Senjecas - The Disciples and the Sabbath

Pronunciation table

peműko (labial)								riisűko (dental)								muitűko (alveolar)								vainűko (palatal)							ṡ̨uuše̋nos (vowels)								nı̋þo ṡ̨uuše̋nos (weak vowels)
p	b	f	v	m̃	m			t	d	þ	ð	ɫ	l			ṡ	ż	s	z	r	n			k	g	x	ƣ	h	ȝ			š	s̨			i	e	a	ǫ	o	u			ĭ	ĕ	ŭ
/p/	/b/	/ɸ/	/β/	/m̥/	/m/			/t/	/d/	/θ/	/ð/	/l̥/	/l/			/ʦ/	/ʣ/	/s/	/z/	/ɾ̥/	/n/			/k/	/g/	/ç/	/ʝ/	/j̊/	/j/			/sʷ/	/sʲ/			/i/	/e/	/ä/	/ɒ/	/o/	/u/			/ɪ/	/ɛ/	/ʊ/

Glossing abbreviations

1s/p = 1st person singular/plural	ABL = ablative suffix	COL = collective	F = feminine	INT = intensive prefix	PRV = privative prefix	SUP = supine
2s/p = 2nd person singular/plural	ABS = absolutive (an unmarked modifying adjective)	DES = desiderative	FRQ = frequentative	LAT = lative suffix	PST = past	TRZ = transitivizer
3 = 3rd person	ADV = adverb	DIM = diminutive	FUT = future	LOC = locative suffix	REV = reversive	VOC = vocative particle
A(.s/p) = accusative (singular/plural)	AG = agent	ELIS = elision	IMP = imperative	M = masculine	Q = interrogative particle
G(.s/p) = genitive (singular/plural)	AP = agent (active) participle	ELT = elative	INC = inchoative	OCC = occupation suffix	QUOT = direct quotation
N(.s/p) = nominative (singular/plural)	AUG = augmentative	EP = epenthesis	IND = indicative	PP = patient (past) participle	RPR = recent perfective
V(.s/p) = vocative (singular/plural)	CAUS = causative	EQU = equative degree	INS = instrument	PRF = perfect	SBJ = subjunctive

Notes

• Mark 2:23-28; Matthew 12:1-8; Luke 6:1-5
• As this is a cento of verses, the numbering indicates the number of Senjecan sentences, not of the Biblical verses.

Text

tűnlusk̬e ṡaba̋tak̬e - The Disciples and the Sabbath

mukánȝeka̋s úúda tarne̋xaþo

Translated from the Greek

• New American Bible
• Literal Greek Translation
• Senjecan Text

Gloss

• 1. It happened that he was walking through standing grain on the sabbath. His disciples felt hungry so they began to pull off heads of grain, shelling them with their hands, and eat them as they went along.
• and it.became to.go.by him in the sabbaths through the sowings hunger and begin the learners of.him way to.make plucking the ears rubbing to.the hands to.eat
• da ṡabata̋s éȝum se̋e̋on šóóða műlu e-e̋ba da eȝu-tűnlus gősa da. eȝu-a̋tom a̋tantus. aiṡa̋non re̋upu tőda. manőm kía tı̋ı̋rantus.

da	ṡabat-a̋s	éȝ-um	se̋e̋-on	šóóða	műl-u	e=e̋b-a	da	eȝu=tűn-l-us	gős-a
and	Sabbath-G.s	3-A.s	sowing-A.p	through	pass.by-SUP	PST=happen-IND	and	his=learn-AG-N.p	hunger-IND

da	eȝu=a̋t-om	a̋t-a-nt-us	aiṡa̋n-on	re̋up-u	tőd-a	man-őm	kía	tı̋ı̋r-a-nt-us
and	their=way-A.s	go-IND-AP-N.p	ear-A.p	pluck-SUP	begin-IND	hanG.p	with	rub-IND-AP-N.p

• 2. At this the Pharisees protested: "Look! Why do they do a thing not permitted on the sabbath?
• and the Pharisees said to.him look why they.do in the sabbaths which not is.allowed
• da eȝús o pĕrı̋ı̋sus e-te̋e̋a: ha̋t: éȝus xávu ṡabata̋m alhe̋naþom kı̋a:

da	eȝ-ús	o	pĕrı̋ı̋s-us	e=te̋e̋-a	ha̋t	éȝ-us	xávu	ṡabat-a̋m	al=he̋n-a-þ-om	kı̋-a
and	3-G.s	to	Pharisee-N.p	PST=say-IND	look	3-N.p	why	Sabbath-G.p	PRV=permit-IND-PP-A.s	do-IND

• 3. He said to them: "Have you never read what David did when he was in need and he and his men were hungry?
• and he said to to.them not.yet you.read why does David when he.needs and hungers he and the with.him
• da eȝúm o e-te̋e̋a: ȝus néstu e-ð̨a̋a̋a—táom dam̃ı̋du kı̋a—méti éȝuk̬e sűnlusk̬e ı̋ı̋ƣak̬e gősak̬e:

da	eȝ-úm	o	e=te̋e̋-a	ȝ-us	néstu	e=ð̨a̋a̋-a	tá-om	dam̃ı̋d-u	kı̋-a
and	3-G.p	to	PST=say-IND	2p-N	not.yet	PST=read-IND	what-A.s	David-N.s	do-IND

méti	éȝ-u=k̬e	sűn-l-us=k̬e	ı̋ı̋ƣ-a=k̬e	gős-a=k̬e
when	3-N.s=and	learn-AG-N.p=and	need-IND=and	hunger-IND=and

