Ποῖον βέλτιον κατεσκεύασα ὡς πηλὸν κεραμέως; μὴ ὁ ἀροτριῶν ἀροτριάσει τὴν γῆν ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν; μὴ ἐρεῖ ὁ πηλὸς τῷ κεραμεῖ, τί ποιεῖς ὅτι οὐκ ἐργάζῃ, οὐδὲ ἔχεις χεῖρας; μὴ ἀποκριθήσεται τὸ πλάσμα πρὸς τὸν πλάσαντα αὐτό;

1. Ποῖον
   What kind
   What, Which
2. βέλτιον
   better
3. κατεσκεύασα
   i have prepared
   i prepared, i created
4. ὡς
   as
5. πηλὸν
   clay
   mud
6. κεραμέως
   potter
   of a potter
7.  
   ;
    
8. μὴ
   not
9. ὁ
   the
10. ἀροτριῶν
    plowing
    plowing one
11. ἀροτριάσει
    will he plow
    plow
12. τὴν
    the
13. γῆν
    land
    earth
14. ὅλην
    whole
15. τὴν
    the
16. ἡμέραν
    day
17.  
    ;
     
18. μὴ
    not
19. ἐρεῖ
    will say
20. ὁ
    the
21. πηλὸς
    clay
22. τῷ
    the
    to the
23. κεραμεῖ
    potter
24.  
    ,
     
25. τί
    what
    something
26. ποιεῖς
    you do
27. ὅτι
    that
    because
28. οὐκ
    not
29. ἐργάζῃ
    you work
30.  
    ,
     
31. οὐδὲ
    nor
32. ἔχεις
    you have
33. χεῖρας
    hands
34.  
    ;
     
35. μὴ
    not
36. ἀποκριθήσεται
    will answer
    it will be rejected, will be separated
37. τὸ
    the
38. πλάσμα
    fabrication
    fiction, creation
39. πρὸς
    to
    toward
40. τὸν
    the
41. πλάσαντα
    one who formed
42. αὐτό
    it
    itself
43.  
    ;
     

What kind of better thing have I prepared like the clay of a potter? Will not the one who plows plow the whole land the entire day? Will not the clay say to the potter, What are you doing, for you do not work, nor do you have hands? Will not the creation answer back to the one who formed it?