77. Kiri	Paper 77
Keskteelised	The Midway Creatures
77:0.1 (855.1) ENAMIKUS Nebadoni asustatud maailmades on üks või mitu ainulaadsete olendite rühma, kes eksisteerivad elutegevuse tasemel, mis on ligikaudu poolel teel maailma surelikest kuni ingliklassideni, seepärast nimetataksegi neid keskteelisteks. Nende tekkimine aja jooksul näib olevat juhus, kuid neid leidub kõikjal nii palju ja nad on nii väärtuslikud abilised, et me kõik oleme neid ammu aktsepteerinud oma ühise planeedihoolekande ühe tähtsaima klassina.	77:0.1 (855.1) MOST of the inhabited worlds of Nebadon harbor one or more groups of unique beings existing on a life-functioning level about midway between those of the mortals of the realms and of the angelic orders; hence are they called midway creatures. They appear to be an accident of time, but they occur so widespreadly and are so valuable as helpers that we have all long since accepted them as one of the essential orders of our combined planetary ministry.
77:0.2 (855.2) Urantial tegutseb kaks erinevat keskteeliste klassi: esmane ehk vanem korpus, mis tekkis juba Dalamatia päevil, ja teisene ehk noorem rühm, mis pärineb Aadama ajast.	77:0.2 (855.2) On Urantia there function two distinct orders of midwayers: the primary or senior corps, who came into being back in the days of Dalamatia, and the secondary or younger group, whose origin dates from the times of Adam.
1. Esmased keskteelised ^top	1. The Primary Midwayers ^top
77:1.1 (855.3) Esmased keskteelised on tekkinud ainelise ja vaimse ainulaadses vastastikuses seoses Urantial. Me teame samasuguste loodud-olendite olemasolust ka teistes maailmades ja teistes süsteemides, kuid nad on tekkinud teistsugusel viisil.	77:1.1 (855.3) The primary midwayers have their genesis in a unique interassociation of the material and the spiritual on Urantia. We know of the existence of similar creatures on other worlds and in other systems, but they originated by dissimilar techniques.
77:1.2 (855.4) Tuleks alati arvestada, et Jumala Poegade järjestikused annetumised areneval planeedil kutsuvad maailma vaimumajanduses esile märgatavaid muutusi ja muudavad vaimse ja ainelise vahelise seose toimet planeedil mõnikord selliselt, et tekivad tõepoolest raskestimõistetavad olukorrad. Just niisugust ainulaadset vastastikust seost illustreerib ka Vürst Caligastia kaaskonna saja kehalise liikme seisund: Jerusemi tõusuteelistest morontiakodanikena olid nad aineülesed, paljunemisvõimeta loodud-olendid. Urantia planeedi laskuvate hoolekandjatena olid nad ainelised soolised olendid, kes olid võimelised sigitama ainelisi järglasi (mida mõned neist hiljem ka tegid). Me ei suuda küll rahuldavalt selgitada, kuidas see sadakond võis aineülesel tasemel vanemarollis tegutseda, kuid täpselt nii juhtus. Kehalise kaaskonna mees- ja naisliikme aineülese (mittesugulise) armuühte tulemusena ilmus esmaste keskteeliste esmasündinu.	77:1.2 (855.4) It is well always to bear in mind that the successive bestowals of the Sons of God on an evolving planet produce marked changes in the spiritual economy of the realm and sometimes so modify the workings of the interassociation of spiritual and material agencies on a planet as to create situations indeed difficult of understanding. The status of the one hundred corporeal members of Prince Caligastia’s staff illustrates just such a unique interassociation: As ascendant morontia citizens of Jerusem they were supermaterial creatures without reproductive prerogatives. As descendant planetary ministers on Urantia they were material sex creatures capable of procreating material offspring (as some of them later did). What we cannot satisfactorily explain is how these one hundred could function in the parental role on a supermaterial level, but that is exactly what happened. A supermaterial (nonsexual) liaison of a male and a female member of the corporeal staff resulted in the appearance of the first-born of the primary midwayers.
77:1.3 (855.5) Kohe avastati, et sellesse klassi kuuluv loodud-olend, kes jäi sureliku ja inglitaseme vahele, on Vürsti keskuse tegevuses väga kasulik ja igale paarile kehalises kaaskonnas anti nüüd luba luua samasugune olend. Selle pingutuse tulemusena tekkis esimene viiekümnest keskteelisest koosnev rühm.	77:1.3 (855.5) It was immediately discovered that a creature of this order, midway between the mortal and angelic levels, would be of great service in carrying on the affairs of the Prince’s headquarters, and each couple of the corporeal staff was accordingly granted permission to produce a similar being. This effort resulted in the first group of fifty midway creatures.
77:1.4 (855.6) Olles selle ainulaadse rühma tööd ühe aasta jooksul jälginud, andis Planeedivürst loa piiramatult keskteelisi sigitada. Seda plaani viidi ellu seni, kuni loomisvõimet jätkus ja nii loodigi esialgne 50 000-liikmeline korpus.	77:1.4 (855.6) After a year of observing the work of this unique group, the Planetary Prince authorized the reproduction of midwayers without restriction. This plan was carried out as long as the power to create continued, and the original corps of 50,000 was accordingly brought into being.
77:1.5 (856.1) Keskteelised loodi pooleaastaste vahedega ja kui igal paaril oli sündinud tuhat niisugust olendit, neid enam juurde ei tekkinud. Pole mingit seletust, miks see võime pärast tuhandenda järglase ilmumist kadus. Kõik edasised katsed lõppesid alati nurjumisega.	77:1.5 (856.1) A period of one-half year intervened between the production of each midwayer, and when one thousand such beings had been born to each couple, no more were ever forthcoming. And there is no explanation available as to why this power was exhausted upon the appearance of the one thousandth offspring. No amount of further experimentation ever resulted in anything but failure.
77:1.6 (856.2) Need loodud-olendid moodustasid Vürsti valitsuse luurekorpuse. Nad liikusid kõikjal ringi, uurides ja jälgides maailma rasse ning osutades Vürstile ja tema kaaskonnale muid hindamatuid teeneid planeedi keskusest kaugel asuvate inimühiskondade mõjutamise töös.	77:1.6 (856.2) These creatures constituted the intelligence corps of the Prince’s administration. They ranged far and wide, studying and observing the world races and rendering other invaluable services to the Prince and his staff in the work of influencing human society remote from the planetary headquarters.
77:1.7 (856.3) Selline valitsemiskord püsis kuni planeedi mässu traagiliste päevadeni, mil langes lõksu veidi üle nelja viiendiku esmastest keskteelistest. Ustav korpus astus Melkisedekite-hooldajate teenistusse ja tegutses kuni Aadama ajani Vani juhtimisel.	77:1.7 (856.3) This regime continued until the tragic days of the planetary rebellion, which ensnared a little over four fifths of the primary midwayers. The loyal corps entered the service of the Melchizedek receivers, functioning under the titular leadership of Van until the days of Adam.
2. Nodiitide rass ^top	2. The Nodite Race ^top
77:2.1 (856.4) Ehkki see on lugu Urantia keskteeliste päritolust, olemusest ja tegutsemisest, tuleb meil kahe klassi — esmase ja teisese — suguluse tõttu lugu esmastest keskteelistest siinkohal katkestada, et jälgida põlvnemisliini Vürst Caligastia kehalise kaaskonna mässulistest liikmetest planeedi mässu ajast kuni Aadama ajani. Sellest põlvnemisliinist pärinesid teise aia algusaegadel pooled teiseste keskteeliste esivanematest.	77:2.1 (856.4) While this is the narrative of the origin, nature, and function of the midway creatures of Urantia, the kinship between the two orders—primary and secondary—makes it necessary to interrupt the story of the primary midwayers at this point in order to follow out the line of descent from the rebel members of the corporeal staff of Prince Caligastia from the days of the planetary rebellion to the times of Adam. It was this line of inheritance which, in the early days of the second garden, furnished one half of the ancestry for the secondary order of midway creatures.
77:2.2 (856.5) Vürsti kaaskonna füüsilised liikmed olid loodud sooliste olenditena, et nad saaksid osaleda selliste järglaste sigitamisel, kelles oleksid kombineeritud nende erilise klassi ja Andoni hõimude valitud tüvikonna omadused, ja kõike seda tehti Aadama hilisema ilmumise ootuses. Elukandjad olid kavandanud uut tüüpi surelikud, kes oleksid tekkinud Vürsti kaaskonna ja Aadama-Eeva järglaste esimese põlvkonna liidust. Nad olid kavandanud seega planeedi loodud-olendite uue klassi tekkimise, kellest pidid saama inimühiskonna õpetajad-valitsejad. Neile olenditele kavandati sotsiaalne suveräänsus, mitte tsiviilsuveräänsus. Ent kuna see projekt peaaegu täielikult nurjus, ei saagi me teada, missugusest soodsate juhiomaduste ja võrratu kultuuriga aristokraatiast Urantia ilma jäi. Sest kuigi kehaline kaaskond hiljem järglasi andis, toimus see pärast mässu, kui nad olid süsteemi eluvooludest ära lõigatud.	77:2.2 (856.5) The physical members of the Prince’s staff had been constituted sex creatures for the purpose of participating in the plan of procreating offspring embodying the combined qualities of their special order united with those of the selected stock of the Andon tribes, and all of this was in anticipation of the subsequent appearance of Adam. The Life Carriers had planned a new type of mortal embracing the union of the conjoint offspring of the Prince’s staff with the first-generation offspring of Adam and Eve. They had thus projected a plan envisioning a new order of planetary creatures whom they hoped would become the teacher-rulers of human society. Such beings were designed for social sovereignty, not civil sovereignty. But since this project almost completely miscarried, we shall never know what an aristocracy of benign leadership and matchless culture Urantia was thus deprived of. For when the corporeal staff later reproduced, it was subsequent to the rebellion and after they had been deprived of their connection with the life currents of the system.
