Babel

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

Southern Kalinga

Na Nasabsafaliyan Na Ukud Ad Babel

  1. Na chaampunan na takù mansisiyanan, osa kan ukud wi usaroncha.
  2. Ummad-adchuwancha pun, tinaynanchan filig wi Ararat ad ummoycha nangkagkagkaay ingkanà chummatongcha ta arwaarway luta wi Babylonia, ad sachin finumroyancha.
  3. Ad nan-uukudcha, “Choo, mangwataù pità isù haloblak, ad inututau ta umamnut.” Siyan nangwachà isù haloblak à kaofonchà foforoycha, ya ispartù mang i paot nu tupingoncha.
  4. Ad anancha, “Ach i tau pu miwartà. Chakrontaun ili, ad kaofontaun atànangani foroy à michaum ad langit, ta chayawon na losani mangilà chitauy nangwa.”
  5. Ad na nangwaancha, nan-osog à Apudyus wi ummoyna inilan oyyoonchay ili ya tànangani foroy,
  6. ad anana, “Amaschiyon na anchanayay taku tan nantitimpuyugcha, ya osa kan ukudcha. Siyan lukin na mangwaancha ta sinumani pioncha!
  7. Inta mansabsafaliyon na inyùukudcha ta achicha pu man-asiinnawat.”
  8. Ad nàwa, tan achi pun na taku nan-asiinnawat, siyan iwwarangchay nangkaob à chakor wi ili, ad iwwartà Apudyus chichi ta arutaruta.
  9. Ad nanipud ta sachi, nangchanan na sachi ilì Babel, tan sachin nanabsafaliyan Apudyus ta inyùukud na taku ta achicha pu man-asiinnawat, ad sachin nangipaligwatan Apudyus an chicha ta miwartàcha ta arutaruta.

Source: Genesis in Southern Kalinga. New York International Bible Society Publishers, 1981.

Contributed by Wolfgang Kuhl

Information about Southern Kalinga
http://www.ethnologue.com/language/ksc

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