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ุฅุนุชู‚ุงุฏูŠ ุฃู† ู‡ุฐุง ุณูŠุณุงุนุฏู†ุง ููŠ ุจู†ุงุก ุนุงู„ู… ุฃูƒุซุฑ ุชูƒุงู…ู„ุงู‹ ู…ุน ุดุฑูƒุงุก ุฃูƒุซุฑ ูˆุฅุฑู‡ุงุจูŠูŠู† ุฃู‚ู„ุŒ ูˆู…ุน ู…ูˆุงุทู†ูŠู† ู…ู†ุชุฌูŠู† ุฃูƒุซุฑ ูˆุฃู‚ู„ ูƒุฑุงู‡ูŠุฉู‹ุŒ ู…ูƒุงู† ู†ุฑุบุจ ุฌู…ูŠุนู†ุง ุฃู† ูŠุชุฑุนุฑุน ููŠู‡ ุฃุทูุงู„ู†ุง ูˆุฃุญูุงุฏู†ุง .
My belief is that this will help us to build a more integrated world with more partners and fewer terrorists, with more productive citizens and fewer haters, a place we'd all want our kids and our grandchildren to grow up in.
ู„ู‚ุฏ ูƒุงู† ุดุฑูุงู‹ ู„ูŠุŒ ุชุญุฏูŠุฏุงู‹ ุฃู† ุฃุนู…ู„ ููŠ ุฑูˆุงู†ุฏุง ุญูŠุซ ุฃูŠุถุงู‹ ู„ุฏูŠู†ุง ู…ุดุงุฑูŠุน ุชู†ู…ูŠุฉ ุฅู‚ุชุตุงุฏูŠุฉ ูƒุจูŠุฑุฉ ุดุฑุงูƒุฉ ู…ุน ุงู„ุณูŠุฑ ุชูˆู… ู‡ู†ุชุฑุŒ ุงู„ููŠู„ุณูˆู ุงู„ุงุณูƒุชู„ู†ุฏูŠุŒ ุญูŠุซ ู‚ู…ู†ุง ููŠ ุงู„ุนุงู… ุงู„ู…ุงุถูŠ ุจุฅุณุชุฎุฏุงู… ู†ูุณ ุงู„ุดุฆ ู…ุน ุนู‚ุงู‚ูŠุฑ ุงู„ุฅูŠุฏุฒุŒ ุจุชู‚ู„ูŠู„ ู‚ูŠู…ุฉ ุงู„ุฃุณู…ุฏุฉ ูˆู…ุนุฏู„ ุงู„ูุงุฆุฏุฉ ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ู‚ุฑูˆุถ ุงู„ุตุบูŠุฑุฉ ุจ 30 ููŠ ุงู„ู…ุงุฆุฉ ูˆุญู‚ู‚ู†ุง ุฒูŠุงุฏุฉ ุจุซู„ุงุซู…ุงุฆุฉ ุงู„ู‰ ุฃุฑุจุนู…ุงุฆุฉ ููŠ ุงู„ู…ุงุฆุฉ ููŠ ุญุตุงุฏ ุงู„ู…ุฒุงุฑุนูŠู†.
It has been an honor for me, particularly, to work in Rwanda where we also have a major economic development project in partnership with Sir Tom Hunter, the Scottish philanthropist, where last year we, using the same thing with AIDS drugs, cut the cost of fertilizer and the interest rates on microcredit loans by 30 percent and achieved three- to four-hundred percent increases in crop yields with the farmers.
ู‡ุคู„ุงุก ุงู„ู†ุงุณ ู…ุฑูˆุง ุจุงู„ูƒุซูŠุฑ ูˆู„ุง ุฃุญุฏ ู…ู†ุงุŒ ูˆุฃูƒุซุฑู‡ู… ุฃู†ุงุŒ ุณุงุนุฏู‡ู… ุนู†ุฏู…ุง ูƒุงู†ูˆุง ุนู„ู‰ ูˆุดูƒ ุชุฏู…ูŠุฑ ุจุนุถู‡ู… ุงู„ุจุนุถ.
These people have been through a lot and none of us, most of all me, helped them when they were on the verge of destroying each other.
ู†ุญู† ุงู„ุขู† ู†ุชุฑุงุฌุน ุนู† ุฐู„ูƒุŒ ูˆู„ู‚ุฏ ุชุฎุทูˆุง ุฐู„ูƒ ู…ู† ุฃุฌู„ ู…ุณุชู‚ุจู„ู‡ู….
We're undoing that now, and they are so over it and so into their future.
ู†ุญู† ู†ูุนู„ ู‡ุฐุง ุจุทุฑูŠู‚ุฉ ู…ุณุคูˆู„ุฉ ุจูŠุฆูŠุง.
We're doing this in an environmentally responsible way.
ุฃุจุฐู„ ู‚ุตุงุฑู‰ ุฌู‡ุฏูŠ ู„ุฅู‚ู†ุงุนู‡ู… ุจุชุดุบูŠู„ ุดุจูƒุฉ ุงู„ูƒู‡ุฑุจุงุก ู„ู„ 35 ููŠ ุงู„ู…ุงุฆุฉ ู…ู† ุงู„ู†ุงุณ ุงู„ุฐูŠู† ู„ูŠุณ ู„ุฏูŠู‡ู… ูƒู‡ุฑุจุงุกุŒ ู„ูƒู† ู„ูŠูุนู„ูˆู‡ุง ุจุทุงู‚ุฉ ู†ุธูŠูุฉุŒ ู„ุฅู‚ุงู…ุฉ ู…ุดุงุฑูŠุน ุงู„ุชุดุฌูŠุฑ ุงู„ู…ุณุคูˆู„ุฉ. ุงู„ุฑูˆุงู†ุฏูŠูˆู†ุŒ ู…ู† ุงู„ู…ุซูŠุฑ ู„ู„ุงู‡ุชู…ุงู… ูƒุงู†ูˆุง ุฌูŠุฏูŠู† ู„ู„ุบุงูŠุฉุŒ ุงู„ุณูŠุฏ ูˆูŠู„ุณูˆู† ููŠ ุงู„ุญูุงุธ ุนู„ู‰ ุชุฑุจุชู‡ู… ุงู„ุณุทุญูŠุฉ.
I'm doing my best to convince them not to run the electric grid to the 35 percent of the people that have no access, but to do it with clean energy. To have responsible reforestation projects, the Rwandans, interestingly enough, have been quite good, Mr. Wilson, in preserving their topsoil.
ู‡ู†ุงูƒ ุนุฏุฉ ุฃุดุฎุงุต ู…ู† ุฃุณุฑ ุงู„ุฌู†ูˆุจ ุงู„ุฒุฑุงุนูŠุฉ-- ุฃูˆู„ ุดุฆ ูุนู„ุชู‡ ุนู†ุฏู…ุง ุฐู‡ุจุช ู„ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ู…ูƒุงู† ูƒุงู† ุฃู† ุฃู†ูƒุจุจุช ุนู„ู‰ ูŠุฏูŠ ูˆุฑูƒุจุชูŠ ูˆุญูุฑุช ุงู„ุชุฑุงุจ ู„ุฑุคูŠุฉ ู…ุง ูุนู„ูˆู‡ ุจู‡.
There's a couple of guys from southern farming families -- the first thing I did when I went out to this place was to get down on my hands and knees and dig in the dirt and see what they'd done with it.
ู„ุฏูŠู†ุง ูุฑุตุฉ ู‡ู†ุง ู„ุฅุซุจุงุช ุฃู† ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ุจู„ุฏ ุงู„ุฐูŠ ูƒุงุฏ ุฃู† ูŠู…ุญูŠ ู†ูุณู‡ ู…ู† ุงู„ูˆุฌูˆุฏ ูŠู…ูƒู† ุฃู† ูŠู…ุงุฑุณ ุงู„ู…ุตุงู„ุญุฉุŒ ูˆูŠุนูŠุฏ ุชู†ุธูŠู… ู†ูุณู‡ุŒ ุจุงู„ุชุฑูƒูŠุฒ ุนู„ู‰ ุบุฏุงู‹ ูˆุชู‚ุฏูŠู… ุฑุนุงูŠุฉ ุตุญูŠุฉ ุดุงู…ู„ุฉ ูˆุฐุงุช ุฌูˆุฏุฉ ุนุงู„ูŠุฉ ู…ุน ุฃู‚ู„ ู…ุณุงุนุฏุฉ ุฎุงุฑุฌูŠุฉ.
We have a chance here to prove that a country that almost slaughtered itself out of existence can practice reconciliation, reorganize itself, focus on tomorrow and provide comprehensive, quality health care with minimal outside help.
ุฃู†ุง ุณุนูŠุฏ ุจู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุฌุงุฆุฒุฉุŒ ูˆุณุฃุณุชุฎุฏู…ู‡ุง ู„ุฐู„ูƒ ุงู„ุบุฑุถ.
I am grateful for this prize, and I will use it to that end.
ูŠู…ูƒู†ู†ุง ุงู„ุฅุณุชุนุงู†ุฉ ุจู…ุฒูŠุฏ ู…ู† ุงู„ู…ุณุงุนุฏุฉ ู„ูุนู„ ู‡ุฐุงุŒ ู„ูƒู† ููƒุฑูˆุง ููŠ ู…ุงุฐุง ุณูŠุนู†ูŠ ุฅุฐุง ุฃุณุชุทุนู†ุง ุงู„ุญุตูˆู„ ุนู„ู‰ ู†ุธุงู… ุฑุนุงูŠุฉ ุตุญูŠุฉ ุจู…ุณุชูˆู‰ ุนุงู„ู…ูŠ ููŠ ุฑูˆุงู†ุฏุง -- ููŠ ุงู„ุจู„ุฏ ุงู„ุฐูŠ ููŠู‡ ู…ุนุฏู„ ุฏุฎู„ ุงู„ูุฑุฏ ุฃู‚ู„ ู…ู† ุฏูˆู„ุงุฑ ูŠูˆู…ูŠุงู‹ุŒ ู†ุธุงู… ูŠู…ูƒู† ุฃู† ูŠู†ู‚ุฐ ู…ุฆุงุช ุงู„ู…ู„ุงูŠูŠู† ู…ู† ุงู„ุฃุฑูˆุงุญ ุฎู„ุงู„ ุงู„ุนู‚ุฏ ุงู„ู‚ุงุฏู… ุฅุฐุง ุชู… ุชุทุจูŠู‚ู‡ ููŠ ูƒู„ ุฏูˆู„ุฉ ู…ุดุงุจู‡ุฉ ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุฃุฑุถ.
We could use some more help to do this, but think of what it would mean if we could have a world-class health system in Rwanda -- in a country with a less-than-one-dollar-a-day-per-capita income, one that could save hundreds of millions of lives over the next decade if applied to every similarly situated country on Earth.
ุฅู†ู‡ุง ุชุณุชุญู‚ ุงู„ู…ุญุงูˆู„ุฉ ูˆุฃุนุชู‚ุฏ ุฃู†ู‡ุง ุณุชู†ุฌุญ.
It's worth a try and I believe it would succeed.
ุดูƒุฑุงู‹ ู„ูƒู… ูˆุจุงุฑูƒ ุงู„ู„ู‡ ููŠูƒู….
Thank you and God bless you.
ููŠ 10 ุณุจุชู…ุจุฑุงูŠู„ูˆู„ ุŒ ุตุจุงุญ ุนูŠุฏ ู…ูŠู„ุงุฏูŠ ุงู„ุณุงุจุนุŒ ุฌุฆุช ุฅู„ู‰ ุงู„ู…ุทุจุฎ ููŠ ุงู„ุทุงุจู‚ ุงู„ุณูู„ูŠ ุŒ ุญูŠุซ ูƒุงู†ุช ุฃู…ูŠ ุชุบุณู„ ุงู„ุตุญูˆู† ูˆูƒุงู† ูˆุงู„ุฏูŠ ูŠู‚ุฑุฃ ุฌุฑูŠุฏุฉ ุฃูˆ ุฃูŠ ุดูŠุกุŒ ูˆ ู‚ุฏู…ุช ู„ู‡ู… ู†ูุณูŠ ู†ูˆุนุง ู…ุง ููŠ ุงู„ู…ุฏุฎู„ ุŒ ูˆู‚ุงู„ูˆุง ุงู†ู‡ู… "ู‡ุงูŠ ุŒ ุนูŠุฏ ู…ูŠู„ุงุฏ ุณุนูŠุฏ". ูˆู‚ู„ุช : "ุฃู†ุง ุงุจู†ุฉ ุณุจุน".
On September 10, the morning of my seventh birthday, I came downstairs to the kitchen, where my mother was washing the dishes and my father was reading the paper or something, and I sort of presented myself to them in the doorway, and they said, "Hey, happy birthday!" And I said, "I'm seven."
ูˆุงุจุชุณู… ูˆุงู„ุฏูŠ ุŒ ูˆู‚ุงู„: "ุญุณู†ุง ุŒ ุฃู†ุช ุชุนุฑููŠู† ู…ุงุฐุง ูŠุนู†ูŠ ุฐู„ูƒ ุŒ ุฃู„ูŠุณ ูƒุฐู„ูƒุŸ"
And my father smiled and said, "Well, you know what that means, don't you?"
ูˆู‚ู„ุช : "ู†ุนู… ุŒ ุงู†ู†ูŠ ุณูˆู ุงุญุตู„ ุนู„ู‰ ุญูู„ุฉ ูˆ ูƒุนูƒุฉ ูˆ ุงู„ูƒุซูŠุฑ ู…ู† ุงู„ู‡ุฏุงูŠุงุŸ "ูˆู‚ุงู„ ูˆุงู„ุฏูŠ :" ุญุณู†ุง ุŒ ู†ุนู….
And I said, "Yeah, that I'm going to have a party and a cake and get a lot of presents?" And my dad said, "Well, yes.
ูˆู„ูƒู† ุŒ ุงู„ุฃู‡ู… ู…ู† ุฐู„ูƒ ุŒ ูƒูˆู†ูƒ ูˆุตู„ุช ุงู„ู‰ ุณู† ุงู„ุณุงุจุนุฉ ูŠุนู†ูŠ ุฃู†ูƒ ูˆุตู„ุช ุฅู„ู‰ ุณู† ุงู„ุนู‚ู„ ูˆุฃู†ุช ุงู„ุขู† ู‚ุงุฏุฑุฉ ุนู„ู‰ ุงุฑุชูƒุงุจ ูƒู„ ูˆ ุงูŠ ุงู„ุฐู†ูˆุจ ุถุฏ ุงู„ู„ู‡ ูˆุงู„ุงู†ุณุงู† ".
But more importantly, being seven means that you've reached the age of reason, and you're now capable of committing any and all sins against God and man."
ูˆุงู„ุขู† ุŒ ูƒู†ุช ู‚ุฏ ุณู…ุนุช ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุนุจุงุฑุฉ ุŒ "ุณู† ุงู„ุนู‚ู„" ุŒ ู…ู† ู‚ุจู„.
Now, I had heard this phrase, "age of reason," before.
ุงู„ุงุฎุช ู…ุงุฑูŠ ูƒูŠูู† ู‚ุฏ ุงู„ู…ุญุช ุจู…ูˆุงุฑุจุฉ ุนู† ุฐู„ูƒ ููŠ ุงู„ุตู ุงู„ุซุงู†ูŠ ููŠ ุงู„ู…ุฏุฑุณุฉ. ูˆู„ูƒู† ุนู†ุฏู…ุง ู‚ุงู„ุช ุฐู„ูƒุŒ ูŠุจุฏูˆ ุฃู† ุงู„ุนุจุงุฑุฉ ูƒุงู†ุช ู…ุญุตูˆุฑุฉ ููŠ ุงู„ุชุดูˆู‚ ูˆ ุงู„ุชุญุถูŠุฑ ู„ู„ุชู†ุงูˆู„ ุงู„ุฃูˆู„ ูˆุฃูˆู„ ุงุนุชุฑุงูุŒ ูˆูŠุนุฑู ุงู„ุฌู…ูŠุน ุญู‚ุง ุงู† ูƒู„ ุดูŠุก ุนู† ุงู„ุซูˆุจ ูˆุงู„ูˆุดุงุญ ุงู„ุฃุจูŠุถุŒ ูˆุนู„ู‰ ุฃูŠ ุญุงู„ ุŒ ุฃู†ุง ู„ู… ุงู‡ุชู… ุงู‡ุชู…ุงู…ุง ูƒุจูŠุฑุง ุจู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุนุจุงุฑุฉ ุŒ "ุณู† ุงู„ุนู‚ู„".
