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will not be able to sleep, and they will be unhappy while awake. If 

 they obtain kyee-zees or money, they will not use them themselves. 

 If they raise hogs or catch wild fowls, they will not eat them them- 

 selves. Their enemies will possess them, and eat them without labour, 

 and they themselves will come to abject wretchedness. 



j^7^ —Children and grandchildren, do not kill each other cause- 

 lessly. Man is not like a beast. Man has a Lord and Master ; he 

 is not like the wild animals. We are the children of Thie-kho, the 

 children of Shu-kha ; we are the children of Shie-oo, the children of 

 Yu-wa, and our God created us. Therefore do not kill each other. 



The man who kills his brother without reason, who is not angry 

 with him nor hates him ; that man will be killed without cause in 



like manner. 



When a man kills his brother, Thie-kho Shukha sees it, the God of 

 heaven and earth sees it ; and Thie-kho Shukha, and the God of 

 heaven and earth look with compassion, and the tears flow from his 

 eyes, and he says to the murderer : " Thou hast killed this man and 

 he did thee no harm. Thou oughtest not to have killed him, and thou 

 wilt be killed in return." 



Therefore, he who kills will be given up by the Lord of the lands 

 and the waters into the hands of his enemies, and they will kill him. 

 He will not escape death. Be warned, those who kill, death takes 

 note of them. They will come to want and distress, and be helpless." 

 When night comes, they will long for the day ; and when day comes 

 they will long for the night. They will grieve, and take their full 

 of o-rief ; they will weep, and take their full of weeping ; and their 

 end will be death. When they die, they will have no children, and 

 there will be none to bury them. Their bodies will be left naked in 

 the fields, and the vultures will devour them. These things I have 

 seen with my own eyes, I know them from my own heart ; and they 

 have often happened among us. 



Adultery and Fornication.— Children and grandchildren, do not com- 

 mit adultery or fornication. If you wish for a wife or husband, take 

 one in an upright way with a marriage feast. Do not act covertly. 

 If you commit fornication, your daughters will die, and your sons will 

 not live ; and the country will be defiled and destroyed on your 

 account. 



