Barwar: Life in ʾƐn-Nune (2)

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Geoffrey Khan	Khan, Geoffrey. The Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Barwar. 3 vols. Leiden-Boston: Brill, 2008, vol. 3	Bənyamən Bənyamən

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0:00	mšɛ́rəx mən-ʾéḏa gòṛa.ˈ ʾeḏăwáṯət baríwa gu-Bàrwərˈ t-suràye,ˈ ʾaṯoràye.ˈ ʾéḏa góṛa ʾíle xa-ṭùxsaˈ qyámtət Mšíxa báṯər t-wéwa píša qṭìla.ˈ yóma t-ṭḷáṯa qímle m-bɛ̄ṯ-mìṯe,ˈ ʾu-kúl-xa suràyaˈ ʾu-kúlla dùnyeˈ y-óḏi xa-ʾèḏa.ˈ ṭḷaṯà yománeˈ ʾáxni y-oḏə́xwa ʾèḏa.ˈ ʾu-xàkma dukáneˈ xà-yoma háwe ʾéḏa.ˈ ʾi-ṣɛmíwa náše xamšì yománe,ˈ ṣàwma,ˈ y-amrə́xwale ṣáwma gòṛa.ˈ báṯər xámši yomàne,ˈ pàyəšwaˈ y-aṯèwaˈ yómət ʾèḏa,ˈ dáʾəman napə́lwa yómət xušèba.ˈ ʾáwwa ʾéḏa gòṛɛle.ˈ ʾo-yómət trè t-ʾéḏaˈ y-amríle geyàsa.ˈ geyàsaˈ yómət trèˈ t-ʾéḏa gòṛa.ˈ y-ázi náše l-ʾùmraˈ y-óḏi qurbàna.ˈ qáša šaqə́lle xa-qɛ́sa rìxa.ˈ b-ʾíḏe díye dawùqleˈ ʾi-rášəm hátxa gu-réšət nàšeˈ maxéle gu-réšət nàše,ˈ ʾáx burkàṯa.ˈ ʾáxni y-amrə́xla dax-burkàṯa.ˈ ʾu-dɛ̀riˈ bə̀ṯqe b-rešéy.ˈ bə́ṯqe yáʿni šɛrnìye,ˈ gàwze,ˈ qàzbe.ˈ zadíla hátxa gu-réšə nàše.ˈ xa-ṭùxsɛle,ˈ yáʿni qa-t-háwe kúl-xa bɛ́ṯə nàšaˈ hawéle burkàṯa,ˈ burkáṯa yáʿni ṱ-áwe zyáda gu-mɛxoltèy,ˈ gu-ʾarzā́q diyèy.ˈ ʾàwwɛle geyása.ˈ báṯər ʾéḏa gòṛaˈ y-áṯe ʾarbì-yomeˈ báṯər ʾéḏa d-o-gòṛaˈ ʾìṯenaˈ ʾéḏət sulàqa.ˈ suláqa ʾìleˈ manàyˈ Mšìxaˈ síqle l-šmàyyaˈ ʾo-yòma,ˈ yómət ʾàrpiˈ báṯər ʾéḏa d-o-gòṛa.ˈ báṯər t-qímle m-bɛṯə-míṯe t-wéwa qṭìla,ˈ síqle l-šmàyya.ˈ ʾó-yoma y-óḏi nàšeˈ dax-ʾəḥtəfā̀lˈ qurbàna-wˈ mpálṭi duxrànaˈ ʾu-y-ázi y-óḏi hèzuke,ˈ náše kùlla.ˈ hézuke mòdila?ˈ táli xàwlaˈ b-xa-ʾilána ṱ-óya góṛta rába ramànta,ˈ b-xa-tàqa,ˈ ʾu-y-átwi náše rəš-xàwlaˈ y-óḏiley dúkṯət ʾitàwa.ˈ ʾu-xa-zayə̀pley,ˈ y-ázi ʾu-y-áṯi gu-hằwa,ˈ y-amríle hezùke.ˈ yáʿni manáy díya Mšíxa síqle l-šmàyyaˈ ʾáp-ʾanna práxa gu-hắwa zàlaˈ b-o-ṭùxsaˈ yáʿni ʾisáqtət Mšíxa l-šmàyya.ˈ ʾáwwa ʾíle sulàqa.ˈ xàrṯaˈ ṱ-áṯe xá-ʾeḏa xréna zòra,ˈ y-amríle ʾéḏət musàrde.ˈ musàrdeˈ nàpəlˈ ṭàbbəx,ˈ yárxət tmànya.ˈ ʾáw mùt-ʾeḏɛle?ˈ ʾáw ʾímət mšíxa ṯéle gu-nérət ʾÙrdun,ˈ Mar-Yoḥànnaˈ t-táma-hawe qəm-mămə̀dle.ˈ dréle míya b-réšə Mšìxaˈ qəm-mămə̀dle,ˈ ṣléle róxət qúdša mən-šmáyya ṣléle l-Mšìxa.ˈ ʾáyya y-amrə́xla mămàḏta.ˈ kúl-xa náša … yalúnka zórət bàreˈ gắrəg páyəš mŭmə́ḏḏa gu-ʾùmra,ˈ dɛ́ri míya rèše.ˈ barxíle qáše šamàšeˈ dɛ́ri míya rèšeˈ ʾax-t-wéwa Mar-Yuḥánna də́rya mìyaˈ b-réšə Mšìxa.ˈ ʾáyya y-amrìlaˈ musàrde.ˈ fa-náše kúlla pàlṭiˈ xa-maryóse ʾo-xréna mìya.ˈ maryástət míya xa-l-d-o-xréna mòdila?ˈ ma-t-wɛ́wa ʾə́ṯye nàšeˈ č̭ənnək̭ɛ́rət Mšìxa,ˈ ma-t-wɛ́wa ràbeˈ Mar-Yuḥánna lá-mṣele kút-xa dréle qáwwət míya b-rèše.ˈ qímle mŭrísle hátxa míya ʾəllèyˈ yàʿniˈ kùlleyˈ ta-t-máṭa míya ʾəllèy.ˈ fa-l-d-áw ṭùxsa,ˈ ʾáxni ʾó-yoma y-óḏexi ʾáp-ʾaxni musàrde.ˈ náše kúlla mbádla qɛ̀miˈ xa-maryóse ʾo-xréna mìya,ˈ hal-ʾaṣə́rta ʾáw háwe šulɛ̀ni.ˈ xàrṯaˈ y-aṯélɛni ʾèḏaˈ ʾéḏət be-yàlda.ˈ ʾéḏət be-yálda ʾíle wɛ́ṯət Mšìxa.ˈ yáʿni ṱ-íle bə̀ryaˈ Mšìxa.ˈ ʾáw bə́ryɛle ʾə́sri xàmša,ˈ b-yárxət trèssər.ˈ qam-brɛ́ṯe dìyeˈ ʾəsrí-w xamšà yománeˈ náše ʾi-ṣɛ̀mi.ˈ náše krəstyáne suráye ʾi-ṣɛ̀miˈ ʾə́sri-w xámša yomàne.ˈ yómət ʾə́sri-w xámša háwe ʾèḏa.ˈ y-óḏi ʾəḥtəfā̀l,ˈ y-ázi náše l-ʾùmraˈ ʾu-y-óḏi qurbána-w qárwi-w pàlṭi náše.ˈ xàrṯaˈ ʾáxni gu-maṯwàṯaˈ kúllɛni jămə́xwa m-ġḏàḏe,ˈ ʾən-qàša mə́nnənˈ ʾən-múxtərət màṯa,ˈ zavrə́xwa ʾeḏăwàṯa.ˈ qamáye y-azə́xwa l-ʾéḏət qàša.ˈ barxə́xwa ʾéḏe dìye.ˈ xárṯa y-azə́xwa l-bɛ́ṯət mùxtər,ˈ ʾáp-ʾaw barxə́xwale ʾéḏe dìye.ˈ ʾu-doqə́xwa b-réza kùlla máṯa.ˈ ʾi-zavrə́xwa gu-màṯa.ˈ kúlla màṯaˈ mbarxə́xwale ʾéḏət nàše.ˈ xá-b-xa bɛ́ṯa y-orə́xwa gáwe mbarxə̀xwa ʾéḏaˈ ʾu-palṭə̀xwa.ˈ ʾímə-t y-órəxwa gu-bɛ̀ṯaˈ ʾi-šatíwa náše ʾằraq.ˈ ʾu-mɛṯɛ́wa màzze,ˈ ʾixàle-wˈ fèke-wˈ šarnìye-wˈ jigɛ̀re.ˈ xa-rŭ́baʿ sàʾa,ˈ pálgə sàʾa,ˈ ʾən-xa-sáʾa xa-xá-ga y-atə̀xwa.ˈ xa-xá-ga márət bɛ́ṯa mbašə́lwa ʾixála ʾímət hóya dànət ʾixála.ˈ y-axlíwa náše ʾu-palṭíwa y-azíwa l-d-ó-bɛṯa xèna,ˈ hál-d-ɛ-gət kùlla máṯa parqáwa.ˈ ʾáwwa ʾéḏa zòra.ˈ y-amrə́xwa ʾéḏa zòra.ˈ yáʿni ʾéḏət brɛ́ṯət Mšìxa.ˈ ʾànnɛla ʾeḏăwáṯə diyɛ́ni.ˈ ʾíṯwa baʾúṯət ninwàye.ˈ baʾúṯət ninwàyeˈ lɛ̀laˈ … lɛ́le ʾéḏa diyàna.ˈ ʾíle ʾéḏa qàwmiˈ t-məllatayùṯa.ˈ ʾàwˈ xa-zàwnaˈ Nìnweˈ ʾiwáwa pétəxt ʾaṯoràye.ˈ ʾɛ́-ga ʾàyˈ wéle făyaḏ̣ā́n-t mìya.ˈ míya zìdla.ˈ ʾímə zìdla míya,ˈ kúlla mḏíta dwíqla mìyaˈ ʾu-míya mšuréla ryàmaˈ náše xnàqa.ˈ náše mšuréla xnàqa,ˈ xàkma náše,ˈ ʾu-xákma mxulṣàla gána.ˈ ʾu-xákma síqla garăwáṯət bàte.ˈ ʾu-xákma síqla dukáne ramáne qa-t-la-máṭi míya ʾə̀lla.ˈ fa-màlka,ˈ málka híwle ʾàmraˈ mə́re kúl-xa náša ṣàyəm.ˈ ṣàyəm,ˈ híč-məndi lá-ʾaxəl ṭḷà yománe.ˈ la-šáte la-mìya-wˈ la-ʾáxəl ʾixála ṭḷáṯa yomàṯa,ˈ ʾu-ṭálbi mən-ʾálaha qa-t-ʾàwwaˈ făyaḏ̣ā́n maklèle,ˈ ʾáyya zyáttət mìyaˈ maklèlaˈ ʾàlaha.ˈ béna báṯər ṭḷa-yomàneˈ mšuréla míya nqàṣa-wˈ tìwleˈ … bár ṭḷáṯa yomàṯaˈ míya tìwlaˈ nqíṣla nqìṣlaˈ ʾu-príqle ʾaw-făyaḏ̣ā̀n.ˈ ʾáni y-amríwale ṭawpàna.ˈ ṭawpána yáʿni zyàttət míya.ˈ ʾáwwa ʾíle xa-ʾèḏa.ˈ béna náše diyɛ̀niˈ ʾi-ṣɛ́mi ṭḷá yomàne,ˈ xàkma náše,ˈ xákma la-ṣɛ̀mi.ˈ xákma ṣɛ́mi ṭḷá yomàneˈ ʾu-báṯər ṭḷáṯa y-ázi y-óḏi qurbàna-wˈ ʾu-pàrqa.ˈ ʾàyya.ˈ ʾáwwa ʾíle xa-ʾéḏa zòraˈ b-nə́sba l-mə́llət ʾaṯoràye.ˈ ʾàxči,ˈ lɛ̀le t-krəstyáne ʾáwwa ʾéḏa.ˈ ʾáwwa ʾíle baʾúṯət ninwàye.ˈ kul-máṯət ʾítla ʾùmraˈ ʾan-maṯwáṯa hawéwaley šèra,ˈ šèraˈ d-ó-yomət ʾíle ʾo-qaddíša mìṯa.ˈ tarī́x díye y-óḏi ʾèḏa.ˈ ʾó-ʾeḏa y-amrə́xle šèra.ˈ ʾáw yắḏət dàx y-oḏíle?ˈ qédamta y-ázi náše l-ʾùmra,ˈ y-óḏi qurbàna,ˈ pàlṭiˈ b-pálgət yòmaˈ sáʾət tréssər hal-xàˈ kul-nàša,ˈ kul-bɛ̀ṯaˈ ʾi-mbášəl xá-tɛrət ʾixálət ʾáw bằye.ˈ ṃaḷéla xa-ṣiníye gòṛta.ˈ maṣléla mattúla xà-dukṯa.ˈ ʾíṯena xákma dukáne tuṯànela,ˈ xákma dukáne hátxa gawzánela ṱ-íla ṭə̀lla,ˈ sab-dáyəmən nápəl ʾo-yóma xa-dánə t-y-áwe qɛ̀ṭa.ˈ b-šəryăwáṯa šaxìnta y-óya dúnye.ˈ fa-y-átwi náše ṭə̀lla,ˈ ṭə́llət ʾilanàne,ˈ tuṯàne,ˈ gawzàne.ˈ ʾixála kúlle mărizìle xa-dúkṯa.ˈ ʾu-nášət màṯaˈ ʾaw-ʾən-náše naxràye ʾíṯən,ˈ kúlla y-áṯɛ y-àtwiˈ y-áxli mən-d-ó ʾixàla.ˈ báṯər párqi mən-ʾixàla,ˈ závri náše gu-bàte.ˈ xákma náše ṱ-íla naxràye,ˈ t-maṯwáṯa xrène,ˈ y-áṯɛ y-óri gu-bátə náše mbarxíley ʾeḏèy.ˈ y-átwi šáti čày-uˈ mɛṯɛ́ley ʾixàlaˈ ʾu-qɛ́mi y-àzi.ˈ ʾáwwa ʾíle ʾéḏət ʾƐ̄n-Nùne,ˈ táma l-Mar-Sàwaˈ ʾúmrət Mar-Sàwa.ˈ Mar-Sáwa y-awéwa xa-qaddìšaˈ ʾáṣle díye ʾiranàya-wewa,ˈ farsàya.ˈ ʾàwwaˈ ʾɛ̀-gaˈ b-zàwne díye,ˈ bábe dìyeˈ ʾax-ṱ-íla mtunɛ́ṯa ḏa-tàrīx,ˈ y-amríwa màlka-wewa bábe díye.ˈ fa-ʾáwwa mhuymə̀nne b-krəstyáne.ˈ mhuymə̀nne b-dínət krəstyàne.ˈ màlkaˈ saġḏánət sănằme-wewa.ˈ málkət ʾÌrən-wewa.ˈ ʾáni saġḏíwa sănằme.ˈ lè-y yăḏíwa ʾálaha.ˈ lé-y yăḏíwa diyánət krəstyáne mòdile.ˈ fa-saġḏíwa sănằme.ˈ béna qímle bábe màlkaˈ mə́re qaṭlə́nne bròni.ˈ bróne díye rìqle.ˈ ríqle mən-ʾÍrən ṯèle,ˈ ṭéle gu-Ṭiyàre.ˈ táma mìtleˈ gu-Ṭiyàre.ˈ béna b-á-dúkṯa ṱ-íle mìṯaˈ krəstyáne díyən ʾaṯoráye qímela bə́nye ʾúmra-wˈ ʾàwˈ mṭùmrəlle táma.ˈ gu-d-ò-ʾumraˈ ṭùmrəlleˈ ʾu-bə́nyela ʾúmra b-réše dìye.ˈ ʾáw múttəlle šə́mme díye Mar-Sàwa.ˈ ʾáxni ʾax-ṱ-íx bə́nyəlle ʾúmra díyən gu-ʾƐ̄n-Nùneˈ … lɛ́la kṯìweˈ ʾímə ṱ-íle bə̀nyaˈ lɛ́la kṯìweˈ b-ɛ̀ni tarī́x-ile bə́nya,ˈ bas-ʾáxni ʾax-t-mqadrə̀xlaˈ šə́nne dìyeˈ ʾíba bēn-ʾarbá-mma-w ʾəštá-mma šə̀nneˈ ṱ-íle bə̀nya.ˈ záwda mən-ʾarbá-mma šə̀nnele.ˈ bálki bíš-k̭ēm mən-ʾəštà-mma šə́nnela,ˈ hàtxaneˈ ṱ-íle bənya tàma.ˈ fa-ʾáxni max-t-̭íx-bənyəlla ʾáwwa b-šə́mmət Mar-Sáwa gu-Ṭiyàre,ˈ síqela náše l-Ṭiyàreˈ múṯyela xa-kèpaˈ mən-ʾúmrət Mar-Sáwa gu-Ṭiyàre.ˈ múṯyəlle múttəlle gu-ʾƐ̄n-Nùneˈ ʾu-bə̀nyəlleˈ ʾúmra b-réše dìyeˈ b-réšə d-o-kèpa.ˈ mə́ra ʾáwwa ʾíle Mar-Sàwa.ˈ múttəlle šə́mme Màr-Sawaˈ b-nə́sba l-Mar-Sáwa t-íle gu-Ṭiyàre.ˈ b-šétət tmáni tmànyaˈ Ṣaddā́m híwle ʾámra ṭla-ʾaskarwáṯe dìye,ˈ ʾímə tlixàla máṯa,ˈ ʾúp Mar-Sáwa qəm-talə̀xle.ˈ ṯéla tláxəlle bəldozère-uˈ là-mṣela tlíxla.ˈ ma-t-wéwa gúde díye mùḥkəm.ˈ múttula dìnamet gáwe díye,ˈ dìnamet,ˈ qəm-păqìle.ˈ ʾáw ʾu-ʾumráne ràbe gu-Bárwər.ˈ kúll máṯa ṱ-íla tlíxta ʾíṯ ʾùmra gáwaˈ ʾumráne kúlla tlixə̀lla.ˈ mamodìṯa:ˈ yála zòraˈ krəstyànaˈ ʾɛ́-gət bàreˈ kúl-naša ṱ-awéle xa-bròna,ˈ báṯər xákma yɛ̀rxe,ˈ qam-máṭe šèta,ˈ taqrìban,ˈ ṱ-áwele ʾə́šta yɛ̀rxe,ˈ ṭḷáṯa yɛ̀rxe,ˈ qam-máṭe šéta ʾúmre dìye,ˈ ʾi-nablíle l-ʾùmra.ˈ qàšaˈ ʾu-šamàšaˈ ʾi-mṣàliˈ b-réše-u bɛ́ṯa dɛ́rɛ míye b-réše dìye.ˈ ʾu-máxa xa-mə́šxa gu-be-ʾéne dìyeˈ ʾoḏíle rúšma ʾax-ṣlìwa.ˈ ʾáy y-amríle rúšma t-krìhe.ˈ ʾáyya ʾíla mamodìṯa.ˈ yáʿni manáy díya ʾáwwa yála zóra píšle krəstyàna.ˈ píšle momə́ḏḏa mamodìṯaˈ t-krəstyàne.ˈ č̣ita ʾíla mə́šxa t-ʾə̀rwe.ˈ xə́lya t-heywàneˈ t-ʾə́rwe ʾən-tawràṯa,ˈ xə́lya marəxṯìleˈ ʾu-šoqíle pɛ́ša dắraj ḥărára díye taqríban ʾàrbi.ˈ dɛ́ri marɛ̀ṯa bíya.ˈ ʾi-mxamɛ̀la.ˈ dɛ́ri xa-júlla b-réša qá-t hár-hawe šaxìntaˈ múddət tmánya sàʾăte.ˈ ʾi-páyəš ʾo-xə̀lyaˈ páyəš màsta.ˈ ʾɛ-màstaˈ ʾi-dɛríla gu-gùḏa.ˈ gúḏa mòdile?ˈ ʾíle gə́ldət xa-hèywən.ˈ našṭìle.ˈ y-amrə́xle gùḏa.ˈ ʾi-dɛrɛ́la gáwe dìyeˈ ʾu-yi-măyìle.ˈ y-asṛíle b-xàwlaˈ ʾu-talíle b-xa qɛ̀saˈ ʾən-b-qaríṯət bɛ̀ṯaˈ yi-măyìle.ˈ myáʾa mòdile?ˈ yáʿni majwàjta díya.ˈ nabóle ʾu-mɛṯóye b-xɛlàna.ˈ ʾu-dɛ́ri míya gàwa.ˈ xa-rŭ́baʿ sáʾa,ˈ ʾəsrí daqìqe,ˈ pálgə sàʾa.ˈ ʾi-šɛšíla ʾi-šɛšìlaˈ hal-másta ʾi-pɛ́ša ʾax-mìya.ˈ mə́šxət gu-d-á-masta ʾi-jắmi l-ġḏàḏe.ˈ ʾi-jắmi l-ġḏàḏe,ˈ ʾi-mpalṭìle.ˈ mə́šxa páyəš xòḏe,ˈ ʾu-dáwwe dɛrɛ́la gu-xa-quṣxáne gòṛta.ˈ ʾáwwa mə́šxa y-amrə́xle č̣ìta.ˈ ʾáwwa ʾi-mapəlxìleˈ ʾə́n y-axlíle b-lə̀xma,ˈ ʾə́n ʾi-dɛríle b-rə̀zza,ˈ ʾímət ʾi-mbášli rə̀zza,ˈ ʾə́n dɛríle rəš-bušàlaˈ y-oḏíle gə̀rḏo,ˈ y-amríla gə̀rḏo.ˈ ʾáyyɛla č̣ìta.ˈ ʾu-dàwwe,ˈ ʾan-míyət màsta,ˈ t-pɛ̀ši,ˈ ʾáni y-amríla dàwwe.ˈ ʾu-qàškaˈ ʾíle ʾan-dáwwe marəxṯìla.ˈ marəxṯìla,ˈ ʾu-ʾi-šoqíla tămàha,ˈ míya ʾi-ṭɛ́pi b-rèša.ˈ míyət ṭɛ́pi b-réša bɛzìla.ˈ ʾo-t- pàyəšˈ ʾi-dɛrɛ́le gu-xa-kìsa,ˈ xa-kísa xwára t-bèza,ˈ ʾu-talíle b-xa-sə́kṯa hal-ɛ́-gət míye díye kúlla nàšpi.ˈ ʾáw páyəš ʾax-maʿjū̀n,ˈ ʾax-lɛ̀ša páyəš.ˈ ʾo-xàlwa,ˈ y-amrə́xle xàlwa.ˈ ʾáw xálwət … d-àn-dawwe.ˈ ʾáw y-oḏíle glòlaˈ mattíle qam-šə̀mša,ˈ ʾi-bàrəz.ˈ ʾi-bàrəz,ˈ y-amrìleˈ qàška.ˈ ʾáwwa qàškaˈ b-sə́twa ʾímə sánqi nàšeˈ l-dàwweˈ qa-t-mbášli bušàlaˈ ʾáwwa xá-ga xéta dɛrɛ́le gu-mìya,ˈ mpašrìle,ˈ mpašrìle,ˈ gu-mìya,ˈ ʾi-páyəš ʾax-dàwwe.ˈ ʾi-dɛ́rɛ rə́zza gàweˈ ʾu-mbašlìle,ˈ páyəš bušàla.ˈ m-gēb-dàwwe.ˈ ʾáwwa qàškɛle.ˈ ṭə̀lmeˈ ʾíman-t qámxa lɛšíle lɛ̀šaˈ ʾu-ʾi-xằme,ˈ dɛ́rɛ xmíra gáwe ʾi-xằme,ˈ ʾi-mɛ́ṯi sèla.ˈ sèlaˈ prə̀zlɛle.ˈ ʾáw dax-ṱ-ámrəx ʾax-ṣinìyeleˈ bas-gòṛa.ˈ ʾi-mattíle š-kèpe,ˈ xóṯe díye y-óḏi nùra.ˈ ʾo-séla ʾi-xàyəm.ˈ šáqli lɛ̀ša,ˈ mattíle š-xá … párša pṭòxa,ˈ š-xa-mḗz hátxa pṭòxa,ˈ xa-qɛ̀saˈ glòlaˈ ʾi-zɛpíle rèše díyeˈ nablíle ʾu-mɛṯɛ́le hàl-ɛ-gət páyəš raqíqa.ˈ ʾó-lɛša páyəš raqíqa ràba.ˈ ʾi-šaqlíle b-gʸèra,ˈ yáʿni xa-qɛ̀sa,ˈ ʾu-dɛrɛ́le rəš-d-ó-sela ṱ-íle núra xóṯe xamìma.ˈ ʾi-bàšəl.ˈ ʾi-bàšəl,ˈ maxəḏríle xá-ga l-ày-gota,ˈ xá-ga l-ày-gota,ˈ hal-d-ɛ́-gət bàšla.ˈ ʾáwwa y-ámrile ṭə̀lme,ˈ ṭlə̀mṯa.ˈ lawàšeˈ har-ʾɛ́ ṭlə̀mṯaˈ ʾi-maxɛ́la l-tanùra.ˈ tanùraˈ y-áwe xamìma,ˈ m-bár t-y-óḏi núra gàwe,ˈ xáyəm ràba.ˈ ʾi-šaqlíla ʾa-ṭlə̀mṯaˈ maxɛ̀la gu-tanúra.ˈ ʾi-bášla y-amríle lawàše.ˈ yáʿni har-ʾɛ̀ ṭlə́mṯa,ˈ ʾən-dɛ́rətla rəš-sèlaˈ mbašlə̀tlaˈ ʾáyya pɛ́ša ṭlə̀mṯa.ˈ ʾən-maxə́tla gu-tanùra mbašə́tla,ˈ y-amríla lawàše.ˈ ʾu-zeḏàyaˈ ʾíla biš-xlìmta.ˈ xlìmta hóya.ˈ šaqlíle-har-ʾo-lə̀xma.ˈ lá dɛrɛ́le là rəš-sélaˈ ʾi-maxíle gu-tanùraˈ háwe biš-xlìma.ˈ ʾáy y-amríla zeḏàya.ˈ qəllòra:ˈ qəllóra ʾíle har-ʾò lə́xmaˈ bas-xə́ṭṭe romàyeˈ lɛ́le xə́ṭṭe ʿàdi.ˈ lɛ́le d-ánna xə̀ṭṭe.ˈ kàda:ˈ káda ṭla-ʾeḏăwàṯa y-oḏə́xwale.ˈ ʾáw dɛ́ri duwàna gáwe díye.ˈ dɛ́ri duwàna gáwe díye,ˈ ʾən-gáwze toríla qə́nne diyèy.ˈ ʾi-ṭaxnìla.ˈ ʾi-xoṭíla b-mə̀šxa.ˈ ʾi-dɛríla gáwe dìye.ˈ ʾu-y-ač̣míla hátxa qa-t-là-napli m-gáwe díye.ˈ maxɛ́la l-tanùra.ˈ bášəl ʾáp-awwa ʾax-zeḏàya.ˈ b-tanùra mbašlíle.ˈ ʾáwwa y-amríle kàda.ˈ ʾu-ʾíṯena xá-tɛra xéna kulèče.ˈ ʾáni hàtxa-hawa zóre.ˈ ʾáp-ʾani dɛ́ri qə̀nneˈ ʾu-mə̀šxa gáwa díya.ˈ y-áwa hátxa zòre.ˈ ʾu-máxa bétə t-toríla xoṭíle zắrət bètaˈ maxɛ́la hátxa b-rəš-d-àn kuléčeˈ qa-t-háwe rangéy biš-smòqa,ˈ biš-zằraˈ ʾu-bíš-hawa basìme.ˈ ʾánna y-oḏə́xla ṭla-ʾèḏa.ˈ ʾə̀rxeˈ ʾi-pálxa b-mìya.ˈ xɛ́la díya mòdileˈ t-mazvə̀rra?ˈ ʾíla mìya.ˈ mìyaˈ mazəvríle xa-parwàna,ˈ pàrrela ríxe,ˈ máxa míya ʾəlláy ʾi-zàvər.ˈ ʾáni síṛela b-xa-stùna.ˈ gu-réšə d-o-stùnaˈ ʾíṯən ʾə̀rxe,ˈ xa-kèpa,ˈ xa-képa glòla,ˈ ʾítle hálbat dùkṯaˈ ʾi-ṣála xə̀ṭṭeˈ xo-d-ò-kepa.ˈ ʾáw ʾi-zàvərˈ ʾi-ṭaxə́nna páyəš qàmxa.ˈ ʾáxxa ʾíṯena dàwla.ˈ dáwla ʾíle xa-sandùqaˈ réše pṯíxɛle dɛ́rɛ xə̀ṭṭe gáwe.ˈ xóṯe xa-bóya zóra ʾi-ṣáli xə́ṭṭe b-réšə d-ó-kepa qa-t ṭaxnìla.ˈ ʾíṯ xa-qɛ́sa zòraˈ ʾíbe xá-ṣiṭa biz-záwda m-xa-ṣíṭa rìxa.ˈ bálki ṭḷáṯi sèntimetre ríxa.ˈ ʾíbe xlíma hàtxa.ˈ ʾáw-ile síṛa bìya.ˈ ʾə́rxe ʾímə zàvraˈ ʾáw-ile hàtxa b-réše díye,ˈ ʾímə zàvraˈ ʾáwwa páyəš hàtxa,ˈ jàwəj.ˈ ʾímət jàwəj,ˈ ʾáwwa réše dìyeˈ xrènaˈ hóle síṛa b-d-ò dáwlaˈ qa-t-máṣle xə̀ṭṭeˈ muntằḏ̣am,ˈ yáʿni t-lá-ṣala rábe b-xa-bèna.ˈ ṣála xánča xànča,ˈ níxa nìxa.ˈ yáʿni ʾáw y-amrə́xle b-ʿắrăbi munàḏ̣ḏ̣əm.ˈ b-súrəṯ lɛ́ḏən mú y-amrìle,ˈ ṱ-ámrəx mtagəbràna,ˈ mtagəbránət xə́ṭṭe dáx ṣála gu-ʾə̀rxeˈ qa-t ṭaxnìla,ˈ ta-t-kúlla ṣàlaˈ ʾax-ʾàti bắyət,ˈ t-lá-ṣala rábe b-xà-bena.ˈ ʾáwwa y-amríle čakčàka.ˈ ʾáyya kắləma čakčáka ʾíla mən-qàle díye.ˈ qále díye y-áṯe čakčàkta,ˈ mə́nne díye čák čák čák čàk.ˈ fa-ʾáwwa qɛ́sa múttəlle šə́mme díye čakčàka.ˈ mšɛ́rəx mən-ʾéḏa gòṛa.ˈ ʾeḏăwáṯət baríwa gu-Bàrwərˈ t-suràye,ˈ ʾaṯoràye.ˈ ʾéḏa góṛa ʾíle xa-ṭùxsaˈ qyámtət Mšíxa báṯər t-wéwa píša qṭìla.ˈ yóma t-ṭḷáṯa qímle m-bɛ̄ṯ-mìṯe,ˈ ʾu-kúl-xa suràyaˈ ʾu-kúlla dùnyeˈ y-óḏi xa-ʾèḏa.ˈ ṭḷaṯà yománeˈ ʾáxni y-oḏə́xwa ʾèḏa.ˈ ʾu-xàkma dukáneˈ xà-yoma háwe ʾéḏa.ˈ ʾi-ṣɛmíwa náše xamšì yománe,ˈ ṣàwma,ˈ y-amrə́xwale ṣáwma gòṛa.ˈ báṯər xámši yomàne,ˈ pàyəšwaˈ y-aṯèwaˈ yómət ʾèḏa,ˈ dáʾəman napə́lwa yómət xušèba.ˈ ʾáwwa ʾéḏa gòṛɛle.ˈ ʾo-yómət trè t-ʾéḏaˈ y-amríle geyàsa.ˈ geyàsaˈ yómət trèˈ t-ʾéḏa gòṛa.ˈ y-ázi náše l-ʾùmraˈ y-óḏi qurbàna.ˈ qáša šaqə́lle xa-qɛ́sa rìxa.ˈ b-ʾíḏe díye dawùqleˈ ʾi-rášəm hátxa gu-réšət nàšeˈ maxéle gu-réšət nàše,ˈ ʾáx burkàṯa.