Sister Mary Kevin had been bandying it about my second-grade class at school. But when she said it, the phrase seemed all caught up in the excitement of preparations for our first communion and our first confession, and everybody knew that was really all about the white dress And anyway, I hadn't really paid all that much attention to that phrase, "age of reason."
ู„ุฐู„ูƒ ุŒ ู‚ู„ุช : "ู†ุนู… ุŒ ู†ุนู… ุŒ ุณู† ุงู„ุนู‚ู„. ู…ุงุฐุง ูŠุนู†ูŠ ุฐู„ูƒ ู…ุฑุฉ ุฃุฎุฑู‰ุŸ"
So, I said, "Yeah, yeah, age of reason. What does that mean again?"
ูˆู‚ุงู„ ูˆุงู„ุฏูŠ : "ุญุณู†ุง ุŒ ู†ุญู† ููŠ ุงู„ูƒู†ูŠุณุฉ ุงู„ูƒุงุซูˆู„ูŠูƒูŠุฉ ู†ุนุชู‚ุฏ ุงู† ุงู„ู„ู‡ ูŠุนุฑู ุฃู† ุงู„ุฃุทูุงู„ ู„ุง ูŠุนุฑููˆู† ุงู„ูุฑู‚ ุจูŠู† ุงู„ุตุญ ูˆุงู„ุฎุทุฃุŒ ูˆู„ูƒู† ุนู†ุฏู…ุง ุชุตู„ูŠู† ุงู„ู‰ ุงู„ุณุงุจุนุฉ ุŒ ุงู†ุช ุจุนู…ุฑ ูŠูƒููŠ ู„ู…ุนุฑูุฉ ุฃูุถู„.
And my dad said, "Well, we believe, in the Catholic Church, that God knows that little kids don't know the difference between right and wrong, but when you're seven, you're old enough to know better.
ู„ุฐู„ูƒ ุŒ ู‚ุฏ ูƒุจุฑุช ุŒ ูˆุจู„ุบุช ุนู…ุฑ ุงู„ุนู‚ู„ ุŒ ูˆุงู„ุขู† ูˆุณูˆู ูŠุจุฏุฃ ุงู„ู„ู‡ ุจุชุณุฌูŠู„ ุงู„ู…ู„ุงุญุธุงุช ููŠ ุงู„ุณุฌู„ ุงู„ุฏุงุฆู… ุงู„ุฎุงุต ุจูƒ ".
So, you've grown up and reached the age of reason, and now God will start keeping notes on you, and begin your permanent record."
ูˆู‚ู„ุช : "ุฃูˆู‡. ุงู†ุชุธุฑ ู„ุญุธุฉ. ูŠุนู†ูŠ ูƒู„ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ูˆู‚ุชุŒ ูˆุญุชู‰ ุงู„ูŠูˆู… ุŒ ูƒู„ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ูˆู‚ุช ุงู„ุฐูŠ ูƒู†ุช ููŠู‡ ุฎูŠุฑุฉ ุŒ ุงู„ู„ู‡ ู„ู… ูŠู„ุงุญุธ ุฐู„ูƒุŸ "
And I said, "Oh ... Wait a minute. You mean all that time, up till today, all that time I was so good, God didn't notice it?"
ูˆู‚ุงู„ุช ุฃู…ูŠ : "ุญุณู†ุง ุŒ ู„ู‚ุฏ ู„ุงุญุธุช ุงู†ุง ุฐู„ูƒ".
And my mom said, "Well, I noticed it."
ูˆููƒุฑุช : "ูƒูŠู ุบุงุจ ุนู†ูŠ ู‡ุฐุง ู…ู† ู‚ุจู„ุŸ
And I thought, "How could I not have known this before?
ูƒูŠู ู„ู… ูŠุฎุทุฑ ู„ูŠ ุฐู„ูƒ ุญูŠู† ุงุฎุจุฑูˆู†ูŠุŸ
How could it not have sunk in when they'd been telling me?
ูƒู„ ุงู„ุชุตุฑูุงุช ุงู„ุฌูŠุฏุฉ ูˆู„ุง ุซูˆุงุจ ุญู‚ูŠู‚ูŠ ู„ุฐู„ูƒ.
All that being good and no real credit for it.
ูˆุงู„ุฃุณูˆุฃ ู…ู† ุฐู„ูƒ ูƒู„ู‡ ุŒ ูƒูŠู ู„ู… ุฃุฏุฑูƒ ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ู…ุนู„ูˆู…ุงุช ุงู„ู…ู‡ู…ุฉ ุฌุฏุง ุญุชู‰ ุงู„ูŠูˆู… ุงู„ุฐูŠ ุงุตุจุญุช ุฃุณุงุณุง ุบูŠุฑ ู…ุฌุฏูŠุฉ ุจุงู„ู†ุณุจุฉ ู„ูŠุŸ "
And worst of all, how could I not have realized this very important information until the very day that it was basically useless to me?"
ุซู… ู‚ู„ุช : "ุญุณู†ุง ุŒ ุฃู…ูŠ ูˆุฃุจูŠ ุŒ ู…ุงุฐุง ุนู† ุจุงุจุง ู†ูˆูŠู„ุŸ
So I said, "Well, Mom and Dad, what about Santa Claus?
ุฃุนู†ูŠ ุŒ ุจุงุจุง ู†ูˆูŠู„ ูŠุนุฑู ุงุฐุง ูƒู†ุช ุดู‚ูŠุฉ ุฃูˆ ู‡ุงุฏุฆุฉ ุŒ ุฃู„ูŠุณ ูƒุฐู„ูƒุŸ "
I mean, Santa Claus knows if you're naughty or nice, right?"
ูˆู‚ุงู„ ูˆุงู„ุฏูŠ : "ู†ุนู… ุŒ ูˆู„ูƒู† ุŒ ูŠุงุญู„ูˆุชูŠุŒ ุงุนุชู‚ุฏ ุงู† ู‡ุฐุง ู…ู† ุงู„ู†ุงุญูŠุฉ ุงู„ูู†ูŠุฉ ูู‚ุท ุจูŠู† ุนูŠุฏ ุงู„ุดูƒุฑ ูˆุนูŠุฏ ุงู„ู…ูŠู„ุงุฏ ".
And my dad said, "Yeah, but, honey, I think that's technically just between Thanksgiving and Christmas."
ูˆู‚ุงู„ุช ูˆุงู„ุฏุชูŠ : "ุฃูˆู‡ ุŒ ุจูˆุจ ุŒ ุชูˆู‚ู ุนู† ู‡ุฐุง. ุฏุนู†ุง ู†ู‚ูˆู„ ู„ู‡ุง.
And my mother said, "Oh, Bob, stop it. Let's just tell her. I mean, she's seven.
ุฃุนู†ูŠ ุŒ ุงู†ู‡ุง ููŠ ุงู„ุณุงุจุนุฉ. ุฌูˆู„ูŠ ุŒ ู„ูŠุณ ู‡ู†ุงูƒ ุจุงุจุง ู†ูˆูŠู„ ".
Julie, there is no Santa Claus."
ุงู„ุขู† ุŒ ููŠ ุงู„ูˆุงู‚ุน ูƒุงู† ู‡ุฐุง ู„ูŠุณ ู…ุฒุนุฌุง ู„ูŠ.
Now, this was actually not that upsetting to me.
ูƒุงู† ู„ูˆุงู„ุฏูŠ ุฑูˆุงูŠุฉ ู…ูุตู„ุฉ ุญูˆู„ ุจุงุจุง ู†ูˆูŠู„: ูƒูŠู ุชุญุฏุซ ู„ู‡ู… ุจุงุจุง ู†ูˆูŠู„ ุจู†ูุณู‡ ุŒ ูˆ ูˆุงูู‚ ุจุฏู„ุง ู…ู† ุฃู† ูŠู‚ุฏู… ู„ู†ุง ุงู„ู‡ุฏุงูŠุง ู…ุณุงุก ู„ูŠู„ุฉ ุนูŠุฏ ุงู„ู…ูŠู„ุงุฏุŒ ู…ุซู„ู…ุง ูŠูุนู„ ู„ูƒู„ ุงู„ุนูˆุงุฆู„ ุงู„ุฃุฎุฑู‰ ุงู„ุฐูŠู† ุงูˆู„ ุดูŠุฆ ู‡ูˆ ุงู† ูŠูุชุญูˆู† ู…ูุงุฌุขุชู‡ู… ุตุจุงุญ ุนูŠุฏ ุงู„ู…ูŠู„ุงุฏุŒ ุฃุณุฑุชู†ุง ุชุนุทูŠ ุจุงุจุง ู†ูˆูŠู„ ู…ุฒูŠุฏุง ู…ู† ุงู„ูˆู‚ุช.
