The Tower of Babel (Genesis 11: 1-9)
Kilivila
Liliula makwaina liku Babiloni
- Omitibogwa, tomotala valu watanawa komwaidona bonasi kaigitinidesi wala, e si biga komwaidona makawala wala.
- Ililoulasi mapilana opilibomatu e ibanaisi kwaitala kabayatila mapilana Babiloni, e ibudaisi valu isikailisi baisa.
- Ilivalasi taitala baisa taitala, kawasi, “Ka, ibodi bitakauwaisi mlomwaluva pwaipwaia bitagabwaisi bikasai bimili dakuna.” E mapaila ikepupolaisi imili dakuna e ikikaliaisi, deli si kaibasi pwadidiweta pikipaki.
- Ikaibigasi, kawasi, “E ka, bitakaliaiisi valu vilouveka deli kwaitala bwala bitakaliaiisi olopola makawala liku, bitatakasaisi bila ikapituki labuma. E mina watanawa biyakawolaidasi, e taga bitabutusi ambaisa ambaisa ovalu watanawa komwaidona.”
- E baisa tuta Guyau ibusi ima bigisi makwaina valu vilouveka deli makaina liku avaka tomota eikaliaiisi.
- E Guyau ikaibiga, kawala, “Ka, matausina tomota budotala wala e bonasi ililivalasi kaigitinidesi wala! E baisa avaka eiuvagaisi kala vitouula wala. Igau goli gagabila bivagaisi avaka avaka ikikau ninasi.
- Ibodi bitabusisi tawaisi takipinigwaisi bonasi e taga bikatetasi avaka sesia ililivalaisi.”
- Mapaila Guyau ikatugai matausina ilosi ovalu watanawa komwaidona e iligaimwaisi wala kaliai.
- E valu mapilana idokaisi Babiloni paila uula Guyau eikipinigu bonasi tolesi mapilana valu e ikatugai matausina ilosi ambaisa ambaisa.
Source: Buki Pilabumaboma Kabutubogwa Deli Kabutuvau Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, 1984.
Contributed by Wolfgang Kuhl
Kilivila is a Western Oceanic language spoken in the Trobriand Islands in Papua New Guinea.
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