Pitjantjatjara, often pronounced Pitjantjara, (emphasis on the first syllable) is one of the Western Desert family of languages found in Central and Western Australia. Speakers of the closely related language, Yankunytjatjara, will also be able to understand this Bible. It was originally spoken in the North West Corner of South Australia spilling over into Western Australia and the Northern Territory although, of course, then, there were no state borders. Today it is still widely spoken in that area particularly in what is now called the Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands in South Australia. Uluṟu and Kata Tjuṯa are important sites of the Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara people. The 2010 census puts the number of speakers at 2,363 but it also admits that figure is too low. The figure is more likely to be between 3,000 and 4,000. Translation of the Pitjantjatjara New Testament began in the early 1940s not long after the commencement of the Presbyterian Mission at Ernabella. The Gospel of Mark was completed at the end of 1945 and was finally published by the British and Foreign Bible Society in 1949. Work continued over the next 20 years resulting in the publication of a shorter New Testament in 1969 containing Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts, Ephesians, James and 1 John published by the same society, now renamed Bible Society in Australia. There was a period, then, of about 10 years in which no more translation was completed. In 1978, at the initiation of a local interest group in Ernabella, translation recommenced with portions of the Old Testament with the support of Bible Society Australia, Wycliffe Bible Translators, the Uniting Church in Australia and the Lutheran Church of Australia. This Pitjantjatjara Bible Translation Project became an incorporated association in 1981 and for the next 20 years, many Pitjantjatjara translators worked together with Wycliffe amp Bible Society translation advisors and consultants to complete a new translation of the New Testament and about 15% of the Old Testament. This volume was first published by the Bible Society in 2002. Reprints were done in 2007 (including some revisions), 2009, and 2014. In 2011 a new project to translate the rest of the Old Testament was initiated by a new generation of Pitjantjatjara translators –daughters and sons of the translators of the New Testament. There are currently over 20 translators working on various books of the Old Testament. The first book to be published in this new era was Daniel in 2015. In 2017-18 members of the Pitjantjatjara Bible Translation Project partnered with Bible Society Australia and Faith Comes by Hearing to do a dramatized multi-voice recording of the Pitjantjatjara New Testament. In the process a number of revisions were made and this edition reflects those changes.

Bible text: Pitjantjatjara © Bible Society Australia 2002, 2007, 2018 www.biblesociety.org.au Recording of the Bible ℗ Hosanna, 2018

Tjukurpa Palya

Munu Jesulu tjukurpa aṟa kutjupatjara tjanala wangkangi paluṟu tjana kuliṟa rawangku Godala tjapintjaku pakuringkunytja wiyangku. Alatji paluṟu wangkangu, “Tawunu kutjupangka wati mayatja kutjupa nyinangi ngurkantankupai. Munu nyara paluṟu Godaku munu aṉangu tjuṯaku kuḻu nguḻuringkupai wiya tjana palunya kuranmankunytjaku. Ka tawunu nyara kutju palulaṯu minyma wanakaḻa nyinangi, ka aṉangu kutjupangku palumpa kutjupa kutjupa kutitjuṟa kanyiningi. Ka minyma paluṟu rawa pitjapai wati panya ngurkantankupailakutu munu palula wangkapai, ‘Wanyuṉi alpamilala, munu aṉangu panya palunya wangka ngayunya maḻakungku ungkunytjaku!’
“Ka wati paluṟu rawangku alpamilantja wiyangku wantingi, munu rawa mulatu kuliṟa wantinytjatjanungku paluṟu ngula kulinu kutjungku alatji, ‘Ngayulu Godaku nguḻuringkupai wiya, munuṉa aṉangu tjuṯangku wangkanytja kuḻu kuliṟa wantipai. Palu minyma nyanga wanakaḻangkuṉi rawangku ngayunya pitjala tjapilpai. Kaṉa palya palunya kuwari alpamilalku panya ngayulu wantinyangkampa tjinguṟu paluṟu rawa alatjiṯu ngayulakutu pitjama munuṉi rawangkuṯu uuḻinama munuṉi pakunma.’ Alatji wati panya ngurkantankupaingku kuliningi.”
Munu palulanguṟu Jesulu tjanala wangkangu, “Wati panya palunyaya kulinma! Panya paluṟu minyma palunya rawangku wantingi mapalkungku alpamilantja wiyangku. Munu palulanguṟu nyaa wangkangu? Ka Godanya wanyu palu puṟunypa nyinanyi? Panya Godaku walytja tjuṯangku palula rawangku ulara tjapilpai mungangka kaḻaḻa kuḻu paluṟu tjananya alpamilantjaku. Ka paluṟu wanyu tjananya kuliṟa wantipai rawangku alpamilantja wiyangku? Wiya, Godalu palunya tjananya kuliṟa mapalkungku alatjiṯu alpamilalpai palumpa aṉangu tjuṯa. Ka ngula ngayulu Watiku Katjangku maḻaku pitjala aṉangu tjuṯa yaaltji-yaaltji nyinanyangka nyakuku mantangka nyanga? Wanyu ngayulu aṉangu tjuṯa ngayuku mulamularingkunytjatjanu rapa mulapa nyinanyangka nyakuku?”

Munu Jesulu piṟuku tjanala tjukurpa aṟa kutjupatjara tjakultjunangi, panya aṉangu kutjupa tjuṯangkuyanku walytjangku mirawaṉira palyanmankupai munuya kutjupa tjuṯa kuranmankupai. Ka Jesulu tjukurpa nyangatja tjanala wangkangu alatji, “Tjiṉṯu kutjupa wati kutjara anu timpulakutu Godala tjapintjikitja, kutju Paṟatji, ka kutjupa kamantaku mani mantjilpai. Ka wati panya Paṟatji paṯu ngaṟangi, wati panya mani mantjilpaingka ila wiya, munu paluṟu Godala kaṉany-kaṉanytju maṟa katuringkula tjapiṟa alatji wangkangu,
‘Mama God, ngayulu nyuntumpa pukuḻarinyi nyuntu ngayunya wiṟuṟa kanyinnyangka, panya ngayulu manyu wiya aṉangu nyanga kutjupa tjuṯa puṟunypa wiya. Munuṉa wati kutjupa tjuṯa puṟunytju kutitjuṟa ngunti kuralpai wiya, munuṉa kuri walytjatjarangka kutju ngaripai kampangkaṯu ngarinytja wiya. Munuṉa nyuntumpa pukuḻarinyi, panya nyuntu ngayunya tjukaṟuru nyinanytjaku palyaṉu wati nyanga mani mantjilpai puṟunypa wiya. Panya ngayulu tjiṉṯu maṉkurpa mai kuka kuḻu ngalkupai munuṉa tjiṉṯu kutjupa wantipai mai kuka kuḻu ngalkuntja wiyangku. Munu panyaṉa waṟkarinytjatjanungku mani mantjiṟa tjukutjuku tjaraṟa nyuntunya rawangku ungkupai Moselu wangkanytjitjangka.’
Ka wati panya mani mantjilpaingku kuṉṯaringkula paṯunguṟu ngaṟala paluṟunku kurunpa tjituṟu-tjituṟurira maṟa piḻpirta tjunkula wangkangu,
‘God, ngaḻṯuriwatju panya ngayulu kura rawangku palyaningi.’
Alatji paluṟu piiwiyaringkula Godala tjapinu.”
Munu palulanguṟu Jesulu tjanala wangkangu, “Wati panya kutjara tjapiṟa wiyaringkula ngurakutu anu. Palu Godalu wati kutju palyanmanu palumpa pukuḻarira wati panya mani mantjilpainya, munu wati panya Paṟatjiku pukuḻarinytja wiya alatjiṯu. Ka tjukurpa nyanga palulanguṟu nyura uti kulinma walytjangku mirawaṉinytja wiyangku wantinytjikitjangku. Panya aṉangungku walytjangku mirawaṉinyangkampa Godalu palunya tjukutjukulku. Palu tjinguṟu paluṟu walytjangku tjukutjukunmankunyangkampa Godalu palunya mirawaṉira puḻkanmankuku kutjupa tjuṯangka waintaṟa.”


