(Moses) said: If thou hadst
wished, thou couldst have taken payment for it.
S: So they went on until when they came to the people of a town, they
asked them for food, but they refused to entertain them as guests. Then
they found in it a wall which was on the point of falling, so he put it
into a right state. (Musa) said: If you had pleased, you might
certainly have taken a recompense for it.
018.078
Y: He answered: "This is the parting between me and thee: now will I
tell thee the interpretation of (those things) over which thou wast
unable to hold patience."
P: He said: This is the parting between thee and me! I will announce
unto thee the interpretation of that thou couldst not bear with
patience.
S: He said: This shall be separation between me and you; now I will
inform you of the significance of that with which you could not have
patience.
018.079
Y: "As for the boat, it belonged to certain men in dire want: they plied
on the water: I but wished to render it unserviceable, for there was
after them a certain king who seized on every boat by force."
P: As for the ship, it belonged to poor people working on the river, and
I wished to mar it, for there was a king behind them who is taking
every ship by force.
S: As for the boat, it belonged to (some) poor men who worked on the
river and I wished that I should damage it, and there was behind them a
king who seized every boat by force.
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