My parents had this whole elaborate story about Santa Claus: how they had talked to Santa Claus himself and agreed that instead of Santa delivering our presents over the night of Christmas Eve, like he did for every other family who got to open their surprises first thing Christmas morning, our family would give Santa more time.
ุจุงุจุง ู†ูˆูŠู„ ูŠุฃุชูŠ ุฅู„ู‰ ู…ู†ุฒู„ู†ุง ููŠ ุฒุญู…ุฉ ุงู†ุดุบุงู„ ุงู„ุชุงุณุนุฉ ุตุจุงุญ ูŠูˆู… ุนูŠุฏ ุงู„ู…ูŠู„ุงุฏ ุŒ ูˆู„ูƒู† ูู‚ุท ุฅุฐุง ูƒุงู† ูƒู„ ูˆุงุญุฏ ู…ู† ุงู„ุงุทูุงู„ ู„ุง ูŠุซูŠุฑ ุถุฌุฉ.
Santa would come to our house while we were at nine o'clock high mass on Christmas morning, but only if all of us kids did not make a fuss.
ู…ู…ุง ุฌุนู„ู†ูŠ ู…ุชุดูƒูƒุฉ ุฌุฏุง.
Which made me very suspicious.
ูˆูƒุงู† ู…ู† ุงู„ูˆุงุถุญ ุชู…ุงู…ุง ุงู† ูˆุงู„ุฏูŠู†ุง ู‡ู… ู…ู† ูƒุงู† ูŠู‚ุฏู… ู„ู†ุง ุงู„ู‡ุฏุงูŠุง
It was pretty obvious that it was really our parents giving us the presents.
ูƒุงู† ู„ูˆุงู„ุฏูŠ ุŒ ุฃุณู„ูˆุจ ู…ู…ูŠุฒ ุฌุฏุง ููŠ ุงู„ุชุบู„ูŠูุŒ ูˆุฎุท ูŠุฏ ูˆุงู„ุฏุชูŠ ูƒุงู† ู‚ุฑูŠุจ ู…ู† ุฎุท ุจุงุจุง ู†ูˆูŠู„.
I mean, my dad had a very distinctive wrapping style, and my mother's handwriting was so close to Santa's.
ุจุงู„ุงุถุงูุฉ ุงู„ู‰ ุฐู„ูƒ ุŒ ู„ู…ุงุฐุง ู„ุงูŠูˆูุฑ ุจุงุจุง ู†ูˆูŠู„ ุงู„ูˆู‚ุช ุนู† ุทุฑูŠู‚ ุญู„ู‚ุฉ ุงู„ุนูˆุฏุฉ ุงู„ู‰ ู…ู†ุฒู„ู†ุง ุจุนุฏ ุงู†ู‡ ุชูˆุฌู‡ ุงู„ู‰ ูƒู„ ุงู„ู†ุงุณ ุงู„ุงุฎุฑูŠู†ุŸ
Plus, why would Santa save time by having to loop back to our house after he'd gone to everybody else's?
ู‡ู†ุง ูู‚ุท ูŠู…ูƒู† ุงู„ูˆุตูˆู„ ุฅู„ู‰ ุงุณุชู†ุชุงุฌ ูˆุงุถุญ ู…ู† ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ุฌุจู„ ู…ู† ุงู„ุฃุฏู„ุฉ : ูƒุงู†ุช ุนุงุฆู„ุชู†ุง ุบุฑูŠุจุฉ ุฌุฏุง ุญุชู‰ ู„ู…ุฌุฑุฏ ุฒูŠุงุฑุฉ ุจุงุจุง ู†ูˆูŠู„ุŒ ูˆูƒุงู† ูˆุงู„ุฏูŠ ุงู„ู…ุณูƒูŠู†ูŠู† ูŠุญุงูˆู„ุงู† ุญู…ุงูŠุชู†ุง ู…ู† ุงู„ุฅุญุฑุงุฌุŒ ุฐู„ ุงู„ุฑูุถ ู…ู† ู‚ุจู„ ุงู„ู…ุฑุญ ุจุงุจุง ู†ูˆูŠู„ุŒ ูˆู„ูƒู† ุฏุนูˆู†ุง ู†ูˆุงุฌู‡ ุงู„ุฃู…ุฑ ุŒ ู‡ูˆ ูƒุงู† ุญุงุณู… ุฌุฏุง.
There was only one obvious conclusion to reach from this mountain of evidence: our family was too strange and weird for even Santa Claus to come visit, and my poor parents were trying to protect us from the embarrassment, this humiliation of rejection by Santa, who was jolly -- but let's face it, he was also very judgmental.
ู„ุฐุง ุŒ ู…ุนุฑูุฉ ุฃู†ู‡ ู„ุง ูŠูˆุฌุฏ ุจุงุจุง ู†ูˆูŠู„ ุงุจุฏุง ูƒุงู† ููŠ ุงู„ูˆุงู‚ุน ุŒ ู†ูˆุนุง ู…ู† ุงู„ุฑุงุญุฉ.
So to find out that there was no Santa Claus at all was actually sort of a relief.
ุชุฑูƒุช ุงู„ู…ุทุจุฎ ู„ุณุช ู…ุตุฏูˆู…ุฉ ุญู‚ุง ุญูˆู„ ุจุงุจุง ู†ูˆูŠู„ ูˆู„ูƒู† ููŠ ุญุงู„ุฉ ุตุนู‚ ูƒูŠู ูƒุงู† ูŠู…ูƒู† ุฃู† ูŠุบูŠุจ ุนู†ูŠ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ุดูŠุฆ ุงู„ู…ุชุนู„ู‚ ุจุณู† ุงู„ุนู‚ู„.
I left the kitchen not really in shock about Santa, but rather, I was just dumbfounded about how I could have missed this whole age of reason thing.
ูˆูƒุงู† ุงู„ูˆู‚ุช ู…ุชุฃุฎุฑ ุฌุฏุง ุจุงู„ู†ุณุจุฉ ู„ูŠ ุŒ ูˆู„ูƒู† ุฑุจู…ุง ูŠู…ูƒู†ู†ูŠ ุฃู† ุงุณุงุนุฏ ุดุฎุต ุขุฎุฑุŒ ุดุฎุต ูŠู…ูƒู† ุงุณุชุฎุฏุงู… ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ู…ุนู„ูˆู…ุงุช.
It was too late for me, but maybe I could help someone else, someone who could use the information.
ู„ุฏูŠู‡ู… ู…ุนูŠุงุฑูŠู†: ูƒุงู† ุนู„ูŠู‡ู… ุฃู† ูŠูƒูˆู†ูˆุง ููŠ ุนู…ุฑ ูŠูƒููŠ ู„ูŠูƒูˆู†ูˆุง ู‚ุงุฏุฑูŠู† ุนู„ู‰ ูู‡ู… ูƒุงู…ู„ ู…ูู‡ูˆู… ุณู† ุงู„ุนู‚ู„ ุŒ ูˆู„ู… ูŠุตู„ูˆุง ุงู„ู‰ ุนู…ุฑ ุงู„ุณุงุจุนุฉ ุจุนุฏ.
They had to fit two criteria: they had to be old enough to be able to understand the whole concept of the age of reason, and not yet seven.
ูˆูƒุงู† ุงู„ุฌูˆุงุจ ูˆุงุถุญุง : ุจูŠู„ ุฃุฎูŠ. ูˆูƒุงู† ููŠ ุงู„ุณุงุฏุณุฉ.
The answer was clear: my brother Bill. He was six.
