The Birth of Christ, in Chinook Jargon (part 4)
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the Baptist.>
SShB shako tanas.
John the Baptist is born.Iaka k’o iaka son pus
There arrived the day forChon baptist chako tanas kopa ilihi
John the Baptist to be born on this earthpi pus iaka tlap son iaka
and when he got to be 8 days old histilikom chako kopa Ilisabit iaka haws
relatives came to Elizabeth’s housepus [SIC] patlach iht nim pi sirkomsishan
to give a name and a circumcisionkopa iaka. Klaska mamuk tomtom
to him. They decidedpus Sakari iaka nim alki, kakwa
that Zachary was going to be his name, likeiaka papa.
his father.[…some text is missing…] Page 108
kakwa Shosip pi Mari klatwa
so Joseph and Mary wentkopa Bitliim pus patlach klaska
to Bethlehem to give theirnim kopa taii iaka wash man
names to the ruler’s guardsmen..[SIC] Pus klaska k’o kopa ukuk
When they arrived at thattawn, klaska nanish ayu tilikom
town, they saw a lot of peoplechako, kakwa klaska, pus patlach
had come, like them, to giveklaska nim kopa taii.
their names to the leader.Wik kata pus Shosip pi Mari
Joseph and Mary couldn’ttlap iht haws kopa tawn, pus
find a house in town, toklaska slip. Klaska klatwa
sleep [in]. They wentkopa iht kaltash musmus haws
to a run-down stablemitlait klahani kopa tawn.
that was outside the town.Iawa klaska mitlait pulakli
There they stayed the nightpi Mari chako tlap iaka tanas
and Mary went into laborpi wik iaka sik: yutl iaka tomtom
but she wasn’t upset: she was glad[.]Iaka iskom iaka tanas, iaka
She had her child, shemamuk ipsut iaka itluil kopa
covered its body withtanas sil pi iaka iskom
a small cloth and she tookdrai tipso pus [SIC] mamuk iaka bid
some hay to make his bedkopa kah musmus pi kyutan iskom
where the cows and horses gotklaska makmak. Mari klatwa
their food. Mary wentashnu kopa iaka tanas,
to kneel to her child,iaka komtaks pus ST iaka.
she knew he was God.
— Kamloops Wawa #117 (June 1894), pages 103-110
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