Babel

The Tower of Babel (Genesis 11: 1-9)

Nguna (North Efate)

  1. Go marama mamau e pei nagole sikai maau go navasaana sikai maau.
  2. Go e pakilina, ragi waina eu do surata paki taleva ni elo sake, naga eu pap̃ai malo matemate sikai navanua ni Shinar; go eu doko tokora wanogoe doko.
  3. Go eu dum̃ada noa ki da, eu naga, Ita, tuga mari brik maga, go tuga tao ni m̃ata ki nia. Go eu peani brik e pei vatu adeada, go eu peani bitumen e pei laime adeda.
  4. Go eu naga, Ita, tuga tum̃agida davagi natokoana sikai, go nasum̃a varau pakilagi sikai, go nap̃auna ega toko nakoroatelagi, go tuga tum̃agida manigida mari nagisa sikai; naga tuga ta pei tea taperaverakiana paki narae ni maramana mamau mau.
  5. Go Yehovah e siwo umai naga ega vunusi natokoana go nasum̃a varau pakilagi, waina naatam̃oli natuda maga eu davagi a.
  6. Go Yehova e noa, P̃a leo, eu pei narei sikai maau; go eu mamau puti peani nagole sikai maau; go tea waia e pei tea waina eu atulake asa naga euga mari a: go ragi waia te navatuna sikai waina eu midoa ki nia naga euga
  7. mari a, ega wo da pei tea taeluaana ki ara mau.
  8. Ita, tuga siwo pano, po mari nagoleda ega vinovinoi tokora wanana, naga euga ta dum̃ada dogotae nagoleda mau.
  9. Go Yehova e daperavera ki da m̃elu dua ki tokora wanogoe paki naraen ni maramana mamau: go eu makoto ki natavagiana ni natokoana.
  10. Nalakena tea wanogoe nagisana e pei tea sosoana ki Babel; nalakenaYehova e mari nagole ni maramana mamau e pinovinoi tokora wanogoe: go Yehovah e daperavera ki da m̃elu dua ki tokora wanogoe paki narae ni maramana mamau.

Source: Tusi Tapu waina e peani Testament Tuai go Testament Vau. Nguna Tongoa Bible, New Hebrides. The Bible Society in the South Pacific, 1972.

Contributed by Wolfgang Kuhl

Information about North Efate
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Efate_language
http://www.ethnologue.com/language/llp

Tower of Babel in Malayo-Polynesian languages

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