Lumawig on Earth

Igorot

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One day when Lumawig, [100] the Great Spirit, looked down from his place in the sky he saw two sisters gathering beans. And he decided to go down to visit them. When he arrived at the place he asked them what they were doing. The younger, whose name was Fukan, answered:

ある日、大いなる霊ルマウィグ [100] が天の自分の場所から見下ろすと、二人の姉妹が豆を摘んでいるのが見えた。そして下りていって訪ねることに決めた。その場所に着くと、何をしているのかと尋ねた。フカンという名の妹が答えた。

"We are gathering beans, but it takes a long time to get enough, for my sister wants to go bathing all the time."

「わたしたちは豆を摘んでいます。でも十分に集めるのに長くかかるのです。姉さんがずっと水浴びに行きたがるので。」

Then Lumawig said to the older sister:

それからルマウィグは姉に言った。

"Hand me a single pod of the beans."

「豆の莢を一つわたしに渡してくれ。」

And when she had given it to him, he shelled it into the basket and immediately the basket was full. [101] The younger sister laughed at this, and Lumawig said to her:

そして姉が渡すと、彼はそれを籠にしごいた。すると籠はたちまち満ちた。[101] 妹はこれを笑い、そしてルマウィグは妹に言った。

"Give me another pod and another basket."

「もう一つ莢を、そしてもう一つ籠をくれ。」

She did so, and when he had shelled the pod, that basket was full also. Then he said to the younger sister:

妹はそうした。そして彼が莢をしごくと、その籠もまた満ちた。それから彼は妹に言った。

"Go home and get three more baskets."

「家へ帰ってもう三つ籠を取ってきてくれ。」

She went home, but when she asked for three more baskets her mother said that the beans were few and she could not need so many. Then Fukan told her of the young man who could fill a basket from one pod of beans, and the father, who heard her story, said:

妹は家へ帰った。けれどももう三つ籠をくれと頼むと、母は、豆はわずかなのだからそんなに要るはずがないと言った。それからフカンは、豆の莢一つで籠を満たせる若者のことを母に告げた。そしてその話を聞いた父は言った。

"Go bring the young man here, for I think he must be a god."

「その若者をここへ連れてきなさい。神なのだと思う。」

So Fukan took the three baskets back to Lumawig, and when he had filled them as he did the other two, he helped the girls carry them to the house. As they reached their home, he stopped outside to cool himself, but the father called to him and he went up into the house and asked for some water. The father brought him a cocoanut shell full, and before drinking Lumawig looked at it and said:

そこでフカンは三つの籠をルマウィグのところへ持ち帰り、そして彼がほかの二つと同じようにそれを満たすと、娘たちが家へ運ぶのを手伝った。家に着くと、彼は涼むために外に留まった。けれども父が呼んだので家に上がり、そして水を少しくれと頼んだ。父は椰子の殻に満たして持ってきた。そして飲む前にルマウィグはそれを見てこう言った。

"If I stay here with you, I shall become very strong."

「わたしがここにおまえたちと留まれば、たいそう強くなるだろう。」

The next morning Lumawig asked to see their chickens, and when they opened the chicken-coop out came a hen and many little chicks. "Are these all of your chickens?" asked Lumawig; and the father assured him that they were all. He then bade them bring rice meal that he might feed them, and as the chickens ate they all grew rapidly till they were cocks and hens.

次の朝、ルマウィグは鶏を見せてくれと頼んだ。そして鶏小屋を開けると、雌鶏一羽と数多くの雛が出てきた。「これがおまえたちの鶏のすべてか」とルマウィグは尋ねた。そして父は、それがすべてだと請け合った。それから彼は、食べさせられるように米の粉を持ってこさせた。そして鶏たちが食べるにつれてみな速く育ち、やがて雄鶏と雌鶏になった。

Next Lumawig asked how many pigs they had, and the father replied that they had one with some little ones. Then Lumawig bade them fill a pail with sweet potato leaves and he fed the pigs. And as they ate they also grew to full size.

