
The Tower of Babel (Genesis 11: 1-9)
Bribri
Skëköl tö s'ditsö ké ttök kua̱'ki̱ kua̱'ki̱
- Kuaë ta̱ sulitane ttöke ttè etökocha ë̀ wa.
- Mik ie'pa míyaldak diwö tskirke, e' ëka̱, demirak ka̱kkure kiè Sinar ee̱, eta̱ ee̱ ie'pa e̱' tsé̱a̱t se̱nuk.
- Ká̱ et ta̱ ie'pa iché ñì a̱: “Mishkarak ska̱u̱chka yuök blok sù̱, e' kukuèsö bö' a̱ a̱s imi'a̱ darërëë u yuoie.” Es iwaka-newé̱rakitö ák skéie. Ñies kiöchka dalolo bötsböts ese wa ibatséra-kitö ì tso' shu̱tuule ese skéie.
- E' ukuöki̱ ta̱ iskà chénerakitö ñì a̱: “Mishkarak ká̱ blublu yuök. E' shu̱a̱ u yuö̀sö ka̱kke̱ë döka̱ ká̱ jaì a̱. Es se' e̱' chö̀mi buaë këkëpa tai̱ë ena kë se' ka̱wöta̱ ñì blabatsök ká̱ wa'ñe.”
- Erë Jehová e̱' éwa isa̱u̱krak tö ie'pa ká̱ blublue yueke ena u ka̱kke̱ë yuekerakitö.
- Eta̱ ie' tö ibikeitsé: “Ie'pa dör ká̱ etkë̀ wak ena ittörak etkë̀ ñies, e' kue̱ki̱ ie'pa tö kanè i' kéka̱mi. E' ukuöki̱ ta̱ kë̀ ì a̱ ie'pa wöklönuk. Ie'pa se̱rmi we̱s ie'pa ki̱ ikiane es.
- E' kue̱ki̱ sú̱yö ie'pa kè ttök kua̱'ki̱ kua̱'ki̱ a̱s kë̀ iñi ttö a̱nia̱.”
- Es Jehová tö iblabatsérak ká̱ wa'ñe. Ee̱ ie'pa ká̱ yué e' kané wöpanere.
- Ká̱ e' ki̱ Jehová tö ie'pa lé ttök kua̱'ki̱ kua̱'ki̱ ena iblabatsérakitö ká̱ wa'ñe. E' kue̱ki̱ ká̱ e' kinewa̱ Babel*.
* Babel: Hebreoie s'kiè e' wà kiane chè chilineka̱.
Source: Porciones del Antiguo Testamento en Bribri de Costa Rica. Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc., 2010.
Contributed by Wolfgang Kuhl
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