I remember there was a story current, when I was a boy, that one of our neighbouring kings-having received a blow from the hand of God, swore he would be revenged, and in order to it, made proclamation that for ten years to come no one should pray to Him, or so much as mention Him throughout his dominions, or, so far as his authority went, believe in Him;
Jendeak zioen, ene gaztaroan, gure auzokideen errege batek, Jainkoarengandik makilkada bat ukanik, zin egin zuela mendekatuko zela: manatu zuen hamar urtetan ez zitzaiola otoitzik egin, hartaz mintzatu ere ez, eta, berak agintean egon bitartean, harengan ez sinesteko.