ˈ ʾáxni y-amrə́xla dax-burkàṯa.ˈ ʾu-dɛ̀riˈ bə̀ṯqe b-rešéy.ˈ bə́ṯqe yáʿni šɛrnìye,ˈ gàwze,ˈ qàzbe.ˈ zadíla hátxa gu-réšə nàše.ˈ xa-ṭùxsɛle,ˈ yáʿni qa-t-háwe kúl-xa bɛ́ṯə nàšaˈ hawéle burkàṯa,ˈ burkáṯa yáʿni ṱ-áwe zyáda gu-mɛxoltèy,ˈ gu-ʾarzā́q diyèy.ˈ ʾàwwɛle geyása.ˈ báṯər ʾéḏa gòṛaˈ y-áṯe ʾarbì-yomeˈ báṯər ʾéḏa d-o-gòṛaˈ ʾìṯenaˈ ʾéḏət sulàqa.ˈ suláqa ʾìleˈ manàyˈ Mšìxaˈ síqle l-šmàyyaˈ ʾo-yòma,ˈ yómət ʾàrpiˈ báṯər ʾéḏa d-o-gòṛa.ˈ báṯər t-qímle m-bɛṯə-míṯe t-wéwa qṭìla,ˈ síqle l-šmàyya.ˈ ʾó-yoma y-óḏi nàšeˈ dax-ʾəḥtəfā̀lˈ qurbàna-wˈ mpálṭi duxrànaˈ ʾu-y-ázi y-óḏi hèzuke,ˈ náše kùlla.ˈ hézuke mòdila?ˈ táli xàwlaˈ b-xa-ʾilána ṱ-óya góṛta rába ramànta,ˈ b-xa-tàqa,ˈ ʾu-y-átwi náše rəš-xàwlaˈ y-óḏiley dúkṯət ʾitàwa.ˈ ʾu-xa-zayə̀pley,ˈ y-ázi ʾu-y-áṯi gu-hằwa,ˈ y-amríle hezùke.ˈ yáʿni manáy díya Mšíxa síqle l-šmàyyaˈ ʾáp-ʾanna práxa gu-hắwa zàlaˈ b-o-ṭùxsaˈ yáʿni ʾisáqtət Mšíxa l-šmàyya.ˈ ʾáwwa ʾíle sulàqa.ˈ xàrṯaˈ ṱ-áṯe xá-ʾeḏa xréna zòra,ˈ y-amríle ʾéḏət musàrde.ˈ musàrdeˈ nàpəlˈ ṭàbbəx,ˈ yárxət tmànya.ˈ ʾáw mùt-ʾeḏɛle?ˈ ʾáw ʾímət mšíxa ṯéle gu-nérət ʾÙrdun,ˈ Mar-Yoḥànnaˈ t-táma-hawe qəm-mămə̀dle.ˈ dréle míya b-réšə Mšìxaˈ qəm-mămə̀dle,ˈ ṣléle róxət qúdša mən-šmáyya ṣléle l-Mšìxa.ˈ ʾáyya y-amrə́xla mămàḏta.ˈ kúl-xa náša … yalúnka zórət bàreˈ gắrəg páyəš mŭmə́ḏḏa gu-ʾùmra,ˈ dɛ́ri míya rèše.ˈ barxíle qáše šamàšeˈ dɛ́ri míya rèšeˈ ʾax-t-wéwa Mar-Yuḥánna də́rya mìyaˈ b-réšə Mšìxa.ˈ ʾáyya y-amrìlaˈ musàrde.ˈ fa-náše kúlla pàlṭiˈ xa-maryóse ʾo-xréna mìya.ˈ maryástət míya xa-l-d-o-xréna mòdila?ˈ ma-t-wɛ́wa ʾə́ṯye nàšeˈ č̭ənnək̭ɛ́rət Mšìxa,ˈ ma-t-wɛ́wa ràbeˈ Mar-Yuḥánna lá-mṣele kút-xa dréle qáwwət míya b-rèše.ˈ qímle mŭrísle hátxa míya ʾəllèyˈ yàʿniˈ kùlleyˈ ta-t-máṭa míya ʾəllèy.ˈ fa-l-d-áw ṭùxsa,ˈ ʾáxni ʾó-yoma y-óḏexi ʾáp-ʾaxni musàrde.ˈ náše kúlla mbádla qɛ̀miˈ xa-maryóse ʾo-xréna mìya,ˈ hal-ʾaṣə́rta ʾáw háwe šulɛ̀ni.ˈ xàrṯaˈ y-aṯélɛni ʾèḏaˈ ʾéḏət be-yàlda.ˈ ʾéḏət be-yálda ʾíle wɛ́ṯət Mšìxa.ˈ yáʿni ṱ-íle bə̀ryaˈ Mšìxa.ˈ ʾáw bə́ryɛle ʾə́sri xàmša,ˈ b-yárxət trèssər.ˈ qam-brɛ́ṯe dìyeˈ ʾəsrí-w xamšà yománeˈ náše ʾi-ṣɛ̀mi.ˈ náše krəstyáne suráye ʾi-ṣɛ̀miˈ ʾə́sri-w xámša yomàne.ˈ yómət ʾə́sri-w xámša háwe ʾèḏa.ˈ y-óḏi ʾəḥtəfā̀l,ˈ y-ázi náše l-ʾùmraˈ ʾu-y-óḏi qurbána-w qárwi-w pàlṭi náše.ˈ xàrṯaˈ ʾáxni gu-maṯwàṯaˈ kúllɛni jămə́xwa m-ġḏàḏe,ˈ ʾən-qàša mə́nnənˈ ʾən-múxtərət màṯa,ˈ zavrə́xwa ʾeḏăwàṯa.ˈ qamáye y-azə́xwa l-ʾéḏət qàša.ˈ barxə́xwa ʾéḏe dìye.ˈ xárṯa y-azə́xwa l-bɛ́ṯət mùxtər,ˈ ʾáp-ʾaw barxə́xwale ʾéḏe dìye.ˈ ʾu-doqə́xwa b-réza kùlla máṯa.ˈ ʾi-zavrə́xwa gu-màṯa.ˈ kúlla màṯaˈ mbarxə́xwale ʾéḏət nàše.ˈ xá-b-xa bɛ́ṯa y-orə́xwa gáwe mbarxə̀xwa ʾéḏaˈ ʾu-palṭə̀xwa.ˈ ʾímə-t y-órəxwa gu-bɛ̀ṯaˈ ʾi-šatíwa náše ʾằraq.ˈ ʾu-mɛṯɛ́wa màzze,ˈ ʾixàle-wˈ fèke-wˈ šarnìye-wˈ jigɛ̀re.ˈ xa-rŭ́baʿ sàʾa,ˈ pálgə sàʾa,ˈ ʾən-xa-sáʾa xa-xá-ga y-atə̀xwa.ˈ xa-xá-ga márət bɛ́ṯa mbašə́lwa ʾixála ʾímət hóya dànət ʾixála.ˈ y-axlíwa náše ʾu-palṭíwa y-azíwa l-d-ó-bɛṯa xèna,ˈ hál-d-ɛ-gət kùlla máṯa parqáwa.ˈ ʾáwwa ʾéḏa zòra.ˈ y-amrə́xwa ʾéḏa zòra.ˈ yáʿni ʾéḏət brɛ́ṯət Mšìxa.ˈ ʾànnɛla ʾeḏăwáṯə diyɛ́ni.ˈ ʾíṯwa baʾúṯət ninwàye.ˈ baʾúṯət ninwàyeˈ lɛ̀laˈ … lɛ́le ʾéḏa diyàna.ˈ ʾíle ʾéḏa qàwmiˈ t-məllatayùṯa.ˈ ʾàwˈ xa-zàwnaˈ Nìnweˈ ʾiwáwa pétəxt ʾaṯoràye.ˈ ʾɛ́-ga ʾàyˈ wéle făyaḏ̣ā́n-t mìya.ˈ míya zìdla.ˈ ʾímə zìdla míya,ˈ kúlla mḏíta dwíqla mìyaˈ ʾu-míya mšuréla ryàmaˈ náše xnàqa.ˈ náše mšuréla xnàqa,ˈ xàkma náše,ˈ ʾu-xákma mxulṣàla gána.ˈ ʾu-xákma síqla garăwáṯət bàte.ˈ ʾu-xákma síqla dukáne ramáne qa-t-la-máṭi míya ʾə̀lla.ˈ fa-màlka,ˈ málka híwle ʾàmraˈ mə́re kúl-xa náša ṣàyəm.ˈ ṣàyəm,ˈ híč-məndi lá-ʾaxəl ṭḷà yománe.ˈ la-šáte la-mìya-wˈ la-ʾáxəl ʾixála ṭḷáṯa yomàṯa,ˈ ʾu-ṭálbi mən-ʾálaha qa-t-ʾàwwaˈ făyaḏ̣ā́n maklèle,ˈ ʾáyya zyáttət mìyaˈ maklèlaˈ ʾàlaha.ˈ béna báṯər ṭḷa-yomàneˈ mšuréla míya nqàṣa-wˈ tìwleˈ … bár ṭḷáṯa yomàṯaˈ míya tìwlaˈ nqíṣla nqìṣlaˈ ʾu-príqle ʾaw-făyaḏ̣ā̀n.ˈ ʾáni y-amríwale ṭawpàna.ˈ ṭawpána yáʿni zyàttət míya.ˈ ʾáwwa ʾíle xa-ʾèḏa.ˈ béna náše diyɛ̀niˈ ʾi-ṣɛ́mi ṭḷá yomàne,ˈ xàkma náše,ˈ xákma la-ṣɛ̀mi.ˈ xákma ṣɛ́mi ṭḷá yomàneˈ ʾu-báṯər ṭḷáṯa y-ázi y-óḏi qurbàna-wˈ ʾu-pàrqa.ˈ ʾàyya.ˈ ʾáwwa ʾíle xa-ʾéḏa zòraˈ b-nə́sba l-mə́llət ʾaṯoràye.ˈ ʾàxči,ˈ lɛ̀le t-krəstyáne ʾáwwa ʾéḏa.ˈ ʾáwwa ʾíle baʾúṯət ninwàye.ˈ kul-máṯət ʾítla ʾùmraˈ ʾan-maṯwáṯa hawéwaley šèra,ˈ šèraˈ d-ó-yomət ʾíle ʾo-qaddíša mìṯa.ˈ tarī́x díye y-óḏi ʾèḏa.ˈ ʾó-ʾeḏa y-amrə́xle šèra.ˈ ʾáw yắḏət dàx y-oḏíle?ˈ qédamta y-ázi náše l-ʾùmra,ˈ y-óḏi qurbàna,ˈ pàlṭiˈ b-pálgət yòmaˈ sáʾət tréssər hal-xàˈ kul-nàša,ˈ kul-bɛ̀ṯaˈ ʾi-mbášəl xá-tɛrət ʾixálət ʾáw bằye.ˈ ṃaḷéla xa-ṣiníye gòṛta.ˈ maṣléla mattúla xà-dukṯa.ˈ ʾíṯena xákma dukáne tuṯànela,ˈ xákma dukáne hátxa gawzánela ṱ-íla ṭə̀lla,ˈ sab-dáyəmən nápəl ʾo-yóma xa-dánə t-y-áwe qɛ̀ṭa.ˈ b-šəryăwáṯa šaxìnta y-óya dúnye.ˈ fa-y-átwi náše ṭə̀lla,ˈ ṭə́llət ʾilanàne,ˈ tuṯàne,ˈ gawzàne.ˈ ʾixála kúlle mărizìle xa-dúkṯa.ˈ ʾu-nášət màṯaˈ ʾaw-ʾən-náše naxràye ʾíṯən,ˈ kúlla y-áṯɛ y-àtwiˈ y-áxli mən-d-ó ʾixàla.ˈ báṯər párqi mən-ʾixàla,ˈ závri náše gu-bàte.ˈ xákma náše ṱ-íla naxràye,ˈ t-maṯwáṯa xrène,ˈ y-áṯɛ y-óri gu-bátə náše mbarxíley ʾeḏèy.ˈ y-átwi šáti čày-uˈ mɛṯɛ́ley ʾixàlaˈ ʾu-qɛ́mi y-àzi.ˈ ʾáwwa ʾíle ʾéḏət ʾƐ̄n-Nùne,ˈ táma l-Mar-Sàwaˈ ʾúmrət Mar-Sàwa.ˈ Mar-Sáwa y-awéwa xa-qaddìšaˈ ʾáṣle díye ʾiranàya-wewa,ˈ farsàya.ˈ ʾàwwaˈ ʾɛ̀-gaˈ b-zàwne díye,ˈ bábe dìyeˈ ʾax-ṱ-íla mtunɛ́ṯa ḏa-tàrīx,ˈ y-amríwa màlka-wewa bábe díye.ˈ fa-ʾáwwa mhuymə̀nne b-krəstyáne.ˈ mhuymə̀nne b-dínət krəstyàne.ˈ màlkaˈ saġḏánət sănằme-wewa.ˈ málkət ʾÌrən-wewa.ˈ ʾáni saġḏíwa sănằme.ˈ lè-y yăḏíwa ʾálaha.ˈ lé-y yăḏíwa diyánət krəstyáne mòdile.ˈ fa-saġḏíwa sănằme.ˈ béna qímle bábe màlkaˈ mə́re qaṭlə́nne bròni.ˈ bróne díye rìqle.ˈ ríqle mən-ʾÍrən ṯèle,ˈ ṭéle gu-Ṭiyàre.ˈ táma mìtleˈ gu-Ṭiyàre.ˈ béna b-á-dúkṯa ṱ-íle mìṯaˈ krəstyáne díyən ʾaṯoráye qímela bə́nye ʾúmra-wˈ ʾàwˈ mṭùmrəlle táma.ˈ gu-d-ò-ʾumraˈ ṭùmrəlleˈ ʾu-bə́nyela ʾúmra b-réše dìye.ˈ ʾáw múttəlle šə́mme díye Mar-Sàwa.ˈ ʾáxni ʾax-ṱ-íx bə́nyəlle ʾúmra díyən gu-ʾƐ̄n-Nùneˈ … lɛ́la kṯìweˈ ʾímə ṱ-íle bə̀nyaˈ lɛ́la kṯìweˈ b-ɛ̀ni tarī́x-ile bə́nya,ˈ bas-ʾáxni ʾax-t-mqadrə̀xlaˈ šə́nne dìyeˈ ʾíba bēn-ʾarbá-mma-w ʾəštá-mma šə̀nneˈ ṱ-íle bə̀nya.ˈ záwda mən-ʾarbá-mma šə̀nnele.ˈ bálki bíš-k̭ēm mən-ʾəštà-mma šə́nnela,ˈ hàtxaneˈ ṱ-íle bənya tàma.ˈ fa-ʾáxni max-t-̭íx-bənyəlla ʾáwwa b-šə́mmət Mar-Sáwa gu-Ṭiyàre,ˈ síqela náše l-Ṭiyàreˈ múṯyela xa-kèpaˈ mən-ʾúmrət Mar-Sáwa gu-Ṭiyàre.ˈ múṯyəlle múttəlle gu-ʾƐ̄n-Nùneˈ ʾu-bə̀nyəlleˈ ʾúmra b-réše dìyeˈ b-réšə d-o-kèpa.ˈ mə́ra ʾáwwa ʾíle Mar-Sàwa.ˈ múttəlle šə́mme Màr-Sawaˈ b-nə́sba l-Mar-Sáwa t-íle gu-Ṭiyàre.ˈ b-šétət tmáni tmànyaˈ Ṣaddā́m híwle ʾámra ṭla-ʾaskarwáṯe dìye,ˈ ʾímə tlixàla máṯa,ˈ ʾúp Mar-Sáwa qəm-talə̀xle.ˈ ṯéla tláxəlle bəldozère-uˈ là-mṣela tlíxla.ˈ ma-t-wéwa gúde díye mùḥkəm.ˈ múttula dìnamet gáwe díye,ˈ dìnamet,ˈ qəm-păqìle.ˈ ʾáw ʾu-ʾumráne ràbe gu-Bárwər.ˈ kúll máṯa ṱ-íla tlíxta ʾíṯ ʾùmra gáwaˈ ʾumráne kúlla tlixə̀lla.ˈ mamodìṯa:ˈ yála zòraˈ krəstyànaˈ ʾɛ́-gət bàreˈ kúl-naša ṱ-awéle xa-bròna,ˈ báṯər xákma yɛ̀rxe,ˈ qam-máṭe šèta,ˈ taqrìban,ˈ ṱ-áwele ʾə́šta yɛ̀rxe,ˈ ṭḷáṯa yɛ̀rxe,ˈ qam-máṭe šéta ʾúmre dìye,ˈ ʾi-nablíle l-ʾùmra.ˈ qàšaˈ ʾu-šamàšaˈ ʾi-mṣàliˈ b-réše-u bɛ́ṯa dɛ́rɛ míye b-réše dìye.ˈ ʾu-máxa xa-mə́šxa gu-be-ʾéne dìyeˈ ʾoḏíle rúšma ʾax-ṣlìwa.ˈ ʾáy y-amríle rúšma t-krìhe.ˈ ʾáyya ʾíla mamodìṯa.ˈ yáʿni manáy díya ʾáwwa yála zóra píšle krəstyàna.ˈ píšle momə́ḏḏa mamodìṯaˈ t-krəstyàne.ˈ č̣ita ʾíla mə́šxa t-ʾə̀rwe.ˈ xə́lya t-heywàneˈ t-ʾə́rwe ʾən-tawràṯa,ˈ xə́lya marəxṯìleˈ ʾu-šoqíle pɛ́ša dắraj ḥărára díye taqríban ʾàrbi.ˈ dɛ́ri marɛ̀ṯa bíya.ˈ ʾi-mxamɛ̀la.ˈ dɛ́ri xa-júlla b-réša qá-t hár-hawe šaxìntaˈ múddət tmánya sàʾăte.ˈ ʾi-páyəš ʾo-xə̀lyaˈ páyəš màsta.ˈ ʾɛ-màstaˈ ʾi-dɛríla gu-gùḏa.ˈ gúḏa mòdile?ˈ ʾíle gə́ldət xa-hèywən.ˈ našṭìle.ˈ y-amrə́xle gùḏa.ˈ ʾi-dɛrɛ́la gáwe dìyeˈ ʾu-yi-măyìle.ˈ y-asṛíle b-xàwlaˈ ʾu-talíle b-xa qɛ̀saˈ ʾən-b-qaríṯət bɛ̀ṯaˈ yi-măyìle.ˈ myáʾa mòdile?ˈ yáʿni majwàjta díya.ˈ nabóle ʾu-mɛṯóye b-xɛlàna.ˈ ʾu-dɛ́ri míya gàwa.ˈ xa-rŭ́baʿ sáʾa,ˈ ʾəsrí daqìqe,ˈ pálgə sàʾa.ˈ ʾi-šɛšíla ʾi-šɛšìlaˈ hal-másta ʾi-pɛ́ša ʾax-mìya.ˈ mə́šxət gu-d-á-masta ʾi-jắmi l-ġḏàḏe.ˈ ʾi-jắmi l-ġḏàḏe,ˈ ʾi-mpalṭìle.ˈ mə́šxa páyəš xòḏe,ˈ ʾu-dáwwe dɛrɛ́la gu-xa-quṣxáne gòṛta.ˈ ʾáwwa mə́šxa y-amrə́xle č̣ìta.ˈ ʾáwwa ʾi-mapəlxìleˈ ʾə́n y-axlíle b-lə̀xma,ˈ ʾə́n ʾi-dɛríle b-rə̀zza,ˈ ʾímət ʾi-mbášli rə̀zza,ˈ ʾə́n dɛríle rəš-bušàlaˈ y-oḏíle gə̀rḏo,ˈ y-amríla gə̀rḏo.ˈ ʾáyyɛla č̣ìta.ˈ ʾu-dàwwe,ˈ ʾan-míyət màsta,ˈ t-pɛ̀ši,ˈ ʾáni y-amríla dàwwe.ˈ ʾu-qàškaˈ ʾíle ʾan-dáwwe marəxṯìla.ˈ marəxṯìla,ˈ ʾu-ʾi-šoqíla tămàha,ˈ míya ʾi-ṭɛ́pi b-rèša.ˈ míyət ṭɛ́pi b-réša bɛzìla.ˈ ʾo-t- pàyəšˈ ʾi-dɛrɛ́le gu-xa-kìsa,ˈ xa-kísa xwára t-bèza,ˈ ʾu-talíle b-xa-sə́kṯa hal-ɛ́-gət míye díye kúlla nàšpi.ˈ ʾáw páyəš ʾax-maʿjū̀n,ˈ ʾax-lɛ̀ša páyəš.ˈ ʾo-xàlwa,ˈ y-amrə́xle xàlwa.ˈ ʾáw xálwət … d-àn-dawwe.ˈ ʾáw y-oḏíle glòlaˈ mattíle qam-šə̀mša,ˈ ʾi-bàrəz.ˈ ʾi-bàrəz,ˈ y-amrìleˈ qàška.ˈ ʾáwwa qàškaˈ b-sə́twa ʾímə sánqi nàšeˈ l-dàwweˈ qa-t-mbášli bušàlaˈ ʾáwwa xá-ga xéta dɛrɛ́le gu-mìya,ˈ mpašrìle,ˈ mpašrìle,ˈ gu-mìya,ˈ ʾi-páyəš ʾax-dàwwe.ˈ ʾi-dɛ́rɛ rə́zza gàweˈ ʾu-mbašlìle,ˈ páyəš bušàla.ˈ m-gēb-dàwwe.ˈ ʾáwwa qàškɛle.ˈ ṭə̀lmeˈ ʾíman-t qámxa lɛšíle lɛ̀šaˈ ʾu-ʾi-xằme,ˈ dɛ́rɛ xmíra gáwe ʾi-xằme,ˈ ʾi-mɛ́ṯi sèla.ˈ sèlaˈ prə̀zlɛle.ˈ ʾáw dax-ṱ-ámrəx ʾax-ṣinìyeleˈ bas-gòṛa.ˈ ʾi-mattíle š-kèpe,ˈ xóṯe díye y-óḏi nùra.ˈ ʾo-séla ʾi-xàyəm.ˈ šáqli lɛ̀ša,ˈ mattíle š-xá … párša pṭòxa,ˈ š-xa-mḗz hátxa pṭòxa,ˈ xa-qɛ̀saˈ glòlaˈ ʾi-zɛpíle rèše díyeˈ nablíle ʾu-mɛṯɛ́le hàl-ɛ-gət páyəš raqíqa.ˈ ʾó-lɛša páyəš raqíqa ràba.ˈ ʾi-šaqlíle b-gʸèra,ˈ yáʿni xa-qɛ̀sa,ˈ ʾu-dɛrɛ́le rəš-d-ó-sela ṱ-íle núra xóṯe xamìma.ˈ ʾi-bàšəl.ˈ ʾi-bàšəl,ˈ maxəḏríle xá-ga l-ày-gota,ˈ xá-ga l-ày-gota,ˈ hal-d-ɛ́-gət bàšla.ˈ ʾáwwa y-ámrile ṭə̀lme,ˈ ṭlə̀mṯa.ˈ lawàšeˈ har-ʾɛ́ ṭlə̀mṯaˈ ʾi-maxɛ́la l-tanùra.ˈ tanùraˈ y-áwe xamìma,ˈ m-bár t-y-óḏi núra gàwe,ˈ xáyəm ràba.ˈ ʾi-šaqlíla ʾa-ṭlə̀mṯaˈ maxɛ̀la gu-tanúra.ˈ ʾi-bášla y-amríle lawàše.ˈ yáʿni har-ʾɛ̀ ṭlə́mṯa,ˈ ʾən-dɛ́rətla rəš-sèlaˈ mbašlə̀tlaˈ ʾáyya pɛ́ša ṭlə̀mṯa.ˈ ʾən-maxə́tla gu-tanùra mbašə́tla,ˈ y-amríla lawàše.ˈ ʾu-zeḏàyaˈ ʾíla biš-xlìmta.ˈ xlìmta hóya.ˈ šaqlíle-har-ʾo-lə̀xma.ˈ lá dɛrɛ́le là rəš-sélaˈ ʾi-maxíle gu-tanùraˈ háwe biš-xlìma.ˈ ʾáy y-amríla zeḏàya.ˈ qəllòra:ˈ qəllóra ʾíle har-ʾò lə́xmaˈ bas-xə́ṭṭe romàyeˈ lɛ́le xə́ṭṭe ʿàdi.ˈ lɛ́le d-ánna xə̀ṭṭe.ˈ kàda:ˈ káda ṭla-ʾeḏăwàṯa y-oḏə́xwale.ˈ ʾáw dɛ́ri duwàna gáwe díye.ˈ dɛ́ri duwàna gáwe díye,ˈ ʾən-gáwze toríla qə́nne diyèy.ˈ ʾi-ṭaxnìla.ˈ ʾi-xoṭíla b-mə̀šxa.ˈ ʾi-dɛríla gáwe dìye.ˈ ʾu-y-ač̣míla hátxa qa-t-là-napli m-gáwe díye.ˈ maxɛ́la l-tanùra.ˈ bášəl ʾáp-awwa ʾax-zeḏàya.ˈ b-tanùra mbašlíle.ˈ ʾáwwa y-amríle kàda.ˈ ʾu-ʾíṯena xá-tɛra xéna kulèče.ˈ ʾáni hàtxa-hawa zóre.ˈ ʾáp-ʾani dɛ́ri qə̀nneˈ ʾu-mə̀šxa gáwa díya.ˈ y-áwa hátxa zòre.ˈ ʾu-máxa bétə t-toríla xoṭíle zắrət bètaˈ maxɛ́la hátxa b-rəš-d-àn kuléčeˈ qa-t-háwe rangéy biš-smòqa,ˈ biš-zằraˈ ʾu-bíš-hawa basìme.ˈ ʾánna y-oḏə́xla ṭla-ʾèḏa.ˈ ʾə̀rxeˈ ʾi-pálxa b-mìya.ˈ xɛ́la díya mòdileˈ t-mazvə̀rra?ˈ ʾíla mìya.ˈ mìyaˈ mazəvríle xa-parwàna,ˈ pàrrela ríxe,ˈ máxa míya ʾəlláy ʾi-zàvər.ˈ ʾáni síṛela b-xa-stùna.ˈ gu-réšə d-o-stùnaˈ ʾíṯən ʾə̀rxe,ˈ xa-kèpa,ˈ xa-képa glòla,ˈ ʾítle hálbat dùkṯaˈ ʾi-ṣála xə̀ṭṭeˈ xo-d-ò-kepa.ˈ ʾáw ʾi-zàvərˈ ʾi-ṭaxə́nna páyəš qàmxa.ˈ ʾáxxa ʾíṯena dàwla.ˈ dáwla ʾíle xa-sandùqaˈ réše pṯíxɛle dɛ́rɛ xə̀ṭṭe gáwe.ˈ xóṯe xa-bóya zóra ʾi-ṣáli xə́ṭṭe b-réšə d-ó-kepa qa-t ṭaxnìla.ˈ ʾíṯ xa-qɛ́sa zòraˈ ʾíbe xá-ṣiṭa biz-záwda m-xa-ṣíṭa rìxa.ˈ bálki ṭḷáṯi sèntimetre ríxa.ˈ ʾíbe xlíma hàtxa.ˈ ʾáw-ile síṛa bìya.ˈ ʾə́rxe ʾímə zàvraˈ ʾáw-ile hàtxa b-réše díye,ˈ ʾímə zàvraˈ ʾáwwa páyəš hàtxa,ˈ jàwəj.ˈ ʾímət jàwəj,ˈ ʾáwwa réše dìyeˈ xrènaˈ hóle síṛa b-d-ò dáwlaˈ qa-t-máṣle xə̀ṭṭeˈ muntằḏ̣am,ˈ yáʿni t-lá-ṣala rábe b-xa-bèna.ˈ ṣála xánča xànča,ˈ níxa nìxa.ˈ yáʿni ʾáw y-amrə́xle b-ʿắrăbi munàḏ̣ḏ̣əm.ˈ b-súrəṯ lɛ́ḏən mú y-amrìle,ˈ ṱ-ámrəx mtagəbràna,ˈ mtagəbránət xə́ṭṭe dáx ṣála gu-ʾə̀rxeˈ qa-t ṭaxnìla,ˈ ta-t-kúlla ṣàlaˈ ʾax-ʾàti bắyət,ˈ t-lá-ṣala rábe b-xà-bena.ˈ ʾáwwa y-amríle čakčàka.ˈ ʾáyya kắləma čakčáka ʾíla mən-qàle díye.ˈ qále díye y-áṯe čakčàkta,ˈ mə́nne díye čák čák čák čàk.ˈ fa-ʾáwwa qɛ́sa múttəlle šə́mme díye čakčàka.