The Tower of Babel (Genesis 11: 1-9)
Northern Mam
- Tuj tk'ijlalil ojtxi junx yol ba'n cyu'n cycyakil xjal twitz tx'otx'.
- Tej cyetz xjal tuj tjawitz k'ij o cnet jun chk'ajlaj cyu'n tuj tx'otx' Sinar, ex axtzun e najan.
- E octzun ten yolil cyxolx ex cyma cyja': Ko', kbinchan cub lagriy, ex kk'o'ncx tuj k'ak' tu'n ttzk'ajset, che chi. Ajbentzun lagriy te t-xel abj, atzun aspalt ajben cyu'n te t-xel mescla.
- Cymatltzun cyja': Kbinchan jaw jun tnam ex jun ja ma'xix twa'l ex japun pon twa'l max twitz cya'j, tu'n tcyaj jun nabl ke, ex tu'n mi'n kel sputj twitz tx'otx', che chi.
- Cu'tztzun Kman que'yilte aju tnam ex aju ja ma'xix twa'l in banttok cyu'n ke xjal.
- Tmatzun cyja': Lu ke xjal lu junx cytanmi, ax icx junx yol ba'n cyu'n; ma tzyet ak'untl lu cyu'n ex mlay che mayet ti'j ju in cub cyximan tu'n cybinchante.
- Ja'lotzun ko', ko cu'x tzpet-salte cyyol tu'ntzun mi'n tel tnic' jun ti'j tyol juntl, chi Kman.
- Ictzun tten e el t-sputun Kman ke xjal tuj tcyakil twitz tx'otx', ex cyaj cycolin ak'untl ti'j tnam.
- Tu'ntzun jlu, Babel tbi tnam oc, tu'nju atzun cub ttzpet-sa'n Kman cyyol cycyakil xjal. Tujtzun tnam lu e je'l t-sputun tuj tcyakil twitz tx'otx'.
Source: The Bible in Northern Mam. Sociedad Bíblica de Guatemala, 1993.
Contributed by Wolfgang Kuhl
Northern Mam, is also known as Huehuetenango Mam, is a Mayan
language spoken in southern Huehuetenango Department of Guatemala.
More information about Northern Mam
http://www.ethnologue.org/language/mam
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mam_language
Tower of Babel in Mayan Languages
Aguacateco,
Ch'ol of Tila,
Ch'ol of Tumbalá,
Chuj,
Kaqchikel,
K’iche’,
Northern Mam,
Poqomchi',
Q'anjob'al,
Q'eqchi',
Quetzaltenango Mam,
Tzeltal,
Tzotzil,
Yucatec Maya
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