3:1
ጠየቁ፡ ወርኢኩ፡ ከመ፡ ኵሉ፡ ዕፀው፡ እፎ፡ ያስተርእዩ፡ ከመ፡ ይቡስ፡ ወኵሉ፡ አቍጽሊሆሙ፡ ንጉፋት፡ ዘእንበለ፡ ዐሠርቱ፡ ወአርባዕቱ፡ ዕፀው፡ ዘኢይትነገፉ፡ እለ፡ ይጸንሑ፡ እምብሉይ፡ እስከ፡ ይመጽእ፡ ሐዲስ፡ እምክልኤቱ፡ ወሠለስቱ፡ ክረምት።
Observe and see how (in the winter) all the trees seem as though they had withered and shed all their leaves, except fourteen trees, which do not lose their foliage but retain the old foliage from two to three years till the new comes.
我觀察並看見，到了冬天，一切樹木彷彿都枯乾、落盡葉子，只有十四種樹木例外，它們不落葉，反倒留住舊葉兩三年，直到新葉長出。