The Tower of Babel (Genesis 11: 1-9)
Massa (Masana/Masa)
Simdir ma yum Babel
- Hay na'ta sumun hay nagat noŋ kaf visi ma dumna ay kepe, yoboy ma nisi di hiɗi namna ay kepe kaw.
- Nisi yaway hay gal ma kuɗuwn pa, nisi fi liyn ma beɗna hay Sineyar, nisi lak hayam ziya.
- Nisi ka di jar-tuwisya: Tuɗaygiya, caygi brikŋa, gaygit hiɗi kuta. Brikŋa muɗi mi hiɗiyna visiya, naga ma dirginna muɗi mi zomona ma sliraɓan jaramna may.
- Nisi ka di jar-tuwsi ala: Tuɗaygiya, inaygi hoyok-ziyn ma ŋolla hiɗi simdira, nay ma inim fiyoko ta-ta sinem co kulo dukalawan goŋ'. Nay ma tiyay say goy tiy, kay nay ma mer goy kay yam nagat siɗak-ɗakɗi.
- Bugol kayni Ma-Vatɗina jikay gaa'a kay ɗuw hoyok-ziyna hiɗi gulmunna ma gurona vi sumun ka inimna.
- Ma-Vatɗin di'e: Yo! sum nisin tani jafsi kepe, vunna visi kep lay, van kayni mi tun-cawta visi ɦawa, hini wulin ɗawni, va ma nisi daawa ala nisi min lumu ni, sa ma as telsi kalam may loɗi.
- Nay tuɗaygiya, jikaygi gaa jarsiya, ɓurawsi vunsi goyo, kay a nisi ma hum vun tuwsi loɗi.
- Hay liy namna pa Ma-Vatɗina hinsi mer goy kay nagat pete, nisi hin inda vi simdir namna.
- Nisi yi sem liy namna ala Babel, kay hay buur namna kayni sum sa ka kay nagat pete Ma-Vatɗina ɓurawsi vunsi goyo, hay liy namna pa kaw nam mer jaf-sumun kaf goy kay nagata.
Source: Bibalda Ta Peldetta. The Bible in Masana language.
Contributed by Wolfgang Kuhl
Massa is a Chadic language spoken in southern Chad and northern Cameroon by about 200,000 people.
More information about Massa
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massa_language
http://www.ethnologue.com/language/mcn
Tower of Babel in Chadic languages
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