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Translation (Htoi San)
A long time ago, a man was living in a torn hut in a village. That man had an ability of prophecy skills. The people from the seer's village lived for fishing. They went fishing by boat in the early morning and came back at night for their careers. One day, that old seer told the fishermen, "Children, it is better not to go fishing for today." "Tonight, it was going to be flooded." "It could cover all our village." The villagers got angry and said, "This old man, early in the morning, what are you talking about? Why are you saying the bad things? We always go fishing in this lake, so we know everything." Then the fishermen cussed him and went fishing. The old man shouted at them, "Children, come back when the sun goes down." At sunset, the men who went fishing came back, so their families welcomed them happily. The old man who had wisdom knew that the water would be higher at night time. He thought of a way to rescue their lives. "Even though I call out from this hill, they don't listen to me. They don't take my words seriously. They won't listen to me." He thought to help and tried to cry out. When he was about to shout, “I won’t shout.” He changed his mind, and he thought of an idea. When he got an idea and said, "Ok, got it." He burnt a torn hut from his village. When the people beside the water saw the fire, "Our village is burning!" Then they came up urgently. As soon as they reached the hill, the water was rising up. All their boats were sunk, but their lives were safe. They talked about the fire, "Our houses were burnt. What should we do?" The old man explained, "No, they are not. Your houses are not burning. I wanted to rescue you, so I did like this." "You don't listen to my words." "You will never pay attention to my words, so I have to do this. I want to save your lives, so I did that." The villagers changed their minds, "Oh grandpa, you saved our lives. Thank you so much." The whole village respected that old man from that onwards.
Transcription (Lu Awng)
Moi shawng e da kahtawng langai mi kaw she da nta shep shep re kaw she la langai mi nga ai da. Dai la langai mi gaw da myit htoi chye htoi hpaji rawng ai langai mi nga ai da. Dai la langai mi nga ai shaloi lani mi na ten hta da, dai shanhte na mare kaw na ni nga hkwi sha na sak hkrung ma ai da. Hkali hte she nga hkwi sha jahpawt grai jau rawt mat wa ai shaloi shana de re yang bai wa kanbau bungli hpe galaw ma ai da. Galaw re shaloi she da dai lani mi na ten hta gaw da, dai dingla wa gaw i ma nanhte e dai ni gaw nga hkwi nsa yang n mai na i da. Dai ni gaw da dai na de gaw hka grai kaba wa na re ai da. Anhte mare ting pyi mai lim ai i, anhte mare ting mai lim ai dai hku ngu tsun she, dingla mung jahpawt jau jau hpa baw i, ga n kaja ai ni sa tsun taw kun? anhte galoi mung hkwi sha nga ai hka nawng she re mo anhte she chye le ngu dai hku dingla wa e sha matsa kau da na shanhte re mat wa ai da. Re mat wa re she i retim dingla wa gaw da ma ni e dai na jan shang yang bai wa mu yaw ngu marawn kau dat ai da. Marawn re she kaja nan sha shana de du na she jan shang sai da, jan shan na wa re shaloi she dai nga hkwi ai la ni wa na shanhte nta masha ni mung kabu gara grai hkap tau la ai da. Grai hkap tau la na nga re she hka dai kaw du she hka gaw shana de du wa yang hka gaw kaba na re dai dingla hpaji rawng ai dai wa chye na i da ndai ni na asak hpe ngai gara hku hkye na i da. Ngai kawng kaw na marawn dat timmung da shanhte ngai hpe i, nye ga hpe n madat ai majaw ngai hpe (ayayla) na nre ngai na ga madat na nre ngu myit na shi gaw marawn dat sai da. Dai hku ngu myit na marawn dat na maw ai she e n marawn sai law ngu shi gaw n chan shaw sai da, e re sai ngu na dai mare kaw na nta shep shep re nta langai mi hpe shi gaw wan nat dat ai da. Wan nat dat yang oh hka kaw nga ai dai ni she i da anhte na mare wan hkru sai, shanhte ni gaw lawan ladan gat lung wa ai da. Lawan ladan gat lung wa na she shanhte ni kawng kaw du ai hte kalang ta hka kaba rawt wa sai da. Shanhte ni i, hkali ni yawng lim ma, yawng lim ma ai shaloi she dai kaw na shanhte na asak mung lawt mat na she i anhte na nta hkru mat sai gara hku di na ngu, nre ai da nta hkru ai nre, ngai nanhte hpe i hkye la na matu ndai hku galaw ai she re da. Nanhte gaw da nye ga madat ya na nre i. Ngai na ga galoi madat ya na nre majaw nanhte ma nye ga madat na nre majaw da ngai ndai hku di dat ai re ngu na she ngai nanhte na asak hpe hkye la mayu na ndai hku di ai re ngu tsun dan ai da. Dan na she oh ra ni mung i, myit malai lu na she aw dwi la nang sha anhte na asak hpe hkye ya ai gaw, chyeju kaba sai yaw ngu tsun na dingla dai hpe gaw shanhte mare kaw na ni yawng hkungga mat ai da. |
