Sunday, June 30, 2002 :::
 

MrKlingon's Translation of the Ten Commandments,
from Exodus 20

notes:  I did this after a request
for "the Ten Commandments in Klingon".  Rather than do the whole of
chapter 20, I pulled the commandments text out, in the Lutheran/Catholic
traditional numberings.  I've tried to give a pronunciation guide as
well;  the frequent "-uh" sound is my rendition of the glottal stop
of the "  '  "sound.  The literal rendering of each
passage comes from the parsing done by my online Klingon dictionary, which
you can find here: http://www.mrklingon.org/uta/GALDict.html

World English Bible	tlhIngan Hol Translation
You shall have no other gods before me.	Qunpu' lo'taHmo' jIH yItamQo' gods due-to-useing me substitute-don't! kkhoon-pooh-uh low-uh-tock-moe-uh yih-tahm-kkho-uh Qunpu': (pl) / god, supernatural being (n) lo'taHmo': because of/ on-going/ use (v) jIH: I, me (pronoun) yItamQo': you(imp:sg/pl) don't!/ exchange, substitute (v) (no.object)/him/her/it
You shall not take the name of Yahweh your God in vain.	nepmo' joH'a' pong yIlo'Qo' in-order-to-lie God's name don't-you-use-it! nehp-ho-uh joke-uh-ah-uh pong yih-low-uh-KKHoe-uh nepmo': because of/ lie, fib (v) joH'a': God (n) pong: name (n) yIlo'Qo': you(imp:sg/pl) don't!/ use (v) (no.object)/him/her/it
Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.	joH'a' jaj yIquvmoH. jajvam le'qu' 'e' HochvaD yIja' God's day you-cause-to-honor. This-day very-special-is that to-everyone you-tell joke-uh-ah-uh jahj yihqoovmoke. jahj-vahm leh-uh-qoo-uh uh-eh-uh kkhoch-vahd yih-jah-uh joH'a': God (n) jaj: day (n) yIquvmoH: you(imp:sg/pl) cause to/ be honored (v) (no.object)/him/her/it jajvam: this / day (n) le'qu': really/ be special, exceptional (v) 'e': that (pronoun) HochvaD: for / everyone, all, everything (n) yIja': you(imp:sg/pl) tell, report (v) (no.object)/him/her/it
Honor your father and your mother	SoSlI' vavlI' je yIquvmoH your-mother your-father and you-honor-them showsh-lih-uh vah-lih-uh jeh yih-koov-moke SoSlI': your / mother (n) vavlI': your / father (n) je: and, also (conj) yIquvmoH: you(imp:sg/pl) honor (v) (no.object)/him/her/it
You shall not murder.	yIchotQo' yih-choet-kkho-uh yIchotQo': you(imp:sg/pl) don't!/ murder (v) (no.object)/him/her/it
You shall not steal.	yInIHQo' yih-nikkh-kkho-uh yInIHQo': you(imp:sg/pl) don't!/ steal (v) (no.object)/him/her/it
You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.	jIllI'mo' yInepQo' jihl-lih-uh-mo-uh yihnepkkho-uh jIllI'mo': due to / your / neighbor (n) yInepQo': you(imp:sg/pl) don't!/ lie, fib (v) (no.object)/him/her/it
You shall not covet your neighbor's house.	jIllI' juHmo' yIghalQo' jihl-lih-uh jukemoe-uh yIggrhahlkkho-uh jIllI': your / neighbor (n) juHmo': due to / home (n) yIghalQo': you(imp:sg/pl) don't!/ be jealous (of), envy (v) (no.object)/him/her/it
You shall not covet ...anything that is your neighbor's.	jIllI' vay'mo' yIghalQo' jihl-lih-uh vie-uh-moe-uh yIggrhahlkkho-uh jIllI': your / neighbor (n) vay'mo': due to / somebody, something, anybody, anything (n) yIghalQo': you(imp:sg/pl) don't!/ be jealous (of), envy (v) (no.object)/him/her/it

::: posted by Joel at 6:55 PM