Banmaw Tin Aung (2)

This post contains the second page (p.62 in the volume I have) of the short story "Saw Khin and his livelihood" by Banmaw Tin Aung.

Vocabulary:

မှိုင်းမ ။ give succour; aid
လှည်း ။ cart
သက်သေခံ ။ bear witness in court
အမှု ။ deed; act; matter; affair; business; problem
တည်တံ့ ။ be steadfast; be stable; endure; continue to exist
စည်ပင် ။ prosper; be in a prosperous state
လွှဲ ။ to avoid; turn away
မြားမြောင် ။ innumerable; untold; countless
ဆံ ။ hair
ယင်း ။ it; that
တင်ဆောင် ။ carry or transport things (on a vehicle)
ခါး ။ waist
ကိုင်းညွတ် ။ to bend; droop; bow
သဖွယ် ။ particle suffixed to a noun to denote similitude (equivalent in usage to adverbs 'as', 'like')
ထမ်းပိုး ။ carry with shoulder-yoke; carry on one's back
သယ်ဆောင် ။ to carry

Translation:

People who do not work will have nowhere at all to get help for [shelter and clothing]. If they are people who do not start to help themselves, then is it not the case that good and noble spirits will not be able to help them? Due to observing the story of the cart driver and the water spirit, people in this world must carry out with effort work responsibilities related to food, clothing and shelter in order to live [their] lives.

While doing that, peoples' duties are not finished [even] when the die. Amongst people in the world, the deed to have continued prosperity for their family is a duty that must be done and cannot be avoided. People do not have the power to be able to flee to a place where that responsibility can be avoided. As that matter is a matter of immeasurable suffering, the many kinds of people who flee in fear come back in a roundabout way. Furthermore, [as they gradually come around to accepting their lot] they can bear without exhaustion their burdens which they can in no way brush off their burden from on their shoulders. After [reaching the age of] white hair and broken teeth with grandchild and young sons and daughters, they can still have unlimited happiness. People carrying those two duties on their shoulder have the habit of carrying [these burdens] on their backs until the time when they are bent over as though holding weights on their waists.