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Transcription (Rita)
The story I am going to tell is about an orphan boy called La Ring. He was a motherless and fatherless child. He had to work at other people's farms. During the daytime, he ploughed other people's farms. At night, he worked for his farm. He was a hardworking man. It was a hard time for him. While he was working for other people's farms in the daytime, he made a flambeau in his break time. And he put it on the tree. He used it when he worked at night. He really worked hard like that. The Mighty GOD knew that La Ring was a hardworking man, and time was hard for him. At that time, people didn't know much about GOD. They didn't worship him. One day, a stranger asked him, "An orphan boy La Ring, do you breed a seven-year-old pig?" He said, "Yes, I do." The stranger asked him again, "Do you breed a seven-year-old cock too?" He said, "Yes." He just assumed that the stranger asked him in a good way. He received the questions as good luck. When he got back home at night, he told his wife, "My wife, a stranger asked me if I bred a seven-year-old pig today. But I told him that I had a pig, even though I don't actually have any. He also asked me if I had a seven-year-old cock. I said I had. Then, he asked me if I had a seven-year-old pig and cock. He said if I had, kill them and treat our neighbours." Then, his wife said, "Okay then. Let's buy a pig and a chicken! And let's treat our neighbours." His wife wasn't angry and accepted what he said. They cooked a delicious meal and treated their neighbours. That night, they slept soundly. (Oh, I forgot to say one fact.) Actually, the stranger told La Ring, "Treat your neighbours a tasty meal. After treating that, you and your wife go to bed without fighting or quarrelling." La Ring followed the stranger's words. Then, he and his wife went to bed that night. The next morning when they woke up, they saw that there was much gold in their house. There were many buffalos and cows tying at the trees in their compound. They became rich since that day. Our elders used to say this story. There was another family in that village. The husband in that family said to his wife, "La Ring becomes rich. We should do the same as them. Let's treat our neighbours too!" He asked his wife's thoughts. He asked, "Do you breed a seven-year-old pig?" His wife replied, "What! There is no seven-year-old pig! We don't have any!" He said to his wife, "Don't say like that, my darling." And he asked, "Then, do we have a seven-year-old chicken?" She said, "How could we have that kind of chicken?" She was angry and cursing. But, she cooked a meal. And they treated their neighbours the meal. GOD knew that the wife was saying bad words and narrow-minded. She was a bad person. That night, the couple just slept. The next morning, they saw that there were many dirty rubbish and coffins around their house. So, wives shouldn't react like that. Wives and husbands need to be harmonious and united. They were a disunited family. Our elders used to say that. This is the end of the story.
Transcription (Lu Hkawng)
Rai sai i?..moi ndai jahkrai kasha ngu ai La Ring ngu ai da, dai gaw shi gaw kanu kawa mung n lu mat jahkrai re ai majaw gaw oh masha ni kaw e bungli sa galaw ai, shani gaw dai shi a nchyang madu ni kaw bungli galaw shana gaw shi a bungli galaw re ai da, dan re shi a dinghku hta e dan re shakut shaja wa ai lam le, rai yang she e, yat gaw ndai Karai Kasang chye ya na hku rai nga le shi dan re nna matsan mayan yak hkak jam jau nna e bungli shakut ai le shana gaw shi a bungli galaw ai wan shanan shit sha ni dai n chayng madu ni kaw bungli galaw ai hkring ai aten hta gaw wan shanan shit la re na she wan