If *I* am not the one to translate the Hippocratic Oath, being greek AND a medical doctor AND a klingon language fan, then who the jay' will??? en: I swear by Apollo Healer, by Asclepius, by Hygieia, by Panacea, and by all the gods and goddesses, making them my witnesses, that I will carry out, according to my ability and judgment, this oath and this indenture. To hold my teacher in this art equal to my own parents; to make him partner in my livelihood; when he is in need of money to share mine with him; to consider his family as my own brothers, and to teach them this art, if they want to learn it, without fee or indenture; to impart precept, oral instruction, and all other instruction to my own sons, the sons of my teacher, and to indentured pupils who have taken the Healer’s oath, but to nobody else. I will use those dietary regimens which will benefit my patients according to my greatest ability and judgment, and I will do no harm or injustice to them. Neither will I administer a poison to anybody when asked to do so, nor will I suggest such a course. Similarly I will not give to a woman a pessary to cause abortion. But I will keep pure and holy both my life and my art. I will not use the knife, not even, verily, on sufferers from stone, but I will give place to such as are craftsmen therein. Into whatsoever houses I enter, I will enter to help the sick, and I will abstain from all intentional wrong-doing and harm, especially from abusing the bodies of man or woman, bond or free. And whatsoever I shall see or hear in the course of my profession, as well as outside my profession in my intercourse with men, if it be what should not be published abroad, I will never divulge, holding such things to be holy secrets. Now if I carry out this oath, and break it not, may I gain for ever reputation among all men for my life and for my art; but if I break it and forswear myself, may the opposite befall me. tlh: jI’IpmeH, *apollo* Qel, *asclepius*, *hygieia*, *panacea*, loD chaHbogh Hoch Qunpu”e’, be’ chaHbogh Hoch Qunpu”e’ je vIrIt, ‘ej chaHvaD ‘IpwIj jantormey vImojmoHmeH. ‘Ipvam, mabvam vIpabmeH, HoSwIj noHmeH laHwIj je vIlo’. vormeH mIw’a’ ghojmoHwI’wI’vaD qaytu’pu’wI’ vIDam; ghaHvaD taHmeH jowIj vIbon; Huch ghajnISDI’, ghaHvaD HuchwIj vIbon; qorDu’DajvaD loDnI’pu’wI’ vIDam; mIw’a’vam lughoj luneHchugh tuqnIghDaj, chaHvaD mIw’a’vam vIghojmoH, ‘ej pagh pop pagh mab joq vIpoQ; puqloDpu’wI’vaD ghojmoHwI’ puqloDpu’vaD vorwI’ ‘Ip lujatlhpu’bogh ‘ej mab luqI’pu’bogh ghojwI’vaD je vangmeH chutmey, HIl’aD lujatlhpu’bogh, Hoch latlh HI’laDmey je vI’otHa’, ‘ach pagh latlhvaD chutmeyvam HIl’aDmeyvam je vI’otHa’. SIDpu’wI’ QaHbogh SopmeH nabmey vIlo’, ‘ej nabmeyvam vI’oghmeH, HoSwIj Hoch noHmeH laHwIj Hoch je vIlo’. SIDpu’wI’vaD jIjochchoHbe’, ‘ej vIQIHbe’. vay’vaD tar vInob net poQchugh, jIHeQbe’, ‘ej wIvvam vIchupbe’. yatlhchugh be’, jaSHa’ be’vamvaD yatlhbe’choHmoHmeH jan vInobbe’. ‘ej watlhtaH ‘ej nIttaH yInwIj mIw’a’wIj je ‘e’ vIqaSmoH. taj vIlo’be’, vabDot naghmo’ bechchugh vay’, taj vIlo’be’, ‘ej Qu’vam lutur mIwvam po’wI’ ‘e’ vIchaw’. ropwI’pu’ vIQaHmeH, juHmey vI’elbogh vI’el, ‘ej chIch jIQIH ‘ej jIjochchoH jIHvaD ‘e’ vIchaw’be’. ‘ej be’pu’ loDpu’ tlhabwI’pu’ toy’wI”a’pu’ je porghmey vIngagh jIHvaD ‘e’ vIchaw’be’qu’. ‘ej Qu’wIj vIturtaHvIS, pagh Qu’wIj vIturbe’taHvIS maja’chuqtaHvIS jIH nuvpu’ je, vay’ vIleghchugh qoj vIQoychugh, ‘ej HurDaq vay’vam jatlhbe’nISlu’chugh, not vay’vam vI’otHa’, ‘ej Sarvam SovvaD potlhchu’bogh pegh vIDam. ‘Ipvam vIpabchugh, ‘ej vIpabHa’be’chugh, qaStaHvIS Hoch poHmey, Hoch nuvpu’Daq yInwIjmo’ vormeH mIw’a’wIjmo’ je jInoychoH ‘e’ vIchavjaj, ‘ach ‘Ipvam vIpabHa’chugh, ‘ej batlhHa’ jIvangchugh, qaSjaj ghu’ Dop. ~ Dana'an