次にルマウィグは豚が何頭いるかと尋ね、そして父は一頭と何匹かの小さいのがいると答えた。それからルマウィグは甘藷の葉で桶を満たさせて、豚に食べさせた。そして豚たちも食べるにつれて十分な大きさに育った。

The father was so pleased with all these things that he offered his elder daughter to Lumawig for a wife. But the Great Spirit said he preferred to marry the younger; so that was arranged. Now when his brother-in-law learned that Lumawig desired a feast at his wedding, he was very angry and said:

父はこれらすべてにたいそう喜んで、姉をルマウィグの妻に差し出した。けれども大いなる霊は妹と夫婦になりたいと言った。そこでそう取り決められた。さて義理の兄は、ルマウィグが婚礼に宴を望んでいると知ると、たいそう腹を立ててこう言った。

"Where would you get food for your wedding feast? There is no rice, nor beef, nor pork, nor chicken,"

「婚礼の宴の食べ物をどこから手に入れるつもりだ。米も牛の肉も豚の肉も鶏もないぞ。」

But Lumawig only answered, "I shall provide our wedding feast."

けれどもルマウィグはこう答えるだけだった。「われらの婚礼の宴はわたしが用意しよう。」

In the morning they all set out for Lanao, for Lumawig did not care to stay any longer in the house with his brother-in-law. As soon as they arrived he sent out for some tree trunks, but the trees that the people brought in were so small that Lumawig himself went to the forest and cut two large pine trees which he hurled to Lanao.

朝、みなはラナオへ向かって出かけた。ルマウィグが義理の兄と同じ家にこれ以上留まりたくなかったからである。着くとすぐに彼は木の幹を取りに人をやった。けれども人々が持ってきた木はあまりに小さかったので、ルマウィグ自身が森へ行って大きな松を二本切り、それをラナオへ投げやった。

When the people had built a fire of the trees he commanded them to bring ten kettles filled with water. Soon the water was boiling hot and the brother-in-law laughed and said:

人々がその木で火を焚くと、彼は水を満たした釜十をもってこさせた。ほどなく水は煮え立って熱くなり、そして義理の兄は笑ってこう言った。

"Where is your rice? You have the boiling water, but you do not seem to think of the rice."

「おまえの米はどこだ。煮え立った湯はあるが、米のことは考えていないようだな。」

In answer to this Lumawig took a small basket of rice and passed it over five kettles and they were full. Then he called "Yishtjau," and some deer came running out of the forest. These were not what he wanted, however, so he called again and some pigs came. He told the people that they were each to catch one and for his brother-in-law he selected the largest and best.

これに答えて、ルマウィグは小さな籠の米を五つの釜の上を通らせ、すると釜は満ちた。それから「イシュチャウ」と呼ぶと、鹿が森から走り出てきた。けれどもこれは求めていたものではなかったので、もう一度呼ぶと豚が来た。彼は人々に、それぞれ一頭を捕らえるようにと告げ、そして義理の兄のためには最も大きく最も良いのを選んだ。

They all set out in pursuit of the pigs and the others quickly caught theirs, but though the brother-in-law chased his until he was very tired and hot he could not catch it Lumawig laughed at him and said:

みなは豚を追いかけに出かけ、そしてほかの者は素早く自分のを捕らえた。けれども義理の兄は、たいそう疲れて熱くなるまで自分のを追ったのに捕らえられなかった。ルマウィグは彼を笑ってこう言った。

"You chase that pig until he is thin and still you cannot catch it, though all the others have theirs."

「おまえはその豚が痩せるまで追いかけて、それでも捕らえられない。ほかの者はみな自分のを捕らえたのに。」

Thereupon he grasped the hind legs of the pig and lifted it. All the people laughed and the brother-in-law said:

そう言って彼は豚の後ろ脚を摑んで持ち上げた。人々はみな笑い、そして義理の兄は言った。

"Of course you can catch it, because I chased it until it was tired."

「もちろん捕らえられるだろう。わたしが疲れるまで追ったからな。」

Lumawig then handed it to him and said, "Here, you carry it." But no sooner had the brother-in-law put it over his shoulder than it cut loose and ran away.

それからルマウィグはそれを渡して言った。「さあ、おまえが運べ。」けれども義理の兄が肩に掛けたとたんに、豚は振り切って走り去った。

"Why did you let it go?" asked Lumawig. "Do you care nothing for it, even after I caught it for you? Catch it again and bring it here."

