Sample translations

Sample provisional translations of parts of Genesis into Nawat 

(and secondarily into English)

• Genesis 1:1 - 4:16 (How God built the sky and the land, Adam and Hava, Kain and Habel)
• Genesis 22:1-19 (God tests Abraham)
• Genesis 27:1-45 (Yakov tricks Yitzhak)

Readings from Genesis: Genesis 1:1-4:16 in Nawat translation and an English gloss

© 2014 Alan R. King and Ne Bibliaj Tik Nawat

Ken kiketzki ne Teut ne ilwikak wan ne tal 1 1 KWAK ne Teut pejki kinketza ne ilwikak wan ne tal 2 ne tal inteuk muektalijtuk takumi ijpak miktan ejekat pal Teut papataka pak iishkalyu ne at 3 kwakuni inak Teut ma nemi tawil wan muchijki ne tawil 4 kiwelitak Teut ne tawil kikupej Teut tawil tech takumi 5 ne tawil kinutzki Tunal wan ne takumi kinutzki Tayua tayuakik, tatwik, se tunal 6 inak Teut ma muchiwa se pachantuk tatajku ne at kikupewa at itech at 7 kichijki Teut ne pachantuk kikupej ne at itankupa ne pachantuk tech ne at ijpak ne pachantuk wan kiane nakak 8 wan ne pachantuk kinutzki Ilwikak tayuakik, tatwik, ukse tunal 9 inak Teut ma musentepewa ne at itankupa ne ejekat ma nesi tal waktuk wan kiane nakak 10 ne tal waktuk kinutzki Tal ne at sentepejtuk kinutzki Weyat wan kiwelitak ne Teut 11 inak Teut ma shushuknajkisa ne tal iwan sajsakat mulinit wan ishkisat kwajkwawit takilchiwat kitaliat intakil ken yejemet kipia ne iish kalijtik wan kiane nakak 12 kishtij ne tal sajsakat kisa ne iish ken yejemet kwajkwawit kitaliat intakil kipia ne iish ken yejemet wan kiwelitak ne Teut 13 tayuakik, tatwik, yey tunal 14 inak Teut ma muchiwakan tajtawil tik ipachantuk ne ilwikak kinkupewat tunal wan tayua pal muishmatit ijilwit tujtunal wan shijshiwit 15 tajtawil tik ipachantuk ne ilwikak pal kitawiluat ne tal wan kiane nakak 16 kichijki Teut ume wey tawil ne wey itekuyu ne tunal ne chikitik itekuyu ne tayua nusan ne sitalmet 17 kintalij Teut tik ipachantuk ne ilwilkak pal kitawiluat ne tal 18 kintekimakat tunal wan tayua wan kinkupewat tawil wan takumi wan kiwelitak ne Teut 19 tayuakik, tatwik, nawi tunal 20 inak ne Teut ma kumuni ne at iwan kumuninimet yultuk ma patanikan pataninimet pak tal, pak ipachantuk ne ejekat 21 kinketzki Teut ne wejwey akuat wan muchi tay ulini yultuk ne kumuni tik ne at sejse ken sejse wan ne patanini kipia iejtapal sejse ken sejse wan kiwelitak ne Teut 22 kinteuchij Teut wan inak: shitajtakiltalikan, shimumiakchiwakan shiktemakan ne ajat wan ne tujtutut ma mijmiak pak ne tal 23 tayuakik, tatwik, makwil tunal 24 inak ne Teut ma kinhishti ne tal ne yujyultuk sejse ken sejse, takwalmet wan ulininimet wan tekwanimet ipal ne tal sejse ken sejse wan kiane nakak 25 kinchijki Teut tekwanimet ipal ne tal sejse ken sejse wan ne takwalmet sejse ken sejse wan muchi ne ulinit talchi, sejse ken sejse wan kiwelitak ne Teut 26 inak Teut: tikchiwakan Takat kenha ken tejemet ma tatukti ijpak michintal tujtutut ipal ne ejekat takwalmet, wan muchi ne tal wan muchi tay ulini talchi 27 kiketzki Teut ne Takat ken Yajasan kenha ken ne Teut kiketzki ukich wan siwat kinketzki 28 kinteuchij ne Teut wan kinhilwij: shitajtakiltalikan, shimumiakchiwakan shiktemakan ne taltikpak shimuchiwakan itejtekuyu shitatuktikan ijpak michintal ne tujtutut pal ne ejekat wan muchi tay ulini talchi 29 inak Teut: naja nimetzinmaka muchi ne sajsakat ishkisat nemit pak muchi ne tal wan muchi ne kwajkwawit kichiwat intakil kipia iish yejemet anmupal pal ankikwat 30 wan pal takwat muchi ne takwalmet wan muchi ne tujtutut pal ne ejekat wan muchi ne ulinit talchi ne ijtik yejemet nemi iijiu yultuk muchi ne kijkilit nikinmaka wan kiane nakak 31 kitak Teut muchi tay kichijtuk wan sujsul kiwelitak tayuakik, tatwik, ne tunal chikwasen 2 1 mutamijket ilwikak wan tal wan muchi ne taltikpak 2 wan kitamij Teut tik ne tunal chikume ne itekiw kichijtuya wan musewij tik ne chikume ika yekawik muchi itekiw 3 kiteuchij ne Teut ne tunal chikume wan inak ka wey uni tunal ka tik yaja sewik itekiw pal kichiwa muchi tay kiketzki 4 wan ini ken ijtuk wan ne ilwikak wan ne tal kwak yejemet pejket muchiwat

