The Legend Of Lake Toba

Once upon a time, there was a man living around the ravine of Pusuk Buhit, the known mystical mountain close to Lake Toba. Nobody knew when he arrived there or where he came from. He lived in a small temporary hut in a farming area by the river surrounded by an oval-shaped hill. He was a fisherman. He also owned a field. Once he found a big fish in his woven rattan fish trap. It was the beginning of his life’s changing. Never had he caught such big fish before that he was so surprised. The fish was an extraordinary one. The man took the fish into his hut and walked outside his hut thinking about the way how to cook the very big fish.

After a little while, he got into his hut. He startled to death because the fish had disappeared and he found another creature, a beautiful human. The fish had turned into a beautiful lady and its scales changed to be beautiful jeweled ornaments fitted in her body dressed so elegantly. She was like a princess.

In an instant, the man fell in love with the princess. He proposed her saying “Will you be my wife?” She nodded obediently and respectfully. The princess agreed to his proposal in one condition that he would never tell anyone that she had been a fish. The man happily approved her condition.

They were very happy and raised their only daughter. The man worked in their field and his wife always asked their daughter to bring her father’s meal into the field. One day, the daughter was sent to bring her father’s meal. On the way to the field, the little girl felt very hungry that she ate up his father’s lunch. Knowing that the little girl had finished his lunch, the father went mad. He shouted angrily ‘you’re really the offspring of fish.’

The man’s wife soon knew that his husband had broken his promise that he would never say that words. She knew it from her daughter who ran home crying ‘mother, why does father say I’m the offspring of fish?’ Her mother was very sad and disappointed. Giving no answer she brought her daughter up to the hill telling her that there’d be a huge disaster.

On the hill, the girl’s mother knelt down and prayed to her God. Soon, there was an earthquake, storms, and springs came out from the ground. The entire place was flooded and water was everywhere that her daughter, husband and she drowned. The woman turned into a fish again and her husband turned into a stone. The story told that their daughter wandered everywhere. The place where they lived turned into Lake Toba with Samosir Island in its centre.

TERJEMAHAN :

Suatu hari, ada seorang pria yang tinggal di sekitar jurang Pusuk Buhit, gunung dekat dikenal mistis ke Danau Toba. Tak ada yang tahu ketika ia tiba di sana atau dari mana ia berasal. Dia tinggal di sebuah gubuk sementara kecil di daerah pertanian di tepi sungai yang dikelilingi oleh bukit berbentuk oval. Dia adalah seorang nelayan. Ia juga memiliki sebuah lapangan. Begitu ia menemukan sebuah ikan besar di perangkap ikan anyaman rotannya. Ini adalah awal dari perubahan hidupnya. Belum pernah ia menangkap ikan besar seperti sebelumnya dan dia sangat terkejut. Ikan itu salah satu yang luar biasa. Pria itu membawa ikan itu ke dalam gubuk dan berjalan di luar gubuknya berpikir tentang cara bagaimana memasak ikan yang sangat besar.

Setelah beberapa saat, dia masuk ke pondoknya. Dia terkejut sampai mati karena ikan itu menghilang dan ia menemukan makhluk hidup lain, manusia yang indah. Ikan itu berubah menjadi wanita cantik dan skala yang berubah menjadi ornamen hiasan yang indah dipasang di tubuhnya berpakaian begitu elegan. Dia seperti seorang putri.

Dalam sekejap, pria itu jatuh cinta dengan sang putri. Ia mengusulkan dia berkata "Maukah kau menjadi istriku?" Dia mengangguk patuh dan hormat. Sang putri menyetujui usulan dalam satu syarat bahwa ia tidak akan pernah memberitahu siapa pun bahwa ia adalah ikan. Pria itu dengan gembira menyetujui syaratnya.

Mereka sangat bahagia dan menghasilkan putri tunggal mereka. Orang bekerja di ladang mereka dan istrinya selalu meminta anak perempuan mereka untuk membawa makanan ayahnya ke lapangan. Suatu hari, putri itu dikirim untuk membawa makanan ayahnya. Dalam perjalanan ke lapangan, gadis kecil itu merasa sangat lapar sehingga ia memakan makan siang ayahnya. Mengetahui bahwa gadis kecil itu selesai makan siang, sang ayah menjadi marah. Dia berteriak marah 'Anda benar-benar keturunan ikan'.

Istri pria itu segera tahu bahwa suaminya telah melanggar janjinya bahwa dia tidak akan pernah mengatakan kata-kata itu. Dia tahu itu dari putrinya yang berlari pulang menangis 'Ibu, mengapa ayah mengatakan bahwa saya keturunan ikan? "Ibunya sangat sedih dan kecewa. Memberikan jawaban ia membawa putrinya ke bukit mengatakan bahwa akan ada bencana besar.

Pada bukit, ibu gadis itu berlutut dan berdoa kepada Tuhan nya. Tak lama kemudian, terjadi gempa bumi, badai, dan mata air keluar dari tanah. Seluruh tempat itu banjir dan air di mana-mana sehingga putrinya, suami dan ia tenggelam. Wanita itu berubah menjadi ikan lagi dan suaminya berubah menjadi batu. Cerita diberitahu bahwa putri mereka mengembara di mana-mana. Tempat di mana mereka tinggal berubah menjadi Danau Toba dengan Pulau Samosir di tengahnya.