How the Tinguian Learned to Plant

Tinguian

ティンギアン

In the very old times the Tinguian did not know how to plant and harvest as they now do. For food they had only the things that grew in the forests and fish from the streams. Neither did they know how to cure people who became ill or were injured by evil spirits, and many died who might otherwise have lived. [75]

たいそう古い時代には、ティンギアンはいまのように植えて刈り入れる仕方を知らなかった。食べ物としては森に生えるものと川の魚しかなかった。また、病になった人や悪い霊に傷つけられた人を治す仕方も知らず、そうでなければ生きられたはずの数多くの人が死んだ。[75]

Then Kadaklan, the Great Spirit who lives in the sky, saw that the people often were hungry and sick, and he sent one of his servants, Kaboniyan, to the earth to teach them many things. And it happened this way:

そこで天に住む大いなる霊カダクランは、人々がたびたび飢え病むのを見て、その召使の一人カボニヤンを地へ送り、数多くのことを教えさせた。そしてそれはこうして起こった。

Dayapan, a woman who lived in Caalang, had been sick for seven years. One day when she went to the spring to bathe, there entered her body a spirit who had rice and sugar-cane with him, and he said to her:

カアランに住むダヤパンという女が、七年のあいだ具合が悪かった。ある日、水浴びに泉へ行くと、稲と砂糖黍を携えた霊がその体に入り、そしてこう言った。

"Dayapan, take these to your home and plant them in the ground, and after a while they will grow large enough to reap. Then when they are ripe, build a granary to put the rice in until you shall need it, and a sugar-press to crush the cane. And when these are finished, make the ceremony Sayung, and you will be well."

「ダヤパン、これをおまえの家へ持っていって地に植えよ。そしてしばらくすれば、刈るのに十分なほど大きく育つ。それから実ったら、必要になるまで稲を入れておく倉と、黍を搾る搾り台を建てよ。そしてそれができたらサユンの儀礼を行え。そうすればおまえは良くなる。」

Dayapan was filled with wonder at these strange things, but she took the rice and the sugar-cane and went home as she was commanded. While she was trying to plant them in the ground the Spirit again entered her body and showed her just what to do. Since then the Tinguian have planted crops every year, and because they do as Kaboniyan [76] taught the woman they have plenty to eat.

ダヤパンはこの奇妙なことに驚きで満たされた。けれども稲と砂糖黍を取って、命じられたとおりに家へ帰った。それを地に植えようとしているあいだ、霊はまたその体に入って、何をすればよいかをそのまま示した。そのときからティンギアンは毎年作物を植え、そしてカボニヤン [76] がこの女に教えたとおりにするので、食べるものが十分にある。

When Dayapan had reaped the first rice and cane, she began to make the ceremony Sayung, and the Spirit came again and directed her. And when it was finished and she was cured, he told her to take a dog and a cock and go to bathe in the river as a sign that the ceremony was finished. So she went to the river and tied the dog and the cock near the water, but while she was bathing the dog ate the cock.

ダヤパンが初めの稲と黍を刈り入れると、彼女はサユンの儀礼を行い始め、そして霊はまた来て導いた。そしてそれが終わって彼女が治ると、霊は、儀礼が終わったしるしとして犬と雄鶏を連れて川へ水浴びに行くようにと告げた。そこで彼女は川へ行って犬と雄鶏を水のかたわらに繋いだ。けれども水浴びをしているあいだに犬が雄鶏を食べてしまった。

Dayapan wept bitterly at this and waited a long time for Kaboniyan, and when at last he came, he said:

ダヤパンはこれを激しく泣き、そして長いあいだカボニヤンを待った。そしてとうとう来ると、霊はこう言った。

"If the dog had not killed the cock, no person would die when you make this ceremony; but this is a sign, and now some will die and some will get well."

「もし犬が雄鶏を殺していなかったなら、おまえがこの儀礼を行うとき、誰も死ななかっただろう。けれどもこれは兆しであり、そしていまからはある者は死に、ある者は良くなるだろう。」

Dayapan called all the people together, and told them the things that the spirit had taught her; and they could see that she had been made well. After that, when people became ill they called Dayapan to treat them. And it was as the Spirit had said; some died and others were made well.

ダヤパンは人々をみな呼び集めて、霊が自分に教えたことを告げた。そして人々は、彼女が良くなったのを見ることができた。そのあとは、人が病になるとダヤパンを呼んで治してもらった。そしてそれは霊が言ったとおりであった。ある者は死に、ほかの者は良くなった。