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دفتر اول - بخش ۳۱ - ولی عهد ساختن وزیر هر یک امیر را جداجدا / Book One - Section 31 - The Vizier Making Each Commander Separately His Successor

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وانگهانی آن امیران را بخواند
یک‌بیک تنها بهر یک حرف راند

گفت هر یک را بدین عیسوی
نایب حقّ و خلیفهٔ من توی

وان امیران دگر، اتباع تو
کَرد عیسی جمله را اشیاع تو

هر امیری کو کِشد گردن، بگیر
یا بکُش یا خود همی دارش اسیر

لیک تا من زنده‌ام این وا مگو
تا نمیرم این ریاست را مجو

تا نمیرم من تو این پیدا مکن
دعوی شاهی و استیلا مکن

اینک این طومار و احکام مسیح
یک بیک بر خوان تو بر امت فصیح

هر امیری را چنین گفت او جدا
نیست نایب جز تو در دین خدا

هر یکی را کرد او یک‌یک عزیز
هرچه آن را گفت این را گفت نیز

هر یکی را او یکی طومار داد
هر یکی ضدّ دگر بود المراد

متن آن طومارها بُد مختلف
همچو شکل حرفها یا تاالف

حکم این طومار ضد حکم آن
پیش ازین کردیم این ضد را بیان

English translation

Then suddenly he summoned those commanders, and, one by one, spoke privately to each for a purpose. He said to each one: “In this Christian community, you are the deputy of the Truth and my successor. Those other commanders are your followers; Jesus has made them all your adherents. Any commander who stiffens his neck, seize him; either kill him or hold him prisoner. But while I am alive, do not disclose this; do not seek this leadership until I die. Until I die, do not make this public; do not claim kingship and domination. Here is this scroll, and the decrees of the Messiah; read them out one by one, eloquently, to the community.” He spoke so to each commander separately: “There is no deputy but you in the religion of God.” He made each one dear, one by one; whatever he said to that one, he said to this one too. To each one he gave a scroll; the intended meaning of each was opposed to the others. The texts of those scrolls differed, like the shapes of letters from yā to alif. The decree of this scroll opposed the decree of that one; we have already explained this opposition before.

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