The Gospel of Luke 9:4
NJV. Whatever house you enter, stay there; and when you leave let your departure be from there.
Haida. ’waagyaan naay aa dalaŋ ists’aasdluu, na’aaŋ Gaa ’isgyaan dasd kaa’aŋ.
when you enter a house = ’waagyaan naay aa dalaŋ isdaasdluu
’waagyaan = and
naay = house
aa = into
dalaŋ = (all of) you
ists’aasdluu = when enter
This became, purely by happenstance, the same as Keen’s sentence with modern spellings.
ists’aasluu has three components:
1. ists’aa = enter
2. -s = (it is that someone does)
3. -dluu = when/if.
The Relative Present Suffix –s indicates that something is happening while other things are happening.
remain there, and then go forth = na’aaŋ Gaa ’isgyaan dasd kaa’aŋ
na’aaŋ = dwell
Gaa = there
’isgyaan = and
dasd = from there
kaa’aŋ = depart
This section, on the other hand, is quite different.
Properly speaking, na’aaŋ should come after Gaa, but I put it before so that it rhymes with the last word in the verse.
kaa’aŋ has two components
1. kaa = walk.
2. -’aŋ = do later.
The Non-Immediate Imperative Suffix –’aŋ indicates something to be done a little bit later.
In addition, Haida has two words that live/dwell/reside. They are.
1. naa
2. na’aaŋ
The difference between these two is that na’aaŋ is Plural. This means that it can never refer to a single person all by him-/herself.
KJV. And whatsoever house ye enter into, there abide, and thence depart.
Haida. ’waagyaan naay aa dalaŋ ists’aasdluu, na’aaŋ Gaa ’isgyaan dasd kaa’aŋ.
Haida (Keen) Waigien nuh ai dalung isdsasdlu lth, sta dalung istīidai keu ā nā-ung-wong.
One thing it behoves me to mention is that I missed out the Plural Imperative Suffixes. I did this for poetical reasons – currently the second half of the verse consists of five words, with three having 2 syllables and two having just 1, one after the other.
Furthermore, we have the asymmetry of the 2-syllabled words.
na’aaŋ and ’isgyaan consist of a short vowel followed by a long one.
kaa’aŋ, on the other hand, consists of a long vowel followed by a short one. This is fitting because it ends the sentence.
There is also the fact that we have the long /aa/ appear thrice in a row. This is like a runway, and then you have the short dasd, which will trip you up if you’re not careful.
When you commit to follow Christ, Christ will, in due time, give you a test that really puts you to the test. Many will trip up at this hurdle, some will stop there, while the True Faithful will pick themselves up and keep going.