XLVIII. Bog mi je svjedok! Kad to ne bi bilo u sukobu s onim što…

1 Bog mi je svjedok! Kad to ne bi bilo u sukobu s onim što su naložile Božje Ploče, ja bih rado poljubio ruke bilo koga tko je pokušao proliti moju krv na putu Ljubljenoga. Ja bih mu, nadalje, podario dio takvih svjetovnih dobara kakve bi mi Bog dopustio imati, premda bi onaj koji je to počinio pobudio gnjev Svemogućega, izazvao Njegovo prokletstvo, i zaslužio muke kroz vječnost Boga, Sveposjednika, Pravičnoga, Premudroga. God is my witness! Had it not been in conflict with that which the Tablets of God have decreed, I would have gladly kissed the hands of whosoever attempted to shed my blood in the path of the Well-Beloved. I would, moreover, have bestowed upon him a share of such worldly goods as God had allowed me to possess, even though he who perpetrated this act would have provoked the wrath of the Almighty, incurred His malediction, and deserved to be tormented throughout the eternity of God, the All-Possessing, the Equitable, the All-Wise.