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ูุจุนุฏ ุฐูู ุฃุฎุจุฑููู ููู ุงู ูุญู ูุฐุฑูุชู ุชูุงุซุฑูุง ุนูู ู
ุฏู 600 ุณูุฉ ู ูุงู ููุงู ุณูุงูุชูู ู
ููู
ุNephites ู Lamanitesุ ููุงูุช Nephites ุ ุทูุจูู ุฌุฏุง -- ูู ูุงุญุฏ ู
ููู
-- ููุงูุช Lamanites ุณูุฆูู ุฌุฏุง ู ุฃุดุฑุงุฑ -- ูู ูุงุญุฏ ู
ููู
ุณูุฆ ุชู
ุงู
ุง ุญุชู ุงููุฎุงุน. | Then they told me how Lehi and his descendants reproduced and reproduced, and over the course of 600 years, there were two great races of them, the Nephites and the Lamanites, and the Nephites were totally good -- each and every one of them -- and the Lamanites were totally bad and evil -- every single one of them just bad to the bone. |
ุซู
ุ ุจุนุฏ ููุงุฉ ุงูู
ุณูุญ ุนูู ุงูุตููุจ ู
ู ุฃุฌู ุฎุทุงูุงูุงุ ููู ูู ุทุฑููู ุงูู ุงูุณู
ุงุก ุชููู ูู ุฃู
ุฑููุง ูุฒุงุฑ Nephites. | Then, after Jesus died on the cross for our sins, on his way up to heaven, he stopped by America and visited the Nephites. |
ููุงู ููู
ุงููู
ุงุฐุง ุจูู ูููู
ุทูุจูู ุชู
ุงู
ุง ุ ุชู
ุงู
ุง -- ูู ูุงุญุฏ ู
ููู
-- ูุฅููู
ุณููุณุจูู ุงูุญุฑุจ ุถุฏ Lamanites ุงูุงุดุฑุงุฑ. | And he told them that if they all remained totally, totally good -- each and every one of them -- they would win the war against the evil Lamanites. |
ูููู ูุจุฏู ุงู ุดุฎุต ู
ุง ุงุจุงุญ ุงูุณุฑุ ูุฃู Lamanites ุชู
ูููุง ู
ู ูุชู ูู Nephites. | But apparently somebody blew it, because the Lamanites were able to kill all the Nephites. |
ุงููู ู
ุงุนุฏุง ูุงุญุฏ ุ ูุฐุง ุงูุฑุฌู ุงุณู
ู ู
ูุฑู
ููุ ุงูุฐู ุชู
ูู ู
ู ุงูุจูุงุก ุนูู ููุฏ ุงูุญูุงุฉ ุนู ุทุฑูู ุงูุงุฎุชุจุงุก ูู ุงูุบุงุจุงุช. | All but one guy, this guy named Mormon, who managed to survive by hiding in the woods. |
ูุชุฃูุฏ ู
ู ุฃู ูุฐู ุงููุตุฉ ูุชุจุช ุจุฃูู
ููุง ุจุงููุบุฉ ุงูููุฑูุบููููุฉ ุงูู
ุตุฑูุฉ ู ุญูุฑุช ุนูู ููุญุงุช ู
ู ุงูุฐูุจุ ุฏููุช ุจุนุฏ ุฐูู ุจุงููุฑุจ ู
ู ุจุงูู
ูุฑุง ุ ูููููุฑู. | And he made sure this whole story was written down in reformed Egyptian hieroglyphics chiseled onto gold plates, which he then buried near Palmyra, New York. |
ุญุณูุง ุ ููุช ุนูู ุญุงูุฉ ู
ูุนุฏู. | Well, I was just on the edge of my seat. |
ูููุช ููู
: "ู
ุงุฐุง ุญุฏุซ ููู Lamanitesุ" | I said, "What happened to the Lamanites?" |
ููุงููุง : "ุญุณูุง ุ ุฃููุง ุฃุตุจุญูุง ุงููููุฏ ุงูุญู
ุฑ ููุง ูู ุงูููุงูุงุช ุงูู
ุชุญุฏุฉ." | And they said, "Well, they became our Native Americans, here in the U.S." |
ููุช ุ "ููุฐุง ุ ุงูุชู
ุชุนุชูุฏูู ุฃู ุงููููุฏ ุงูุญู
ุฑ ููุญุฏุฑูู ู
ู ุงููุงุณ ุงูุฐูู ูุงููุง ูู ู
ูุชูู ุงูุดุฑุ "ููุงููุง" ูุนู
". | And I said, "So, you believe the Native Americans are descended from a people who were totally evil?" And they said, "Yes." |
ูุจุนุฏ ุฐูู ุฃุฎุจุฑููู ููู ุฃู ูุฐุง ุงูุฑุฌู ุงูุฐู ูุฏุนู ุฌูุฒูู ุณู
ูุซ ุนุซุฑ ุนูู ุงููุญุงุช ุงูุฐูุจูุฉ ู
ุฏูููุฉ ูู ุงูููุงุก ุงูุฎููู ูู
