Do not give what is holy to dogs.

They might throw them upon the manure pile.

Do not throw pearls to swine.

They might make mud of it.

A person cannot mount two horses or bend two bows,

and a servant cannot serve two masters,

or the servant will honor one and offend the other.

No one who drinks aged wine

suddenly want to drink new wine.

New wine is not poured into aged wineskins

or they may break,

and aged wine is not poured into a new wineskin

or it may spoil.

An old patch is not sewn onto a new garment

or it may tear.

The rulers wanted to fool us,

since they saw we were connected with the good.

They took the names of the good

and gave them to the not good

so with names they could trick

and rope us to the not good.

As though doing us a favor,

they took names from the not good

and placed them on the good.

They knew what they were doing.

They wanted to grab those of us who were free

and make us eternal slaves.