Kaya aṉangu kutjupa tjuṯangku tjitji tjukutjuku tjuṯa Jesulakutu ngalya-katingi maṟa tjunkula wangkara pukuḻmanytjaku. Kaya palumpa nintintja tjuṯangku katinyangka nyakula tjananya painingi. Palu Jesulu tjitji panya tjukutjuku tjuṯa aḻṯingu palulakutu pitjanytjaku, munu wangkangu palumpa nintintja tjuṯangka, “Tjitji tjukutjuku tjuṯa ngayulakutu pitjanyangka nyakulaya paintja wiyangku wantima! Panya aṉangu tjuṯa tjitji nyanga tjukutjuku tjuṯa puṟunypa nyinanyangkampa Godalu tjananya mayatja puḻkangku walytjanmaṟa kanyilku. Kaṉa tjukaṟurungku nyurala wangkanyi, panya nyura tjitji nyanga puṟunytju Godanya wangaṉarangku kulinnyangka kutju Godalu nyuranya mayatjangku walytjanmaṟa tiṯutjarangku kanyilku. Palu nyura wantinyangka paluṟu nyuranya wantiku.”


Ka wati waḻi inmatjaku mayatjangku palula tjapinu, “Nintilpai, nyuntun wiṟu mulapa! Wanyuṉi tjakultjura, nyaalkuṉa Godala tjunguringkula wanka tiṯutjara nyinanytjikitjangku?” Ka Jesulu palula wangkangu, “Nyaakuṉin wiṟunmananyi? Kutjupa wiṟu mulapa nyinanytja wiya, Godanya kutju wiṟu mulapa. Palu nyuntu panya ninti Godalu wituntjitja tjuṯaku. Panya paluṟu alatji wangkangu kuri walytjatjarangka ngarinytja wiyangku wantima, miṟi pungkuwiyangku wantima, walytjatjara kutitjunkuwiyangku wantima, aṉangu kutjupa ngunti ngukaṟa wangkawiyangku wantima, munu ngunytjungka mamangka wangaṉarangku kulinma.”
Ka wati paluṟu wangkangu, “Uwa ngayulu tjitjingkulpi tjukurpa nyanga palunya tjananya uwankara wangaṉarangku kuliningi.”
Ka alatji wangkanyangka Jesulu kulinu munu palula wangkangu, “Palu nyuntu kutjuku watarkuringu, nyuntu panya kanyintja uwankaraku. Uti nyuntu palunya tjananya manikitjangku tjalamilanma munu mani mantjiṟa ngaḻṯutjara tjuṯa para-ungama munuṉi palulanguṟu pitjala ngayunyalta waṉanma. Munun nyuntu nyara palulanguṟu ngula ilkaṟingka wiṟu mulapalta mantjilku.”
Palu wati paluṟu alatji wangkanyangka kuliṟa puḻkaṟa tjituṟu-tjituṟuringu, panya paluṟu mani ulytja kutjupa kutjupa puḻkatjara alatjiṯu nyinangi, munu palunya tjananya walytjangku kanyintjikitja mukuringangi.
Ka Jesulu palunya tjituṟu-tjituṟurinyangka nyangu munu palulanguṟu wangkangu, “Nyangatja wituwitu mulapa ngaṟanyi aṉangu mani munu ulytja puḻkatjara tjuṯaku, panya tjana mani ulytja kuḻu puḻkaṟa kuliṟa puṯu Godaku walytjaringanyi paluṟu tjananya mayatjangku kanyintjaku. Kulilaya! Panya nyiilangka aḻa utju mulapa ngaṟanyi. Ka aḻa pala palulawanu wanyu kamula tjarpapai? Wiya alatjiṯu. Ka palu puṟunypaṯu aṉangu mani ulytja puḻkatjara tjuṯa puṯu Godaku walytjaringanyi paluṟu tjananya mayatjangku kanyintjaku.”
Kaya aṉangu tjuṯangku nyanganpa kulinu munuya puṯu kuliṟa palula tjapinu, “Palu Godalu aṉangu mani puḻkatjara tjuṯa wantirampa tjinguṟu aṉangu kutjupa uwankara kuḻu ngura kurakutu iyalku wankaṟunkunytja wiyangku.”
Ka Jesulu piṟuku wangkangu tjanala, “Uwa, aṉangu puṯu walytja wankaringanyi, palu Godalu kutjungku wankalpai.”
Ka Peterlu wangkangu, “Kulila, panya nganaṉa kutjupa kutjupa uwankara wantikatingu nyuntunya waṉantjikitjangku.”
Ka Jesulu tjanala wangkangu, “Uwa mulapa. Kaṉa nyurala tjukaṟurungku wangkanyi, panya nyura tjinguṟu nyurampa ngura, munu kuri, kuṯa, kangkuṟu tjuṯa, ngunytju, mama munu tjitji tjuṯa kuḻu wantikatingu Godalu nyuranya munu aṉangu kutjupa tjuṯa kuḻu walytjanmaṟa mayatjangku kanyintjaku. Ka nyara palulanguṟu Godalu watarkuriwiyangku nyuranya waintaṟa ungkuku walytja tjuṯa mulapalta manta nyanga palula nyinanyangka, ka ngula nyura ilunytjatjanu wankaringkula pakaṟa wanka tiṯutjara nyinaku Godala tjungu pukuḻpa mulapa.”