How God built the sky and the land 1 1 WHEN God began building the sky and the land 2 the land was not yet arranged darkness over depths wind of God fluttering on the face of the water 3 then said God there should be light and there came to be light 4 God liked the light God separated light and darkness 5 the light he called Day and the darkness he called Night night fell, morning dawned, one day 6 God said there should be made an expanse amidst the water separating water from water 7 God made the expanse that separated the water under the expanse from the water over the expanse and so it was 8 and the expanse he called Sky night fell, morning dawned, another day 9 God said there should be a gathering of the water under the air for dry land to appear and so it was 10 the dry land he called Land the gathered water he called Ocean and God liked it 11 God said there should be a flourishing of the land with grasses sprouting and seeding trees producing fruit bearing fruit like them having a seed inside and so it was 12 the earth brought forth grasses whose seed was like them trees producing fruit bearing fruit like them and God liked it 13 night fell, morning dawned, three days 14 God said there should be made lights in the expanse of the sky separating day and night for the knowing of holidays days and years 15 lights in the expanse of the sky to light up the land and so it was 16 God made two big lights the big one master of the day the small one master of the night also the stars 17 God put them in the expanse of the sky to light up the land 18 command day and night and separate light and darkness and God liked it 19 night fell, morning dawned, four days 20 God said the water should swarm with swarming life that flying things should fly on land, on the expanse of the air 21 God built the great water-serpents and all moving life that swarms in the water each like each and the flying things with wings each like each and God liked it 22 God blessed them and said: bear fruit, proliferate fill up the waters and let the birds be many over the land 23 night fell, morning dawned, five days 24 God said the land should bear living things each like each, animals and moving things and wildlife each like each and so it was 25 God made wild beasts of the land each like each and the animals each like each and all that moves on the ground, each like each and God liked it 26 said God: let us make Man similar to ourselves to rule over the fishes birds of the air animals, and all the land and all that moves on the ground 27 God built Man like Himself similar to God he made him male and female he made them 28 God blessed them and said to them: bear fruit, proliferate fill the earth become its masters rule over the fishes the birds of the air and all that moves on the ground 29 God said: I give you all the seeding grasses that are on all the land and all the trees bearing fruit with seeds they are yours to eat 30 and for all the animals, to eat and all the birds of the air and all that moves on the ground in which the breath of life is I give them the vegetation and so it was 31 God saw all he had done and liked it very much night fell, morning dawned, six days 2 1 sky and land were finished and all the earth 2 and God finished on the sixth day the work he had done and rested on the seventh because all his work was completed 3 God blessed the seventh day and called that day great for on it his work ended of making everything he built 4 and this is the story of the sky and the land when they came to be made