shanan ye she e, ndai shana shi a bungli galaw na rai jang gaw hpun du hkan ni shakap tawn nna, jep shakap tawn nna shana gaw shi a bungli galaw ai da. Hkau na galaw ai da. Shani gaw nchyang madu ni a bungli galaw dan re nna matsan mayan yak hkak taw ai hpe htaw Karai Kasang she n mu i... dai yang hkan ni gaw Karai Kasang ngu ai grai n chye ai prat moi prat hta ang ai hku rai nga, rai yang she e, yat gaw la langai mi she e shi hpe e "Jahkrai sha La Ring e nang kaw sanit ning du ai Wa yaw ndai i'' ngu ai da, "Lu ai i"" ngu ai da. ''Lu ai'' ngu ai da. ''Sanit ning du ai Ula rem ai i'' ngu yang rem ai ngu ai da. N rem tim mung rem ai ngu ai da, shi gaw ga kaja ai hku na hkap la ai le i.. rai yang she nta de wa yang she shana she shi a madu jan hpe she e ''Num oh ra e dai ni gaw ngai hpe la langai mi sanit ning du ai wa lu ai i nga nna tsun ai rai tim ngai gaw n lu tim lu ai ngu sai'' ngu tsun ai da. ''Sanit ning du ai i nga na ma san ai da''. ''Dai mung lu ai ngu se ai da'' Rai jang she e dai lu ai ngu jang she e ''Gai dai rai jang gaw dai wa sanit ning du ai wa hpe sat nna masha hpe daw jaw le i yawng lu sha mu mu mai mai galaw tawn dai sanit ning re ai Ula ma sat, rai nna dai htingbu htingbyen ni hpe shaga nna sha na shat jaw sha mu'' ngu ai da. Rai jang she madu jan hpe dai hku na tsun rai jang she madu jan mung ''E La Ring e mai ai le, um law she galaw ga, she lu law, she galaw jaw ga lu ai nga ai'' ngu na madu jan mung npawt ai sha dai hku na hkap tau la nna she shan gaw dai shana gaw u mung sat wa mung sat re she mu mu mai mai shadu tawn nna she, hitngbu htingpyen hpe e shaga nna woi sha ai da. Woi sha re yang she e dai rai yang she shan gaw shana yup wa sai da. Yup mat wa rai yang she e (e ya ngai she tsun shing tawt nga ai e) dai la dai wa dan di mu mu mai mai galaw jaw sha na htingbu htingbyen hpe daw jaw ya dai re na nan yup nga shada gali galaw ma hkum nga ngu ai da. Dai yawng dai la dai tsun ai ga hkan nna shan gaw dai hku galaw nna sha na yup mat wa sai da. Yup mat wa rai yang she e hpang jahpawt shan rawt yu yang gaw ja tawng ni ja tawng mung tawn da ya ai da. Le.. hpun shachyan hkan ni gaw dumsu, nga ni she grai law hkra dumsu, nga ni dai hku nna dun tawn ya ai da. Dan re nna dai shani kaw na lusut lusu nga mu nga mai nna nga mat wa ai da. Dan nga maumwi ma hkai dan ma ai moi na ni, dai gaw bai yat htinggaw langai mi rai jang gaw bai ''E oh jahkrai kasha La Ring gaw oh ra re nna lusu wa ai ya an ma galaw ga'' ngu na hku rai re nga, "An ma masha hpe dai hku na daw jaw daw ya ga" ngu she madu wa gaw atsawm ngu nna dai madu jan hpe e tsun ai da. Jahkrum ai da. "Nang sanit ning du ai wa n yaw da n ni ngu'' yang she ''Lasa mang mi n rai yang gaw n yaw da ai kanang na sanit ning chyawm sanit ning'' ngu ai da, madu jan gaw ''Nre law dan hkum nga law'' ngu tim n lu ai da, dai la langai a madu jan gaw sanit ning du ai ''u" n lu ga i" ngu tim mung n lu ai oh shi shi gaw pawt matsa mawa nga rai yang she yat gaw shadu gaw shadu da jaw sai da. Shadu gaw shadu da, dai htingbu htingbyen ni hpe gaw jaw gaw jaw sha ai da. Rai tim mung htaw Karai Kasang gaw chye sai le i, shan madu jan wa matsa mawa le pawt nna matsat shabat re tsun jang she, dai shana gaw shan gaw yup wa sai da. Daw jaw daw ya na yup wa hpang jahpawt rawt yu yang gaw shan a nta kaw gaw e.. maru marang matsat shabat hkrit nan re ai hkrai du-u ni dan re ni wa nga taw re da Dai htinggaw langai mi gaw ding nga dai gaw num ni a matu le i anhte dinghku jan dinghku wa ni a matu le, shada dai hku di ga i nga n kam um law, au law, nga nna n hkap yau la, shada da abawng ahtu nga pawt ai hte nga myit n hkrum ai dinghku ngu ga le dai kaw dan re ai da nga nna hkai dan ma ai. Ya ndai La Ring a maumwi gaw ndai kaw htum sa. |
