Ānt Cet, Ānt Jūlia n Mẹri Jen cem dǎn ɖ hōl, stl lafñ.\n“Wel, z’nt Fredi teṛbl?” sd Mẹri Jen. “H’z riyli teṛbl.”\nGebrịl sd nʈñ bt pôntd p ɖ sterz twdz ẃr hiz wîf wz standñ. Nǎ ɖt ɖ hōldor wz clozd ɖ vôs n ɖ piano cd b hŕd mor clirli. Gebrịl hld p hiz hand fr ɖm t b sîḷnt. Ɖ soñ sīmd t b in ɖ old Îriś tnaḷti n ɖ sñr sīmd unsrtn bʈ v hiz wrdz n v hiz vôs. Ɖ vôs, md plentiv bî distns n bî ɖ sñr’z hōrsnis, fentli iluṃnetd ɖ cedns v ɖ er wɖ wrdz xpresñ grīf:\nǑ, ɖ ren fōlz on mî hevi locs\nN ɖ dȳ wets mî scin,\nMî beb lîz cold…\n“Ǒ,” xclemd Mẹri Jen. “It’s Bartél D’Arsi sññ n h wd’nt sñ ol ɖ nît. Ǒ, I’l gt him t sñ a soñ bfr h gz.”\n“Ǒ d, Mẹri Jen,” sd Ānt Cet.\nMẹri Jen bruśt past ɖ uɖrz n ran t ɖ sterces, bt bfr ś rīćt it ɖ sññ stopt n ɖ piano wz clozd abrupli.\n“Ǒ, ẃt a piti!” ś craid. “Z h cmñ dǎn, Greta?”\nGebrịl hŕd hiz wîf ansr yes n sw hr cm dǎn twdz ɖm. A fy steps bhnd hr wr Mr. Bartél D’Arsi n Mis O’Caḷhn.\n“Ǒ, Mr. D’Arsi,” craid Mẹri Jen, “it’s dǎnrît mīn v y t brec of lîc ɖt ẃn w wr ol in rapćrz liṣnñ t y.”\n“I hv bn at him ol ɖ īvnñ,” sd Mis O’Caḷhn, “n Msz Conrô tù n h tld s h hd a dredfl cold n cd’nt sñ.”\n“Ǒ, Mr. D’Arsi,” sd Ānt Cet, “nǎ ɖt wz a gret fib t tel.”\n“C’nt y si ɖt I’m az hōrs az a cro?” sd Mr. D’Arsi rufli.\nH wnt intu ɖ pantri hesṭli n pt on hiz oṿcot. Ɖ uɖrz, tecn abac bî hiz rūd spīć, cd fînd nʈñ t se. Ānt Cet rincld hr brǎz n md sînz t ɖ uɖrz t drop ɖ subjict. Mr. D’Arsi std sweɖñ hiz nec cerf̣li n frǎnñ.\n“It’s ɖ weɖr,” sd Ānt Jūlia, aftr a pōz.\n“Yes, evrbdi hz coldz,” sd Ānt Cet reḍli, “evrbdi.”\n“Ɖe se,” sd Mẹri Jen, “w hv’nt hd sno lîc it fr ʈrti yirz; n I réd ɖs mornñ in ɖ nyzpeprz ɖt ɖ sno z jenṛl ol ovr Îrḷnd.”\n“I luv ɖ lc v sno,” sd Ānt Jūlia sadli.\n“So d I,” sd Mis O’Caḷhn. “I ʈnc Crisṃs z nvr riyli Crisṃs unls w hv ɖ sno on ɖ grǎnd.”\n“Bt pur Mr. D’Arsi dz’nt lîc ɖ sno,” sd Ānt Cet, smîlñ.\nMr. D’Arsi cem fṛm ɖ pantri, fŭli sweɖd n butnd, n in a rpntnt ton tld ɖm ɖ hisṭri v hiz cold. Evrwn gev him advîs n sd it wz a gret piti n rjd him t b vri cerfl v hiz ʈrot in ɖ nît-er. Gebrịl woćt hiz wîf, hu dd nt jôn in ɖ convseśn. Ś wz standñ rît undr ɖ dusti fanlît n ɖ flem v ɖ gas lit p ɖ rić bronz v hr her, ẃć h hd sìn hr drayñ at ɖ fîr a fy dez bfr. Ś wz in ɖ sem attyd n sīmd un’wer v ɖ tōc abt hr. At last ś trnd twdz ɖm n Gebrịl sw ɖt ɖr wz culr on hr ćīcs n ɖt hr îz wr śînñ. A sudn tîd v jô wnt līpñ ǎt v hiz hart.\n“Mr. D’Arsi,” ś sd, “ẃt z ɖ nem v ɖt soñ y wr sññ?”\n“It’s cōld Ɖ Las v Ócṛm,” sd Mr. D’Arsi, “bt I cd’nt rmembr it proprli. Ẃ? D y nǒ it?”\n“Ɖ Las v Ócṛm,” ś rpitd. “I cd’nt ʈnc v ɖ nem.”\n“It’s a vri nîs er,” sd Mẹri Jen. “I’m sori y wr nt in vôs tnît.”\n“Nǎ, Mẹri Jen,” sd Ānt Cet, “d’nt anô Mr. D’Arsi. I w’nt hv him anoid.”\nSiyñ ɖt ol wr redi t start ś śeṗdd ɖm t ɖ dor, ẃr gdnît wz sd:\n“Wel, gdnît, Ānt Cet, n ʈancs fr ɖ pleznt īvnñ.”\n“Gdnît, Gebrịl. Gdnît, Greta!”\n“Gdnît, Ānt Cet, n ʈancs evr so mć. Gdnît, Ānt Jūlia.”\n“Ǒ, gdnît, Greta, I dd’nt si y.”\n“Gdnît, Mr. D’Arsi. Gdnît, Mis O’Caḷhn.”\n“Gdnît, Mis Morcn.”\n“Gdnît, ol. Sef hom.”\nƉ mornñ wz stl darc. A dul yelo lît brūdd ovr ɖ hǎzz n ɖ rivr; n ɖ scî sīmd t b dsndñ. It wz sluśi unḍft; n onli strīcs n paćz v sno le on ɖ rūfs, on ɖ paṛpits v ɖ cì n on ɖ eria-relñz. Ɖ lamps wr stl brnñ redli in ɖ mrci er n, acrs ɖ rivr, ɖ palis v ɖ For Corts std ǎt meṇsñli agnst ɖ hevi scî.\nŚ wz wōcñ on bfr him wɖ Mr. Bartél D’Arsi, hr śuz in a brǎn parsl tuct undr wn arm n hr handz holdñ hr scrt p fṛm ɖ sluś. Ś hd no longr eni gres v attyd bt Gebrịl’z îz wr stl brît wɖ hapinis. Ɖ blud wnt bǎndñ alñ hiz veinz; n ɖ ʈts wnt raytñ ʈru hiz bren, prǎd, jôfl, tndr, vaḷṛs.\nŚ wz wōcñ on bfr him so lîtli n so irect ɖt h loñd t run aftr hr nôzlisli, cać hr bî ɖ śoldrz n se smʈñ fūliś n afx́ṇt intu hr ir. Ś sīmd t him so frel ɖt h loñd t dfnd hr agnst smʈñ n ɖen t b alon wɖ hr. Momnts v ɖer sīcrit lîf tgɖr brst lîc starz upn hiz meṃri. A hīłtrop enṿlop wz layñ bsd hiz brecfstcup n h wz c’resñ it wɖ hiz hand. Brdz wr twiṭrñ in ɖ îvi n ɖ súni web v ɖ crtn wz śiṃrñ alñ ɖ flor: h cd nt īt fr hapinis. Ɖe wr standñ on ɖ crǎdd platform n h wz plesñ a ticit insd ɖ worm pām v hr gluv. H wz standñ wɖ hr in ɖ cold, lcñ in ʈru a greitd windo at a man mcñ botlz in a rorñ frnis. It wz vri cold. Hr fes, fregṛnt in ɖ cold er, wz qt clos t hiz; n sudnli h cōld ǎt t ɖ man at ɖ frnis:\n“Z ɖ fîr hot, sr?”\nBt ɖ man cd nt hír wɖ ɖ nôz v ɖ frnis. It wz jst az wel. H mt hv ansrd rūdli.\nA wev v yt mor tndr jô iscept fṛm hiz hart n wnt corsñ in worm flud alñ hiz arṭriz. Lîc ɖ tndr fîr v starz, momnts v ɖer lîf tgɖr, ɖt nwn ń v or wd evr nǒ v, brouc upn n ilumind hiz meṃri. H loñd t rcōl t hr ɖoz momnts, t mc hr fget ɖ yirz v ɖer dul xistns tgɖr n rmembr onli ɖer momnts v xṭsi. Fr ɖ yirz, h flt, hd nt qnćt hiz soul or hrz. Ɖer ćildṛn, hiz raitñ, hr hǎshold cerz hd nt qnćt ol ɖer soulz’ tndr fîr. In wn letr ɖt h hd ritn t hr ɖen h hd sd: “Ẃ z it ɖt wrdz lîc ɖz sīm t m so dul n cold? Z it bcz ɖr z no wrd tndr inuf t b yr nem?”\nLîc distnt ḿzic ɖz wrdz ɖt h hd ritn yirz bfr wr bòrn twdz him fṛm ɖ past. H loñd t b alon wɖ hr. Ẃn ɖ uɖrz hd gn awe, ẃn h n ś wr in ɖer rūm in ɖ hotel, ɖen ɖe wd b alon tgɖr. H wd cōl hr softli:\nPhps ś wd nt hír at wns: ś wd b undresñ. Ɖen smʈñ in hiz vôs wd strîc hr. Ś wd trn n lc at him…\nAt ɖ cornr v Wîntavn Strīt ɖe met a cab. H wz glad v its raṭlñ nôz az it sevd him fṛm convseśn. Ś wz lcñ ǎt v ɖ windo n sīmd tîrd. Ɖ uɖrz spouc onli a fy wrdz, pôntñ ǎt sm bildñ or strīt. Ɖ hors gaḷpt alñ wiṛli undr ɖ mrci mornñscî, dragñ hiz old raṭlñ box aftr hiz hìlz, n Gebrịl wz agn in a cab wɖ hr, gaḷpñ t cać ɖ bot, gaḷpñ t ɖer hunimūn.\nAz ɖ cab drouv acrs O’Conl Brij Mis O’Caḷhn sd:\n“Ɖe se y nvr cros O’Conl Brij wɖt siyñ a ẃît hors.”\n“I si a ẃît man ɖs tîm,” sd Gebrịl.\n“Ẃr?” asct Mr. Bartél D’Arsi.\nGebrịl pôntd t ɖ staću, on ẃć le paćz v sno. Ɖen h nodd fmiłrli t it n wevd hiz hand.\n“Gdnît, Dan,” h sd gêli.\nẂn ɖ cab drù p bfr ɖ hotel, Gebrịl jumt ǎt n, in spît v Mr. Bartél D’Arsi’z protest, peid ɖ drîvr. H gev ɖ man a śilñ ovr hiz fér. Ɖ man s’lūtd n sd:\n“A prospṛs Ny Yir t y, sr.”\n“Ɖ sem t y,” sd Gebrịl corɉli.\nŚ līnd fr a momnt on hiz arm in gtñ ǎt v ɖ cab n ẃl standñ at ɖ crbston, bidñ ɖ uɖrz gdnît. Ś līnd lîtli on hiz arm, az lîtli az ẃn ś hd danst wɖ him a fy aurz bfr. H hd flt prǎd n hapi ɖen, hapi ɖt ś wz hiz, prǎd v hr gres n wîfli carij. Bt nǎ, aftr ɖ cinḍlñ agn v so mni meṃriz, ɖ frst tuć v hr bodi, ḿzicl n strenj n prfymd, snt ʈru him a cīn pañ v lust. Undr cuvr v hr sîḷns h prest hr arm closli t hiz sîd; n, az ɖe std at ɖ hoteldor, h flt ɖt ɖe hd iscept fṛm ɖer lîvz n dytiz, iscept fṛm hom n frendz n run awe tgɖr wɖ wîld n redịnt harts t a ny advnćr.