ูุฒููุ ููุฌุฏ ุฃูุถุง ุญุฌุฑุง ุณุญุฑูุง ุนูุฏู
ุง ูุถุนู ูู ูุจุนุชู ูุฏูู ุจุนุฏ ุฐูู ูุฌูู ูููุง ุ ูุฐุง ุณู
ุญ ูู ุจุชุฑุฌู
ุฉ ููุญุงุช ุงูุฐูุจ ู
ู ุงููุบุฉ ุงูู
ุตุฑูุฉ ุฅูู ุงูุฅููููุฒูุฉ. | Then they told me how this guy named Joseph Smith found those buried gold plates right in his backyard, and he also found this magic stone back there that he put into his hat and then buried his face into, and this allowed him to translate the gold plates from the reformed Egyptian into English. |
ุญุณูุง ุ ูู ูุฐู ุงูู
ุฑุญูุฉ ุฃุฑุฏุช ููุท ุฃู ุนุทู ูุฐูู ุงูุตุจููู ุจุนุถ ุงููุตุงุฆุญ ุญูู ุญุจูุชูู
. | Well, at this point I just wanted to give these two boys some advice about their pitch. |
ุฃุฑุฏุช ุฃู ุฃููู ุ "ุญุณูุง ุ ูุง ุชุจุฏุฃ ุจูุฐู ุงููุตุฉ." | I wanted to say -- "Ok, don't start with this story." |
ูุนูู ุ ูุญู ูุนุฑู ุงู ุญุชู ุงูุณูููุชูููุฌููู ูุจุฏุฃูู ุจุงุฎุชุจุงุฑ ููุดุฎุตูุฉ ูุจู ุฃู ูุจุฏูุฃ -- -- ุจุงูุญุฏูุซ ูููุงุณ ุนู Xenu ุ ู ุฃุดุฑุงุฑ ู
ุง ุจูู ุงูู
ุฌุฑุงุช. | I mean, even the Scientologists know to start with a personality test before they start -- telling people all about Xenu, the evil intergalactic overlord. |
ุญุณูุง ุ ุซู
ูุงููุง : "ูู ุชุนุชูุฏูู ุฃู ุงููู ูุชุญุฏุซ ุฅูููุง ูู ุฑุณุงูุงุชู ุนุจุฑ ุงูุจูุงุฆู ุงูุตุงูุญููุ "ูููุช :" ูุง ุ ุฃูุง ูุง ุงุนุชูุฏ. " ูุฃููู ููุช ุ ุงุดุนุฑ ุจุงูุญุฒู ุญูู ูุตุฉ ุงูู Lamanite ููุฐู ุงููุตุฉ ุงูู
ุฌูููุฉ ุญูู ุงูุงููุงุญ ุงูุฐูุจูุฉ ุ ูููู ุงูุญูููุฉุ ูู
ุฃูู ูุฏ ููุฑุช ูุนูุง ู
ู ุฎูุงู ูุฐุง ุ ููุฐุง ูุฅููู ุชุฑุงุฌุนุง ููููุง ูููุช : "ุญุณูุง ุ ู
ุงุฐุง ุชูุตุฏ ุจุงูุถุจุท ุจุงูุตุงูุญููุ | Then, they said, "Do you believe that God speaks to us through his righteous prophets?" And I said, "No, I don't," because I was sort of upset about this Lamanite story and this crazy gold plate story, but the truth was, I hadn't really thought this through, so I backpedaled a little and I said, "Well, what exactly do you mean by 'righteous'? |
ูู
ุงุฐุง ููุช ุชุนูู ุจุงูุฃูุจูุงุกุ ู
ุซู ุ ูู ูู
ูู ุฃู ูููู ุฃูุจูุงุก ู
ู ุงููุณุงุกุ " | And what do you mean by prophets? Like, could the prophets be women?" |
ููุงููุง "ูุง". ูููุช : "ูู
ุงุฐุงุ" ููุงููุง ุงููู
ุ | And they said, "No." And I said, "Why?" |
"ุญุณูุง ุ ูุฃู ุงููู ุฃุนุทู ุงูู
ุฑุฃุฉ ูุฏูุฉ ู
ุฐููุฉุ ุงูู ุดูุก ุฑุงุฆุน ุฌุฏุง ุ ููุงูุช ุงููุฏูุฉ ุงููุญูุฏุฉ ุงูุชู ุชุฑูุช ูุชุนุทู ููุฑุฌู ูู ุงููุจูุกุฉ ". | And they said, "Well, it's because God gave women a gift that is so spectacular, it is so wonderful, that the only gift he had left over to give men was the gift of prophecy." |
ุชุณุงุกูุช ู
ุง ูู ูุฐู ุงููุฏูุฉ ุงูุฑุงุฆุนุฉ ุงูุชู ุฃุนุทูุง ุงููู ููู
ุฑุฃุฉุ | What is this wonderful gift God gave women, I wondered? |
ุฑุจู
ุง ูุฏุฑุชูู ุงูุฃูุจุฑ ุนูู ุงูุชุนุงูู ูุงูุชูููุ | Maybe their greater ability to cooperate and adapt? |
ุนู
