for these trees which produce frankincense are guarded by winged serpents, small in size and of various colours, which watch in great numbers about each tree, of the same kind as those which attempt to invade Egypt: and they cannot be driven away from the trees by any other thing but only the smoke of storax.
hori erreaz eskuratzen dute; izan ere, intsentsu-emaileok suge hegaldunek zaintzen dituzte, tamainuz txikiak, itxuraz nabarrak, asko dira kopuruz zuhaitz bakoitzaren inguruan, horiexek dira Egyptori erasotzen diotenak. Beste ezerk ez ditu zuhaitzetatik aldentzen estirakearen keak baino.