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The butcher's knife cares not for the lamb's cry

The butcher's knife cares not for the lamb's cry is the title of the fourth episode of Star Trek: Discovery. It premiered on the 8th of October 2017 on CBS All Access and one day later worldwide on Netflix.

Story

Michael Burnham finds a way to enhance the ship's engine and navigation. Meanwhile, Voq scavenges the dilithium processor from the Shenzhou and has to fight against a traitor who took his whole crew.

See the detailed summary at   Memory Alpha

Klingon dialogues

1. Making plans
#	Speaker	Klingon	Subtitles
1	Voq	tIquvma joHwI',	T'Kuvma, my lord,
2		jav wen DujlIj Qotlhlu' 'ej tagh noH.	it has been six months since your ship was disabled and the war began.
3		wIlonlu', tI'nISlu'.	We are left behind, in disrepair.
4		ghung matlhwI'pu'lI'.	Your followers are hungry.
5		Soj luSuqmeH vIDev 'e' yIQaH.	Help me guide them to nourishment.
6	L'Rell	DaH ngoHwI' SoH'a'?	You are an artist now?
7	Voq	DIDaq Hoch Doch	This is the orbit of every object
8		wIqorta'bogh bavmeH He cha'.	we have scavenged through in the debris field.
9		QuQmaj DIchu'qa'meH toQDuj wIpoQbogh tu'lu'be'.	There are no Birds-Of-Prey that we require to restart our engines.
10		wa' Duj tu'lu'ba'.	There is one ship.
11		Sojvam wIqelqa'Qo'.	We will not have this discussion again.
12		chuqmajDaq Senjaw tu'lu'.	The Shenzhou is within range.
13		lonlu'bej,	It may have been abandoned,
14		'a naQtaH cha'puj choHmeH bobcho'Daj.	but it still has an intact dilitium-processing unit.
15		tIquvma HoHta' Dujvam'e'.	This is the very ship that felled T'Kuvma.
16		chammaj chamDaj je DImuvmoHchu'chugh mawogh.	To fuse its technology with our own would be blasphemy.
17		bImorghbe' HoDDaj wISopDI'.	You had no such outrage when we ate its captain.
18		nach HomDaj Habvo' 'oynot	I saw your smile when you picked the meat
19		DateytaHvIS bImon 'e' vIlegh.	from her smooth skull.
20		DeSDu'wIjDaq HeghtaHvIS tIquvma	As T'Kuvma perished in my arms...
21		meQtaH qulDaj 'e' vI'Ip.	I swore to keep his fire lit.
22		wIyIrlu'be'meH jI'om.	To resist assimilation.
23		matlhwI'pu'Daj vIDev	To lead his followers.
24		'a DaH qa' DujvamDaq ghungchu'mo' QIt HeghlI'.	But now they slowly die of hunger on this ghost ship.
25		HeghtaHvIS chaH, HeghlI' je nobDaj.	His legacy dies with them.
26		vIchaw'Qo'.	I cannot allow it.
27		chay' lI' nIttaHghach,	What good is purity
28		HeghmoHchugh neH?	if it leads only to death?
29		tIquvma tuqnIgh ghaH vavwI''e'	My father was T'Kuvma's blood kin,
30		'a SoSwI' chuD chaH mo'qay tuq'e'	but my mother was House Mókai...
31		bejwI' tuq, tojwI'pu', nepmeH nIqwI'pu' chaH.	the watcher clan, the deceivers, the weavers of lies.
32		puq jIHtaHvIS	When I was a child,
33		betleH munob SoS	she gave me a bat'leth
34		'ej tIqwIj vIchevmeH	and told me to cleave my own heart.
35		wa' tuq vIwIv 'e' ra'.	To choose one house over the other.
36		'ach	Instead...
37		cha' vItoy'meH QI vIchenmoH.	I built a bridge to serve both.
38		DaH QI DachennISmoH SoH'e'.	Now it is your turn to build,
39		mol yotlhvetlh DajaHnIS.	to go into that graveyard