Munu palulanguṟu Jesulu wati panya palumpa nintintja 12 mauṉṯalpa katingu munu tjanala wangkangu, “Kulilaya! Kuwarila Jerusalemalakutu ananyi. Ka uwankara panya wangkatjara tjuṯangku iriti Watiku Katjatjara walkatjunkunytja utiringkuku. Panya ngayuku mirpaṉtju tjuṯangkuṉiya witiṟa wati Jew wiya tjuṯa ungkuku, kaṉiya ngayunya anaṟa kuraṟa pungkuku munuṉiya wiṯalytjunkuku. Munuṉiya wiipangka kuḻu puḻkaṟa alkalku munuya palulanguṟu ngayunya iluntankuku. Palu ngayulu ilunytjatjanu tjiṉṯu kutjara wiyaringkula wankaringkula pakalku. Alatji panya nyiringka iriti walkatjunkunytja utiringkuku.”
Palu palumpa nintintja tjuṯangkuya puṯu nguwanpa kuliningi paluṟu ngula pikatjararingkunytja wangkanyangka, panya mulapa Godalu tjukurpa nyanga palunya kumpilpa kanyiningi tjanala utintja wiyangku tjana nintiringkula uti kulintjaku-tawara.


Ka Jesunya tjana waṯalpi Jerichola wirkanu, ka ngura nyara palula wati kuṟu pati nyinangi iwarangka itingka, munu paluṟu maniku nyinara ngatjilpai. Munu paluṟu kulinu aṉangu tjuṯa mulapa kinkinpa winki itiwanu wati-pitjanyangka munu tjapinu tjanala, “Nyaaringanyi nyanganpa?”
Kaya palula wangkangu, “Wiya, Jesunya wati-pitjanyi panya Nazarethanya nguraṟa.”
Ka wati panya kuṟutjarangku nyangatja kuliṟa Jesula mirara wangkangu, “Jesu! Davidakun katja! Ngaḻṯuriwatju!”
Kaya aṉangu tjuṯangku Jesula tjungu ankunytjatjanungku palunya kulinu paluṟu Jesula wangkanyangka munuya palunya painu pilunarira wangkawiya nyinanytjaku. Palu paluṟu piṟukuṯu puḻkaṟa mirara tjapiningi alatji wangkara, “Davidakun katja! Ngaḻṯuriwatju!”
Ka Jesulu miranyangka kuliṟa ngaṟakatingu munu wangkangu wati palunya ngalya-katinytjaku. Munu palunya tjapinu, “Palu ngayulu nyaa palyantjakun nyuntu mukuringanyi?”
Ka paluṟu wangkangu, “Mayatja, ngayulu nyakunytjikitja mukuringanyi.”
Ka Jesulu wangkangu palula, “Kuṟu aḻaringkula nyawa! Panya nyuntun mulapa ngayuku mulamularingkula kuwari kuṟu aḻaringu.” Ka mulapaṯu paluṟu mapalku kuṟu aḻaringkula nyangangi, munu puḻkaṟa pukuḻarira Jesunya waṉaṟa Godanya waḻkuningi. Kaya aṉangu tjuṯangku palunya nyakula urulyaraningi, munuya tjana kuḻu pukuḻarira Godanya waḻkuningi.

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