The Tower of Babel (Genesis 11: 1-9)
Ndrukul (Kurti)
Tawa Odo Babel
- Idu ndruwen wo ideh ti pe ndramat hondrohor hanna sulo-on, odoke nolwo-o’ su ti mapwi handrai kopwi.
- Su hala wuron rai ea pe hamandro hodo lok sehir mandra-an pe malahan ise Babilonia.
- Su hopunou ihpah, “Tidu titakun poi palat pe tidapisii. Kinum pe titulmwi poi erti kihir pidikis.” Pat sulo-on hondroto lok kurti pwi, ile pe su hopo pidikis ile tumwe um. Su hentawe kolta ile lengan pidikis pe indrotowei inehndrepit.
- Inum pe su hapa ihpah, “Tidu kah tidahnan sih taon, pe tidehtong sih tawa elwe-en kile ndre parar eleng. Kile pe ranga’ tidu kihnding, pe titsarpat kile pule-en lokpoi ndresih kolwii.”
- Odoke Lapan ise pwoi pe isendre-et taon pe tawa ndre sa ndramat henehtong kurtih.
- Lapan ipe ihpah, “Su ke hokor pe nolwo-o’ su ke handrai, ile pe su hompo sane kutih. Omur ti su we hanon hopo sane ndre sulo-on kile reh ta su.
- Atsa. Tidu titla pwoi pe titsopelwen nolwo-o’ su kidut, kile pe su homou kihrungi homou kolwii.”
- Ile pe Lapan ihnan su hatpar hala hemir hemir, pe su hasarpat hala lokpoi ndre mandra-an, pe su hendrendrumwi marai odo taon ti pwi.
- Lok kuti rangan ile Babel*, odosa Lapan isopelwen nolwo-on taha ndramat ndre sulo-on, pe ihnan ndramat hasarpat hala pule-en lokpoi ndresih.
*Babel: Ile nolou Hibru eri Babel ti ihpa ndre nolou handrai ile ke lo handrai.
Source: Buk Baibel long tok ples Kurti long Niugini. Genesis, Mark, Galatians, and 1 Timothy in the Kurti Language of Manus Province, Papua New Guinea. Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc., 2011.
Contributed by Wolfgang Kuhl
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