ᎦᎢᏒᏃ ᎢᎾᎨ ᎠᏂ ᎡᎶᎯ, ᎢᎸᎯᏢ ᎤᏍᏓᎦᎸ ᎠᎩᎷᏨᎩ, ᎾᎿᏃ ᎠᏆᏂᏏᏅᎩ, ᎠᎴ ᎠᎩᎸᏅᎩ, ᎠᎩᎸᏅᏃ ᎠᏆᏍᎩᏓᏒᎩ. ᎦᏍᎩᏓᏍᎬᏃ ᏥᎪᎥ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᏧᏲ ᏧᏄᏩᎢ ᎦᏙᎬ ᎢᎸᎯᏢᎢ, ᎦᏁᎸᏃ ᎨᏒ ᎤᏣᏘᏂ ᎢᏗᏢ ᏭᎦᏛᎩ, ᎪᏪᎵ ᎤᏒᎦᎸᎩ, ᎤᏣᏘᏃ ᎡᏉᎯᏳ ᎠᎵᏎᎲᎩ. ᏕᏥᏯᎦᎿᏅᏃ, ᎿᏉ ᎤᏍᏚᎢᏒ ᎪᏇᎵ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᎪᎵᏰᎥᎩ; ᎤᎪᎵᏰᎥᏃ ᎿᏉ ᏚᏠᏱᎸ ᎠᎴ ᎤᏪᎾᏮᎩ; ᎤᏗᏢᏃ ᎢᎪᎯᏛ ᎬᏩᏛᏂᏗᏍᏗ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᏄᎵᏍᏔᏅ, ᎿᏉ ᎡᎯᏍᏗ ᎠᎴ ᎠᏍᏓᏯ ᎤᏁᏨᎩ, ᎯᎠ ᏄᏪᏒᎩ, “ᎦᏙᏃ ᏓᎦᏛᏁᎵ?”

As I walk’d through the wilderness of this world, I lighted on a certain place where was a Den, and I laid me down in that place to sleep; and as I slept, I dreamed a Dream. I dreamed, and behold I saw a Man cloathed with Rags, standing in a certain place, with his face from his own house, a Book in his hand, and a great Burden upon his back. I looked, and saw him open the Book, and read therein; and as he read, he wept and trembled; and not being able longer to contain, he brake out with a lamentable cry, saying “What shall I do?”

ᎯᎠ ᏄᏍᏛ ᎤᏓᏅᏛᎩ, ᎿᏉ ᎤᏪᏅᏒ ᏧᏪᏅᏒᎢ, ᏂᎪᎯᎸᏃ ᎬᏩᏛᏂᏗᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎤᏛᏂᎣᎢ, ᏞᏍᏗ ᎤᎾᏙᎴᎰᏒ ᎠᏆᏓᎵᎢ ᎠᎴ ᏗᏇᏥ ᏂᎦᎥ ᎡᎯᏍᏗ ᎠᏆᏓᏅᏛ ᎡᎵᏍᎪᎢ; ᎠᏎᏃ ᎥᏝ ᎪᎯᏛ ᎡᎳᏪ ᎬᏩᏗ ᏱᎨᏎᎢ, ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗᏍᎬᏰᏃ ᎧᏁᏉᏥᏒᏉ ᎤᏲ ᎤᏓᏅᏛᎢ. ᎿᏉ ᏂᎦᎥ ᎬᏂᎨᏒᏉᏃ ᏂᏚᏩᏁᎸ ᎤᏓᎵᎢ ᎠᎴ ᏧᏪᏥ, ᎿᏉᏃ ᎤᎴᏅᎲ ᎯᎠ ᏂᏚᏪᏎᎸ ᏚᎵᏃᎮᏔᏅ; “ᎢᏨᎨᏨᎢ ᎠᏆᏓᎵᎢ ᎠᎴ ᏗᏇᏥ, ᎤᏣᏘ ᎢᏨᎨᏳᎢᏳ, ᎠᏎᏃ ᎿᏉ ᎤᏲᏉᏃ ᎾᏆᎵᏍᏓᏁᎵᎦ ᎠᏴ, ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗ ᎯᎠ ᎠᏍᏓᏱᏳ ᏥᎦᎵᏎᎭ. ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᏉ ᎠᏴ ᎥᎩᏃᏁᎸ, ᎯᎠ ᎢᎩᏚᎲᎢ ᎠᏥᎸ ᎦᎸᎳᏗ ᏅᏓᏳᎶᏒᎯ ᏛᎾᎪᎲᏍᏙᏔᏂ; ᎾᏍᎩ ᎯᎠ ᎤᏍᎦᏎᏗ ᏥᏅᏓᎦᎵᏍᏔᏂ, ᏂᎦᏗ ᏂᎯ ᎠᏆᏓᎵᎢ ᎠᎴ ᏂᎯ ᎢᏨᎨᏳᎢ ᏗᏇᏥ ᎤᏲ ᏅᏓᎦᎵᏍᏓᏁᎵ, ᎬᏂ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᏳᎵᏍᏙᏔᏅ ᎢᎦᏚᏓᎴᏍᏙᏗ ᎬᏩᏛᏗ ᏱᎩ, ᎠᏎᏃ ᎥᏝ ᎠᏏ ᎠᏴ ᏱᏥᎪᏩᏘᎭ.”

