Amedia: Adam's present

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0:00	lazəmwa xayewa ʾalpa šənne ʾaval xa yoma kullu ḍọṛọ́ṭ dəd ʿolam dəd hawe qam-maxzelu ʾəlle kulla ʿolam. ʾaz xzele dawid hammelex lazəm hawe ʾu-mayəṯ bəd yoma, bəd d-o-yomət hawe. ṛaba qḥərre gemər ʾistadʿolam, ʾayya dawid hammelex hawe ʾu xa-u-tréʾ m-mayəṯ? ṭamá, məskina? də-xanča xaye halle! gemər hatxa la-ṃṣən yaʿənne. wəlli xliqa hatxa lazəm hoya. hakka ʾahi gəbet maʾinətte, maʾənne! gemər ʾana maʾinənne. ʾana mən xayi b-yawənne šoʾi šənne. gemər la mpašmət, hạ, ʾadam. mərrux, la mḅạṭḷətte xa-ga xət xabrux. gemər laʾ, k-qablənna ʾəlli. ʾana ʾe naqla ham ʾayya p-šoqətte xaye šoʾi šənne b-yawənne. mədraš gemər dān ṃṭele ʾadam ʾəč̣ʾa ʾəmma ʾu-šoʾí-šənne, lazəm mayəṯ čŭkun b-šoʾi šənne lazəm xayewa ʾalpa šənne. ʾaz šoʾi šənne qam-yawilu ta dawid hammelex. mp̣ọšəmle. ya: gemər ʾistadʿolam ʾana gəben ʾalpa šənne xayən. gemər laʾ, ʾod d-wəlləd mira. xəleʾta naša yawəlla la-k-xašəx daʾər. ḥắramila naša daʾər. hulux xəleʾta, lazəm xaṛaye maqimətte. mən-hadax ʾadam lá-xyele ʾalpa šənne ʾəlla xyele ʾəč̣ʾá-ʾəmma ʾu-ṭḷaṯi šənne. ʾu-mətle. ʾu-m-băṯər hadax hwéwale ṭḷaha bnöne, qayin, hevel ʾu-šet. xaṛaye ʾənoš-ži, ʾə́noš-ži brone wewa, k-xašwən ʾənoš. ḥil ʾawa mətle, ʾaz pəšlu ḍọṛọ́t qəmlu m-băṯər hadax hwelu naše. ʾu-ʿolam hédi-hedi hédi-hedi zəlla, ṛẉela. <span class=aramaic>lazəmwa xayewa ʾalpa šənne ʾaval xa yoma kullu ḍọṛọ́ṭ dəd ʿolam dəd hawe qam-maxzelu ʾəlle kulla ʿolam. ʾaz xzele dawid hammelex lazəm hawe ʾu-mayəṯ bəd yoma, bəd d-o-yomət hawe. ṛaba qḥərre gemər ʾistadʿolam, ʾayya dawid hammelex hawe ʾu xa-u-tréʾ m-mayəṯ? ṭamá, məskina? də-xanča xaye halle! gemər hatxa la-ṃṣən yaʿənne. wəlli xliqa hatxa lazəm hoya. hakka ʾahi gəbet maʾinətte, maʾənne! gemər ʾana maʾinənne. ʾana mən xayi b-yawənne šoʾi šənne. gemər la mpašmət, hạ, ʾadam. mərrux, la mḅạṭḷətte xa-ga xət xabrux. gemər laʾ, k-qablənna ʾəlli. ʾana ʾe naqla ham ʾayya p-šoqətte xaye šoʾi šənne b-yawənne. mədraš gemər dān ṃṭele ʾadam ʾəč̣ʾa ʾəmma ʾu-šoʾí-šənne, lazəm mayəṯ čŭkun b-šoʾi šənne lazəm xayewa ʾalpa šənne. ʾaz šoʾi šənne qam-yawilu ta dawid hammelex. mp̣ọšəmle. ya: gemər ʾistadʿolam ʾana gəben ʾalpa šənne xayən. gemər laʾ, ʾod d-wəlləd mira. xəleʾta naša yawəlla la-k-xašəx daʾər. ḥắramila naša daʾər. hulux xəleʾta, lazəm xaṛaye maqimətte. mən-hadax ʾadam lá-xyele ʾalpa šənne ʾəlla xyele ʾəč̣ʾá-ʾəmma ʾu-ṭḷaṯi šənne. ʾu-mətle. ʾu-m-băṯər hadax hwéwale ṭḷaha bnöne, qayin, hevel ʾu-šet. xaṛaye ʾənoš-ži, ʾə́noš-ži brone wewa, k-xašwən ʾənoš. ḥil ʾawa mətle, ʾaz pəšlu ḍọṛọ́t qəmlu m-băṯər hadax hwelu naše. ʾu-ʿolam hédi-hedi hédi-hedi zəlla, ṛẉela. </span>	He [i.e. Adam] was supposed to live for a thousand years, but one day He showed him all the generations of the world that would exist, he showed him the whole world. So he saw that King David would be born and die on one day, on the same day that he was born. He was very sad [and] said, 'Master of the Universe, is this King David really to be born and to die straight away? Why? The poor thing! Give him a bit of life!' He said, 'I cannot help him like that. I have created it thus and it must be so. If you wish to help him, help him!' He said, 'I will help him. From my life I will give him seventy years.' He said, 'Don't regret it [later], Adam. You have said it and you cannot go back on your word later.' He said, 'No, I accept that. This time, just for him, I will allow him to live. I will give him seventy years.' The Midrash says that when Adam reached nine-hundred and thirty years and he was to die, for in seventy years he would have reached a thousand (but he had given seventy to King David) he regretted it. He said, 'O Master of the Universe, I want to live for a thousand years!' He said, 'No, do as you have said. When one has given a present, taking it back is not allowed. It is forbidden for one to take [it] back. You gave a present [and] afterwards you must keep your promise. Therefore Adam did not live for a thousand years but rather for nine-hundred and thirty years. And [then] he died. Then there were [other] generations which arose, after this [many] people were born. And very slowly the world developed, grew older.

