Klingon practice texts
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Original English:
Talking with a priest one day, the King asked him this question: "Father, when I die will my soul go to heaven or to hell?"
"To hell, for sure, Your Majesty", replied the priest. "That is my final conclusion upon what you have done."
At this the King became very angry. His eyes flashed and he started cursing the priest for saying that.
"But don't get so excited, Your Majesty!" interrupted the priest, trying to calm him down. "You are only going to hell because you have killed so many people that deserved to go to heaven that the place is now too crowded to leave any room for you!"
And so the King went away, regretting having come to talk with the priest.
Klingon
wa' jajDaq lalDan ghojmoHwI'Daq jatlhtaHvIS, Dochvam tlhobpu' voDleH: "vav, jIHeghDI', QI'tu'Daq joq ghe''orDaq jaH'a' qa'wIj?"
"ghe''orDaq jaHbej, QaQ'a'ghachlI'", jatlhpu' lalDan ghojmoHwI'. "bIta'pu'bogh Dochmeymo', vIwuqta'."
mu'meyvam jatlhpu'DI', QeHqu'choHpu' voDleH. nom vIHpu' mInDu'Daj 'ej chay' jangpu'mo' lalDan ghojmoHwI'Daq mu'qaDmey jatlhchoHpu'.
"'ach yISeychoHQo', QaQ'a'ghachlI'!" qagh lalDan ghojmoHwI', voDleH jotmoH nIDtaHvIS. "QI'tu'Daq jaHbejtaHbogh ghotmey law' DaHoHta' 'ej DaH logh tu'lu'be'mo' neH ghe''orDaq bIjaHtaH.
vaj pa'vo' jaH lalDan ghojmoHwI'Daq jatlhta' DaH 'e' paybogh voDleH
Word-for-Word transliteration
One day-on, religion teacher-to while-talking, this-thing he-asked-it King: "Father, when I die, Paradise-to or hell-to goes-question soul-my?"
"hell-to it-goes-certainly, Greatness-your." he-spoke-it religion teacher. "you-accomplished-which things-due-to, I-have-decided-it."
words-these he-spoke-when, angry-very-became King. Quickly they-moved eyes-his and how he-answered-because-of religion man-to insults he-started-to-say.
"But become-excited-don't, greatness-your!" interrupt religion teacher, king be-calm-cause while-he-tries. "To-heaven go-certainly-which people many you-have-killed and now space there-is-not-because only Hell-to you-are-going.
Then from-there goes religion teacher-to he-spoke that now regrets-who King
Translation
One day while talking to a religious teacher, the King asked this: "Father, when I die, does my soul go to Paradise/heaven, or to Hell?"
"Certainly to Hell, your Greatness" said the religious teacher. "Due to the things which you have done, I have decided this."
When he spoke these words, the King became very angry. His eyes flashed, and he started to insult the religious teacher because of how he answered.
"But don't become excited, your Greatness" interrupted the religious teacher, while trying to calm down the King. "You are only going to hell because you killed so many people who deserved to go to heaven, and now there isn't any room for you."
And thus the King, who now regretted that he spoke with the Religious Teacher, left that place.
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