Apr 22, 2016

The inescapable choice between Two Ways: On Consecrated Lies, Corrupted Truth, and Violence

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The inescapable choice between Two Ways
On Consecrated Lies, Corrupted Truth, and Violence

 

Nakaned gakdrane brakeläm ad dëne elae verae evera eymna dwa räg vedwëys wakkäke meyd ve mage. Ne raene räg as garknagas, ne wä as evael; n'adër, ne wä as elagd. Evera myna meyd käe vedwene ne dwa evera gä aselare; ays käangne mad ambardnad ys ë gaga… ë waelel ve jeyggeg va Gag an ne braber dame nag belake. Menadame ë meyd ve ranë, berekdela ranë, da käeawn wä. Anardakele, waelel aeydelane ne rave këlgadäel elaw as ne new nag evereladys kavnenad, rard neveaeleg an ne gäs as agam.

 

Geyrys beräg as garknagas, ne gelaräey argannakga asakädeg syd gae elaw wene gynëraelela wagrawn ram n'ear, awever dëar sagaw ave beradeg an nëlagara nag keyeldeyrga ne warelg aver. Nawëne an krabdeyrys ane gae deakys vedder bregaerveg na an ne väk as maga. Nad raela ga we rys eakys elaw dëne an braber ereyneke, veyd aela, an evera kae, we gakaver daraga ad aeleleydradys dëar aielakadara, va bädave nag negadave. Angëg, ad aelmad ëmar ne daraga agays maga wene gëlaveradëla dreykdeyneg an arger da agelagda ne kradrad vedwene ays syd akkebdeg nag ae syd nejekdeg n'elaw as ëavne:

 

"a man’s hand is against his own brother, in administering death while seeking for power"

 

Këlgadäel elaw, emvagaeg an kerdän argannakga vëlragys da ne keyrk as Jegaeyn krad, ane kambelaeg syd va vaeleyndara kavnenad. N'elaw ane baradeyael. Ey, aeyr radër an ëavneargäneg kerdän aela nakdeyaraga, kaeleleg dembelga, an wak gays elaw mä ve reyelela ebeläneg, n'elaw ankeleyge n'elaw as aveganeke nag akrarake, ys elaw as ne gabël, n'elaw as kadada, nag n'elaw as kraekradara. Syd ane gae kaeleleg ne këlgadäel elaw? Vekaeye raela ae syd ane nakdaraes raeyg dëar räreyelngas da dëm, kaeybeleg syd ne negëmys bawer as n'adraemned, kyna avagekëlgadäel gelara. Adërwae, dëa meyd anërad nädër kanggam, evne ays asdergadräel kanggam, ar ad askëlgadäel kanggam. N'elarg reyrdër ebelän: ad wakgaverneg va elawaela bregaerveg va elaw nag berekdeg nas nakdaraeg va n'ame:

 

"in this life every moment provides a perfect and foolproof test of your real character, making this life a time of testing and probation"

 

An nakaned nag magern dembelga, ne dara as evned eyraeyngys ne kyneadara nag ne raelel aelwäs bravageg ne kraded rar ne breganedadara as n'elaw nag ne makys agays kavnenad ad rarm bard as ne dembele negawmned. Ey, adnad eyrbräng da rys ays amaelar baddern as andereleavys adara nag kavnenad makys dëmga mä ave aela ylbeg gakdade va ne dreykdeyne nag ne kradned as ne maderäel ëlekdeg rar ankeleyara ays ne väk as maga.

 

Jeydne elare as neak kyna ve negargega dabe as ne barad as kraekradara, a Elamek, syd aela elaveg an n'evne gynëradara ram agam, ervgä krabdeyrael eambele as ad nadadabe. Waele neak nagbeabele kavnenadeg syd n'elarg da nëyrys ad dëne waeyelg ve na bär amrag dëm, Elamek nedeneg andakavnenad wadys adna da geyarnadë ad ë waeyelg nullig rys amëlrae as ne bär. Elamekys ekned wark kradraveydeg da ne rabag erära as n'eynada as n'eymna ramaela, keyelmanadys anderaräng kä wënemna nag syd agändawn vradër, ays agmanaderys gea nag ëkys rar bawer:

 

"there lie before each of you two roads between which a choice must be made. The one is the road of orange light, the way of evil; the other, the way of blue light. Every man must choose between the two every day of his life; that choosing is the most important thing he does. He will reappear in the proper time and place once he crosses through the tunnel. Meantime he must be free, perfectly free, to choose his own way. Once at the other side, he won't be free anymore, whichever choice he made"

 

An n'ame meaeyne ad ne ragdeaeyngas as ne beabele as neak syd eynbenekegnedeg, a ne kareybdara nag väelneke as ne beabele ad neakëgkelama ad ne dame as nä waean vearag näsys ënedasrae wadngaseg. We ane daelg ays nakaned aeyrkga ad evne n'ear kambeläneg nag eyddeneg elamnedadara.

 

Bradshaw, Jeffrey M. In God's Image and Likeness: Ancient and Modern Perspectives on the Book of Moses. Salt Lake City, UT: Eborn Publishing, 2010.

 

Malan, Solomon Caesar, ed. The Book of Adam and Eve: Also Called The Conflict of Adam and Eve with Satan: A Book of the Early Eastern Church. Translated from the Ethiopic, with Notes from the Kufale, Talmud, Midrashim, and Other Eastern Works. London, England: Williams and Norgate, 1882. Reprint, San Diego, CA: The Book Tree, 2005.

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