77:2.3 (856.6) Mässujärgsel ajastul toimus Urantial palju ebatavalisi sündmusi. Suur tsivilisatsioon, Dalamatia kultuur, lagunes. „Nefiilid (nodiidid) olid sel ajal maa peal ja kui need jumalate pojad heitsid inimeste tütarde juurde, kes neile lapsi ilmale tõid, olid nende lapsed „muistse aja vägimehed”, „kuulsad mehed”.” Kuigi nad olid vaevalt küll „jumalate pojad”, pidasid nende aegade arenevad surelikud kaaskonda ja nende esimesi järglasi jumalate poegadeks; legendides võimendati isegi nende kehapikkust. Sellest pärinebki siis peaaegu kõikjal levinud muistend jumalatest, kes tulid maa peale ja sigitasid siin inimtütardega iidse kangelaste rassi. Kogu see legend läks veelgi segasemaks, kui rassid segunesid hiljem teises aias ilmunud adamiitidega.	77:2.3 (856.6) The postrebellion era on Urantia witnessed many unusual happenings. A great civilization—the culture of Dalamatia—was going to pieces. “The Nephilim (Nodites) were on earth in those days, and when these sons of the gods went in to the daughters of men and they bore to them, their children were the ‘mighty men of old,’ the ‘men of renown.’” While hardly “sons of the gods,” the staff and their early descendants were so regarded by the evolutionary mortals of those distant days; even their stature came to be magnified by tradition. This, then, is the origin of the well-nigh universal folk tale of the gods who came down to earth and there with the daughters of men begot an ancient race of heroes. And all this legend became further confused with the race mixtures of the later appearing Adamites in the second garden.
77:2.4 (857.1) Kuna Vürsti kaaskonna sadakond kehalist liiget kandsid endas andoniitide inimtüvikondade sugurakke, oleks pidanud olema loomulik, et nende sugulisel paljunemisel sarnaneks nende järeltulijad teiste andoniitidest vanemate järeltulijatega. Ent kui kaaskonna kuuskümmend liiget, Nodi poolehoidjad, tegelikult sugulisel teel paljunesid, osutusid nende lapsed peaaegu igas suhtes nii andoniitidest kui ka sangikrahvastest tunduvalt arenenumaks. See ootamatult kõrge tase oli iseloomulik mitte ainult nende füüsilistele ja intellektuaalsetele omadustele, vaid ka vaimsetele võimetele.	77:2.4 (857.1) Since the one hundred corporeal members of the Prince’s staff carried germ plasm of the Andonic human strains, it would naturally be expected that, if they engaged in sexual reproduction, their progeny would altogether resemble the offspring of other Andonite parents. But when the sixty rebels of the staff, the followers of Nod, actually engaged in sexual reproduction, their children proved to be far superior in almost every way to both the Andonite and the Sangik peoples. This unexpected excellence characterized not only physical and intellectual qualities but also spiritual capacities.
77:2.5 (857.2) Need nodiitide esimeses põlvkonnas ilmnenud muteerunud jooned tulenesid teatavatest muutustest, mis olid kantud andoniitide sugurakkude ülesehitusse ja keemilistesse koostisainetesse. Neid muutusi põhjustas Satania süsteemi võimsate elualalhoiuringluste olemasolu kaaskonna liikmete kehades. Need eluringlused sundisid Urantia erilise algkuju kromosoome rohkem ümber korralduma Nebadonis ettenähtud eluavaldumisvormide Satania eristandardite algkujude järgi. See sugurakkude muundumine süsteemi eluringluste toimel on üsna sarnane sellega, kuidas Urantia teadlased muudavad taimede ja loomade sugurakke röntgenikiirtega.	77:2.5 (857.2) These mutant traits appearing in the first Nodite generation resulted from certain changes which had been wrought in the configuration and in the chemical constituents of the inheritance factors of the Andonic germ plasm. These changes were caused by the presence in the bodies of the staff members of the powerful life-maintenance circuits of the Satania system. These life circuits caused the chromosomes of the specialized Urantia pattern to reorganize more after the patterns of the standardized Satania specialization of the ordained Nebadon life manifestation. The technique of this germ plasm metamorphosis by the action of the system life currents is not unlike those procedures whereby Urantia scientists modify the germ plasm of plants and animals by the use of X rays.
77:2.6 (857.3) Seega tekkisid nodiitide rahvad teatavatest iseäralikest ja ootamatutest muutustest eluplasmas, mille Avaloni kirurgid olid kandnud andoniitidest doonorite kehadest kehalise kaaskonna liikmete kehadesse.	77:2.6 (857.3) Thus did the Nodite peoples arise out of certain peculiar and unexpected modifications occurring in the life plasm which had been transferred from the bodies of the Andonite contributors to those of the corporeal staff members by the Avalon surgeons.
77:2.7 (857.4) Nagu mäletate, olid sada andoniidist eluplasmadoonorit omakorda saanud osa elupuu orgaanilisest täiendusest, nii et ka nende kehas sisaldus Satania eluvoole. Nelikümmend neli teisendatud andoniiti, kes koos kaaskonnaga mässuga ühinesid, leidsid endi hulgast paarilisi ja andsid suure panuse nodiidi rahva tüvikondade parandamiseks.	77:2.7 (857.4) It will be recalled that the one hundred Andonite germ plasm contributors were in turn made possessors of the organic complement of the tree of life so that the Satania life currents likewise invested their bodies. The forty-four modified Andonites who followed the staff into rebellion also mated among themselves and made a great contribution to the better strains of the Nodite people.
77:2.8 (857.5) Need kaks rühma, kuhu kuulus 104 andoniidi teisendatud sugurakkude kandjat, ongi nodiitide esivanemad, kaheksas Urantiale ilmunud rass. See inimelu uus joon Urantial on järjekordne etapp esialgsest kavast kasutada seda planeeti elu teisendamise maailmana, kuigi kirjeldatud juhtum oli üks ettenägematutest arengutest.	77:2.8 (857.5) These two groups, embracing 104 individuals who carried the modified Andonite germ plasm, constitute the ancestry of the Nodites, the eighth race to appear on Urantia. And this new feature of human life on Urantia represents another phase of the outworking of the original plan of utilizing this planet as a life-modification world, except that this was one of the unforeseen developments.
77:2.9 (857.6) Puhtad nodiidid olid suurepärane rass, kuid nad segunesid järk-järgult maa arenevate rahvastega ja mandusid peagi tugevasti. Kümme tuhat aastat pärast mässu olid nad sedavõrd taandarenenud, et nende keskmine eluiga polnud palju pikem arengurasside omast.	77:2.9 (857.6) The pure-line Nodites were a magnificent race, but they gradually mingled with the evolutionary peoples of earth, and before long great deterioration had occurred. Ten thousand years after the rebellion they had lost ground to the point where their average length of life was little more than that of the evolutionary races.
77:2.10 (857.7) Kui arheoloogid kaevavad välja nodiitide hilisemate järeltulijate sumerite savitahvlikroonikaid, leiavad nad loetelusid sumeri kuningatest, mis hõlmavad mitme tuhande aasta pikkusi perioode. Ja mida kaugemale need kroonikad ajas tagasi lähevad, seda pikem on iga kuninga valitsemisaeg: ligikaudu kahekümne viiest või kolmekümnest aastast kuni saja viiekümne aastani ja kauem. Vanemate kuningate pikem valitsemisaeg kinnitab, et mõned varased nodiitide valitsejad (Vürsti kaaskonna otsesed järeltulijad) elasid tõepoolest oma järeltulijatest kauem, samuti osutab see püüdele näidata dünastiate põlvnemist Dalamatiast.	77:2.10 (857.7) When archaeologists dig up the clay-tablet records of the later-day Sumerian descendants of the Nodites, they discover lists of Sumerian kings running back for several thousand years; and as these records go further back, the reigns of the individual kings lengthen from around twenty-five or thirty years up to one hundred and fifty years and more. This lengthening of the reigns of these older kings signifies that some of the early Nodite rulers (immediate descendants of the Prince’s staff) did live longer than their later-day successors and also indicates an effort to stretch the dynasties back to Dalamatia.
77:2.11 (857.8) Nende pikaealiste isikute eluea arvestuses võidi aastate asemel ajaperioodina ka kuid kasutada. Seda võib täheldada piiblis Aabrahami genealoogias ja hiinlaste varastes kroonikates. Nii pikk inimelu kestus on legendides põhjustatud kahekümne kaheksa päevase kuu kui ajaperioodi ärasegamisest hiljem kasutuselevõetud aastaga, mis koosnes rohkem kui kolmesaja viiekümnest päevast. Näiteks kirjutatakse mehest, kes elas üle üheksasaja „aasta”. See periood vastab vähem kui seitsmekümnele aastale ja niisugust elu loeti kaua aega väga pikaks; „kuuskümmend ja kümme aastat”, nagu seda eluiga hiljem nimetati.	77:2.11 (857.8) The records of such long-lived individuals are also due to the confusion of months and years as time periods. This may also be observed in the Biblical genealogy of Abraham and in the early records of the Chinese. The confusion of the twenty-eight-day month, or season, with the later introduced year of more than three hundred and fifty days is responsible for the traditions of such long human lives. There are records of a man who lived over nine hundred “years.” This period represents not quite seventy years, and such lives were regarded for ages as very long, “threescore years and ten” as such a life span was later designated.
77:2.12 (858.1) Ajaarvestus kahekümne kaheksa päevaste kuude kaupa jäi püsima veel kauaks pärast Aadama aega. Ent kui egiptlased otsustasid ligikaudu seitse tuhat aastat tagasi kalendrit reformida, tegid nad seda suure täpsusega, võttes kasutusele 365-päevase aasta.	77:2.12 (858.1) The reckoning of time by the twenty-eight-day month persisted long after the days of Adam. But when the Egyptians undertook to reform the calendar, about seven thousand years ago, they did it with great accuracy, introducing the year of 365 days.
