A woman came out of her house and saw three old men with long white
beards sitting in her front yard. She did not recognize them. She said,
"I don't think I know you, but you must be hungry. Please come in and
have something to eat."
"Is the man of the house home?" they asked. "No", she said. "He's out."
"Then we cannot come in", they replied.
In the evening when her husband came home, she told him what had
happened. "Go tell them I am home and invite them in," he said.
The woman went out and invited the men in. "We do not go into a house
together," they replied. "Why is that?" she wanted to know. One of the
old men explained: "His name is Wealth," he said pointing to one of his
friends, and said pointing to another one, "He is Success, and I am
Love." Then he added, "Now go in and discuss with your husband which one
of us you want in your home."
The woman went in and told her
husband what was said. Her husband was overjoyed. "How nice!" he said.
"Since that is the case, let us invite Wealth. Let him come and fill our
home with wealth!"
His wife disagreed. "My dear, why don't we
invite Success?" Their daughter-in-law was listening from the other
corner of the house. She jumped in with her own suggestion: "Would it
not be better to invite Love? Our home will then be filled with love!"
"Let us heed our daughter-in-law's advice," said the husband to his wife. "Go out and invite Love to be our guest."
The woman went out and asked the three old men, "Which one of you is
Love? Please come in and be our guest." Love got up and started walking
toward the house. The other two also got up and followed him.
Surprised, the lady asked Wealth and Success: "I only invited Love, why
are you coming in?" The old men replied together: "If you had invited
Wealth or Success, the other two of us would've stayed out, but since
you invited Love, wherever He goes, we go with him. Wherever there is
Love, there is also Wealth and Success!"
Terjemahannya :
Seorang wanita keluar dari rumahnya dan melihat tiga pria tua dengan
jenggot putih panjang duduk di halaman depan rumahnya . Dia tidak
mengenali mereka . Dia berkata , " Saya tidak berpikir saya tahu Anda ,
tetapi Anda harus lapar . Silahkan datang dan memiliki sesuatu untuk
dimakan . "
" Apakah pria rumah rumah ? " tanya mereka . " Tidak" , katanya . " Dia keluar . "
"Kalau begitu kita tidak bisa masuk " , mereka menjawab .
Pada malam hari ketika suaminya pulang , ia menceritakan apa yang telah
terjadi . " Pergi beritahu mereka bahwa saya rumah dan mengundang
mereka , " katanya .
Wanita itu keluar dan mengundang
orang-orang masuk " Kami tidak masuk ke rumah bersama , " jawab mereka .
" Mengapa demikian ? " dia ingin tahu . Salah satu orang tua itu
menjelaskan : " Namanya Kekayaan , " katanya sambil menunjuk ke salah
satu temannya , dan berkata sambil menunjuk satu sama lain, " Dia adalah
Sukses , dan aku Cinta . " Lalu ia menambahkan , " Sekarang pergi dan
diskusikan dengan suami Anda yang salah satu dari kami yang Anda
inginkan di rumah Anda . "
Wanita itu pergi dan mengatakan
suaminya apa yang dikatakan . Suaminya sangat gembira . " Betapa
menyenangkan ! " katanya . " Karena itu terjadi , mari kita mengundang
Kekayaan . Biarkan dia datang dan mengisi rumah kita dengan kekayaan ! "
Istrinya tidak setuju . " Sayangku , kenapa kita tak mengundang Sukses ?
" Putri mereka mertua mendengarkan dari sudut lain dari rumah . Dia
melompat dengan saran sendiri : " Bukankah lebih baik mengundang Cinta
rumah kami kemudian akan diisi dengan cinta? ! "
" Mari kita
memperhatikan saran kami putri-di - hukum , " kata suami kepada istrinya
. " Pergi keluar dan mengajak Cinta untuk menjadi tamu kami . "
Wanita itu keluar dan meminta tiga orang tua , " Siapa di antara kalian
adalah Cinta ? Silakan datang dan menjadi tamu kami . " Cinta bangkit
dan mulai berjalan menuju rumah . Dua lainnya juga bangun dan
mengikutinya.
Terkejut , wanita bertanya Kekayaan dan
Kesuksesan : " Aku hanya mengundang Cinta , mengapa kau datang ? "
Orang-orang itu menjawab bersamaan . " Kalau Anda mengundang Kekayaan
atau si Kesuksesan , dua lainnya dari kami akan tinggal , tapi karena
Anda mengundang si Cinta , di mana pun Dia pergi , kami pergi bersamanya
Dimana ada Cinta , ada juga Kekayaan dan Sukses ! "
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