ˈ	Let’s begin with the Great Festival. The festivals of the Assyrian Christians that took place in Barwar. The Great Festival is a ceremony (commemorating) the resurrection of Christ after he had been killed. On the third day he rose from the tomb, and every Christian in the whole world holds a festival. We would hold the festival for three days. In some places the festival was for one day. People would fast for fifty days, (in) a fast, which we called the Great Fast. After fifty days, the day of the festival occurred, which would always fall on a Sunday. This is the Great Festival. The second day of the festival was called _geyasa_ (‘the (good) thief’). The _geyasa_ was the second day of the festival. The people would go and take communion. The priest would take a long stick. He would take it in his hand and make a sign like this on the heads of the people, he would tap it on the heads of the people, as blessings. We call these ‘blessings’. They would scatter confectionery on their heads. The confectionery con-sisted of sweets, walnuts, dates. They would throw them like this on the heads of the people. It was a ceremonial act, so that every family would have blessings, so that they would have abundant blessings in their food and sustenance. The _geyasa_ ceremony is this. After the Great Festival, forty days after the Great Festival, the festival of Ascension occurs. Ascension means that Christ ascended to Heaven on that day, on the fortieth day after the Great Festival. After he rose from the tomb, (after) he had been killed, he ascended to Heaven. On that day the people hold a party, they take communion and perform a memorial service. Then all the people go and swing. What is swinging? They hang a rope on a tree that is large and very high, on a branch, and the people sit on the rope—they make a place to sit. One person pushes them and they go back and forth in the air—this is called swinging. Its meaning is that Christ ascended to Heaven and also they are flying back and forth in the air, in a symbolic act (commemorating) the going up of Christ to Heaven. This is the (festival of ) Ascension. Afterwards another small festival occurs, which is called _musarde_. _Musarde_ falls in Ṭabbax, August. What festival is this? This (commemo-rates) when Christ came to the river Jordan and Saint John, who was there, baptized him. He put water over Christ and baptized him, then the Holy Spirit descended from Heaven and descended into Christ. We call this baptism. Everybody … when a young child is born, he must be baptized in the church and they put water over him. The priests and deacons bless him and they put water over him, as Saint John had put water on the head of Christ. This (festival) is called _musarde_. All the people go out and sprinkle water on each other. What is (the significance of ) scattering water over each other? So many people came around Christ, so many, that Saint John could not put a scoop of water over everybody. So he scattered water over them like this, so that the water would reach all of them. In this way we perform (the festival of) _musarde_ on that day. In the morning the people all scatter water over each other, and this is what we do until the evening. Then we have (another) festival, the festival of Christmas. The festival of Christmas is (in commemoration of ) the birth of Christ, that is the fact that Christ was born. He was born on the twenty-fifth of December. For twenty-five days before (the day of) his birth, people fast for twenty five days. Christian people fast for twenty-five days. The twenty-fifth day is the festival. They hold celebrations, people go to church, they take communion then come out. Afterwards, all of us in the villages gathered together, either with a priest with us or a head of the village, and we went around (offering) festival blessings. First we would go and offer a festival blessing to the priest. We would offer him a festival blessing. Then we would go to the house of the village head and would offer also him a festival blessing. We would then visit the whole village in a row, going around the village. We would offer festival blessings to all the people of the village. We would go into one house after another and offer festival blessings, then come out. When we went into a house, people would drink arak, they would bring snacks, food, fruit, sweets, cigarettes. Each time we would sit for a quarter of an hour, half an hour, sometimes even an hour. Sometimes the owner of the house would cook food when it was time for food. The people would eat and go out, then go to another house, until all the village was finished. This is the Small Festival. We called it the Small Festival. It was the festival of the birth of Christ. These are our festivals. There was ‘The Rogation of the Ninevites’. The Rogation of the Ninevites is not a religious festival. It is a national festival. Once Nineveh was the capital of the Assyrians. At that time there was a flood of water. The water increased. When the water increased, the whole town became filled with water, the water began to rise and people drowned. People began to drown—some people, some saved themselves. Some went up onto the roofs of houses. Some went up onto high places so that the water would not reach them. The king gave an order saying ‘Every-body should fast. (Everybody) should fast and should not eat anything for three days. (Everybody) should not drink water or eat food for three days and they should ask God to stop this flood, to stop this increase in water’. Then, after three days, the water began to diminish and go down. After three days the water went down and diminished, the flood finished. They call it (in _surəθ_) _ṭawpana_ (‘flood’), _ṭawpana_ means ‘increase in water’. This is a festival. Our people fast for three days—some people, some do not fast. Some fast for three days and after three days they go and take communion, then it is over. It is a small festival and it belongs to the Assyrian nation. This festival is not a Christian one. It is (called)the Rogation of the Ninevites. Every village that had a church—these villages had a saint’s festival, a festival (commemorating) the day that the saint died. On this date they hold a festival. They call the festival _šera_. Do you know how they perform it? In the morning the people go to church and take communion. They go out at midday, from twelve o’clock to one, everybody, each family, cooks any type of food that they like. (Each) fills a large tray and brings it down and places it in a certain place. There are several (such) places—they are mulberry trees, some places are walnut trees, which are shady, for this festival day always falls at a time when it is summer. During the saint day festivals it is always hot, so people sit in the shade, the shade of trees, mulberry trees, walnut trees. They place all the food in rows in one place. The people of the village or people from outside, if there are any, all come and sit and eat the food. When they finish eating, the people go around the houses. Some people from outside, from other villages, come and enter peoples’ houses and offer them festival blessings. They sit and drink tea, bring them food, and they get up and go. This is the festival of ʾƐn-Nune, which (takes places) there for Saint Sawa, at the church of Saint Sawa. Saint Sawa was a saint who was of Iranian, Persian, origin. In his time, his father—according to one (version of) of history, it is said that his father was a king. He (Sawa) believed the Christians, believed in the Christian religion. The king was a worshipper of idols. He was king of Iran. They used to worship idols. They did not know God. They did not know what the religion of Christians was. They used to worship idols. His father the king said ‘I shall kill my son’. His son fled. He fled from Iran and came and wandered in Ṭiyare. He died there in Ṭiyare. Then, in the place that he died, our Christians, the Assyrians, built a church and buried him there. They buried him in (the site of) that church and built the church over him. They gave it the name of Saint Sawa. When we built our church in ʾƐn-Nune—it is not written when it was built, it is not written on what date it was built, but according to our reckoning of its age, it was built between four-hundred and six-hundred years ago. It is more than four hunrdred years old. Perhaps it is less than six hundred years ago, when it was built there. So, when we built it with the name of Saint Sawa of Ṭiyare, people went up to Ṭiyare and brought back a stone from the church of Saint Sawa in Ṭiyare. They brought it back and placed it in ʾƐn-Nune and built a church over it, over the stone. They said this is (the church of ) Saint Sawa. They gave it the name of Saint Sawa after (the church of ) Saint Sawa which is in Ṭiyare. In the year (19)88, Ṣaddām gave an order to his soldiers, when they destroyed the village and he destroyed also (the church of) Saint Sawa. They came to destroy it with bulldozers, but they could not destroy it, so solid where its walls. They put dynamite in it, dynamite, and blew it up, and also many (other) churches in Barwar. Every village that was destroyed and had a church in it, they destroyed all the churches (in them). When a Christian baby is born—anybody who has a son, after a few months, before he reaches a year, when he is around six months, three months, before he reaches a year in age, they take him to the church. The priest and the deacon pray over him and his family and they put water on his head. They put some oil on his forehead and make for him a sign like a cross. They call this the sign of the suffering ones. This is baptism. Its meaning is that this baby has become a Christian. It has been baptized with a Christian baptism. _č̣ita_ is the butter of sheep. They boil the milk of animals, of sheep or cows, and let its heat become about forty degrees. They put rennet in it. They keep it. They put a cloth over it so that it remains warm, for eight hours. The milk then becomes yoghurt. They put the yoghurt in a churn. What is a churn? It is an animal skin. They strip (it off the animal). We call it a ‘churn’. They put it (the yoghurt) in it and churn it. They tie it with a rope and hang it onto a piece of wood or onto the beam of a house and churn it. What is churning? This means moving it. Moving back and forth quickly. They put water into it. For quarter of an hour, ten minutes, half an hour, they shake it and shake it until the yoghurt becomes like water. They gather together the butter of the yoghurt. They gather it together and take it out. The butter remains behind and they put the _dawwe_ (yoghurt water) in a large pot. We call this butter _č̣ita_. They use it—either they eat it on bread or the put it in rice or, when they cook rice, they put it in stew and make it into _gərðo_, what is called _gərðo_. This is _č̣ita._ As for the _dawwe_, the water of the yoghurt that remains is called _dawwe._ _Qaška_ is (made by) boiling the _dawwe_. They boil it and put it aside. The water comes to the top. They pour off the water that comes to the top. What remains they put in a bag, a white bag of muslin, and hang it on a peg until all its water drains away. It becomes like paste, it becomes like dough. This is _xalwa_, we call it _xalwa_. It is the _xalwa_ of _dawwe_. They make it round and put it in the sun and it dries. When it dries they call it _qaška_. This _qaška_—in winter, when people need _dawwe_ to cook stew, they put it again in water and dissolve it, they dissolve it in water and it becomes something like _dawwe_. They put rice in it and cook it. It becomes stew. (It is) instead of _dawwe_. This is _qaška_. _Ṭəlme_: When they knead flour into a dough and it rises, they put yeast in it and it rises, they bring a griddle. The griddle is made of iron. We could say that it is like a tray, but bigger. They put it on stones and make a fire under it. The griddle becomes hot. They take the dough and put it on a wide stone, on a wide table like this. They push a round stick of wood on it, moving back and forth, until it becomes thin. The dough becomes very thin. They take it with a rolling pin, that is a stick of wood, and put it on the hot griddle with fire under it and it cooks. It cooks, they turn it on one side and on the other, until it cooks. They call this _ṭəlme, ṭləmθa_ (sing.). _Lawaše_ is just like a _ṭləmṯa_, but they put in the oven. The oven is hot. After they put fire in it, it heats up a lot. They take the _ṭlemθa_ and place it in the oven. It cooks and it is called _lawaše_. It is the same as a _ṭləmṯa_, if you put it on a griddle and cook it, it becomes a _ṭləmṯa_, if you put it in an oven and cook it, it is called _lawaše_. A _zeðaya_ is thicker. It is thick. They take the same bread (dough). They do not place it on a griddle, they put it in the oven. It is thicker. It is called _zeðaya_. _Qəllora: Qəllora_ is the same bread, but maize, not ordinary wheat, not (made) from such wheat. _Kada_: We used to make a _kada_ cake for festivals. They put cake filling in it. They put cake filling in it or walnuts—they break their kernels, grind them, mix them with butter and put them in it. They close them like this so that they do not fall out. They put them in the oven. It cooks like a _zeðaya_. They cook it in an oven. They call it a _kada_. There is another type (of cake called) _kuleče_. These are small like this. They put (walnut) kernels and oil also in these. They are small like this. They put an egg, which they break—they mix the yolk of an egg, they put it like this on the _kuleče_ cakes, so that their colour will be more red, more yellow, and so that they will be more tasty. They make these for a festival. A mill operates by water. What is its power, which turns it? It is water. The water drives round a propeller. This consists of long blades. The water drives them round and it turns. They are tied to a pole. On the top of this pole is the mill, a stone, a round stone, which has, of course, a place in which the wheat falls, under that stone. It turns and grinds it and it becomes flour. Here there is the drum. The drum is a box, with an open top, in which they put wheat. Under it there is a small hole through which wheat runs out onto the stone for it to be ground. There is a small stick, which is a span or more long. Perhaps it is thirty centimetres long. There is a thick (section) on it like this. It is attached to it. When the mill turns—it is like this on top of it—when it turns, it does this, it moves. When it moves, its other end is attached to the drum so that it lets down wheat (in a) controlled (flow), that is so that a lot does not flow down at once. It comes down, little by little. We call this in Arabic _mnað̣ð̣6m_ (‘controller’). I do not know what they call it in _surəθ_. Let’s say ‘controller’, the controller of how the wheat flows down into the mill in order for it to be ground, so that it all flows down in the way you like, so that a lot does not flow down at once. This is called a _čakčaka_. This word _čakčaka_ comes from its sound. It makes a sound like _čak čak čak čak_. So they gave this stick the name _čakčăka_.

