ᎠᏓᏍᏕᎵᏍᎩ
ᏧᏁᎶᏗ. ᎰᏩᏉ, ᎤᏛᏅᎩ ᏧᏁᎶᏗ, ᎠᎵᏣᏙᏂᏙᎯᏍᎩᏂ ᎠᏃᏎᎰ
ᎠᎩᏁᏤᎸ ᎠᏂ ᏅᏛᎩᎶᎯᏍᏗᏱ, ᎠᎴ ᏩᏆᏎᎮᎸ Ꮎ ᎤᏍᏗ ᎦᎶᎯᏍᏗᏱ ᏨᏗᎪᏢᎭ, ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᏰᎵ ᎦᏥᏯᏗᏫᏎᏗ
ᎢᏳᎵᏍᏙᏗᏱ ᎤᏔᎳᏬᎯᏍᏗ ᎤᎷᎯᏍᏗ ᏥᎩ. ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᎦᎢᏒᎢ ᎠᏂ ᎠᎩᎬᏥᎸᎩ.
Chr. Sir, said Christian, I was bid
go this way by a man called Evangelist, who directed me also to
yonder Gate, that I might escape the wrath to come; and as I was
going thither, I fell in here.
ᎠᏓᏍᏕᎵᏍᎩ. ᎦᏙᏃ ᎥᏝ ᏗᎳᏏᏅᏍᏗᏱ ᏱᏣᎦᏖᏃᎴᎢ.
Help. But why did you not look for
the steps?
ᏧᏁᎶᏗ. ᎦᎾᏰᎯᏍᏗᏍᎩᏂ ᎨᏒ ᎠᏍᏓᏱᏳ ᎠᎩᎨᎯᏒᎩ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏂᏗᏢ
ᎠᏆᎵᏘᏍᏔᏅ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᎩᎬᏨᎩ.
Chr. Fear followed me so hard, that I
fled the next way, and fell in.
ᎠᏓᏍᏕᎵᏍᎩ. ᎯᎠᏃ ᏄᏪᏎᎸᎩ, ᎡᎭᏙᏯᏅᎯᏓ, ᎠᎴ ᏭᏙᏯᏅᎯᏛᎩ,
ᎠᎴ ᎤᏩᎩᏒᎩ, ᎠᎴ ᎠᏍᏓᏲᎯ ᎦᏙᎯ ᎤᏪᎧᏅᎩ, ᎠᎴ ᎨᎭᎢᏎᏍᏗ ᎤᏬᏎᎸᎩ.
Help. Then said he, Give me
thy hand: so he gave him his hand, and he drew him out, and set him
upon sound ground, and bid him go on his way.
ᎿᏉᏃ ᎤᏓᏛᎩᏛ ᏗᎦᏙᎬ ᏩᎩᎷᏥᎸᎩ, ᎯᎠ ᏂᏥᏪᏎᎸᎩ, Ꭷ, ᎠᏂ ᎠᏎ
ᎦᎶᎯᏍᏗ ᏥᎩ, ᎠᏲᎱᏍᎩ ᏗᎦᏚᎲ ᏅᏓᎦᎶᏒᎯ, ᎾᏃ ᎤᏍᏗ ᎦᎶᎯᏍᏗᏱ ᏗᎪᏢᏒ ᏮᎦᏛᎢ, ᎦᏙᏃ ᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗᎭ, Ꮭ
ᎪᏢᎯᏌᏅᎯ ᏱᎩ ᎠᏂ, ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᎤᏲ ᎢᏳᎾᏛᎿᏕᎩ ᎠᏁᏙᎯ ᏅᏩᏙᎯᏯᏛ ᎤᏂᎶᎯᏍᏗᏱ?” ᎯᎠᏃ ᎾᎩᏪᏎᎸᎩ,
“ᎯᎠᏍᎩᏂ ᏝᏬᏚᎯ ᏥᎩ ᎥᏝ ᏰᎵ ᎦᎪᏢᎯᏐᏗ ᏱᎩ: ᎠᏂᏍᎩᏂ ᎤᏅᏪᎥ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏂᎪᎯᎸ ᎤᏪᏯᏗᏍᏗ ᎤᎩᏓᏜᏛᎯ ᎠᎴ
ᎦᏓᎭ ᏗᏓᎴᎲᏍᎦ ᎤᏍᎦᏅᏨᎯ ᎨᏒ ᎤᎪᏩᏛᏗ ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏗᏍᎬᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗ ᎠᎵᎲᏲᎵᎵᎯᏍᏗᏱ ᎥᏓᎸ
ᏥᏚᏙᎥ; ᎢᏳᏰᏃ ᎤᏍᎦᏅᏨᎯ ᎤᎪᎯᎯᏍᏗ ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏔᏂᎦ ᎤᏓᎴᎾᏍᏗᏉ ᎢᏗᏢ ᎨᏒ ᏄᏛᎿᏕᎬᎢ, ᎿᏉ ᎤᏓᏅᏙᎩᎯ