40		'ej Senjaw choHwI' bobcho' DaSuqnIS.	and bring back the Shenzhou's processing unit
41		chepmeH chuDpu'lI'	for the good of our people.
42		Dujvetlh Da've'nIS.	You must go to that ship.
2. Kol arrives
#	Speaker	Klingon	Subtitles
43	Voq	qol.	Kol.
44		qatlh juSuchneS?	What is the reason for your welcome visit?
45	Kol	naDev jIHpu'DI'	The last time I was here,
46		tlhoS taghtaHvIS noH	on the eve of the war,
47		ngugh pe'vIl jIvuvHa'.	I hurled disrespect.
48		DaH jInguqHa'	Now I come with humility.
49	Voq	tIquvma Sov yIqel. tlhIngan wo' tay'Daq,	T'Kuvma teaches that in a united Klingon Empire
50		tor jaghma' neH.	no one kneels but our foe.
51	Kol	val mu'mey.	Wise words.
52		'a noH yay chavbe' mu'mey.	But words don't win wars.
53		cham'e' ghajbe'bogh latlh ghaj tuqlIj Duj:	Your house's ship has what no one else has:
54		'ejyo' jeylaHchu'bogh	cloaking technology
55		So'meH cham'e'.	that can crush Starfleet.
56		bISuvqa' net poQ.	We need you back in the fight.
57		'ejyo' may'mo' chenbogh mol yotlhDaq nuDechbogh	We have scavenged the dead vessels floating around us in the graveyard
58		Dujmey Deq DIqorta'.	left by our battle with Starfleet.
59		jav wen qaS may'vetlh 'ej tlhoS maQapqa'laH.	Six months since that fight we are almost operational again.
60		'a cha'puj choHwI' wIHutlh.	But we still lack a dilithium processor.
61		tlhoS loj Sojmaj je.	We are almost out of food, too.
62		'a nughojmoHmo' tIquvma,	But as T'Kuvma told us...
63		Dochmey ghajbogh tIquvma tuq,	what belongs to House T'Kuvma...
64		ghaj je qor tuq.	belongs to House Kor.
65		nuje'jaj je DevwI''a'ra' DevwI''a'ma' mu'mey.	may the words of our messiah, also sustain us.
66		tlhIngan maH taHjaj.	Remain Klingon!
3. Scavenging the dilithium processor
#	Speaker	Klingon	Subtitles
67		ngI'chu' muD.	Atmosphere pressurization complete.
68		lIr'el.	L'Rell.
69		choQvamDaq, HoD loHmeH pa'Daq joq matlhapmeH qotlh pagh.	There is nothing worth taking on this deck, or in the captain's ready room.
70		cha'puj choHwI' vISamta'.	I have located the dilithium processor.
71		rarmeH bobcho' vel qut pugh.	The coupling unit is covered in crystal residue.
72		rarHa'lu'DI' jorlaH.	Unplugging the processor could cause an explosion.
73		pay' vIHlu'chugh yo' qIj wImuv.	One sudden move and we join the Black Fleet.
74		vItlhabmoH.	I will free it.
75		lIr'el.	L'Rell,
76		pIj jaS ghu' DIlegh.	we do not always view things the same way...
77		'a bIval 'e' vISovchoH.	but I have come to know you
78		SoH val law'	as one who is astute.
79		jIH val puS.	More astute than I.
80	L'Rell	qatlho' joHwI'	Thank you, my lord.
81		qatlh joH chopong?	Why do you call me that?
82		Ducho'moH tIquvma.	T'Kuvma made you his successor.
83		wIvDaj DaHonbej.	Surely you doubted his choice.
84		muSovbe'qu' tIquvma,	T'Kuvma barely knew me,
85		'a DopDajDaq bItoy'taH qaStaHvIS DISmey.	while you served at his side for years.
86		SoHDaq vay' legh tIquvma.	T'Kuvma saw something in you.
87		bIngotlhtaHvIS bInIt.	A purity of devotion.
88		DevwI' ngup vItuQ vIneHbe'.	I do not want the mantle of leadership.
89		SoH 'emDaq jIQamtaHvIS, jIvanglaH.	Standing behind you, I am free to move.