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<span class=aramaic>lazəmwa xayewa ʾalpa šənne ʾaval xa yoma kullu ḍọṛọ́ṭ dəd ʿolam dəd hawe qam-maxzelu ʾəlle kulla ʿolam. ʾaz xzele dawid hammelex lazəm hawe ʾu-mayəṯ bəd yoma, bəd d-o-yomət hawe. ṛaba qḥərre gemər ʾistadʿolam, ʾayya dawid hammelex hawe ʾu xa-u-tréʾ m-mayəṯ? ṭamá, məskina? də-xanča xaye halle! gemər hatxa la-ṃṣən yaʿənne. wəlli xliqa hatxa lazəm hoya. hakka ʾahi gəbet maʾinətte, maʾənne! gemər ʾana maʾinənne.  ʾana mən xayi b-yawənne šoʾi šənne.  gemər la mpašmət, hạ, ʾadam.  mərrux, la mḅạṭḷətte xa-ga xət xabrux.  gemər laʾ, k-qablənna ʾəlli. ʾana ʾe naqla ham ʾayya p-šoqətte xaye šoʾi šənne b-yawənne. mədraš gemər dān ṃṭele ʾadam ʾəč̣ʾa ʾəmma ʾu-šoʾí-šənne, lazəm mayəṯ čŭkun b-šoʾi šənne lazəm xayewa ʾalpa šənne. ʾaz šoʾi šənne qam-yawilu ta dawid hammelex.  mp̣ọšəmle.  ya: gemər ʾistadʿolam ʾana gəben ʾalpa šənne xayən.  gemər laʾ, ʾod d-wəlləd mira. xəleʾta naša yawəlla la-k-xašəx daʾər.  ḥắramila naša daʾər.  hulux xəleʾta, lazəm xaṛaye maqimətte.  mən-hadax ʾadam lá-xyele ʾalpa šənne ʾəlla xyele ʾəč̣ʾá-ʾəmma ʾu-ṭḷaṯi šənne. ʾu-mətle.  ʾu-m-băṯər hadax hwéwale ṭḷaha bnöne, qayin, hevel ʾu-šet. xaṛaye ʾənoš-ži, ʾə́noš-ži brone wewa, k-xašwən ʾənoš.  ḥil ʾawa mətle,  ʾaz pəšlu ḍọṛọ́t qəmlu m-băṯər hadax hwelu naše. ʾu-ʿolam hédi-hedi hédi-hedi zəlla, ṛẉela. </span>

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He [i.e. Adam] was supposed to live for a thousand years, but one day He showed him all the generations of the world that would exist, he showed him the whole world.  So he saw that King David would be born and die on one day, on the same day that he was born.  He was very sad [and] said, 'Master of the Universe, is this King David really to be born and to die straight away?  Why?  The poor thing!  Give him a bit of life!'  He said, 'I cannot help him like that.  I have created it thus and it must be so.  If you wish to help him, help him!' He said, 
'I will help him.  From my life I will give him seventy years.' He said, 'Don't regret it [later], Adam.  You have said it and you cannot go back on your word later.'  He said, 'No, I accept that.  This time, just for him, I will allow him to live.  I will give him seventy years.'  The Midrash says that when Adam reached nine-hundred and thirty years and he was to die, for in seventy years he would have reached a thousand (but he had given seventy to King David) he regretted it.  He said, 'O Master of the Universe, I want to live for a thousand years!' He said, 'No, do as you have said.  When one has given a present, taking it back is not allowed.  It is forbidden for one to take [it] back.  You gave a present [and] afterwards you must keep your promise.  Therefore Adam did not live for a thousand years but rather for nine-hundred and thirty years. And [then] he died.  Then there were [other] generations which arose, after this [many] people were born.  And very slowly the world developed, grew older.