Adam wan Jawa KWAK pejki kichiwa Tutajwan ne Teut tal wan ilwikak 5 nian se kwawit inteuk kanaj nian se sakat mulinik pak ne tal ika inte kishinijtuk at Tutajwan ne Teut ijpak tal wan takat te kanaj pal tajpia mil 6 wan tejku se mishti tech ne tal kiajwilia ne taltikpak 7 kwakuni kichijki Tutajwan ne Teut ne Takat wan sukit pal ne tal kishpitzki tik ne iyak iijiu yultuk wan ne Takat mukwepki yultuk 8 kitukak Tutajwan ne Teut se yekmil tik Eden, nepa Taneskan kitalij unkan ne Takat kichijki 9 kichijki Tutajwan ne Teut ma mulini sejse kwawit pak ne tal yejyek pal tikitat wan pal titakwat wan ne kwawit yultuk tik itajku ne yekmil wan ne kwawit pal mumati yek wan teyek 10 se apan puni tik Eden pal kiajwilia ne yekmil ka ne yaja kupewi mukwepa nawi at 11 ne se itukay Pishon yaja ne kiyawalua Jawila ne tal kan muajsi ne teukwit 12 wan ne teukwit pal uni tal yek wan unkan nemi bedolaj wan tet shojam 13 ne ukse at itukay Gijon yaja ne kiyawalua muchi ne tal pal Kush 14 wan ne yey itukay Jidekel yaja ne panu tik Taneskan Ashur wan ne nawi yaja Perat 15 kwakuni kikwij Tutajwan ne Teut ne takat wan kitalij tik ne yekmil Eden pal tekiti wan tajpia 16 kituktij Tutajwan Teut ne takat: itech muchi ne kwajkwawit pal ne yekmil, kilwij, weli titakwa 17 wan ne kwawit pal mumati yek wan teyek maka shitakwa itech ka su tikwa tiaw timiki 18 kwakuni inak Tutajwan ne Teut: inte yek ma naka ne takat isel niaw nikchiwilia se pal nemi iwan 19 kichijki Tutajwan ne Teut tech ne tal muchi ne tekwanit pal ne kojtan muchi ne pataninit pal ne ejekat wan kalinwikak iishpan ne takat pal kita ken kinnutza wan muchi tay kinnutza ne takwalmet yaja itukay 20 kintalilij ne takat intujtukay muchi ne tajtakwalmet ne pataninit pal ne ejekat wan muchi ne tekwanit pal ne kojtan wan ipal ne takat inte kiajsik se pal kipalewia 21 kitamin Tutajwan ne Teut kuchilis ijpak ne takat wan kuchki wan kikwij se iumiskwil wan kitzak ne nakat kan nemituya 22 kiketzki Tutajwan ne Teut ne iumiskwil kishtilijtuya ne takat pal kichiwa se siwat wan kalwikak iishpan ne takat 23 inak ne takat: ashan kia ne umit nuumiu, ne nakat nunakayu yajini munutzas siwat ka yaja muishtij itech takat 24 yajika kiajkawa takat ne iteku wan ne inan wan musalua itech isiwaw wan mukwepat sanse nakat 25 nakaket inhumeshtin pejpetztituk ne takat wan isiwaw wan te ishpinajket 3 1 ne kuat tamatini katka pal muchi ne tajtakwalmet kinchijki Tutajwan ne Teut wan yaja kilwij ne siwat: nusan inatuk ne Teut ma inte shitakwakan muchi tay ipal ne kwajkwawit pal ne mil? 2 kilwij ne siwat ne kuat: itakil ne kwajkwawit pal ne mil kia tiwelit tikwat 3 semaya itakil ne kwawit nemi tik itajku ne mil inak ne Teut: maka shikwakan wan maka shikmatukakan ka su inte, san anmikisket 4 kilwij ne kuat ne siwat: inte anyawit anmikit 5 asunte kimati ne Teut ka tik ne tunal kwak anyawit ankikwat anmuishpelusketa wan anmukwepasket ken ne Teut ankimatit yek wan teyek 6 kitak ne siwat ka yek ne kwawit pal mukwa itakil wan yaja yektzin tik itachialis wan yek ne kwawit pal tamati kikwij ne itakil wan takwaj wan kimakak ishulejyu nusan wan takwaj 7 wan muishpelujket ne inhumeshtin kimatket ka yejemet pejpetztituk kijtzunket ijiswayu kuyu amat kichijket majmashtat pal mutzakwat 8 kikakket Tutajwan ne Teut pashalua tik ne mil kan ajsi ne ejekatzin minashket ne takat wan isiwaw itech Tutajwan ne Teut tatajku ne kwajkwawit pal ne yekmil 9 kinutzki Tutajwan ne Teut ne takat, ina: kan tinemi? 10 inak: nimetzkakik tik ne mil wan nimajmawki ika naja nipetztituk, inak, wan niminashki 11 inak: ká metznawatijtuk, inak, ka taja tipetztituk? anka ne itakil ne kwawit nimetztuktij ma inte shikwa taja tikwajtuk? 12 inak ne takat: ne siwat ne tiktalijtuk nuwan, inak, yaja nechmakak ne itakil ne kwawit wan nikwaj 13 kilwij Tutajwan ne Teut ne siwat: tay tikchijki? inak ne siwat: ne kuat nechshijshikuj wan nitakwaj 14 kilwij Tutajwan ne Teut ne kuat: ika tikchijki ini tetekia muwan ijtik muchi ne takwalmet wan ijtik muchi tay yultuk tik kojtan ijpak muijti tinejnemis wan sukit tikwas sejsenpa 15 teijialis niu-niktalia ijtik taja wan ne siwat wan ijtik mupilawan wan ipilawan yejemet metztzuntapanasket wan taja tikinhikshikwas 16 wan ini tay kilwij ne siwat: sea wey nikchiwas muyulkukulis wan kwak tikpunia kukunet metzkukus sujsul mutaelewilis yawi ipal mushulejyu wan yaja tatuktis mujpak 17 wan ini tay kilwij ne takat: ika tiktakamatki musiwaw wan tikwaj itakil ne kwawit ne nimetztuktijtuk wan ninak: maka shu-shikwa, kilwij, yawi uij ne tal pal tikichkwa iwan yulkukulis titakwas mujmusta kwak tiu-tiyultuk 18 witzti wan kojtansakat yu-mulini mupal tiu-tikwa talsakat 19 sea mitunis mukwatapal pal tikwa mutamal hasta tiu-timukwepa talchi ika itech tal timuishtij ika taja tisukit wan itech sukit san timukwepas 20 kitalij ne takat itukay ne isiwaw Jawa yaja muchijki ne innan muchi 21 wan kichijki Tutajwan ne Teut ipal ne takat wan isiwaw wijwipil ipal kwetashti wan kintakentij 22 wan inak Tutajwan ne Teut: ashan ne takat mukweptuka ken se tejemet kimati yek wan teyek wan ashan ma inte kimelawa ne imey kikwi nusan itakil ne kwawit yultuk wan yu-kikwa wan yawi yultuk senpa 23 yajika kishtij Tutajwan ne Teut tik ne yekmil pal Eden wan kituktij ma tekiti pak ne tal kanka muishtijtuk 24 kitalultij ne takat wan kitalij itaneskan ne yekmil Eden ne Kerubmet wan ne espadaj tzitzinaka wan muyawalua kipachiwia ne ujti pal ne kwawit yultuk

