The Tower of Babel (Genesis 11: 1-9)
Baoulé
Babɛl: Aniɛn'm be sannganlɛ
- Laa, sran'm be kwlaa be kan aniɛn kunngba, ɔ kpaci-man.
- Be fɛli i wia afiliɛ lɔ be ko juli lika kpɛkplɛkpɛ kun nun Babilɔni i bo ngua lɔ nan b'a tran lɛ.
- Be seli be wiengu kɛ: «Man e wɔ e ko kpɛ bliki e nyintɔn.» Yɛ bliki sɔ'n yoli kɛ be yɛbuɛ sa be fa kplannin sua, gudrɔn'n kusu yoli kɛ be laso sa.
- Be seli kɛ: «An man e kplan klɔ kun nin sua mlomlo kun. Man i sɔ sua liɛ'n i ti'n to nyanmiɛn'n lɔ. E `yo sɔ nan e dunman'n fu nan kusu y'a bo y'a sanndi-man asiɛ wunmuan'n su.»
- Anannganman fin nglo lɔ jra niannin klɔ nin sua sɔ'n bɔ sran'm be su kplan'n.
- Yɛ ɔ seli kɛ: «Be ti nvle kun, be kan aniɛn kunngba yɛ nian be bo bolɛ bɔ b'a bo-ɔ. Nga, like kwlaa bɔ be gugu kɛ be ´yo'n, like fi nun-man lɛ b'ɔ kwlaa jran be-ɔ.
- Ɔ man e `wɔ e ko sanngan be aniɛn'n nun, nan nán be ti be wun aniɛn kun.»
- Yɛ Anannganman man be bo sanndili asiɛ wunmuan'n su nan b'a yaci klɔ sɔ'n i kplanlɛ.
- I sɔ'n ti yɛ be flɛli klɔ sɔ'n kɛ Babɛl nin-ɔn. Afin lɛ yɛ Anannganman sanngannin asiɛ'n sufuɛ'm be kwlaa be aniɛn nun-ɔn. Lɛ yɛ ɔ man be boli be bo sanndilɛ'n bo asiɛ wunmuan'n su-ɔ.
Source: NYANMIƐN NDƐ'N. Baoulé Bible. Bible Society of Côte d'Ivoire.
Contributed by Wolfgang Kuhl
Baoulé is a Kwa language spoken in Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast).
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