Babel

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

Numanggang

Wapumdi mede tubufifile tuguk

  1. Kwetkwet meeniŋ hogohogok medehik kubugoŋ hogok hakuk. Eŋ nemek wouwou u wanakaŋ kubugoŋ halune yonadiyagiŋ.
  2. Unduŋ tiŋa adi mele labulabuneŋkade uge uge Babiloniya kwetneŋ gutuŋ wapum niŋ tubumintaaŋ uŋoŋ yokwet maaŋ itougiŋ.
  3. Tiŋa indiŋ yonadigiŋ. “Ale! Indi namaŋ wene bopneeŋ kugaliŋa kudup ginaŋ mohinek hene dakwambundawaak.” Ala namaŋ dakwambunda tigiŋ wondi yot mamandok kawadehik tuguk. Eŋ kwet maaneŋniŋ nawaŋ* wondi galikiliti tigiŋ.
  4. Kaŋ yogiŋ. “Ale! indi yokwet wapum niŋ maaŋ yot kweheyeniŋ niŋ bebeli-bebelinit matalonene yot kiidi kunum wehemilaak. Unduŋ tiŋa wotnenik gigit wapuhi tiŋa kwetkwet mu daneeŋ mowoneem.”
  5. Unduŋ yoŋa yokwet wapum tububihila magiŋ eŋ yot kweheyeniŋ mayagiŋ u Wapumdi kanadi tibene foguk.
  6. Tiŋa Wapumdi yoguk, “Biyagoŋ adi mebop kubugoŋ eŋ medehik maaŋ kubugoŋ doktiŋa kwanai i tububihikiŋ. Eŋ nemek titindok yohabet tineeŋ u tubumulahuda mu tineeŋ. Woŋ adi tomboyoula titalooŋ folooŋ tubumintaneeŋ.
  7. Ale! Indi fooŋ medehik tubufifile tinene medehik fifile tubune kedem mu nadidakaleneeŋ.”
  8. Wapum adi unduŋ yoŋa uŋaniŋ yehidaaneune kwetkwet udapmagiŋ. Unduŋ tiŋa yegiŋ e yokwet wapum magiŋ u wabi tigiŋ.
  9. Unduŋ doktiŋa yokwet wiyale mowogiŋ wondiniŋ wou Babile yogiŋ. Inde'walaŋ mede foloŋ e “mede tubufifile mintaguk”. Wapumdi yokwet uŋgoŋ hinekku meeniŋ kwetkwet medehik tubufifileyembuune nedigut mede kiyonadi tigiŋ indigoŋ tuwolit molomolom daneeŋ kwetkwet mowoŋa udapmagiŋ.

*Woŋ adi kolta dabugoŋ.

Source: http://pngscriptures.org/nop/GEN11.htm#V0

Contributed by Wolfgang Kuhl

Information about Numanggang
http://www.ethnologue.org/language/nop
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numanggang_language

Tower of Babel in Trans-New Guinea languages

Amele, Awara, Barai, Beami, Bimin, Binumarien, Blagar, Borong, Burum-Mindik, Dadibi, Faiwol, Guhu-Samane, Huli, Kamasau, Kamono, Kamula, Kanasi, Kanite, Komba, Kosarek, Kosena, Kyaka, Maia, Maring, Narak, Ngaing, Numanggang, Samberigi, Siroi, Tairora, Tuma-Irumu, Una, Waris, Waskia, Yali, Yipma, Yongkom

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