3. Paabeli torn ^top	3. The Tower of Babel ^top
77:3.1 (858.2) Pärast Dalamatia vettevajumist liikusid nodiidid põhja ja itta ning asutasid peagi oma rassi ja kultuuri keskusena uue linna Dilmuni. Ligikaudu viiskümmend tuhat aastat pärast Nodi surma, kui Vürsti kaaskonna järeltulijaid oli juba liiga arvukalt, et leida elatist oma uue linna Dilmuni vahetus ümbruses asuvalt maalt, ja kui nad olid hakanud looma segaabielusid piiri taga elavate andoniitide ja sangikhõimudega, tuli nende juhtidele mõte, et nende rassi ühtsuse säilitamiseks tuleks midagi ette võtta. Kutsutigi kokku hõimude nõukogu ja pärast pikka kaalutlemist kinnitati Nodi järglase Babloti kava.	77:3.1 (858.2) After the submergence of Dalamatia the Nodites moved north and east, presently founding the new city of Dilmun as their racial and cultural headquarters. And about fifty thousand years after the death of Nod, when the offspring of the Prince’s staff had become too numerous to find subsistence in the lands immediately surrounding their new city of Dilmun, and after they had reached out to intermarry with the Andonite and Sangik tribes adjoining their borders, it occurred to their leaders that something should be done to preserve their racial unity. Accordingly a council of the tribes was called, and after much deliberation the plan of Bablot, a descendant of Nod, was endorsed.
77:3.2 (858.3) Bablot pani ette püstitada rassi auks ja hiilguseks nende tolleaegse territooriumi keskele pretensioonikas tempel. Sellel pidi olema torn, milletaolist maailm polnud veel näinud. Ehitisest pidi saama suurejooneline mälestusmärk nende möödunud suurusele. Paljud soovisid, et monument püstitataks Dilmunisse, kuid teised väitsid, et nii suur ehitis tuleks rajada ohutusse kaugusse merest, sest neil olid meeles lood esimese pealinna Dalamatia merrekadumisest.	77:3.2 (858.3) Bablot proposed to erect a pretentious temple of racial glorification at the center of their then occupied territory. This temple was to have a tower the like of which the world had never seen. It was to be a monumental memorial to their passing greatness. There were many who wished to have this monument erected in Dilmun, but others contended that such a great structure should be placed a safe distance from the dangers of the sea, remembering the traditions of the engulfment of their first capital, Dalamatia.
77:3.3 (858.4) Babloti kavade kohaselt pidid uued hooned saama nodiitide kultuuri ja tsivilisatsiooni tulevase keskuse südameks. Ta seisukohad jäid lõpuks peale ja ehitamist alustatigi tema plaanide alusel. Uuele linnale kavatseti anda torni arhitekti ja ehitaja järgi nimeks Bablot. Hiljem hakati seda paika nimetama Bablodiks ja lõpuks Paabeliks.	77:3.3 (858.4) Bablot planned that the new buildings should become the nucleus of the future center of the Nodite culture and civilization. His counsel finally prevailed, and construction was started in accordance with his plans. The new city was to be named Bablot after the architect and builder of the tower. This location later became known as Bablod and eventually as Babel.
77:3.4 (858.5) Nodiitides tekitasid selle ettevõtmise kavad ja eesmärgid mõnevõrra segaseid tundeid. Ka nende juhid ei olnud ehitusplaanide ega hoonete hilisema kasutamise osas päris ühel nõul. Pärast neli ja pool aastat kestnud tööd puhkes torni ehitamise eesmärgi ja põhjuse üle suur vaidlus. Tüli muutus nii ägedaks, et kogu töö seiskus. Toidukandjad levitasid lahkarvamuste kohta uudiseid ja ehitusplatsile kogunes arvukaid hõime. Torni ehitamise otstarbe kohta valitses kolm erinevat seisukohta.	77:3.4 (858.5) But the Nodites were still somewhat divided in sentiment as to the plans and purposes of this undertaking. Neither were their leaders altogether agreed concerning either construction plans or usage of the buildings after they should be completed. After four and one-half years of work a great dispute arose about the object and motive for the erection of the tower. The contentions became so bitter that all work stopped. The food carriers spread the news of the dissension, and large numbers of the tribes began to forgather at the building site. Three differing views were propounded as to the purpose of building the tower:
77:3.5 (858.6) 1. Suurim rühm, mis moodustas kogunenutest peaaegu poole, soovis, et torn ehitataks kui nodiitide ajaloo ja rassi üleoleku mälestusmärk. Nad arvasid, et sellest peaks saama suur ja mõjuv ehitis, mis ärataks imetlust kõigis tulevastes põlvedes.	77:3.5 (858.6) 1. The largest group, almost one half, desired to see the tower built as a memorial of Nodite history and racial superiority. They thought it ought to be a great and imposing structure which would challenge the admiration of all future generations.
77:3.6 (858.7) 2. Suuruselt teine rühm soovis, et torn oleks mälestusmärk Dilmuni kultuurile. Nad nägid ette, et Bablotist saab suur kaubandus-, kunsti- ja tööstuskeskus.	77:3.6 (858.7) 2. The next largest faction wanted the tower designed to commemorate the Dilmun culture. They foresaw that Bablot would become a great center of commerce, art, and manufacture.
77:3.7 (859.1) 3. Väikseim ja vähemusse jäänud rühm arvas, et torni ehitamine annab võimaluse heastada Caligastia mässus osalenud esiisade rumalust. Nad väitsid, et torn tuleks pühendada kõige Isa palveldamisele ja et uue linna eesmärgiks peakski olema asuda Dalamatia kohale, sellest peaks saama ümbruskonna barbarite kultuuri-ja usukeskus.	77:3.7 (859.1) 3. The smallest and minority contingent held that the erection of the tower presented an opportunity for making atonement for the folly of their progenitors in participating in the Caligastia rebellion. They maintained that the tower should be devoted to the worship of the Father of all, that the whole purpose of the new city should be to take the place of Dalamatia—to function as the cultural and religious center for the surrounding barbarians.
77:3.8 (859.2) Religioosse rühma seisukoht hääletati kohe maha. Enamus lükkas tagasi õpetuse, et nende esivanematel lasus mässu süü, sest niisugune rassi häbiplekk oli neile vastumeelt. Ühe arvamuse kolmest tagasi lükanud ja suutmata ülejäänud kaht vaidluse teel lahendada, alustasid nad võitlust. Usupooldajad, kes võitluses ei osalenud, põgenesid lõuna poole oma kodudesse, nende kaaslased aga võitlesid, kuni olid teineteise peaaegu hävitanud.	77:3.8 (859.2) The religious group were promptly voted down. The majority rejected the teaching that their ancestors had been guilty of rebellion; they resented such a racial stigma. Having disposed of one of the three angles to the dispute and failing to settle the other two by debate, they fell to fighting. The religionists, the noncombatants, fled to their homes in the south, while their fellows fought until well-nigh obliterated.
77:3.9 (859.3) Ligikaudu kaksteist tuhat aastat tagasi tehti teine katse Paabeli torni püstitada. Andiitide segarassid (nodiidid ja adamiidid) otsustasid ehitada uue templi esimese varemetele, kuid see ettevõtmine ei leidnud piisavalt toetust, mistõttu kukkus omaenda pretensioonika raskuse all kokku. Pikka aega nimetati seda piirkonda Paabeli maaks.	77:3.9 (859.3) About twelve thousand years ago a second attempt to erect the tower of Babel was made. The mixed races of the Andites (Nodites and Adamites) undertook to raise a new temple on the ruins of the first structure, but there was not sufficient support for the enterprise; it fell of its own pretentious weight. This region was long known as the land of Babel.
4. Nodiitide tsivilisatsiooni keskused ^top	4. Nodite Centers of Civilization ^top
77:4.1 (859.4) Nodiitide hajumine tulenes otseselt mõlemale osapoolele laastavalt mõjunud Paabeli torni konfliktist. See kodusõda vähendas tunduvalt puhtamate nodiitide arvu ja oli paljuski põhjuseks, miks neil ei õnnestunud suurt Aadama-eelset tsivilisatsiooni rajada. Sellest ajast algas nodiitide kultuuri enam kui sada kakskümmend tuhat aastat kestnud langus, kuni Aadama vere lisamine seda taas turgutas. Ent ka Aadama ajal olid nodiidid ikka veel võimekas rahvas. Paljud nende segaverelised järeltulijad olid aia ehitajate seas ja mitmed Vani rühma kaptenid olid nodiidid. Sellest rassist olid pärit ka mõned kõige võimekamad isikud, kes Aadama kaaskonnas teenisid.	77:4.1 (859.4) The dispersion of the Nodites was an immediate result of the internecine conflict over the tower of Babel. This internal war greatly reduced the numbers of the purer Nodites and was in many ways responsible for their failure to establish a great pre-Adamic civilization. From this time on Nodite culture declined for over one hundred and twenty thousand years until it was upstepped by Adamic infusion. But even in the times of Adam the Nodites were still an able people. Many of their mixed descendants were numbered among the Garden builders, and several of Van’s group captains were Nodites. Some of the most capable minds serving on Adam’s staff were of this race.
77:4.2 (859.5) Kohe pärast Babloti konflikti rajati kolm neljast nodiitide suurest keskusest.	77:4.2 (859.5) Three out of the four great Nodite centers were established immediately following the Bablot conflict:
77:4.3 (859.6) 1. Läänepoolsed ehk Süüria nodiidid. Rahva või rassi mälestusmärgi pooldajate jäänused rändasid põhja poole ja ühinesid andoniitidega, et rajada Mesopotaamiast loodesse hilisemad nodiitide keskused. See oli laialihajuvate nodiitide suurim rühm, mis andis suure panuse hilisema assüüria tüvikonna tekkimisse.	77:4.3 (859.6) 1. The western or Syrian Nodites. The remnants of the nationalistic or racial memorialists journeyed northward, uniting with the Andonites to found the later Nodite centers to the northwest of Mesopotamia. This was the largest group of the dispersing Nodites, and they contributed much to the later appearing Assyrian stock.
77:4.4 (859.7) 2. Idapoolsed ehk Eelami nodiidid. Kultuuri ja kaubanduse propageerijad rändasid suurte hulkadena itta Eelamisse ja ühinesid seal segunenud sangikhõimudega. Kolmkümmend kuni nelikümmend tuhat aastat tagasi elanud elamiidid olid saanud oma loomult suures osas sangikrahvasteks, kuigi nende tsivilisatsioon püsis ümbruskonna barbaritest kõrgemal tasemel.	77:4.4 (859.7) 2. The eastern or Elamite Nodites. The culture and commerce advocates migrated in large numbers eastward into Elam and there united with the mixed Sangik tribes. The Elamites of thirty to forty thousand years ago had become largely Sangik in nature, although they continued to maintain a civilization superior to that of the surrounding barbarians.