ᏗᏓᎴᎲᏍᎪ ᎦᎾᏰᎯᏍᏗ ᎠᎴ ᎤᏜᏏᏛᎡᎯ, ᎠᎴ ᎠᎵᎲᏲᎵᎯ ᏄᎵᏍᏓᏁᎰ ᏧᏓᏅᏛᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᎯᎠ ᏂᎦᏗ
ᏓᏜᏍᏔᏂᏙᎲᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏂ ᎠᏓᏟᏌᏂᎯᎰᎢ: ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗ ᏥᏄᏲᎢᏴ ᎠᏂ ᎦᏙᎯ.
Then I stepped to him that pluckt him out, and said, Sir, wherefore,
since over this place is the way from the City of Destruction
to yonder Gate, is it that this place is not mended, that poor
travellers might go thither with more security? And he said unto me,
This miry Slough is such a place as cannot be mended; it is the
descent whither the scum and filth that attends conviction for sin
doth continually run, and therefore it is called the Slough of Dispond;
for still as the sinner is awakened about his lost condition, there
ariseth in his soul many fears and doubts, and discouraging
apprehensions, which all of them get together, and settle in this
place: And this is the reason of the badness of this ground.
“ᎥᏝᏍᎩᏂ ᎤᏏᏳ ᏳᏰᎸᎭ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎯᎠ ᏥᏄᏲᎢᏴ. ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᏉ
ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᎬᏩᏛᏁᎯ, ᏗᎧᎿᏩᏗᏙᎯ ᏧᏁᏤᎸᎯ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏙᎯᏳᎯ ᏩᏍᏛ ᎦᎸᏉᏗ ᏤᎭ ᎤᏤᎵᎦ, ᎿᏉ ᏔᎳᏚ ᎢᏯᏍᎪᎯᏧᏈ
ᎾᏕᏘᏴ ᎬᏩᎾᎴᏅᏛ ᏚᏂᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁ ᎯᎠ ᎦᏙᎯ, ᎣᏍᏛ ᎢᏳᏅᏁᏗᏱ ᎠᎾᏟᏂᎬᏁᎲᎢ: ᎠᎴᏃᎾᎢ: ᎠᏋᏒ ᏥᎦᏔᎭ,”
ᎤᏛᏅᎩ, “ᎠᏂ ᏔᎳᏍᎪᎯ ᎢᏯᎦᏴᎵ ᏓᏆᎴᎷ ᎢᏯᎧᎵᎢ ᎤᏃᏴᏥᎸ, ᎠᎴ ᎥᏝ ᎾᏍᎩᏉ ᏱᏂᎦᎥ, ᎢᎸᏍᎩᏍᎩᏂ
ᎢᏳᏆᏗᏅᏛ ᎢᎦᎢ (ᎤᏃᏴᏥᎸ) ᎣᏍᏛ ᎨᎨᏲᏅᎯ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᏂᎪᎯᎸ ᎠᎴ ᏂᎬᎾᏛ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᎤᏤᎵᎪᎯ
ᏅᏓᏳᏴᏍᏔᏅᎯ, ᎨᎨᏲᏙᎢ ᎨᏒᎢ (ᎠᎴᏃᎾ ᎠᏂᎦᏔᎯ, ᎯᎠ ᎾᏂᏪᏍᎪᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏅᏒ ᎣᏏ ᎢᎬᏩᏅᏁᏗ ᎦᏙᎯ ᎠᎴ