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mšɛ́rəx mən-ʾéḏa gòṛa.ˈ ʾeḏăwáṯət baríwa gu-Bàrwərˈ t-suràye,ˈ ʾaṯoràye.ˈ ʾéḏa góṛa ʾíle xa-ṭùxsaˈ qyámtət Mšíxa báṯər t-wéwa píša qṭìla.ˈ yóma t-ṭḷáṯa qímle m-bɛ̄ṯ-mìṯe,ˈ ʾu-kúl-xa suràyaˈ ʾu-kúlla dùnyeˈ y-óḏi xa-ʾèḏa.ˈ ṭḷaṯà yománeˈ ʾáxni y-oḏə́xwa ʾèḏa.ˈ ʾu-xàkma dukáneˈ xà-yoma háwe ʾéḏa.ˈ ʾi-ṣɛmíwa náše xamšì yománe,ˈ ṣàwma,ˈ y-amrə́xwale ṣáwma gòṛa.ˈ báṯər xámši yomàne,ˈ pàyəšwaˈ y-aṯèwaˈ yómət ʾèḏa,ˈ dáʾəman napə́lwa yómət xušèba.ˈ ʾáwwa ʾéḏa gòṛɛle.ˈ

ʾo-yómət trè t-ʾéḏaˈ y-amríle geyàsa.ˈ geyàsaˈ yómət trèˈ t-ʾéḏa gòṛa.ˈ y-ázi náše l-ʾùmraˈ y-óḏi qurbàna.ˈ qáša šaqə́lle xa-qɛ́sa rìxa.ˈ b-ʾíḏe díye dawùqleˈ ʾi-rášəm hátxa gu-réšət nàšeˈ maxéle gu-réšət nàše,ˈ ʾáx burkàṯa.ˈ ʾáxni y-amrə́xla dax-burkàṯa.ˈ ʾu-dɛ̀riˈ bə̀ṯqe b-rešéy.ˈ bə́ṯqe yáʿni šɛrnìye,ˈ gàwze,ˈ qàzbe.ˈ zadíla hátxa gu-réšə nàše.ˈ xa-ṭùxsɛle,ˈ yáʿni qa-t-háwe kúl-xa bɛ́ṯə nàšaˈ hawéle burkàṯa,ˈ burkáṯa yáʿni ṱ-áwe zyáda gu-mɛxoltèy,ˈ gu-ʾarzā́q diyèy.ˈ ʾàwwɛle geyása.ˈ

