The Flood Story

Igorot

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Once upon a time, when the world was flat and there were no mountains, there lived two brothers, sons of Lumawig, the Great Spirit. The brothers were fond of hunting, and since no mountains had formed there was no good place to catch wild pig and deer, and the older brother said:

昔々、世が平らで山がなかったころ、大いなる霊ルマウィグの息子である二人の兄弟が住んでいた。兄弟は狩りを好んだ。そして山ができていなかったので猪と鹿を捕らえるよい場所がなく、そこで兄が言った。

"Let us cause water to flow over all the world and cover it, and then mountains will rise up." [97]

「世のすべてに水を流して覆おう。そうすれば山が盛り上がってくるだろう。」[97]

So they caused water to flow over all the earth, and when it was covered they took the head-basket [98] of the town and set it for a trap. The brothers were very much pleased when they went to look at their trap, for they had caught not only many wild pigs and deer but also many people.

そこで二人は地のすべてに水を流し、そして覆われると、村の首籠 [98] を取って罠として据えた。兄弟は罠を見に行ってたいそう喜んだ。数多くの猪と鹿だけでなく、数多くの人も捕らえていたからである。

Now Lumawig looked down from his place in the sky and saw that his sons had flooded the earth and that in all the world there was just one spot which was not covered. And he saw that all the people in the world had been drowned except one brother and sister who lived in Pokis.

さてルマウィグは天の自分の場所から見下ろして、息子たちが地を水浸しにし、そして世のすべてで覆われていない場所がひとつだけあるのを見た。そして世の人々がみな溺れ、ポキスに住む兄と妹だけが残っているのを見た。

Then Lumawig descended, and he called to the boy and girl, saying:

それからルマウィグは下りてきて、その若者と娘に呼びかけて言った。

"Oh, you are still alive."

「ああ、おまえたちはまだ生きている。」

"Yes," answered the boy, "we are still alive, but we are very cold."

「はい」と若者は答えた。「わたしたちはまだ生きています。でもたいそう寒いのです。」

So Lumawig commanded his dog and deer to get fire [99] for the boy and girl. The dog and the deer swam quickly away, but though Lumawig waited a long time they did not return, and all the time the boy and girl were growing colder.

そこでルマウィグは犬と鹿に、その若者と娘のために火 [99] を取ってくるよう命じた。犬と鹿は素早く泳ぎ去った。けれどもルマウィグが長く待っても帰ってこず、そしてそのあいだずっと若者と娘はいよいよ寒くなっていった。

Finally Lumawig himself went after the dog and the deer, and when he reached them he said:

とうとうルマウィグ自身が犬と鹿を追っていき、そして着くとこう言った。

"Why are you so long in bringing the fire to Pokis? Get ready and come quickly while I watch you, for the boy and girl are very cold."

「なぜポキスへ火を運ぶのにこれほど長くかかっているのだ。支度をして、わたしが見ているあいだに素早く来い。あの若者と娘はたいそう寒いのだ。」

Then the dog and the deer took the fire and started to swim through the flood, but when they had gone only a little way the fire was put out.

それから犬と鹿は火を取って、洪水を泳いで渡り始めた。けれどもほんの少し進んだところで火は消えてしまった。

Lumawig commanded them to get more fire and they did so, but they swam only a little way again when that of the deer went out, and that of the dog would have been extinguished also had not Lumawig gone quickly to him and taken it.

ルマウィグは二匹にもっと火を取ってくるよう命じ、二匹はそうした。けれどもまたほんの少し泳いだところで鹿の火が消え、そして犬の火も、ルマウィグが素早く近づいて取り上げなければ消えていただろう。

As soon as Lumawig reached Pokis he built a big fire which warmed the brother and sister; and the water evaporated so that the world was as it was before, except that now there were mountains. The brother and sister married and had children, and thus there came to be many people on the earth.

ルマウィグがポキスに着くとすぐに大きな火を焚き、それが兄と妹を暖めた。そして水は蒸されて、世は以前のようになった。ただ、いまは山があるという違いがあった。兄と妹は夫婦になって子を持ち、そしてこうして地には数多くの人がいるようになった。