Babel

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

moqoit la'qaatqa (Mocoví)

Aso naue ladocai quiyi na’a‘ lodegaxat Babel

  1. Ca‘ quesojo na’xa’a mesquai ỹoricchi naua la’qaatqa ná’ogue na qomyipi.
  2. Ca co’na‘ qaỹachicqochi’ñi yi ‘laua pa‘ỹa’gue da lqodoigue. Ca‘ qaiuanejlec yi ‘laua nalo’ojta‘ leenaxat Sinar. Ca chaqa’ma‘ qoyinalec.
  3. Ca ’uo’ so na’xa’a, ca’ retaxaỹata’ so qomyipi, ’naaco’: * So’ueetaq ca losoc, ca’ yatoxotaq, sahoqote’e norec. Ca’ quiyi, ca’ so qomyipi tot ro’ueenataxana na qa’, ta’ta’a ná’maq lo’ueenatec losoc; chaquai na ’ec qo’paq louaq nimiiñiguit nqai’en ná’maq chi qaỹalecqajanta’ nishaaxa.
  4. Co’na’ ime, ca ’neraco’: * Ñaqai naiquena, ño’xonaxashiguim ca qara’a’ lodegaxat chaqai aca qaraue ỹoviro’ot nqaishinaq na piguim, qaiyi qomi’ choxoraqa ma’le, ca tot ñiuagaxataxalec ma’le ná’ogue na ’laua.
  5. Qam ñi qara’gaxala’ renotec ỹa’ajan ca na’a’ chaqai aso naue ỹo’ueetetac so qomyipi.
  6. Ca ra’deenataxantaco’, ca ’naaco’: Na’maxare neuo’ laseripi chaqai na’qaachaxauaripi. Ca’ vichiguiño’ taañi quiyim ro’ueenataxan. Ca’ nagui qaica ma’ ỹaxanñi quet dá’maq maschic ỹo’uet.
  7. Ca ’maxaraic quiyim yinotaxauec, ca ỹoricchi nquaishinaxai’ naua la’qaatqa, qaiyi mesqai ’xaỹata’.
  8. Ca chaqaido’ da ’ne’tegue na’le ñi qara’gaxala’ co’na’ neuagaxatac nqai’en so qomyipi quena ’laua. Ca’ so qomyipi ỹaxanñi so ỹo’ueetetac na’a’.
  9. Ca’ quesojo ’laua hua’ño’ na’ ñi qara’gaxala’ ỹoỹoota’chi naua la’qaatqa ná’ogue na qomyipi quena ’laua. Ca’ quiyi, ca’ neuagaxajlec nqai’en ná’ogue na ’laua. Vichiguiño’ yijo na’a’ lodegaxat leenaxat nqohin sqa ’xaỹata’.

Source: La’qaatqa ñi Qota’olec. So ’auaxaic ’maqataxac chicqo’ot ñi qota’olec. El Antiguo Testamento Corto en Mocoví. Asociación Sociedad Bíblica Argentina, Buenos Aires, 1991.

Contributed by Wolfgang Kuhl

Information about Mocoví
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mocoví_language
http://www.mpi.nl/DOBES/projects/chaco/mocovi
http://www.native-languages.org/mocovi.htm
http://www.caicyt.gov.ar/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=50&Itemid=221&lang=en

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