Babel

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

Bwaidoka

Manuwa tulatulana Babeli

  1. E, ada tova tayuwe wagaine kaliva matatabudi au bonadi seya-moena ke yadi itu seyana wagaine iifuifufu.
  2. E ada kaliva iawala inaunau kauwana ebalakavine ani Saina anafafali wagaine laubeu lakaina inuwagana, ada wadedeku imiyamiya.
  3. E ada seyana tova taudiyavo wagaidiya ivona, “Biyavo! Wanaela kanana babi fotafotana kana yalana ke bilika kana bubudi. Ada kana kabudi ebakabu wagaine.” Ada bilika ivegugaiyena, keke kabala. Ada koluta wagaine ikivefovefosedi.
  4. Ada kaduwe ivona, “Wanaelai, taudeyavo yada melala lakaina kana yogona. Ada wadadeku seyana didiga kana didina gina laka, gina laka gabama gina nuwaabina. E ada taudeyavo adayegana kana kilakaina ada fafali matatabuna kaliva ina alamaneda, ada keke kana vebiawawala babi matatabuna wagaine.”
  5. Aku Yaubada giobuelai ke gina itana melala lakaina ke didiga-nai givemanawe gilaka badi kaliva natudiyavo iyogoyogona.
  6. Ada Yaubada givona, “Velemoena! Kai anafaiweya kaliva matatabudi yoo seyana ke iifuifufu meya seya-moena wagaine aga bademowa ivevuvu inadewa taidei anafaiweya, ada yadi venuwadadana gavana aimo adifaiweya ina gugaiyedi.
  7. Wanaelai, kanaobu ke yadi vona kana kivenuwavogavoganina, e ada keke adifaiweya yadi ifufu seyana seyana ina vealaalamana.”
  8. E ada Yaubada wadedeku-deya kaliva giveyavulidi babi matatabuna wagaine ada melala lakaina-nai anaiyogoyogona au wadedeku iilovena.
  9. Tayuwe faine fafalinai ivewagana Babeli, faina wadedeku-deya Yaubada bona gikive nuwavogavoganina, ada wadedeku-deya Yaubada giveyavulidi ada iyavula inau babi matatabuna wagaine.

Source: Ebavevuvu, Mosese yana buki nagona. The book of Genesis in the Bwaidoka language of Papua New Guinea. Buk Stat long tok ples Bwaidoka long Niugini. Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc. – 2017.

Contributed by Wolfgang Kuhl

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