Babel

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

Nukuoro

De hale maolunga o Babel

  1. De masavaa laa gai ni muna daudahi donu huu o dangada e pasa ai i henua i lalo alodahi.
  2. Gai ga ngaalue mai huu dangada i de baasi i dua, gai gilaadeu gu gidee de mommee soe i de henua go Shinar, gai gilaadeu ga noho i kilaa.
  3. Gai gilaadeu ga hagataba i olaadeu magavaa, “Loomai, gidaadeu ga hai hanu duudangaa hadu, ga lala gi makaga.” Gilaadeu ne hagaduu i denga duudangaa hadu e dee go denga ngadi hadu, gai ne hagabigibigi mee nei i denga bitumen.
  4. Gai gilaadeu ga hagataba, “Loomai, gidaadeu ga hagaduu dahi aduhale moodaadeu, ma dahi hale maolunga, ga hai de ulu gi dae age gi lo te langi i lunga, gai gi duuhia ai e dangada gidaadeu, gai gi dee mavaevae saele ai gidaadeu i henua i lalo.”
  5. Aagai Tagi Maolunga ne hano iho e tilo de aduhale ma de hale maolunga a dangada gu hagaduu laa.
  6. Gai Tagi Maolunga ga hagadaba, “Tilo, gilaadeu alodahi se huaadangada e buni, ma de pasa i muna daudahi; gai gilaadeu gu daamada de hai de mee nei, gai e deai donu se mee e maua i de buibui gilaadeu, i de hai mee alaadeu gu hagatau e hai.
  7. Loomai, gidaadeu ga loiho e hai gi dee heloongoi gilaadeu i alaadeu muna, gi dee maua ai e dahi i de donu ange gi muna a tangada ange laa.”
  8. Gai Tagi Maolunga ne hai gilaadeu gi hulo gee mai i kilaa, gi mavaevae saele i henua i lalo alodahi, gai gilaadeu ga tuu de hagaduu age de aduhale laa.
  9. Deelaa ai, gu hagaingoo ange go Babel, go hiidinga go kilaa a Tagi Maolunga ne hai ai ga dee heloongoi denga muna o henua i lalo alodahi, gai go kilaa a Tagi Maolunga ne hai ai dangada gi mavaevae gi henua i lalo alodahi.

Source: De Beebaa Dabu. The Holy Bible in the Nukuoro language of Micronesia. Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc., 2022.

Contributed by Wolfgang Kuhl

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