Si Anansi at ang Dunong |Anansi|||Wisdom Anansi und die Weisen Anansi and the Wise 아난시와 현자

Noong unang panahon, walang alam ang mga tao. |first|time||knowledge||| In ancient times, people knew nothing. Hindi sila marunong magtanim, humabi at gumawa ng kasangkapan. ||know how|plant crops|weave||||tools They do not know how to plant, weave and make tools. Lahat ng karunungan ay tinago ng diyos na si Nyame sa isang palayok sa langit. all||wisdom||hidden||god|||Nyame|||clay pot|| All wisdom was hidden by the god Nyame in a pot in the sky.

Isang araw, naisipan ni Nyame na ibigay ang palayok ng karunungan kay Anansi. ||thought of||||give||pot||wisdom|| One day, Nyame thought of giving the pot of wisdom to Anansi. Tuwing tumitingin si Anansi sa loob ng palayok, may natututunan siyang bago! whenever|looking||||inside||pot|||| Every time Anansi looks inside the pot, he learns something new! Tuwang tuwa si Anansi. joy|happy|| Anansi was very happy.

Dahil madamot si Anansi, naisip niya, “Itatago ko ang palayok sa tuktok ng mataas na puno para sa akin lang ang lahat ng kaalaman!” Tinali niya ang palayok sa kanyang tiyan at nagsimulang umakyat sa puno. Because|selfish|||thought||hide|I||pot||top||tall||tree||||only||all||knowledge|Tied|||||his|belly||began|climbing||tree Because Anansi was angry, he thought, "I will hide the pot at the top of a tall tree for all the knowledge!" He tied the pot to his stomach and started climbing the tree. Pero nahirapan siya dahil tumatama ang palayok sa kanyang tuhod. |had difficulty|||hitting||||his|knee But he had a hard time because the pot was hitting his knee.

Nakatingin lang pala sa kanya ang kanyang batang anak sa baba ng puno. Looking at him||only||him|||young|||bottom||tree It turned out that his young son was just looking at him under the tree. “Mas maganda po siguro kung nakatali sa likod ang palayok,” sabi nito. |||||tied||back||pot||he "Maybe it would be better if the pot was tied to the back," he said. Tinali ni Anansi ang palayok sa kanyang likod at madali nga siyang nakaakyat. cut||||pot|||back||easily|||was able to climb Anansi tied the pot to his back and was able to climb up easily.

Nang marating niya ang tuktok ng puno, bigla siyang natigilan. when|reached|||top||tree|suddenly||froze When he reached the top of the tree, he suddenly stopped. “Alam ko dapat lahat pero bakit mas matalino pa sa akin ang anak ko?” Nagalit si Anansi kaya hinagis niya ang palayok pababa. I know||should|everything||||smart|||||||got angry|||so|threw down||||down "I know everything should be but why is my son smarter than me?" Anansi was so angry that he threw the pot down.

Nabasag ang palayok at kumalat ang mga piraso sa lupa. Broke||clay pot||scattered|||pieces||ground The pot broke and pieces scattered on the ground. Kumalat din ang karunungan at nabigyan ang lahat. spread|||wisdom||was given||everyone Wisdom also spread and everyone was given. Ganito nalaman ng tao kung paano magsaka ng bukid, humabi ng tela, gumawa ng kasangkapan at marami pang ibang bagay na alam ng tao ngayon. this|found out||||how|farm the land||field|weaving||cloth|||furniture|||more||||is known||| This is how people learned how to farm, weave cloth, make tools and many other things that people know today.