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Translation (Rita Seng Mai)
Once upon a time, there was a shaman in a village. He had a powerful string of beads. There were many small beads on that string. Near his home, there was a small pond. He usually got out of it just to make the villagers feel scared of him. "If I throw this string of beads at your village, it will be destroyed! Worship me and give me what I want. Give me chickens and meat once every two weeks. And offer me money and gold," he declared. The villagers were scared of him. There were two sisters in that village too. The villagers offered meat and money to the shaman whenever he appeared before them. Then, they gradually became poor. They had to give him those offerings once every two weeks, so they became poor. They couldn't even afford daily food because they had to give everything to the shaman. One day, the two sisters went to the pond to take a bath. In the deepest part of the pond, they found something shimmering. They were curious and said, "What is that?" The elder sister picked up that shining thing. The younger sister said, "Sister, is that a power string of beads, isn't it?" The elder sister said, "It might be. Let's check it at home." "If it is indeed the shaman's string, we can refuse to give offerings to him," they said. They polished the beads at home. They were so shining. Since the beads were wet, the sisters placed them under the sun to dry. The beads were shining brightly. They had a shiny color and grew slightly larger. The beads had a shiny color. There was a dry tree somewhere near where the sisters were standing. The brightness of the beads touched the tree, causing it to turn green and beautiful. When the brightness of the beads touched the fruit tree, it began to bear an abundance of fruit. When it touched the rice plants, they produced an abundance of grains. Then, the two sisters said, "The shaman once told us that if he threw this string at our village, it would be destroyed. It is not true at all! This string of beads is a great help to us. The trees are bearing lots of fruit and becoming greener. Let's go tell the villagers about it." They went to the village and told the villagers about it. They said, "Let's not be afraid, even if the shaman threatens us with this string of beads." The villagers agreed with them. They discussed, "When the shaman shows up in two weeks, let's catch him." Two weeks after their meeting, the shaman came to the village. He said, "The villagers! Come worship me and give me what you have." The villagers refused, "No, we won't give you anything." The villagers bravely said, "We can't give you anything. Why should we? You are just bullying us!" He said, "If you refuse to give me offerings, I will use my string of beads to kill all of you." They said, "We have two sisters who will save us." The two sisters stepped forward in front of him. They said, "We have bigger beads. We are not afraid of you." The shaman threatened them, "If I use it, you will be dead." The villagers walked toward him and said, "Let us see your beads! Where? How powerful are they? Can you really kill us with those beads?" They asked him many questions and attacked him. At that moment, the two sisters quietly entered the shaman's house to find the box where the beads were kept. At the corner, they found the box. When they opened it, there were lots of small beads inside it. They secretly took the box. "If you really want to see the beads, I will show you," the shaman said to the villagers. He went home to get the box. The box went missing. He said, "My beads are gone." Then the villagers said, "You don't have any beads! We do! We are not afraid of you." They arrested the shaman and tied him tightly. They pushed him off the cliff where he lived. They killed him. The two sisters took every gold, money and other valuable things from the shaman's house and sold them. They divided the money equally and distributed it to the villagers. The villagers became rich from that day.
Transcription (Lu Awng)
Moi shawng de mare langai mi kaw she e nat sara langai mi nga ai da. Nat sara dai kaw gaw e nat padi i dai ngu ai nga ai da. Dai gaw kaji ai da loi mi kaji kaji re na loi mi law nga ai da. Dai kaw dai she dai dai nat sara wa nga ai dai kawng na makau ngu na kaw hka hka la-ing langai mi ma nga ai da. Dai kaw na she bat lahkawng rai jang kalang mi pru wa na she dai mare masha ni hpe jahkrit sha sha re ai da. E nanhte ngai na ndai nat padi ndai taleng dat yang nanhte mare ting hteng mat na dai majaw nanhte ngai hpe sa nawku u ngai ra ai hpyi ngai hpe yawng jaw sha u ngu dai hku ngu tsun ai da. Bat lahkawng rai jang nye e u ni dusat yamnga ni dai hku ni sa jaw jaw di u ja gumhpraw ni jaw u ngu dai hku ngu tsun ai da. Dai she dai mare masha ni mung grai hkrit ai da. Grai hkrit na she dai mare masha kaw gaw num kasha hkan nau ma nga ai