ุฑ ุฃุทูู ููู
ุฑุฃุฉุ ูุงูุญูููุฉ ุฃู ุงูู
ุฑุฃุฉ ุชู
ูู ุฅูู ุฃู ุชููู | Women's longer lifespan? The fact that women tend to be much less violent than men? |
ุฃูู ุนููุง ุจูุซูุฑ ู
ู ุงูุฑุฌุงูุ ูููู ุ ูุง ุ ูู
ููู ุฃู ู
ู ูุฐู ุงููุฏุงูุง. | But no -- it wasn't any of these gifts. |
ููุงููุง : "ุญุณูุง ุ ุงูู ูุฏุฑุชูุง ุนูู ุงูุฅูุฌุงุจ." | They said, "Well, it's her ability to bear children." |
ููุช : "ุฃูู ุ ููุง. ุฃุนูู ุ ุญุชู ูู ุญุงููุช ุงูู
ุฑุฃุฉ ุฃู ูููู ููุง ุทูู ูู ุณูุฉ ู
ู ุงูุนู
ุฑ 15 ุงูู ุนู
ุฑ ุงูู ุนูู ุงูุชุฑุงุถ ุฃููุง ูู
ุชู
ุช ู
ู ุงูุฅููุงูุ ุนูู ู
ุง ูุจุฏู ูุง ุชุฒุงู ุจุนุถ ุงููุณุงุก ูู
ุชููู ุจุนุถ ุงูููุช ุงูู
ุชุจูู ูุณู
ุงุน ููุงู
ุงููู. "ููุงููุง" ูุง ". | I said, "Oh, come on. I mean, even if women tried to have a baby every single year from the time they were 15 to the time they were 45, assuming they didn't die from exhaustion, it still seems like some women would have some time left over to hear the word of God." And they said, "No." |
ุญุณูุง ุ ุซู
ุงููู
ูู
ูุนูุฏูุง ูุจุฏูุง ูุทูุงุก ู ูุฑุญูู ุฃูุซุฑ ู
ู ุฐููุ ูููู ูุฏููู
ุงูู
ุฒูุฏ ูููููููู. | Well, then they didn't look so fresh-faced and cute to me any more, but they had more to say. |
ูุงููุง : "ุญุณูุง ุ ูุญู ูุนุชูุฏ ุฃูุถุง ุฃูู ุฅุฐุง ููุช ู
ู ุงูู
ูุฑู
ูู ูุฅุฐุง ููุช ูู ูุถุน ุฌูุฏ ู
ุน ุงููููุณุฉ ุ ุนูุฏู
ุง ุชู
ูุชูู ุณูู ุชุฐูุจูู ุงูู ุงูุฌูุฉ ูุชููููู ู
ุน ุนุงุฆูุชู ุฅูู ุงูุฃุจุฏ ". | They said, "Well, we also believe that if you're a Mormon, and if you're in good standing with the church, when you die, you get to go to heaven and be with your family for all eternity." |
ูููุช : "ูุง ุงููู -- | And I said, "Oh, dear. |
-- ูู ูููู ุฐูู ุญุงูุฒุง ุฌูุฏุง ุจุงููุณุจุฉ ูู ". | That wouldn't be such a good incentive for me." |
ููุงููุง : "ูุง -- ูุง ุ ุญุณูุง ุ ูุญู ูุนุชูุฏ ุฃูุถุง ุฃูู ุนูุฏ ุฐูุงุจู ุงูู ุงูุฌูุฉ ุชุณุชุนูุฏูู ุฌุณู
ู ูู ุฃูุถู ุญุงูุชู ุงูุฃุตููุฉ. | And they said, "Oh. Hey! Well, we also believe that when you go to heaven, you get your body restored to you in its best original state. |
ู
ุซู ุ ุฅุฐุง ููุช ููุฏุช ุฅุญุฏู ุณุงููู ุ ุญุณูุง ุ ูู
ููู ุงูุญุตูู ุนููู ู
ุฑุฉ ุฃุฎุฑู. | Like, if you'd lost a leg, well, you get it back. |
ุฃู ุ ุฅุฐุง ููุช ุนู
ูุงุก ุ ูู ูู
ูู ุฃู ุชุจุตุฑู ". | Or, if you'd gone blind, you could see." |
ููุช : "ุฃูู -- ุงูุขู ุ ุฃูุง ููุณ ูุฏู ุฑุญู
ูุฃููู ุงุตุจุช ุจุงูุณุฑุทุงู ูุจู ุจุถุน ุณููุงุช. ูููุฐุง ุ ููู ูุฐุง ูุนูู ุงูู ุงุฐุง ุฐูุจุช ุงูู ุงูุฌูุฉ ุณุฃุญุตู ุนูู ุฑุญู
ู ุงููุฏูู
ู
ุฑุฉ ุฃุฎุฑูุ "ููุงููุง ุ" ุจุงูุชุฃููุฏ ". | I said, "Oh. Now, I don't have a uterus, because I had cancer a few years ago. So does this mean that if I went to heaven, I would get my old uterus back?" And they said, "Sure." |
ูููุช : "ูุง ุฃุฑูุฏู ู
ุฑุฉ ุฃุฎุฑู ุ ูุฃูุง ุณุนูุฏุฉ ู
