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

Babel

Tontemboan

Tjandi am Babēl

An somoi-ai i sonop wangko' ja sē tow makatajango ka'i a si Tjasoeroean. Sēra loemopao in tita i Tjasoeroean wo toemawoi sē itjasalē' in atēēra lēwo'. Aitjoea i Tjasoeroean ja in sē soeroe i Noh toemiroewoka in tja'iomba'an; ta'an sēra ja ra'itja masalē'. Sē kete-keteren toemo'tolo merēnta sē lembitje'; si tjatarē nima-ise-isek sē kakēlē ja si Nimrod. En toe'oer im balē am pinaperēntana ja Babēl, kaoesoeian an tana' Sinēar.

Awoja an iitoe sē tow toemo'tolo mēma' esa walē a si lopa'na an tembir in dojongan i Efrat; wo sēra mengkoeanan in tana'i: „Karengana kita mēma' esa tjandi isoear i langit, wo sama' kita mindo-mio' ngaram bangko' wo kita ra'itja itjaserar am bawo in tana'.” Ang karapi im bendoe nimangakar sēra e nimeto'or si tjandi itoe, am pa'pa' sēra karengan matoenoe watoe, ēn ambitoe ja ra'itja wana. Janta'an em basa i Tjasoeroean en dangka' ēm basa ē tow; sēra ra'itja iwajana e mengēnē-ngēnēt in tjawēra'-anēra. Anaitoe kemoen i Tjasoeroean e noewoe' iaka-akar sē tow matawoi ra'io mengkailekan i noewoe'; anaē sēra mena' e mato'or in tjandi wo sēra matalitjoer iaka-akar sē tow itjaserar am bawo in tana' tanoeo in tarēpē'. Sē soeroe i Sēm nimento' an Asia, sē soeroe i Ham nimako-mēko an tana' Afrika; ja sē soeroe i Jafēt nimento' an Eropa.

Source: Koekoea an Ta'ar Oere wo n Ta'ar Weroe. Tontemboanese Selections of the Bible. Leiden 1907.

Contributed by Wolfgang Kuhl

Tontemboan is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in nothern Sulawesi in Indonesia by about 150,000 people.

More information about Tontemboan
http://www.ethnologue.com/language/tnt
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tontemboan_language

Tower of Babel in Malayo-Polynesian Languages

Acehnese, Adzera, Ambrym, Anuki, Are, Balinese, Bambam, Bariai, Biatah Bidayuh, Bola, Bugis, Bwaidoka, Caribbean Javanese, Central Sinama, Fijian, Hiri Motu, Iban, Indonesian, Jarai, Kadazandusun, Kahua, Kakabai, Kambera, Kaninuwa, Kenyah, Kurti, Javanese, Luang, Lun Bawang, Madurese, Makassar, Malagasy, Malay, Mbula, Mentawai, Misima-Paneati, Motu, Nali, Ngaju, Nias, North Efate, Nyindrou, Paama, Palawano, Rade, Rotuman, Saveeng Tuam, Selaru, Suau, Sundanese, Timugon Murut, Tolai, Tontemboan, Toraja-Sa'dan, Tungag, Ubir, Wamesa, Yabem

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