báṯər ʾéḏa gòṛaˈ y-áṯe ʾarbì-yomeˈ báṯər ʾéḏa d-o-gòṛaˈ ʾìṯenaˈ ʾéḏət sulàqa.ˈ suláqa ʾìleˈ manàyˈ Mšìxaˈ síqle l-šmàyyaˈ ʾo-yòma,ˈ yómət ʾàrpiˈ báṯər ʾéḏa d-o-gòṛa.ˈ báṯər t-qímle m-bɛṯə-míṯe t-wéwa qṭìla,ˈ síqle l-šmàyya.ˈ ʾó-yoma y-óḏi nàšeˈ dax-ʾəḥtəfā̀lˈ qurbàna-wˈ mpálṭi duxrànaˈ ʾu-y-ázi y-óḏi hèzuke,ˈ náše kùlla.ˈ hézuke mòdila?ˈ táli xàwlaˈ b-xa-ʾilána ṱ-óya góṛta rába ramànta,ˈ b-xa-tàqa,ˈ ʾu-y-átwi náše rəš-xàwlaˈ y-óḏiley dúkṯət ʾitàwa.ˈ ʾu-xa-zayə̀pley,ˈ y-ázi ʾu-y-áṯi gu-hằwa,ˈ y-amríle hezùke.ˈ yáʿni manáy díya Mšíxa síqle l-šmàyyaˈ ʾáp-ʾanna práxa gu-hắwa zàlaˈ b-o-ṭùxsaˈ yáʿni ʾisáqtət Mšíxa l-šmàyya.ˈ ʾáwwa ʾíle sulàqa.ˈ

