So spoke he, and the Father had pity on him as he wept, and promised him that his people should be saved and not perish.
ὣς φάτο , τὸν δὲ πατὴρ ὀλοφύρατο δάκρυ χέοντα , νεῦσε δέ οἱ λαὸν σόον ἔμμεναι οὐ δ' ἀπολέσθαι .
ὡς φημί , ὁ δέ πατήρ ὀλοφύρομαι δάκρυον χέω , νεύω δέ ἕ λαός σῶς εἰμί οὐ δέ ἀπόλλυμι .