ู ุฏููู". ูุง ุงููู. | And I said, "I don't want it back. I'm happy without it." Gosh. |
ู
ุงุฐุง ูู ูุงู ูุฏูู ุนู
ููุฉ ุชูููู
ููุฃูู ูููุช ุชุญุจ ุฐููุ | What if you had a nose job and you liked it? |
ูู ุงููู ุณูุฌุจุฑู ุนูู ุงุณุชุนุงุฏุฉ ุฃููู ุงููุฏูู
ู
ุฑุฉ ุฃุฎุฑูุ | Would God force you to get your old nose back? |
ุญุณูุง ุ ุซู
ูุฏู
ูุง ูู ูุชุงุจ ุงูู
ูุฑู
ูู. ู ุงุฎุจุฑููู ุจูุฑุงุกุฉ ูุฐุง ุงููุตู ูุฐุงูุ ููุงููุง ุงููู
ุณูุนูุฏูู ูู ููู
ู
ู ุงูุฃูุงู
ุ ููุงุทู
ุฆูุงู ุนููุ ูุฃุนุชูุฏ ุฃูู ููุช ุดูุฆุง ู
ู ูุฐุง ุงููุจูู "ู
ู ูุถููู
ูุง ุชุชุนุฌููุง " ุฃู ุฑุจู
ุง ูุงูุช ู
ุฌุฑุฏ "ู
ู ูุถูู ูุง" ุ ูุจู ุงู ูุฎุชููุง. | Then they gave me this Book of Mormon, told me to read this chapter and that chapter, and said they'd come back and check in on me, and I think I said something like, "Please don't hurry," or maybe just, "Please don't," and they were gone. |
ุญุณูุง ุ ุดุนุฑุช ูู ุงูุจุฏุงูุฉ ุจุงูุชููู ุญูุง ุนูู ูุคูุงุก ุงูุตุจูุฉุ ูู
ุนุชุฏุฉ ุจููุณู ูู ุฅูู
ุงูู ุงูุฃูุซุฑ ุชูููุฏูุฉ. ูููู ุจุนุฏ ุฐููุ | Ok, so I initially felt really superior to these boys, and smug in my more conventional faith. |
ููู
ุง ููุฑุช ูู ุฐูู ุ ููู
ุง ูุงู ุนูู ุฃู ุฃููู ุตุงุฏูุฉ ู
ุน ููุณู. | But then the more I thought about it, the more I had to be honest with myself. |
ุฅุฐุง ุฌุงุก ุดุฎุต ุงูู ุงูุจุงุจ ููุณู
ุนูู ุงููุงููุช ุงููุงุซููููู ูุงูุนููุฏุฉ ูุฃูู ู
ุฑุฉ ุ ููุงููุงุ ูุงุถุงู "ูุนุชูุฏ ุงู ุงููู ุญุจูู ูุชุงุฉ ุตุบูุฑุฉ ุฌุฏุง ุฏูู ุฌู
ุงุนุ ูุญูููุฉ ุฃููุง ูุงูุช ุนุฐุฑุงุก ูู ุงู
ุฑ ู
ูู
ุฌุฏุง ุจุงููุณุจุฉ ููุง -- | If someone came to my door and I was hearing Catholic theology and dogma for the very first time, and they said, "We believe that God impregnated a very young girl without the use of intercourse, and the fact that she was a virgin is maniacally important to us." |
-- ููุงู ููุง ุทูู ุ ููุฐุง ูู ุงุจู ุงููู ". ูุนูู ุฃูุง ุงุนุชูุฏ ุฃู ูุฐุง ู
ุซูุฑ ููุณุฎุฑูุฉ ุชู
ุงู
ุง. | "And she had a baby, and that's the son of God," I mean, I would think that's equally ridiculous. |
ุฃูุง ููุท ูุฏ ุชุนูุฏุช ุนูู ุชูู ุงููุตุฉ. | I'm just so used to that story. |
ูุฐุง ุ ุฃูุง ูู
ุงุชู
ูู ู
ู ุงูุณู
ุงุญ ูููุณู ุจุงูุชุนุงุทู ู
ุน ูุคูุงุก ุงูุตุจูุฉ. | So, I couldn't let myself feel condescending towards these boys. |
ููู ุงูุณุคุงู ุงูุฐู ุทุฑุญูู ุนูุฏู
ุง ูุตููุง ูุฃูู ู
ุฑุฉ ุนูู ุญูุง ูู ุฑุฃุณู : ูู ุฃุนุชูุฏ ุฃู ุงููู ูุญุจูู ู
ู ูู ููุจูุ | But the question they asked me when they first arrived really stuck in my head: Did I believe that God loved me with all his heart? |
ูุฃููู ููุช ู
ุชุฃูุฏุฉ ุจุงูุถุจุท ููู ุดุนุฑุช ุญูู ูุฐุง ุงูุณุคุงู. | Because I wasn't exactly sure how I felt about that question. |
ุงูุขู ุ ุฅุฐุง ูุณุฃููููุ ูู ุชุดุนุฑูู ุฃู ุงููู ูุญุจู ู
ู ูู ููุจูุ | Now, if they had asked me, "Do you feel that God loves you with all his heart?" |