90		qaSmoHwI'lI', HubwI'lI', numwI'lI' jIHlaH.	Able to be your enforcer, defender, campaigner.
91	Voq	qaghajmo' jIDo'.	I am fortunate to have you.
92		DIrarHa'rup'a'?	Shall we uncouple?
93		tIquvma yItlho'.	Thank T'Kuvma.
94		'oHmo' puv Dujmaj.	With this, our ship will fly.
4. Voq's problem
#	Speaker	Klingon	Subtitles
95	Voq	chay'?	What is this?
96	Kol	Soj vIqem. DujwIjvo'	Provisions. From our ship.
97		'op vInobDI'	I provided some,
98		jIH 'emDaq QamchoHchu' beqlIj.	and your crew fell in line behind me.
99		ghungchu'wI' matlhmoHmeH mach qav'ap.	The price of loyalty is low for those who are starving.
100		bIlujpu'.	You've failed.
101		bIlI'Ha'chu' 'ej jaSHa' bImoHchu',	You are as useless as you are ugly,
102		pagh puqloD.	son of none.
103	Voq	mugheSmoH tIquvma.	T'Kuvma anointed me.
104		Sech qengwI' jIH.	I am the torchbearer.
105	Kol	'ej DIbvetlhvaD wovmoHwI'Daj	And for that privilege,
106		meQbe'choHmoH Human 'e' Dachaw'.	you allowed a human to extinguish his light.
107		qeylIS Hov chu' tIquvma.	The star of Kahless was lit by T'Kuvma.
108		DaH tay' tuq'a'mey.	The great houses are now together as one.
109		DIvI' wIjeyta'pa' teH neH.	Only until we defeat the Federation.
110		ghIq matay'Ha'qa'.	Then we will divide again.
111		'a DaH motoy' Dujvam Huj,	But your strange ship,
112		beqDaj, So'meH	her crew, and cloaking technology
113		chamDaj je.	will now serve me.
114		jIHegh 'e' vImaS.	I would sooner die.
115		qanobta', joHwI'.	It is yours, my lord.
116		yIHoH.	Kill him.
117	L'Rell	San qotlhqu'bogh vISov.	I know are more fitting fate.
118		jaghma' molDaq yIwoD.	Dump him in the grave of our enemy.
5. Exile
#	Speaker	Klingon	Subtitles
119	Voq	tIquvma, joHwI'.	T'Kuvma, my lord.
120		nIHoHbogh Ha'DIbaH	They left me here to die
121		juHHomDaq jIHeghmeH naDev muratlhmoH chaH.	in the nest of the vermin who took your life.
122		jIHarmo' ghanglu'be' 'e' vIvoq.	My faith tells me this is not the end.
123	L'Rell	voq.	Voq.
124	Voq	chomaghpu'.	You renounced me.
125	L'Rell	qatoDchu'meH.	To save your life.
126		jImejpu' tugh tlhoj qol.	It won't be long before Kol realizes I'm gone.
127		DItlha'nIS. tIquvma tuq yInaQqa'moH.	We need to go after them. Make House T'Kuvma whole again.
128		chaH ghaj qol.	They belong to Kol.
129		DaH Dup'a' DInabnIS.	Now we must strategize on a grander scale.
130		tIquvma paQDI'norgh lupabchoH cha'maH loS tuqmey 'e' DaponmeH,	In order to convince the 24 houses to follow T'Kuvma's teachings.
131		noHvamvaD yay DachavnIS.	you must win this war.
132		Sech qengwI'na''e' SoH HochvaD 'e' yItob.	Prove to all you are the one true Torchbearer.
133		bIjatlhDI' mIw DaSovlaw'.	You speak as if you have a way.
134	L'Rell	mIw vISov.	I do.
135		weHwI' vInIHta' 'ej mo'qay juHDaq qaDor.	I've stolen a raider, and will take you to the home of the Mókai.
136		jImejpu'DI' DuHmey DapIHlaHbe'bogh	I will leave you with the matriarchs,
137		nI'ang SoS'a'pu'.	who will expose you to things you never knew possible.
138		'a qav'ap tu'lu'.	But it comes at a cost.
139	Voq	nuq vIjeghnIS?	What must I sacrifice?
140	L'Rell	Hoch.	Everything.

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