Translations
They hoist it onto their shoulders, haul it home, and prop it in its place — where it stands forever: frozen, immovable, utterly deaf. When someone cries out to it in desperate need, it cannot answer, cannot move, cannot save.
They heave it onto their shoulders and lug it along, setting it on its pedestal — there it stands, unable to shift from its spot. One may cry out to it, but it gives no answer and cannot save anyone from their distress.
They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
They lift it to their shoulder and carry it along; they set it in its place, and there it stands, not budging from that spot. They cry out to it, but it does not answer; it saves no one from his troubles.