ุญุณูุง ุ ูุฐุง ุณูุฎุชูู ูุซูุฑุง ุ ูุฃุนุชูุฏ ุฃููู ููุช ุณุฃุฌูุจ ุนูู ุงูููุฑุ "ูุนู
ุ ูุนู
ุ ุฃุดุนุฑ ุฃูู ูู ูู ููุช. ุฃุดุนุฑ ู
ุญุจุฉ ุงููู ุนูุฏู
ุง ุฃูุง ุฃุชุฃูู
ูุงุฑุชุจูุ ูุฃุดุนุฑ ุจู
ูุงุณุงุชู ู ุนูุงูุชู. ูุฃูุชุฌุฃ ุงูู ุญุจ ุงููู | Well, that would have been much different, I think I would have instantly answered, "Yes, yes, I feel it all the time. I feel God's love when I'm hurt and confused, and I feel consoled and cared for. |
ุนูุฏู
ุง ูุง ุฃููู
ูู
ุงุฐุง ุชุญุฏุซ ุงูููุงุฑุซุ ูุฃุดุนุฑ ุจู
ุญุจุฉ ุงููู ุนูุฏู
ุง ุฃุชู
ุนู ูู ุงูุฌู
ุงู ู
ุน ุงูุงู
ุชูุงู ููู ู
ุง ุฃุฑู ". | I take shelter in God's love when I don't understand why tragedy hits, and I feel God's love when I look with gratitude at all the beauty I see." |
ูููู ู
ูุฐ ุงู ุณุฃูุงูู ูุฐุง ุงูุณุคุงู ุจููู
ุฉ ุชุคู
ูููู ุจูุ ููุงู ุฐูู ุจุทุฑููุฉ ุฃู ุจุฃุฎุฑู ู
ุฎุชููุ ูุฃููู ูู
ุฃูู ู
ุชุฃูุฏุฉ ุชู
ุงู
ุง ุฅุฐุง ู
ุง ุงุนุชูุฏุช ุฃููู ุดุนุฑุช ุจู
ุซู ูุฐุง ุงููุถูุญ. | But since they asked me that question with the word "believe" in it, somehow it was all different, because I wasn't exactly sure if I believed what I so clearly felt. |
ุนูุฏู
ุง ุฃุชุงูู ูุฑูุณ ู ุทูุจ ู
ูู ุงูุชุญุฏุซ ูู ุชูุฏ ุ ููุช ูุง. ูุฃูู ุฃุญุณุณุช ุจุฃูู ูู ุฃุชู
ูู ู
ู ุงูุญุตูู ุนูู ุฐูู ุงูุงุชุตุงู ุงูุดุฎุตูุ ุชุนูู
ููุ ุงูุฐู ุฃุฑุฏุชู. | You know, when Chris first approached me to speak at TED, I said no, because I felt like I wasn't going to be able to make that personal connection, you know, that I wanted to. |
ุฅูู ู
ุคุชู
ุฑูุจูุฑ. | It's such a large conference. |
ูููู ุฃูุถุญ ูู ุจุฃูู ูู ู
ุฃุฒูุ ู ุฃูู ูุงู ููุงุฌู ุตุนูุจุฉ ูู ุงูุฌุงุฏ ุงูุฌุงุฐุจูุฉ ู ุงููุฌูู
ูุฉ ุงูุชู ูุนุฑู ุจูุง ุงูู
ุคุชู
ุฑ. | But he explained to me that he was in a bind, and that he was having trouble finding the kind of sex appeal and star power that the conference was known for. |
ูุฐุง ุฃูุง ููุช ุญุณูุงุ ุชูุฏ -- ุฃูุตุฏ ูุฑูุณ. ุณุขุชู ุจุดุฑุทูู. | So I said fine, Ted -- I mean Chris. I'll come on two conditions. |
ูุงุญุฏ โ ุฃุฑูุฏ ุงูุชุญุฏุซ ูู ุฃุจูุฑ ููุช ู
ู
ูู ุตุจุงุญุงู. | One: I want to speak as early in the morning as possible. |
ู ุงุซูุงู โ ุฃุฑูุฏ ุงุฎุชูุงุฑ ุดุนุงุฑ ู
ุคุชู
ุฑ ุชูุฏ ูุนุงู
2006. | And two: I want to pick the theme for TED 2006. |
ู ูุญุณู ุงูุญุธ ูุงูู. ู ุงูุดุนุงุฑ ุงููุงุฏู
ุฎูุงู ุณูุชููุ | And luckily he agreed. |
ุณูููู "ุตูุฑ ุธุฑููุฉ ููุฌุฑุงุก". | And the theme, in two years, is going to be "Cute Pictures Of Puppies." |
ุฃูุง ุงุฎุชุฑุนุช ุงููุงู
ูุฑุง ุงูููู
ูุฉ. | I invented the Placebo Camera. |
ุงููุง ูุง ุชุฃุฎุฐ ุตูุฑุงู ูู ุงููุงูุนุ ููููุง ุฃุฑุฎุต ุจูุซูุฑุ ู ูุง ุชุฒุงู ุชุญุณ ู ูุฃูู ููุช ููุงู. | It doesn't actually take pictures, but it's a hell of a lot cheaper, and you still feel like you were there. |
โุนุฒูุฒู ุงูุณูุฏุ ููู
ุงู ุณุนูุฏุงูุ ุชุญูุงุช ุงูููู
