8. “Once the trees went out to anoint a king over themselves. So they said to the olive tree, ‘Be our king!’
9. “But the olive tree replied to them, ‘Should I stop producing my oil, which is how gods and humans are honored, so that I can go to sway over the trees?’
10. “So the trees said to the fig tree, ‘You come and be king over us!’
11. “The fig tree replied to them, ‘Should I stop producing my sweetness and my delicious fruit, so that I can go to sway over the trees?’
12. “Then the trees said to the vine, ‘You come and be king over us!’