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

ግዕዝ (Ge'ez)

A version of the Tower of Babel story in Ge'ez written in Ṣəḥəfätä Ǝsəraelawi, a way of writing Ge'ez with the Hebrew script.

  1. וָאָחָדֻ. נָגָרֻ. לָכּוֶלֻ. עַלָמֶ. וָאָחָדֻ. קָלֻ׃
  2. וָכֹּנָ. אֶמֶדֶכֶֿרָ. תָנֶשֶאֻ. אֶמֶצֶבַחֶ. רָכָּבֻ. גָדַמָ. בָמֶדֶרָ. סָנַאָרֶ. וָכָֿדָרֻ. הֶיָ׃
  3. וָתָבַהָלֻ. אָחָדֻ. מֶלֶלָ. כַּלֶאֻ. נֶעֻ. נֶטֶפַֿחֶ. גֶנֶפַֿלָ. וָנַבֶסֶלֹ. בָאֶסַתֶ. וָכֹּנֹמֻ. גֶנֶפַֿלֹמֻ. אֶבֶנָ. וָפִּסַ. צֶבֻרֹמֻ׃
  4. וָתָבַהָלֻ. נֶעֻ. נֶנֶדֶקָ. הָגָרָ. וָמַכֶֿפָֿדָ. זָיֶבָצֶחֶ. רֶאֶסֻ. וֶסֶתָ. סָמַיֶ. וָנֶגֶבָרֶ. לָנָ. סֶמָ. אֶנֶבָלָ. נֶזָרָוֶ. וֶסֶתָ. כּוֶלֻ. גָצָ. מֶדֶרֶ׃
  5. וָוָרָדָ. אֶגֶזִאָבֶחֵרֶ. יֶרֶאָיֶ. וֶסֶתָ. הָגָרֹמֻ. כָּמָ. יֶרֶאָיֶ. וֶאֶתָ. מַכֶֿפָֿדָ. זָנָדָקֻ. אֶגַולָ. אֶמָחֶיַוֶ׃
  6. וָיֶבֵ. אֶגֶזִאָבֶחֵרֶ. נַהֻ. אָחָדֻ. זָמָדֶ. וֶאֶתֻ. כּוֶלֻ. וֶאָחָדֻ. נָגָרֻ. וָכָּמָזֶ. אָכָֿזֻ. יֶגֶבָרֻ. וָאִיָכָֿדֶגֻ. יֶאֶזֵנִ. גָבִרָ. זָחָלָיֻ׃
  7. נֶעֻ. נֶרָדֶ. וָנֶכֶּעָוֹ. לָנָגָרֹמֻ. כָּמָ. אִיֶסַמֶעֻ. נָגָרֹמֻ. אָחָדֻ. מֶסֶלָ. כַּלֶאֻ׃
  8. וָזָרָוֹמֻ. אֶגֶזִאָבֶחֵרֶ. וֶסֶתָ. גָצָ. כּוֶלֻ. מֶדֶרֶ. וָכָֿדָגָ. אֶנֶכָּ. נָדִקֹתַ. לָיֶאֶתִ. הָגָרֶ. וָלָוֶאֶתֻ. מַכֶֿפָֿדֶ׃
  9. וָבָאֶנֶתָ. זֶנֶתֻ. תָסָמֶיָ. סֶמַ. זֶרֻתֶ. אֶֶסֶמָ. בָהֶיָ. זָרָוֹמֻ. לָנָגָרָ. כּוֶלֻ. בָחָוֶרֶתֶ. אֶגֶזִאָחֵרֶ. זָרָוֹ. לָנָגָרֹמֻ. וָבָהֶיָ. זָרָוֹמֻ. אֶגֶזִאָבֶחֵרֶ. לָאָחֶזַבֶ. וֶסֶתָ. נָצָ כּוְֶלֻ. מֶדֶרֶ׃

Source: http://www.tau.ac.il/~hacohen/Octateuch/Genesis%2011.html

See this text in the Ge'ez (Ethiopic) script

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