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Translation (Gun Mai)
The story that I am going to tell you now is about an old couple was entrusted a gold jar and a silver jar but told them the gold and silver jars as fermented pork. Long long ago in a village, there was an old couple who had a gold jar and a silver jar. The old couple did not have a child. "Since we are planning to go to the land of Mayu (the place where the parents of the wife live), where should we hide these gold and silver jars?" they thought. But, they did not hide anywhere and they went to one of their neighbours and said that "Hi friend, I want to request you to keep these our jars. (But, they did not say it was gold and silver jars and they lied the jars as fermented pork.) We would like to entrust these fermented pork jars. After we go and come back from the land of Mayu, we will take back our fermented pork. When we take it back, we will also share the fermented pork as a gift." They entrusted their gold and silver jars to their neighbour but lied to them as fermented pork jars. But, one day, the couple who was entrusted the jars that were told as fermented pork had nothing to eat the curry when they were having food. So, the wife said to the husband that "Husband, let's take the fermented pork out and eat it. We will kill our pig and make it fermented pork again for them." Then, the husband said that "No, don't do like that. We should not take it out and eat what we were entrusted by others." Do not take it out." The husband said so. But, the wife kept saying that "Husband, let's eat it. We also have a pig. We can make fermented pork again with our pig and refill it again." Since the wife had been saying everything, one day, the husband said that "OK, let's take the fermented pork out and eat it. We will refill after we kill the pig and make fermented pork." When they opened the jars, it was gold and silver jars. So, they were greedy and said that "These gold and silver jars are ours now." Then, they hid the gold and silver jars. Then, they killed their pig and made fermented pork and put it in the jars. When the old couple who entrusted the jars came back from the land of Mayu, they said to the neighbour couple that "Can we take back the jars with fermented pork that we entrusted you?" The neighbour couple said that "Yes, take it back," and they gave the old couple the jars with the fermented pork that they made and put. When the old couple got home and opened the jars, it was with the fermented pork and it was not any more gold and silver jars. So, the old husband said to his wife that "Wife, see! I already told you just to hide somewhere but you said to entrust the jars to others. What can we do now?" So, they went to the neighbour couple and said that "Our jars were gold and silver jars. How it became the fermented pork?" The neighbour couple said that "You two said that you wanted us to keep your fermented pork. It is fermented pork." And, they did not want to give the gold and silver jar back to the old couple. The two couples had been arguing and finally, they got to court. How the court decided was that a big tree was made a hole and a man was asked to stay inside the tree along with a pencil and paper. The man was told that "Please note what the two couples are talking about." Then, the judge said that "Now, the old couple who said the jars were with fermented pork to carry this tree." The tree was very heavy because there was also a man inside the tree. When the couple was carrying the tree, they talked to each other. The husband said that "I can't carry this tree anymore. I already told you to hide our gold and silver jars in the forest but you said to entrust the neighbour couple. Now we lost both gold and silver jars. Also need to carry this tree now." The man who was secretly staying inside the tree noted what the old couple said and when the old couple finished carrying the tree, the man reported to the judge what he noted. Then, the judge said again that "OK, now it is the time for the other couple to carry the tree again." The wife could not carry the tree. The husband also could not carry the tree anymore. So, he said to his wife that "Wife, you are the one who said to take fermented pork out and eat it and to refill with our pig. But, we also have to carry such a heavy thing. You hid the gold and silver jars and filled the fermented pork that was made with our pig. We are in trouble. It is your fault." They carried the tree and argued with each other so. The man who was secretly staying inside the tree noted what the couple said. The man noted that the couple opened the jar as they understood it was fermented pork but when they realized that it was gold and silver jars, they hid it and replaced it with the fermented pork that was made of their pig. The husband told the wife not to do so but the wife did not listen to what the husband said. So, it ended up so. Then, the judge said that "So, it is true now that the gold and silver jars were entrusted as fermented pork." And, the judge told the couple to take gold and silver jars out from where they hid. Thus, the couple returned the gold and silver jars to its owner, the old couple. What the story meant was that 'The one too knowledge makes eat and also the one too knowledge makes debt'. The wife said to take fermented pork out and refill with their pig but the couple lost both the fermented pork and gold and silver jars. They also had to carry the heavy tree. Because of the wife's foolish action, they lost their pig. The story is ended here. Thank you very much.