ู ุฃุทูุจ ุชู
ููุงุชู ูู ู ูุนุงุฆูุชู. ุฃุนุฑู ุฃู ูุฐู ุงูุฑุณุงูุฉ ุณุชูุงุฌุฆู ุ ููู ูุง ุชุฏุนูุง ุชูุงุฌุฆูุ ูุฃู ุงูุทุจูุนุฉ ูุฏููุง ุทุฑูููุง ููุงูุตุงู ู
ู ุฏูู ุฅุนูุงูุ ู ูู
ุง ูููู ุงูููู ุงูู
ุฃุซูุฑุ ุงูุงุจุฏุงุนุงุช ุงูุฃุตููุฉ ุตุนุจู ุงูุญุตูู ุนูููู
ุ ููู ุตุฏุงูู
ุตูุชู ุฃุนูู. ูุฐุง ูุฑุฑุช ุฃู ุงุชูุงุตู ู
ุนู ุจููุณูุ ูุชุถู
ู ูู ุงูุณูุงู
ุฉ ู ุงูุตุฏูุ | "Dear Sir, good day, compliments of the day, and my best wishes to you and family. I know this letter will come to you surprisingly, but let it not be a surprise to you, for nature has a way of arriving unannounced, and, as an adage says, originals are very hard to find, but their echoes sound ouder. So I decided to contact you myself, for you to assure me of safety and honesty, |
ุฅุฐุง ูุฒู
ูู ุฃู ุฃุฃุชู
ู ุฃู ู
ุจูุบ ู
ู ุงูู
ุงู ูู ุนูุฏุชู. | if I have to entrust any amount of money under your custody. |
ุฃูุง ุงูุณูุฏ ู
ุงููู ุจุงูุฌูุฑุงุ ุงุจู ุงูุฑุงุญู ุงูุณูุฏ ุชูุงู
ู ุจุงูุฌูุฑุง-- ุงูุฐู ูุงู ูุฒูุฑ ุงูู
ุงููุฉ ูู ุณูุฑุงูููู-- ู ูููู ููุชู ุฎูุงู ุงูุญุฑุจ ุงูุฃูููุฉ. | I am Mr Micheal Bangura, the son of late Mr Thaimu Bangura who was the Minister of Finance in Sierra Leone but was killed during the civil war. |
ูุจู
ุนุฑูุฉ ุฃู ุฅูุชุตุงุฏ ุจูุงุฏูู
ุจู ูุฑุต ู
ูุงุชูุฉ ููุงุณุชุซู
ุงุฑุ ู ุดุนุจูู
ูุชุณู
ุจุงูุดูุงููุฉ ู ุฌุฏูุฑูู ุจุงูุซูุฉ ููุงูุฎุฑุงุท ู
ุนูู
ูู ุงูุงุนู
ุงู ุงูุชุฌุงุฑูุฉุ ู ุงูุฐู ุนูู ุฃุณุงุณู ุฃูุชุจ ูู. | Knowing your country to be economical conducive for investment, and your people as transparent and trustworthy to engage in business, on which premise I write you. |
ูุจู ููุงุฉ ุฃุจูุ ูุงู ูุฏูู ู
ุง ู
ุฌู
ูุนู 23 ู
ูููู ุฏููุงุฑ ุฃู
ุฑูููุ ู ุงูุฐู ุฃุจูุงู ุจุนูุฏุงู ุนู ูุงุฏุฉ ุงูู
ุนุงุฑุถุฉ ุฎูุงู ุงูุญุฑุจ. | Before my father death, he had the sum of 23 million United States dollars, which he kept away from the rebel leaders during the course of the war. |
ูุฐุง ุงูู
ุจูุบ ูุงู ู
ู ุงูู
ูุชุฑุถ ุฃู ูููู ูุฅุนุงุฏุฉ ุชุฃููู ุฅุญุชูุงุทูุงุช ุงูู
ุงุก ูู ุฃูุญุงุก ุงูุจูุงุฏุ ูุจู ุงูุฏูุงุน ุงูุญุฑุจ. ุนูุฏู
ุง ุงูุฏูุนุช ุงูุญุฑุจุ ูุงุฆุฏ ุงูู
ุนุงุฑุถุฉ ุทุงูุจ ุจุฃู ูุนุทู ุฐูู ุงูู
ุงู ููุ ุฃุตุฑ ูุงูุฏู ุจุฃูู ูู
ููู ูู ุญูุฒุชูุ | This fund was supposed to be used for the rehabilitation of water reserves all over the country, before the outbreak of war. When the war broke out, the rebel leader demanded the fund be given to him, my father insisted it was not in his possession, and he was killed because of his refusal to release the fund. |
ู ูุชู ูุฃูู ุฑูุถ ุจุฃู ูุณูู
ุงูู
ุจูุบ. ูู ุฐูู ุงูุญููุ ุฃู
ู ู ุฃูุง ููุง ุงูุดุฎุตูู ุงููุญูุฏูู ุงูุฐู ูุนุฑูุงู ุจุฃู
ุฑ ุงูู
ุจูุบ ูุฃู ูุงูุฏู ุฏุงุฆู
ุงู ูุซู ุจู. | Meanwhile, my mother and I is the only person who knows about it because my father always confide in me. |
