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

Julakan (Dyula)

Babɛli sangasojan ka koo

1. Diɲɛ kɔnɔ mɔgɔw bɛɛ tun be kaan kelen ni kuma kelen le fɔ.
2. K'u to munumunu na ka to ka taga kɔrɔn ɲafan fɛ, u ye kɔkɛnɛ dɔ ye Sineyari mara la ka sigi yen.
3. U y'a fɔ ɲɔgɔn ye ko: «Aw ye na, an ka biriki gosi k'u jɛni.» O kɛra u ka kabakuruw ye, ka bɔgɔmanan kɛ k'a lɔ.
4. U ko: «Aw ye na, an ka dugu sigi, ka sangasojan lɔ a kɔnɔ, a kuun ka se fɔɔ sankolo la, an ka tɔgɔba sɔrɔ, janko an kana jɛnsɛn dugukolo yɔrɔ bɛɛ la.»
5. U tun be dugu ni sangasojan min lɔra, Masaba jigira ka na o filɛ.
6. A ko: «U bɛɛ ye siya kelen ye, u bɛɛ be kaan kelen fɔ. N'u y'a daminɛ ten, foyi tena u bali k'u ka koo latigɛninw kɛ.
7. Aw ye to an ka jigi k'u ka kaan ɲagami, janko u kana ɲɔgɔn ka kaan mɛn tugu.»
8. O la, Masaba y'u jɛnsɛn ka bɔ yen. U tagara dugukolo yɔrɔ bɛɛ la k'o dugu sigiko dabila.
9. O le y'a to u y'o yɔrɔ wele ko Babɛli,bari Masaba ye diɲɛ mɔgɔw bɛɛ ka kaan ɲagami yen, k'u jɛnsɛn ka bɔ o yɔrɔ la, ka taga dugukolo yɔrɔ bɛɛ la.

11.9 Babɛli ni kuma dɔ wɛrɛ fɔcogo bɔnin be ɲɔgɔn fɛ eburukan na, o min kɔrɔ ko ɲagamini.

Source: Ala Ka Kuma. The Bible in Dyula. Alliance Biblique de Burkina Faso, 2008.

Contributed by Wolfgang Kuhl

Dyula is a Mande language spoken in parts of Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast and Mali.

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