Transcription (La Ring)
Ya hkai na maumwi gaw ja yam hte gumhpraw yam hpe e "Wa shan jahkri re" ngu na dinggai yan dingla hpe ap tawn da ai maumwi langai mi re. Moi shawng de kahtawng langai mi hta nga ai ja yam hte gumhpraw yam lahkawng lu ai dinggai yan dingla gaw da shan lahkawng gaw kashu kasha nlu ai. "Mayu ga de e lung sa na re. Dai re majaw gaw ndai ja yam hpe gara kaw makoi da yang mai byin na i" ngu nna myit ma ai da. Raitim shan gaw kata de nmakoi da ai sha shanhte a htingbu manang rai nga ai nta langai kaw sa dam nna "E hkau myit su e ndai an lahkawng a ja yam yan gumhpraw yam hpe e ja yam gumhpraw yam nngu ai sha ndai wa shan jahkri re. Ndai wa shan jahkri hpe e nan lahkawng kaw tawn da na, ya an mayu ga lung nna bai yu wa ai shaloi ndai wa shan jahkri bai la na re. Bai la ai shaloi nan hpe mung e wa shan jahkri kumhpa jaw na yaw" ngu di wa shan jahkri re ngu di masu di ja yam hte gumhpraw yam ap da ai da htingbu nta de. Rai yang gaw lani mi hta gaw dai wa shan jahkri ngu dai ja yam gumhpraw yam ap da ai yan gaw shat sha ai shaloi shat mai nnga na gai shat sha na nbyin ai shaloi she dinggai jan wa "E dingla wa e wora manang ni ap da ai wa shan jahkri shaw sha kau ga an na wa byen nna dai wa shan jahkri bai galaw da ya ga" nga tsun ai da. Dai shaloi gaw dingla wa gaw "E nmai ai masha ni e ap da sai wa shan jahkri hpe anhte nshaw sha mai ai nshaw sha ga" nga di dingla wa gaw dai hku tsun ai da. Raitim dinggai wa gaw atik anang she "Shaw sha ga law dingla wa e an mung wa tsan lu ai she re gaw an a wa tsan byen nna bai bang da ga lo" nga ai da. E rai jang gaw shani shagu tsun ai majaw gaw shi a dingla wa mung madu jan nau tsun ai majaw gaw lani mi hta gaw "Mai sai le dai rai jang gaw shaw sha ga le an a wa tsan byen di bai bang da ga i" ngu ai da, "Mai a" nga. Hpaw yu yang gaw ja yam hte gumhpraw yam bai rai taw wa. Gai kwi myit lai sai gaw "Ja yam hte gumhpraw yam ndai gaw an a rai sa" ngu ja yam gumhpraw yam dai hpe gaw makoi kau na rap. Di na she shan yan she wa shan jahkri re lo ngu da ai gaw shan a wa byep di na she wa shan jahkri hkri na lup di da. An a wa shan mi wa shan jahkri hte tawn da ai dinggai yan dingla mayu ga kaw na bai du wa yang she "Ya nan kaw makoi tawn da ngu ai wa shan jahkri yam bai la ga ngu re lo" "Mai a mai a la mu" ngu di kaja wa nan shan a wa byen nna wa shan jahkri hkri da ai wa yam wa shan yam yen hpe mi hta ya sa. Htaw du rai na hpaw yu yang she kaja wa she wa shan jahkri rai wa, ja yam mung nrai wa gumhpraw yam mung nrai wa "Ga koi nmai sa yu u le dinggai jan nang rai nga le hpai ndi ga law ngu yang nang makoi da ga law ngu yang masha hpe ap ga law nga di ya bai ding rai sai gaw" nga tsun rai. "Deng ya an a gaw ja yam she re gumhpraw yam re kaning rai wa shan jahkri rai wa ai ma" ngu yang she "Nan she ja yam