ุฃูุง ูู
ุช ุณุฑูุนุง ุจุงูุชูุธูู
ู
ุน ุนุงู
ู ุจุงูุตููุจ ุงูุฃุญู
ุฑุ ุงูุฐู ุงุณุชุฎุฏู
ุดุงุญูุชู ุงูุฑุณู
ูุฉ ุจููู ุงูู
ุงู ุฅูู ู
ุทุงุฑ ูููุฌูุ ูุฑูุชุงููุ ุจุงูุฑุบู
ู
ู ุฃูู ูู
ูุนุฑู ุงูู
ุญุชูู ุงูุญูููู ููุตูุฏูู. | I made an arrangement with a Red Cross relief worker, who used his official van to transport the money to Lungi Airport, Freetown, although he did not know the real contents of the box. |
ุงูู
ุจูุบ ุชู
ุงูุฏุงุนู ูุชุฃู
ูู ููุนุงุฆูุฉุ ูู ุฎุฒููุฉุ ุดุฑูุฉ ุญู
ุงูุฉ ู
ุนุชู
ุฏุฉ ูู ุฏุงูุงุฑุ ุงูุณูุบุงูุ ุญูุซ ุงุนุทูุช ุญู ุงููุฌูุก ุงูุณูุงุณู ุงูู
ุคูุช ููุท. | The fund was deposited as a family reasure, in a safe, reliable security company in Dakar, Senegal, where I was only given temporary asylum. |
ุฃูุง ูุง ุฃุฑูุฏ ุงุณุชุซู
ุงุฑ ุงูู
ุงู ูู ุงูุณูุบุงู ุจุณุจุจ ุงูู
ูุงุฎ ุงูุงูุชุตุงุฏู ุงูุบูุฑ ู
ุฑุบูุจ ูููุ ู ูุฑุจูุง ู
ู ุจูุงุฏู. | I do not wish to invest the money in Senegal due to unfavorable economic climate, and so close to my country. |
ุงูู
ุณุงุนุฏุฉ ุงููุญูุฏุฉ ุงูุชู ุฃุญุชุงุฌูุง ู
ููุ ู ุงูุชู ุฃุนูู
ุจุฃูู ุณุชูุนููุง ู
ู ุฃุฌููุ ูู ุงูุชุงูู: ูุงุญุฏุ ุฃู ุชููู ุดุฑููุงู ุตุงู
ุชุงู ู ุฃู ุชุณุชูู
ุงูู
ุจูุบ ูู ุญุณุงุจู ุงูู
ูุซููุ ุซุงููุงูุ ุชูููุฑ ุญุณุงุจ ุจููู ุชุญุช ุชุตุฑูู ู ุงูุฐู ุณูุชู
ุชุญููู ุงูู
ุจูุบ ุฅูููุ ุซุงูุซุงุ ุงุณุชูู
ุงูู
ุจูุบ ูู ุงูุญุณุงุจ ุงูู
ูุซููุ ุฎุฐ ุนู
ููุชูุ ู ุงุชุฑู ุจุงูู ุงูู
ุจูุบ ุฅูู ุฃู ุฃุตูุ ุจุนุฏ ูุชู
ุงูุชุญููู ุจุงููุงู
ู. | The only assistance I need from you, which I know you would do for me, are the following: one, be a silent partner and receive the funds in your account in trust; two, provide a bank account under your control to which the funds will be remitted; three, receive the funds into your account in trust; take out your commission; and leave the rest of the money until I arrive, after the transfer is complete. |
ุงูู
ุฎูุตุ ุงูุณูุฏ ู
ุงููู ุจุงูุฌูุฑุง.โ | Sincerely, Mr Micheal Bangura." |
ูุฐุง ูุนูุงู ู
ุญุฑุฌ. | This is really embarrassing. |
ุชู
ุงุฎุจุงุฑู ูู ุงูููุงููุณ ุจุฃู ูุฏู 18 ุฏูููุฉ. | I was told backstage that I have 18 minutes. |
ุฃูุง ุฌูุฒุช ูู 15 ุฏูููุฉ ููุท. | I only prepared 15. |
ูุฐุง ุฅุฐุง ุฐูู ุญุณูุงูุ ุฃูุฏ ุงูุงูุชุธุงุฑ ูุซูุงุซ. | So if it's cool, I'd like to just wait for three. |
ุฃูุง ูุนูุงู ุขุณู. | I'm really sorry. |
ู
ุง ุงุณู
ูุ | What's your name? |
ู
ุงุฑู ุณูุฑูุงุณ. ูุฐุง ุฑุงุฆุนุ ุฃููุณ ูุฐููุ ุจุญุซุงู ุนู ุงูุณุนุงุฏุฉ. | Mark Surfas. It's pretty cool, huh? Pursuing happiness. |
ูู ุฃูุช ุจูุฑุ ุจูุฑุ | Are you a virgin? Virgin? |
ุฃูุตุฏ โ ูุงุ ุฃูุง ุฃูุตุฏ ุจุงููุณุจุฉ ุฅูู ุชูุฏ ุ | I mean -- no, I mean like in the TED sense? |
ูู ุฃูุช ูุฐููุ ุขูุ ุฃุฌู. ุฅุฐุง ู
ุง ุงูุชุ | Are you? Oh, yeah? |
1000ุ 2000ุ ูู ู
ูุงู ู
ุง ููุงูุ ูุงูุ ุงููุ | So what are you, like, a thousand, two thousand, somewhere in there? Huh? Oh? |
