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Esther I 1-9
- From: [email protected] (Marnen Laibow-Koser)
- Subject: Esther I 1-9
- Date: Wed, 1 Dec 93 19:02:49 EST
Well, I thought I'd translate some psalms, but as I looked at them I realized a
poetic text would be *very* difficult to render well in Klingon. So here's
Esther I 1-9. But first, a list of transliterations and questionable compounds
and phrases......
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baS chiS silver
baS SuD gold
bo'Dijnuv courtier
Dojghach majesty
Du'Hom courtyard
*HoDu* India
*linen* linen
*meDiya* Media
*meghila* megilla
mu'tlhegh verse
nagh chiS marble
naghHom let 'iH mosaic, mosaic tile
ngup curtain
*perSiya* Persia
*porviriy* porphyry
qachHom pavilion
*qoton* cotton
*quS* Ethiopia
quS'a' couch
*SuSa* Susa
ta'quS throne
*vaStiy* Vashti
veng jen acropolis
wovghach brightness, color
yoS'a' province
*'aHaSweroS* Ahasuerus
'ay' chapter
*'eSter* Esther
'uQ'a' banquet
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Now a (preliminary) translation. Any and all comments are welcome.
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*'eSter* *meghila*: 'ay' wa', mu'tlheghmey wa' Hut je joj.
1. qaStaHviS *HoDu* *quS* je jojDaq wa'vatlh cha'maH yoS'a'mey che'pu'bogh
*'aHaSweroS* jajmey qaSpu' wani'mey.
2. *SuSa* veng jenDaq ta'quSDajDaq ba'pu'Di' ta' *'aHaSweroS*,
3. qaStaHviS che'ghachDaj DiS wejDich yaSpu'DajvaD bo'Dijnuvpu'DajvaD je 'uQ'a'
chenmoHpu' *'aHaSweroS*. SaHpu' *perSiya* *meDiya* je mangghom yaSpu',
chuQun, yoS'a' che'wi'pu' je,
4. 'ej qaStaHviS jajmey law', qaStaHviS biD DiS, wo'Daj mipghach DojghachDaj
Dunghach je 'angpu'.
5. rintaHDi' wani'vam, *SuSa* veng jenDaq Qongbogh loDpu' HochvaD ta' qachHom
Du'HomDaq Soch jaj yupma' chenmoHpu' ta'. potlhwi'vaD potlhbe'wi'vaD je
chenmoHpu'.
6. 'iHchoHmeH Du'Hom, baS chiS QebmeyDaq *linen* tlheghHommey nagh chiS tutmey
Doq *qoton* ngupmey chiS Doq je lurarlu', 'ej *porviriy* nagh chiS naghmey
wovghachmey Sar je naghHom let 'iH ravDaq baS chiS baS SuD je quS'a'mey.
7. 'ej baS SuD Hivje'meyDaq tlhutlhlaHwi'mey lujablu'pu', 'ej Hivje'mey Hoch
pimchuq; 'ej ta' Hiq law'bejqu' tu'lu'pu' -- 'e' ghajniS ta'.
8. 'ach chut lobbe'pu' tlhutlhghach: ra'pu' pagh; tlhutlh luneHDi' mebpu' Hoch
jab jabwi'pu' 'e' ghaH ra'pu' ta'.
9. ta' *'aHaSweroS* ta' juHDaq be'pu'vaD yupma' chenmoHpu' be'ta' *vaStiy* je.
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