Gittin 68B

איחננא ליה. כפא לקומתיה מיניה, איתבר ביה גרמא. אמר, היינו דכתיב: ״ולשון רכה תשבר גרם״.

and she begged him not to knock down the house. He bent his body away from her, to the other side, and broke one of his bones. He said: This is as it is written: “Soft speech can break a bone” (Proverbs 25:15).

חזא סמיא דהוה קא טעי באורחא, אסקיה לאורחיה. חזא רויא דהוה קא טעי באורחא, אסקיה לאורחיה. חזא חדוותא דהוו קמחדי לה, בכה. שמעיה לההוא גברא דהוה קאמר לאושכפא: עביד לי מסאני לשב שני, אחיך. חזא ההוא קסמא דהוה קסים, אחיך.

Ashmedai saw a blind man who was lost on the road and he brought him to the correct road. He saw a drunk who was lost on the road and he brought him to the correct road. He saw the joy of a wedding celebration in which they were celebrating, and he cried. He heard a certain man say to a shoemaker [ushkafa]: Make me shoes that will last for 7 years, and he laughed. He saw a certain sorcerer performing magic, and he laughed.

כי מטא להתם, לא עיילוה לגביה דשלמה עד תלתא יומי. יומא קמא אמר להו: אמאי לא קא בעי לי מלכא לגביה? אמרו ליה: אנסיה מישתיא. שקל לבינתא אותיב אחברתה. אתו אמרו ליה לשלמה. אמר להו, הכי אמר לכו: הדור אשקיוה.

When Ashmedai arrived there, in Jerusalem, they did not bring him before Solomon until 3 days had passed. On the 1st day he said to them: Why doesn’t the king want me to come to him? They said to him: He drank too much and was overcome by drink. Ashmedai took a brick and placed it on top of another brick. The servants came and told Solomon what he had done. Solomon interpreted the action and said to them: This is what he said to you through this allusion: Return and give the king more to drink.

למחר אמר להו: ואמאי לא קא בעי לי מלכא לגביה? אמרו ליה: אנסיה מיכלא. שקל לבינתא מחברתה, אותבה אארעא. אתו אמרו ליה לשלמה. אמר להו, הכי אמר לכו: נגידו מיניה מיכליה.

The following day Ashmedai said to them: And why doesn’t the king want me to come to him? They said to him: He ate too much and was overcome by food. Ashmedai took the brick off the other brick and placed it on the ground. The servants came and told Solomon what Ashmedai had done. He interpreted Ashmedai’s actions and said to them: This is what he said to you through this allusion: Take his food away from him.