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THE STORY OF THE PRODIGAL SON IN 
TEMASHIGHT. 
(Luke, XV. 11.) 
Tanfost : AOiad enne makhsbat n eheri. 
Tale : The youth who (was) wasteful of substance. 
11. Kalay illen awadem lyen ilaroris, ile essin iliaden. 
Once was a man one having children, having two youths. 
12. Inne aw entukke n dersen y obannis : Ikfahi adegger-Qui 
Said the younger of them to his father : Give me my portion (?) 
dare eheri wa n nek. Yenker tesan^ yezon geresan 
of the substance which (is) thine. Arose their sire, weighed out between them 
elierinnis. 13. Har darretadi s esbllan madroini, yenker aliad 
his substance. Until afterwards in days a few, arose son 
ennin, yessinte eberinnis iketenes isokal yikka akal 
younger (?) gathered (?) his substance all of it, returned passed (to) land 
lyen otjugen ; yekim dars ; ekbsbet eberinnis ger tideden. 14. 
one distant ; dwelt in it ; wasted his substance among women. 
Darret akbasbat-n-eberinnis, aziiet tetuk egel gballe 
After the Avasting of his substance, a heavy thing bread (? J) dearth 
dar akal idagb : ebbas barret. 15. Enker yikka balis lyen, 
in land that : failed ? to him a thing. He arose passed (to) man one, 
isufure imannis gboris dar agberira idagb : bak irdemas 
hired himself to him in district that : he took ? sent ? him (to) 
sbekarash enis, edanas immenas enis. 16. Hun tulis oles 
field of him, he fed for him his camels. But again ? 
war iksba, asal alan-n-ebisbkan wuidagh taten immenas. 17. 
he ate not, save leaves of bushes which eat camels. 
Enta isiiigere dar imannis, inne ye imannis : Nek, obani 
He contemplated in his soul, said to his soul : As for me, my father 
ille 'klan agoteni ; eretuse dagbsen ila wa iksbe : bun 
(is) having servants many ; each of them having what he eats : but 
nek amaradagh enakabe las ; bebabe barret {or igafelli 
I now kills me famine; fails (?) to me a thing. 
13. Tideden, women, may seem to mean "loves," as deden, verse 30. 
14. Tegelet, is a loaf: qu. egel, bread ? Ibha, deficit; elsewhere, fallit. 
17. Amarddar, or amar adagh of vv. 18, 19, 21. seems to hQ — imir enni of Kab. 
" that time," or, " this time." 
