The Tower of Babel (Genesis 11: 1-9)
Dawida (Kidawida)
- Ngelo iyo, wurumwengu ghose ghorekoghe na kiteto chimweri na lwaka lumweri.
- Hata iji wandu werekoghe wikidamba kufuma chia ra mashariki, wikavika kirindi cha isanga jimu jiwangwagha Shinari, nawo wikakaia aho.
- Wikazerana weni na weni, “Nndokonyi dikabe matofali, dighioche nicha.“ Nawo werekoghe na matofali wulalo ghwa magho, na lami wulalo ghwa chokaa.
- Nao wikaghamba, “Idana ndedikuaghie muzi na mnara, na wuighu ghwaro ghujoke hata ghuvike mlungunyi, nesi dikubonyere diweni irina, eri disakesaghiswa ii chia na ii chia aighu ndoenyi.“
- Niko BWANA ukasea upate kuwona ugho muzi na ugho mnara wadamu wereghuaghieghe.
- Nao BWANA ukaghamba, “Olenyi wandu awa ni wandu wamweri, widedagha kiteto chimweri na lwaka lumweri; na uku ni kuzoya tu kwa agha wichaabonya, hata ndewichaalemwa ni kilambo chingi wichaakunda anduangi.
- Idana ndedisee diwitasanyire kiteto chawo, eri wisesikirane madedo weni na weni.”
- Niko BWANA ukawisaghisa ndoenyi kose kufuma aja, nawo wikasigha kuagha ugho muzi.
- Niko huwo muzi ugho ghukawangwa Babeli, angu aho niko BWANA oretasanyireghe kiteto cha wadamu wose, na kufuma aja, ukawifunya wisasarike ndoenyi kose.
Source: The Holy Bible in Taita (Kidawida) published as Biblia
Ilagho Jiboie Kwa Wandu Wose. A new Common Language Translation.
The Bible Society of Kenya, Nairobi, 1998.
Contributed by Wolfgang Kuhl
Dawida or Taita is a Bantu language spoken in the Taita District
of Kenya by about 312,000 people. It is also known as Dabida, Davida,
Kidabida, Kitaita and Teita.
More information
http://www.ethnologue.com/language/dav
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taita_language
Tower of Babel in Bantu languages
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Mbunda,
Mpongwe,
Ndebele,
Ndonga,
Nkore,
Northern Sotho,
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Sena,
Shona,
Soga,
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Sukuma,
Swahili,
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Tetela,
Tonga,
Tsonga,
Tswana,
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Yao,
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