xàrṯaˈ ṱ-áṯe xá-ʾeḏa xréna zòra,ˈ y-amríle ʾéḏət musàrde.ˈ musàrdeˈ nàpəlˈ ṭàbbəx,ˈ yárxət tmànya.ˈ ʾáw mùt-ʾeḏɛle?ˈ ʾáw ʾímət mšíxa ṯéle gu-nérət ʾÙrdun,ˈ Mar-Yoḥànnaˈ t-táma-hawe qəm-mămə̀dle.ˈ dréle míya b-réšə Mšìxaˈ qəm-mămə̀dle,ˈ ṣléle róxət qúdša mən-šmáyya ṣléle l-Mšìxa.ˈ ʾáyya y-amrə́xla mămàḏta.ˈ kúl-xa náša … yalúnka zórət bàreˈ gắrəg páyəš mŭmə́ḏḏa gu-ʾùmra,ˈ dɛ́ri míya rèše.ˈ barxíle qáše šamàšeˈ dɛ́ri míya rèšeˈ ʾax-t-wéwa Mar-Yuḥánna də́rya mìyaˈ b-réšə Mšìxa.ˈ ʾáyya y-amrìlaˈ musàrde.ˈ fa-náše kúlla pàlṭiˈ xa-maryóse ʾo-xréna mìya.ˈ maryástət míya xa-l-d-o-xréna mòdila?ˈ ma-t-wɛ́wa ʾə́ṯye nàšeˈ č̭ənnək̭ɛ́rət Mšìxa,ˈ ma-t-wɛ́wa ràbeˈ Mar-Yuḥánna lá-mṣele kút-xa dréle qáwwət míya b-rèše.ˈ qímle mŭrísle hátxa míya ʾəllèyˈ yàʿniˈ kùlleyˈ ta-t-máṭa míya ʾəllèy.ˈ fa-l-d-áw ṭùxsa,ˈ ʾáxni ʾó-yoma y-óḏexi ʾáp-ʾaxni musàrde.ˈ náše kúlla mbádla qɛ̀miˈ xa-maryóse ʾo-xréna mìya,ˈ hal-ʾaṣə́rta ʾáw háwe šulɛ̀ni.ˈ

xàrṯaˈ y-aṯélɛni ʾèḏaˈ ʾéḏət be-yàlda.ˈ ʾéḏət be-yálda ʾíle wɛ́ṯət Mšìxa.ˈ yáʿni ṱ-íle bə̀ryaˈ Mšìxa.ˈ ʾáw bə́ryɛle ʾə́sri xàmša,ˈ b-yárxət trèssər.ˈ qam-brɛ́ṯe dìyeˈ ʾəsrí-w xamšà yománeˈ náše ʾi-ṣɛ̀mi.ˈ náše krəstyáne suráye ʾi-ṣɛ̀miˈ ʾə́sri-w xámša yomàne.ˈ yómət ʾə́sri-w xámša háwe ʾèḏa.ˈ y-óḏi ʾəḥtəfā̀l,ˈ y-ázi náše l-ʾùmraˈ ʾu-y-óḏi qurbána-w qárwi-w pàlṭi náše.ˈ xàrṯaˈ ʾáxni gu-maṯwàṯaˈ kúllɛni jămə́xwa m-ġḏàḏe,ˈ ʾən-qàša mə́nnənˈ ʾən-múxtərət màṯa,ˈ zavrə́xwa ʾeḏăwàṯa.ˈ qamáye y-azə́xwa l-ʾéḏət qàša.ˈ barxə́xwa ʾéḏe dìye.ˈ xárṯa y-azə́xwa l-bɛ́ṯət mùxtər,ˈ ʾáp-ʾaw barxə́xwale ʾéḏe dìye.ˈ ʾu-doqə́xwa b-réza kùlla máṯa.ˈ ʾi-zavrə́xwa gu-màṯa.ˈ kúlla màṯaˈ mbarxə́xwale ʾéḏət nàše.ˈ xá-b-xa bɛ́ṯa y-orə́xwa gáwe mbarxə̀xwa ʾéḏaˈ ʾu-palṭə̀xwa.ˈ ʾímə-t y-órəxwa gu-bɛ̀ṯaˈ ʾi-šatíwa náše ʾằraq.ˈ ʾu-mɛṯɛ́wa màzze,ˈ ʾixàle-wˈ fèke-wˈ šarnìye-wˈ jigɛ̀re.ˈ xa-rŭ́baʿ sàʾa,ˈ pálgə sàʾa,ˈ ʾən-xa-sáʾa xa-xá-ga y-atə̀xwa.ˈ xa-xá-ga márət bɛ́ṯa mbašə́lwa ʾixála ʾímət hóya dànət ʾixála.ˈ y-axlíwa náše ʾu-palṭíwa y-azíwa l-d-ó-bɛṯa xèna,ˈ hál-d-ɛ-gət kùlla máṯa parqáwa.ˈ ʾáwwa ʾéḏa zòra.ˈ y-amrə́xwa ʾéḏa zòra.ˈ yáʿni ʾéḏət brɛ́ṯət Mšìxa.ˈ ʾànnɛla ʾeḏăwáṯə diyɛ́ni.ˈ

ʾíṯwa baʾúṯət ninwàye.ˈ baʾúṯət ninwàyeˈ lɛ̀laˈ … lɛ́le ʾéḏa diyàna.ˈ ʾíle ʾéḏa qàwmiˈ t-məllatayùṯa.ˈ ʾàwˈ xa-zàwnaˈ Nìnweˈ ʾiwáwa pétəxt ʾaṯoràye.ˈ ʾɛ́-ga ʾàyˈ wéle făyaḏ̣ā́n-t mìya.ˈ míya zìdla.ˈ ʾímə zìdla míya,ˈ kúlla mḏíta dwíqla mìyaˈ ʾu-míya mšuréla ryàmaˈ náše xnàqa.ˈ náše mšuréla xnàqa,ˈ xàkma náše,ˈ ʾu-xákma mxulṣàla gána.ˈ ʾu-xákma síqla garăwáṯət bàte.ˈ ʾu-xákma síqla dukáne ramáne qa-t-la-máṭi míya ʾə̀lla.ˈ fa-màlka,ˈ málka híwle ʾàmraˈ mə́re kúl-xa náša ṣàyəm.ˈ ṣàyəm,ˈ híč-məndi lá-ʾaxəl ṭḷà yománe.ˈ la-šáte la-mìya-wˈ la-ʾáxəl ʾixála ṭḷáṯa yomàṯa,ˈ ʾu-ṭálbi mən-ʾálaha qa-t-ʾàwwaˈ făyaḏ̣ā́n maklèle,ˈ ʾáyya zyáttət mìyaˈ maklèlaˈ ʾàlaha.ˈ béna báṯər ṭḷa-yomàneˈ mšuréla míya nqàṣa-wˈ tìwleˈ … bár ṭḷáṯa yomàṯaˈ míya tìwlaˈ nqíṣla nqìṣlaˈ ʾu-príqle ʾaw-făyaḏ̣ā̀n.ˈ ʾáni y-amríwale ṭawpàna.ˈ ṭawpána yáʿni zyàttət míya.ˈ ʾáwwa ʾíle xa-ʾèḏa.ˈ béna náše diyɛ̀niˈ ʾi-ṣɛ́mi ṭḷá yomàne,ˈ xàkma náše,ˈ xákma la-ṣɛ̀mi.ˈ xákma ṣɛ́mi ṭḷá yomàneˈ ʾu-báṯər ṭḷáṯa y-ázi y-óḏi qurbàna-wˈ ʾu-pàrqa.ˈ ʾàyya.ˈ ʾáwwa ʾíle xa-ʾéḏa zòraˈ b-nə́sba l-mə́llət ʾaṯoràye.ˈ ʾàxči,ˈ lɛ̀le t-krəstyáne ʾáwwa ʾéḏa.ˈ ʾáwwa ʾíle baʾúṯət ninwàye.ˈ

kul-máṯət ʾítla ʾùmraˈ ʾan-maṯwáṯa hawéwaley šèra,ˈ šèraˈ d-ó-yomət ʾíle ʾo-qaddíša mìṯa.ˈ tarī́x díye y-óḏi ʾèḏa.ˈ ʾó-ʾeḏa y-amrə́xle šèra.ˈ ʾáw yắḏət dàx y-oḏíle?ˈ qédamta y-ázi náše l-ʾùmra,ˈ y-óḏi qurbàna,ˈ pàlṭiˈ b-pálgət yòmaˈ sáʾət tréssər hal-xàˈ kul-nàša,ˈ kul-bɛ̀ṯaˈ ʾi-mbášəl xá-tɛrət ʾixálət ʾáw bằye.ˈ ṃaḷéla xa-ṣiníye gòṛta.ˈ maṣléla mattúla xà-dukṯa.ˈ ʾíṯena xákma dukáne tuṯànela,ˈ xákma dukáne hátxa gawzánela ṱ-íla ṭə̀lla,ˈ sab-dáyəmən nápəl ʾo-yóma xa-dánə t-y-áwe qɛ̀ṭa.ˈ b-šəryăwáṯa šaxìnta y-óya dúnye.ˈ fa-y-átwi náše ṭə̀lla,ˈ ṭə́llət ʾilanàne,ˈ tuṯàne,ˈ gawzàne.ˈ ʾixála kúlle mărizìle xa-dúkṯa.ˈ ʾu-nášət màṯaˈ ʾaw-ʾən-náše naxràye ʾíṯən,ˈ kúlla y-áṯɛ y-àtwiˈ y-áxli mən-d-ó ʾixàla.ˈ báṯər párqi mən-ʾixàla,ˈ závri náše gu-bàte.ˈ xákma náše ṱ-íla naxràye,ˈ t-maṯwáṯa xrène,ˈ y-áṯɛ y-óri gu-bátə náše mbarxíley ʾeḏèy.ˈ y-átwi šáti čày-uˈ mɛṯɛ́ley ʾixàlaˈ ʾu-qɛ́mi y-àzi.ˈ ʾáwwa ʾíle ʾéḏət ʾƐ̄n-Nùne,ˈ táma l-Mar-Sàwaˈ ʾúmrət Mar-Sàwa.ˈ