77:4.5 (859.8) Pärast teise aia sisseseadmist hakati seda lähedalasuvat nodiitide asulat nimetama Noodimaaks ning selle nodiidirühma ja adamiitide vahelisel pikal suhtelise rahu perioodil segunesid need kaks rassi suuresti, sest Jumala Pojad (adamiidid) tavatsesid üha enam astuda segaabiellu inimeste tütardega (nodiitidega).	77:4.5 (859.8) After the establishment of the second garden it was customary to allude to this near-by Nodite settlement as “the land of Nod”; and during the long period of relative peace between this Nodite group and the Adamites, the two races were greatly blended, for it became more and more the custom for the Sons of God (the Adamites) to intermarry with the daughters of men (the Nodites).
77:4.6 (860.1) 3. Keskmised ehk sumerieelsed nodiidid. Väike rühm Tigrise ja Eufrati jõe suudmealal säilitas oma rassiterviklikkuse paremini. Nad jäid püsima tuhandeteks aastateks ja andsid lõppkokkuvõttes nodiitidest esivanemad, kelle segunemisest adamiitidega said alguse ajaloolised sumeri rahvad.	77:4.6 (860.1) 3. The central or pre-Sumerian Nodites. A small group at the mouth of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers maintained more of their racial integrity. They persisted for thousands of years and eventually furnished the Nodite ancestry which blended with the Adamites to found the Sumerian peoples of historic times.
77:4.7 (860.2) Sellega on seletatav, miks sumerid nii äkki ja saladuslikult Mesopotaamias areenile ilmusid. Teadlased ei jõua iialgi nende Sumeri hõimude juurteni, mis tekkisid kakssada tuhat aastat tagasi, pärast Dalamatia vettevajumist. Nende iidsete hõimude algaegadest pole kusagil mujal maailmas jälgegi, kuid nad kerkisid äkki tsivilisatsiooni horisondile küpse ja kõrge kultuurina, millel olid olemas templid, metallitöötlemine, põllumajandus, loomakasvatus, keraamika, kudumine, äriseadused, tsiviilkoodeks, religioossed tseremooniad ja vana kirjasüsteem. Ajaloolise ajastu alguseks olid nad Dalamatia tähestiku juba ammu unustanud ja võtnud kasutusele Dilmunist pärit iseäraliku kirjasüsteemi. Sumeri keel, mis on maailmale tegelikult kaduma läinud, ei olnud semiidi keel, sellel oli palju ühist niinimetatud aaria keeltega.	77:4.7 (860.2) And all this explains how the Sumerians appeared so suddenly and mysteriously on the stage of action in Mesopotamia. Investigators will never be able to trace out and follow these tribes back to the beginning of the Sumerians, who had their origin two hundred thousand years ago after the submergence of Dalamatia. Without a trace of origin elsewhere in the world, these ancient tribes suddenly loom upon the horizon of civilization with a full-grown and superior culture, embracing temples, metalwork, agriculture, animals, pottery, weaving, commercial law, civil codes, religious ceremonial, and an old system of writing. At the beginning of the historical era they had long since lost the alphabet of Dalamatia, having adopted the peculiar writing system originating in Dilmun. The Sumerian language, though virtually lost to the world, was not Semitic; it had much in common with the so-called Aryan tongues.
77:4.8 (860.3) Sumeritest jäänud põhjalikud ürikud kirjeldavad üht tähelepanuväärset asulat Pärsia lahe ääres, varasema Dilmuni linna lähedal. Egiptlased nimetasid seda iidse hiilguse linna Dilmatiks, hilisemad adamiseeritud sumerid ajasid mõlemad segi nodiitide linna Dalamatiaga ja nimetasid kõiki kolme Dilmuniks. Arheoloogid ongi juba leidnud iidseid sumeri savitahvleid, mis kirjeldavad seda maist paradiisi, „kus Jumalad õnnistasid inimkonda esmakordselt tsiviliseeritud ja kultuurse elu eeskujuga”. Ning neid Dilmunit, inimeste ja Jumala paradiisi, kirjeldavaid tahvleid lebab nüüd sügavas rahus paljude muuseumide tolmustel riiulitel.	77:4.8 (860.3) The elaborate records left by the Sumerians describe the site of a remarkable settlement which was located on the Persian Gulf near the earlier city of Dilmun. The Egyptians called this city of ancient glory Dilmat, while the later Adamized Sumerians confused both the first and second Nodite cities with Dalamatia and called all three Dilmun. And already have archaeologists found these ancient Sumerian clay tablets which tell of this earthly paradise “where the Gods first blessed mankind with the example of civilized and cultured life.” And these tablets, descriptive of Dilmun, the paradise of men and God, are now silently resting on the dusty shelves of many museums.
77:4.9 (860.4) Sumerid teadsid küll hästi esimest ja teist Eedenit, kuid pidasid põhjapoolseid aiaelanikke vaatamata laialdastele segaabieludele adamiitidega endiselt võõraks rassiks. Sumerite uhkus varasema nodiitide kultuuri üle sundis neid ignoreerima hilisemat hiilgust ja mäletama vaid Dilmuni linna suursugusust ja selle paradiislikkusest vestvaid legende.	77:4.9 (860.4) The Sumerians well knew of the first and second Edens but, despite extensive intermarriage with the Adamites, continued to regard the garden dwellers to the north as an alien race. Sumerian pride in the more ancient Nodite culture led them to ignore these later vistas of glory in favor of the grandeur and paradisiacal traditions of the city of Dilmun.
77:4.10 (860.5) 4. Põhjapoolsed nodiidid ja amadoniidid — vaniidid. See rühm tekkis enne Babloti konflikti. Need kõige põhjapoolsemad nodiidid põlvnesid Nodi ja tema järglaste juhtimise alt lahkunutest, kes läksid üle Vani ja Amadoni poolele.	77:4.10 (860.5) 4. The northern Nodites and Amadonites—the Vanites. This group arose prior to the Bablot conflict. These northernmost Nodites were descendants of those who had forsaken the leadership of Nod and his successors for that of Van and Amadon.
77:4.11 (860.6) Mõned Vani varasemad kaaslased asusid hiljem ümber praegugi tema nime kandva järve kallastele, nende pärimused kujunesid välja selle paiga ümbruses. Araratist sai nende püha mägi ning sellel oli hilisematele vaniitidele umbes sama tähendus kui Siinail heebrealastele. Kümme tuhat aastat tagasi õpetasid assüürlaste vaniitidest esivanemad, et nende seitsmest käsuseadusest koosneva moraaliõpetuse olid Vanile andnud Jumalad Ararati mäel. Nad uskusid kindlalt, et Van ja tema kaaslane Amadon võeti planeedilt elavaina ära, kui nad ülal mäel palveldasid.	77:4.11 (860.6) Some of the early associates of Van subsequently settled about the shores of the lake which still bears his name, and their traditions grew up about this locality. Ararat became their sacred mountain, having much the same meaning to later-day Vanites that Sinai had to the Hebrews. Ten thousand years ago the Vanite ancestors of the Assyrians taught that their moral law of seven commandments had been given to Van by the Gods upon Mount Ararat. They firmly believed that Van and his associate Amadon were taken alive from the planet while they were up on the mountain engaged in worship.
77:4.12 (860.7) Ararati mägi oli Põhja-Mesopotaamia püha mägi. Kuna suur osa nende iidsete aegade pärimustest tekkis seoses Babüloonia looga uputusest, pole üllatav, et Ararati mägi ja selle ümbrus põimiti ka hilisemasse juutide loosse Noast ja ülemaailmsest veeuputusest.	77:4.12 (860.7) Mount Ararat was the sacred mountain of northern Mesopotamia, and since much of your tradition of these ancient times was acquired in connection with the Babylonian story of the flood, it is not surprising that Mount Ararat and its region were woven into the later Jewish story of Noah and the universal flood.
77:4.13 (860.8) Ligikaudu 35 000 aastat eKr külastas Aadamapoeg üht kõige idapoolsemat vanade vaniitide asulat, et sinna tsivilisatsiooni keskus rajada.	77:4.13 (860.8) About 35,000 b.c. Adamson visited one of the easternmost of the old Vanite settlements to found his center of civilization.
5. Aadamapoeg ja Ratta ^top	5. Adamson and Ratta ^top
77:5.1 (861.1) Seostanud nodiitide eellased teiseste keskteeliste esivanematega, peaksime nüüd vaatlema nende esivanemate Aadama-poolset osa, sest teisesed keskteelised on ka Urantia violetse rassi esmasündinu, Aadamapoja lapselapsed.	77:5.1 (861.1) Having delineated the Nodite antecedents of the ancestry of the secondary midwayers, this narrative should now give consideration to the Adamic half of their ancestry, for the secondary midwayers are also the grandchildren of Adamson, the first-born of the violet race of Urantia.
77:5.2 (861.2) Aadamapoeg kuulus sellesse Aadama ja Eeva laste rühma, kes eelistas jääda oma isa ja emaga maa peale. See Aadama vanim poeg oli sageli kuulnud Vanilt ja Amadonilt lugu nende kodust põhjapoolsel mägismaal ja veidi aega pärast teise aia rajamist otsustas ta minna seda oma noorusunistuste maad otsima.	77:5.2 (861.2) Adamson was among that group of the children of Adam and Eve who elected to remain on earth with their father and mother. Now this eldest son of Adam had often heard from Van and Amadon the story of their highland home in the north, and sometime after the establishment of the second garden he determined to go in search of this land of his youthful dreams.
77:5.3 (861.3) Aadamapoeg oli tol ajal 120-aastane ja olnud esimeses aias isaks kolmekümne kahele puhtaverelisele lapsele. Ta soovis jääda oma vanemate juurde ja aidata neil üles ehitada teist aeda, kuid teda häiris väga oma kaaslase ja nende ühiste laste kaotus, sest kõik nad olid otsustanud minna Edentiale koos teiste Aadama lastega, kes soovisid Kõigekõrgemate hoolealusteks saada.	77:5.3 (861.3) Adamson was 120 years old at this time and had been the father of thirty-two pure-line children of the first garden. He wanted to remain with his parents and assist them in upbuilding the second garden, but he was greatly disturbed by the loss of his mate and their children, who had all elected to go to Edentia along with those other Adamic children who chose to become wards of the Most Highs.
