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Translation (Seng Pan)
The story I am going to tell you now is about a merchant and a wolf. Once upon a time, there was a wolf. The wolf lived in a forest near a village. At night, it always went to the village and ate the villager's pigs, cows and buffalos. Even during the day, it killed and ate the animals when the villagers went to the field. As it always came and had the villagers' animals, they were brought to an end. Therefore, the villagers were so angry at the wolf. They decided to gather and kill it. So, they went together to the forest where the wolf lived. When they arrived there, they surrounded the wolf by holding bows, air guns and slingshots. Fortunately, the wolf noticed that the villagers were surrounding it. So, it tried to escape from that forest. As it ran away, the villagers also chased after it. When the wolf reached a place, it saw a merchant carrying a big basket with a lot of cottons. Then the wolf called him and said, "Please Help me! The people are chasing me." The merchant replied, "Why are they following you? What did you do them? Since I don't know what you did to them, you should accept your sin." "I didn't commit any sins to them. They want to eat my meat. That's why they are chasing me," the wolf replied. "Oh! The villagers should not do this kind of unfair thing. Don't worry. I will save you," the merchant replied. And he let the wolf hide in his basket. He covered it with cotton and brought it to his home. When the merchant arrived at home, he said, "Wolf, you are safe now. You can go back to your place." By saying it, he opened the basket. Then, the wolf said, "The whole day, I haven't had anything yet since I was escaping. I am starving. Please feed me meat!" The wolf asked for meat. Then, the merchant gave a small piece of meat which he left to have later. But he let it eat all. "This small piece of meat cannot let me feel full. My stomach is quite big. At my place, I ate the whole cow and buffalo alone. That's why I cannot be satisfied with your meat," the wolf replied. "When the people chased you, you told me that you didn't make any mistakes. They followed after you as you ate their animals, didn't they?" the merchant questioned. At that time, the wolf committed, "Yes, I ate. Since I ate many animals, the villagers were so angry and wanted to kill me. Therefore, they chased me," the wolf answered. Then, the merchant said, "It's my big mistake that I saved you." "You regret it! I will eat you now. It's your turn to be eaten," the wolf replied and growled at him. The merchant said, "Wait a moment! Let a wise person decide whether you should eat me or not." Since the wold was eager to eat the merchant, it agreed to meet the wise person. And the merchant brought a wise man. They asked him to decide for them. The wise man asked, "How did this problem start? The wolf told him the whole story. The merchant also told him that he saved the wolf as it begged, but it planned to eat then. Each declared all the things which happened. The wise man asked, "Wolf, how did you prey on the villagers' animals when you were at your place?" "Ok! If you don't trust that I ate many animals, I will bring you to my place," the wolf replied and led two men to his forest. On their way, the wise man called the villagers and surrounded the wolf together. The wolf was caught at last. And it was killed since it didn't keep the promise.
Transcription (Lu Hkawng)
Ya ngai bai hkai na maumwi gaw jahkyawn hte hpaga la a lam re ndai moi shawng de da ndai jahkyawn langai mi nga ai da. Dai jahkyawn gaw dai ndai mare masha ni nga ai nam mare na makau kaw nam shalawm kaw nga ai da. Ndai jahkyawn gaw da shana rai jang ndai masha ni na dusat dumyen ni dumsu ni wu-loi ni wa ni u ni hpe sha kau ya ya re ai da. Shani rai tim masha ni yi sa hpa sa rai mat jang dai hku garawt sha kau ya ya re ai da. Ndai masha ni gaw shagu lang galoi mung dai hku sha sha re ai majaw dusat dumyen ni ma wa ai da. Ma wa ai majaw ndai mare masha ni gaw grai pawt mayu ai majaw jahkyawn ndai hpe gaw sat nan sat kau ra sai dai ni gaw ngu na anhte mare masha ni yawng hkra myit hkrum ti na wan sa ga ngu na shanhte ni gaw dai hku jahkrup la ti na ndai jahkyawn nga ai jahkyawn nga ai nam shalawm de sa ti na shanhte yawng hpe wan kaw ai da. Ndan ni ndan ni sanat ni oh lahpaw ni hkrum hkra lang na dai hpe wan