The Tower of Babel (Genesis 11: 1-9)
Safen (Saafi-Saafi)
Taɓahuukaŋ Baabel
- Bala ɓa pasarkohan ɗah, ɓooɓiŋ kehƴi jen jombee peɗeem yino
- po ŋ jamanoona ɓa kurkoh pulohaaɗ-noh. Ɓa kaɗoh kaɗoh po ɓa reesa ŋ oon angiɗ ŋ kur ka na woyse Sinyaar, ɓa yippa nga.
- Ɓa woosa ŋ harmban ɓa ne : « Ɓoo muulaat, ɓoo ut ca. » Ɓa ɓayee muul findi atoh taɓahoha na godirong findi simong.
- Ɓa woyissa ne : « Ɓoo haɓɗaat kur-taah, ɓoo taɓah nga taɓah jimimim po wa maangee ŋ eel ca, wa hey tahe po ɓoo raak tiik te ɓoo heyɗi pasarkohe ŋ kehƴi. »
- Weɗ Nikiɗi ruhsoh ne a marak kur ka na taɓaha ɓooɓi ŋ kehƴi tufkiɗe.
- A woosa ŋ haf ce ne : « Findi ɓa camboh an, ɓa nikka cuuɓ yino, ɓa ɓaahha peɗeem, ali in wooñissanɗi ɓa ŋ in nu ɓa waaɗ tum ɗah.
- Mbaa ɗah, ɓoo ruhsaat, ɓoo ɗalohiɗ woo ciŋ ɓa po ɓaa nu nga ɗah, kerhuu peɗmi ɓinooɓi na woye. »
- Nikiɗi pasarohha ɓa ŋ kehƴi jen ; kur ka ɓa taɓahee toppa ndaam.
- Weɗ tah ɓa teekkaa Baabel laam, ŋ ndaam weɗ Nikiɗi ɗalohiɗ peɗeem ci*, a pasarohha ɓooɓi ngaŋ kehƴi jen.
* 11:9 Tiikiŋ "Baabel" reɓ mand na "ɗaloh" ŋ peɗeem heber.
Source: Portions of the Holy Bible in the Saafi-Saafi language of Senegal. Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc., 2019
Contributed by Wolfgang Kuhl
Safen is a Senegambian language spoken in the Thiès Region of Senegal.
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