19 ¶ And a certain man whose name was Bern was sojourning in the land, and him did Mud bring unto his father, having first instructed him privily.
20 And when he that was called Bern came into the presence of the king, he bowed him low, saying, Hail, O king!
21 ¶ And he began to speak, saying, There was a certain husbandman and he planted him an oak in a place where trees grew;
22 And it came to pass that the oak grew up and its roots spread themselves about. And there was not room enough in that place, and the trees that were planted there before rose up and choked it so that it did languish away until there was no sap remaining in it.
23 And when the husbandman saw how it was, he sent his servant with an axe and he told him to cut down the trees that were round about.
24 Yea, every tree except the oak did he command him to cut down, so that there was room, and the oak did flourish as the cedars that are in Lebanon, and its branches did sway them over all the world.
25 And Willi said unto him, Explain unto me the meaning of this parable, thou very wise man. Of what is the oak and of what the trees that were round about?
26 ¶ And Bern answered him, saying, The nurseryman is the Lord of Hosts. The oak that He planted, it is thyself, O king; and the trees that would choke it, they are the nations that dwell round about.
27 The axe is thine army, and the servant of the husbandman is he whom thou shalt make to be the captain over all thine host.
28 And when Willi heard the things that the wise man did say, he was well pleased; wherefore he gave unto him a cross, and it was made of iron.