tawn da ai da. Wan tawn da she jahkyawn gaw shi hpe wan tawn da ai re chye nna shi gaw ndai shi lawt na matu shi gaw hprawng ai da. Agyin hprawng she hprawng hprawng she hprawng hpang de gaw ndai mare masha ni agyin hkan shachyut taw ai da. Hkan shachyut taw re ai shaloi shara mi kaw du yang she lam ndai pasi htaw ai wa katawn kaw pasi hpyin hkra hpai nna bang ti na pasi htaw wa ai la wa hpe mu ai da. Dai hpe pasi htaw wa ai la wa hpe she e ndai pasi htaw ai la wa e ngai hpe naw hkye la rit lo ndai shinggyim masha ni ngai hpe hkan shachyut taw nga ai ngai hpe sat taw nga ai ngu tsun ai da. Dai shaloi pasi htaw ai la wa gaw nang gaw shinggyim masha ni hpe hpabaw sa galaw na nang hpe hkan shachyut taw ai ngai nchye ai dai majaw nang na mara hte nang sha rai sa nu ga ngu tsun ai da. Dai shaloi ngai hpa mara nshut ai law shanhte ngai na shan sha mayu majaw sha ngai hpe hkan shachyut taw re ai ngu tsun ai da. Dai shaloi dai pasi htaw ai la wa mung ndai zawn re n tara ai hpe gaw n tara ai hpe gaw nmai galaw ai dai majaw nang hpe ngai hkye la na ngu ti na shi na pasi tawng kaw bang ti na she pasi ni atsawm magap ti na Dai jahkyawn wa hpe htaw mat ai da. Htaw mat re ai shaloi shi na nta kaw du re ai shaloi gai jahkyawn e nang gaw ndai nang na ndai nang na asak si sum ai mi kaw na pi lawt sai re majaw lawt mat sai re majaw nang mung nang na shara de nang wa sa nu ngu tsun ai da. Dai shaloi shi na tawng hpaw dat ai da. Hpaw dat ai shaloi jahkyawn wa gaw e pasi htaw ai la wa e ngai dai ni tup ndai ndai hku hprawng hkawm ai majaw ngai hpa nlu sha ai ngai shat grai kan si ai dai majaw ngai hpe shan jaw sha rit ngu tsun ai da. Dai jahkyawn wa gaw shan jaw sha rit ngu tsun ai da. Dai shaloi dai la wa gaw shi gaw ndai shi sha na kaw na shi sha na ngu na tawn da ai kaw na shan tawng kaji sha law langai jaw sha ai da. Dai ma hkra jaw sha kau ai da. Jaw sha kau re ai shaloi ngai ndai hte sha ngai nhkru ai ngai na kan grai kaba ai ngu tsun ai da. Dai shaloi ngai na ngai nga ai shara kaw nga yang ngai dumsu ni wa ni pi naw langai hkrai sha langai ngai ngai hkrai sha ai dai majaw nang na shan tawng kaji sha law ai sha ngai nhkru ai ngu tsun ai da. Nang ngai hpe tsun yang gaw nang shinggyim masha ni hkan shachyut yang nang ngai hpe tsun yang gaw nang hpa mara nshut ai nga ya gaw nang gara hku na shinggyim masha ni dusat dumyen ni hpe sha ai majaw shinggyim masha ni hkan shachyut n re i ngu tsun ai da. Dai shaloi e re ai ngu ai da. Ngai dai mare masha ni na dusat dumyen ni nau sha kau nau sha ai majaw dai shinggyim masha ni ngai hpe pawt mayu ai majaw ngai hpe sat mayu ai majaw hkan shachyut ai re ngu tsun ai da. Dai shaloi nang hpe ngai hkye la ai grai shut sai ngu tsun ai da. E nang nang ya gaw myit malai lu sai nre i dai majaw nang hpe ngai bai sha sa na ngu na ya gaw nang hpe sha na aten ngai bai du sai aw nang hpe sha na aten bai du sai ngu na dai la hpe sha na matu shi gaw agyin htim ti na she kawa hkyen ai da. Dai shaloi dai la gaw jahkring mi naw nang ngai hpe sha mayu ai rai yang hpaji rawng ai hpaji rawng ai langai mi hpe daw dang shangun ga ngu tsun ai da. Dai shaloi dai dai dai hpaji rawng ai la langai hpe daw dang shangun re ai shaloi dai jahkyawn wa gaw e shi hpe sha mayu ai grai sha mayu ai myit a majaw sha e ngu na myit hkrum kau ai da. Dai shaloi dai la wa gaw grai hpaji rawng ai langai hpe sa shaga ai da. Sa shaga re na she dai la wa hpe daw dang shangun ai da. Nang lahkawng gara hku na ndai hku byin wa ai rai ngu tsun ngu ai da. Jahkyawn mung ngai ndai hku ndai hku re na ngu na byin ai lam ni yawng tsun dang ai da. La dai wa ma shi ndai shi grai hpyi nem ai majaw ngai na shi hpe ndai hku hkye la ai re ya gaw shi ngai hpe sha hkyen sai ngu tsun ai da. Dang ngu tsun na shan lahkawng dang ngu na shan lahkawng na byin lai wa ni yawng hpe tsun dang ai shaloi hpaji rawng ai la gaw e dai hku nga yang mi yet nang nga ai shara kaw gara hku nga ai rai nang dai mare masha ni na dusat dumyen ni hpe gara hku sha ai rai ngu tsun ai da. Dai shaloi ngai mare masha ni na dusat dumyen ni hpe sha ai ndai hku sha ai nang nkam ai nre ai i ngu ti na dai la wa hpe woi sa shan lahkawng hpe woi sa ti na nam shalawm kaw sha rawng taw nga ai shaloi dai hpaji rawng ai la wa gaw dai mare masha ni yawng hpe shaga ti na dai jahkyawn hpe gaw yawng jawm wan ti na jawm rim la kau ai da. Dai jahkyawn wa gaw shi dai jahkyawn wa gaw hpang shani gaw si mat wa ai da. |
