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Translation (Rita Seng Mai)
I will tell you about why we shouldn't curse with harm. That incident happened in the 1960s. It happened in Nam San Yang village. One day, a man called Hpaumawk Gam went to Ndup Hpaujung. He used the drug. So, he asked Ndup Hpaujung, "Can you make a copper plate for me to use when I cook the opium?" Ndup Hpaujung agreed to make the plate for him. After making the plate, he put it aside. Soon, Hpaumawk Gam came to him and asked, "Have you made the plate for me?" Ndup Hpaujung said, "I don't know where I put. I don't remember at all." Hpaumawk Gam said, "You sold it!" During that time, the copper plate didn't value much. It was just 2 or 3 kyats. It didn't even value 10 or 20 kyats. Then Ndup Hpaujung cursed with harm, "I don't sell your worthless plate. If I have sold it, shall the thunder strike me!" Hpaumawk Gam didn't make a big scene. They didn't get mad at each other. After a few days, they went to the field and happened to sleep there. It was the dry season, and there was no rain. They went there with their respective sons. They made a small campfire in the middle of the bedstead where they slept. They were sleeping on each side of the bedstead, and a campfire was in the middle of them. Suddenly at midnight, they heard the sound of the thunder. Hpaumawk Gam and his son were sleeping peacefully without noticing anything unusual. In fact, Ndup Hpaujung got hit by the thunder. He fell from the bedstead and rolled down the field. Fortunately, he fell into the bush. Hpaumawk Gam asked him loudly, "Hey, Hpaujung! Where are you?" Hpaujung replied, "I'm here." Hpaumawk Gam kept asking, "Are you alright? Did you get hurt?" Hpaujung said, "No, I'm okay." So, we should never curse with harm in any situation. Ndup Hpaujung slowly returned to the bedstead again. God heard his curse and let him face the result of his curse. It really happened in our village, Nam San Yang. My relatives from my daughter-in-law's side also told me about that kind of similar case when we went to Manmaw (Bamaw) for my son's wedding last year. The incident that happened in Manmaw was like some people were arguing over the land and cursed with harm. At that moment, the thunder struck, and there was a big crack on the land. The trees on that land were dead. Therefore, we should never curse with harm. We should never curse our generation or other people. Another incident happened in Zilun too. A kid hit his mother because of alcohol. He asked his mother to give him some money to drink alcohol. His mother didn't give him and said, "Go to the farm to work." The kid cursed his mother. But the mother cursed him back. Before he arrived at his family's farm, he saw his friends planting the grain seeds, so he helped them. At that time, he was hit by the thunder and died. His funeral was held at pastor Sumlut Naw's house. I don't know whether those incidents are told. I am telling you all I can remember.
Transcription (Lu Awng)