Adam and Hava WHEN Our Lord God began to make land and sky 5 there was neither a single tree yet nor any grass sprouted on the earth for Our Lord God had caused no rain to fall upon the land and there were no people to tend a field 6 and mist rose from the earth watering the world 7 then Our Lord God made Man with clay from the earth blew living breath into his nostrils and the Man came to life 8 Our Lord God planted a garden in Eden, towards the East there he put the Man he made 9 Our Lord God caused trees to sprout on the land that were good to look at and for eating and the living tree in the middle of the garden and the tree for knowing good and not good 10 a river sprang forth in Eden to water the garden there it split up becoming four streams 11 one called Pishon which goes round Havila the land where gold is found 12 and the gold of that land is good and that’s where the bedolach is and the shoham stone 13 another stream is called Gihon which goes all around Cush 14 and the third is called Hidekel that one passes east of Ashur and the fourth is the Euphrates 15 then Our Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work and tend to it 16 Our Lord God commanded the man: from all the trees of the garden, he told him, you may eat 17 and the tree for knowing good and not good do not eat from it for if you do you’re going to die 18 then said Our Lord God: it isn’t good for the man to be alone I will make company for him 19 Our Lord God made from the earth all the wild animals of the forest all the flying things of the air and brought them in front of the man to see what he called them and whatever he called the animals that was their name 20 the man gave names to all the animals the flying things of the air and all the wild beasts of the forest and for the man he did not find a companion 21 Our Lord God cast sleep over the Man and he slept and he took a rib and closed the flesh where it was 22 Our Lord God shaped the rib he had taken from the man into a woman and brought her in front of the man 23said the man: this time indeed the bone is my bone, the flesh is my flesh this one shall be called woman for she was taken from man 24 therefore a man leaves his father and mother and attaches himself to his wife and they become a single flesh 25 the two of them were naked the man and his wife and they felt no shame 3 1 the snake was a wise one of all the animals that Our Lord God made and it said to the woman: so God has said you should not eat anything from the trees of the garden? 2 said the woman to the snake: the fruit of the trees of the garden we are allowed to eat 3 only the fruit of the tree that’s in the middle of the garden God said: don’t eat it and do not touch it or else you shall die 4 said the snake to the woman: you’re not going to die 5 rather, God knows that the day when you eat it you’ll open your eyes already and become like God knowing good and not good 6 the woman saw the tree was good for eating its fruit and was beautiful to look at and good for becoming knowledgeable she took its fruit and ate and gave it to her husband too and he ate 7 and they both opened their eyes they realised that they were naked they sewed leaves of the amat tree they made loincloths to wear 8 they heard Our Lord God strolling in the garden when the breeze came the man and his wife hid from Our Lord God among the trees of the beautiful garden 9 Our Lord God called out to the man, saying: where are you? 10 he said: I heard you in the garden and I was frightened because I’m naked, he said, and I hid 11 he said: who has let you know, he said, that you are naked? maybe you’ve eaten the fruit of the tree I ordered you not to? 12 said the man: the woman that you put with me, he said, she gave me the tree’s fruit and I ate 13 said Our Lord God to the woman: what did you do? said the woman: the snake tricked me and I ate 14 said Our Lord God to the snake: because you did this shame on you among all the animals and everything that lives in the forest on your belly you shall move and clay will you eat forever 15 hatred I shall put between you and woman and between your children and her children they will crush your head and you shall bite at their feet 16 and this is what he said to the woman: I will make your sorrow so great and when you bear children you will suffer great pain your desire will be for your husband and he will wield authority over you 17 and this is what he said to the man: because you obeyed your wife and ate the fruit of the tree that I ordered you and said: do not eat it, he told him, the land will be tough to till you will eat with sorrow each day while you live 18 thorns and weeds will sprout for you you shall eat grass from the earth 19 your forehead will sweat greatly to eat your tortilla until you return to the ground for from the earth you were taken because you are clay and clay will you turn into again 20 he named his wife Hava she became mother to everyone 21 and Our Lord God made for the man and his wife garments of skin and clothed them 22 and Our Lord God said: now mankind has already become like one of us knowing good and not good and now so he won’t reach his hand out and also take the fruit of the living tree and eat it and live forever 23 so Our Lord God expelled him from the beautiful garden of Eden and commanded him to work on the land from which he had been taken 24 he chased the man away and he placed to the east of the beautiful garden of Eden the Kerubim with the sword that glitters and turns guarding the way to the living tree

