[tlhIngan Hol] The Second Coming

[nIqolay Q]

On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 1:44 PM, Steven Boozer <sboozer at uchicago.edu> wrote:
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> <<  And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
>
> <<  Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?
>
> <    'ej tagha' repDaj lop Ha'DIbaH naQbe'
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> <    'ej boghmeH betle'HemDaq yItlI'. [3]
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> I’m not sure I understand {naQbe’} “un-full/un-whole” here.  Perhaps {Doch}
> “be rude”, {Qut} “be vulgar”, {qej} “be grouchy/mean” or -- best of all ---
> {naH} "be hostile/malicious":
>

It took me a while to decide on the best way to translate "rough",
since {ghegh} appears to be used only for texture. I went with "rough"
in the sense of "basic, incomplete" (as in a "rough draft"), since the
beast is not yet born.