ุญุณู†ุง ุŒ ูˆุฃุฎูŠุฑุง ูˆุฌุฏุช ุจูŠู„ ุจุนูŠุฏุง ุนู† ุจูŠุชู†ุง ุจุฒู‚ุงู‚
Well, I finally found Bill about a block away from our house at this public school playground.
ููŠ ู…ู„ุนุจ ุงู„ู…ุฏุฑุณุฉ ุงู„ุนุงู…ุฉ. ูˆูƒุงู† ุงู„ูŠูˆู… ุณุจุชุŒ ูˆูƒุงู† ูˆุญูŠุฏุง ุŒ ูˆูŠุฑูƒู„ ุงู„ูƒุฑุฉ ุจู…ูˆุงุฌู‡ุฉ ุงู„ุฌุฏุงุฑ
It was a Saturday, and he was all by himself, just kicking a ball against the side of a wall.
ุฌุฑูŠุช ุจุงุชุฌุงู‡ู‡ ุŒ ูˆู‚ู„ุช "ุจูŠู„!
I ran up to him and said, "Bill!
ุฃู†ุง ู‚ุฏ ุฃุฏุฑูƒุช ุฃู† ุณู† ุงู„ุนู‚ู„ ูŠุจุฏุฃ ุนู†ุฏู…ุง ุชุตู„ ุงู„ู‰ ุงู„ุณุงุจุนุฉุŒ ูˆู…ู† ุซู… ุชูƒูˆู† ู‚ุงุฏุฑุง ุนู„ู‰ ุงุฑุชูƒุงุจ ุฃูŠ ูˆุฌู…ูŠุน ุงู„ุฐู†ูˆุจ ุถุฏ ุงู„ู„ู‡ ูˆุงู„ุงู†ุณุงู† "ุŒ ูˆู‚ุงู„ ุจูŠู„" ุซู… ู…ุงุฐุงุŸ "ูˆุจุนุฏ ุฐู„ูƒ ู‚ู„ุช
I just realized that the age of reason starts when you turn seven, and then you're capable of committing any and all sins against God and man." And Bill said, "So?"
"ูˆุนู„ูŠู‡ ุŒ ุจู…ุง ุงู†ูƒ ููŠ ุงู„ุณุงุฏุณุฉ. ูŠูƒูˆู† ู„ุฏูŠูƒ ุณู†ุฉ ูƒุงู…ู„ุฉ ู„ูุนู„ ุฃูŠ ุดูŠุก ุชุฑูŠุฏ
And I said, "So, you're six. You have a whole year to do anything you want to and God won't notice it."
ูˆุงู„ู„ู‡ ู„ู† ูŠู„ุงุญุธ ุฐู„ูƒ. "ูˆู‚ุงู„" ุซู… ู…ุงุฐุงุŸ "ูˆู‚ู„ุชุŒ
And I said, "So? So everything!"
"ุซู…ุŸ ุซู… ูƒู„ ุดูŠุก!" ูˆุงู„ุชูุช ุจุนูŠุฏุง. ูƒู†ุช ุบุงุถุจุง ุฌุฏุง ู…ู†ู‡
And I turned to run. I was so angry with him.
ู„ูƒู† ุนู†ุฏู…ุง ูˆุตู„ุช ุฅู„ู‰ ุฃุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุฏุฑุฌ ุงู„ุชูุช ุงู„ูŠู‡ ุฏุฑุงู…ุงุชูŠูƒูŠุง ูˆู‚ู„ุช : "ุฃูˆู‡ ุŒ ุจุงู„ู…ู†ุงุณุจุฉ ุŒ ุจูŠู„ ุŒ ู„ูŠุณ ู‡ู†ุงูƒ ุจุงุจุง ู†ูˆูŠู„".
But when I got to the top of the steps, I turned around dramatically and said, "Oh, by the way, Bill -- there is no Santa Claus."
ุงู„ุขู† ุŒ ู„ู… ุฃูƒู† ุฃุนุฑู ุฃู†ู‡ ููŠ ุฐู„ูƒ ุงู„ูˆู‚ุชุŒ ุงู†ู†ูŠ ููŠ ุงู„ุญู‚ูŠู‚ุฉ ู„ู… ุงูƒู† ู‚ุฏ ูˆุตู„ุช ุงู„ู‰ ุงู„ุณุงุจุนุฉ ููŠ 10 ุณุจุชู…ุจุฑุงูŠู„ูˆู„.
Now, I didn't know it at the time, but I really wasn't turning seven on September 10th.
ู„ุนูŠุฏ ู…ูŠู„ุงุฏูŠ ุงู„ุซุงู„ุซ ุนุดุฑ ุŒ ุฎุทุทุช ู„ุญูู„ุฉ ู…ุจูŠุช ู…ุน ูƒู„ ู…ู† ุตุฏูŠู‚ุงุชูŠุŒ ูˆู„ูƒู† ุจุงุณุจูˆุนูŠู† ู‚ุจู„ ุงู„ู…ูˆุนุฏ ูˆุงู„ุฏุชูŠ ุงุฎุฐุชู†ูŠ ุฌุงู†ุจุง ุŒ ูˆู‚ุงู„ุช: "ุฃุฑูŠุฏ ุฃู† ุฃุชุญุฏุซ ุฅู„ูŠูƒ ููŠ ุงู…ุฑ ุฎุงุต
For my 13th birthday, I planned a slumber party with all of my girlfriends, but a couple of weeks beforehand my mother took me aside and said, "I need to speak to you privately.
10 ุณุจุชู…ุจุฑุงูŠู„ูˆู„ ู„ูŠุณ ุนูŠุฏ ู…ูŠู„ุงุฏูƒ. ุงู†ู‡ 10 ุฃูƒุชูˆุจุฑุชุดุฑูŠู† ุงู„ุงูˆู„ "ุŒ ู‚ู„ุช :" ู…ุงุฐุงุŸ "
September 10th is not your birthday. It's October 10th." And I said, "What?"
ูˆู‚ุงู„ุช : "ุงุณู…ุนูŠ ุŒ ูˆุงู„ู…ูˆุนุฏ ุงู„ู†ู‡ุงุฆูŠ ู„ุจุฏุก ุฑูŠุงุถ ุงู„ุฃุทูุงู„ 15 ุณุจุชู…ุจุฑุงูŠู„ูˆู„."
"Listen. The cut-off date to start kindergarten was September 15th."
"ูˆู‡ูƒุฐุง ุŒ ู‚ู„ุช ู„ู‡ู… ุงู† ุนูŠุฏ ู…ูŠู„ุงุฏูƒ ูƒุงู† ูŠูˆู… 10 ุณุจุชู…ุจุฑุงูŠู„ูˆู„ุŒ ูˆุจุนุฏ ุฐู„ูƒ ุฃู†ุง ู„ู… ุงูƒู† ู…ุชุฃูƒุฏุฉ ู…ู† ุฃู†ูƒ ุณุชุซุฑุซุฑูŠ ุนู† ุฐู„ูƒ ููŠ ูƒู„ ู…ูƒุงู†ุŒ ู„ุฐู„ูƒ ุจุฏุฃุช ุฃู† ุฃู‚ูˆู„ ู„ูƒ ุงู† ุนูŠุฏ ู…ูŠู„ุงุฏูƒ ูƒุงู† 10 ุณุจุชู…ุจุฑุงูŠู„ูˆู„.
"So I told them that your birthday was September 10th, and then I wasn't sure that you weren't just going to go blab it all over the place, so I started to tell you your birthday was September 10th.
ูˆู„ูƒู† ุŒ ุฌูˆู„ูŠ ุŒ ุงู†ุช ูƒู†ุช ุนู„ู‰ ุงุณุชุนุฏุงุฏ ู„ู„ุจุฏุก ููŠ ุงู„ุฏุฑุงุณุฉ ุŒ ุญู„ูˆุชูŠ. ู„ู‚ุฏ ูƒู†ุช ุนู„ู‰ ุงุณุชุนุฏุงุฏ ู„ุฐู„ูƒ ".
But, Julie, you were so ready to start school, honey. You were so ready."
ููƒุฑุช ููŠ ุฐู„ูƒ ุŒ ูˆุนู†ุฏู…ุง ูƒู†ุช ููŠ ุงู„ุฑุงุจุนุฉุŒ ูƒู†ุช ุงู„ุงูƒุจุฑ ุจูŠู† ุฃุฑุจุนุฉ ุฃุทูุงู„ุŒ ูˆ ุฑุฒู‚ุช ูˆุงู„ุฏุชูŠ ุจุทูู„ ุงุฎุฑ ููŠ ุงู„ู…ุณุชู‚ุจู„ุŒ ูู…ุง ุงุนุชู‚ุฏ ุงู†ู‡ุง ูู‡ู…ุช ู…ู† ุฐู„ูƒ ูŠุนู†ูŠ ู‡ูˆ ุฃู†ู‡ุง ูƒุงู†ุช ุนู„ู‰ ุงุณุชุนุฏุงุฏ ู„ุฐู„ูƒุŒ ู‚ุงู„ุช ุงู†ู‡ุง ู…ุณุชุนุฏุฉ ู„ุฐู„ูƒ. ุซู… ู‚ุงู„ุชุŒ
I thought about it, and when I was four, I was already the oldest of four children, and my mother even had another child to come, so what I think she -- understandably -- really meant was that she was so ready, she was so ready.
"ู„ุง ุชู‚ู„ู‚ูŠ ุŒ ุฌูˆู„ูŠ ุŒ ููŠ ูƒู„ ุนุงู… ููŠ 10 ุงูƒุชูˆุจุฑุชุดุฑูŠู† ุงู„ุงูˆู„ ููŠ ุนูŠุฏ ู…ูŠู„ุงุฏูƒ ู„ูƒู†ูƒ ู„ู… ุชุฏุฑูŠ ุจุฐู„ูƒ ุŒ ุงู†ุง ุถู…ู†ุช ุฃู† ุชุฃูƒู„ูŠ ู‚ุทุนุฉ ู…ู† ุงู„ูƒุนูƒุฉ ููŠ ุฐู„ูƒ ุงู„ูŠูˆู…. "
Then she said, "Don't worry, Julie. Every year on October 10th, when it was your birthday but you didn't realize it, I made sure that you ate a piece of cake that day."
ูˆุงู„ุฐูŠ ูƒุงู† ู…ุฑูŠุญุง ุŒ ูˆู„ูƒู† ู…ุซูŠุฑุง ู„ู„ู‚ู„ู‚.
Which was comforting, but troubling.
ูˆุงู„ุฏุชูŠ ูƒุงู†ุช ุชุญุชูู„ ุจุนูŠุฏ ู…ูŠู„ุงุฏ ู…ุนูŠ ุŒ ุฏูˆู† ุนู„ู…ูŠ.
My mother had been celebrating my birthday with me, without me.
ู…ุง ู‡ูˆ ู…ุฒุนุฌ ุฌุฏุง ุญูˆู„ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ู‚ุทุนุฉ ุงู„ุฌุฏูŠุฏุฉ ู…ู† ุงู„ู…ุนู„ูˆู…ุงุช ู„ู… ูŠูƒู† ุฃู†ู†ูŠ ูƒู†ุช ุณุฃุบูŠุฑ ุชุงุฑูŠุฎ ุญูู„ุฉ ุงู„ู…ุจูŠุช ู…ุน ูƒู„ ู…ู† ุตุฏูŠู‚ุงุชูŠุŒ
What was so upsetting about this new piece of information was not that I had to change the date of my slumber party with all of my girlfriends.
ู…ุง ู‡ูˆ ู…ุฒุนุฌ ุฃูƒุซุฑ ู‡ูˆ ุฃู† ู‡ุฐุง ูŠุนู†ูŠ ุฃู†ู†ูŠ ู„ู… ุฃูƒู† ููŠ ุจุฑุฌ ุงู„ุนุฐุฑุงุก.
What was most upsetting was that this meant I was not a Virgo.
ูƒุงู† ู„ูŠ ู„ุงูุชุฉ ุถุฎู…ุฉ ู„ุจุฑุฌ ุงู„ุนุฐุฑุงุก ููŠ ุบุฑูุฉ ู†ูˆู…ูŠุŒ
I had a huge Virgo poster in my bedroom.
ูˆ ู‚ุฑุฃุช ุจุฑุฌูŠ ูƒู„ ูŠูˆู… ุŒ ูˆูƒุงู† ุฐู„ูƒ ู…ุทุงุจู‚ุง ู„ูŠ.
And I read my horoscope every single day, and it was so totally me.
ูˆู‡ุฐุง ูŠุนู†ูŠ ุฃู†ู†ูŠ ูƒู†ุช ู…ู† ุจุฑุฌ ุงู„ู…ูŠุฒุงู†ุŸ
And this meant that I was a Libra?
ู„ุฐู„ูƒ ุŒ ุฑูƒุจุช ุงู„ุญุงูู„ุฉ ุงู„ู‰ ูˆุณุท ุงู„ู…ุฏูŠู†ุฉ ู„ู„ุญุตูˆู„ ุนู„ู‰ ู…ู„ุตู‚ ุงู„ู…ูŠุฒุงู† ุงู„ุฌุฏูŠุฏ.
So, I took the bus downtown to get the new Libra poster.
ู…ู„ุตู‚ ุงู„ุนุฐุฑุงุก ุตูˆุฑุฉ ู„ุงู…ุฑุฃุฉ ุฌู…ูŠู„ุฉ ุฐุงุช ุดุนุฑ ุทูˆูŠู„ุŒ ูƒุงู†ู‡ุง ุชุณุชุฑุฎูŠ ุจุฌุงู†ุจ ุจุนุถ ุงู„ู…ุงุกุŒ ูˆู„ูƒู† ุงู„ู…ูŠุฒุงู† ู‡ูˆ ู…ุฌุฑุฏ ู…ูŠุฒุงู† ุถุฎู….
The Virgo poster is a picture of a beautiful woman with long hair, sort of lounging by some water, but the Libra poster is just a huge scale.
ูˆูƒุงู† ู‡ุฐุง ููŠ ูˆู‚ุช ู‚ุฑูŠุจ ู…ู† ุฃู† ุจุฏุฃุช ุงุฒุฏุงุฏ ูˆุฒู†ุงุŒ ูˆูƒู†ุช ู…ู…ุชู„ุฆุฉ ุฃูƒุซุฑ ุจูƒุซูŠุฑ ู…ู† ุงู„ูƒุซูŠุฑ ู…ู† ุงู„ูุชูŠุงุช ุงู„ุฃุฎุฑูŠุงุชุŒ ูˆุจุตุฑุงุญุฉ ุŒ ููƒุฑุฉ ุงู† ุจุฑุฌูŠ ูƒุงู† ุงู„ู…ูŠุฒุงู† ุจุฏุช ูƒุงู†ู‡ุง ู„ุง ุชุญู…ุฏ ุนู‚ุจุงู‡ุง ูˆ ู…ุซูŠุฑุฉ ู„ู„ุงูƒุชุฆุงุจ.
This was around the time that I started filling out physically, and I was filling out a lot more than a lot of the other girls, and frankly, the whole idea that my astrological sign was a scale just seemed ominous and depressing.
ูˆู„ูƒู†ูŠ ุญุตู„ุช ุนู„ู‰ ู…ู„ุตู‚ ุจุฑุฌ ุงู„ู…ูŠุฒุงู† ุงู„ุฌุฏูŠุฏุŒ ูˆุจุฏุฃุช ู‚ุฑุงุกุฉ ุทุงู„ุน ุงู„ู…ูŠุฒุงู† ุงู„ุฌุฏูŠุฏุŒ ูˆุฐู‡ู„ุช ู„ุงุฌุฏ ุฃู†ู‡ ุฃูŠุถุง ู…ุทุงุจู‚ ุชู…ุงู…ุง ู„ูŠ.
But I got the new Libra poster, and I started to read my new Libra horoscope, and I was astonished to find that it was also totally me.