Kain wan Habel 4 1 ne Adam nemik iwan Jawa isiwaw weykiski, kipunij Kain wan inak Jawa: nikwijtuk se takat itech Teut 2 mukwepki kipunia ne iikaw, Habel ne Habel tajpia ichkatal wan Kain tekiti ne mil 3 ne tujtunal panuket, kalwikak Kain itakil ne mil kitakulia Tutajwan 4 Habel nusan kalwikak itetakulis kujkunet pal ne ichkatal wan ne itumakka kitak Tutajwan Habel wan ne itetakulis 5 wan Kain wan ne itetakulis te kitak kwalanik Kain sujsul, wetzki ne iishkalyu 6 kilwij Tutajwan Kain: taika tikwalani taika wetztuk ne muishkalyu? 7 anka inte timukwis su tikchiwa tay yek? wan su te tikchiwa tay yek iten ne kal ne teyek tejchia metzelewia, wan taja tiktuktis 8 kilwij Kain Habel ne iikaw wan kan nemituyat tik kojtan muketzki Kain, yajki itech Habel wan kimiktij 9 kilwij Tutajwan ne Kain: kan nemi Habel muikaw? inak: inte nikmati anka niitajpiani nuikaw? 10 inak: tay tikchijtuk? nikaki ne iesyu muikaw nechtzajtzalia tik ne mil 11 ashkan tetekia muwan ne tal mutenpelujtuk pal kikwi ne iesyu muikaw itech mumey, wan tik yaja 12 titekitis wan tea metzmakas yek wan tiasneki ka senkak tikyawalua ne taltikpak 13 kilwij Kain Tutajwan: nukimil wey ken inte weli muselia 14 tik ini tunal tinechtalultij tik ne nutal tinechishtij niaw niminaya wejka mutachialis niasneki ka senkak nikyawalua ne taltikpak wan ká ne yu-nechita yu-nechmiktia 15 kilwij Tutajwan: su ijkiuni ká ne yu-metzmiktia chikume wipta yawit kitzunkwit wan kitalililj Tutajwan Kain se pal muishmati ma te kichalu muchi ká ne yu-kinamiki 16 wan yajki Kain wejka Tutajwan muchantia ne tal itukay Nod ka itaneskan Eden

Kain and Habel 4 1 Adam slept with his wife Hava she got pregnant, she gave birth to Kain and Hava said: I have received a man from God 2 again she gave birth to his brother Habel Habel cared for the flock and Kain worked the field 3 the days passed, Kain brought fruit of the field to offer Our Lord 4 Habel also brought his gift lambs of the flock and their fat Our Lord looked at Habel and his gift 5 and Kain and his gift he did not see Kain was very angry, his face fell 6 said Our Lord to Kain: why are you angry why has your face fallen? 7 surely you shan’t be taken if you do what is right? and if you do not do what is right at the entrance of the house awaits the not-good desiring you, and you will give the order 8 Kain told his brother Habel and when they were in the forest Kain rose, went to Habel and killed him 9 Our Lord said to Kain: where is your brother Habel? he said: I don’t know am I my brother’s carer? 10 he said: what have you done? I can hear your brother’s blood screaming to me from the field 11 now, shame on you the land has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood through your hand, and on it 12 you will work and it shall no longer produce for you and you will move far away wandering around the world 13 said Kain to Our Lord: so heavy is my load that it cannot be borne 14 on this day you have chased me off from my land you have expelled me I will hide away out of your sight I shall travel far away to wander around the world and anyone who sees me will kill me 15 said Our Lord: in that case anyone who kills you will suffer vengeance sevenfold and Our Lord put on Kain an identifying sign so that whoever would meet him should not strike him 16 and Kain went far from Our Lord to reside in the land called Nod east of Eden

 Readings from Genesis: Genesis 22:1-19 in Nawat translation and an English gloss

© 2014 Alan R. King and Ne Bibliaj Tik Nawat

Ne Teut kiejekuj Abraham 22 1 TIPAN ne Teut kiejekuj Abraham: Abraham! kilwij nikan ninemi! inak Abraham 2 inak: ashan shikwi ne mukunew ne sea tiktasujta, ne Itzak shu wejka hasta ne tal pal Mori-Ya shiktakuli unkan Itzak ken tetakulis pak se tepet niu-nimetzilwia 3 ka tapuyawa Abraham kiajshitij n' iburroj kinwikak ume takat iwan wan Itzak n' ipiltzin kitzayan kwawit ipal ne tetakulis wan kiski pal yawi kanka kilwij ne Teut 4 tik ne tunal yey ajkutachishki Abraham kitak kan yu-ajsi né wejka, 5 kilwij ne takamet: shinakakan nikan iwan ne burroj naja wan ne piltzin tiasnekit ka ikuni san titankwaketzasket wan talmukwepasket 6 Abraham kikwij ne kwawit ne muneki ipal ne tetakulis wan kitalij iteputzta Itzak n' ipiltzin kikwij tik imey ne tit wan ne tepusti wan senyajket ne inhumeshtin 7 Itzak kilwij Abraham n' iteku inak: nuteku; inak: nikan ninemi, nupiltzin inak: nikan nemit ne tit wan ne kwawit wan kan nemi ne ichkat tiktakulisket? 8 Abraham inak: ne Teut yu-kitalia ne ichkat pal mutakulia nupiltzin wan ne ujume senyajket ka ishpan 9 ajsiket kan kilwijtuya ne Teut Abraham kiketzki ka né ne tepatznaj wan kiekchijki ne kwawit kilpij Itzak n' ipiltzin wan kitekak pak ne tepatznaj ijpak ne kwawit 10 Abraham kimelajki n' imey wan kitzkij ne tepusti pal kimiktia n' ipiltzin 11 se tanawatiani tik n' ilwikak kinutzki: Abraham Abraham inak: nikan ninemi 12 inak: maka shikmelawa ne mumey pak ne piltzin maka shikchiwili tatka ashan nikmatiaya ka tiktakamati ne Teut ika tiktemakatuskia nuwan su nimetztajtantuskia ne mukunew sea tasujtatuk 13 Abraham ajkutachishki wan shikita! se ukichichkat muitzkijtuk tik ne machorraj tech n' icachoj! yajki Abraham kikwi ne ichkat wan kitakulij ne Teut ipatka n' ikunew 14 Abraham kinutzki ne itukay ne kan nemik: "Tutajwan Kitalia". Wan hasta ini tunal inat: Tik n' itepew Tutajwan muitas. 15 n' itanawatiani Tutajwan kinuzki Abraham senpa 16 inak: nupanpa nikchiwa jurar ina Tutajwan ka ika tikchijki uni wan tiktemakatuskia ne mukunew sea tasujtatuk 17 ka naja niu-nimetzteuchiwa niu-nikinmiakchiwa ne mupilawan ken ne sitalmet ijtik n' ilwikat ken ne ashal iten ne weyat mupilawan yu-muchiwat intejtekuyu n' intejtechan ne kinhishijiat 18 wan muteuchiwasket ipanpa mupilawan muchi ne tejtechan pal ne taltikpak ika tinechtakamatki 19 Mukwepki Abraham itech n' itejtekitini. Muketzket wan senyajket Beer-Sheba wan mukawki Abraham tik Beer-Sheba.