\nAn old man wz dozñ in a gret hŭdd ćer in ɖ hōl. H lit a candl in ɖ ofis n wnt bfr ɖm t ɖ sterz. Ɖe foloud him in sîḷns, ɖer fīt fōlñ in soft ʈudz on ɖ ʈicli carṗtd sterz. Ś mǎntd ɖ sterz bhnd ɖ portr, hr hed baud in ɖ asent, hr frel śoldrz crvd az wɖ a brdn, hr scrt grt tîtli abt hr. H cd hv fluñ hiz armz abt hr hips n hld hr stil, fr hiz armz wr tremḅlñ wɖ dzîr t sīz hr n onli ɖ stres v hiz nêlz agnst ɖ pāmz v hiz handz hld ɖ wîld impuls v hiz bodi in ćec. Ɖ portr hōltd on ɖ sterz t setl hiz guṭrñ candl. Ɖe hōltd tù on ɖ steps b’lo him. In ɖ sîḷns Gebrịl cd hír ɖ fōlñ v ɖ moltn wax intu ɖ tre n ɖ ʈumpñ v hiz ǒn hart agnst hiz ribz.\nƉ portr léd ɖm alñ a coṛdor n opnd a dor. Ɖen h set hiz unstebl candl dǎn on a tôḷțebl n asct at ẃt aur ɖe wr t b cōld in ɖ mornñ.\n“Et,” sd Gebrịl.\nƉ portr pôntd t ɖ tap v ɖ ilectric lît n bgan a mutrd apoḷji bt Gebrịl cut him śort.\n“W d’nt wont eni lît. W hv lît inuf fṛm ɖ strīt. N I se,” h add, pôntñ t ɖ candl, “y mt rmuv ɖt hansm articl, lîc a gd man.”\nƉ portr tc p hiz candl agn, bt slǒli fr h wz s’prîzd bî sć a novl îdīa. Ɖen h mumbld gdnît n wnt ǎt. Gebrịl śot ɖ loc t.\nA gostli lît fṛm ɖ strītlamp le in a loñ śaft fṛm wn windo t ɖ dor. Gebrịl ʈrù hiz oṿcot n hat on a cǎć n crost ɖ rūm twdz ɖ windo. H lct dǎn intu ɖ strīt in ordr ɖt hiz imośn mt cām a litl. Ɖen h trnd n līnd agnst a ćst v drorz wɖ hiz bac t ɖ lît. Ś hd tecn of hr hat n clǒc n wz standñ bfr a larj swññ mirr, unhcñ hr weist. Gebrịl pōzd fr a fy momnts, woćñ hr, n ɖen sd:\nŚ trnd awe fṛm ɖ mirr slǒli n wōct alñ ɖ śaft v lît twdz him. Hr fes lct so sirịs n wiri ɖt ɖ wrdz wd nt pas Gebrịl’z lips. No, it wz nt ɖ momnt yt.\n“Y lct tîrd,” h sd.\n“I am a litl,” ś ansrd.\n“Y d’nt fīl il or wìc?”\n“No, tîrd: ɖt’s ol.”\nŚ wnt on t ɖ windo n std ɖr, lcñ ǎt. Gebrịl wêtd agn n ɖen, firñ ɖt difidns wz abt t concr him, h sd abrupli:\n“Bî ɖ we, Greta!”\n“Y nǒ ɖt pur felo Malinz?” h sd qcli.\n“Yes. Ẃt abt him?”\n“Wel, pur felo, h’z a dīsnt sort v ćap aftr ol,” cntinyd Gebrịl in a fōls vôs. “H gev m bac ɖt sovrin I lent him, n I dd’nt xpct it, riyli. It’s a piti h wd’nt cīp awe fṛm ɖt Braun, bcz h’z nt a bad felo, riyli.”\nH wz tremḅlñ nǎ wɖ anoyns. Ẃ dd ś sīm so abstractd? H dd nt nǒ hǎ h cd bgin. Wz ś anoid, tù, abt smʈñ? F ś wd onli trn t him or cm t him v hr ǒn acord! T tec hr az ś wz wd b brūtl. No, h mst si sm ardr in hr îz frst. H loñd t b mastr v hr strenj mūd.\n“Ẃn dd y lend him ɖ pǎnd?” ś asct, aftr a pōz.\nGebrịl strouv t rstren himslf fṛm brecñ ǎt intu brūtl lanḡj abt ɖ sotiś Malinz n hiz pǎnd. H loñd t crî t hr fṛm hiz soul, t cruś hr bodi agnst hiz, t oṿmastr hr. Bt h sd:\n“Ǒ, at Crisṃs, ẃn h opnd ɖt litl Crisṃscard śop in Henri Strīt.”\nH wz in sć a fīvr v rej n dzîr ɖt h dd nt hír hr cm fṛm ɖ windo. Ś std bfr him fr an instnt, lcñ at him strenjli. Ɖen, sudnli rezñ hrslf on tipto n restñ hr handz lîtli on hiz śoldrz, ś cist him.\n“Y r a vri jenṛs prsn, Gebrịl,” ś sd.\nGebrịl, tremḅlñ wɖ dlît at hr sudn cis n at ɖ qentnis v hr frêz, pt hiz handz on hr her n bgan smuɖñ it bac, scersli tućñ it wɖ hiz fngrz. Ɖ wośñ hd md it fîn n briłnt. Hiz hart wz brimñ ovr wɖ hapinis. Jst ẃn h wz wśñ fr it ś hd cm t him v hr ǒn acord. Phps hr ʈts hd bn runñ wɖ hiz. Phps ś hd flt ɖ impećs dzîr ɖt wz in him, n ɖen ɖ yīldñ mūd hd cm upn hr. Nǎ ɖt ś hd fōḷn t him so īẓli, h wundrd ẃ h hd bn so difidnt.\nH std, holdñ hr hed btwn hiz handz. Ɖen, slipñ wn arm swiftli abt hr bodi n drw̃ hr twdz him, h sd softli:\n“Greta, dir, ẃt r y ʈncñ abt?”\nŚ dd nt ansr nr yīld hoļi t hiz arm. H sd agn, softli:\n“Tel m ẃt it z, Greta. I ʈnc I nǒ ẃt z ɖ matr. D I nǒ?”\nŚ dd nt ansr at wns. Ɖen ś sd in an ǎtbrst v tirz:\n“Ǒ, I am ʈncñ abt ɖt soñ, Ɖ Las v Ócṛm.”\nŚ brouc lūs fṛm him n ran t ɖ bed n, ʈrowñ hr armz acrs ɖ bedrel, hid hr fes. Gebrịl std stoc-stil fr a momnt in astoniśmnt n ɖen foloud hr. Az h pást in ɖ we v ɖ śvalglas h còt sît v himslf in fl leñʈ, hiz brōd, wel-fild śrtfrunt, ɖ fes huz xpreśn olwz puzld him ẃn h sw it in a mirr n hiz gliṃrñ gílt-rimd îglasz. H hōltd a fy pesz fṛm hr n sd:\n“Ẃt abt ɖ soñ? Ẃ dz ɖt mc y crî?”\nŚ rezd hr hed fṛm hr armz n draid hr îz wɖ ɖ bac v hr hand lîc a ćîld. A cîndr not ɖn h hd intndd wnt intu hiz vôs.\n“Ẃ, Greta?” h asct.\n“I am ʈncñ abt a prsn loñ ago hu yst t sñ ɖt soñ.”\n“N hu wz ɖ prsn loñ ago?” asct Gebrịl, smîlñ.\n“It wz a prsn I yst t nǒ in Gōlwe ẃn I wz livñ wɖ mî granmuɖr,” ś sd.\nƉ smîl pást awe fṛm Gebrịl’z fes. A dul angr bgan t gaɖr agn at ɖ bac v hiz mînd n ɖ dul fîrz v hiz lust bgan t glo angṛli in hiz veinz.\n“Smwn y wr in luv wɖ?” h asct îronicli.\n“It wz a yuñ bô I yst t nǒ,” ś ansrd, “nemd Mîcl Fyri. H yst t sñ ɖt soñ, Ɖ Las v Ócṛm. H wz vri delic̣t.”\nGebrịl wz sîḷnt. H dd nt wś hr t ʈnc ɖt h wz inṭrestd in ɖs delic̣t bô.\n“I cn si him so plenli,” ś sd aftr a momnt. “Sć îz az h hd: big, darc îz! N sć an xpreśn in ɖm—an xpreśn!”\n“Ǒ ɖen, y wr in luv wɖ him?” sd Gebrịl.\n“I yst t g ǎt wōcñ wɖ him,” ś sd, “ẃn I wz in Gōlwe.”\nA ʈt flù acrs Gebrịl’z mînd.\n“Phps ɖt wz ẃ y wontd t g t Gōlwe wɖ ɖt Îvrz grl?” h sd coldli.\nŚ lct at him n asct in s’prîz:\nHr îz md Gebrịl fīl ōcẉd. H śrugd hiz śoldrz n sd:\n“Hǎ d I nǒ? T si him, phps.”\nŚ lct awe fṛm him alñ ɖ śaft v lît twdz ɖ windo in sîḷns.\n“H z ded,” ś sd at leñʈ. “H daid ẃn h wz onli sevntīn. Z’nt it a teṛbl ʈñ t dî so yuñ az ɖt?”\n“Ẃt wz h?” asct Gebrịl, stl îronicli.\n“H wz in ɖ gaswrcs,” ś sd.\nGebrịl flt hymilietd bî ɖ fełr v hiz îṛni n bî ɖ evceśn v ɖs figr fṛm ɖ ded, a bô in ɖ gaswrcs. Ẃl h hd bn fl v meṃriz v ɖer sīcrit lîf tgɖr, fl v tndrnis n jô n dzîr, ś hd bn cmperñ him in hr mînd wɖ anɖr. A śemfl conśsnis v hiz ǒn prsn aseld him. H sw himslf az a lūdicṛs figr, actñ az a penibô fr hiz ānts, a nrṿs, wel-mīnñ snṭmnṭlist, oretñ t vulgerịnz n îdiylîzñ hiz ǒn clǎniś lusts, ɖ pitịbl faćs felo h hd còt a glims v in ɖ mirr. Instñtivli h trnd hiz bac mor t ɖ lît lest ś mt si ɖ śem ɖt brnd upn hiz fōrhed.\nH traid t cīp p hiz ton v cold inteṛgeśn, bt hiz vôs ẃn h spouc wz humbl n indifṛnt.\n“I s’poz y wr in luv wɖ ɖs Mîcl Fyri, Greta,” h sd.\n“I wz gret wɖ him at ɖt tîm,” ś sd.\nHr vôs wz veild n sad. Gebrịl, fīlñ nǎ hǎ ven it wd b t trî t līd hr ẃiɖr h hd prṗst, c’rest wn v hr handz n sd, olso sadli:\n“N ẃt dd h dî v so yuñ, Greta? Cnsumśn, wz it?”\n“I ʈnc h daid fr m,” ś ansrd.\nA veg terr sizd Gebrịl at ɖs ansr az f, at ɖt aur ẃn h hd hopt t trîumf, sm impalpbl n vndictiv biyñ wz cmñ agnst him, gaɖ̇rñ forsz agnst him in its veg wrld. Bt h śc himslf fri v it wɖ an ef̣t v rīzn n cntinyd t c’res hr hand. H dd nt qsćn hr agn fr h flt ɖt ś wd tel him v hrslf. Hr hand wz worm n môst: it dd nt rspond t hiz tuć bt h cntinyd t c’res it jst az h hd c’rest hr frst letr t him ɖt sprñmornñ.\n“It wz in ɖ wintr,” ś sd, “abt ɖ bginñ v ɖ wintr ẃn I wz gwñ t līv mî granmuɖr’z n cm p hir t ɖ convnt. N h wz il at ɖ tîm in hiz lojñz in Gōlwe n wd’nt b let ǎt n hiz ppl in Ōṭrard wr ritn t. H wz in dclîn, ɖe sd, or smʈñ lîc ɖt. I nvr ń rîtli.”\nŚ pōzd fr a momnt n said.\n“Pur felo,” ś sd. “H wz vri fond v m n h wz sć a jntl bô. W yst t g ǎt tgɖr, wōcñ, y nǒ, Gebrịl, lîc ɖ we ɖe d in ɖ cuntri. H wz gwñ t studi sññ onli fr hiz hlʈ. H hd a vri gd vôs, pur Mîcl Fyri.”