Babel

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

Choctaw (Chahta Anumpa)

  1. MIHMA yakni moma kʊt itih, micha anumpa aiena kʊt achʊfa tok.
  2. Atuk o̱ yakohmi tok, hʊshi akochaka imma ya̱ ashʊt itʊnowʊt mihinti mʊt, yakni patali ʊt Shina yakni ya̱ tala̱ya na, ant ahayuchi tok: mihmʊt yummak o̱ okla aiasha tok.
  3. Mihmʊt, Inta! lukfi nuna kiloh ikbí, micha achukmalit eho hukmashke, itim achi tok. Mihmʊt tʊli a hetuk a̱ lukfi nuna yokma, anonti iaht ʊlhpolosa ya̱ na ahinʊshbi yosh okla im aiasha tok.
  4. Mihmʊt, Inta! hʊpimmi hachi̱ ka̱ tʊmaha holihta micha chuka chaha ai atoni paknaka yʊt shutik a̱ ona ho̱ iloh ikbashke; micha pi hohchifo iloh ikbhashke; keyukmʊt ita fimimpʊt yakni paknaka moma ka̱ il itʊnowa yoba ná, okla achi tok.
  5. Mihma Chihowah ʊt hatak im ʊlla ʊhleha hʊt tʊmaha holihta, micha chuka chaha ai atoni ikbi ka̱ pisa chi̱ hosh akowʊt ʊla tok.
  6. Micha Chihowah ʊt, Yokeh! okla hʊt achʊfa, micha moma kʊt im anumpa hʊt achʊfʊshke: atuk osh ikʊppa yʊmihchit isht iʊshke: yohmi ka̱ himak a̱ yʊmihcha chi̱ im anukfila tuk a̱ nana hosh im ai ataklʊmma hi ʊt ikshoshke.
  7. Inta! pit kil akowa cha, im anumpa ha kil im it aiokomi na, ilap bi̱ka yʊt im anumpa ha̱ ik itim akostinincho, kashke, achi tok.
  8. Yʊmohmi ho̱ Chihowah ʊt yʊmma a kanʊllichit yakni paknaka maoma ka̱ ita fimibli tok: mihma tʊmaha holihta ikbi tuk ʊt issa tok.
  9. Yʊmohmi hatʊk o̱ yʊmmʊt Babel hohchifo tok: yʊmmak o̱ Chihowah ʊt yakni moma im anumpa ha̱ ai itim aiokomi tok oka: micha yʊmma Chihowah ʊt akanʊllichit yakni paknaka moma ka̱ ita fimibli tok.

Source: Chenesis, Eksotus, Lefitkus, Numbas, Micha Tutelenomi Holisso Aiena Kʊt Toshowʊt Chahta Anumba Toba Hike. The Books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy translated into the Choctaw language. American Bible Society. New York - 1867.

Contributed by Wolfgang Kuhl

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