And whereas mere voice is but an indication of pleasure or pain, and is therefore found in other animals (for their nature attains to the perception of pleasure and pain and the intimation of them to one another, and no further), the power of speech is intended to set forth the expedient and inexpedient, and therefore likewise the just and the unjust."
8Jwaloka motho ya lapileng ha a ka lora a eja, mme yare ha a tsoha borokong, a utlwe mala a hae a le feela; kapa jwaloka motho ya nyorilweng ha a lora a enwa, empa ha a tsohile, a utlwa hoba o tepeletse, le moya wa hae o kgathetse ke lenyora, ho tla ba jwalo le bongata ba ditjhaba tsohle tse lwantshang thaba ya Sione.