Ja sam Masonerija

Rođena sam u starini, u drevnim danima kada je čovek prvi put razmišljao o Bogu.
Iskušavana sam kroz vekove i pokazala se istinitom.
Raskršća sveta nose tragove mojih stopa i hramovi svih nacija pečat su veštine mojih ruku.
Težim Lepoti i simetriji.
U mom srcu su Mudrost i Snaga i hrabrost za one koji pitaju.
Na mom oltaru je Knjiga Svetog Zakona, a moje molitve su Jedinom i Svemogućem Bogu,
moji sinovi rade i mole se zajedno, skladno i bez razlika, i u spoljnom i u unutrašnjem Hramu.
Znacima i simbolima učim lekcijama života i smrti, odnosima čoveka sa Bogom i čoveka sa čovekom.
Moje ruke su raširene da prihvate dobre ljude na dobrom glasu koji me traže svojom slobodnom voljom.
Prihvatiću ih i učiti kako da koriste moje alate u izgradnji čoveka,
i nakon toga nađu put u potrazi za savršenstvom toliko željenim, a toliko teško ostvarivim.
Podižem posrnule i štitim bolesne. Odazivam se plaču siročadi, suzama udovica i bolu starih i očajnih.
Ja nisam crkva, ni partija, niti škola, ali učim svoje sinove da budu odgovorni pred Bogom, svojom zemljom, bližnjima i samima sebi.
Oni su slobodni lјudi, čuvari slobode, pripemljeni na vrebajuće opasnosti.
Na kraju im pomažem na putu iz doline u slavu večnog života.
Posmatram pesak u čaši i mislim o tome kako je život pojedinca mali u odnosu na večni univerzum,
Ja uvek učim besmrtnosti i dok uvodim ljude iz tame u svetlost, ja sam način života,
ja sam Masonerija.
“Kraj”, a ustvari samo početak.

I am Freemasonry

I was born in antiquity, in the ancient days when men first dreamed of God.
I have been tried through the ages, and found true.
The crossroads of the world bear the imprint of my feet, and the cathedrals of all nations mark the skill of my hands.
I strive for beauty and for symmetry.
In my heart is wisdom and strength and courage for those who ask.
Upon my alters is the Book of Holy Writ, and my prayers are to the One Omnipotent God, my sons work and pray together, without rank or discord, in the public mart and in the inner chamber.
By signs and symbols I teach the lessons of life and of death and the relationship of man with God and of man with man.
My arms are widespread to receive those of lawful age and good report who seek me of their own free will.
I accept them and teach them to use my tools in the building of men, and thereafter, find direction in their own quest for perfection so much desired and so difficult to attain.
I lift up the fallen and shelter the sick. I hark to the orphans' cry, the widows tears, the pain of the old and destitute.
I am not church, nor party, nor school, yet my sons bear a full share of responsibility to God, to country, to neighbor and themselves.
They are freemen, tenacious of their liberties and alert to lurking danger.
At the end I commit them as each one undertakes the journey beyond the vale into the glory of everlasting life.
I ponder the sand within the glass and think how small is a single life in the eternal universe.
Always have I taught immortaility, and even as I raise men from darkness into light, I am a way of life.
I Am Freemasonry.
"The End" but actually, just the beginning.