Babel

The Tower of Babel

Papiamentu

  1. Awor henter tera tabatin e mesun idioma i e mesun palabranan.
  2. I a sosodé ku ora nan tabata biaha bai pariba, nan a haña un sabana na tera di Sinar i a keda biba ayanan.
  3. I un a bisa otro: "Ban, laga nos traha klenku hinka nan den fòrnu pa nan seka bon." I nan tabata uza klenku na lugá di piedra, i nan tabata uza breu na lugá di klei.
  4. I nan a bisa: "Ban, laga nos traha un stat pa nos mes i un toren ku su tòp ta yega te den shelu, i laga nos traha un nòmber pa nos mes, pa nos no wòrdu plamá riba superfisio di henter tera."
  5. Anto Señor a baha pa mira e stat i e toren ku e yunan di hende a traha.
  6. I Señor a bisa: "Mira, nan ta ún pueblo, i nan tur tin e mesun idioma. I esaki nan a kuminsá hasi i awor nada ku nan proponé pa hasi lo no ta imposibel pa nan.
  7. Ban, laga nos baha bai ayanan i konfundí nan idioma pa nan no komprendé otro su idioma."
  8. Asina Señor a plama nan for di einan riba superfisio di henter tera; i nan a stòp di traha e stat.
  9. Pesei su nòmber tabata Babel, pasobra einan Señor a konfundí e idioma di henter tera; i for di einan Señor a plama nan riba superfisio di henter tera.

Papiamentu is a Creole spoken by about 330,000 people on the Caribbean islands of Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao. It's is a mixture of Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, English and French, with some Arawakan and African influences.

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