The Tower of Babel (Genesis 11: 1-9)
Ch'ol of Tumbalá
Jini chan bʌ ts'ajc ti Babel
- 1. Junchajp jach i t'an winicob ti pejtelel pañimil. Ma'anic yambʌ t'an.
- 2. Che' bʌ tsa' cajiyob ti majlel winicob ba' mi' pasel q'uin tsi' tajayob joctʌl i c'aba' Sinar. Ya' tsa' chumleyob ya'i.
- 3-4. Tsi' yʌlʌyob: La' lac mel tejclum yic'ot chan bʌ q'uelonib mu' bʌ i letsel ti panchan. La' lac ñuq'uesan laj c'aba' ame pujquiconla ti pejtelel pañimil, che'ob. Che' jini tsi' meleyob ladrillo. Tsi' tempayob asfalto i wentʌjlel mezcla.
- 5. Tsa' jubi tilel lac Yum i q'uel jini chan bʌ ts'ajc am bʌ ti tejclum tsa' bʌ i meleyob winicob.
- 6. Lac Yum tsi' yʌlʌ: Awilan, junmojt jach winicob x'ixicob. Junchajp jach i t'an ti pejtelelob. Jiñach i tejchibal jach chuqui mi caj i cha'leñob. Che' jini mi caj i melob pejtelel chuqui mi' ña'tañob i mel.
- 7. Conla c socbeñob i t'an cha'an ma'anic mi' ch'ʌmbeñob isujum che' mi' pejcañob i bʌ, che'en lac Yum.
- 8. Jini cha'an lac Yum tsi' pam pucuyob ti pejtelel pañimil. Tsi' cʌyʌyob i mel jini tejclum,
- 9. Jini cha'an tsa' otsʌbenti i c'aba' jini tejclum Babel, come ya'i lac Yum tsi' socbe i t'an pejtel año' bʌ ti pañimil. Lac Yum tsi' pam pucuyob ti pejtelel pañimil.
Source: El Antiguo Testamento en el ch'ol de Tumbalá. Liga Bíblica Internacional, 2011.
Ch'ol of Tila
Tiꞌ chaꞌleyob tꞌan ti yan tyac bʌ tꞌan
- Ti ñoj oniyix junchajp jach bajcheꞌ mucꞌob ti tꞌan quixtyañujob. Pero jumpꞌej
qꞌuin tiꞌ muchꞌquiyob i bʌ jini quixtyañujob yaꞌ ti joctyʌl Sinar. Tiꞌ chajpʌyob
chaꞌan i melob jumpꞌej buchul bʌ tsꞌajc ñoj chan bʌ muꞌ bʌ cꞌʌlʌ cꞌotyel ti
chan. Tiꞌ meleyob chaꞌan ti caj yomob i chan isañob i bʌ, yicꞌot chaꞌan machꞌan
miꞌ wen pucob i bʌ. Pero Dios maꞌan tiꞌ mulʌ chʌ bʌ chʌncol i melob. Jin
chaꞌan Dios tiꞌ mele chaꞌan yambʌ miꞌ chaꞌlen tꞌan ti yan tyac bʌ tꞌan, yambʌ ti
yambʌ tꞌan. Maꞌix ti mejli i ñaꞌtyañob i tꞌan ti chajp ti chajp. Jin chaꞌan ti pam
pujquiyob ti pejtyelel mulawil. Ti i cʌyʌyob yaꞌ baꞌ ti tyeche i melob jini buchul
bʌ tsꞌajc ti lum Babel bʌ i cꞌabaꞌ.
Source: Resumen del Antiguo Testamento en el chol de Tila, Liga Bíblica Internacional, 2011.
Contributed by Wolfgang Kuhl
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Aguacateco,
Ch'ol of Tila,
Ch'ol of Tumbalá,
Chorti,
Chuj,
Kaqchikel,
K’iche’,
Northern (Huehuetenango) Mam,
Poqomchi',
Q'anjob'al,
Q'eqchi',
Quetzaltenango Mam,
Southern Mam,
Tzeltal,
Tzotzil,
Yucatec Maya
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