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

Bassa

Nkum ndap u Babel

1. Hisi hiosôna hi ba hi gwé hilémp hiada ni hop wada.
2. Ndi i léña le, kii ba ntôa liké i pes likôl, ba koba tegep homa i loñ Sinar, nib o ba yén ha.
3. Ba kalna le, Loga, di bép brik, di bôm gwo banga libômôk. Ba ba ba gwé brik kii ngok, yak ni hitjo kii simet.
4. Ni bob a kal le, Loga, di ôñôl béhbomede nkoñ, ni nkum ndap, jôlôl jé li tis yaga ngi, di pam jôl, i tiga le di sanda hana hisi hiosôna.
5. Ni Yéhôva a sôs i tehe nkoñ ni nkum ndap bon ba bôt ba ba oñ.
6. Yéhôva a kal le, Nun-ki, ba yé loñ yada, bobasôna ba gwé ki hilémp hiada; tehe-ki, lini li yé ndigi jam ba mbôdôl boñ. Hanano jam jo ki jo l'a sék bé bo njel i yônôs pék yap.
7. Bôga bés, di sôs, di yubda hilémp hiap nyoo, le ba nôgla bañ hop.
8. Hala nyen Yéhôva a sant bo nonok i nyodi ha homa nu, ba ke hisi hiosôna; ni bo ba nwas oñ nkoñ.
9. Jon ba o wo jôl le, Babel;* inyule ha nyen Yéhôva a yubdana hop u hisi hiosôna; ha ki nyen Yéhôva a séndél ni hisi hiosôna.

*Babel: likoblene jé li yé le: yubda.

Source: Kaat Nyambe. Malômbla Ma Kwañ Ni Malômbla Ma Yondo. La Bible en Bassa du Cameroun. Societé Biblique: Cameroun – Gabon, 1969.

Contributed by Wolfgang Kuhl

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