• 4. How he entered God's house in the days of Abiathar the high priest and ate the holy bread which only the priests were permitted to eat. He even gave it to his men.
• how entered into the house of.the God on Abiathar chief.priest and the breads of.the before.placed ate which not is.allowed to.eat if no to.the priests and he.gives and to.the together to.him being
• móódi ab̨áþarűs reeðnoitűs aha̋m ȝuműs m̃e̋e̋som e-tı̋ra da n̨oofðe̋e̋aþo k̬a̋son e-e̋da— táo sóólvi noitűm o hénaþo ı̋la—da eȝu-sunlűm o dőőa:

móódi	ab̨áþar-űs	reeð.noit-űs	ah-a̋m	ȝum-űs	m̃e̋e̋s-om	e=tı̋r-a	n̨oof.ðe̋e̋-a-þo-Ø	k̬a̋s-on	e=e̋da
how	Abiathar-G.s	chief.priest-G.s	day-G.p	God-G.s	house-A.s	PST=enter-IND	before.set-IND-PP-ABS	bread-A.p	PST=eat-IND

tá-o	sóól=vi	noit-űm	o	hén-a-þ-o	ı̋l-a	da	eȝu=sun-l-űm	o	dőő-a
what-N.s	only=ADV	priest-G.p	to	permit-IND-PP-N.s	become-IND	and	his=accompany-AG-G.p	to	give-IND

• 5. Have you not read in the law how the priests on temple duty can break the sabbath rest without incurring guile?
• or not yet you.read in the law that to.the sabbaths the priests in the sanctuary the sabbaths profane and faultless they.are
• m̃o néstu þőra éna e-ð̨a̋a̋a—ȝa kilþős éna nőitus ṡabata̋m ṡaba̋tan lı̋ða da vŭműnus vűűa:

m̃o	n.éstu	þőr-a	éna	e=ð̨a̋a̋-a	ȝa	kilþ-ős	éna	nőit-us	ṡabat-a̋m	ṡaba̋t-an	lı̋ð-a	da	vŭ=műn-us	vűű-a
or	not.yet	law-N.s	in	PST=read-IND	that	sanctuary-G.s	in	priest-N.p	Sabbath-G.p	Sabbath-A.p	profane-IND	and	PRV=fault-N.p	be-IND

• 6. I assure you there is something greater than the temple here.
• I.say yet to.you that of.the sanctuary greater is here
• mu ésti mĭme̋żu kilþő' sóma íðu e̋su ȝúm o te̋e̋a:

m-u	ésti	mĭ~me̋ż-u	kilþ-ő-'	sóma	íðu	e̋s-u	ȝ-úm	o	te̋e̋-a
1s-N	yet	ELT=great-N.s	sanctuary-G.s-ELIS	than	here	be-SUP	2p-G	to	say-IND

• 7. If you understood the meaning of the text, 'It is mercy I desire not sacrifice' you would not have condemned these innocent men.
• if yet you.had.known what is mercy I.want and not sacrifice not ever you.convict the faultless
• ésti ébi ȝus táomĕ mu bűɫam néda lı̋þram m̃e̋ṡa fűɫu e-sĭsa̋a̋ra toáli neánu vŭműnun osı̋d̨a:

ésti	ébi	ȝ-us	tá-om=ĕ	m-u	bűɫ-am	né.da	lı̋þr-am	m̃e̋ṡ-a	fűɫ-u	e=sĭ~sa̋a̋r-a
yet	if	2p-N	what-A.s=EP	1s-N	mercy-A.s	not.and	sacrifice-A.s	want-IND	mean-SUP	PST=PRF~know-IND

toáli	neánu	vŭ=műn-un	os-ı̋d̨-a
then	never	PRV=fault-A.p	guilt-TRZ-IND

• 8 . Then he said to them: "The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath.
• and he.said to.them the sabbath because.of the human became not the human because.of the sabbath
• da eȝúm o e-te̋e̋a: ṡaba̋ta tal̨onűm ha e-ı̋la. tal̨őnu ṡabata̋s ha ne:

da	eȝ-úm	o	e=te̋e̋-a	ṡaba̋t-a	tal̨on-űm	ha	e=ı̋l-a	tal̨őn-u	ṡabat-a̋s	ha	ne
and	3-G.p	to	PST=say-IND	Sabbath-N.s	human-G.p	because.of	PST=become-IND	human-N.s	Sabbath-G.s	because.of	not

• 9. That is why the Son of Man is lord even of the sabbath."
• so.that Lord is the son of.the human and of.the sabbath
• sááru ande̋ru tal̨onűsk̬e ṡabata̋sk̬e pőiku e̋sa⁝

sááru	ande̋r-u	tal̨on-űs=k̬e	ṡabat-a̋s=k̬e	pőik-u	e̋s-a
therefore	Lord-N.s	human-G.s=and	Sabbath-G.s=and	son-N.s	be-IND