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14.2.12

The MAALAM AARUM



In the beginning God created  the Heaven and the Earth.
(Genesis 1 v1)


1. Sayewi talli wemiguma wokgetaki,


And the earth was without form and void;
and darkness was upon the face of the deep;
and the spirit of God moved 
upon the face of the waters.

2. Hackung kwelik owanaku wak yutali Kitanitowit-essop.




And God Said, "Let their be light." 
And there was light."

3. Sayewis hallemiwis nolemiwi elemamik Kitanitowit-essop.



4. Sohawalawak kwelik hakik owak [read, woak] awasagamak.




And God made two great lights, the greater light to rule the day, and the lessor light to rule the night: he made the stars also. (Genesis 1 v17)
5. Sohalawak gishuk nipahum alankwak


..to give light onto the earth: and to rule over the day and the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw it was good. (Genesis 1 v17-18)  
6. Wemi-sohalawak yulikyuchaan.

(At this stanza I realized the Bible had the correct English version of the pictographs.  So I stopped translating from Lenape (Old Norse) to English.  Viewers are encouraged to make their own comparison between the pictograph and an English Bible.)

7. Wich-owagan kshakan moshakwat [Var. moshakguat.] kwelik kshipehelep.

8. Opeleken mani-menak delsin-epit.



9. Lappinup Kitanitowit manito manitoak.





10. Owiniwak angelatawiwak chichankwak wemiwak.



11. Wtenk manito jinwis lennowak mukom.











12. Milap netami gaho owini gaho.



13. Namesik milap, tulpewik milap, awesik milap, cholensak milap.



14. Makimani shak sohalawak makowini nakowak amangamek.





15. Sohalawak uchewak, sohalawak pungusak.




16. Nitisak wemi owini w'delisinewuap

17. Kiwis, wunand wishimanitoak essopak


18. Nijini netami lennowak, nigoha netami okwewi, nantine'wak.



19. Gattamin netami mitzi nijini nantine'.





20. Wemi wingi-namenep, wemi ksinelendamep, wemi wullatemanuwi.






21. Shukand eli-kimi mekenikink wakon powako init'ako.

22. Mattalogas pallalogas maktaton owagan payat-chik yutali.

24. Won wemi wiwunch kamik atak kitahikan netamaki epit.



                                                         Chapter Three
           Stanze 4.1