Babel

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

Dangme

Babilon mɔ ɔ

Sisije ɔ, gbi kake pɛ lɛ a tuɔ ngɛ je ɔ mi tsuo.
Benɛ nihi bɔni blɔ hiami kɛ je beleku je ɔ, a ba su nga kplanaa ko nɔ ngɛ Babilonia zugba a nɔ, nɛ a hi lejɛ ɔ.
A de a he ke, “Nyɛ ha nɛ waa po bliikisi nɛ waa sã ngɛ la mi nɛ e he nɛ wa.” A po bliikisi ɔ, nɛ a hla zu nɛ ngɛ kaa amã nɛ a kɛ maa nu bliikisi ɔ kɛ bla kɛ ma tsu.
A de ke, “Nyɛ ha nɛ waa po ma ngua ko ngɔ ha wa he, nɛ waa ma mɔ nɛ e yi mi nɛ ya su hiɔwe. Ke wa pee ja a, wa ma na biɛ, nɛ wa be gbɛe ngɔ fia zugba a nɔ tsuo.”
Kɛkɛ nɛ Yawɛ kple si nɛ e ba hyɛ ma a, kɛ mɔ ɔ nɛ jamɛ a ni ɔmɛ ma a,
nɛ e de ke, “Ɛhɛɛ, nimli nɛ ɔmɛ ɔ, nimli kake ji mɛ, nɛ gbi kake a tuɔ; nɔ́ nɛ a nyɛ tsu momo ji nɛ ɔ nɛ. E be kɛe nɛ nɔ́ tsuaa nɔ́ nɛ a suɔ ɔ, a maa pee.
Nyɛ ha nɛ wa kple si nɛ wa ya tsaka a gbi ɔ; konɛ ke nɔ ko tu munyu ɔ, e nyɛmi nɛ ko nu sisi hu.”
Kɛkɛ nɛ Yawɛ gbɛ mɛ ngɔ fĩa zugba a nɔ tsuo, nɛ a kpa ma a pomi.
A wo ma a biɛ ke Babilon, ejakaa lejɛ ɔ Yawɛ tsaka ni ɔmɛ a gbi ɔ ngɛ, nɛ e gbɛ mɛ ngɔ fĩa je ɔ mi tsuo.

Source: https://www.bible.com/bible/2265/GEN.11.DANGME

Information about Dangme | Phrases | Numbers | Tower of Babel

Tower of Babel in Kwa languages

Akan (Twi/Fante), Akuapem, Baoulé, Chumburung, Dangme, Ga, Gonja, Nzema, Twi

Other Tower of Babel translations

By language | By language family

[top]

Conversations - learn languages through stories

Note: all links on this site to Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.fr are affiliate links. This means I earn a commission if you click on any of them and buy something. So by clicking on these links you can help to support this site.

You can support this site by Buying Me A Coffee, via PayPal or Patreon, or by contributing in other ways.

If you find all the adverts annoying, there is now an Ad-free version of Omniglot which you can access for a small monthly or annual donation.

[top]