God tests Abraham 22 1 AFTER that, God put Abraham to the test: Abraham! he said to him here I am! said Abraham 2 he said: now take your child who you dearly love, Yitzhak travel as far as the land of Mori-Ya offer there Yitzhak as an offering on a hill that I’ll tell you 3 in the morning Abraham prepared his donkey he took two men with him and Yitzhak his son split wood for the offering and set out on foot to where God told him 4 on the third day Abraham looked up saw the place where they were heading in the distance, 5 and told the men: stay here with the donkey I and the boy are going over there we shall worship and come back 6 Abraham took the wood needed for the offering and put it on the back of Yitzhak his son he took in his hand the fire and the knife and off they both went 7 Yitzhak said to Abraham his father he said: father; he said: here I am, my son he said: here are the fire and the wood, but where is the sheep we’re to offer? 8 Abraham said: God will provide the sheep to be offered my son and the two walked on together 9 they reached the place God had told him Abraham built an altar there and prepared the wood he tied up Yitzhak his son and laid him down on the altar upon the wood 10 Abraham stretched out his hand and grasped the knife to kill his son 11 a messenger in heaven called: Abraham Abraham he said: here I am 12 he said: do not lay your hand on the boy do nothing to him now I know that you are obedient to God because you would have sacrificed to me had I asked you your child who you dearly love 13 Abraham looked up and look! a ram caught in the bushes by the horn! Abraham went and fetched the sheep and offered it to God instead of his child 14 Abraham named the place where he was: "Our Lord Provides". And until this day they say: On Our Lord’s mountain it will be seen. 15 the messenger of Our Lord called to Abraham again: 16 he said: by me I swear says Our Lord that because you did that and were willing to sacrifice your child who you dearly love 17 I am going to bless you I am going to make your offspring many like the stars in heaven like the sand by the sea your children will become masters of the towns of their enemies 18 and all the peoples of the world will be blessed on account of your children because you obeyed me 19  Abraham returned to his servants. They rose and went together to Beer-Sheba and Abraham remained in Beer-Sheba.

