The Tower of Babel (Genesis 11: 1-9)
Sara Mbay (Mbay)
Kuj kïngal kï deg ðan Babelt
- Ngéndï døningt tube takeld i kïða, a elïn ta kï kumtag kï kïða.
- Lon deg þãin awïn kï lo þa kàdt ye, ngahn lo mad kï todïla kam døning Sinëart, na høn londï tit.
- Elïn na anan: Ad j'awïn, j'ørrïn brik, na kï tïngan kam purrt. Brik gan ne goot mbal, na bitum gan ne goot simã.
- Elïn gog tø anan: Ad j'awïn, kï ðan þebo mad kï kuj mad kïngal'n døa a ød dørã, kad tøjko døt, kïtøkad tïnda tîjïn kø dø døningt kïtaagbe al.
- Taa ne, Bïraþe ðisï kïtø koo þebo kï kuj kïngal kïdõ'n ngan Adam ðan,
- na Bïraþe el an: Oon, în girrdeg kïkïðabe, na takeld i kïða tø. Na nya 'nten la mbãgirr ða ye. Tajigla nya mad kï køgd dø tølkon nya'n ndan kamdt kad ðan goto.
- Ad kï ðisï, j'aw kï bur takeld, kad oon dø ta lo na al.
- Titbe la Bïraþe tïnda tîdïn dø døningt kïtaagbe, ad nyan ta ða þebo.
- Kïtø 'nten la kunïn ne tø lo'n non Babel ye, kïtø nõbe la Bïraþe bur takel ngéndï døningt kïtaagbe nat. Na i nõbe ho la Bïraþe tïnda deg tîd dø døningt kïtaagbe ye.
Source: YaÞ (Genesis). Bible Mbaï. Bible Society of Chad, 1980.
Mbay is a member of the Bongo-Bagirmi branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family spoken in Chad and the Central African Republic.
More information about Mbay
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mbay_language
http://www.ethnologue.com/language/myb
Tower of Babel in Nilo-Saharan languages
Acholi,
Baka,
Dholuo,
Kalenjin,
Kumam,
Lango,
Mbay,
Ngambay,
Nuer,
Sar,
Teso,
Uduk,
Zarma
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