Babel

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

Safen (Saafi-Saafi)

Taɓahuukaŋ Baabel

Bala ɓa pasarkohan ɗah, ɓooɓiŋ kehƴi jen jombee peɗeem yino
po ŋ jamanoona ɓa kurkoh pulohaaɗ-noh. Ɓa kaɗoh kaɗoh po ɓa reesa ŋ oon angiɗ ŋ kur ka na woyse Sinyaar, ɓa yippa nga.
Ɓa woosa ŋ harmban ɓa ne : « Ɓoo muulaat, ɓoo ut ca. » Ɓa ɓayee muul findi atoh taɓahoha na godirong findi simong.
Ɓa woyissa ne : « Ɓoo haɓɗaat kur-taah, ɓoo taɓah nga taɓah jimimim po wa maangee ŋ eel ca, wa hey tahe po ɓoo raak tiik te ɓoo heyɗi pasarkohe ŋ kehƴi. »
Weɗ Nikiɗi ruhsoh ne a marak kur ka na taɓaha ɓooɓi ŋ kehƴi tufkiɗe.
A woosa ŋ haf ce ne : « Findi ɓa camboh an, ɓa nikka cuuɓ yino, ɓa ɓaahha peɗeem, ali in wooñissanɗi ɓa ŋ in nu ɓa waaɗ tum ɗah.
Mbaa ɗah, ɓoo ruhsaat, ɓoo ɗalohiɗ woo ciŋ ɓa po ɓaa nu nga ɗah, kerhuu peɗmi ɓinooɓi na woye. »
Nikiɗi pasarohha ɓa ŋ kehƴi jen ; kur ka ɓa taɓahee toppa ndaam.
Weɗ tah ɓa teekkaa Baabel laam, ŋ ndaam weɗ Nikiɗi ɗalohiɗ peɗeem ci*, a pasarohha ɓooɓi ngaŋ kehƴi jen.

* 11:9 Tiikiŋ "Baabel" reɓ mand na "ɗaloh" ŋ peɗeem heber.

Source: Portions of the Holy Bible in the Saafi-Saafi language of Senegal. Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc., 2019

Contributed by Wolfgang Kuhl

Safen is a Senegambian language spoken in the Thiès Region of Senegal.

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