The Tower of Babel (Genesis 11: 1-9)
Zarma
- Ndunnya kulu binde, i deene fo, ciyaŋ folloŋ mo.
- A go mo, waato kaŋ i goono ga dira ka koy wayna funay
haray, kal i di batama fo Sinar laabo ra. I goro noodin mo.
- Kal i ne care se: «Iri ma koy ka fareeje kar k'i ton hal a
ma boori gumo.» Fareejey binde te i se tondi, botogo mo te i
se siminti.
- I ne: «Iri ma koy ka kwaara fo da cinari kuuku fo mo cina,
kaŋ a boŋo ga to hala beena gaa. Iri ma te iri boŋ
se maa hala iri ma si say-say ndunnya kulu ra.»
- Rabbi binde zumbu zama nga ma gallo guna, da cinaro kaŋ
Adam-izey cina.
- Rabbi binde ne: «Guna i go dumi folloŋ, i deene fo mo.
Hari kaŋ i sintin ka te neeya. Hay kulu si no mo kaŋ
ga mongo i se haŋ kaŋ i ga miila ngey ma te ra.
- Iri ma zumbu k'i deeney diibi, i ma si faham da care sanni.»
- Yaadin no Rabbi n'i tunandi nd'a noodin, k'i say-say nangey
kulu ndunnya ra, hal i fay da gallo cinayaŋo.
- Woodin sabbay se no i n'a maa daŋ Babila, zama noodin
no Rabbi na ndunnya kulu deeney diibi. Noodin mo no Rabbi n'i
say-say ndunnya kulu ra.
Zarma or Djerma is a Nilo-Saharan
language spoken by about 2.1 million people in Niger, Benin, Burkina Faso,
Mali and Nigeria
For further information about Zarma see:
http://www.djerma.nl
Tower of Babel in related languages
Nuer,
Zarma
Tower of Babel in other languages