Dagam dala nmai tsun ai ngu ai lam hpe e bai hkai na. Dai gaw moi 1960 jan ning hta rai na sai. Anhte kahtawng kaw e namsan yang kaw e lani na mi nhtoi hta gaw le ra hpaumawk gam gaw kani loi lu ai gaw dai majaw shi gaw oh ra magri hkawan langai mi hte kani shadu lu mai na hku magri di kani di dup ya rit, ngu na she ndup hpaujung wa hpe sa tsun ai da law. Ndup hpau jung wa gaw mai sa ngu na mung gaw hkam la, re na she dai ten hta gaw dai kani di sha gaw grau wa ah hkyak ai manu dan ai nre nga gaw dai majaw dai makau kaw tawn da, re na she ya tawng jang mi re jang she dai hpaumawk gam gaw ya gaw ya nye a kani di dup da ya sai i ngu yang she nchye sai law, ya gara kaw wa rai wa sai ta bai ngu ai da. Shaloi she um dai nang dut sha kau ya sai ngu da. Dai baw kani di ngu gaw lap dai ten hta gaw lap 2, 3 le gumhpraw nga yang mung, lap 10, lap 20 gaw ndan ai ten rai nga, dai sha la ai di, dai pyi di hkan wan dingsa wa mi n dut sha law, dai wa mi she dut sha yang gaw mu retim ah chye wa u ga ngu na ga wa dagam ga wa tsun kau dat ai da. Shan gaw grai galaw ai mung nre sai le, dai hku sha chye dai sha mung mat mat jang mung kaning nchye di sai ngu na hpaumawk gam mung wa mat, hpaujung wa mung npawt, re she hpang e kade nna yang yi hkyen ai kaw rau bai sa yup. Dai ten hta ginhtawng ta ten hta re jang gaw marang nhtu ai gaw i, ga kaw nam maling kata kaw hpun pawt kaw she wan wut nna ohra shara mi maga mi de gaw nam dan nep na hpaumawk gam hkan wa gaw yup. Le ra maga mi chye mi de gaw ka-ang kaw wan wut da na maga mi chyen mi de gaw dai hpaujung hkan wa ni rau yup re na hku re nga. Dai she shana gaw marang htu wa mu gung gung nga yang gaw htep nga mu ngoi ai she dai hpaumawk gam hkan wa gaw zim sha yup taw nga ai. Re she dai hpaujung hkan wa gaw le lawu de nam sumwum din ai kaw she e hkaugam ngu yang she ya gara de law, ndai kaw loh machyi gaw n machyi a ni, na machyi ai ngu nga da, ndai shan mung grai wa sawng sawng re bungli nre majaw dagam dala hkum tsun mu ngu ai ga rai nga ai. Dai majaw bai kahkyin wa, mi na shara de bai wa nga mat rai, tsawmra tsan ai kaw taw mat ai dai nmachyi ai le i, dan na karai kasang gaw na sai hku re nga mu e mung na sai hku re nga dagam dala tsun ai majaw re nga dan re na byin ai lam mung na ai, dai gaw anhte kahtawng kaw nan byin lai wa ai rai nga, anhte namsan kaw na rai nga, dai hpaujung gam hpe hpaumawk gam yen a mabyin mu dai hku re nga. Dai manmaw ga kaw mung moi ning nye kasha matu a num hkrungran sa ai shana dai anhte a mayu ni mung tsun dan ma ai, e ndai sun gaw rik wa ndai kawn she re ohra kawn she re nga na tsun dara hkat yang wa she kade mi nna yang mu htem nga na ah ga hku wa she mu hkau na shawt ai zawn zawn ah nga hte na hkai hkai ai zawn re ah ga kaw wa dingren re na ah ga kapun na dai hku ang wa ai hpun ni si mat rai. Dan re mu na yu ai, dai majaw dagam dala ngu ai tsun yang gaw lamu de na ai. Tinang a kashu kasha ni hpe retim mung kadai hpe retim dagam dala gaw nmai nga ai ngu lam hpe chye lu ai. Ya ndai ziun kaw mung ga lai wa sai, ma langai mi kanu hpe kahtum kau da, di na she ya ngai chyaru lu na atsa lu na gumhpraw jaw rit, kanu gaw njaw re jang she le masha ni mam hkai ai de sa su, ngu na di ai da, re jang she kasha hpe she kanu e wa mung nhtang de mu a chye na nga ngai e gaw n chye nang e she a chye na re nga ngu na kasha gaw hkauna pa kaw mam hkai sa mat wa ai da. Shaloi gaw hkauna kaw du re gaw shanhte hkauna kaw mung re ndu, manang ni hkauna kaw mam naw hkai nga yang wa she shi a kanau hpang de mung n du, kahpu wa gaw le kanau ni hkauna kaw pyi re ndu, manang ni hkauna kaw sa hkai lawm ai da. Dai kaw mu htem na achye sat kau. Ya dai ziun kaw na hpungtau sumlut naw nta kaw she sa makoi mayang kau sai da. Dai chyaw yawng chye yawng na ai i, dai hku maumwi labau hta bang ai nbang ai gaw nchye ai, ngai hkai ngai myit dum ai gaw dai ram mi re sai. |