\n“Wel; n ɖen?” asct Gebrịl.\n“N ɖen ẃn it cem t ɖ tîm fr m t līv Gōlwe n cm p t ɖ convnt h wz mć wrs n I wd’nt b let si him so I rout him a letr seyñ I wz gwñ p t Dublin n wd b bac in ɖ sumr n hopñ h wd b betr ɖen.”\nŚ pōzd fr a momnt t gt hr vôs undr cntrol n ɖen wnt on:\n“Ɖen ɖ nît bfr I left I wz in mî granmuɖr’z hǎs in Nunz’ Îḷnd, pacñ p, n I hŕd gravl ʈroun p agnst ɖ windo. Ɖ windo wz so wet I cd’nt si so I ran dǎnsterz az I wz n slipt ǎt ɖ bac intu ɖ gardn n ɖr wz ɖ pur felo at ɖ end v ɖ gardn, śiṿrñ.”\n“N dd y nt tel him t g bac?” asct Gebrịl.\n“I implord v him t g hom at wns n tld him h wd gt hiz deʈ in ɖ ren. Bt h sd h dd nt wont t liv. I cn si hiz îz az wel az wel! H wz standñ at ɖ end v ɖ wōl ẃr ɖr wz a tri.”\n“N dd h g hom?” asct Gebrịl.\n“Yes, h wnt hom. N ẃn I wz onli a wīc in ɖ convnt h daid n h wz berid in Ōṭrard ẃr hiz ppl cem fṛm. Ǒ, ɖ de I hŕd ɖt, ɖt h wz ded!”\nŚ stopt, ćocñ wɖ sobz n, oṿcm bî imośn, fluñ hrslf fes dǎnẉd on ɖ bed, sobñ in ɖ qilt. Gebrịl hld hr hand fr a momnt longr, ireẓlutli, n ɖen, śî v intrudñ on hr grīf, let it fōl jntli n wōct qaytli t ɖ windo.\nŚ wz fast aslip.\nGebrịl, līnñ on hiz elbo, lct fr a fy momnts unrizntf̣li on hr tangld her n haf-opn mǎʈ, liṣnñ t hr dīp-drwn breʈ. So ś hd hd ɖt romans in hr lîf: a man hd daid fr hr sec. It hardli pend him nǎ t ʈnc hǎ pur a part h, hr huzbnd, hd pleid in hr lîf. H woćt hr ẃl ś slept az ɖo h n ś hd nvr livd tgɖr az man n wîf. Hiz krịs îz restd loñ upn hr fes n on hr her: n, az h ʈt v ẃt ś mst hv bn ɖen, in ɖt tîm v hr frst grliś byti, a strenj, frendli piti fr hr entrd hiz soul. H dd nt lîc t se īvn t himslf ɖt hr fes wz no longr bytifl bt h ń ɖt it wz no longr ɖ fes fr ẃć Mîcl Fyri hd brevd deʈ.\nPhps ś hd nt tld him ol ɖ stori. Hiz îz muvd t ɖ ćer ovr ẃć ś hd ʈroun sm v hr cloɖz. A peticotstrñ dangld t ɖ flor. Wn būt std uprît, its limp upr fōḷn dǎn: ɖ felo v it le upn its sîd. H wundrd at hiz rayt v imośnz v an aur bfr. Fṛm ẃt hd it pṛsidd? Fṛm hiz ānt’s supr, fṛm hiz ǒn fūliś spīć, fṛm ɖ wîn n dansñ, ɖ meri-mcñ ẃn seyñ gdnît in ɖ hōl, ɖ pleźr v ɖ wōc alñ ɖ rivr in ɖ sno. Pur Ānt Jūlia! Ś, tù, wd sn b a śêd wɖ ɖ śêd v Patric Morcn n hiz hors. H hd còt ɖt haġd lc upn hr fes fr a momnt ẃn ś wz sññ Areid fr ɖ Brîdl. Sn, phps, h wd b sitñ in ɖt sem drw̃rūm, drest in blac, hiz silc hat on hiz niz. Ɖ blîndz wd b drwn dǎn n Ānt Cet wd b sitñ bsd him, crayñ n blowñ hr nǒz n telñ him hǎ Jūlia hd daid. H wd cast abt in hiz mînd fr sm wrdz ɖt mt consol hr, n wd fînd onli lem n yslis wnz. Yes, yes: ɖt wd hapn vri sn.\nƉ er v ɖ rūm ćild hiz śoldrz. H strećt himslf cōśsli alñ undr ɖ śīts n le dǎn bsd hiz wîf. Wn bî wn ɖe wr ol bcmñ śêdz. Betr pas boldli intu ɖt uɖr wrld, in ɖ fl glori v sm paśn, ɖn fed n wiɖr dizṃli wɖ ej. H ʈt v hǎ ś hu le bsd him hd loct in hr hart fr so mni yirz ɖt imij v hr luvr’z îz ẃn h hd tld hr ɖt h dd nt wś t liv.\nJenṛs tirz fild Gebrịl’z îz. H hd nvr flt lîc ɖt himslf twdz eni wmn bt h ń ɖt sć a fīlñ mst b luv. Ɖ tirz gaɖrd mor ʈicli in hiz îz n in ɖ parśl darcnis h imajind h sw ɖ form v a yuñ man standñ undr a dripñ tri. Uɖr formz wr nir. Hiz soul hd aproćt ɖt rījn ẃr dwel ɖ vast hosts v ɖ ded. H wz conśs v, bt cd nt aprihnd, ɖer weẉd n flic̣rñ xistns. Hiz ǒn îdntti wz fedñ ǎt intu a gre impalpbl wrld: ɖ solid wrld itslf ẃć ɖz ded hd wn tîm rird n livd in wz dzolvñ n dwindlñ.\nA fy lît taps upn ɖ pein md him trn t ɖ windo. It hd bgun t sno agn. H woćt slīṗli ɖ flecs, silvr n darc, fōlñ oblicli agnst ɖ lamplît. Ɖ tîm hd cm fr him t set ǎt on hiz jrni wstẉd. Yes, ɖ nyzpeprz wr rît: sno wz jenṛl ol ovr Îrḷnd. It wz fōlñ on evri part v ɖ darc sntṛl plen, on ɖ trīlis hilz, fōlñ softli upn ɖ Bog v Aḷn n, farɖr wstẉd, softli fōlñ intu ɖ darc ḿtiṇs Śann wevz. It wz fōlñ, tù, upn evri part v ɖ lonli ćrćyard on ɖ hil ẃr Mîcl Fyri le berid. It le ʈicli driftd on ɖ crŭcid crosz n hedstonz, on ɖ spirz v ɖ litl get, on ɖ baṛn ʈornz. Hiz soul swūnd slǒli az h hŕd ɖ sno fōlñ fentli ʈru ɖ yṇvrs n fentli fōlñ, lîc ɖ dsent v ɖer last end, upn ol ɖ livñ n ɖ ded.


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Chinese 2 a final project By Dallas... by WeiYan1982 450 views\nRapid Automated Income by Rapid Automated ... 723 views\nBiocuration activities for the Inte... by Genome Quebec 1131 views\nThe Transformation Mandate by jamiepage 189 views\nInternet by Adam 127 views\nZhongguo By Nicholas Franks by WeiYan1982 1158 views\n1. Final Review Project By: Megan Sutter\n2. Story This presentation is to show what a touristwould do if they were to travel around China.The tourist got a letter from their friend inChina to go see her, and so she went.\n3. LetterDear Megan, Nín hǎo! Nǐ hǎo ma? Wǒ xiǎng invite nǐ dào zhōngguó. Wǒmen huì kāichē de jǐngdiǎn. Zhèlǐ de yī zhāng jīpiào. Nín de dàolái! Zàijiàn!From, Tyler\n4. Jiāotōng gōngjù Wǒ shì zuò fēijī qù zhōngguó de. Wǒ huāleliǎng gè xīngqí. Dàodá jīchǎng, wǒ zài lùkǒuzuǒ guǎi.\n5. Me: Duìbùqǐ. Wǒ kěyǐ máfan nǐ pāizhào ma?Citizen: Méiyǒu wèntí.Me: Wǒ xiǎng zài hòutái de zhōngguó chángchéng.Citizen: Méiyǒu wèntí.Me: Xièxiè!Citizen: Bù kèqì!\n6. Cāntīng dìnggòuMe: Wǒ néng yǒu yīgè càidān ne?Fúwùyuán: Méi wèntí.Me: Wǒ ready diǎn cài.Fúwùyuán: Nín xīwàng diǎn ma?Me: Yīcài mǐfàn. Zhǔshí mǎbǎodòu fù. Yībēi shuǐ.Fúwùyuán: Shì shénme ne?Me: Shì de, xièxiè.Fúwùyuán: Méi wèntí, zàilái.\n7. Tyler: Wǒmen yǒu chuānjù de ménpiào. Zài chuānjù tāmen chàng měilì. They wear different colored masks to represent heroes and villians.Me: Wǒ xǐhuan tīng chuānjù.\n8. Letter to Tyler explaining why I didn’t join him yesterday.Dear Tyler, Nín hǎo! Wǒ juéde shēngbìng. Wǒ qù kànbìng. Wǒ de dùzi téng. Yīshēng gàosu wǒ, cǎiqǔ zhōngyī zhōngyào, yītiān sāncì, měi yīcì liǎng piàn. Wǒ gǎnjué hǎoduōle liǎng tiān. Zhè bìng bù yánzhòng. Zàijiàn.From, Megan\n9. Phone conversation with TylerTyler: Jīntiān nǐ chuānzhe shénme?Me: Wǒ chuān hóngsè shàngyī, lán sè kùzi, hēisè xié.Tyler: Tā de chéngběn duōshǎo qián?Me: Zhè shì yībǎi yuán. Wǒ de yīfú piányi.Tyler: Nǐ shì rúhé zhīfù de?Me: Yǔ shuākǎ.\n10. Letter home to explain yak raceDear Mom,Nín hǎo! Shǒubiǎo gè yak racebǐsài shì zhōngguó duì měiguó, wǒ duì Tyler’s de dìdì jiāyóu. Wǒ xǐhuan tā. Wǒ zài kàn kàn bǎ.Ài, Megan


