Babel

The Tower of Babel (Genesis 11: 1-9)

Kekchi

  1. Saß eb li cutan aßan jun ajcuiß li râtinobâleb li cristian saß ruchichßochß.
  2. Li cristian queßcôeb chi cuânc saß li naßajej li cuan bar na-el cuiß chak li sakße. Queßxtau jun chßochß helho ru. Li chßochß aßan cuan xcuênt Sinar. Ut aran queßcana.
  3. Ut queßxye chi ribileb rib: —Takayîb li xan ut takacßat chi us, chanqueb. Ut li xan quicßanjelac chokß rêkaj li pec. Ut li quicßanjelac re xletzbal li xan, aßan li na-el saß chßochß asfalto xcßabaß.
  4. Queßxye: —Kayîbak junak katenamit ut jun li nimla ochoch najt xteram torre xcßabaß. Tâcuulak toj saß choxa li xnajtil xteram. Chi joßcaßin teßxqßue retal saß chixjunil li ruchichßochß nak lâo cuan kanaßleb. Ut incßaß takajeqßui kib yalak bar saß ruchichßochß, chanqueb.
  5. Ut li Kâcuaß Dios quicube chak ut quiril li cßaßru yôqueb chixbânunquil li cuînk. Quiril li tenamit ut li torre li yôqueb chixyîbanquil.
  6. Li Kâcuaß Dios quixye: —Li tenamit jun ajcuiß ut jun ajcuiß li râtinobâleb. Xeßxtiquib xbânunquil li nimla ochoch aßin. Cui joßcaßin lix naßlebeb, mâmin teßxcanab xbânunquil li cßaßru nequeßxcßoxla.
  7. Joßcan ut tocubek ut takajal li râtinobâleb re nak incßaß teßxtau ru li cßaßru teßxye chi ribileb rib, chan li Dios.
  8. Ut li Dios quixjeqßuiheb ru saß chixjunil li ruchichßochß ut queßxcanab li trabaj li queßxtiquib xbânunquil.
  9. Xban nak li Dios quixjal li râtinobâleb, queßxqßue chokß xcßabaß li naßajej aßan Babel. Ut li Kâcuaß Dios quixjeqßuiheb chixjunil li cristian yalak bar saß ruchichßochß.

Kekchi is a Mayan language with about 400,000 speakers in Guatemala, Belize and El Salvador.

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