「なぜ逃がしたのだ」とルマウィグは尋ねた。「おまえのために捕らえてやったのに、どうでもよいのか。もう一度捕らえてここへ持ってこい。」

So the brother-in-law started out again, and he chased it up stream and down, but he could not catch it. Finally Lumawig reached down and picked up the pig and carried it to the place where the others were cooking.

そこで義理の兄はまた出かけ、川を上り下りして追った。けれども捕らえられなかった。とうとうルマウィグが手を伸ばして豚を拾い上げ、ほかの者が煮炊きをしている場所へ運んだ。

After they had all eaten and drunk and made their offerings to the spirits, Lumawig said:

みなが食べ飲んで、霊たちへの供えをしたあと、ルマウィグは言った。

"Come, let us go to the mountain to consult the omen concerning the northern tribes."

「来なさい、北の民について兆しを問うために山へ行こう。」

So they consulted the omen, but it was not favorable, and they were starting home when the brother-in-law asked Lumawig to create some water, as the people were hot and thirsty.

そこでみなは兆しを問うたけれども、よい兆しではなかった。そして家へ向かい始めたとき、義理の兄が、人々が熱く渇いているから水を創ってくれとルマウィグに頼んだ。

"Why do you not create water, Lumawig?" he repeated as Lumawig paid no attention to him. "You care nothing that the people are thirsty and in need of drink."

「なぜ水を創らないのだ、ルマウィグ」と、ルマウィグが相手にしないので彼は繰り返した。「人々が渇いて飲み物を求めているのに、どうでもよいのか。」

Then they quarreled and were very angry and Lumawig said to the people, "Let us sit down and rest."

それから二人は言い争ってたいそう腹を立て、そしてルマウィグは人々に言った。「腰を下ろして休もう。」

While they rested, Lumawig struck the rock with his spear and water came out. [102] The brother-in-law jumped up to get a drink first, but Lumawig held him back and said he must be the last to drink. So they all drank, and when they had finished, the brother-in-law stepped up, but Lumawig gave him a push which sent him into the rock and water came from his body.

みなが休んでいるあいだ、ルマウィグは槍で岩を打ち、すると水が出た。[102] 義理の兄は先に飲もうと跳び上がったけれども、ルマウィグは引き止めて、おまえは最後に飲まなければならないと言った。そこでみなが飲み、そして飲み終えると義理の兄が進み出た。けれどもルマウィグは彼を押して岩のなかへ送り込み、そしてその体から水が出た。

"You must stay there," said Lumawig, "because you have troubled me a great deal." And they went home, leaving him in the rock.

「おまえはそこにいなければならない」とルマウィグは言った。「わたしをずいぶん困らせたのだから。」そしてみなは彼を岩のなかに残して家へ帰った。

Some time after this Lumawig decided to go back to the sky to live, but before he went he took care that his wife should have a home. He made a coffin of wood [103] and placed her in it with a dog at her feet and a cock at her head. And as he set it floating on the water, [104] he told it not to stop until it reached Tinglayen. Then, if the foot end struck first, the dog should bark; and if the head end was the first to strike, the cock should crow. So it floated away, and on and on, until it came to Tinglayen.

それからしばらくして、ルマウィグは天へ帰って住むことに決めた。けれども行く前に、妻が住まいを得られるように心を配った。彼は木で棺 [103] を作り、そのなかに妻を入れ、足元に犬を、頭のところに雄鶏を置いた。そしてそれを水に浮かべるとき、[104] ティングラエンに着くまで止まるなと告げた。それから、もし足の端が先に当たったら犬が吠えるように、そして頭の端が先に当たったら雄鶏が鳴くようにと告げた。そこで棺は流れていき、どこまでも進んで、とうとうティングラエンに着いた。

Now a widower was sharpening his ax on the bank of the river, and when he saw the coffin stop, he went to fish it out of the water. On shore he started to open it, but Fugan cried out, "Do not drive a wedge, for I am here," So the widower opened it carefully and took Fugan up to the town, and then as he had no wife of his own, he married her.

さて一人のやもめ暮らしの男が川の岸で斧を研いでいた。そしてその棺が止まるのを見て、水から引き上げに行った。岸でそれを開けようとすると、フガンが叫んだ。「楔を打ち込まないでください。わたしがここにいます。」そこでやもめ暮らしの男は気をつけて開け、フガンを村へ連れていった。そしてそれから、自分には妻がなかったので、彼女と夫婦になった。