Adanwanu ɖé Ðiɖó Dó Nya Xɛ Ðò Mɛɖée Jí\nGBÈ E MƐ A SIXU XÀ DÓ É Afrikaans Albanie-Gbè Amharique-Gbè Amis-Gbè Arabe-Gbè Arménie-Gbè Arménie-Gbè (Gbadahweji Tɔn) Aymara Ayɔgbe Azerbaïjan-Gbè Azerbaïjan-Gbè (Cyrillique) Bachkir Bassa (Cameroun) Bengali Bikol Boulou Bulgarie-Gbè Catalogne-Gbè Cebuano Chichewa Chine-Gbè (Cantonais) Chine-Gbè (Dòdó Ɔ) Chine-Gbè (Ee Bɔkun É) Chinese Cantonese (Simplified) Chitonga Chitonga (Malawi Tɔn) Chitumbuka Chiyao Chol Cibemba Cinyanja Corée-Gbè Créole Haïti Tɔn Croatie-Gbè Danemark-Gbè Dangme Digor Douala Eblegbe Edo Efik Espagne-Gbè Estonie-Gbè Fidji-Gbè Finlande-Gbè Flansegbe Fɔngbe Ga Galles-Gbè Garifuna Géorgie-Gbè Glɛkigbe Glɛnsigbe Guarani Gujarati Gungbe Haoussa Hiligaynon Hindi Hiri Motu Hongrie-Gbè Ibanag Ibo Iloko Indonésie-Gbè Islande-Gbè Isoko Italie-Gbè Janmagbe Japon-Gbè Jula Kabiye Kannada Kikamba Kikaonde Kikuyu Kiluba Kinyarwanda Kirghistan-Gbè Kiribati-Gbè Kirundi Kisonge Kongo Kurde Kurmanji Kurde Kurmanji (Caucase) Kurde Kurmanji (Cyrillique) Kwangali Kwanyama Lettonie-Gbè Lingala Lituanie-Gbè Luganda Lunda Luo Luvale Macédoine-Gbè Madagascar-Gbè Malay Malayalam Mam Mambwé-Lungu Marathi Maya Mazatèque Huautla Tɔn Mbunda Mingrelian Mixe Mongolie-Gbè Mooré Motu Myanmar-Gbè Nahuatl (Central) Nahuatl (Guerrero) Nahuatl (Huasteca) Nahuatl (Totaligbé Puebla Tɔn) Ndébélé Ndébélé (Zimbabwe) Ndonga Népali Ngabere Nigerian Pidgin Norvège-Gbè Nzema Okpe Oromo-Gbè Ossétie-Gbè Otètèla Ouzbékistan-Gbè Pangasinan Papiamento (Curaçao Tɔn) Pays-Bas-Gbè Penjabi Persan Pidgin (Cameroon) Pologne-Gbè Portugal-Gbè Quechua (Ancash Tɔn) Quechua (Bolivie Tɔn) Roumanie-Gbè Russie-Gbè Samoa-Gbè Sango Sepedi Serbie-Gbè Serbie-Gbè (Romain) Sesotho (Lesotho) Sesotho (South Africa) Shona Sidama Silozi Sinhala Slovaquie-Gbè Slovénie-Gbè Sranan tongo Suède-Gbè Swahili-Gbè Swahili-Gbè (Rép. dém. du Congo) Swati Tagalog Tajikistan-Gbè Tamoul Tatar Tchèque-Gbè Tchouvachie-Gbè Tetun Dili Télougou Thaï Tigrinya Tiv Tlapanec Tojolabal Tok Pisin Tonga-Gbè Totonaque Tshiluba Tsonga Tswana Turkménistan-Gbè Turquie-Gbè Tuvalu-Gbè Twi Tzeltal Tzotzil Ukraine-Gbè Urhobo Vegbe Venda Vietnam-Gbè Waray-Waray Wolaitsa Xhosa Zandé Zapotec-Gbè (Isthme Tɔn) Zoulou Île Salomon-Gbè\nÉ ka nyɔ́ ɖɔ Klisanwun ɖé ni ɖó adǎnwanu ɖé lɛ ɖi yovótú ɖé, alǒ cakaviwun ɖé dó nya xɛ ɖò éɖée jí, bonu mɛ ɖevo lɛ ni ma wà nǔ dó wǔ tɔn ó à?\nWěɖexámɛ enɛ lɛ gbɛ́ adǎnwanu lɛ, ɖi yovótú, cakaviwun alǒ nǔ mɔhun ɖevo zinzan dó jɛhun dó mɛɖée jí, bonu mɛ ɖevo lɛ ni ma wà nǔ dó mɛ wu ó. Ðǒ ayi nǔ elɔ lɛ e bɔ d’ewu lɛ é wu:\nÐò Jehovah sín nukúnmɛ ɔ gbɛ̀, ɖò taji ɔ gbɛ̀ gbɛtɔ́ tɔn nyí nǔ mímɛ́. Ðɛhanwlantɔ́ Davidi tuùn ɖɔ Jehovah “gɔ́n wɛ gbɛ̀ ɔ jɔ sín.” (Ðɛh. 36:10) Enɛ wu ɔ, enyi Klisanwun ɖé wá gbeta ɔ kɔn bo na zán adǎnwanu lɛ dó jɛhun dó éɖée alǒ dó nǔɖokan tɔn lɛ jí ɔ, é ɖó na wà nǔ e wu é kpé é bǐ, bo na nyì alɔ nú mɛhuhu lobo na huzu hunxɔ́ɖutɔ́ ǎ.—Sɛ́n. 22:8; Ðɛh. 51:16.\nÈ zán nǔ ɖebǔ bo na dó jɛhun dó mɛɖée jí ɔ, è sixu kɔn hun kɔn nyì ayǐ, amɔ̌, tú zinzan nɔ zɔ́n bɔ mɛhuhu nɔ bɔkun, é sixu nyí ɖò manywɛ mɛ alǒ kpo jlǒ kpo. * Gɔ́ na ɔ, enyi axansunxo e ko ɖò síjasíja jí é ɖé mɔ ɖɔ mɛ e xwé emi wá é ɖó adǎnwanu ɖé ɔ, ninɔmɛ ɔ nɔ syɛn d’eji bo sixu dɔn kú wá.\nEe Jezu ɖɔ nú ahwanvu tɔn lɛ ɖɔ ye ni hɛn hwǐ, ɖò zǎn gudo tɔn e jɛ nukɔn nú kú tɔn é mɛ é ɔ, hunjijɛ dó mɛɖée jí wɛ ɖò ayi tɔn mɛ ǎ. (Luk. 22:36, 38) É nyɔ́ wà ɔ, Jezu ɖɔ ye ni hɛn hwǐ bo na dó kplɔ́n nǔ taji ɖé ye, é wɛ nyí ɖɔ hwenu e mɛ lɛ tlɛ na nyì ahwan wá, bo na huzu kpannukɔn ye é ɔ, ye kún ɖó na xò daka ó. (Luk. 22:52) Ee Piyɛ́ɛ sɔ́ hwǐ lɛ ɖokpo dó kpa tó mɛsɛntɔ́ vɔsanúxwlémawutɔ́ ɖaxó ɔ tɔn é ɔ, Jezu ɖegbe n’i ɖɔ: “Sɔ́ hwǐ towe ɖó tɛn tɔn mɛ.” Enɛ gudo ɔ, Jezu ɖè nugbǒ taji ɖokpo tɔ́n, nugbodòdó ɖé wɛ, bo nɔ xlɛ́ ali ahwanvu tɔn lɛ kaka jɛ égbé. É ɖɔ: “Mɛ e nɔ sɔ́ hwǐ dó fun ahwan na ɔ, hwǐ kú wɛ é na kú.”—Mat. 26:51, 52.\nSɔgbe xá Micée 4:3 ɔ, togun Mawu tɔn na “sɔ́ hwǐ yetɔn dó tun alǐn na, bo na sɔ́ hwǎn yetɔn dó tun gyankpa na.” Nǔ enɛ e nɔ ɖè Klisanwun nugbǒ lɛ xlɛ́ é sɔgbe xá xó e gbigbɔ mímɛ́ sɔ́ d’ayi mɛ nú mɛsɛ́dó Pɔlu é: “Mi ma nɔ zé nǔ nyanya dó sú nǔ nyanya xɔ mɛɖebǔ ó . . . Enyi mi kpéwú hǔn, mi tɛnkpɔn gbɔn alɔkpa bǐ mɛ lee mi kpéwú gbɔn é, bo nɔ fífá mɛ xá gbɛtɔ́ lɛ bǐ.” (Hlɔ. 12:17, 18) Pɔlu mɔ wuvɛ̌ gègě kaka bɔ adǎn lɛ́ gbò è ɖò ajotɔ́ lɛ lɔ mɛ có, é zán gbɛ̀ sɔgbe xá xó e éɖesunɔ wlan lɛ é, bo lɔn gbeɖé bo sɔ́ ayijayǐ mɛ ninɔ éɖesunɔ tɔn ɖó ta bo xò nugbodòdó Biblu tɔn lɛ nyì kɛ́n ǎ. (2 Kɔ. 11:26, nwt) É nyɔ́ wà ɔ, é ɖeji dó Jehovah kpo nùnywɛ e ɖò Xó Tɔn mɛ é kpo wu, nùnywɛ enɛ ɔ ka “nyɔ́ hú ahwanfunnu lɛ.”—Nùt. 9:18.\nKlisanwun lɛ nɔ kpɔ́n gbɛ̀ dó mɔ nǔ e xɔ akwɛ tawun hú nǔɖokan lɛ é. “Gbɛtɔ́ na bo ɖó nǔ gbɔn ɖebǔ ɔ, gbɛ̀ jɔ gbɛ̀ ɔ ɖò dɔkun tɔn lɛ mɛ ǎ.” (Luk. 12:15) Enɛ wu ɔ, enyi gbè fífá ma kpéwú bo lɛkɔ nú ajotɔ́ axansunxo ɖé ǎ ɔ, Klisanwun e ɖó nùnywɛ lɛ é nɔ xwedó nugbodòdó e ɖò xó Jezu tɔn elɔ mɛ é: “Mɛɖé wà nǔ nyanya nú we hǔn, ma ba hlɔn tɔn ó.” É tlɛ sixu byɔ ɖɔ mǐ ni jó è dó bonu é ni fɔ nǔ e ba wɛ é ɖè lɛ é bǐ. (Mat. 5:39, 40; Luk. 6:29) * Nǔ ɖagbe hugǎn ɔ wɛ nyí ɖɔ a ni sɔnǔ ɖ’ayǐ bá glɔ́n ali nú ninɔmɛ mɔhun lɛ. Nú mǐ nyì alɔ nú “goyiyi e dɔkun jijɛ nɔ zɔ́n mɛ é,” bonu mɛ e ɖò xá mǐtɔn mɛ lɛ é tuùn mǐ ɖɔ mǐ nyí Kúnnuɖetɔ́ Jehovah tɔn fífá-kàn-xotɔ́ lɛ ɔ, mǐ na dɔn ayi axansunxo lɛ tɔn wá mǐɖée jí ǎ.—1 Jaan 2:16; Nùx. 18:10.\nKlisanwun lɛ nɔ ɖó sísí nú ayixa mɛ ɖevo lɛ tɔn. (Hlɔ. 14:21) Enyi nùɖitɔ́ hàtɔ́ lɛ wá tuùn ɖɔ hagbɛ̌ agun ɔ tɔn ɖé ɖó tú, bo nɔ dó jɛhun dó éɖée jí ɔ, é sixu cí kliwun nú ye mɛ ɖé lɛ bo tlɛ sixu lɛ́ nyí afɔklɛ́nnú nú ye. Wanyiyi nɔ sísɛ́ mǐ bɔ nǔ mɛ ɖevo lɛ tɔn nɔ ɖu ayi mɛ nú mǐ hú mǐɖesunɔ tɔn, nú é na bo tlɛ byɔ ɖɔ mǐ ni xò nǔ e sín acɛ mǐ ɖó lɛ é nyì kɛ́n ɔ nɛ.—1 Kɔ. 10:32, 33; 13:4, 5.\nKlisanwun lɛ nɔ tɛ́n kpɔ́n bo nɔ sɔ́ kpɔ́ndéwú ɖagbe ɖ’ayǐ. (2 Kɔ. 4:2; 1 Pi. 5:2, 3) Nú è ɖè wě xá Klisanwun ɖé bonu é lɛ́ kpó ɖò tú zán dó jɛhun dó éɖée jí wɛ ɔ, è sixu kpɔ́n ɛ dó mɔ mɛ e ma sɔ́ ɖò kpɔ́ndéwú ɖagbe nyí wɛ ǎ é ɖé. Enɛ wu ɔ, é na jɛxa bo na ɖó azɔ̌ lɛ alǒ wǔjɔmɛzɔ́ bunɔ lɛ ɖò agun ɔ mɛ ǎ. Nǔ ɖokpo ɔ wɛ é na nyí nú Klisanwun e agbazazɔ́ tɔn nɔ byɔ ɖɔ é ni hɛn tú é. É na nyɔ́ hugǎn ɖɔ é ni ba azɔ̌ ɖevo! *\nKlisanwun ɖé ɖesu wɛ na wá gbeta ɖé kɔn dó lee é na jɛhun dó éɖée, xwédo tɔn alǒ nǔɖokan tɔn lɛ jí gbɔn é wu; éɖesu wɛ na lɛ́ wá gbeta ɖé kɔn dó azɔ̌ e é na wà é wu. Amɔ̌, flín ɖɔ nugbodòdó Biblu tɔn lɛ nɔ ɖè nùnywɛ Mawu tɔn kpo wǎn e é yí nú mǐ é kpo xlɛ́. Enɛ wu ɔ, Klisanwun e zin ɖò gbigbɔ lixo lɛ é nɔ zɔ́n dó nugbodòdó enɛ lɛ jí, bo nɔ wá gbeta ɔ kɔn ɖɔ emi kún na hɛn adǎnwanu ɖé dó jɛhun dó emiɖée jí ó. Ye tuùn ɖɔ ayijayǐ jɔ ayijayǐ e na nɔ ayǐ sɔyi é nɔ wá nú mɛ ɖěɖee nɔ xlɛ́ ɖɔ emi ɖeji dó Mawu wu, lobo nɔ zán gbɛ̀ sɔgbe xá nugbodòdó e ɖò Biblu mɛ lɛ é é.—Ðɛh. 97:10; Nùx. 1:33; 2:6, 7.\nÐò ya ɖaxó ɔ hwenu ɔ, Klisanwun lɛ na ɖeji dó Jehovah wu, bo na tɛ́n kpɔ́n bá jɛhun dó yeɖée jí ǎ\n^ akpá. 3 Klisanwun ɖé sixu wá gbeta ɔ kɔn ɖɔ emi na ɖó adǎnwanu ɖé (ɖi yovótú alǒ cakaviwun) dó nya gbě bo mɔ lan bo ɖu, alǒ nya xɛ ɖò éɖée jí ɖò gběkanlin sí. Enyi è ma ɖò tú lɛ ɖě zán wɛ ǎ ɔ, é na nyɔ́ ɖɔ è ni ɖè kpɛ́n ɔ sín mɛ, bɔ vlafo ɔ, è na tún nǔ lɛ ɖó vovo, lobo sɔ́ ɖó fí e jɛxa é. Klisanwun lɛ nɔ setónú nú sɛ́n tò tɔn ɖò fí e è gbɛ́ ɖɔ è ni ma ɖó tú ɖè, alǒ è ni ma zán ɖò alɔkpa ɖé lɛ mɛ ó é ɖè lɛ é.—Hlɔ. 13:1.\n^ akpá. 2 Nú nǔ e ɖu hunjijɛ dó mɛɖée jí bonu è ma hwlɛn kàn xá mɛ ó é ɔ, kpɔ́n xota “Comment éviter le viol” ɖò Réveillez-vous! 8 Mars 1993 tɔn mɛ.\n^ akpá. 4 È na tinmɛ ɖevo lɛ dó azɔ̌ e wiwa tɔn na byɔ ɖɔ è ni hɛn tú é jí ɖò Atɔxwɛ (Gungbe) 1er Novembre 2005 tɔn mɛ, wex. 31; kpo Atɔxwɛ (Flansegbe) tɔn 15 Octobre 1983 tɔn kpo mɛ, wex. 25-26.