In this plight therefore he went home, and refrained himself as long as he could, that his Wife and Children should not perceive his distress, but he could not be silent long, because that his trouble increased: Wherefore at length he brake his mind to his Wife and Children; and thus he began to talk to them: O my dear Wife, said he, and you the Children of my bowels, I your dear friend, am in myself undone by reason of a Burden that lieth hard upon me; moreover, I am for certain informed that this our City (this World) will be burned with fire from Heaven; in which fearful overthrow, both myself, with thee my Wife, and you my sweet Babes, shall miserably come to ruine, except (the which yet I see not) some way of escape can be found, whereby we may be delivered.

ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᎯᎠ ᏂᏚᏪᏎᎸ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᏧᏩᎿ ᎤᏂᏍᏆᏂᎪᏒᎩ, ᎥᏝ ᎠᏗᎾ ᎠᏃᎯᏳᎲᏍᎬ ᏱᏂᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗᏍᎨ ᏄᏍᏛ ᏚᏃᎮᎮᎸᎢ, ᎪᎱᏍᏗᏉᏍᎩᏂ ᎤᎵᏍᏓᏏ ᎤᏓᏅᏛ ᎠᏁᎵᏍᎬᎩ; ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ, ᎿᏉ ᎤᏒ ᏄᎵᏍᏔᏅ, ᎠᏎ ᎦᎸᏅᏉ ᎣᏏ ᏅᏛᎤᎵᏍᏓᏁᎵ ᎠᏁᎵᏍᎬᎩ; ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᎢᎦᎵᎨᏉ ᏫᎬᏩᏂᏏᏅᎩ. ᎠᏎᏃ ᏒᏃᏱ ᏄᎸᏅᎾᏉ ᎨᏒᎩ, ᎤᏨᏓᏇᏉ ᎤᏲ ᎠᎴ ᎡᎯᏍᏗᏉ ᎤᏓᏅᏛᎢ. ᏑᎾᎴᏃ ᏄᎵᏍᏔᏅ ᎬᏩᏛᏛᏅ ᏄᏍᏛ ᎤᏓᏅᏛᎢ;

At this his Relations were sore amazed; not for that they believed that what he had said to them as yet was true, but because they thought that some frenzy distemper had got into his head; therefore, it drawing towards night, and they hoping that sleep might settle his brains, with all haste they got him to bed: But the night was as troublesome to him as the day; wherefore, instead of sleeping, he spent it in sighs and tears. So, when the morning was come, they would know how he did;

ᎯᎠᏃ ᏂᏚᏪᏎᎸᎩ, “ᎤᏗᏢᏉ ᎤᏲ ᏄᏍᏗᏆᏓᏅᏛᎢ,” ᎠᎴ ᎿᏉ ᎤᎴᏅᎲ ᏚᏬᏁᏔᏅᎩ; ᎠᏎᏃ ᎥᎬᏩᎳᏏᏛᎲᏉ. ᎿᏉᏃ ᏱᎬᏍᎦᎢᏍᏗᏉ ᎠᎴ ᎾᎦᏌᏯᏍᏛᎾᏉ ᏱᎩ ᏳᏗᏫᏉ ᏥᏄᏍᏗ ᏧᏓᏅᏔ ᎬᏪᎵᏎᎸᎩ. ᎢᏴᏛᎭᏃ ᎬᏩᏐᏢᎢᏍᏗᏍᎬ Ꭹ, ᎠᎴ ᎢᏴᏛᎭ ᎥᎬᏩᏍᎦᎬᎩ, ᎠᎴ ᏂᎬᏩᎦᏌᏯᏍᏛᎾᏉ ᎥᎨᏒᎩ. ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᎿᏉ ᎤᎴᏅᎲ ᎤᏩᏒ ᎨᏒ ᎧᏅᏑᎸ ᏓᏓᏙᎵᏍᏓᏁᎲ ᎠᎴ ᏕᎦᏙᎵᎬᎩ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᏩᏒ ᎤᏓᏅᏖᏗᏍᎬ ᏄᏛᎿᏕᎬᏉ. ᎠᎴ ᎢᎾᎨ ᏫᎦᎶᏍᎬᎩ, ᎢᏴᏛᎭ ᎪᏪᎵ ᎠᎪᎵᏰᏍᎬᎩ, ᎠᎴ ᎢᏴᏛᎭ ᎠᏓᏙᎵᏍᏗᏍᎬᎩ; ᎾᏍᎩ ᎯᎠ ᏄᏍᏛ ᏚᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎲ ᎢᎸᏍᎩ ᏄᏬᎯᏨᎩ.

He told them, Worse and worse: he also set to talking to them again, but they began to be hardened: they also thought to drive away his distemper by harsh and surly carriages to him; sometimes they would deride, sometimes they would chide, and sometimes they would quite neglect him: Wherefore he began to retire himself to his chamber, to pray for and pity them, and also to condole his own misery; he would also walk solitarily in the fields, sometimes reading, and sometimes praying: and thus for some days he spent his time.