77:5.4 (861.4) Aadamapoeg ei jätnud oma vanemaid Urantiale maha, ta ei soovinud raskuste ega ohtude eest põgeneda, kuid suhted teises aias ei rahuldanud teda sugugi. Ta tegi algul palju kaitse- ja ehitustööde arendamiseks, kuid otsustas esimesel võimalusel põhjapoole suunduda. Ehkki tema lahkumine oli igati meeldiv, oli Aadamal ja Eeval väga kurb oma vanimat poega kaotada ning lasta tal minna võõrasse ja vaenulikku maailma, kust ta kardetavasti enam kunagi tagasi ei pöördu.	77:5.4 (861.4) Adamson would not desert his parents on Urantia, he was disinclined to flee from hardship or danger, but he found the associations of the second garden far from satisfying. He did much to forward the early activities of defense and construction but decided to leave for the north at the earliest opportunity. And though his departure was wholly pleasant, Adam and Eve were much grieved to lose their eldest son, to have him go out into a strange and hostile world, as they feared, never to return.
77:5.5 (861.5) Aadamapojale järgnes põhja tema lapsepõlveunistuste rahva otsinguile kakskümmend seitse inimest. Veidi enam kui kolme aasta pärast jõudiski Aadamapoeg koos oma kaaslastega sihile ning leidis selle rahva seast imekauni kahekümneaastase naise, kes väitis end olevat Vürsti kaaskonna viimane puhtavereline järeltulija. See naine Ratta ütles, et kõik tema esivanemad põlvnesid algselt Vürsti langenud kaaskonna kahest liikmest. Ta oli oma rassist ainus ellujäänu, tal polnud ühtki elavat õde ega venda. Ta oli juba peaaegu otsustanud mitte paari heita, vaid surra ilma järglasteta, kuid majesteetlik Aadamapoeg võitis ta südame. Kui naine kuulis lugu Eedenist ning sellest, kuidas Vani ja Amadoni ennustused olid tõesti täide läinud, samuti üleastumisest aias, valdas teda vaid üks mõte — abielluda selle Aadama poja ja pärijaga. Ka Aadamapojale hakkas see mõte kiiresti meeldima. Veidi enam kui kolme kuu pärast nad abiellusid.	77:5.5 (861.5) A company of twenty-seven followed Adamson northward in quest of these people of his childhood fantasies. In a little over three years Adamson’s party actually found the object of their adventure, and among these people he discovered a wonderful and beautiful woman, twenty years old, who claimed to be the last pure-line descendant of the Prince’s staff. This woman, Ratta, said that her ancestors were all descendants of two of the fallen staff of the Prince. She was the last of her race, having no living brothers or sisters. She had about decided not to mate, had about made up her mind to die without issue, but she lost her heart to the majestic Adamson. And when she heard the story of Eden, how the predictions of Van and Amadon had really come to pass, and as she listened to the recital of the Garden default, she was encompassed with but a single thought—to marry this son and heir of Adam. And quickly the idea grew upon Adamson. In a little more than three months they were married.
77:5.6 (861.6) Aadamapoja ja Ratta peres oli kuuskümmend seitse last. Nad panid aluse maailma juhtide suurele dünastiale, kuid tegid veel enamat. Meenutagem, et nad mõlemad olid tegelikult inimestest kõrgemad olendid. Nende iga neljas laps kuulus ainulaadsesse klassi ja oli sageli nähtamatu. Maailma ajaloos polnud veel kunagi midagi taolist juhtunud. Rattat häiris see väga — ta oli isegi ebausklik —, kuid Aadamapoeg teadis esmaste keskteeliste olemasolust ja järeldas, et tema silme all on midagi taolist toimumas. Kui sündis teine imelikult käituv järglane, otsustas ta nad omavahel paari panna, sest üks oli nais-ja teine meessoost, ja nii tekkisidki teisesed keskteelised. Saja aasta jooksul enne selle nähtuse lakkamist oli neid tekkinud peaaegu kaks tuhat.	77:5.6 (861.6) Adamson and Ratta had a family of sixty-seven children. They gave origin to a great line of the world’s leadership, but they did something more. It should be remembered that both of these beings were really superhuman. Every fourth child born to them was of a unique order. It was often invisible. Never in the world’s history had such a thing occurred. Ratta was greatly perturbed—even superstitious—but Adamson well knew of the existence of the primary midwayers, and he concluded that something similar was transpiring before his eyes. When the second strangely behaving offspring arrived, he decided to mate them, since one was male and the other female, and this is the origin of the secondary order of midwayers. Within one hundred years, before this phenomenon ceased, almost two thousand were brought into being.
77:5.7 (862.1) Aadamapoeg elas 396 aastat. Ta käis korduvalt oma emal ja isal külas. Iga seitsme aasta järel rändas ta koos Rattaga lõunasse teise aeda ning vahepeal hoidsid keskteelised teda oma rahva käekäiguga kursis. Aadamapoja eluajal oli neil suuri teeneid uue ja sõltumatu tõe ning õigluse maailmakeskuse ülesehitamisel.	77:5.7 (862.1) Adamson lived for 396 years. Many times he returned to visit his father and mother. Every seven years he and Ratta journeyed south to the second garden, and meanwhile the midwayers kept him informed regarding the welfare of his people. During Adamson’s life they did great service in upbuilding a new and independent world center for truth and righteousness.
77:5.8 (862.2) Nii said Aadamapoeg ja Ratta oma käsutusse need imelised abilised, kes töötasid koos nendega kogu nende pika eluaja, aidates levitada kõrgemat tõde ja kõrgematasemelisi vaimseid, intellektuaalseid ja füüsilisi eluviise. Järgnevad tagasilöögid ei varjutanud kunagi päriselt selle maailmaparandamistöö tulemusi.	77:5.8 (862.2) Adamson and Ratta thus had at their command this corps of marvelous helpers, who labored with them throughout their long lives to assist in the propagation of advanced truth and in the spread of higher standards of spiritual, intellectual, and physical living. And the results of this effort at world betterment never did become fully eclipsed by subsequent retrogressions.
77:5.9 (862.3) Aadamapoja rahva kõrge kultuur püsis pärast Aadamapoja ja Ratta aegu veel peaaegu seitse tuhat aastat. Hiljem segunesid nad ümbruskonna nodiitide ja andoniitidega ja neid peeti samuti „muistse aja vägimeesteks”. Mõned selle ajajärgu edusammud jäid püsima ning ilmnesid kultuuripotentsiaalis, millest puhkes hiljem õide Euroopa tsivilisatsioon.	77:5.9 (862.3) The Adamsonites maintained a high culture for almost seven thousand years from the times of Adamson and Ratta. Later on they became admixed with the neighboring Nodites and Andonites and were also included among the “mighty men of old.” And some of the advances of that age persisted to become a latent part of the cultural potential which later blossomed into European civilization.
77:5.10 (862.4) See tsivilisatsioonikeskus asus Kaspia mere lõunatipust idas paikneval alal, Kopetdagi lähedal. Turkestani eelmäestikes veidi ülespoole minnes näeb kunagise violetse rassi adamsoniitide pealinna jäänuseid. Neis mägistes paikades, kitsas viljakas vööndis Kopetdagi mäeaheliku madalamates eelmäestikes tekkis erinevatel perioodidel järjestikku neli erinevat kultuuri, mida edendasid vastavalt neli erinevat Aadamapoja järeltulijate rühma. Teine neist rühmadest rändas läände Kreekasse ja Vahemere saartele. Aadamapoja ülejäänud järeltulijad rändasid põhja ja läände ning saabusid koos viimase Mesopotaamiast väljunud andiitide laine segatüvikonnaga Euroopasse ning neid leidus ka andiitidest-aarialastest India vallutajate seas.	77:5.10 (862.4) This center of civilization was situated in the region east of the southern end of the Caspian Sea, near the Kopet Dagh. A short way up in the foothills of Turkestan are the vestiges of what was onetime the Adamsonite headquarters of the violet race. In these highland sites, situated in a narrow and ancient fertile belt lying in the lower foothills of the Kopet range, there successively arose at various periods four diverse cultures respectively fostered by four different groups of Adamson’s descendants. It was the second of these groups which migrated westward to Greece and the islands of the Mediterranean. The residue of Adamson’s descendants migrated north and west to enter Europe with the blended stock of the last Andite wave coming out of Mesopotamia, and they were also numbered among the Andite-Aryan invaders of India.
6. Teisesed keskteelised ^top	6. The Secondary Midwayers ^top
77:6.1 (862.5) Kui esmased keskteelised olid peaaegu üleinimlikku päritolu, siis teisene liik pärines Aadama puhta tüvikonna vanemate esivanemate inimesestunud järeltulijate ühendusest.	77:6.1 (862.5) While the primary midwayers had a well-nigh superhuman origin, the secondary order are the offspring of the pure Adamic stock united with a humanized descendant of ancestors common to the parentage of the senior corps.
77:6.2 (862.6) Aadamapoja laste hulgas oli täpselt kuusteist teiseste keskteeliste ebatavalist esivanemat. Neid ainulaadseid lapsi oli võrdselt mõlemast soost ja iga paar suutis sünnitada iga seitsmekümne päeva järel ühe teisese keskteelise, kasutades sugulise ja mittesugulise armuühte kombinatsiooni. Enne seda aega ei olnud niisugune nähtus maa peal võimalik olnud ning seda pole juhtunud ka hiljem.	77:6.2 (862.6) Among the children of Adamson there were just sixteen of the peculiar progenitors of the secondary midwayers. These unique children were equally divided as regards sex, and each couple was capable of producing a secondary midwayer every seventy days by a combined technique of sex and nonsex liaison. And such a phenomenon was never possible on earth before that time, nor has it ever occurred since.
