3. Suddenly he stretched forth his morsel and uttered saying, “Sons of Athlyi, arise! Lift your heads and take heed. Let the sublimity of my words reign in your hearts and in the hearts of your offsprings forever.
4. “Verily, Verily, I say unto you, poverty is of the devil but it is better that ye choose to be poor than to live in the richness of the richest with a woman whose heart is contrary to thine.
5. “The deeds of a contrary couple are destructive and their destiny is Hell everlasting.
6. “I plead a divorce, my beloved, because I leadeth thee south but thou goeth north. I point east but thy desire is west. Depart therefore that ye find a man who seeth and goeth in thy own direction that it be well with thee; for a tug-o-war in the mind is horror to the soul. Moreover the treasury of the richest is not sufficient to supply the consumption of the contrary spirit.
7. “For a man no height is too high to achieve in me. No obstacle is too great for him to remove when conscious that his woman is with him indeed.
“Blessed is the household where the couple can map out the future with patience, peace and understanding, but a quarrelsome woman is a road to hell. Let so be said even of the man.”
8. And Athlyi reached out his morsel again and said, “Hear ye, O daughters of Athlyi! Verily I say unto you, the hopes and salvation of a woman is in the man, whose trust is in the Lord, our God, in me.
9. “But he that is not in me is far from God and has nothing of consequence for a brag.
10. “For I am this rock, the spring and power grounded in God. Dwell in me, with love and righteousness in faith, patience, cleanness and constructiveness. My spirit in thee shall never die.
11. “Verily I say unto all nations, the Athlians are not too proud to sacrifice whatever is necessary to obtain justice and to establish peace on earth, for where righteousness is lacking there is no tranquility.