Mar-Sáwa y-awéwa xa-qaddìšaˈ ʾáṣle díye ʾiranàya-wewa,ˈ farsàya.ˈ ʾàwwaˈ ʾɛ̀-gaˈ b-zàwne díye,ˈ bábe dìyeˈ ʾax-ṱ-íla mtunɛ́ṯa ḏa-tàrīx,ˈ y-amríwa màlka-wewa bábe díye.ˈ fa-ʾáwwa mhuymə̀nne b-krəstyáne.ˈ mhuymə̀nne b-dínət krəstyàne.ˈ màlkaˈ saġḏánət sănằme-wewa.ˈ málkət ʾÌrən-wewa.ˈ ʾáni saġḏíwa sănằme.ˈ lè-y yăḏíwa ʾálaha.ˈ lé-y yăḏíwa diyánət krəstyáne mòdile.ˈ fa-saġḏíwa sănằme.ˈ béna qímle bábe màlkaˈ mə́re qaṭlə́nne bròni.ˈ bróne díye rìqle.ˈ ríqle mən-ʾÍrən ṯèle,ˈ ṭéle gu-Ṭiyàre.ˈ táma mìtleˈ gu-Ṭiyàre.ˈ béna b-á-dúkṯa ṱ-íle mìṯaˈ krəstyáne díyən ʾaṯoráye qímela bə́nye ʾúmra-wˈ ʾàwˈ mṭùmrəlle táma.ˈ gu-d-ò-ʾumraˈ ṭùmrəlleˈ ʾu-bə́nyela ʾúmra b-réše dìye.ˈ ʾáw múttəlle šə́mme díye Mar-Sàwa.ˈ ʾáxni ʾax-ṱ-íx bə́nyəlle ʾúmra díyən gu-ʾƐ̄n-Nùneˈ … lɛ́la kṯìweˈ ʾímə ṱ-íle bə̀nyaˈ lɛ́la kṯìweˈ b-ɛ̀ni tarī́x-ile bə́nya,ˈ bas-ʾáxni ʾax-t-mqadrə̀xlaˈ šə́nne dìyeˈ ʾíba bēn-ʾarbá-mma-w ʾəštá-mma šə̀nneˈ ṱ-íle bə̀nya.ˈ záwda mən-ʾarbá-mma šə̀nnele.ˈ bálki bíš-k̭ēm mən-ʾəštà-mma šə́nnela,ˈ hàtxaneˈ ṱ-íle bənya tàma.ˈ fa-ʾáxni max-t-̭íx-bənyəlla ʾáwwa b-šə́mmət Mar-Sáwa gu-Ṭiyàre,ˈ síqela náše l-Ṭiyàreˈ múṯyela xa-kèpaˈ mən-ʾúmrət Mar-Sáwa gu-Ṭiyàre.ˈ múṯyəlle múttəlle gu-ʾƐ̄n-Nùneˈ ʾu-bə̀nyəlleˈ ʾúmra b-réše dìyeˈ b-réšə d-o-kèpa.ˈ mə́ra ʾáwwa ʾíle Mar-Sàwa.ˈ múttəlle šə́mme Màr-Sawaˈ b-nə́sba l-Mar-Sáwa t-íle gu-Ṭiyàre.ˈ b-šétət tmáni tmànyaˈ Ṣaddā́m híwle ʾámra ṭla-ʾaskarwáṯe dìye,ˈ ʾímə tlixàla máṯa,ˈ ʾúp Mar-Sáwa qəm-talə̀xle.ˈ ṯéla tláxəlle bəldozère-uˈ là-mṣela tlíxla.ˈ ma-t-wéwa gúde díye mùḥkəm.ˈ múttula dìnamet gáwe díye,ˈ dìnamet,ˈ qəm-păqìle.ˈ ʾáw ʾu-ʾumráne ràbe gu-Bárwər.ˈ kúll máṯa ṱ-íla tlíxta ʾíṯ ʾùmra gáwaˈ ʾumráne kúlla tlixə̀lla.ˈ

mamodìṯa:ˈ yála zòraˈ krəstyànaˈ ʾɛ́-gət bàreˈ kúl-naša ṱ-awéle xa-bròna,ˈ báṯər xákma yɛ̀rxe,ˈ qam-máṭe šèta,ˈ taqrìban,ˈ ṱ-áwele ʾə́šta yɛ̀rxe,ˈ ṭḷáṯa yɛ̀rxe,ˈ qam-máṭe šéta ʾúmre dìye,ˈ ʾi-nablíle l-ʾùmra.ˈ qàšaˈ ʾu-šamàšaˈ ʾi-mṣàliˈ b-réše-u bɛ́ṯa dɛ́rɛ míye b-réše dìye.ˈ ʾu-máxa xa-mə́šxa gu-be-ʾéne dìyeˈ ʾoḏíle rúšma ʾax-ṣlìwa.ˈ ʾáy y-amríle rúšma t-krìhe.ˈ ʾáyya ʾíla mamodìṯa.ˈ yáʿni manáy díya ʾáwwa yála zóra píšle krəstyàna.ˈ píšle momə́ḏḏa mamodìṯaˈ t-krəstyàne.ˈ

č̣ita ʾíla mə́šxa t-ʾə̀rwe.ˈ xə́lya t-heywàneˈ t-ʾə́rwe ʾən-tawràṯa,ˈ xə́lya marəxṯìleˈ ʾu-šoqíle pɛ́ša dắraj ḥărára díye taqríban ʾàrbi.ˈ dɛ́ri marɛ̀ṯa bíya.ˈ ʾi-mxamɛ̀la.ˈ dɛ́ri xa-júlla b-réša qá-t hár-hawe šaxìntaˈ múddət tmánya sàʾăte.ˈ ʾi-páyəš ʾo-xə̀lyaˈ páyəš màsta.ˈ ʾɛ-màstaˈ ʾi-dɛríla gu-gùḏa.ˈ gúḏa mòdile?ˈ ʾíle gə́ldət xa-hèywən.ˈ našṭìle.ˈ y-amrə́xle gùḏa.ˈ ʾi-dɛrɛ́la gáwe dìyeˈ ʾu-yi-măyìle.ˈ y-asṛíle b-xàwlaˈ ʾu-talíle b-xa qɛ̀saˈ ʾən-b-qaríṯət bɛ̀ṯaˈ yi-măyìle.ˈ myáʾa mòdile?ˈ yáʿni majwàjta díya.ˈ nabóle ʾu-mɛṯóye b-xɛlàna.ˈ ʾu-dɛ́ri míya gàwa.ˈ xa-rŭ́baʿ sáʾa,ˈ ʾəsrí daqìqe,ˈ pálgə sàʾa.ˈ ʾi-šɛšíla ʾi-šɛšìlaˈ hal-másta ʾi-pɛ́ša ʾax-mìya.ˈ mə́šxət gu-d-á-masta ʾi-jắmi l-ġḏàḏe.ˈ ʾi-jắmi l-ġḏàḏe,ˈ ʾi-mpalṭìle.ˈ mə́šxa páyəš xòḏe,ˈ ʾu-dáwwe dɛrɛ́la gu-xa-quṣxáne gòṛta.ˈ ʾáwwa mə́šxa y-amrə́xle č̣ìta.ˈ ʾáwwa ʾi-mapəlxìleˈ ʾə́n y-axlíle b-lə̀xma,ˈ ʾə́n ʾi-dɛríle b-rə̀zza,ˈ ʾímət ʾi-mbášli rə̀zza,ˈ ʾə́n dɛríle rəš-bušàlaˈ y-oḏíle gə̀rḏo,ˈ y-amríla gə̀rḏo.ˈ ʾáyyɛla č̣ìta.ˈ ʾu-dàwwe,ˈ ʾan-míyət màsta,ˈ t-pɛ̀ši,ˈ ʾáni y-amríla dàwwe.ˈ ʾu-qàškaˈ ʾíle ʾan-dáwwe marəxṯìla.ˈ marəxṯìla,ˈ ʾu-ʾi-šoqíla tămàha,ˈ míya ʾi-ṭɛ́pi b-rèša.ˈ míyət ṭɛ́pi b-réša bɛzìla.ˈ ʾo-t- pàyəšˈ ʾi-dɛrɛ́le gu-xa-kìsa,ˈ xa-kísa xwára t-bèza,ˈ ʾu-talíle b-xa-sə́kṯa hal-ɛ́-gət míye díye kúlla nàšpi.ˈ ʾáw páyəš ʾax-maʿjū̀n,ˈ ʾax-lɛ̀ša páyəš.ˈ ʾo-xàlwa,ˈ y-amrə́xle xàlwa.ˈ ʾáw xálwət … d-àn-dawwe.ˈ ʾáw y-oḏíle glòlaˈ mattíle qam-šə̀mša,ˈ ʾi-bàrəz.ˈ ʾi-bàrəz,ˈ y-amrìleˈ qàška.ˈ ʾáwwa qàškaˈ b-sə́twa ʾímə sánqi nàšeˈ l-dàwweˈ qa-t-mbášli bušàlaˈ ʾáwwa xá-ga xéta dɛrɛ́le gu-mìya,ˈ mpašrìle,ˈ mpašrìle,ˈ gu-mìya,ˈ ʾi-páyəš ʾax-dàwwe.ˈ ʾi-dɛ́rɛ rə́zza gàweˈ ʾu-mbašlìle,ˈ páyəš bušàla.ˈ m-gēb-dàwwe.ˈ ʾáwwa qàškɛle.ˈ

ṭə̀lmeˈ ʾíman-t qámxa lɛšíle lɛ̀šaˈ ʾu-ʾi-xằme,ˈ dɛ́rɛ xmíra gáwe ʾi-xằme,ˈ ʾi-mɛ́ṯi sèla.ˈ sèlaˈ prə̀zlɛle.ˈ ʾáw dax-ṱ-ámrəx ʾax-ṣinìyeleˈ bas-gòṛa.ˈ ʾi-mattíle š-kèpe,ˈ xóṯe díye y-óḏi nùra.ˈ ʾo-séla ʾi-xàyəm.ˈ šáqli lɛ̀ša,ˈ mattíle š-xá … párša pṭòxa,ˈ š-xa-mḗz hátxa pṭòxa,ˈ xa-qɛ̀saˈ glòlaˈ ʾi-zɛpíle rèše díyeˈ nablíle ʾu-mɛṯɛ́le hàl-ɛ-gət páyəš raqíqa.ˈ ʾó-lɛša páyəš raqíqa ràba.ˈ ʾi-šaqlíle b-gʸèra,ˈ yáʿni xa-qɛ̀sa,ˈ ʾu-dɛrɛ́le rəš-d-ó-sela ṱ-íle núra xóṯe xamìma.ˈ ʾi-bàšəl.ˈ ʾi-bàšəl,ˈ maxəḏríle xá-ga l-ày-gota,ˈ xá-ga l-ày-gota,ˈ hal-d-ɛ́-gət bàšla.ˈ ʾáwwa y-ámrile ṭə̀lme,ˈ ṭlə̀mṯa.ˈ

lawàšeˈ har-ʾɛ́ ṭlə̀mṯaˈ ʾi-maxɛ́la l-tanùra.ˈ tanùraˈ y-áwe xamìma,ˈ m-bár t-y-óḏi núra gàwe,ˈ xáyəm ràba.ˈ ʾi-šaqlíla ʾa-ṭlə̀mṯaˈ maxɛ̀la gu-tanúra.ˈ ʾi-bášla y-amríle lawàše.ˈ yáʿni har-ʾɛ̀ ṭlə́mṯa,ˈ ʾən-dɛ́rətla rəš-sèlaˈ mbašlə̀tlaˈ ʾáyya pɛ́ša ṭlə̀mṯa.ˈ ʾən-maxə́tla gu-tanùra mbašə́tla,ˈ y-amríla lawàše.ˈ

ʾu-zeḏàyaˈ ʾíla biš-xlìmta.ˈ xlìmta hóya.ˈ šaqlíle-har-ʾo-lə̀xma.ˈ lá dɛrɛ́le là rəš-sélaˈ ʾi-maxíle gu-tanùraˈ háwe biš-xlìma.ˈ ʾáy y-amríla zeḏàya.ˈ

qəllòra:ˈ qəllóra ʾíle har-ʾò lə́xmaˈ bas-xə́ṭṭe romàyeˈ lɛ́le xə́ṭṭe ʿàdi.ˈ lɛ́le d-ánna xə̀ṭṭe.ˈ

kàda:ˈ káda ṭla-ʾeḏăwàṯa y-oḏə́xwale.ˈ ʾáw dɛ́ri duwàna gáwe díye.ˈ dɛ́ri duwàna gáwe díye,ˈ ʾən-gáwze toríla qə́nne diyèy.ˈ ʾi-ṭaxnìla.ˈ ʾi-xoṭíla b-mə̀šxa.ˈ ʾi-dɛríla gáwe dìye.ˈ ʾu-y-ač̣míla hátxa qa-t-là-napli m-gáwe díye.ˈ maxɛ́la l-tanùra.ˈ bášəl ʾáp-awwa ʾax-zeḏàya.ˈ b-tanùra mbašlíle.ˈ ʾáwwa y-amríle kàda.ˈ

ʾu-ʾíṯena xá-tɛra xéna kulèče.ˈ ʾáni hàtxa-hawa zóre.ˈ ʾáp-ʾani dɛ́ri qə̀nneˈ ʾu-mə̀šxa gáwa díya.ˈ y-áwa hátxa zòre.ˈ ʾu-máxa bétə t-toríla xoṭíle zắrət bètaˈ maxɛ́la hátxa b-rəš-d-àn kuléčeˈ qa-t-háwe rangéy biš-smòqa,ˈ biš-zằraˈ ʾu-bíš-hawa basìme.ˈ ʾánna y-oḏə́xla ṭla-ʾèḏa.ˈ