77:6.3 (862.7) Need kuusteist last elasid ja surid (kui nende iseärasused arvestamata jätta) nagu maailma surelikud, kuid nende elektriliselt energetiseeritud järglased elavad edasi ega allu sureliku ihu kitsendustele.	77:6.3 (862.7) These sixteen children lived and died (except for their peculiarities) as mortals of the realm, but their electrically energized offspring live on and on, not being subject to the limitations of mortal flesh.
77:6.4 (862.8) Kõik kaheksa paari sünnitasid igaüks 249 keskteelist ja nii tekkiski ainulaadne 1 984-liikmeline teisene keskteeliskond. Teisesed keskteelised jagunevad kaheksasse alarühma. Neid tähistatakse a-b-c esimene, teine, kolmas ja nii edasi. Seejärel d-e-f esimene, teine ja nii edasi.	77:6.4 (862.8) Each of the eight couples eventually produced 248 midwayers, and thus did the original secondary corps—1,984 in number—come into existence. There are eight subgroups of secondary midwayers. They are designated as A-B-C the first, second, third, and so on. And then there are D-E-F the first, second, and so on.
77:6.5 (862.9) Pärast Aadama üleastumist pöördusid esmased keskteelised Melkisedekitehooldajate teenistusse tagasi, teisene rühm jäi aga Aadamapoja surmani tema keskusesse. Kolmkümmend kolm teisest keskteelist, kes olid Aadamapoja surma ajal nende organisatsiooni juhid, püüdsid pöörata kogu klassi Melkisedekite teenistusse, et luua side esmaste keskteelistega. Et see aga ei õnnestunud, lahkusid nad oma kaaslastest ja läksid koos planeedi hooldajaid teenima.	77:6.5 (862.9) After the default of Adam the primary midwayers returned to the service of the Melchizedek receivers, while the secondary group were attached to the Adamson center until his death. Thirty-three of these secondary midwayers, the chiefs of their organization at the death of Adamson, endeavored to swing the whole order over to the service of the Melchizedeks, thus effecting a liaison with the primary corps. But failing to accomplish this, they deserted their companions and went over in a body to the service of the planetary receivers.
77:6.6 (863.1) Pärast Aadamapoja surma hakkasid ülejäänud teisesed keskteelised Urantial imelikku, organiseerimata ja sõltumatut mõju avaldama. Sellest ajast kuni Machiventa Melkisedeki tulekuni oli nende elu korrapäratu ja organiseerimata. Too Melkisedek võttis nad osaliselt oma kontrolli alla, ent kuni Kristus Miikaeli ajani tegid nad siiski endiselt palju pahandust. Tema viibides maakeral otsustasid nad kõik oma edasise saatuse ja ustav enamik asus teenima esmaste keskteeliste juhtimise all.	77:6.6 (863.1) After the death of Adamson the remainder of the secondary midwayers became a strange, unorganized, and unattached influence on Urantia. From that time to the days of Machiventa Melchizedek they led an irregular and unorganized existence. They were partially brought under control by this Melchizedek but were still productive of much mischief up to the days of Christ Michael. And during his sojourn on earth they all made final decisions as to their future destiny, the loyal majority then enlisting under the leadership of the primary midwayers.
7. Mässulised keskteelised ^top	7. The Rebel Midwayers ^top
77:7.1 (863.2) Enamik esmaseid keskteelisi läks Luciferi mässu ajal patu teele. Kui planeedi mässu hävitustöö kokku arvestati, avastati lisaks muudele kaotustele, et esialgsest 50 000 oli 40 119 ühinenud Caligastiaga.	77:7.1 (863.2) The majority of the primary midwayers went into sin at the time of the Lucifer rebellion. When the devastation of the planetary rebellion was reckoned up, among other losses it was discovered that of the original 50,000, 40,119 had joined the Caligastia secession.
77:7.2 (863.3) Teiseseid keskteelisi oli algselt 1984, neist 873 ei allunud Miikaeli valitsemisele ja interneeriti korrakohaselt Urantia planeedi kohtumõistmisel nelipühi ajal. Nende langenud loodud-olendite tulevikku ei oska keegi ennustada.	77:7.2 (863.3) The original number of secondary midwayers was 1,984, and of these 873 failed to align themselves with the rule of Michael and were duly interned in connection with the planetary adjudication of Urantia on the day of Pentecost. No one can forecast the future of these fallen creatures.
77:7.3 (863.4) Mõlemad mässajate rühmad on praegu vahi all ja ootavad süsteemi mässu küsimustes lõplikku kohtuotsust. Ent enne planeedi praeguse usulise elukorralduse sissepühitsemist tegid nad maa peal palju imelikke asju.	77:7.3 (863.4) Both groups of rebel midwayers are now held in custody awaiting the final adjudication of the affairs of the system rebellion. But they did many strange things on earth prior to the inauguration of the present planetary dispensation.
77:7.4 (863.5) Need truudusetud keskteelised suutsid end teatavates olukordades surelike silmale ilmutada, eriti usust taganenud teiseste keskteeliste juhi Peeltsebuli kaaslased. Ent neid ainulaadseid olendeid ei tohi segi ajada mässajatest keerubite ja seeravitega, kes olid samuti Kristuse surma ja ülestõusmise ajani maa peal. Mõned vanemad kirjamehed nimetasid neid mässulisi keskteelisi kurjadeks vaimudeks ja deemoniteks ning usust taganenud seeraveid kurjadeks ingliteks.	77:7.4 (863.5) These disloyal midwayers were able to reveal themselves to mortal eyes under certain circumstances, and especially was this true of the associates of Beelzebub, the leader of the apostate secondary midwayers. But these unique creatures must not be confused with certain of the rebel cherubim and seraphim who also were on earth up to the time of Christ’s death and resurrection. Some of the older writers designated these rebellious midway creatures as evil spirits and demons, and the apostate seraphim as evil angels.
77:7.5 (863.6) Pärast Paradiisi annetuva Poja elu ei saa kurjad vaimud enam ühtki surelikku meelt oma võimuses pidada. Ent enne Kristus Miikaeli aega Urantial — enne Mõttekohandajate üleüldist saabumist ja Meistri vaimu väljavalamist kogu liha peale — said mässulised keskteelised teatavate vähemarenenud surelike meelt mõjutada ja mõnevõrra nende tegusid suunata. Seda tehti umbes nii, nagu teevad ustavad keskteelisedki, kes teenivad Urantia saatuse reservkorpuses inimmeele tõhusate kontaktkaitsjatena ajal, mil Kohandaja on tegelikult isiksusest eraldunud ja ühenduses üleinimlike intellektidega.	77:7.5 (863.6) On no world can evil spirits possess any mortal mind subsequent to the life of a Paradise bestowal Son. But before the days of Christ Michael on Urantia—before the universal coming of the Thought Adjusters and the pouring out of the Master’s spirit upon all flesh—these rebel midwayers were actually able to influence the minds of certain inferior mortals and somewhat to control their actions. This was accomplished in much the same way as the loyal midway creatures function when they serve as efficient contact guardians of the human minds of the Urantia reserve corps of destiny at those times when the Adjuster is, in effect, detached from the personality during a season of contact with superhuman intelligences.
77:7.6 (863.7) Kui ürikud väidavad: „Ja tema juurde toodi igasuguseid haigeid, deemoneist vaevatuid ja langetõbiseid,” pole tegemist ainult kõnekujundiga. Jeesus oskas teha vahet hullumeelsele ja deemoni küüsi sattunule, kuigi teiste tema aja ja põlvkonna inimeste meeles olid need kaks seisundit täiesti segi aetud.	77:7.6 (863.7) It is no mere figure of speech when the record states: “And they brought to Him all sorts of sick people, those who were possessed by devils and those who were lunatics.” Jesus knew and recognized the difference between insanity and demoniacal possession, although these states were greatly confused in the minds of those who lived in his day and generation.
77:7.7 (863.8) Ka enne nelipühi ei saanud ükski mässuline vaim normaalset inimmeelt oma võimusesse võtta ja sellest ajast saadik ei pea isegi vähemarenenud surelike nõrk meel seda võimalust kartma. Kurja vaimu arvatavatel väljaajamistel pärast Tõe Vaimu saabumist on usk inimese langemisse deemonite küüsi segi aetud tõelise hüsteeria, hullumeelsuse ja nõdrameelsuse juhtumitega. Kuigi Miikaeli annetumine on vabastanud Urantial kõik inimmeeled igaveseks deemoni küüsi sattumise ohust, ei maksa arvata, et varasematel aegadel seda nähtust tegelikult ei eksisteerinud.	77:7.7 (863.8) Even prior to Pentecost no rebel spirit could dominate a normal human mind, and since that day even the weak minds of inferior mortals are free from such possibilities. The supposed casting out of devils since the arrival of the Spirit of Truth has been a matter of confounding a belief in demoniacal possession with hysteria, insanity, and feeble-mindedness. But just because Michael’s bestowal has forever liberated all human minds on Urantia from the possibility of demoniacal possession, do not imagine that such was not a reality in former ages.
77:7.8 (864.1) Kogu mässuliste keskteeliste rühm on praegu Edentia Kõigekõrgemate käsul vangistatud. Nad ei uita enam siin maailmas ega tee pahandusi. Vaatamata Mõttekohandajate olemasolule tegi Tõe Vaimu väljavalamine kogu liha peale igaveseks võimatuks igat liiki truudusetute vaimude tungimise ka kõige nõdremate inimeste meelde. Pärast nelipühi ei saa deemoni küüsi sattumist enam kunagi olla.	77:7.8 (864.1) The entire group of rebel midwayers is at present held prisoner by order of the Most Highs of Edentia. No more do they roam this world on mischief bent. Regardless of the presence of the Thought Adjusters, the pouring out of the Spirit of Truth upon all flesh forever made it impossible for disloyal spirits of any sort or description ever again to invade even the most feeble of human minds. Since the day of Pentecost there never again can be such a thing as demoniacal possession.