re law gumhpraw yam nga ap ai nre, wa shan jahkri re nga ap ai wa shan jahkrai rai sai le" ngu di ja yam gumhpraw yam nbai ya hkraw sai da. Dai majaw gaw kwi shan la gaw galaw chyu galaw rai jang gaw e tara rung du sai da. Tara rung du jang gaw gara hku daw dan ya ai i nga jang gaw hpun kaba langai mi hpe e akrawk nna e masha myit su ai masha langai dai de sun rai mai sau mung ya hkye-tan (hkret chyang) mung ya "Shanhte kaning kaning nga ai hpe ka matsing da u" ngu da dai hpai. "Gai ya gaw ndai ja yam gumhpraw yam aw wa shan jahkri rai mali ai nga ai wa shan jahkri lu ai dinggai yan dingla ndai hpai mu ngu ai da. Hpai ai da kwi dai masha mung rawng hpun mung kaja re majaw grai li ai da. Rai jang she kaning nga tsun ai i nga yang e Dingla wa gaw "Yu u mi kaw na wo ngai gaw hpai mung nngut sa grai ba ai, nam de makoi da ga ngu yang an a gumhpraw yam ja yam hpe masha manaw manang wa nta kaw da ga law nga di ya ja yam mung mat gumhpraw yam mung mat nang li dik ai mung hpai ra ai" nga di tsun ai da. Dai kaw wo ra wa gaw kata e rawng ai wa gaw dai mung ka rai hpai du rai yang gaw "Bai kaning nga ka da ai ta" ngu yang "Ning nga ka da ai ngu tsun dan". "Bai dai rai yang wora yan hpe bai hpai shangun mu" ngu dai yan e hpai da. Gai hpai ai wa dinggai jan nngut ai da. Dingla wa mung nngut ai da. Dinggai yan dingla dai hpai nngut rai she dingla wa she ning nga ai da, "Dinggai nang rai nga le wa shan jahkri shaw sha ga law an a wa tsan byen di bai bang da ga law nga na ya bai ning ngan re li ai ma hpai ai yam wa ma ja yam gumhpraw yam makoi kau an a wa tsan na bai bang da ai nhkan ya grai jamjau sai gaw dinggai nang re law" nga di dinggai yan dingla gaw dai hpai na galaw ai da. Dai hpe wora wa kata e rawng ai wa matsing tawn da. "Kaning nga tsun ma ta" nga yang "Wa shan jahkri ngu tawn da ai wa wa shan jahkri shat sha nmai ai nga shaw sha na ngu yang ja yam gumhpraw yam re majaw gaw shan htawt kau na shan a wa tsan byen di dai ja yam gumhpraw yam de wa shan jahkri bai galai da ya ai, dinggai jan nang re ding rai ga law nga di ngai grai ba ai law nga dingla wa dai hku tsun a" ngu da. "E dai rai yang gaw teng sa" ngu. "Wa shan jahkri ngu tawn da ai lam teng sai, ja yam gumhpraw yam re. Ja yam gumhpraw yam shaw mu nan dai nga ai" ngu di i ja yam hte gumhpraw yam mung bai i mi na ja yam madu gumhpraw yam madu hpe bai ya. Rai nna e dai maumwi gaw gara hku re i nga yang e ya ndai e "Nngai chyau chyai ai gaw sha langai chyau chyai yang gaw hka" nga ai dinggai dai wa "Shaw sha ga law an a wa tsan bai galai da ga law" nga ai majaw gaw dinggai yan dingla gaw wa tsan mung sum ja mung nlu la ka ka li ai mung hpai rai mat wa ai. Ndai gaw num jan chyau ai majaw gaw shan gaw i wa tsan sum kau ai lam maumwi langai mi re. Maumwi ndai kaw htum sai re grai chyeju kaba sai law. |
