The Tower of Babel (Genesis 11: 1-9)
Chitonga/iciTonga (Tonga)
Myaambo yabantu mbuyakapilinganisigwa
- Lino nyika yoonse kiijisi mwaambo omwe biyo amulaka omwe.
- Nkabela bantu nebakali kuya kujwe bakajana ibanda munyika ya-Sinara, baakukala nkuko.
- Lino bakaamba umwi aumwi kumweenzinyina kuti, Amuboole, tubumbe zitina, tuzitente kabotu. Aboobo zitina zyakababeda mabwe, amulambo wakababeda ciyosyo.
- Alimwi bakati, Amuboole, tuliyakile munzi a?anda indamfu iisika akujulu. Atulicitile impuwo, kuti tutapalanganisigwi koonse koonse ansi.
- Nbakela Jehova wakaseluka kuzoobona munzi a?anda indamfu bana ba-Adamu njibakali kuyaka.
- Lino Jehova wakati, Bona ! Bantu mbamusyobo omwe biyo alimwi boonse balaamba mwaambo omwe biyo. Batalika kucita cintu eci, lino taakwe cikonzya kubakasya muzintu zyoonse nzebayeeya.
- Atweende, tuseluke, tupilinganye mwaambo wabo, kuti batateelezyanyi nekuba kumvwa mwaambo umwi aumwi wamweenzinyina.
- Elyo Jehova wakabamwaisya nkukonya oko, koonse koonse ansi, aboobo bakaleka kuyaka munzi.
- Nciceeco oyo munzi ncowakaambilwa kuti ngu-Babelo, nkaambo nkukonya oko Jehova nkwaakapilinganinya mwaambo wanyika, alimwi kuzwa oko Jehova wakabapalanganya koonse koonse ansi.
Source: Ibbaibbele. Ibbuku Lyamajwi Aa-Leza. Cizuminano Cakale.
Acizuminano Cipya. The Bible in Tonga (Zambia). The Bible Society of Zambia, 1990.
Contributed by Wolfgang Kuhl
Information about Tonga
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonga_language_(Zambia)
http://www.ethnologue.com/language/toi
Tower of Babel in Bantu languages
Bemba,
Beti,
Chichewa,
Dawida,
Kamba,
Kinyarwanda,
Kirundi,
Kwanyama,
Lingala,
Luba-Katanga,
Luganda,
Luragooli,
Ndebele,
Ndonga,
Northern Sotho,
Sena,
Shona,
Southern Sotho,
Swahili,
Tetela,
Tonga,
Tsonga,
Tswana,
Tumbuka,
Venda,
Xhosa,
Zulu
Other Tower of Babel translations
By language |
By language family
Learn Chinese Characters with the Omniglot Chinese app
