Note 9 — Section 135. THE GOSPEL OF WORK. II.
Reading edition
[1] Turn ‘it so’ by ‘das’, which place at the head of the sentence, using the inverted construction and inserting the adv. ‘auch’ after the verb.
[2] to shut oneself up, sich ab´schließen, sep. comp. str. v. refl.
[3] durch; to worship, verehren.
[4] working = work.
[5] ohne angestrengte Kopf- oder Handarbeit.
[6] not even, nicht einmal.
[7] The words ‘They said’ are best placed at the head of this passage. To translate the verbs correctly, you must carefully read App. §§ 28 and 30.
[8] and tempted them = in order to tempt them.
[9] wären.
[10] ‘to give up’, here = to devote, widmen, with dat.
[11] of — also = of the day and of the night.
[12] dem Gebet und den Andachtsübungen.
[13] yet, doch, to be placed after the subject.
[14] who ever (je) has lived. How must the verbs be placed?
[15] Begin a new period here, and say: ‘When a man (S. 134, N. 9) does his work for the sake of (um ... willen, which governs the Gen.) his duty, (S. 27, N. 8) he does it (to agree with ‘duty’) for God’s sake’.