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

Igbo

1. Ụwa niile wee na-asụ otu asụsụ, nweekwa otu usoro okwu.
2. O wee ruo ka ha nọ na-aga n’ebe ọwụwa anyanwụ na ha mesịrị hụ otu ndagwurugwu n’ala Shaịna, ha wee biri n’ebe ahụ.
3. Ha wee malite ịgwa ibe ha, sị: “Ngwanụ! Ka anyị kpụọ brik, nụọ ya n’ọkụ.” Ha wee jiri brik mere nkume, ma ha ji bitumen mere ụrọ.
4. Ha wee sị: “Ngwanụ! Ka anyị wuoro onwe anyị obodo na ụlọ elu nke elu ya ga-eru n’eluigwe, ka anyị meekwara onwe anyị aha na-ewu ewu, ka anyị wee ghara ịgbasa n’ebe niile n’ụwa.”
5. Jehova wee gbadaa ka ọ hụ obodo ahụ na ụlọ elu ahụ ụmụ mmadụ wuru.
6. E mesịa, Jehova sịrị: “Lee! Ha bụ otu ndị, ha niile na-asụkwa otu asụsụ, nke a bụkwa ihe ha malitere ime. Ugbu a, ọ dịghị ihe ha bu n’obi ime nke ha na-apụghị ime.
7. Ngwa! Ka anyị gbadaa ghagbuo asụsụ ha n’ebe ahụ ka ha wee ghara ịnụ asụsụ ibe ha.”
8. Jehova wee mee ka ha si n’ebe ahụ gbasaa n’elu ụwa dum, ha wee kwụsị iwu obodo ahụ.
9. Ọ bụ ya mere e ji kpọọ ya Bebel, n’ihi na n’ebe ahụ ka Jehova ghagburu asụsụ ụwa dum, Jehova mekwara ka ha si n’ebe ahụ gbasaa n’ebe niile n’elu ụwa.

From: Baịbụl Nsọ – Nsụgharị Ụwa Ọhụrụ nke Akwụkwọ Nsọ

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