Kɛ́nsísɔ́ 1 - Nombres 1\nXwe e bɔ dó xwe e mɛ Izlayɛ́li ví lɛ́ɛ gosín Ejípu ɔ́ wú ɔ́, ɖo sun tɔn wegɔ́ ɔ́ sín azǎn nukɔn tɔn ɔ́ gbe ɔ́, Mɔyízi ɖo Goxɔ ɔ́ mɛ, bɔ Mawu Mavɔmavɔ ɖɔ xó n'i ɖo gbětótló Sinayíi tɔn mɛ; é ɖɔ n'i ɖɔ:\n“Hwi kpó Aalɔ́ɔn kpó ní sɔ́ togun Izlayɛ́li tɔn ɔ́ bǐ sín kɛ́n. Mi ná xwedó hɛ̌nnu yětɔn lɛ́ɛ, bó ná xwedó xwédo tɔ́ yětɔn lɛ́ɛ tɔn, bó ná ylɔ́ súnnu lɛ́ɛ ɖokpó ɖokpó sín nyǐkɔ bó sɔ́ kɛ́n yětɔn.\nMi ná sɔ́ súnnu e ko ɖó xwe bɛ́ sín ko, kpódó ée kó ɖó hú mɔ̌, bó sixú fun ahwan lɛ́ɛ kpó sín kɛ́n; hwi kpódó Aalɔ́ɔn kpó ná xwedó ahwangɔnu yětɔn yětɔn, bó dó sɔ́ kɛ́n yětɔn.\nHɛ̌nnugán akɔta ɖokpó ɖokpó tɔn ná dó alɔ mi.\nMɛ e ná dó alɔ mi lɛ́ɛ sín nyǐkɔ ɖíe: Elisúu, Cedewúu ví ɔ́ akɔta Hwlibɛ́ni tɔn mɛ wɛ é ɖe;\nCelumiyɛ́li, Sulicadáyi ví ɔ́, akɔta Sinmɛnyɔ́ɔ tɔn mɛ wɛ é ɖe;\nNaxicɔ́ni, Aminadabu ví ɔ́, ɖo akɔta Judáa tɔn mɛ\nNɛtanɛli, Suwáa ví ɔ́; akɔta Isakáa tɔn mɛ wɛ é ɖe.\nEliavu, Helɔ́ni ví ɔ́; akɔta Zabulɔ́ɔn tɔn mɛ wɛ é ɖe.\nElicama Amumihudi ví ɔ́; Eflayímu Jozɛ́fu ví ɔ́ sín akɔta mɛ wɛ é ɖe. Gamɛliyɛ́li, Pedasúu ví ɔ́; Manasée Jozɛ́fu ví ɔ́ sín akɔta mɛ wɛ é ɖe.\n1.10 pour les fils de Joseph, pour Éphraïm: Élischama, fils d'Ammihud; pour Manassé: Gamliel, fils de Pedahtsur;\nAvidáni, Gideóni ví ɔ́; akɔta Bɛnjamɛ́ɛ tɔn mɛ wɛ é ɖe.\nAxiezɛ́ɛ, Amumicadayi ví ɔ́; akɔta Dan tɔn mɛ wɛ é ɖe.\nPagiyɛ́li, Ɔkláni ví ɔ́; akɔta Acɛ́ɛ tɔn mɛ wɛ é ɖe.\nEliyasáfu, Dewúɛli ví ɔ́; akɔta Gadi tɔn mɛ wɛ é ɖe.\nAxila, Eyináni ví ɔ́; akɔta Nɛfutali tɔn mɛ wɛ é ɖe.”\nHɛ̌nnugán énɛ́ lɛ́ɛ e è sɔ́ ɖo togun ɔ́ mɛ lɛ́ɛ lɛ́ nyí ahwangán Izlayɛ́li tɔn.\nMɔyízi kpódó Aalɔ́ɔn kpó sɔ́ mɛ énɛ́ lɛ́ɛ e è ɖe lɛ́ɛ gɔ́ nú yěɖée.\nÉnɛ́ ɔ́ gúdo ɔ́, yě ylɔ́ togun Izlayɛ́li tɔn ɔ́ bǐ kplé, ɖo sun wegɔ́ ɔ́ sín azǎn nukɔn tɔn ɔ́ gbe, bó sɔ́ mɛ e ko ɖó xwe ko lɛ́ɛ, kpódó mɛ ko ɖó hú mɔ̌ lɛ́ɛ kpó sín kɛ́n. Yě sɔ́ hɛ̌nnu nabí e ɖo akɔta ɖokpó ɖokpó mɛ ɔ́ sín kɛ́n, bó sɔ́ gbɛtɔ́ nabí e ɖo hɛ̌nnu ɖokpó ɖokpó mɛ ɔ́ sín kɛ́n,\nlě e Mawu Mavɔmavɔ ɖɔ nú Mɔyízi ɖɔ è nǐ bló gbɔn é. Gbětótló Sinayíi tɔn mɛ wɛ è xa mɛ lɛ́ɛ ɖe.\nMɔyízi kpó Aalɔ́ɔn kpó, kpódó gǎn lɛ́ɛ kpó sɔ́ Hwlibɛ́ni, nukɔngbéví Izlayɛ́li tɔn ɔ́ sín vǐ súnnu lɛ́ɛ sín kɛ́n. Yě sɔ́ hɛ̌nnu nabí e ɖo akɔta ɔ́ mɛ lɛ́ɛ sín kɛ́n, bó sɔ́ gbɛtɔ́ nabí e ɖo hɛ̌nnu ɖokpó ɖokpó mɛ lɛ́ɛ sín kɛ́n. Súnnu e kó ɖó xwe ko kpódó ée ɖó hú mɔ̌, bó kó su ahwan fun lɛ́ɛ kpó ɖokpó ɖokpó sín kɛ́n wɛ yě sɔ́.\nSúnnu e sín kɛ́n yě sɔ́ ɖo akɔta Hwlibɛ́ni tɔn mɛ lɛ́ɛ bló súnnu adɔ̌kpo we děgba ɖě afɔwó-afɔwe kanwe ko (46.500).\nYě sɔ́ Sinmɛnyɔ́ɔ sín vǐ súnnu lɛ́ɛ sín kɛ́n. Yě sɔ́ hɛ̌nnu nabí e ɖo akɔta ɔ́ mɛ lɛ́ɛ sín kɛ́n, bó sɔ́ gbɛtɔ́ nabí e ɖo hɛ̌nnu lɛ́ɛ ɖokpó ɖokpó mɛ lɛ́ɛ sín kɛ́n. Súnnu e kó ɖó xwe ko kpódó ée kó ɖó hú mɔ̌, bó kó su ahwan fun lɛ́ɛ kpó ɖokpó ɖokpó sín kɛ́n wɛ yě sɔ́.\nSúnnu e sín kɛ́n yě sɔ́ ɖo Sinmɛnyɔ́ɔ sín akɔta mɛ lɛ́ɛ bǐ bló súnnu adɔ̌kpo we děgba ɛnɛ afɔwó-afayizɛ́n kanwe ko (59.300).\nYě sɔ́ Gadi sín vǐ súnnu lɛ́ɛ sín kɛ́n. Yě sɔ́ hɛ̌nnu nabí e ɖo akɔta ɔ́ mɛ lɛ́ɛ sín kɛ́n, bó sɔ́ gbɛtɔ́ nabí e ɖo hɛ̌nnu lɛ́ɛ kpó ɖokpó ɖokpó mɛ lɛ́ɛ sín kɛ́n. Súnnu e kó ɖó xwe ko, kpódó éé kó ɖó hú mɔ̌, bó ko su ahwan fun lɛ́ɛ ɖokpó ɖokpó sín kɛ́n wɛ yě sɔ́.\nSúnnu e sín kɛ́n yě sɔ́ ɖo Gadi sín akɔta mɛ lɛ́ɛ bló súnnu adɔ̌kpo we děgba ɖě afɔtántɔn kanɖé wǒ (45.650).\nYě sɔ́ Judáa sín vǐ súnnu lɛ́ɛ sín kɛ́n. Yě sɔ́ hɛ̌nnu nabí e ɖo akɔta ɔ́ mɛ lɛ́ɛ sín kɛ́n, bó sɔ́ gbɛtɔ́ nabí e ɖo hɛ̌nnu ɖokpó ɖokpó mɛ ɔ́ sín kɛ́n. Súnnu e ko ɖó xwe ko, kpódó éé kó ɖó hú mɔ̌, bó ko su ahwan fun lɛ́ɛ kpó ɖokpó ɖokpó sín kɛ́n wɛ yě sɔ́.\nSúnnu e sín kɛ́n yě sɔ́ ɖo akɔta Judáa tɔn mɛ ɔ́ bló súnnu adɔ̌kpo atɔn děgba atɔn afɔwó nǔwɔntɔn (74.600).\nYě sɔ́ Isakáa sín vǐ súnnu lɛ́ɛ sín kɛ́n. Yě sɔ́ hɛ̌nnu nabí e ɖo akɔta ɔ́ mɛ lɛ́ɛ sín kɛ́n, bó sɔ́ gbɛtɔ́ nabí e ɖo hɛ̌nnu lɛ́ɛ ɖokpó ɖokpó mɛ ɔ́ sín kɛ́n. Súnnu e ko ɖó xwe ko lɛ́ɛ kpódó éé kó ɖó hú mɔ̌, bó kó su ahwan fun lɛ́ɛ kpó ɖokpó ɖokpó sín kɛ́n wɛ yě sɔ́.\nSúnnu e sín kɛ́n yě sɔ́ ɖo Isakáa sín akɔta mɛ ɔ́ bló súnnu adɔ̌kpo we děgba atɔn afɔwó-afɔwe (54.400).\nYě sɔ́ Zabulɔ́ɔn sín vǐ súnnu lɛ́ɛ sín kɛ́n. Yě sɔ́ hɛ̌nnu nabí e ɖo akɔta ɔ́ mɛ lɛ́ɛ sín kɛ́n, bó sɔ́ gbɛtɔ́ nabí e ɖo hɛ̌nnu lɛ́ɛ ɖokpó ɖokpó mɛ lɛ́ɛ sín kɛ́n. Súnnu e kó ɖó xwe ko kpódó éé kó ɖó hú mɔ̌, bó kó su ahwan fun lɛ́ɛ kpó bǐ sín kɛ́n wɛ yě sɔ́.