The Tower of Babel (Genesis 11: 1-9)
Bwanabwana (Tagula)
Nume malamalawena sikabi kabo Yaubada tomo kainali iula-pwanopwano
- Beyabeyana yanuwa yaulina tomonliyao meuloili kainali kaigeda yo kainane kana walo nige sibabaibaiwa.
- Tomo sikwasakwasa-keikeile dedei tete bomatu mena kabo kwabu lalakina yabo silobai dedei Babilon koina* kabo simiya bwaine koina.
- Siyatubu siedeedede nume kabikabi kaiwena kabo siba, "Kwalaoma bwatano takalai na biliki tapaisowai na tagabuli na sikaiwe." Besiele siginauli, kabo bilikine koina nume sikabili yo koluta sikalai siyapatu-kalatagili.
- Kabo siba, "Kwalaoma ala yanuwa lalakina tapaisowai yo luwaluwalina mena nume yabo takabi saliyana malamalawena isae itupa yaloyaloi mena, ala kaba gagasa. Tapaisowai besiele kabo esala ilalaki na tabu tamimiya-tatagwaligwali yanuwa yaulina dedeina meuloina kolili."
- Sikabikabi kabo Yaubada ilobima yanuwane lalakinane yo numene malamalawenane igitaili.
- Kabo iwaloba, "Tomo bwaite siya boda kaigeda yo kaina kaigeda koina siedeedede, sauga bwaite koina iyaele siyatubu sipaipaisowa, na sauga muli mena tem tawae nuwanuwali sipaisowai ee sowasowali kani sipaisowai besiele.
- Kwalaoma talobi kainali taula-pwanopwano na tabu kalikavao ali edeedede sikakatai."
- -9. Bwaine kamwasane koina Yaubada tomo itawo-gwaligwalili silau yanuwa yaulina dedeina meuloina kolili. Yo ali paisowa kabikabi silopei. Kabo yanuwa esana sipei Babeli, kaiwena yanuwane koina Yaubada tomo meuloili kainali iula-pwanopwano.
Source: Buki Tabu Beyabeyana. Portions of the Old Testament in the Tubetube dialect of the Bwanabwana language of Papua New Guinea. Wycliffed Switzerland, 2019.
Contributed by Wolfgang Kuhl
Bwanabwana is a Western Oceanic language spoken in Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. It is also know as Tubetube.
Tower of Babel in Oceanic languages
Aneityum,
Bwanabwana,
Cheke Holo,
East Ambae,
Gapapaiwa,
Ghari,
Gumawana,
Iaai,
Kilivila,
Kwaraʼae,
Lungga,
Mato,
Nali,
Nukuoro,
Roviana,
Sembeleke,
Sudest,
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