KK1-2024 - Woi ni masha kaw bung lat sa hpyi ai lam (Monkeys who came to ask for fine) with English translation

Translation (Seng Pan) The story I am going to tell you now is about the monkeys asking compensation from a man. Once upon a time, a man did shifting cultivation for living. A very old monkey always came and stole the crop from his field. So, he thought of a way to murder the old monkey. Soon, he made a trap and killed him. Many of the old monkey's fellows planned to come and ask for compensation from him. The man also did some preparations, like breaking big sticks and wooden chairs. He also called some sand-flies and he was waiting for the monkeys at home. When the monkeys arrived at his home, he let them sit first. After that, the man called the sand-flies and blew to the monkeys. Then the flies bit on their faces. So, they picked up the sticks that were broken by the man. And they struck at their faces with those sticks in order to kill the sand-flies. From that, it changed into hitting each other. They fixed date to come back. And they all went back. They also told him that they would come back again, On that day, the man kindled a big fire and burnt some big stones. When the monkeys came to him, he took a stone for each. As they sit on the stones, their bottoms were burnt. So, they run away again. And they also couldn't ask for compensation. From that time on, the monkeys' bottoms what the people call monkey's stool are still hairless since they sat on the man's hot stones. Transcription (Lu Awng) Ngai hkai na maumwi gaw moi woi ni shinggyin masha ni kaw bunglat sa hpyi la ai lam re nga ai. Moi da ndai la langai mi gaw yi galaw nam kaw yi galaw ai da. Yi galaw she ndai grai dingla sai woi dingla langai mi gaw shani shagu mam chyu lagu sha ai da. Sa lagu sha jang she la dai mung nyan sai hku re nga. Nyan na she woi dingla dai e sat kau ya sai da. Sat kau ya jang she dai woi ni gaw law law yan sa na she shi kaw bung lat sa hypi ai da. Bunglat sa hpyi na hkyen she la dai gaw kaning di ai i nga yang she lahkum ni law law daw tawn re na ndai naya bai daw na la taw sai da. La nga na she la ya ma daw tawn she mati mayan kasha ni e ma saw tawn re sai da. Saw tawn re yang she saw tawn na la taw sai da. La nga she kaja wa woi ni yan sa wa yang she dai kaw dung mi dai kaw dung mu, ngu dung shangun na ndai machyi mayan ni e shaga la na gawut bun dat sai da. Gawut bun yang she woi ni a myi hkan ne kahtan hkan e shara shagu tek tek nga gawa sai da. Gawa jang she woi dai ni gaw laya hta la na lahtan kaw dai machyi a dup sat ai ngu na shanhte myi kaw kahtan kaw gawa ai machyi dai e adup sat ai ngu, kadai mung kadai tinang a lahtan kaw a kawk la re jang she shada da sa adup hkat tinang nang sa adup hkat ai tai jang she bai wa mat sai da. Wa mat na she nhtoi gadi da na wa mat sai da. Wa mat re she ya kalang bai sa na ngu na tsun da sai da. Tsun da re she kaja wa dai shani gaw dai la dai gaw bai n lung ni hta, wan kaba wut na she nlung tawng hta ju tawn na she, woi ni sa wa jang she dai n lung shaw la she ningkaw dung ga ngu she dai woi ni langai sa yang mung langai nlung tawng hta ya yang she (hte) nga na kagat mat wa, langai sa wa yang langai bai n lung tawng bai hte nga gat mat wa re na hpa bunglat mung n lu hpyi la rai, dai la wa n lung tawng kaw sha sa dung kaba la na wa mat ai da. Ya du hkra re tim woi ni a maidang kaw a krin re na woi lahkum nga re dai gaw dai masha la wa a bunglat sa hpyi yang masha la wa n lung kaw dung shangun ai majaw woi ni a maidang ya du hkra krin mat ai re da. . Language as given: Jinghpaw

译文（译者：Seng Pan）：本故事讲述的是猴子向人类索赔的民间轶事。从前，有一名以刀耕火种维持生计的男子。一只年迈的老猴时常潜入其农田偷食农作物，男子遂决意除掉这只老猴。不久后，他布设陷阱将老猴猎杀。老猴的一众同伴计划前来向男子讨要赔偿，男子提前做好准备：折断粗木棍与木椅，招来若干沙蝇，随后在家中等候猴群。猴群抵达后，男子先请它们落座。随后男子唤来沙蝇，将其赶向猴群，沙蝇随即叮咬猴群面部。猴群遂拾起男子预先折断的木棍，以木棍击打自身面部驱赶沙蝇，不料此举演变为互相斗殴。它们约定日后再次前来，随后各自离去，临行前告知男子会再度造访。至约定之日，男子点燃大火烧热数块巨石。猴群抵达后，男子为每只猴子递上一块热石。猴群落座后，臀部被热石灼伤，遂仓皇逃窜，最终未能如愿索要赔偿。自此以后，被人们称为猴屁股的部位便不再生长毛发——此即猴子臀部无毛的由来。