ᎦᎶᎯᏍᏗᏱ, ᎠᎾᏗᏍᎪᎢ,) ᎢᏳᏃᎾ ᏰᎵ ᎦᎪᏢᎯᏐᏗ ᏱᎩ; ᎠᏎᏃᎾ ᎠᏏᏉ ᎠᎵᎲᏲᎵᎵᎯᏍᏗᏱᏉ ᎢᎩ; ᎠᎴᏃ
ᏅᏩᏍᏕᏍᏗᏉ ᎢᏳᏃ ᏂᎦᎥ ᎢᎬᏩᎾᏛᏁᏗ ᎢᏳᎾᏛᏁᎸᎯ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ.
It is not the pleasure of the King that this place should remain so
bad. His labourers also have, by the direction of His Majesties
Surveyors, been for above these sixteen hundred years imployed about
this patch of ground, if perhaps it might have been mended: yea, and
to my knowledge, said he, here hath been swallowed up at least twenty
thousand cart-loads, yea, millions of wholesome instructions, that
have at all seasons been brought from all places of the King’s
dominions (and they that can tell say they are the best materials to
make good ground of the place), if so be it might have been mended,
but it is the Slough of Dispond still, and so will be when
they have done what they can.
“ᎤᏙᎯᏳᏍᎩᏂᏃᏅ, ᏗᎧᎿᏩᏛᏍᏗ ᎤᏍᎪᎸᏔᏅᎯ ᎤᏁᏨᎯ, ᏕᎪᏢ ᎣᏏ
ᎠᎴ ᏧᎵᏂᎩᏗ ᏗᎳᏏᏅᏍᏗᏱ, ᎠᏰᎵ ᎦᏅᏃᏗ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎯᎠ ᎥᏓᎸᎢ; ᎠᏎᏃᎾ ᎢᎸᎯᏳ ᎤᏣᏙ ᎤᏲᎢ ᏓᎵᏍᏗᏍᎪᎢ,
ᎠᏗᎾ ᎥᏝ ᎠᎯᏛ ᏗᎬᎪᏩᏛᏗ ᏱᎩ ᏗᎳᏏᏅᏍᏗᏱ; ᎠᎴᏃ ᏗᎬᎪᏩᏛᏗ ᏱᎩ, ᏴᏫ ᏧᎾᎸᏕᏍᏙᏗᏍᎩ ᎨᏒ
ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗᏍᎪ, ᎤᏣᏘᏂ ᎤᎾᎳᏏᏃᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎠᏂᏝᏬᏔᎶᎪᎢ, ᎠᏎᏃᎾ ᏕᎪᏢᏒ ᏗᎳᏏᏅᏍᏗᏱ. ᎠᏗᎾ ᎿᏉ ᎣᏏᏳ ᎦᏙᎯ
ᎢᏳᏃ ᎦᎶᎯᏍᏗᏱ ᎤᏂᏴ ᏍᏔᏅᎯ ᏥᎨᏐ.”
True, there are by the direction of the
Lawgiver, certain good and substantial steps, placed even through the
very midst of this Slough; but at such time as this place doth much
spue out its filth, as it doth against change of weather, these steps
are hardly seen; or if they be, men through the dizziness of their
heads, step besides; and then they are bemired to purpose,
notwithstanding the steps be there; but the ground is good when they
are once got in at the Gate.