, 1880-09-12

1A~ 1AA-NtP~As 0F0AAo' Ill Tile NISL0Ty OF LQaE
people. Yet such is actually the fact. The
original. in the Chaldee language, is now
lying before me, and as it may. not be unIn-
terestmg to the readers of the CONGREGATIONAL
1fdUdzine, will here furnish them with q
literal translation Of 1t, and then add the in
terpretatlon as given by P. N.'Leberecllt,
Septer Aaggadat, vol. -:
l. 4 kid, KID, my nther bought =,
/; For. TWO pieces Of money: =.
: - - A kid. 4 kid. ~.
2 The Then caMe the cat ana ate tho lid - :
FOE Two pieces Of money!. ::
g. Then came the dog, that bit the cat, -
. That my father bought - :
=: 4 hid, ~ aiRid:
: + Th Then came the stall, and beat the dog, .*>'%
That ate the. kid. i - :, " -"
, That my father bought -~,>:
For Two pieces OF nauney: -
S. Then came the IRE, and burned the stan, ;:
That beat the dog, It - 's,'-
That bit the cat. -.:
That ate the kid, '~' i
That my father bought : - -. -
For esFo pieces Of money: -.
~ A+ea q AA4s
g. Then came the water. md quenca'd the nre,
That burned the stan, -@-.%'
That beat the dog,
.That bit tho cat 80. ::
That ate the kid, -, r'>'
That myfather bought ''
For tWo pieces Of money:
a kid, q kid. = ...
=: Then came the OK. and drank tho wster,*:.
That quenched the hre,
- That burned the star, " =
That beat the dog,
That bit the cat, 81 .'~' ;.
That ute the kid. 80 '3
That my father bought -..''
For TWO pieces OF money:
F. a kid, a kid. =' = "
8. Then came the butcher and alew tho OK, - =
That drank the water.
That queuched the fire, -s ., -
That burned the stat, -" =. ~.,.
That beat the dog, -.
That bit the cot,
That ate the kid,
That my father bought. :. -
For i've pieces Of money:
A kid, q kid ~- -
Then s,ass2 ssms the angel of death and killed the
That slew the or. .:
That drank the water,
That burned the stan,
That beat the dog, .:' :: :: ::
That bit the cut, ~ = ~:
That my father bought - ::
For two pieces Of money: -: :.-*
10. Then came the Holy One. blessed bia: Hs, 8:
And killed the augel'of death, -''
That killed the butcher,
That slew the OK, = d. , ~'
That drank the water, .:''' ::
That Quenched the fire, +.'
That burned the sta6, &.-e' -
That beat the dog, 49,
That bit the cat ~-'.:-.-. j.; . i
That ate the kid, j.. &: =,
THAT my father bought ...,
For two pieces of money: ..
A kid, kid.
The following Is the interpretation: =:
]. The kid, which Is one Of the pure animals,
denotes the Hebrews. The father by whom it was
purchased Is Jehovah, VINO represents Himself.
as sustaining this relation to the Hebrew na,
ton. The pieces Of money, signify Moses and
Aaron, through whose mediation the Hebrews
were brought our OF Egypt.
2. The cat denotes the ,Assyrians. By whom
tse q
4. The staff signified the Persians.
5. The fire indicates the Grecian Empire under
Alexander the Great~
9. The water betokens the Roman or the fourth
OF the great monarchies to whom the Jews we're
!. The or is symbol of the saracens, who
snbdlsd m Palestine and brought it under the
{ 5. The butcher that killed the OK denotes the
Crusaders by whom the Holy Land was Wrested
out OF the hands Of the Saracens.
g. The angel OF death signifies the Turkish
from the Franks, to whom it is still subject.
10. The commencement Of the tenth stanza is
designed to show that God will take signal
vengeance on the Turks, Immediately after
their own land, and live under the government
OF their long G-exPected Messiah.