The envoy was summoned
with friends and refugees
agitators it was said, and
banished from the country
so he went
and started writing
letters, which we update
pasting suitable fragments
into our argument
for encouragement
He would agree
The world has changed
so we twist his words
to reflect the shine
of his authority on our
unwavering word and deed
like heavily loaded soldiers
drive their two-pointed stakes in a circle
around the camp in the evening
prepared to give their lives
Zywa
Een halve eeuw later
De gezant werd met vrienden
en vluchtelingen, oproerkraaiers
naar men zei, ontboden en
uit het land verbannen
dus ging hij
brieven schrijven
die wij actualiseren
Geschikte fragmenten
plakken we ter bemoediging
in ons betoog
Hij zou er mee instemmen
De wereld is veranderd
dus verdraaien we zijn woorden
om de glans van zijn gezag
af te laten stralen op onze
niet aflatende raad en daad
zoals zwaar bepakte soldaten
's avonds hun tweepuntige palen
in een kring om het kamp slaan
bereid om hun leven te geven
Zywa
Ein halbes Jahrhundert später
Der Gesandte wurde mit Freunden
und Flüchtlingen, Unruhestifter
hieß es, vorgeladen und
des Landes verwiesen
also ging er
und fing an, Briefe zu schreiben
die wir aktualisieren
Passende Fragmente
fügen wir zur Ermutigung
in unsere Argumentation ein
Er würde zustimmen
Die Welt hat sich verändert
deshalb verdrehen wir seine Worte
um den Glanz seiner Autorität
scheinen zu lassen auf unsere
unerschütterlichen Worte und Taten
wie schwer beladene Soldaten
am Abend ihre zweizackigen Pfähle
im Kreis um das Lager treiben
bereit, ihr Leben zu geben
Poem 5521 Amsterdam, 2024-04-30 Philological study "De eerste editie van Paulus" ("The first edition of Paul", Charles Vergeer) Envoy: the apostle Paul was an envoy of the leaders of the Orthodox Jews, the high priests Simeon 'Cephas' ('Peter', 27-44) and Jacob 'Oblias' (44-66), as the elders/presbyters/bishops of the 'Christian' believers (Greeks and Jews) in Ephesus half a century later also consider themselves envoys of faith Letters: to the ('Christian'-)Orthodox Jews in Corinth, written from the capital of the province of Asia, Ephesus, where 200,000 people lived at the time, and where the Jews and 'Christians' had not been chased away as happened in the other cities of the Roman Empire; therefore Ephesus became the centre of Christian tradition, where the Gospels of Luke and John, the Acts of the Apostles, and the Apostolikon (the 'Missionary Sermons', later incorrectly referred to as the Pauline Epistles) originated Soldiers: 2 Corinthians 12:7 "And lest I should boast of special revelations, I had to bear a palisade upon my weak flesh, a satanic angel to beat me down" Collection: The King Keywords: Stories: truth / untruth, Bible Tribute to: Vergeer, Charles