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And it came to pass that I, Vovfen, after helping guide this people unto the North Sea, departed for a time back unto the land of my fathers. And I brought with me Emalō and my mother and her sister. Farzhid had found a wife among the children of Ahzheil also, but declined to come, staying with her family for a time. We traveled directly west along the coast, and after many days of travel, the wall came into sight, and I knew that we had returned.
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And upon our return, we were met with my father and his sealed brother and all the others who had left for the mission in Scythia save for that one who journeyed off by himself, for he had no companion and to this day we know not where he went, for he has never returned.
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Now, upon our return, for we were the last to arrive, a great council was held, and in it, the deeds and miracles and visions which were had among the missionaries were recorded, and this book was set aside with the other records we possess. Therefore, it is that I scribe these tablets out of birch which I have hewn and dried by my own hand, for it suffices me to know that my deeds are recounted in the council have been recorded.
4
Nevertheless, I have somewhat that I would say, for the Aiyseir do prompt me to write, for I know that many of the records of our people shall be lost despite our overprotection of them. For the day will come when nearly all this people shall apostatize and forsake their Aiy save but a few who shall go into hiding. And when that day comes, there will needs be a restoration, for we know that the world shall utterly forget us, for the combinations of Lōk which are still led by Hrōdi and Sert to this day shall seek with all to wipe us from the earth. And in this, I see that the vast majority of our records shall be lost and destroyed, these tablets included. Nevertheless, Aiyseir Aiylōhyme is merciful exceeding mercy and the matter that shall make up many of these records despite their physical destruction will be taken up and preserved unto the great and last day insomuch that they shall be brought forward again as if they had never been destroyed. And Aiylōhyme will cause that all the words of this people shall be heard again and the world shall know that even though they may try to destroy the faithful in Aiy, they can never be victorious, for Aiylōhyme is glory everlasting and the agents that council in the dark can do not against the Mighty Burning Ones, for their power extends into all the realms, both seen and unseen and lo an agent may seek to destroy the people of Aiy, nevertheless, Aiy is more powerful and that agent cannot succeed.
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It is for this reason that I write these tablets, that all may know concerning us, that we walked and talked with Thūnoraz as did the people of Lehaiy as did the people of the Steppes and the people of the cold north areas and to the south and the east and the west and the isles of the sea, and the hidden parts of the earth, for Thūnoraz is not the Aiy of a single nation, kindred, tongue, or people, but the Father of us all, and we walked with him as he walked with the Yahūdi. Know it! I lie not, and if I lie, then I am nothing, for Aiylōhyme has forbidden I do such, therefore, I lie not.
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And I proclaim that inasmuch as he has walked with us, so too has he caused us to write many things, even though many of these things shall be destroyed or locked up. Therefore, I do two things, the first I shall do is add four more of our important works unto these tablets, and those are: The Book of Prophecies and Visions, The Little Book of the Seers, the Book of the Dead, and the Book of Promises and Covenants Made unto our Fathers. And these shall be but an abridgement, for I could not write all that is contained therein. And I also give a complete list of all the records which shall be destroyed according to the prophecies of the Peacemaker. And this seems to me good, for I know that the Aiylōhyme may preserve these records unto a day when all shall be made new. Therefore, I give a list that those who seek to take up this work may know which records to ask the Aiylōhyme that they might translate. Therefore, I bid all farewell, until we shall stand together at the judgement bar of Aiy, and you shall know that I was required to write these things by his hand. Therefore, judge not incorrectly, for you shall see me at that day along with all of the other descendants of Szvemaz which had become Vyaneir. Until that day. Aiy.
Note
The complete list of records has been withheld from this translation.