[Tlhingan-hol] Suto'vo'qor lojmIt

[De'vID jonpIn]

{Hakuin} ghoS SuvwI'.  SuvwI'vaD {Nobushige} ponglu'.

ghel SuvwI', jatlh: <Suto'vo'qor, ghe'tor je lutu'lu'bej'a'?>

poQ {Hakuin}, jatlh: <SoH 'Iv?>

jang SuvwI', jatlh: <mang jIH.>

jach {Hakuin}, jatlh: <SoH! SuvwI'!  'avwI' DagheStaHvIS ghaH Datoy'
'e' chaw'bogh ra'wI' yIngu'!  Huch Hutlhbogh qorwI' qab'e' rur
qablIj!>

QeHqu'choHmo' {Nobushige}, 'etlhDaj peprupchoH.  'ach jatlhtaH
{Hakuin}: <toH!  'etlh Daqenglaw'!  jejHa'qu'mo' nuHlIj, ghaytan
nachwIj Dape'laHchu'be'.>

'etlh pepDI' {Nobushige}, maq {Hakuin}, jatlh: <DaH poSchoH ghe'tor lojmIt!>

mu'meyvetlh QoyDI' mang, pIn'a' Sun ghovchu'pu'.  'etlhDaj pepHa' 'ej batlh tor.

jatlh {Hakuin}: <DaH poSchoH Suto'vo'qor lojmIt.>



English translation, from Paul Reps:

A soldier named Nobushige came to Hakuin, and asked: "Is there really
a paradise and a hell?"

"Who are you?" inquired Hakuin.

"I am a samurai," the warrior replied.

"You, a soldier!" exclaimed Hakuin. "What kind of ruler would have you
as his guard? Your face looks like that of a beggar."

Nobushige became so angry that he began to draw his sword, but Hakuin
continued: "So you have a sword! Your weapon is probably much too dull
to cut off my head."

As Nobushige drew his sword Hakuin remarked: "Here open the gates of hell!"

At these words the samurai, perceiving the master's discipline,
sheathed his sword and bowed.

"Here open the gates of paradise," said Hakuin.

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