ุฃูุช ูุง ุชุนูู
ุนู ู
ุงุฐุง ุงุชุญุฏุซุ | You don't know what I'm talking about? |
ุงูุ ู
ุงุฑู - ุณูุฑูุงุณ. | Ah, Mark -- Surfas. |
1860 โ ูู ุฃูุง ุตุญูุญุ | 1,860 -- am I good? |
ู ูุฐุง ููุณ ุจุดูุก ูุฎุฌู ู
ูู. | And that's nothing to be ashamed of. |
ูุฐุง ููุณ ุจุดูุก ูุฎุฌู ู
ูู. | That's nothing to be ashamed of. |
ุฃุฌูุ ููุช ุงุชุณูุน ู
ุน ุงูุจุนุถ ู
ู ุฑุฌุงู ุฌูุฌู ูููุฉ ุงูุจุงุฑุญุฉ. | Yeah, I was hanging out with some Google guys last night. |
ุฑุงุฆุนู ุฌุฏุงูุ ููุง ูุณูุฑ ุจุดุฏุฉ. | Really cool, we were getting wasted. |
ู ูุงููุง ูุฎุจุฑูููู ุจุฃู ุจุฑูุงู
ุฌ ุฌูุฌู ุฃุตุจุญ ู
ุชูุฏู
ุงู ุฌุฏุงู ุฅูู ุฃููุ ุจูุงุกู ุนูู ุชูุงุนูู ู
ุน ุฌูุฌู ุฎูุงู ุญูุงุชูุ ูุณุชุทูุนูู ูู ุงููุงูุน ุฃู ูุชูุจุฃ ุจู
ุง ุณุชูููู ูุงุญูุงู. ู ุฃูุง ููุช ูู "ุงุฎุฑุฌูุง ู
ู ููุงุ ูุฐุง ุฌููู.โ | And they were telling me that Google software has gotten so advanced that, based on your interaction with Google over your lifetime, they can actually predict what you are going to say -- And I was like, "Get the fuck out of here. That's crazy." |
ููููู
ูุงููุง "ูุงุ ููู ูุง ุชุทูุน ุฃุญุฏ ุนูู ุฐููุ" ููููู
ุฃุฎุทุฃูุง. | But they said, "No, but don't show anyone." |
ู ูุงููุง ุจุฃูู ูู
ูููู ููุท ุฃู ุงูุชุจ ู
ุง ุณุฃูููู ูุงุญูุงูุ | And they said that I could just type in "What was I going to say next?" |
ุงุณู
ูุ ู ุณูุฎุจุฑูู. ู ูุฌุจ ุฃู ุงุฎุจุฑูู
ุ ุญุงูุงูุ ูุฐุง ุฌุฒุก ุจุฑูุงู
ุฌ ู
ุญุถุ ูุฐุง ู
ุชุตูุญ ุงูุชุฑูุช ู ูุฐุง ู
ููุน ุฌูุฌู ุงูุญููููุ ู ุณูููู
ุจุชุฌุฑุจุชู ุงูููู
ู
ุจุงุดุฑุฉู. | And I have to tell you, this is an unadulterated piece of software, this is a real Internet browser and this is the actual Google site, and we're going to test it out live today. |
ู
ุงุฐุง ุณุฃููู ูุงุญูุงุ ู ุฒู ูุฑุงูู โ ูุฐุง ุฃูุง. | What was I going to say next? And "Ze Frank" -- that's me. |
ูู ุฃูุง ู
ุญุธูุธุ | Am I feeling lucky? |
ูู ุฃูุง ู
ุญุธูุธุ | Am I feeling lucky? |
ุงูุฌู
ููุฑ: ูุนู
. | Audience: Yes! Yeah! |
ุฒู ูุฑุงูู: ุงููุ ู
ุฐูู. | Ze Frank: Oh! Amazing. |
ูู ู
ุงุฑุณ ู
ู 2001 โ ุตูุฑุช ููุณู ุฃุฑูุต ุนูู ุฃุบููุฉ ู
ุงุฏููุง "ุจุฑุฑ ุญุจู." | In March of 2001 -- I filmed myself dancing to Madonna's "Justify My Love." |
ููู
ุงูุฎู
ูุณุ ุฃุฑุณูุช ุฑุงุจุท ูู
ููุน ุนุฑุถ ุฃููุฆู ุงูุณุจุนุฉ ุนุดุฑ ู
ูุทุนุง ูุฃุตุฏูุงุฆู ุงูู
ูุฑุจููุ ูุฌุฒุก ู
ู โ ุฏุนูุฉ ุงูู โ ุฏุนูุฉ ุงูู โ ุญู โ ุญููุฉ ุนูุฏ ู
ููุงุฏู ุงูู 26. | On a Thursday, I sent out a link to a website that featured those clips to 17 of my closest friends, as part of an invitation to my -- an invitation to my th -- th -- 26th birthday party. |
ุจุญููู ููู
ุงูุงุซูููุ ุฃูุซุฑ ู
ู ู
ูููู ุดุฎุต ูุงููุง ูุฒูุฑูู ุงูู
ููุน ูู ุงูููู
. | By Monday, over a million people were coming to this site a day. |
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