ูˆุงู„ุฐูŠ ู„ู… ูŠูƒู† ุญุชู‰ ุณู†ูˆุงุช ู„ุงุญู‚ุฉ ุŒ ุนู†ุฏู…ุง ู†ุธุฑุช ุฅู„ู‰ ุงู„ูˆุฑุงุก ุนู„ู‰ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ุดูŠุก ุณู† ุงู„ุนู‚ู„ุชุบูŠูŠุฑ ูŠูˆู… ุงู„ู…ูŠู„ุงุฏ ูƒู„ู‡ุŒ ูˆุงู„ุฐูŠ ุจุฒุบ ููŠ ูุฌุฑ ุชุญูˆู„ูŠ ุงู„ู‰ ุงู„ุณุงุจุนุฉ ุนู†ุฏู…ุง ุงุนุชู‚ุฏุช ุงู†ู†ูŠ ุจู„ุบุช ุงู„ุณุงุจุนุฉ. ูƒุงู† ู„ูŠ ุดู‡ุฑ ูƒุงู…ู„ ุฃุฎุฑ ู„ูุนู„ ุฃูŠ ุดูŠุก ุฃุฑูŠุฏ ุฃู† ุฃู…ุงู… ุงู„ู„ู‡ ุฏูˆู† ุงุซู….
It wasn't until years later, looking back on this whole age-of-reason, change-of-birthday thing, that it dawned on me: I wasn't turning seven when I thought I turned seven. I had a whole other month to do anything I wanted to before God started keeping tabs on me.
ุฃูˆู‡ ุŒ ูŠู…ูƒู† ุฃู† ุชูƒูˆู† ุงู„ุญูŠุงุฉ ู‚ุงุณูŠุฉ ุฌุฏุง.
Oh, life can be so cruel.
ููŠ ูŠูˆู… ู…ุง ุŒ ุฌุงุก ุงุซู†ูŠู† ู…ู† ุงู„ู…ุจุดุฑูŠู† ุงู„ู…ูˆุฑู…ูˆู† ุงู„ู‰ ุจุงุจูŠ.
One day, two Mormon missionaries came to my door.
ุงู„ุขู† ุŒ ุฃู†ุง ุฃุนูŠุด ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุทุฑูŠู‚ ุงู„ุฑุฆูŠุณูŠ ููŠ ู„ูˆุณ ุงู†ุฌู„ูŠุณุŒ ูˆ ู…ู†ุทู‚ุชูŠ -- ุญุณู†ุง ุŒ ู‡ูŠ ู†ู‚ุทุฉ ุงู„ุจุฏุงูŠุฉ ุงู„ุทุจูŠุนูŠุฉ ู„ู„ุฃุดุฎุงุต ุงู„ุฐูŠู† ูŠุจูŠุนูˆู† ุฃุดูŠุงุก ู…ู† ุจุงุจ ุงู„ู‰ ุจุงุจ.
Now, I just live off a main thoroughfare in Los Angeles, and my block is -- well, it's a natural beginning for people who are peddling things door to door.
ุฃุญูŠุงู†ุง ูŠุฃุชูŠู†ูŠ ุจุนุถ ุงู„ุณูŠุฏุงุช ุงู„ุดุงุจุงุช ู…ู† ุงู„ูƒู†ูŠุณุฉ ุงู„ุณุจุชูŠุฉ ูŠุฑูˆู†ูŠ ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุตูˆุฑ ูˆุงู„ุฑุณูˆู… ู„ู„ุฌู†ุฉ.
Sometimes I get little old ladies from the Seventh Day Adventist Church showing me these cartoon pictures of heaven.
ูˆุฃุญูŠุงู†ุง ุจุนุถ ุงู„ู…ุฑุงู‡ู‚ูŠู† ุŒ ุงู„ุฐูŠู† ูŠุนุฏูˆู†ูŠ ุฃู†ู‡ู… ู„ู† ูŠู†ุถู…ูˆุง ุงู„ู‰ ุนุตุงุจุฉ ุณุฑู‚ุฉ ุงู„ู†ุงุณ ุฅุฐุง ุงุดุชุฑูŠุช ุจุนุถ ุงุดุชุฑุงูƒุงุช ุงู„ู…ุฌู„ุฉ ู…ู†ู‡ู….
And sometimes I get teenagers who promise me that they won't join a gang and just start robbing people, if I only buy some magazine subscriptions from them.
ู„ุฐู„ูƒ ุŒ ุนุงุฏุฉ ุฃู†ุง ุงุชุฌุงู‡ู„ ุฑู†ูŠู† ุฌุฑุณ ุงู„ุจุงุจ ุŒ ูˆู„ูƒู† ููŠ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ูŠูˆู… ุฃุฌุจุช.
So normally, I just ignore the doorbell, but on this day, I answered.
ูˆู‡ู†ุงูƒ ูˆู‚ู ุตุจูŠุงู† ุŒ ูƒุงู†ุง ููŠ ุญูˆุงู„ูŠ 19 ู…ู† ุงู„ุนู…ุฑุŒ ููŠ ู‚ู…ุตุงู† ุจูŠุถุงุก ู…ู†ุดุงุฉ ู‚ุตูŠุฑุฉ ุงู„ุฃูƒู…ุงู… ุŒ ูˆูƒุงู† ู„ุฏูŠู‡ู… ุจุทุงู‚ุฉ ุตุบูŠุฑุฉ ูˆุนุฑููˆุง ุงู†ูุณู‡ู… ูƒุงู„ู…ู…ุซู„ูŠู† ุงู„ุฑุณู…ูŠูŠู† ู„ูƒู†ูŠุณุฉ ูŠุณูˆุน ุงู„ู…ุณูŠุญ ู„ู‚ุฏูŠุณูŠ ูŠูˆู… ุงู„ู‚ูŠุงู…ุฉุŒ ูˆู‚ุงู„ูˆุง ุงู† ู„ุฏูŠู‡ู… ุฑุณุงู„ุฉ ู„ูŠ ู…ู† ุงู„ู„ู‡.
And there stood two boys, each about 19, in white, starched short-sleeved shirts, and they had little name tags that identified them as official representatives of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and they said they had a message for me, from God.
ูู‚ู„ุช ู„ู‡ : "ุฑุณุงู„ุฉ ู„ูŠุŸ ู…ู† ุงู„ู„ู‡ุŸ" ูˆู‚ุงู„ูˆุง "ู†ุนู…".
I said, "A message for me? From God?" And they said, "Yes."
ูˆุงู„ุขู† ุŒ ู„ู‚ุฏ ู†ุดุฃุช ููŠ ุดู…ุงู„ ุบุฑุจ ุงู„ู…ุญูŠุท ุงู„ู‡ุงุฏุฆ ุŒ ุจูŠู† ุงู„ูƒุซูŠุฑ ู…ู† ูƒู†ุงุฆุณ ู‚ุฏูŠุณูŠ ูŠูˆู… ุงู„ู‚ูŠุงู…ุฉ ุŒ ูˆุชุนู„ู…ูˆู†ุŒ ู„ู‚ุฏ ุนู…ู„ุช ู…ุนู‡ู… ูˆ ุญุชู‰ ุงู†ู†ูŠ ูˆุงุนุฏุชู‡ู…ุŒ ูˆู„ูƒู† ู„ู… ุงูƒู† ุงุนู„ู… ุงุจุฏุง ู…ุง ู‡ูŠ ุญู‚ูŠู‚ุฉ ู…ุฐู‡ุจู‡ู… ุฃูˆ ู…ุง ู‚ุงู„ูˆุง ู„ู„ู†ุงุณ ุนู†ุฏู…ุง ูƒุงู†ูˆุง ููŠ ู…ู‡ู…ุฉ ุชุจุดูŠุฑูŠุฉ ุŒ ูˆุฃุนุชู‚ุฏ ุฃู†ู†ูŠ ูƒู†ุช ุŒ ู†ูˆุนุง ู…ุง ุŒ ูุถูˆู„ูŠุฉุŒ ูู‚ู„ุช : "ุญุณู†ุง ุŒ ุงุฏุฎู„ูˆุง ู…ู† ูุถู„ูƒู… ". ูˆุจุฏุง ุงู†ู‡ู… ุณุนุฏุงุก ุญู‚ุงุŒ ู„ุฃู†ู†ูŠ ุฃุนุชู‚ุฏ ุฃู† ู‡ุฐุง ู„ุง ูŠุญุฏุซ ู„ู‡ู… ููŠ ูƒุซูŠุฑ ู…ู† ุงู„ุฃุญูŠุงู†.
Now, I was raised in the Pacific Northwest, around a lot of Church of Latter-day Saints people and, you know, I've worked with them and even dated them, but I never really knew the doctrine, or what they said to people when they were out on a mission, and I guess I was sort of curious, so I said, "Well, please, come in." And they looked really happy, because I don't think this happens to them all that often.
