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O my boy! they set the ass down at the table and he fell, and began to roll himself in the dust and one said, "Let him roll himself, for it is his nature, he will not change.
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O my boy! the saying has been confirmed which runs: "If thou begettest a boy, call him thy son, and if thou rearest a boy, call him thy slave."
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O my boy! he who doeth good shall meet with good; and he who doeth evil shall meet with evil, for the Lord requiteth a man according to the measure of his work.
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O my boy! what shall I say more to thee than these sayings? for the Lord knoweth what is hidden, and is acquainted with the mysteries and the secrets.
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And He will requite thee and will judge, betwixt me and thee, and will recompense thee according to thy desert.',
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And when Nadan heard that speech from his uncle Haiqar, he swelled up immediately and became like a blown-out bladder.
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And his limbs swelled and his legs and his feet and his side, and he was torn and his belly burst asunder and his entrails were scattered, and he perished, and died.
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And his latter end was destruction, and he went to hell. For he who digs a pit for his brother shall fall into it; and he who sets up traps shall be caught in them.
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This is what happened and (what) we found about the tale of Haiqar, and praise be to God for ever. Amen, and peace.
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This chronicle is finished with the help of God, may He be exalted! Amen, Amen, Amen.
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Footnotes ^218:1 Compare the parable of the Prodigal Son in Luke XV. 19.
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