 Readings from Genesis: Genesis 27:1-45 in Nawat translation and an English gloss

© 2014 Alan R. King and Ne Bibliaj Tik Nawat

Yakob kishijshikuj Itzak 27 1 KWAK chulejtiak Itzak wan intea tachiat ne ijish kinutzki Esaw n' ikunew wey kilwij: Nupiltzin. kilwij: Nikan ninemi. 2 inak: Naja nichuleta wan te nikmati keman niu-nimiki. 3 Ashkan shikana mutajtaiwan shikwi ne mumit pal titapewia shu ka kojtan wan shalwika se tapewil nupal 4 shikmana ken nugustoj wan shalwika nupal ma nitakwa wan nimetzteuchiwa achtu ma niu-nimiki. 5 Rebeka kikakik Itzak kinutza Esaw n' ikunew Esaw yajki ka kojtan kipewia se tapewil pal kalwika 6 Rebeka kilwij Yakob n' ikunew: Naja nikakik ne muteku kinutza Esaw ne muechkaw, inak: 7 Shalwika se tapewil nupal shikmana wan niu-nitakwa ma nimetzteuchiwa achtu ma nimiki. 8 Ashan nupiltzin, shinechtakamati wan shu-shikwi tay niu-nimetztuktia. 9 Shu kan tikpiat ne takwalmet nimetztajtani ma shalkwi ume cabrajkunet ajwiak niu-nikmana ajajwiak ipal muteku ken yaja igustoj. 10 Tiu-tikwika itech muteku pal kikwa ma metzteuchiwa achtu ma miki. 11 Yakob kilwij Rebeka n' inan: Shikita ka Esaw ne nuechkaw se takat sea pachon wan naja nitakat petztik 12 anka yu-nechchijchimi nuteku yu-nechita ken se shijshikuani nalwikas nujpak maldicion, tesu teteuchiwalis! 13 ne inan kilwij: Ne mumaldicion ma wetzi nujpak, nupiltzin semaya shinechtakamati wan shu-shalkwi tay nina. 14 yajki kikwi wan kiwikak itech n' inan wan n' inan kichijki ne takwal ken n' iteku igustoj katka 15 Rebeka kikwij n' ikwajkwach Esaw n' ikunew wey ne mas yejyektzin kipiatuya tik ne kal wan kitalij ijpak Yakob n' ikunew chikitik 16 wan iwan n' iewayu ne cajcabrajtzitzin kitzak n' ijimey wan n' ikechkuyu kan petztik 17 wan kitalij ne takwal wan ne tajtamal kichijki tik imey Yakob n' ikunew 18 kalwikak itech n' iteku wan inak: Nuteku. inak: Nikan ninemi, ká taja, nupipil? 19 Yakob kilwij n' iteku: Naja ni Esaw ne muachtu. Nikchijtuk ken tinechilwij. Ashan shimutali tikwa ne nutapewil wan shinechteuchiwa. 20 Itzak kilwij n' ipiltzin: Ken ka inte tishtunak tikajsi, nupiltzin? inak: Ika Tutajwan ne muTeut ijkiuni kinekik. 21 Itzak kilwij Yakob: Shiwi ma nimetzchijchimi nupiltzin asu taja tinupiltzin Esaw ush inte. 22 Yakob tzinkiski itech Itzak n' iteku yaja kichijchimik wan inak: ne mukupak ikupak Yakob wan ne mujmumey ijimey Esaw. 23 wan te kishmatki ika n' ijimey ken n' ijimey Esaw pajpachon, wan yaja kiteuchij. 24 kitajtanilij: Taja tinupiltzin Esaw? inak: Kia naja ne. 25 inak: Shalwika pal nikwa n' itapewil ne nukunew ma nimetzteuchiwa. kalwikak tel wan takwaj wan kalwikak atata wan kiunik 26 Itzak n' iteku kilwij: Shiwi shinechtennamiki, nupipil. 27 tzinkiski kitennamiki wan kiajnekuj n' ikwajkwach wan kiteuchij wan inak: Puputuka ne nupiltzin ken puputuka ne kojtan kiteuchij Tutajwan. 28 Ma metzmaka ne Teut iajwech n' ilwikak wan itumakka ne tal. Ma metztepewili miak sinti wan yayu. 29 Ma tekitikan muitan chijchinamit, ma mutankwaketzakan muishpan talmet, ma shimuchiwa intekuyu mukniwan, ma mutankwaketzan muishpan ipilawan ne munan, ma mutejtenewakan ne metztejtenewat, yejyektenejtuk ne metzyektenewat! 30 wan kwak Itzak tamik kiteuchiwa Yakob wan kisa nemi Yakob itech Itzak n' iteku Esaw n' iechkaw kalak walaj 31 yaja nusan kimanki takwal pal kalwika itech n' iteku inak: Ma muketza nuteku, ma kikwa itapewil n' ikunew ma shinechteuchiwa! 32 Itzak n' iteku kilwij: Ká taja? inak: Naja nimuachtu Esaw. 33 pejki ijtzilika Itzak tetekia sea inak: Ká ne kipewijtuk tapewil ne kalwikak wan nikwaj muchi achtu ka tiwalaj wan nikteuchij wan teuchijtuk yu-naka? 34 kwak Esaw takakik tay inak n' iteku pejki tzajtzi tetekia sea kilwij n' iteku: Shinechteuchiwa naja nusan, nuteku! 35 inak: Walaj muikaw wan nechchiwiltij wan kikwij ne mubendicion! 36 inak: Anka munutzki Yakob ma nechawilti ukpa? Nechishtilija tay nupal ken achtupunijtuk wan ashan kikwijtuk nubendicion! Inte tikantuk se bendicion nupal? 37 nankilij Itzak, kilwij Esaw: Shikita, nikchijkia mutekuyu wan muchi n' ikniwan niktalij ken itejtekitini sinti wan yayu niktepewilij ashan shina tay nimetzmakas, nupiltzin? 38 Esaw kilwij n' iteku: Anka semaya tikpia sanse bendicion, nuteku? Shinechteuchiwa nusan! Nuteku! wan pejki chuka 39 nankilij Itzak n' iteku, kilwij: Wejka n' itumakka ne tal yu-muajsi ne mukal wan wejka ne iajwech n' ilwikak. 40 Iwan muespadaj tinakas yultuk, itan ne muikaw titekitis, melka uni, kwak tiu-timuejekua tiu-tikishtia ijpak mukechtan. 41 Esaw kishijishki Yakob ipanpa ne bendicion ipal n' iteku inak Esaw tik iyulu: Neman tiu-tiktalpachuat nuteku, niu-nikmiktia Yakob ne nuikaw. 42 wan kilwijket Rebeka tay inak nemik Esaw n' ikunew wey yaja kalnutzki Yakob n' ikunew chikitik, kilwij: Esaw ne muechkaw kielewia metzmiktia. 43 Nupiltzin, shinechkaki ashan shichulu ichan Laban ne nuechkaw tik Jaran. 44 Shinaka iwan ankakeski tunal hasta ma kielkawa ne mumanuj n' ikwalan, 45 hasta ma mupata n' ishkalyu ne muechkaw wan kielkawa tay tikchiwilijtuk wan niu-nimetznawatia ma shalmukwepa, ika taika niu-nimetzinpulua anhumeshtin tik sanse tunal?