ʾə̀rxeˈ ʾi-pálxa b-mìya.ˈ xɛ́la díya mòdileˈ t-mazvə̀rra?ˈ ʾíla mìya.ˈ mìyaˈ mazəvríle xa-parwàna,ˈ pàrrela ríxe,ˈ máxa míya ʾəlláy ʾi-zàvər.ˈ ʾáni síṛela b-xa-stùna.ˈ gu-réšə d-o-stùnaˈ ʾíṯən ʾə̀rxe,ˈ xa-kèpa,ˈ xa-képa glòla,ˈ ʾítle hálbat dùkṯaˈ ʾi-ṣála xə̀ṭṭeˈ xo-d-ò-kepa.ˈ ʾáw ʾi-zàvərˈ ʾi-ṭaxə́nna páyəš qàmxa.ˈ ʾáxxa ʾíṯena dàwla.ˈ dáwla ʾíle xa-sandùqaˈ réše pṯíxɛle dɛ́rɛ xə̀ṭṭe gáwe.ˈ xóṯe xa-bóya zóra ʾi-ṣáli xə́ṭṭe b-réšə d-ó-kepa qa-t ṭaxnìla.ˈ ʾíṯ xa-qɛ́sa zòraˈ ʾíbe xá-ṣiṭa biz-záwda m-xa-ṣíṭa rìxa.ˈ bálki ṭḷáṯi sèntimetre ríxa.ˈ ʾíbe xlíma hàtxa.ˈ ʾáw-ile síṛa bìya.ˈ ʾə́rxe ʾímə zàvraˈ ʾáw-ile hàtxa b-réše díye,ˈ ʾímə zàvraˈ ʾáwwa páyəš hàtxa,ˈ jàwəj.ˈ ʾímət jàwəj,ˈ ʾáwwa réše dìyeˈ xrènaˈ hóle síṛa b-d-ò dáwlaˈ qa-t-máṣle xə̀ṭṭeˈ muntằḏ̣am,ˈ yáʿni t-lá-ṣala rábe b-xa-bèna.ˈ ṣála xánča xànča,ˈ níxa nìxa.ˈ yáʿni ʾáw y-amrə́xle b-ʿắrăbi munàḏ̣ḏ̣əm.ˈ b-súrəṯ lɛ́ḏən mú y-amrìle,ˈ ṱ-ámrəx mtagəbràna,ˈ mtagəbránət xə́ṭṭe dáx ṣála gu-ʾə̀rxeˈ qa-t ṭaxnìla,ˈ ta-t-kúlla ṣàlaˈ ʾax-ʾàti bắyət,ˈ t-lá-ṣala rábe b-xà-bena.ˈ ʾáwwa y-amríle čakčàka.ˈ ʾáyya kắləma čakčáka ʾíla mən-qàle díye.ˈ qále díye y-áṯe čakčàkta,ˈ mə́nne díye čák čák čák čàk.ˈ fa-ʾáwwa qɛ́sa múttəlle šə́mme díye čakčàka.ˈ

Translation:

Let’s begin with the Great Festival. The festivals of the Assyrian Christians that took place in Barwar. The Great Festival is a ceremony (commemorating) the resurrection of Christ after he had been killed. On the third day he rose from the tomb, and every Christian in the whole world holds a festival. We would hold the festival for three days. In some places the festival was for one day. People would fast for fifty days, (in) a fast, which we called the Great Fast. After fifty days, the day of the festival occurred, which would always fall on a Sunday. This is the Great Festival.

The second day of the festival was called _geyasa_ (‘the (good) thief’). The _geyasa_ was the second day of the festival. The people would go and take communion. The priest would take a long stick. He would take it in his hand and make a sign like this on the heads of the people, he would tap it on the heads of the people, as blessings. We call these ‘blessings’. They would scatter confectionery on their heads. The confectionery con-sisted of sweets, walnuts, dates. They would throw them like this on the heads of the people. It was a ceremonial act, so that every family would have blessings, so that they would have abundant blessings in their food and sustenance. The _geyasa_ ceremony is this.

After the Great Festival, forty days after the Great Festival, the festival of Ascension occurs. Ascension means that Christ ascended to Heaven on that day, on the fortieth day after the Great Festival. After he rose from the tomb, (after) he had been killed, he ascended to Heaven. On that day the people hold a party, they take communion and perform a memorial service. Then all the people go and swing. What is swinging? They hang a rope on a tree that is large and very high, on a branch, and the people sit on the rope—they make a place to sit. One person pushes them and they go back and forth in the air—this is called swinging. Its meaning is that Christ ascended to Heaven and also they are flying back and forth in the air, in a symbolic act (commemorating) the going up of Christ to Heaven. This is the (festival of ) Ascension.

Afterwards another small festival occurs, which is called _musarde_. _Musarde_ falls in Ṭabbax, August. What festival is this? This (commemo-rates) when Christ came to the river Jordan and Saint John, who was there, baptized him. He put water over Christ and baptized him, then the Holy Spirit descended from Heaven and descended into Christ. We call this baptism. Everybody … when a young child is born, he must be baptized in the church and they put water over him. The priests and deacons bless him and they put water over him, as Saint John had put water on the head of Christ. This (festival) is called _musarde_. All the people go out and sprinkle water on each other. What is (the significance of ) scattering water over each other? So many people came around Christ, so many, that Saint John could not put a scoop of water over everybody. So he scattered water over them like this, so that the water would reach all of them. In this way we perform (the festival of) _musarde_ on that day. In the morning the people all scatter water over each other, and this is what we do until the evening.

Then we have (another) festival, the festival of Christmas. The festival of Christmas is (in commemoration of ) the birth of Christ, that is the fact that Christ was born. He was born on the twenty-fifth of December. For twenty-five days before (the day of) his birth, people fast for twenty five days. Christian people fast for twenty-five days. The twenty-fifth day is the festival. They hold celebrations, people go to church, they take communion then come out. Afterwards, all of us in the villages gathered together, either with a priest with us or a head of the village, and we went around (offering) festival blessings. First we would go and offer a festival blessing to the priest. We would offer him a festival blessing. Then we would go to the house of the village head and would offer also him a festival blessing. We would then visit the whole village in a row, going around the village. We would offer festival blessings to all the people of the village. We would go into one house after another and offer festival blessings, then come out. When we went into a house, people would drink arak, they would bring snacks, food, fruit, sweets, cigarettes. Each time we would sit for a quarter of an hour, half an hour, sometimes even an hour. Sometimes the owner of the house would cook food when it was time for food. The people would eat and go out, then go to another house, until all the village was finished. This is the Small Festival. We called it the Small Festival. It was the festival of the birth of Christ. These are our festivals.

There was ‘The Rogation of the Ninevites’. The Rogation of the Ninevites is not a religious festival. It is a national festival. Once Nineveh was the capital of the Assyrians. At that time there was a flood of water. The water increased. When the water increased, the whole town became filled with water, the water began to rise and people drowned. People began to drown—some people, some saved themselves. Some went up onto the roofs of houses. Some went up onto high places so that the water would not reach them. The king gave an order saying ‘Every-body should fast. (Everybody) should fast and should not eat anything for three days. (Everybody) should not drink water or eat food for three days and they should ask God to stop this flood, to stop this increase in water’. Then, after three days, the water began to diminish and go down. After three days the water went down and diminished, the flood finished. They call it (in _surəθ_) _ṭawpana_ (‘flood’), _ṭawpana_ means ‘increase in water’. This is a festival. Our people fast for three days—some people, some do not fast. Some fast for three days and after three days they go and take communion, then it is over. It is a small festival and it belongs to the Assyrian nation. This festival is not a Christian one. It is (called)the Rogation of the Ninevites.

Every village that had a church—these villages had a saint’s festival, a festival (commemorating) the day that the saint died. On this date they hold a festival. They call the festival _šera_. Do you know how they perform it? In the morning the people go to church and take communion. They go out at midday, from twelve o’clock to one, everybody, each family, cooks any type of food that they like. (Each) fills a large tray and brings it down and places it in a certain place. There are several (such) places—they are mulberry trees, some places are walnut trees, which are shady, for this festival day always falls at a time when it is summer. During the saint day festivals it is always hot, so people sit in the shade, the shade of trees, mulberry trees, walnut trees. They place all the food in rows in one place. The people of the village or people from outside, if there are any, all come and sit and eat the food. When they finish eating, the people go around the houses. Some people from outside, from other villages, come and enter peoples’ houses and offer them festival blessings. They sit and drink tea, bring them food, and they get up and go. This is the festival of ʾƐn-Nune, which (takes places) there for Saint Sawa, at the church of Saint Sawa.

Saint Sawa was a saint who was of Iranian, Persian, origin. In his time, his father—according to one (version of) of history, it is said that his father was a king. He (Sawa) believed the Christians, believed in the Christian religion. The king was a worshipper of idols. He was king of Iran. They used to worship idols. They did not know God. They did not know what the religion of Christians was. They used to worship idols. His father the king said ‘I shall kill my son’. His son fled. He fled from Iran and came and wandered in Ṭiyare. He died there in Ṭiyare. Then, in the place that he died, our Christians, the Assyrians, built a church and buried him there. They buried him in (the site of) that church and built the church over him. They gave it the name of Saint Sawa. When we built our church in ʾƐn-Nune—it is not written when it was built, it is not written on what date it was built, but according to our reckoning of its age, it was built between four-hundred and six-hundred years ago. It is more than four hunrdred years old. Perhaps it is less than six hundred years ago, when it was built there. So, when we built it with the name of Saint Sawa of Ṭiyare, people went up to Ṭiyare and brought back a stone from the church of Saint Sawa in Ṭiyare. They brought it back and placed it in ʾƐn-Nune and built a church over it, over the stone. They said this is (the church of ) Saint Sawa. They gave it the name of Saint Sawa after (the church of ) Saint Sawa which is in Ṭiyare. In the year (19)88, Ṣaddām gave an order to his soldiers, when they destroyed the village and he destroyed also (the church of) Saint Sawa. They came to destroy it with bulldozers, but they could not destroy it, so solid where its walls. They put dynamite in it, dynamite, and blew it up, and also many (other) churches in Barwar. Every village that was destroyed and had a church in it, they destroyed all the churches (in them).

When a Christian baby is born—anybody who has a son, after a few months, before he reaches a year, when he is around six months, three months, before he reaches a year in age, they take him to the church. The priest and the deacon pray over him and his family and they put water on his head. They put some oil on his forehead and make for him a sign like a cross. They call this the sign of the suffering ones. This is baptism. Its meaning is that this baby has become a Christian. It has been baptized with a Christian baptism.

_č̣ita_ is the butter of sheep. They boil the milk of animals, of sheep or cows, and let its heat become about forty degrees. They put rennet in it. They keep it. They put a cloth over it so that it remains warm, for eight hours. The milk then becomes yoghurt. They put the yoghurt in a churn. What is a churn? It is an animal skin. They strip (it off the animal). We call it a ‘churn’. They put it (the yoghurt) in it and churn it. They tie it with a rope and hang it onto a piece of wood or onto the beam of a house and churn it. What is churning? This means moving it. Moving back and forth quickly. They put water into it. For quarter of an hour, ten minutes, half an hour, they shake it and shake it until the yoghurt becomes like water. They gather together the butter of the yoghurt. They gather it together and take it out. The butter remains behind and they put the _dawwe_ (yoghurt water) in a large pot. We call this butter _č̣ita_. They use it—either they eat it on bread or the put it in rice or, when they cook rice, they put it in stew and make it into _gərðo_, what is called _gərðo_. This is _č̣ita._ As for the _dawwe_, the water of the yoghurt that remains is called _dawwe._ _Qaška_ is (made by) boiling the _dawwe_. They boil it and put it aside. The water comes to the top. They pour off the water that comes to the top. What remains they put in a bag, a white bag of muslin, and hang it on a peg until all its water drains away. It becomes like paste, it becomes like dough. This is _xalwa_, we call it _xalwa_. It is the _xalwa_ of _dawwe_. They make it round and put it in the sun and it dries. When it dries they call it _qaška_. This _qaška_—in winter, when people need _dawwe_ to cook stew, they put it again in water and dissolve it, they dissolve it in water and it becomes something like _dawwe_. They put rice in it and cook it. It becomes stew. (It is) instead of _dawwe_. This is _qaška_.

_Ṭəlme_: When they knead flour into a dough and it rises, they put yeast in it and it rises, they bring a griddle. The griddle is made of iron. We could say that it is like a tray, but bigger. They put it on stones and make a fire under it. The griddle becomes hot. They take the dough and put it on a wide stone, on a wide table like this. They push a round stick of wood on it, moving back and forth, until it becomes thin. The dough becomes very thin. They take it with a rolling pin, that is a stick of wood, and put it on the hot griddle with fire under it and it cooks. It cooks, they turn it on one side and on the other, until it cooks. They call this _ṭəlme, ṭləmθa_ (sing.).

_Lawaše_ is just like a _ṭləmṯa_, but they put in the oven. The oven is hot. After they put fire in it, it heats up a lot. They take the _ṭlemθa_ and place it in the oven. It cooks and it is called _lawaše_. It is the same as a _ṭləmṯa_, if you put it on a griddle and cook it, it becomes a _ṭləmṯa_, if you put it in an oven and cook it, it is called _lawaše_.

A _zeðaya_ is thicker. It is thick. They take the same bread (dough). They do not place it on a griddle, they put it in the oven. It is thicker. It is called _zeðaya_.

_Qəllora: Qəllora_ is the same bread, but maize, not ordinary wheat, not (made) from such wheat.

_Kada_: We used to make a _kada_ cake for festivals. They put cake filling in it. They put cake filling in it or walnuts—they break their kernels, grind them, mix them with butter and put them in it. They close them like this so that they do not fall out. They put them in the oven. It cooks like a _zeðaya_. They cook it in an oven. They call it a _kada_.

There is another type (of cake called) _kuleče_. These are small like this. They put (walnut) kernels and oil also in these. They are small like this. They put an egg, which they break—they mix the yolk of an egg, they put it like this on the _kuleče_ cakes, so that their colour will be more red, more yellow, and so that they will be more tasty. They make these for a festival.

A mill operates by water. What is its power, which turns it? It is water. The water drives round a propeller. This consists of long blades. The water drives them round and it turns. They are tied to a pole. On the top of this pole is the mill, a stone, a round stone, which has, of course, a place in which the wheat falls, under that stone. It turns and grinds it and it becomes flour. Here there is the drum. The drum is a box, with an open top, in which they put wheat. Under it there is a small hole through which wheat runs out onto the stone for it to be ground. There is a small stick, which is a span or more long. Perhaps it is thirty centimetres long. There is a thick (section) on it like this. It is attached to it. When the mill turns—it is like this on top of it—when it turns, it does this, it moves. When it moves, its other end is attached to the drum so that it lets down wheat (in a) controlled (flow), that is so that a lot does not flow down at once. It comes down, little by little. We call this in Arabic _mnað̣ð̣6m_ (‘controller’). I do not know what they call it in _surəθ_. Let’s say ‘controller’, the controller of how the wheat flows down into the mill in order for it to be ground, so that it all flows down in the way you like, so that a lot does not flow down at once. This is called a _čakčaka_. This word _čakčaka_ comes from its sound. It makes a sound like _čak čak čak čak_. So they gave this stick the name _čakčăka_.