The Tower of Babel (Genesis 11: 1-9)
Oshikwanyama (Kwanyama)
Oshungo yaBabel
- Ndele mounyuni aushe omwa le elaka limwe alike noitya imwe.
- Ndele eshi va ehena langhele koushilo, ova mona ko ehenene medu laSinear. Ndele oko va tula.
- Opo nee vo va tongafana, tava ti: Ileni, tu foromeni eedopi, fye tu di yofe di pama. Eedopi ve di longifa ngaashi omamanya okutunga neka ledu la li ekwatakanifo lado.
- Ndele vo tava ti: Ileni, fye tu litungileni oshilando, noshungo ile, onhele yayo i twe keulu. Ndee tu liningileni edina, tu he lihanene nounyuni aushe.
- Opo nee Omwene okwa koloka e ya poshi okutala oshilando noshungo ei ya tungwa kovana vovanhu.
- Ndee Omwene ota ti: Vo oshiwana shimwe, ndee vo aveshe ve nelaka limwe! Ndele eshi ehovelo alike loilonga yavo. Pamha kape na sha eshi tashi ke va imbifa eshi va yuka okuninga.
- Tu yeni, tu kolokeni, fye tu dongakanifeni elaka lavo, opo ve he liude omukwao namukwao.
- Osho hano Omwene okwe va halakanifila kombada yedu alishe. Ndele vo ova efa okutunga oshilando.
- Onghee hano ve shi luka Babel, osheshi oko Omwene okwa dongakanifile elaka ledu alishe, ndele oko Omwene e va halakanifile ounyuni aushe.
Source: Ombibeli Oyo Omushangwa Muyapuki Wa Wanenena Metestamenti Likulu Nolipe. The Holy Bible in Kwanyama. Bible Society of South Africa, 1974.
Contributed by Wolfgang Kuhl
Information about Kwanyama
http://www.ethnologue.com/language/kua
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwanyama_dialect
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