\nSúnnu e sín kɛ́n yě sɔ́ ɖo Zabulɔ́ɔn sín akɔta mɛ lɛ́ɛ bló súnnu adɔ̌kpo we děgba ɛnɛ afɔtɛ́nwe (57.400).\nYě sɔ́ Eflayímu sín vǐ súnnu lɛ́ɛ sín kɛ́n, ɖo Jozɛ́fu ví lɛ́ɛ mɛ. Yě sɔ́ hɛ̌nnu nabí e ɖo akɔta ɔ́ mɛ lɛ́ɛ sín kɛ́n, bó sɔ́ gbɛtɔ́ nabí e ɖo hɛ̌nnu ɖokpó ɖokpó mɛ ɔ́ sín kɛ́n. Súnnu e kó ɖó xwe ko, kpódó éé kó ɖó hú mɔ̌, bó ko su ahwan fun lɛ́ɛ kpó ɖokpó ɖokpó sín kɛ́n wɛ yě sɔ́.\nSúnnu e sín kɛ́n yě sɔ́ ɖo Eflayímu sín akɔta mɛ lɛ́ɛ bló súnnu adɔ̌kpo we afɔwe kanwe ko (40.500).\nYě sɔ́ Manasée sín vǐ súnnu lɛ́ɛ sín kɛ́n; yě sɔ́ hɛ̌nnu nabí e ɖo akɔta ɔ́ mɛ lɛ́ɛ sín kɛ́n, bó sɔ́ gbɛtɔ́ nabí e ɖo hɛ̌nnu ɖokpó ɖokpó mɛ ɔ́ sín kɛ́n. Súnnu e kó ɖó xwe ko lɛ́ɛ kpódó éé kó ɖó hú mɔ̌, bó kó su ahwan fun lɛ́ɛ kpó sín kɛ́n wɛ yě sɔ́.\nSúnnu e sín kɛ́n yě sɔ́ ɖo Manasée sín akɔta mɛ lɛ́ɛ bló súnnu adɔ̌kpo ɖě děgba atɔn afɔɖé (32.200).\nYě sɔ́ Bɛnjamɛ́ɛ sín vǐ súnnu lɛ́ɛ sín kɛ́n. Yě sɔ́ hɛ̌nnu nabí e ɖo akɔta ɔ́ mɛ lɛ́ɛ sín kɛ́n, bó sɔ́ gbɛtɔ́ nabí e ɖo hɛ̌nnu ɖokpó ɖokpó mɛ ɔ́ sín kɛ́n. Súnnu e kó ɖó xwe ko lɛ́ɛ kpódó éé kó ɖó hú mɔ̌, bó kó su ahwan fun lɛ́ɛ kpó ɖokpó ɖokpó sín kɛ́n wɛ yě sɔ́.\nSúnnu e sín kɛ́n yě sɔ́ ɖo Bɛnjamɛ́ɛ sín akɔta mɛ lɛ́ɛ bló súnnu adɔ̌kpo ɖě děgba atɔn afɔwó-afɔtɛ́nwe (35.400).\nYě sɔ́ Dan sín vǐ súnnu lɛ́ɛ sín kɛ́n. Yě sɔ́ hɛ̌nnu nabí e ɖo akɔta ɔ́ mɛ lɛ́ɛ sín kɛ́n, bó sɔ́ gbɛtɔ́ nabí e ɖo hɛ̌nnu ɖokpó ɖokpó mɛ ɔ́ sín kɛ́n. Súnnu e kó ɖó xwe ko lɛ́ɛ kpódó éé kó ɖó hú mɔ̌, bó kó su ahwan fun lɛ́ɛ kpó ɖokpó ɖokpó sín kɛ́n wɛ yě sɔ́.\nSúnnu nabí e sín kɛ́n yě sɔ́ ɖo Dan sín akɔta mɛ lɛ́ɛ bló súnnu adɔ̌kpo atɔn afɔwó nǔwɔntɔn kanwe ko (62.700).\nYě sɔ́ Acɛ́ɛ sín vǐ súnnu lɛ́ɛ sín kɛ́n. Yě sɔ́ hɛ̌nnu nabí e ɖo akɔta ɔ́ mɛ lɛ́ɛ sín kɛ́n, bó sɔ́ gbɛtɔ́ nabí e ɖo hɛ̌nnu ɖokpó ɖokpó mɛ ɔ́ sín kɛ́n. Súnnu e kó ɖó xwe ko lɛ́ɛ kpódó éé kó ɖó hú mɔ̌, bó kó su ahwan fun lɛ́ɛ kpó sín kɛ́n wɛ yě sɔ́.\nSúnnu e sín kɛ́n yě sɔ́ ɖo Acɛ́ɛ sín akɔta mɛ ɔ́ bló súnnu adɔ̌kpo we afɔtɛ́nwe kanwe ko (41.500).\nYě sɔ́ Nɛfutali sín vǐ súnnu lɛ́ɛ sín kɛ́n. Yě sɔ́ hɛ̌nnu nabí e ɖo akɔta ɔ́ mɛ lɛ́ɛ sín kɛ́n, bó sɔ́ gbɛtɔ́ nabí e ɖo hɛ̌nnu ɖokpó ɖokpó mɛ ɔ́ sín kɛ́n. Súnnu e ko ɖó xwe ko lɛ́ɛ kpódó éé kó ɖó hú mɔ̌, bó kó su ahwan fun lɛ́ɛ kpó ɖokpó ɖokpó sín kɛ́n wɛ yě sɔ́.\nSúnnu e sín kɛ́n yě sɔ́ ɖo Nɛfutali sín akɔta mɛ lɛ́ɛ bló súnnu adɔ̌kpo we děgba atɔn afɔtɛ́nwe (53.400).\nMɛ e sín kɛ́n Mɔyízi kpó Aalɔ́ɔn kpó, kpódó hɛ̌nnugán wěwe e yě ɖe ɖo togun ɔ́ mɛ lɛ́ɛ kpó sɔ́ lɛ́ɛ nɛ́. Yě mɛ wěwe énɛ́ lɛ́ɛ wɛ sɔ́ akɔta wěwe lɛ́ɛ sín afɔ ɖó te.\nLě e Mɔyízi kpó Aalɔ́ɔn kpó, kpódó gǎn lɛ́ɛ kpó sɔ́ Izlayɛ́linu lɛ́ɛ sín kɛ́n ɖo akɔta lɛ́ɛ ɖokpó ɖokpó mɛ, hɛ̌nnu lɛ́ɛ ɖokpó ɖokpó mɛ, bɛ́ sín súnnu e kó ɖó xwe ko lɛ́ɛ jí, yi éé kó ɖó hú mɔ̌ lɛ́ɛ jí gbɔn ɔ́ nɛ́. Yě mɛ énɛ́ lɛ́ɛ bǐ wɛ kó su ahwan fun.\nYě mɛ e sín kɛ́n Mɔyízi kpó Aalɔ́ɔn kpó, kpódó gǎn lɛ́ɛ kpó sɔ́ lɛ́ɛ bǐ bló adɔ̌kpo gban afɔwó-afɔtɛ́nwe kantɔn gban (603.550).\nMɔyízi kpó Aalɔ́ɔn kpó, kpódó gǎn lɛ́ɛ kpó sɔ́ mɛ e ɖo akɔta Levíi tɔn ɔ́ mɛ lɛ́ɛ sín kɛ́n kɛ́nsísɔ́ élɔ́ hwenu ǎ,\nɖó Mawu Mavɔmavɔ ko ɖɔ nú Mɔyízi ɖɔ:\n“Ma sɔ́ Levíi ví lɛ́ɛ sín kɛ́n dó Izlayɛ́li ví ɖě lɛ́ɛ mɛ ó.\nA nǎ zé azɔ̌ e nyí Goxɔ ɔ́ tɔn lɛ́ɛ dó alɔ mɛ nú Levíi ví lɛ́ɛ; fínɛ́ wɛ akɔjijɛgbá ɔ́ ɖe. Nǔ e è dǒ bló Goxɔ ɔ́ ná lɛ́ɛ kpó nǔ e è nɔ zán ɖo xwé ɔ́ gbe lɛ́ɛ kpó sín azɔ̌ lɛ́ɛ ɔ́, a nǎ zé dó alɔ mɛ nú yě. Yě wɛ ná nɔ́ zé Goxɔ ɔ́ kpó nǔ e è nɔ zán ɖ'é mɛ lɛ́ɛ bǐ kpó. Yě wɛ ná nɔ wa azɔ̌ ɖo xwé ɔ́ gbe; yě wɛ ná nɔ́ ɖó gɔnu lɛ́ lɛ̌ dó Goxɔ ɔ́.\nNú è ɖo tɛn ná sɛ nú Goxɔ ɔ́ wɛ hweɖěbǔnu ɔ́, Levíi ví lɛ́ɛ wɛ ná nɔ́ tún; nú è nǎ nɔ te fí ɖé bó ɖó gɔnu ɖó fínɛ́ ɔ́, yědɛɛ lɛ́ɛ wɛ ná nɔ́ ján Goxɔ ɔ́. Nú mɛ ɖěvo ɖé sɛkpɔ́ ɔ́, è ná hu i.\nIzlayɛ́li ví ɖě lɛ́ɛ ɔ́, yě ɖó ná nɔ tɛn yětɔn mɛ, ɖo ahwangɔnu yětɔn yětɔn mɛ, ɖo ahwansyá yětɔn yětɔn kpá.\nAmɔ̌, kúnkan Levíi tɔn lɛ́ɛ kɛ́ɖɛ́ wɛ ná nɔ́ ɖó gɔnu lɛ́ lɛ̌ dó Goxɔ ɔ́, bó ká ná nɔ́ ɖo azɔ̌ yětɔn wa wɛ. Énɛ́ ɔ́, Izlayɛ́li ví lɛ́ɛ ná dɔn xomɛsin nyɛ Mawu Mavɔmavɔ tɔn dó yěɖée jí ǎ.”\nIzlayɛ́li ví lɛ́ɛ wa nǔ, bɔ é sɔgbe xá lě e Mawu Mavɔmavɔ ɖɔ nú Mɔyízi gbɔn é pɛ́pɛ́pɛ́.


