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

Igora (Kakabai)

Vanuwa kaikaidakina Babelmo

1. Dolinemo lava matabudi dobumo kalina ḡemota a giugiuwe.
2. Kamaina bi lava ḡesaudi suwala ena anilovotava yawaninaḡa a nawa, te Sinamo* a tava bi ḡome wapu visuvisuna a banavi bi a miyatulu.
3. Ḡome edi lava vaitedi ai ogatala bi doḡa a gwadai bi biliki† a patidi.
4. Kamaina bi a giuna gado, “Niganana malagai dididiga taitubu bi vanuwa wai dabakenakenana ta ḡala te dabana ya saḡa yada ya taukoni, isada vatona aubaina te mote tamai dabalalida.”
5. Kamaina bi Bada i yovo malagai bi vanuwa wai dabakenakenana a ḡalḡalana au kitanemo,
6. bi i giuna gado, “Niga lavedi matabudi kalina ḡemota sa giugiuwe, niga taunana kauwa yabayababa pakana ai tubu. Ḡotona te edi ḡowana sa voiyedi.
7. Ta yovo ta nawa bi kalinedi ta vitale asiasi te mote edi lava edi giu sima sibedi.”
8. Niga mainana Bada i wai dabalalidi bi dobu a nawa yaḡosi bi malagai dididiga a ḡalaḡalana a kaisako.
9. Taunana aubaina malagaina ai isana Babel,‡ banina ḡome Bada kalinedi i vitale asiasi bi i wai dabalalidi te dobu matabuna a nawa yaḡosi.

*11:2: Sina ba Babiloniya isana ḡesauna.
†11:3: Doḡa bi pati a gwadai te biliki a voiyedi lofelofedi bi tabetabedi bi suwalemo a wai lalanidi, te a ḡaiḡai bi vanuwa bilibilidi ani patidi
‡11:9: Isa Babel Ḡibulu kalinedimo ba Wainuwanaina.

Source: Pakanemo. Buk Baibel long Kakabai. Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc., 2016.

Contributed by Wolfgang Kuhl

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