The Book of Chess

Had died in the realm,
At which the father became angry also,
Because he had died in such a way.
Then he commanded [them] to go quickly
And to seize the man original: "pin"; likely referring to the person who brought the news or a specific prisoner.
And place him in a dungeon.
Whether anyone was there with him,
Yes, a king named Joachim Jehoiachin, the captive King of Judah who, according to the Bible and medieval legend, was released from prison by Evil-Merodach.;
So it has been written for us about him,
That he became his companion there.
When it happened thereafter
That the father reached his end
And the realm came to the son.
Nebuchadnezzar The OCR reads "brud" (brother), but historical and literary context for this work identifies Nebuchadnezzar as the father of Evil-Merodach. was the father
Of Evil-Merodach, and it happened
That this same man also died.
I tell you here how it occurred;
I say that he reached his end
And the realm came to Evil-Merodach.
And in this, he felt
Immeasurable and great fear;
He feared that [his father] might return
And take back his throne and his place,
And take his life and the realm.
Then he thought carefully
Before he might come before him again
In an unlike sun and its kind. This likely refers to the "return" of the father as a ghost or a resurrected being.
Thus it has been seen of him:
He had fear and great sorrow,
And he took counsel with his companions then.
Joachim’s advice told him this,
If he wished to keep the realm:

He should dig up his father
And should not avoid doing it.
He ordered the body to be cut apart
Into three hundred pieces, and then
Given to three hundred vultures original: "ghyren"; medieval lore often claimed Evil-Merodach fed his father to 300 vultures so that the body could never be reconstituted for a resurrection. to eat.
If the vultures were ever to go elsewhere,
Then he [the father] could never live again
In any sum or total.
That was indeed impossible,
That it could ever happen to him
That one could see the vultures gathered together
Or could find them anymore.
The lesson original: "gruehe hafan"; a difficult Middle High German phrase likely meaning "the source of the story" or "the bitter pot." was learned,
And Evil-Merodach followed the advice
And ordered here that it be done,
Leaving the grave site empty.
The scripture tells us here of him
That he did much evil
And had the means to do it,
So that he would avoid no wickedness.
Furthermore, he would not suffer
Any punishment or correction from anyone.
From his perspective, if anyone
Gave him advice, that person had lost
His life, so grim was his wrath.
Therefore he acted very sternly,
Yet he was also full
Of wrath and pride.
Then it happened once
That he dreamed a dream;
Then he commanded with great effort
That she Likely referring to a personification of Wisdom or a figure in the dream. should tell him more.