Uru-uruna, sikontu bansa-bansaya ri anne linoa se'reji bahasana siagang sangkamma ngasenji bicaranna ke'nanga.
Ri wattunna a'lampa bellamo anrai' ke'nanga, battumi ke'nanga ri se'reang parang lappara' ri Babilonia, nampa ammantang ke'nanga anjoreng.
Massing angkanami para ia ke'nanga, nakana, “Umba kippare' batu bata nampa nitunu sa'genna a'jari terasa'.” Kammaminjo nania'mo batu batana ke'nanga untu' ambangung balla' siagang tere' untu' ampasidakkiki anjo batu bataya.
Nakanamo ke'nanga, “Umba kimbangung kota siagang se're menara ta'rapika coppo'na sa'genna ri langi', sollanna ki'jari masahoro' siagang tena kisisa'la'-sa'la ri sikontu linoa.”
Source: Het Boek Genesis in het Makassaarsch vertaald door Dr. B.F. Matthes, afgevaarigde van het Nederlandsch Bijbelgenootschap op Celebes. Amsterdam, 1872.
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