The Tower of Babel (Genesis 11: 1-9)
Ngiemboon (Ngiembɔɔn)
Shʉ̀shʉ̀a ndá ndêg á tÿǒsoŋ Mbabɛɛ
- Á laa fʉʼó ŋwɛ́, epʉ̀a metsèm ndùmo ssé tsetsáʼ, é shwóŋe pɔ́ tàʼ ntí, ḿbiŋ ńgẅiin tàʼa shwóŋè.
- Pɔ́ la fó shÿó sǎʼnèm ńgʉa ńtsẅé tsɛ̀ɛ tsɔ́ fúʼ, á láʼa Shʉneya.
- Pɔ́ kwaŋte tsetsɛ̀ɛ pɔ́b ngie: «Pege záʼa tsǎʼ, ńtuɔ!» Pɔ́ lɔ́ɔn ńge lɔg membʉ̀ tsǎʼ gÿo, é gÿo metǒon lɔg ńkwɛ́ ndá, é piŋ lɔgɔ kuntâg, é gÿo pòlopólo.
- Ḿbiŋ ńgíŋe ńgɔɔn ngie: «Pege kwɛ́ɛ tàʼa tÿǒsoŋ, ńgʉa tsoló ḿbwóon tàʼ shʉ̀shʉ̀a ndá ndêg gie ntsɔ̀ʼ ye ge kíbe lefaŋ. À cʉa púʼu, mé zsé wégè, pege néŋe tàʼa jʉʼ, tà pege le gíŋe ńnéŋe pɔ́ mejʉʼ mejʉʼ ndùmo ssé tsetsáʼ wɔ́.»
- Cʉ̀apʉ̀a fó tÿǒ lepwó sẅɛ́ʼ, légyá tÿǒsoŋ pɔ́ shʉ̀shʉ̀a ndá ndêg gie pʉ̀a mesoŋ la ne ńkwɛ́ɛ.
- Ńgyá púʼu, ńgɔɔn ngie: «Anò yɔɔn! Pɔ́ pɛ̂ ńgwɔ́ tàʼa láʼ gie á shwóŋè pɔ́ tàʼ ntí, ḿbiŋ ńgẅiin tàʼa shwóŋè. Á lɔɔn ńgwɔ́ gie pɔ́ zyeté pɛ́ʼɛ̀, mbà tsɔ́ mmó té wó gie ngwɔ́, á gÿo ńtáte wɔ́b légÿo mmó gie pɔ́ ka kwaŋ wɔ́.
- Pege sẅɛ́ʼɛ ndùmo ssé tsetsáʼ, ńnéŋe fàgte na shwóŋè yɔ́b, tà nyìŋ le gíŋe ńjúʼu shwóŋè wetsɔ̌ wɔ́.»
- Cʉ̀apʉ̀a fó jʉʼó ńtága wɔ́b, ńnáa wɔ́b meshÿó meshÿó ndùmo ssé tsetsáʼ, tà pɔ́ pú ńgwáʼa fàʼa lékwɛ́ɛ tÿǒsoŋ.
- Yɔɔn áa mmó gie á la gÿo, mé tóŋo yɛ̌ tÿǒsoŋ lê Mbabɛɛ; ńtí nue Cʉ̀apʉ̀a la néŋe fàgte na shwóŋè pʉ̀a mesoŋ, à la gíŋe fó pɔ́ jʉʼó ńtága wɔ́b, ńnáa meshÿó meshÿó ndùmo ssé tsetsáʼ.
Source: https://www.bible.com/fr/bible/4488/GEN.11.NNH
Contributed by Wolfgang Kuhl
Medumba is a Bamileke language spoken in the West Region in southwestern Cameroon.
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