Babel

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

Mashi (Shi)

Enkingi ya Babeli

  1. Igulu lyoshi lyagwêrhe iderha liguma na binwa biguma.
  2. Ebwa kubà abantu bajâga bagendagenda olunda lw’ebushoshôkero bw’izûba, lêro banacirhinda omu kabanda k’omu cihugo ca Shineyari: banaciyûbaka ahôla.
  3. Banacibwîrana mpu: «Ewa yâgi, rhujire amatofali, rhugayôce n’omuliro». Amatofali gabà go mabuye g’okuyûbaka n’obulembo yâbà yo nsîma yagagwârha.
  4. Banacibwîrana mpu: «Ewa yâgi: Rhuyûbake olugo, kandi rhuhirekwo enkingi yahika oku nkuba malunga. Ntyo nîrhu rhwanakâderha oku nîrhu rhuli balume là, na kandi okwôla kwanarhuma rhurhacishandabana omu igulu».
  5. Nyamuzinda anacihona oku nkuba mpu naye ayish’ilola olugo n’enkingi abantu bayûbasire.
  6. Nyamuzinda anaciderha erhi: «Alà oku boshi bali lubaga luguma banagwêrhe iderha liguma, ogwôla gwo murhondêro gw’eyi mikolo yâbo. Na bunôla ntà muhigo gwâbo gwakabula buyunjula kuli bo.
  7. Kanya rhubunguluke, rhubashandire iderha, bahuzagure ntà baguma baciyumva abâbo.»
  8. Nyamubâho àbashandabanya omu igulu lyoshi, kurhenga aho, baleka okuyûbaka olwo lugo.
  9. Aho bahayîrika Babeli*, bulya ho Nyamubâho ashandiraga iderha ly’abantu oku igulu, ahôla ho anabashandabanyizagya, bashandâla omu igulu lyoshi.

* 11:9 Babeli luli luderho lurhenzire omu lulimi lw’ecihabraniya. Kwo kuderha: ishâbâbè, kavango. Abantu barhaciyumvanyagya, bucîbone bwâbo burhumire. Ciru na kuhika ene abantu barhayumvanya n’obwo rhwabwîne obucunguzi muli Yezu Kristu.

Source: BIBLIYA NTAGATIFU OMU MASHI. La Sainte Bible en langue shi de la République démocratique du Congo, 2024.

Contributed by Wolfgang Kuhl

Shi is a Northeast Bantu language spoken in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Tower of Babel in Bantu languages

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