da. Dai grai hkrit na she dai mare masha ni gaw bat lahkawng nga jang dai nat sara wa pru wa wa rai jang she dai mare masha ni lu ai hteng nga ni dumsu ni u ni dai hku sa jaw jaw re ai da. Dai hku re she dai mare masha ni gaw dai hku grai matsang wa ai da. Shani shagu bat shagu bat shagu bat lahkawng nga jang dai hku shata shagu grai matsang wa ai da. Matsan she matsang shat sha na pi hpa n lu wa dai hku matsang wa ai da. Dai nat sara wa hpe chyu wa jaw jaw re ai majaw matsang wa re ai loi she e lani i na aten hta dai shang nau gaw sa sai da. Sa na she dai hka nawng kaw shang nau hka shin ngu sa gasup nga ai loi she oh hka la-ing loi sung ai kaw she ahtoi re tawng nga ai da. A htoi re i shang nau mu sai da. Oh ra hpabaw wa kun ngu kana jan ngu na shawng sa hta ai da. Sa hta loi she kanau ngu na wa i ndai ram ram htoi ai gaw e shawng e ndai ndai gaw padi nat padi wa n re i ngu dai hku ngu tsun ai da. Dai loi she e kana mung i rai na re garan yu ga i ngu tsun ai da. Nta wa garan yu ga i ngu atsawm sha wa garan sa tsawm na rai sai ndai an nau ndai ndai nat padi n dai la na nat sara wa hpe anhte mai ning dan sai ngu dai hku ngu tsun ai da. Dai hku ngu tsun na la wa shang nau wa sai grai pri hkra wa garan kau re na she e dai hku garan ngut na shang nau gaw hka madi re nga she ja hkrawt tawn da ai da. Jahkrawt tawn ai loi she e jahkrawt tawn ai loi she dai dai jahkrawt tawn da ai kaw na she e shi na tsit ai nsam pru wa ai da. Aw ngu na tsit ai nsam pru wa na she e dai shang nau gaw kaba ma loi kaba mat ai da. Dai garan ngut ai hpang kaba ma loi kaba mat padi dai loi ma kaba mat na she tsit ai nsam pru na she grai htoi wa ai da. Grai htoi wa ai loi she shang nau gaw dai hku htoi wa ai loi she htaw shang nau na shawng kaw hpun langai nga ai da. E dai hpun kaw wa hkra ai da dai sa htoi ai wa hkra jang she hpun ni ma grai tsawm wa ai da. Grau tsit tsawm wa ai da. Namsi namsaw hkan hkra jang namsi samsaw ni ma grai si wa ai da. Dai shaloi shanhte mam hkan ni i hkra jang mam ma grai kaja wa namsi namsaw ni grai kaja re loi she hkan nau gaw e ndai nat sara wa anhte hpe tsun ai ndai padi hte taleng bwi yang anhte mare ting si ai nga hkum rai u ga le ndai padi gaw anhte shinggyim masha ni gaw grai akyu jaw ai she rai nga e namsi hpun ni i grau kaja hkra grau rawt jat wa hkra galaw ya ai she rai nga ai dai majaw anhte mare masha ni hpe wa tsun ga ngu da. Shang nau dai hku ngu na mare masha ni hpe tsun dan sai da. Tsun dan yang she dai ni kaw na gaw e nat sara wa anhte hpe padi hte jahkrit tim n hkirt sa ga ngu dai hku ngu tsun ai loi she mai ai ngu na shanhte zuphpawng hpawng ai da. E ya bat lahkawng nga ai loi dai nat sara wa bai pru wa jang anhte nat sara ndai hpe rim rim kau ga ngu dai hku ngu zuphpawng hpawng ai loi she e shanhte dai hku zuphpawng hpawng na bat lahkawng ngu na loi she dai nat sara wa gaw bai pru wa ai da. Bai pru wa loi she e mare masha ni ngu tsun ai da. Dai loi she ngai ngai hpe i nanhte bai sa nawku manu nanhte lu ai lawang sa jaw mu ngu tsun ai loi she mare masha ni n jaw ai ngu tsun ai da. Dai shaloi gwi gwi ngu wa tsun ai n jaw ai hpa na jaw na nang anhte hpe i anhte hpe roi sha ai re ngu dai hku ngu tsun ai loi she e nanhte ngai hpe dai hku nga jang ngai na padi ndai taleng dat jang nanhte mare ting si mat na yaw ngu dai hku ngu tsun e anhte mare hpe hkye la na i e num kasha lahkawng nga ai ngu da. Shaloi dai dai num kasha shang nau pru wa ai da. Anhte kaw nang na htang grau kaba ai padi nga ai n hkrit ai ngu dai hku ngu tsun ai da. Dai she e ngai na padi dai kaja nan taleng jang nanhte si sai yaw ngu tsun ai loi she dai num kasha dai mare masha ni lung wa ai da shi nga ai kawng de lung wa na hka nang na padi yu yu ga kade ram hkrat ai kade ram anhte hpe lu sat ai i ngu dai hku ngu tsun ai loi she dai hku ngu mare masha ni gumchyawm nga ai loi she dai oh ra hkan nau gaw dai nat sara na nta de lagu shang ai da. Lagu shang na she nat sara wa na padi nga ai i dai sadek tam ai da. Tam loi she htaw jut kaw she htoi htoi re htoi htoi re ai dai padi rawng ai sadek mu ai da. Mu na she shang nau sa yu ai grai law hkra rawng ai da. Kaji kaji re grai law hkra rawng ai shang nau dai lagu hpai mat wa re she e nanhte dai ram ram mu mayu yang gaw ngai madung na ngu tsun na she dai nat sara wa nta de bai wa tam yu yang mat mat ai da. Dai loi she ngai na padi mat mat sai ngu dai hku ngu ai loi she e mare masha ni gaw e nang kaw padi pi n nga ai anhte kaw nga ai n hkrit sai ngu na she dai dai nat sara hpe rim kau ai da. Rim kau na she dai nat sara hpe grit na she dai re kawng i kawng n tsang kaw na dai nat sara hpe jahkrat sat kau taleng jahkrat sat kau ai da. Dai loi dai num kasha lahkawng ma dai shi shanhte sa la da ai i dai nat sara wa na sa lagu da ai e sutgan ni i nat sara hpe jaw da ai sutgan ni padi dai ni hpe la na e garan na dut na dai mare ni yawng hpe garang jaw kau ai dai shani kaw na mare ting grai lauban mat ai da. |