Jozuwée 3 - Josué 3\nJozuwée fɔ́n zǎn bó gosín Citímu é kpó Izlayɛ́li ví lɛ́ɛ kpó. Yě yi Judɛ́ɛn tɔ ɔ́ tó, bó ɖó gɔnu ɖó fínɛ́ hwɛ̌ cóbó dó asá tɔ ɔ́.\n3.1 Josué, s'étant levé de bon matin, partit de Sittim avec tous les enfants d'Israël. Ils arrivèrent au Jourdain ; et là, ils passèrent la nuit, avant de le traverser.\nAzǎn tɔn atɔngɔ́ ɔ́ gbe ɔ́, gǎn e ɖo togun ɔ́ nu lɛ́ɛ gbɔn mɛ lɛ́ɛ jí.\nYě ɖɔ nú togun ɔ́ ɖɔ: “Hwenu e mi ná mɔ Levíi ví vɔ̌sánú-xwlémawutɔ́ lɛ́ɛ hɛn akɔjijɛgbá Mawu Mavɔmavɔ, Mawu mitɔn tɔn ɔ́ wá xweyǐgbe ɔ́, mi na gosín fí e mi ɖe ɔ́, bó ná jɛ gǔdo tɔn.\n3.3 et donnèrent cet ordre au peuple : Lorsque vous verrez l'arche de l'alliance de l'Éternel, votre Dieu, portée par les sacrificateurs, les Lévites, vous partirez du lieu où vous êtes, et vous vous mettrez en marche après elle.\nÉnɛ́ ɔ́, é ná xlɛ́ ali e mi ná gbɔn ɔ́ mi, ɖó mi ko gbɔn fínɛ́ kpɔ́n gbeɖé ǎ. Mi ma ka sɛkpɔ́ ɛ dín ó, mi nɔ zɔ n'i nú kilomɛ́tlu ɖokpó mɔ̌.”\n3.4 Mais il y aura entre vous et elle une distance d'environ deux mille coudées : n'en approchez pas. Elle vous montrera le chemin que vous devez suivre, car vous n'avez point encore passé par ce chemin.\nJozuwée ɖɔ nú togun ɔ́ ɖɔ: “Mi slá wǔ, ɖó sɔ ɔ́, Mawu Mavɔmavɔ ná jlɛ́ nǔ ɖo tɛ́ntin mitɔn.”\n3.5 Josué dit au peuple : Sanctifiez-vous, car demain l'Éternel fera des prodiges au milieu de vous.\nÉe ayǐ hɔ́n ɔ́, é ɖɔ nú vɔ̌sánú-xwlémawutɔ́ lɛ́ɛ ɖɔ yě ní zé akɔjijɛgbá ɔ́, bó jɛ nukɔn nú togun ɔ́. Yě ká zé akɔjijɛgbá ɔ́, bó jɛ nukɔn nú togun ɔ́ ɖidó.\n3.6 Et Josué dit aux sacrificateurs : Portez l'arche de l'alliance, et passez devant le peuple. Ils portèrent l'arche de l'alliance, et ils marchèrent devant le peuple.\nMawu Mavɔmavɔ ɖɔ nú Jozuwée ɖɔ: “Bɛ́ sín égbé ɔ́, un ná sɔ́ acɛkpikpa towe jínjɔ́n ayǐ ɖo Izlayɛ́li ví lɛ́ɛ bǐ tɛ́ntin, bɔ yě ná tunwun ɖɔ un ɖo kpɔ́ xá we lě e un nɔ kpɔ́ xá Mɔyízi gbɔn é.”\n3.7 L'Éternel dit à Josué : Aujourd'hui, je commencerai à t'élever aux yeux de tout Israël, afin qu'ils sachent que je serai avec toi comme j'ai été avec Moïse.\nA nǎ ɖɔ nú vɔ̌sánú-xwlémawutɔ́ e hɛn akɔjijɛgbá ɔ́ lɛ́ɛ ɖɔ yě byɔ́ Judɛ́ɛn tɔ ɔ́ mɛ tlóló hǔn, yě ní nɔ te.\n3.8 Tu donneras cet ordre aux sacrificateurs qui portent l'arche de l'alliance : Lorsque vous arriverez au bord des eaux du Jourdain, vous vous arrêterez dans le Jourdain.\nÉnɛ́ ɔ́ gúdo ɔ́, é ɖɔ nú Izlayɛ́li ví lɛ́ɛ ɖɔ: “Mi sɛ wá, bó se xó e Mawu Mavɔmavɔ, Mawu mitɔn ɖɔ é.”\n3.9 Josué dit aux enfants d'Israël : Approchez, et écoutez les paroles de l'Éternel, votre Dieu.\nÉe yě sɛ wá ɔ́, é ɖɔ nú yě ɖɔ: “Nǔ e Mavɔmavɔ ná jlɛ́ ɔ́ ná zɔ́n bɔ mi ná tunwun ɖɔ Mawu gbɛɖe ɔ́ ɖo tɛ́ntin mitɔn, bó ná nya Kanáanu lɛ́ɛ, Hitíti lɛ́ɛ, Hivíti lɛ́ɛ, Pɛliziti lɛ́ɛ, Giigacíti lɛ́ɛ, Amɔliti lɛ́ɛ kpódó Jebuzinu lɛ́ɛ kpán sín nukɔn mitɔn.\n3.10 Josué dit : A ceci vous reconnaîtrez que le Dieu vivant est au milieu de vous, et qu'il chassera devant vous les Cananéens, les Héthiens, les Héviens, les Phéréziens, les Guirgasiens, les Amoréens et les Jébusiens :\nAklúnɔ ayǐkúngban ɔ́ bǐ tɔn sín akɔjijɛgbá ná nɔ nukɔn nú mi dó asá Judɛ́ɛn tɔ ɔ́.\nMi cyán súnnu wěwe gbɔn akɔta Izlayɛ́li tɔn lɛ́ɛ mɛ. Mi sɔ́ súnnu ɖokpó ɖokpó gbɔn akɔta ɖokpó ɖokpó mɛ.\nHwenu e vɔ̌sánú-xwlémawutɔ́ e hɛn akɔjijɛgbá Mawu Mavɔmavɔ tɔn, Aklúnɔ e ɖó ayǐkúngban ɔ́ bǐ é tɔn ɔ́ lɛ́ɛ ná tɛ afɔ tɔ ɔ́ mɛ lě tlóló ɔ́, tɔ ɔ́ ná gbo bɔ sin ɔ́ ná kplé cí fí ɖokpó nǔɖé wɛ hɛn ɛ ɖó te ɖɔhun.”\nÉe togun ɔ́ se mɔ̌ ɔ́, é gosín fí e é ɖe ɔ́, bó ná dó asá Judɛ́ɛn tɔ ɔ́. Vɔ̌sánú-xwlémawutɔ́ e hɛn akɔjijɛgbá Aklúnɔ tɔn lɛ́ɛ jɛ nukɔn nú yě.\nNǔkún-yiyahwenu, hwenu e Judɛ́ɛn tɔ ɔ́ nɔ ɖi sin, bo nɔ gba kpé fí bǐ ɔ́ wɛ mɛ e hɛn akɔjijɛgbá ɔ́ lɛ́ɛ wá tɔ ɔ́ tó. Ée vɔ̌sánú-xwlémawutɔ́ lɛ́ɛ tɛ afɔ sín ɔ́ mɛ lě tlóló ɔ́,\ntɔ ɔ́ gbo, bɔ sin e sa jǎwe ɔ́ kplé cí fí ɖokpó nǔɖé wɛ hɛn ɛ ɖó te ɖɔhun. Sin ɔ́ nɔ te ɖo zɔ vóéé ɖo Adámu, toxo e ɖo Saatáni kpá ɔ́ mɛ. Bɔ sin e ɖo sisa yi Xu Kúkú ɔ́ mɛ wɛ ɔ́ gbo bǐ. Ée tɔ ɔ́ gbo mɔ̌ ɔ́, togun ɔ́ gbɔn ayǐkúngban xúxú jí, bó dó asá tɔ ɔ́ yi jɛ Jeliko nukɔn.\n3.16 les eaux qui descendent d'en haut s'arrêtèrent, et s'élevèrent en un monceau, à une très grande distance, près de la ville d'Adam, qui est à côté de Tsarthan ; et celles qui descendaient vers la mer de la plaine, la mer Salée, furent complètement coupées. Le peuple passa vis-à-vis de Jéricho.\nVɔ̌sánú-xwlémawutɔ́ e hɛn akɔjijɛgbá Mawu Mavɔmavɔ tɔn lɛ́ɛ nɔ te ɖo ayǐkúngban xúxú jí, ɖo tɔ ɔ́ tɛ́ntin. Yě nɔ te fínɛ́ káká bɔ togun ɔ́ bǐ zɔn afɔ gbɔn ayǐkúngban xúxú jí yi jɛ tɔ ɔ́ gúdo.


GBÈ E MƐ A SIXU XÀ DÓ É Abkhaze Afrikaans Albanie-Gbè Amharique-Gbè Arabe-Gbè Arménie-Gbè Ayɔgbe Azerbaïjan-Gbè Bachkir Baoulé Belize Kriol Bichlamar Bikol Boulou Bulgarie-Gbè Catalogne-Gbè Cebuano Chichewa Chine-Gbè (Cantonais) Chine-Gbè (Dòdó Ɔ) Chine-Gbè (Ee Bɔkun É) Chitonga Chitumbuka Chol Cibemba Corée-Gbè Créole Haïti Tɔn Créole Seychelles Tɔn Croatie-Gbè Danemark-Gbè Eblegbe Efik Espagne-Gbè Estonie-Gbè Fidji-Gbè Finlande-Gbè Flansegbe Fɔngbe Ga Galles-Gbè Géorgie-Gbè Glɛkigbe Glɛnsigbe Gungbe Hiligaynon Hindi Hongrie-Gbè Iban Ibo Iloko Indonésie-Gbè Islande-Gbè Isoko Italie-Gbè Janmagbe Japon-Gbè Kannada Kazakh Kikamba Kikaonde Kikuyu Kiluba Kinyarwanda Kirghistan-Gbè Kirundi Lettonie-Gbè Lingala Lituanie-Gbè Macédoine-Gbè Madagascar-Gbè Malay Malayalam Malte-Gbè Mambwé-Lungu Mongolie-Gbè Mooré Myanmar-Gbè Ndébélé (Zimbabwe) Népali Norvège-Gbè Nzema Okpe Oromo-Gbè Ossétie-Gbè Ourdou Ouzbékistan-Gbè Ouïghour (Cyrillique) Pangasinan Papiamento (Curaçao Tɔn) Pays-Bas-Gbè Penjabi Persan Pologne-Gbè Portugal-Gbè Portugal-Gbè (Portugal) Quechua (Cuzco Tɔn) Rarotonga-Gbè Romani (Macédoine Tɔn) Romani Cyrillique (Macédoine Tɔn) Roumanie-Gbè Russie-Gbè Sango Sepedi Serbie-Gbè Serbie-Gbè (Romain) Shona Sidama Sinhala Slovaquie-Gbè Slovénie-Gbè Suède-Gbè Sunda Swahili-Gbè Tagalog Tamoul Tarascan Tatar Tchèque-Gbè Tetun Dili Télougou Thaï Tigrinya Tiv Tojolabal Tsonga Tswana Turquie-Gbè Twi Tzotzil Ukraine-Gbè Urhobo Vegbe Vietnam-Gbè Waray-Waray Zapotec-Gbè (Isthme Tɔn) Zoulou Île Salomon-Gbè Îles Féroé-Gbè\nMƐ E TƆN WƐ É: RENÉE LERON\nÈ JÌ MÌ ÐÒ: 1954\nTÒ CE: Philippines\nTAN CE: Jɛ zɔ ɖó dakaxixo tɔ́ ce tɔn wu\nSaɖiyitomɛtɔ́ gegě nɔ wá kpɔ́n só e mɛ sin nɔ sà sín, b’ɛ nyí fí nukúnɖeji ɖé ɖò ɖibla yì toxo Pagsanjan tɔn mɛ ɖò Philippines é. Finɛ wɛ tɔ́ ce Nardo Leron sù ɖè ɖò wamamɔnɔ kún ɖé mɛ. Ðó é mɔ nǔɖuɖonǔmɛ acɛkpikpa ɔ, kponɔzɔ́watɔ́ lɛ, kpo mɛ e ɖò fí e é nɔ w’azɔ̌ ɖè lɛ é kpo tɔn wutu ɔ, akpɔ nɔ ɖó è bɔ xomɛ nɔ sin i tawun.