8. Keskteeliste ühendus ^top	8. The United Midwayers ^top
77:8.1 (864.2) Selle maailma viimase kohtumõistmise ajal, kui Miikael võttis magavad ajalikud ellujääjad kaasa, jäeti keskteelised maha, et nad aitaksid planeedil vaimset ja poolvaimset tööd teha. Nüüd tegutsevad nad ühtse korpusena, kuhu kuuluvad mõlemad astmed ja neid on kokku 10 992. Urantia Keskteeliste Ühendust juhivad praegu vaheldumisi kummagi klassi vanimad liikmed. See valitsemiskord on kehtinud alates nende ühinemisest ühtseks rühmaks veidi pärast nelipühi.	77:8.1 (864.2) At the last adjudication of this world, when Michael removed the slumbering survivors of time, the midway creatures were left behind, left to assist in the spiritual and semispiritual work on the planet. They now function as a single corps, embracing both orders and numbering 10,992. The United Midwayers of Urantia are at present governed alternately by the senior member of each order. This regime has obtained since their amalgamation into one group shortly after Pentecost.
77:8.2 (864.3) Vanema ehk esmase liigi liikmeid tuntakse üldiselt numbrite järgi; neile antakse sageli nimeks näiteks 1-2-3 esimene, 4-5-6 esimene ja nii edasi. Urantial tähistatakse Aadama keskteelisi tähtedega, et neid eristada esmaste keskteeliste numbrilistest tähistest.	77:8.2 (864.3) The members of the older or primary order are generally known by numerals; they are often given names such as 1-2-3 the first, 4-5-6 the first, and so on. On Urantia the Adamic midwayers are designated alphabetically in order to distinguish them from the numerical designation of the primary midwayers.
77:8.3 (864.4) Mõlemad klassid on toitumise ja energiatarbimise poolest mitteainelised olendid, kuid neil on palju inimlikke jooni ning nad on võimelised nii teie nalju kui ka teie palveldamist nautima ja mõistma. Kui neid surelike juurde saadetakse, tegutsevad nad inimeste töö, puhkuse ja mängu vaimus. Kuid keskteelised ei maga ning neil pole sigimisvõimet. Teiseste rühmas saab teatud mõttes eristada mees-ja naissugu, kelle poole pöördudes kasutatakse erinevaid sõnu. Sageli töötavad nad koos paaridena.	77:8.3 (864.4) Both orders are nonmaterial beings as regards nutrition and energy intake, but they partake of many human traits and are able to enjoy and follow your humor as well as your worship. When attached to mortals, they enter into the spirit of human work, rest, and play. But midwayers do not sleep, neither do they possess powers of procreation. In a certain sense the secondary group are differentiated along the lines of maleness and femaleness, often being spoken of as “he” or “she.” They often work together in such pairs.
77:8.4 (864.5) Keskteelised ei ole inimesed ega inglid, kuid teisesed keskteelised on olemuselt inimestele lähedasemad kui inglitele: nad pärinevad teatud mõttes teie rassidest ja on seetõttu inimolendite suhtes väga mõistvad ja osavõtlikud. Teisesed keskteelised on nende seeravite hindamatud abilised, kes töötavad inimkonna erinevate rasside huvides ja koos nendega, mõlemad klassid on aga asendamatud seeravitele, kes teenivad surelike isiklike kaitsjatena.	77:8.4 (864.5) Midwayers are not men, neither are they angels, but secondary midwayers are, in nature, nearer man than angel; they are, in a way, of your races and are, therefore, very understanding and sympathetic in their contact with human beings; they are invaluable to the seraphim in their work for and with the various races of mankind, and both orders are indispensable to the seraphim who serve as personal guardians to mortals.
77:8.5 (864.6) Urantia Keskteeliste Ühendus on moodustatud planeedi seeravite teenimiseks vastavalt nende loomupärastele võimetele ja omandatud oskustele järgmistes rühmades:	77:8.5 (864.6) The United Midwayers of Urantia are organized for service with the planetary seraphim in accordance with innate endowments and acquired skills, in the following groups:
77:8.6 (864.7) 1. keskteelistest sõnumitoojad. Sellel rühmal on ka nimed, see on väike korpus ja nad on arenevas maailmas isiklike teadete kiirel ja usaldusväärsel edastamisel suureks abiks;	77:8.6 (864.7) 1. Midway messengers. This group bear names; they are a small corps and are of great assistance on an evolutionary world in the service of quick and reliable personal communication.
77:8.7 (864.8) 2. planeedi tunnimehed. Keskteelised on kosmosemaailmade valvurid, tunnimehed. Nad täidavad tähtsaid ülesandeid, jälgides kõiki arvukaid nähtusi ja sidepidamisviise, mis on maailma üleloomulikele olenditele olulised. Nad teevad planeedi nähtamatus vaimumaailmas kontrollkäike;	77:8.7 (864.8) 2. Planetary sentinels. Midwayers are the guardians, the sentinels, of the worlds of space. They perform the important duties of observers for all the numerous phenomena and types of communication which are of import to the supernatural beings of the realm. They patrol the invisible spirit realm of the planet.
77:8.8 (865.1) 3. kontaktisikud. Keskteelisi kasutatakse alati suhetes aineliste maailmade surelike olenditega, näiteks inimesega, kelle kaudu käesolevad teadaanded edastati. Nad on niisugustes vaimse ja ainelise taseme ühendustes oluliseks teguriks;	77:8.8 (865.1) 3. Contact personalities. In the contacts made with the mortal beings of the material worlds, such as with the subject through whom these communications were transmitted, the midway creatures are always employed. They are an essential factor in such liaisons of the spiritual and the material levels.
77:8.9 (865.2) 4. progressile kaasaaitajad. Need on vaimsemad keskteelised, keda suunatakse appi mitmesugustele seeraviklassidele, kes planeedil erirühmadena tegutsevad.	77:8.9 (865.2) 4. Progress helpers. These are the more spiritual of the midway creatures, and they are distributed as assistants to the various orders of seraphim who function in special groups on the planet.
77:8.10 (865.3) Keskteeliste võimed suhelda endast kõrgemate seeravite ja endast madalamate inimestest sugulastega on väga erinevad. Esmastel keskteelistel on näiteks erakordselt raske aineliste jõududega otseselt kokku puutuda. Nad on tunduvalt lähedasemad inglitüüpi olenditele ning seetõttu määratakse neid tavaliselt töötama koos planeedil viibivate vaimsete jõududega ja nende eest hoolt kandma. Nad on seltsilised ja teejuhid taevastele külalistele ning õppuritest stažeerijatele, teisesed keskteelised suunatakse aga peaaegu eranditult maailma aineliste olendite eest hoolitsema.	77:8.10 (865.3) Midwayers vary greatly in their abilities to make contact with the seraphim above and with their human cousins below. It is exceedingly difficult, for instance, for the primary midwayers to make direct contact with material agencies. They are considerably nearer the angelic type of being and are therefore usually assigned to working with, and ministering to, the spiritual forces resident on the planet. They act as companions and guides for celestial visitors and student sojourners, whereas the secondary creatures are almost exclusively attached to the ministry of the material beings of the realm.
77:8.11 (865.4) 1 111 ustavat teisest keskteelist täidavad maa peal tähtsaid ülesandeid. Võrreldes nende esmaste kaaslastega tuleb neid kindlasti ainelisteks lugeda. Nad eksisteerivad õige pisut väljaspool surelike vaatevälja ja neil on piisavalt kohanemisvõimet, et astuda soovi korral füüsilisse kontakti „aineliste asjadega”, nagu inimesed ütlevad. Neil ainulaadsetel loodud-olenditel on aja ja ruumi, sealhulgas maailma loomade üle teatav kindel võim.	77:8.11 (865.4) The 1,111 loyal secondary midwayers are engaged in important missions on earth. As compared with their primary associates, they are decidedly material. They exist just outside the range of mortal vision and possess sufficient latitude of adaptation to make, at will, physical contact with what humans call “material things.” These unique creatures have certain definite powers over the things of time and space, not excepting the beasts of the realm.
77:8.12 (865.5) Paljud konkreetsed nähtused, mida on seostatud inglitega, on kutsunud esile teisesed keskteelised. Kui Jeesuse evangeeliumi varased õpetajad heideti tolleaegsete võhiklike usujuhide poolt vangi, tegi „Issanda ingel” tõesti „öösel vangimaja uksed lahti ja viis nad välja”. Ent Peetruse vabastamine pärast seda, kui Jakoobus Herodese korraldusel tapeti, toimus teisese keskteelise, mitte ingli abil.	77:8.12 (865.5) Many of the more literal phenomena ascribed to angels have been performed by the secondary midway creatures. When the early teachers of the gospel of Jesus were thrown into prison by the ignorant religious leaders of that day, an actual “angel of the Lord” “by night opened the prison doors and brought them forth.” But in the case of Peter’s deliverance after the killing of James by Herod’s order, it was a secondary midwayer who performed the work ascribed to an angel.
77:8.13 (865.6) Praegusel ajal on nende põhitegevuseks olla planeedi saatuse varukorpusesse kuuluvate meeste ja naiste märkamatuteks isiklikeks sidepidajateks. Just see teisene rühm, keda abistasid võimekalt mõned esmase rühma liikmed, suutis oma tööga koordineerida Urantia isiksusi ja olukordi sel määral, et planeedi taevased juhendajad algatasid taotluse, mille tulemusena anti volitused teha teatavaks käesolevad ilmutused, kaasa arvatud see kiri. Ent tuleks selgitada, et keskteelised ei osale neis räpastes etendustes, mis toimuvad üldnimetuse „spiritism” all. Praegu Urantial viibivad keskteelised, kellel kõigil on auväärne positsioon, ei ole niinimetatud „meediumlusega” seotud; nad ei luba inimestel tavaliselt olla tunnistajaks oma füüsilisele tegevusele, mis mõnikord on vajalik, või muudele kontaktidele ainelise maailmaga, nagu need on inimmeeltele tajutavad.	77:8.13 (865.6) Their chief work today is that of unperceived personal-liaison associates of those men and women who constitute the planetary reserve corps of destiny. It was the work of this secondary group, ably seconded by certain of the primary corps, that brought about the co-ordination of personalities and circumstances on Urantia which finally induced the planetary celestial supervisors to initiate those petitions that resulted in the granting of the mandates making possible the series of revelations of which this presentation is a part. But it should be made clear that the midway creatures are not involved in the sordid performances taking place under the general designation of “spiritualism.” The midwayers at present on Urantia, all of whom are of honorable standing, are not connected with the phenomena of so-called “mediumship”; and they do not, ordinarily, permit humans to witness their sometimes necessary physical activities or other contacts with the material world, as they are perceived by human senses.