Yakov tricks Yitzhak 27 1 WHEN Yitzhak grew old and his eyes could no longer see he spoke to Esaw his older son he said to him: My son. he said to him: Here I am. 2 he said: I’m an old man now and I don’t know when I’m going to die. 3 Now pick up your gear take your bow-and-arrow for hunting go to the forest and bring game for me 4 cook it the way I like it and bring it to me to eat and bless you before I die. 5 Rebeka heard Yitzhak talking to Esaw her child Esaw went to the forest to hunt game and bring it 6 Rebeka said to Yakov her child: I heard your father talking to Esaw your older brother, he said: 7 Bring me game cook it and I shall eat so as to bless you before I die. 8 Now my son, obey me and go and get what I’m going to tell you. 9 Go to where we keep the animals I ask you to bring me two tasty baby goats I’m going to cook them nice for your father the way he likes it. 10 You’ll take it to your father to eat so as to bless you before he dies. 11 Yakov said to Rebeka his mother: But look, Esaw my older brother is a very hairy fellow and I am a smooth-skinned man 12 maybe my father will feel me he’ll see that I’m a deceiver I’ll bring on myself curses, not blessings! 13 his mother told him: May your curse fall on me, my son just do as I tell you and go and get what I say. 14 he went to get it and brought it to his mother and his mother made the meal just the way his father liked it 15 Rebeka took the clothes of Esaw her oldest child the best ones she had in the house and put them on Yakov her youngest child 16 and with the skin of the baby goats she covered his hands and his neck where it was smooth 17 and put the food and the tortillas she had made in her son Yakov’s hand 18 he brought it to his father and said: My father. he said: Here I am, who are you, my boy? 19 Yakov said to his father: I am Esaw your first. I’ve done as you told me. Now sit and eat my game and bless me. 20 Yitzhak said to his son: How come it didn’t take you longer to find it, my son? he said: Because Our Lord your God wanted it so. 21 Yitzhak said to Yakov: Come let me feel you my son to see if you’re my son Esaw or not. 22 Yakov came close to Yitzhak his father he felt him and said: your voice is Yakov’s voice and your hands are Esaw’s hands. 23 and he didn’t recognise him because his hands were like Esaw’s hands, hairy, and he blessed him. 24 he asked him: Are you my son Esaw? he said: Yes it’s me. 25 he said: Bring my child’s game for me to eat so as to bless you. so he brought it and he ate and he brought him alcohol and he drank 26 Yitzhak his father said to him: Come kiss me, my boy. 27 he came over to kiss him and he smelled his clothes and blessed him and said: My son has a fragrance like the fragrance of the forest blessed by Our Lord. 28 May God give you the dew of the sky and the fat of the land. May he heap on you much corn and juice. 29 May towns serve under you, may countries kneel before you, may you become the master of your siblings, may your mother’s children kneel  before you, may those who damn you be damned, praised those who praise you! 30 and when Yitzhak finished blessing Yakov and Yakov was leaving Yitzhak his father Esaw his older brother was coming in 31 he also cooked a meal to bring to his father he said: Let my father get up, let him eat his son’s game so that you bless me! 32 Yitzhak his father said to him: Who are you? he said: I am your first, Esaw. 33 Yitzhak started trembling vehemently he said: Who is it who has hunted game who brought it and I ate everything before you came and I blessed him and blessed he will remain? 34 when Esaw heard what his father said he began shouting vehemently he said to his father: Bless me, me too, father! 35 he said: Your younger brother came and tricked me and took your blessing! 36 he said: Perhaps he was called Yakov so he would dupe me twice? He already took from me my right as firstborn and now he’s taken my blessing! Haven’t you saved a blessing for me? 37 in reply Yakov told Esaw: Look, I made him your master and all his siblings I established as his servants corn and juice I heaped on him so now tell me what shall I give you, my son? 38 Esaw said to his father: Maybe you only have just one blessing, father? Bless me too! Father! and he began to cry 39 in answer Yitzhak his father said to him: Far from the fat of the land will be your house and far from the dew of the sky. 40 With your sword you will remain alive, under your younger brother you will serve, despite that, when you exert yourself you shall throw him off your neck. 41 Esaw detested Yakov for his father’s blessing Esaw said in his heart: One day we will bury my father, I’ll kill Yakov my younger brother. 42 and they told Rebeka what Esaw her older child was saying she called Yakov her younger child over and told him: Esaw your older brother wishes to kill you. 43 My son, listen to me now flee to Laban’s house my big brother in Haran. 44 Stay with him for a few days until your brother forgets his anger, 45 until there’s a change in your older brother’s countenance and he forgets what you have done to him and I will let you know so you can come back, because why should I lose you both on the same day?