\nMɛjitɔ́ ce lɛ w’azɔ̌ syɛnsyɛn dó kplɔ́n mǐ mɛ vǐ tantɔn e ye jì lɛ é. Ye nɔ nɔ xwégbe ǎ nú táan gegě, bo na dó kpé nukún dó nǔkún-yiya wu ɖò sókan mɛ. Hwɛhwɛ ɔ, fofó ce Rodelio kpo nyi kpo nɔ kpé nukún dó mǐɖée wu, bɔ xovɛ́ nɔ wà nǔ mǐtɔn hweɖelɛnu. Ee mǐ kpó ɖò kpɛví é ɔ, mǐ mɔ ayihundida sín ali mɔ̌ ɖé ǎ. Hwenu e mǐ ɖó xwè tɛnwe é ɔ, mǐ mɛ vǐ lɛ ɖokpo ɖokpo ɖó na w’azɔ̌ ɖò gle mɛ, bo na nɔ ɖíɖá agɔnkɛ́gban kpinkpɛn lɛ, lobo ɖi zɔnlin gbɔn sókanmɛli lɛ jí. Enyi agban ɖé kpɛn dín bonu mǐ ma sixu ɖíɖá ǎ ɔ, è nɔ hɛn mǐ gannugánnú ɖɔ mǐ ni dɔn yì.\nMǐ ɖó na dɛ ɖò xò e tɔ́ mǐtɔn nɔ xò mǐ é nu, amɔ̌, nǔ e lɛ́ ɖ’akpɔ tawun é wɛ nyí mɔ e mǐ nɔ mɔ b’ɛ nɔ xò nɔ mǐtɔn é. Mǐ nɔ tɛ́n kpɔ́n bo na ɖó è te, amɔ̌, é nɔ kpa mǐ ǎ. Hwenu e nyi kpo Rodelio kpo sù é ɔ, mǐ wá gbeta ɔ kɔn ɖò nǔglɔ bá hu tɔ́ mǐtɔn. Tɔ́ e yí wǎn nú mǐ é ɖé ba wɛ un ɖè.\nAdaka e xò wɛ tɔ́ ce ɖè é zɔ́n bɔ un flú bǐ bɔ xomɛ lɛ́ sin mì, enɛ zɔ́n bɔ un gosin xwégbe hwenu e un ɖó xwè 14 é. Nú táan ɖé ɔ, ali lɛ tó wɛ un nɔ dɔ́ bo jɛ marijuana zán jí. Gudo mɛ ɔ, un jɛ tɔjihun kun jí, bo nɔ sɔ́ saɖiyitomɛtɔ́ e wá fí e sin nɔ sà sín só mɛ ɖè é kpɔ́n gbé lɛ é.\nXwè klewun ɖé gudo ɔ, un bɛ́ kplɔnyiji-alavɔ ɖò Manille. Amɔ̌, ɖó un nɔ lɛkɔ yì Pagsanjan bo nɔ w’azɔ̌ ɖò aklunɔzán gbla fifó lɛ wutu ɔ, un nɔ mɔ táan dó kplɔ́n nǔ sɔmɔ̌ ɖé ǎ. Gbɛ̀ ce blawǔ bo sɔ́ ɖó nu ɖě ǎ, bɔ marijuana ka sɔ́ nɔ wà nǔɖe ɖò adohu adohu ce wu ǎ. Un jɛ azɔ gblegblé ɖěɖee nɔ nyí méthamphétamines, cocaïne kpo héroïne kpo é zán jí. Gěe kpo aga kpo xò kpóɖó na. Ya, nǔagɔwiwa, kpo wuvɛ̌ mimɔ kpo vunbla mì. Un gbɛ́ wǎn nú acɛkpikpa ɔ, bo nɔ mɔ ɖɔ é wu wɛ nǔ enɛ lɛ sín. Un nɔ kanbyɔ Mawu ɖɔ, “Etɛwu gbɛ̀ ɔ ka cí lě?” Amɔ̌, un mɔ xósin ɖebǔ ɖò sinsɛn e mɛ un gbɔn lɛ é ǎ. Un lɛ́ jɛ gěe nu d’eji jí, bá mɔ tɛn dó cí asɔ nú linkpɔ́n ce lɛ.\nÐò 1972 ɔ, kplɔnyiji-alavɔví Philippines tɔn lɛ sɔnǔ nú gbɛ̌ta e nɔ fɔ́n gǔ dó acɛkpikpa ɔ jí lɛ é. Un xò kpóɖó nú gbɛ̌ta enɛ lɛ ɖokpo, bɔ adakaxixo bɛ́. È wlí mɛ gegě, bɔ sun ɖé lɛ gudo ɔ, è ɖè sɛ́n tɔ́n ɖɔ sɔja lɛ wɛ na nɔ kpé nukún dó ayijayǐ wu gbɔn tò ɔ bǐ mɛ ɖó kponɔ lɛ tɛnmɛ.\nAli lɛ tó dɔ́ jí wɛ un lɛ́ wá jɛ, amɔ̌ dìn ɔ, un nɔ ɖi xɛsi nú gǎn lɛ ɖó un ɖò gbɛ̌ta e nɔ fɔ́n gǔ dó acɛkpikpa ɔ jí é ɖé mɛ wutu. Bo na dó mɔ akwɛ dó nu gěe na ɔ, un jɛ ajo ja jí, bɔ wǎgbɔ tɔn ɔ, un nɔ lɛ̀ aga xá akwɛnɔ lɛ kpo jonɔ lɛ kpo. Un sɔ́ tuùn nú gbɛ̀ wɛ un kpò ɖè, alǒ kú wɛ un kú ǎ.\nÐò táan ɖokpo ɔ mɛ ɔ, nɔ ce kpo nɔví ce sunnu ɖokpo kpo jɛ Biblu kplɔ́n xá Kúnnuɖetɔ́ Jehovah tɔn lɛ jí. Xomɛ sin tɔ́ ce tawun b’ɛ fyɔ́ wema jinjɔn Biblu jí yetɔn lɛ. Amɔ̌, ye mɛ we lɛ ɖókan dó nǔ wu, bo bló baptɛm lobo huzu Kúnnuɖetɔ́.\nGbè ɖokpo ɔ, Kúnnuɖetɔ́ ɖé ɖɔ xó nú tɔ́ ce dó akpá e Biblu dó dó sɔgudo wu é jí, bo ɖɔ n’i ɖɔ nǔjlɔjlɔwiwa na kpé ayikúngban ɔ bǐ jí. (Ðɛhan 72:12-14) Nǔ enɛ e tɔ́ ce sè é dɔn ɛ tawun, bɔ é wá gbeta ɔ kɔn bo na ba dò nú nǔ éɖesunɔ. Ðò Biblu mɛ ɔ, é mɔ akpá e Mawu dó dó acɛkpikpa e na wá wà nǔ jlɔjlɔ é wu é, bo lɛ́ mɔ nǔ ɖěɖee Mawu byɔ asú lɛ kpo tɔ́ lɛ kpo lɛ é. (Efɛzinu lɛ 5:28; 6:4) Táan kpɛɖé gudo ɔ, é kpo nɔví ce e kpò lɛ é bǐ kpo huzu Kúnnuɖetɔ́. Ðó un ɖò zɔ dó xwé wutu ɔ, un ɖò tó kúkú ahɔn nyinyɔ.\nÐò 1978 ɔ, un sɛ̀ tɛn yì Australie. Fífá kpo vivo kpo tíìn ɖò tò ɔ mɛ có, nyɛ ɖó fífá ayi mɛ tɔn ǎ. Un kpò ɖò ahan kpo azɔ kpo zán wɛ. Nukɔnmɛ ɖò xwè enɛ xwè ɔ, Kúnnuɖetɔ́ Jehovah tɔn lɛ wá ba mì kpɔ́n. Un yí wǎn nú nǔ e ye xlɛ́ mì ɖò Biblu mɛ dó ayikúngban e jí fífá na nɔ é wu é, amɔ̌, un nɔ cɔ́ nyiɖée dó ye wu.\nEnɛ gudo zaan ɔ, un lɛkɔ yì Philippines bo bló aklunɔzán gbla klewun ɖé. Nɔví ce lɛ ɖɔ nú mì ɖɔ tɔ́ mǐtɔn w’azɔ̌ syɛnsyɛn bo huzu gbɛtɔ́ ɖagbe ɖé, amɔ̌, akpɔ kpò ɖò ɖiɖó mì wɛ syɛnsyɛn bɔ un ba na mɔ ɛ ɖó nukún wu lɔ ǎ.\nNɔví ce nyɔnu kpɛví ɔ zán Biblu dó tinmɛ nǔ e wu wuvɛ̌ mimɔ kpo nǔagɔwiwa kpo gɔ́ gbɛ̀ ɔ mɛ é nú mì. É jiwǔ nú mì ɖɔ ɖyɔvǐ e ma ko mɔ nǔ kpɔ́n sɔmɔ̌ ǎ é ɖé na xósin nú nǔkanbyɔ ce lɛ. Hwɛ̌ cobonu na yì ɔ, tɔ́ ce na mì wema Hiẹ Sọgan Nọgbẹ̀ Kakadoi to Paladisi mẹ to Aigba Ji. * É ɖɔ: “Gbɔ jɔ nya. Wema elɔ na d’alɔ we bɔ a na mɔ nǔ e ba wɛ a ɖè é.” É dó wusyɛn lanmɛ nú mì ɖɔ nyi ni ba Kúnnuɖetɔ́ Jehovah tɔn lɛ mɔ hwenu e na lɛkɔ yì Australie é.\nUn xwedó wěɖexámɛ tɔ́ ce tɔn bo mɔ Kpléxɔ Kúnnuɖetɔ́ Jehovah tɔn lɛ tɔn ɖé ɖò ɖibla yì xwé ce gbè ɖò Brisbane. Un yí gbè bo jɛ Biblu kplɔ́n jí hwebǐnu. Nǔɖɔɖ’ayǐ Biblu tɔn lɛ ɖi ɖěɖee ɖò Daniyɛli wemata 7 kpo Ezayíi wemata 9 kpo mɛ lɛ é xlɛ́ mì ɖɔ Axɔ́suɖuto Mawu tɔn e ma nɔ ɖu ahizi kpɛɖé kpɛɖé tɔn lɔ ǎ é na kp’acɛ dó mǐ jǐ ɖò sɔgudo. Un kplɔ́n ɖɔ mǐ na ɖu vivǐ Palaɖisi tɔn ɖò ayikúngban jí. Un jló na nyɔ́ Mawu nukúnmɛ, amɔ̌, un ɖó ayi wu ɖɔ un ɖó na ɖu ɖò lee nǔ nɔ cí nú mì é jí, bo jó gěe kpo ahan kpo dó, lobo jó gbɛ̀ bliblí e zán wɛ un ɖè é dó. Un klán xá ɖyɔvǐ e kpo nyi kpo ɖò kpɔ́ é, bo lɛ́ gosin azɔ kannu. Ee jiɖiɖe e un ɖó dó Jehovah wu é ɖò jijɛji wɛ é ɔ, un xoɖɛ bo byɔ alɔdó tɔn bá mɔ tɛn dó bló huzuhuzu ɖevo lɛ.\nKpɛɖé kpɛɖé ɔ, un mɔ ɖɔ nǔ e kplɔ́n wɛ un ɖè é sixu d’alɔ mɛ bɔ è na bló huzuhuzu lɛ nǔgbo. Biblu ɖɔ ɖɔ enyi mǐ dó gǎn ɔ, mǐ sixu kpéwú bo sɔ́ “gbɛtɔ́ yɔyɔ̌” ɔ dó. (Kolosinu lɛ 3:9, 10) Ee un dó gǎn bo wà mɔ̌ é ɔ, un mɔ ɖɔ sè e un sè ɖɔ tɔ́ ce kún sɔ́ nyí mɛ e é nyí ɖ’ayǐ é ó é ɔ, nǔgbo wɛ. Un sɔ́ nɔ sin xomɛ ɖě ǎ, loɔ, un jló na nɔ fífá mɛ xá ɛ. Wǎgbɔ tɔn ɔ, un sɔ́ hwɛ kɛ tɔ́ ce, bo ɖè wǎn e un gbɛ́ n’i sín vǔ b’ɛ dó ɖɔ dò ɖò ayi ce mɛ é síìn.\nEe un ɖò winnyawinnya mɛ é ɔ, un nɔ xwedó mɛ ɖevo lɛ bo nɔ hɛn nǔ gblé, alǒ wà nǔ nyanya hwɛhwɛ. Un mɔ ɖò ninɔmɛ ce mɛ ɖɔ nǔgbo wɛ nyí akpágbánúmɛ Biblu tɔn; gbɛ̌ nyanya lɛ ɔ, walɔ ɖagbe ce lɛ wɛ ye hɛn gblé kpowun. (1 Kɔlɛntinu lɛ 15:33) Amɔ̌, un ɖó xɔ́ntɔn ɖejid’ewu lɛ ɖò Kúnnuɖetɔ́ Jehovah tɔn lɛ tɛntin, bɔ ye d’alɔ mì bɔ un kpɔ́n te hugǎn. Gɔ́ na ɔ, ɖò tɛntin yetɔn ɔ, un mɔ Lorreta e huzu asì vívɛ́ ce é. Mǐ nɔ kpɔ́ dó kplɔ́n nǔ mɛ ɖevo lɛ dó lee Biblu sixu d’alɔ ye gbɔn é wu.\nUn ɖò nǔ ɖu xá asì ce kpo xɔ́ntɔn lɛ kpo wɛ\nBiblu zɔ́n bɔ un mɔ bɔ tɔ́ ce huzu mɛ e un ma sixu lin kpɔ́n gbeɖé ɖɔ é na huzu ǎ é, asú ɖagbe ɖé wɛ é nyí nú nɔ ce, bo nɔ sɔ́ éɖée hwe, lobo lɛ́ nyí Klisanwun e nɔ xò fífá kan é ɖé. Hwenu e un bló baptɛm bo huzu Kúnnuɖetɔ́ Jehovah tɔn ɖò 1987, bɔ tɔ́ ce kpo nyi kpo wá xò gò mǐɖée é ɔ, azɔn nukɔntɔn e tɔ́ ce zunfan mì ɖò gbɛ̀ ce mɛ é nɛ!\nNú xwè 35 jɛji ɔ, tɔ́ ce kpo nɔ ce kpo w’azɔ̌ ɖó kpɔ́ bo má nukúnɖiɖó e ɖò Biblu mɛ é xá mɛ ɖevo lɛ. É huzu nya kanɖodónǔwutɔ́ ɖé, bo nɔ lɛ́ kpé nukún dó nǔ wu bɔ mɛ ɖevo lɛ tuùn ɖɔ é nɔ d’alɔ mɛ. Ðò xwè enɛ lɛ vlamɛ ɔ, un kplɔ́n bo nɔ ɖó sísí n’i, lobo nɔ yí wǎn n’i. Un nɔ gó ɖɔ mɛ ɖevo lɛ tuùn ɖɔ un nyí vǐ tɔn! É kú ɖò 2016, amɔ̌, é kpó ɖò ayi ce mɛ tawun, ɖó un tuùn ɖɔ nyi kpo é kpo bǐ wɛ zán nǔkplɔnmɛ Biblu tɔn lɛ dó bló huzuhuzu ɖaxó lɛ ɖò gbɛzán mǐtɔn mɛ. Un sɔ́ nɔ gbɛ́ wǎn nú mɛ ɖě ɖ’ayǐ tɔn ɖɔhun ǎ. É sù nukún ce mɛ tawun ɖɔ un tuùn Tɔ́ ce jixwé tɔn ɔ Jehovah Mawu, ee d’akpá ɖɔ emi na ɖó nǔ nǔ e nɔ dɔn wuvɛ̌ wá nú xwédo lɛ é nu gbɔn fí lɛ bǐ é.\n^ akpá. 20 Kúnnuɖetɔ́ Jehovah tɔn lɛ wɛ ɖetɔ́n, é ka sɔ́ tíìn dìn ǎ.