9. Urantia alalised kodanikud ^top	9. The Permanent Citizens of Urantia ^top
77:9.1 (865.7) Keskteelisi võib pidada esimeseks alaliste elanike rühmaks, keda leidub kõikjal universumite eri tüüpi maailmades, vastupidiselt arengulistele tõusuteelistele nagu surelikud loodud-olendid ja inglihulgad. Niisuguseid alalisi kodanikke kohtab Paradiisitee mitmetes punktides.	77:9.1 (865.7) Midwayers may be regarded as the first group of the permanent inhabitants to be found on the various orders of worlds throughout the universes in contrast with evolutionary ascenders like the mortal creatures and the angelic hosts. Such permanent citizens are encountered at various points in the Paradise ascent.
77:9.2 (866.1) Erinevalt mitmesugustest taevaste olendite klassidest, kes on määratud planeedi eest hoolt kandma, keskteelised elavad asustatud maailmas. Seeravid tulevad ja lähevad, aga keskteelised jäävad ja püsivad ka tulevikus, hoolitsedes ikka planeedi põliselanike ja selle eest, et jätkuks valitsemiskord, mis harmoniseerib ja ühendab seeravihulkade vahetuvaid valitsusi.	77:9.2 (866.1) Unlike the various orders of celestial beings who are assigned to minister on a planet, the midwayers live on an inhabited world. The seraphim come and go, but the midway creatures remain and will remain, albeit they are nonetheless ministers for being natives of the planet, and they provide the one continuing regime which harmonizes and connects the changing administrations of the seraphic hosts.
77:9.3 (866.2) Olles tegelikult Urantia kodanikud, on keskteelised selle sfääri saatusest ka enda seisukohalt huvitatud. Nad on kindlameelne ühendus, kes töötab järjekindlalt oma koduplaneedi progressi nimel. Nende kindlameelsust näitab ka nende klassi moto: „Mida Keskteeliste Ühendus ette võtab, seda Keskteeliste Ühendus ka teeb.”	77:9.3 (866.2) As actual citizens of Urantia, the midwayers have a kinship interest in the destiny of this sphere. They are a determined association, persistently working for the progress of their native planet. Their determination is suggested by the motto of their order: “What the United Midwayers undertake, the United Midwayers do.”
77:9.4 (866.3) Kuigi nende võime energiaringlusi läbida teeb igale keskteelisele planeedilt lahkumise võimalikuks, on nad igaüks endale tõotanud siia jääda, kuni universumi valitsusvõimud nad kord vabastavad. Keskteelised on kinnistatud planeedile kuni valgusesse ja ellu stabiliseerumise ajajärkudeni. Ükski ustav keskteeline peale 1-2-3 esimese pole kunagi Urantialt lahkunud.	77:9.4 (866.3) Although their ability to traverse the energy circuits makes planetary departure feasible to any midwayer, they have individually pledged themselves not to leave the planet prior to their sometime release by the universe authorities. Midwayers are anchored on a planet until the ages of settled light and life. With the exception of 1-2-3 the first, no loyal midway creatures have ever departed from Urantia.
77:9.5 (866.4) 1-2-3 esimene, esmastest vanim, vabastati vahetutest kohustustest planeedil peagi pärast nelipühi. See üllas keskteeline seisis planeedi mässu traagilistel päevadel vankumatult Vani ja Amadoni kõrval ning tema kartmatu juhtimine aitas tal oma klassi kaotusi vähendada. Ta teenib Jerusemil praegu ühena kahekümne neljast nõuandjast ning on olnud juba korra pärast nelipühi Urantia peakuberner.	77:9.5 (866.4) 1-2-3 the first, the eldest of the primary order, was released from immediate planetary duties shortly after Pentecost. This noble midwayer stood steadfast with Van and Amadon during the tragic days of the planetary rebellion, and his fearless leadership was instrumental in reducing the casualties in his order. He serves at present on Jerusem as a member of the twenty-four counselors, having already functioned as governor general of Urantia once since Pentecost.
77:9.6 (866.5) Keskteelised on planeediga seotud, kuid umbes samamoodi nagu surelikud räägivad kaugelt tulnud rändajatega ja saavad neilt teada planeedi kaugetest paikadest, vestlevad ka keskteelised taevaränduritega, et kuulda universumi kaugetest paikadest. Nad õpivad tundma seda süsteemi ja universumit, isegi Orvontoni ja selle sõsarlooduid, ning valmistuvad selliselt kodakondsuseks loodud-olendi eksistentsi kõrgematel tasemetel.	77:9.6 (866.5) Midwayers are planet bound, but much as mortals talk with travelers from afar and thus learn about remote places on the planet, so do midwayers converse with celestial travelers to learn about the far places of the universe. So do they become conversant with this system and universe, even with Orvonton and its sister creations, and so do they prepare themselves for citizenship on the higher levels of creature existence.
77:9.7 (866.6) Kuigi keskteelised tekkisid täielikult väljaarenenutena — nad ei kogenud kasvamise aega või väljaarenemist ebaküpsusest —, ei lakka kunagi kasvamast nende tarkus ja kogemused. Nad on nagu surelikudki arenevad loodud-olendid ja nende kultuur on bona fide evolutsiooniline saavutus. Urantia keskteeliste hulgas on palju vägevaid hingi ja suurvaime.	77:9.7 (866.6) While the midwayers were brought into existence fully developed—experiencing no period of growth or development from immaturity—they never cease to grow in wisdom and experience. Like mortals they are evolutionary creatures, and they have a culture which is a bona fide evolutionary attainment. There are many great minds and mighty spirits among the Urantia midway corps.
77:9.8 (866.7) Laiemas mõttes on Urantia tsivilisatsioon Urantia surelike ja Urantia keskteeliste ühine saavutus ning see on tõsi, vaatamata nende kahe kultuuri tasemete praegusele erinevusele, mis kaob alles kunagi valguse ja elu ajajärkude saabudes.	77:9.8 (866.7) In the larger aspect the civilization of Urantia is the joint product of the Urantia mortals and the Urantia midwayers, and this is true despite the present differential between the two levels of culture, a differential which will not be compensated prior to the ages of light and life.
77:9.9 (866.8) Keskteeliste kultuur, planeedi surematu kodanikkonna saavutus, jääb suhteliselt puutumata neist ajutistest elumuutustest, mis inimtsivilisatsioonile raskusi tekitavad. Inimpõlved unustavad, keskteeliste korpus aga mäletab ja see mälu on teie asustatud maailma pärimuste varakamber. Nii püsib planeedi kultuur teie planeedil igavesti ja sobivatel juhtudel saavad need väärtuslikud mälestused varasematest sündmustest kättesaadavaks, nagu Urantia keskteelised andsid oma lihalikele sugulastele loo Jeesuse elust ja õpetustest.	77:9.9 (866.8) The midway culture, being the product of an immortal planetary citizenry, is relatively immune to those temporal vicissitudes which beset human civilization. The generations of men forget; the corps of midwayers remembers, and that memory is the treasure house of the traditions of your inhabited world. Thus does the culture of a planet remain ever present on that planet, and in proper circumstances such treasured memories of past events are made available, even as the story of the life and teachings of Jesus has been given by the midwayers of Urantia to their cousins in the flesh.
77:9.10 (867.1) Keskteelised on oskuslikud hoolekandjad, kes täidavad Urantial selle ainelise ja vaimse sfääri vahelise tühimiku, mille tekitas Aadama ja Eeva surm. Nad on ka teie vanemad vennad, kaaslased teie pikas võitluses Urantia valgusesse ja ellu asetumiseni. Keskteeliste Ühendus on mässuga proovile pandud korpus, kes täidab ustavalt oma rolli planeedi arengus, kuni see maailm jõuab ajastute sihini, päevani, mil rahu tõepoolest valitseb maa peal ja hea tahe on inimeste südames.	77:9.10 (867.1) Midwayers are the skillful ministers who compensate that gap between the material and spiritual affairs of Urantia which appeared upon the death of Adam and Eve. They are likewise your elder brethren, comrades in the long struggle to attain a settled status of light and life on Urantia. The United Midwayers are a rebellion-tested corps, and they will faithfully enact their part in planetary evolution until this world attains the goal of the ages, until that distant day when in fact peace does reign on earth and in truth is there good will in the hearts of men.
77:9.11 (867.2) Keskteeliste väärtuslikust tööst oleme järeldanud, et nad moodustavad tõesti olulise osa maailmade vaimumajandusest. Planeetidel, mis pole mässust rikutud, on neist seeravitele veelgi suurem abi.	77:9.11 (867.2) Because of the valuable work performed by these midwayers, we have concluded that they are a truly essential part of the spirit economy of the realms. And where rebellion has not marred a planet’s affairs, they are of still greater assistance to the seraphim.
77:9.12 (867.3) Kogu kõrgemate vaimude, inglihulkade ja keskteeliste organisatsioon on entusiastlikult pühendunud arenevate surelike edeneva tõusu ja täiuselejõudmise Paradiisiplaani jõutamisele, mis on universumi taevalikke ettevõtmisi — ülev ellujäämiskava Jumala toomiseks alla inimese juurde ja seejärel ülimat liiki partnerlusena inimese kandmiseks üles Jumala juurde ning edasi igavesse teenistusse ja jumalikkuse saavutamisse — ühtviisi nii sureliku kui ka keskteelise jaoks.	77:9.12 (867.3) The entire organization of high spirits, angelic hosts, and midway fellows is enthusiastically devoted to the furtherance of the Paradise plan for the progressive ascension and perfection attainment of evolutionary mortals, one of the supernal businesses of the universe—the superb survival plan of bringing God down to man and then, by a sublime sort of partnership, carrying man up to God and on to eternity of service and divinity of attainment—alike for mortal and midwayer.
77:9.13 (867.4) [Esitanud Nebadoni Peaingel.]	77:9.13 (867.4) [Presented by an Archangel of Nebadon.]