One day the tree went to anoint a king over itself and said to the olive tree:
- Reign over us.
Olivet told them:
“Will I leave my fat, which is used to honor gods and people, and go wander among the trees?”
And the trees said to the fig tree:
- Come, reign over us.
The fig tree said to them:
“Shall I leave my sweetness and my good fruit and go wander among the trees?”
And the trees said to the vine:
- Come, reign over us.
The vine said to them:
“Will I leave my juice, which makes gods and men happy, and go wander through the trees?”
Finally all the trees said to the thorn:
- Come, reign over us.
The thorn tree said to the trees:
“If you truly make me king over you, then go and rest under my shadow; if not, then fire will come out of the thorns and consume the cedars of Lebanon.
(Judges 9:8-15)
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru