svv33_04

_ Of which surname did people live here, in Chukuli?

_ ameču mä gûäriš xälx izga, čuḳuls?

_ In Chukuli, in this region, we were all the Gulbanis.

_ čuḳūls, al ḳutxisa, gulbānar xûārdad mag.

There are Onians, mostly, but they are different communities.

arix ûonyānar, xoša naġald, mara mērme-mērme tem lix.

There are the Lobjanidzes.

lobžaniʒēl arix.

There were the Tchelidzes.

č̣eliʒēl ārdax.

There were the Parjians.

parǯyānal ārdax.

There were THe Jintcharadzes and the village the is of theGelovanis.

ǯinč̣araʒēl ārdax i sopel gelûānareš li.

From the ancient times the village is of the Gelovanis.

txumxen ləbne sopel li gelûānareš.

We came from Upper Svaneti.

nay žibe šûanxen naqed xûid.

They didn't kill anyone, our ancestors there, and not anything,

de nadgaryēl lix alyār, gušgûe xošēl eče, de dēsama,

but when they came here, and we hadn't that, that, e, a chief, a chief, never, people of our surname,

mara čûēr emqed amxēnču i eǯi nay dēsa gûaq̇ēna, eǯié, maxûši, baṭon, demčiks gušgûey gûarišāls,

we came here so.

eyži xûid ka meqde amxēnču.

It would be about four hundred years, that we are here.

nay gûēri daaxloebit amečūnen ešxu ûōštxûašir zay.

We are hundred and twenty families coming from one man.

ešxu marāxenka xûid aširiyerûešd mezge.

We are left three families here.

amečūnen semi mezgōl cûird.

They are gone...

ka mečde li...

Mostly they are in Guria.

xoša naġald arix gurias.

They are many in Tbilisi also, in Kutaisi also, in Sakulia also???

tbilisi masard arix, kutāši, saq̇uliāsi, ču mepxže.

It was the second village in the region, in our region, the greatest was Sasashi and the second was Chukuli

sopel las mērûe rayonisa, gušgûe rayonisa, mteld xoša las sasāš i mērme las čuḳūl.

There were hundred and eighteen families in Chukuli.

čuḳūl las aširiyešdara mezge.

Today there is left at about thirty, these too we are left so,

ladi cûir semešdtēži, eǯiy eǯḳalibd cûird,

that today will the landslip take us or tomorrow, nobody knows.

ere ladi ogyes mec̣q̇ēr a məxār, dās xoxal.

They are destroyed, these mountains aren't good, we are in such situation today.

čûaxûar, mā xaq̇a ale laxûārs, amḳali mdgomareobāysa xûarid ladi.

_ Now, what can you say about this, is a church is left and all the houses are destroyed here?

_ atxe amġa imem likûis ǯämedaya, laqûmi čûasad i korär mäg čûaxûarx ameču?

_ Glory to the God, perhaps, something exists.

_ dideb otqad, ču məres esāma ari.

Something exists.

raġac arsebobs.

That there it is, the Upper church, this has a strong foundation.

eǯi er li, žibe saq̇dar, ləge, alyār eǯḳalib pundamenṭ lix čaq̇ril.

It is roofed by me, my boys and I have roofed.

eǯi mišgûi nālšg li, mi i mišgûa bopšard otə̄nšged.

It is closed up by stone from one side.

eǯis ešxûen ži ləṭīx li bēčšû.

Before they put on it this, well, lime, it is called spondio, before they put on,

ûod ales xagmūnaxá, ḳirs, sbōndiḳ xayžxa ales, ales ûod xagmūnax,

it is closed up in two metres at least and nothing is put on it.

ži ləṭīx li eǯi yeru meṭraži eši i dēsama xāg eys.

"Mulsherla" is called a stone, that we make a mill, e, a millstone, e, everything is built of that stone,

məlšērla xayžxa bečs, legûerīls er lasq̇idé, šīrasé, ey bečšû li mag ləge,

i.e., they had built it so, that it would have been for a long time.

ese igi, eǯi eyži xuûax ləge, ere xûay xans er ləmardēlan ale.

For a long time, glory to the God, and today it is thousand and two hundred years old, after this also I don't know how would it be,

xûay xans, dideb otqad, ladi ču li atasiyeruašir ləzay, amanġōni mām mixal imžûāyġen iri,

let it be for a long time!

agriy xûāy xansu ari!

_ Amen!

_ amin!

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