ูˆ ุฃุฌู„ุณุชู‡ู… ุŒ ูˆู‚ุฏู…ุช ู„ู‡ู… ุฃูƒูˆุงุจ ุงู„ู…ุงุก -- ุญุณู†ุง ุŒ ุชุฐูƒุฑุช. ู‚ุฏู…ุช ู„ู‡ู… ุฃูƒูˆุงุจ ุงู„ู…ุงุก.
And I sat them down, and I got them glasses of water -- Ok, I got it, I got it. I got them glasses of water.
ู„ุง ุชู„ู…ุณ ุดุนุฑูŠ ุŒ ูˆู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ู…ู‡ู….
Don't touch my hair, that's the thing.
ู„ุง ูŠู…ูƒู†ูƒ ูˆุถุน ุดุฑูŠุท ููŠุฏูŠูˆ ู„ูŠ ุฃู…ุงู…ูŠ ูˆุชุชูˆู‚ุน ู…ู†ูŠ ู„ุง ุฅุตู„ุญ ุดุนุฑูŠ.
You can't put a video of myself in front of me and expect me not to fix my hair.
ุญุณู†ุง. ุฃุฌู„ุณุชู‡ู… ูˆ ู‚ุฏู…ุช ู„ู‡ู… ุฃูƒูˆุงุจ ุงู„ู…ุงุกุŒ ูˆุจุนุฏ ุงู„ู…ุฌุงู…ู„ุงุช ู‚ุงู„ูˆุง : "ู‡ู„ ุชุนุชู‚ุฏูŠู† ุงู† ุงู„ู„ู‡ ูŠุญุจูƒ ู…ู† ูƒู„ ู‚ู„ุจู‡ุŸ"
So I sat them down and I got them glasses of water, and after niceties, they said, "Do you believe that God loves you with all his heart?"
ูˆููƒุฑุช : "ุญุณู†ุง ุŒ ุจุงู„ุทุจุน ุฃู†ุง ุฃุคู…ู† ุจุงู„ู„ู‡ุŒ ูˆู„ูƒู† ุŒ ูƒู…ุง ุชุนู„ู…ูˆู† ุŒ ุฃู†ุง ู„ุง ุฃุญุจ ูƒู„ู…ุฉ ุงู„ู‚ู„ุจุŒ ู„ุฃู†ู‡ุง ุชุฃู†ุณู† ุงู„ู„ู‡ุŒ ูˆุฃู†ุง ู„ุง ุฃุญุจ ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ูƒู„ู…ุฉ ุŒ ู„ู‡ ุŒ ู„ุฃู†ู‡ุง ุชุฌุนู„ ู„ู„ู‡ ุฌู†ุณ ".
And I thought, "Well, of course I believe in God, but you know, I don't like that word 'heart,' because it anthropomorphizes God, and I don't like the word, 'his,' either, because that sexualizes God."
ูˆู„ูƒู† ู„ู… ุฃูƒู† ุฃุฑูŠุฏ ุฃู† ุงุชุฌุงุฏู„ ู„ุบูˆูŠุง ู…ุน ู‡ุคู„ุงุก ุงู„ุฃูˆู„ุงุฏุŒ ุซู… ุจุนุฏ ูˆู‚ูุฉ ุทูˆูŠู„ุฉ ูˆุบูŠุฑ ู…ุฑูŠุญุฉ ู„ู„ุบุงูŠุฉ ุŒ ู‚ู„ุช "ู†ุนู… ุŒ ู†ุนู… ุŒ ุฃู†ุง ุฃุดุนุฑ ุจุญุจู‡ ุฌุฏุง."
But I didn't want to argue semantics with these boys, so after a very long, uncomfortable pause, I said, "Yes, yes, I do. I feel very loved."
ูˆ ู†ุธุฑุง ุงู„ู‰ ุจุนุถู‡ุง ุงู„ุจุนุถ ุŒ ูˆุงุจุชุณู…ุงุŒ ุฏู„ูŠู„ ุนู„ู‰ ุฃู† ู‡ุฐุง ู‡ูˆ ุงู„ุฌูˆุงุจ ุงู„ุตุญูŠุญ. ูˆู‚ุงู„ุง ุจุนุฏ ุฐู„ูƒุŒ "ู‡ู„ ุชุนุชู‚ุฏ ุฃู†ู†ุง ุฌู…ูŠุนุง ุฃุฎูˆุฉ ูˆุฃุฎูˆุงุช ุนู„ู‰ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ูƒูˆูƒุจุŸ"
And they looked at each other and smiled, like that was the right answer. And then they said, "Do you believe that we're all brothers and sisters on this planet?"
ูˆู‚ู„ุช : "ู†ุนู… ุŒ ุฃู†ุง ุงุนุชู‚ุฏ ุจู‡ุฐุงุŒ ู†ุนู… " ูˆูƒู†ุช ู…ุฑุชุงุญุฉ ุฌุฏุง
And I said, "Yes, I do."
ุงู† ูƒุงู† ู‡ูˆ ุงู„ุณุคุงู„ ุงู„ุฐูŠ ูŠู…ูƒู† ุฃู† ุงุฌูŠุจ ุนู„ูŠู‡ ุจุณุฑุนุฉ.
And I was so relieved that it was a question I could answer so quickly.
ูˆู‚ุงู„ูˆุง : "ุญุณู†ุง ุŒ ู„ุฏูŠู†ุง ู‚ุตุฉ ู†ุฑูŠุฏ ุงู† ู†ุฎุจุฑูƒ ุจู‡ุง".
And they said, "Well, then we have a story to tell you."
ูˆู‚ุงู„ูˆุง ู„ูŠ ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ู‚ุตุฉ ุนู† ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ุฑุฌู„ ุงู„ุฐูŠ ูŠุฏุนู‰ ูŠุญูŠุŒ ุงู„ุฐูŠ ุนุงุด ููŠ ุงู„ู‚ุฏุณ ููŠ ุนุงู… 600 ู‚ุจู„ ุงู„ู…ูŠู„ุงุฏ.
And they told me this story all about this guy named Lehi, who lived in Jerusalem in 600 BC.
ุงู„ุขู† ุŒ ุนู„ู‰ ู…ุง ูŠุจุฏูˆ ุงู†ู‡ ููŠ ุงู„ู‚ุฏุณ ููŠ ุนุงู… 600 ู‚ุจู„ ุงู„ู…ูŠู„ุงุฏุŒ
Now, apparently in Jerusalem in 600 BC, everyone was completely bad and evil.
ูƒุงู† ุงู„ุฌู…ูŠุน ุณูŠุฆูˆู† ูˆุงุดุฑุงุฑ ุชู…ุงู…ุง. ูƒู„ ูˆุงุญุฏ ู…ู†ู‡ู…:
Every single one of them: man, woman, child, infant, fetus.
ุฑุฌู„ ุŒ ุงู…ุฑุฃุฉ ุŒ ุทูู„ ุŒ ุฑุถูŠุน ุŒ ูˆุงู„ุงุฌู†ุฉ. ูˆุฌุงุก ุงู„ู„ู‡ ุงู„ู‰ ูŠุญูŠู‰ ุŒ ูˆู‚ุงู„ ู„ู‡ : "ุถุน ุนุงุฆู„ุชูƒ ุนู„ู‰ ู…ุชู† ู‚ุงุฑุจ
And God came to Lehi and said to him, "Put your family on a boat and I will lead you out of here."
ูˆุณูˆู ุฃู‚ูˆุฏูƒ ู…ู† ู‡ู†ุง. "ูˆุงู„ู„ู‡ ุงุฑุดุฏู‡ู….
And God did lead them.
ุฅู„ู‰ ุฃู…ูŠุฑูƒุง.
He led them to America.
ูู‚ู„ุช ู„ู‡ู… : "ุฃู…ูŠุฑูƒุงุŸ ู…ู† ุงู„ู‚ุฏุณ ุฅู„ู‰ ุฃู…ุฑูŠูƒุง ุจู‚ุงุฑุจ ููŠ ุนุงู… 600 ู‚ุจู„ ุงู„ู…ูŠู„ุงุฏุŸ"
I said, "America? From Jerusalem to America by boat in 600 BC?"
ูˆู‚ุงู„ูˆุง "ู†ุนู…".
And they said, "Yes."