وأن لأسفار الكنيسة منهجا

And the books of the church follow a method, opposed to the books of humanity and differing widely.

And in clumsy diction lies a blessing, and good fortune for a folk whose disgrace is plain to see.

And their melodic chanting in speech is like a broken rhythm, though the underlying beat is clear.

And attributing the Master to God is denied, and whoever turns their back does so in watchful fear.

And «tukah» comes as the plural of «mutaki'», while a protected thing that is not truly guarded is a rarity.

And the masses share with the elite a well-known meaning, and in «milk» rather than «malak» lie grave mistakes.

And using «abid» instead of «ibad» added to God is most worthy of rejection, yet no critic objects.

And punishment is like their solecisms gathered together, where the remaining parts refuse to match the rest.

Not their preachers, it was said, but rather their preached-to, and whoever said «adaw» instead of «wadda» is obstinate.

And whoever responds—shape the active participle however you wish: «mudd»—so say the later Christians.

And «yazhar» appears while «yaban» marks its equivalent, and we became builders piling up words in abundance.

And a lined-up congregation praising God, followed by the coordinating letter waw coming to announce.

And after that, jussifying the imperfect verb is obligatory, and modifying the dual noun with «alladhi» is widespread.

And retaining the ba' of the imperative in defective verbs, as recounted by the contemporary Shwayri priest.

And preserving the nun of the indicative in verbs after «kay», and such a spread-out rule fills heavy texts.

And after it, the deputy agent is given the accusative case without fail, and dropping the fa' in conditionals is common practice.