The Tower of Babel (Genesis 11: 1-9)
Sudest (Tagula)
Ŋgoloko molao moli ina Babel
- Va e mbaŋako iyako yambaneke laghɨye ghalɨghalɨŋaniye va regha na lenji utuutu ghe loŋwaloŋwa regha.
- Mbaŋa thɨ raka na i vorowoko vethɨ vaidiya malamo regha Babiloniya e tɨne na thɨ vatada ghambanjiwe.
- Kaero thɨ vedage weŋgi thɨŋa, “Wo hu rakamena! Ra vakathaŋgiya brik na ra ŋambuŋgi na thɨ vurɨgheghe.” Thɨ mbana brik (thelau) na thɨ vatavatadɨwe na thɨ monje valaweŋgi na i vurɨgheghe.
- Amba thɨŋa, “E mbaŋake iyake ra vatada ghemba laghɨye na ŋgolo regha i loŋga na i voro na molao, mbala ve wo buruburuko, mbala idanda ne i laghɨye. Ŋgoloke iyake i vakathainda thava ra meila e yambaneke laghɨye.”
- Amba Giya Loi i njama na i thuwe ghembako laghɨye na ŋgoloko molao thɨ vatavatadɨko.
- Giya Loi iŋa, “Gharɨgharɨke thiyake kaero thiya mevathavatha na regha na ghalɨŋanji regha. Kaero thɨ worawa lenji vakathako iyako rɨghe. Nevole valɨkaiwanji budakaiya nuwanjiya thɨ vakatha.
- Ra nja na vara vauneuneŋaŋgi na tomethi mbe ghalɨŋanji, mbala maa thɨ veloŋwa ghalɨŋanjiko gharumwaru.”
- Iya kaiwae Giya Loi i vakathaŋgi na thɨ meila e yambaneke laghɨye na thɨ viyatho ghembama laghɨye ghavatavatad.
- Iya kaiwae ghembako laghɨye iyako idae Babel, kaiwae gheko Giya Loi va i vauneuneŋa gharɨgharɨke wolaghɨye e yambaneke na gheko i vakathaŋgi na thɨ meila e yambaneke laghɨye.
Source: Toto Thovuye Loi Ghalɨŋae. Portions of the Holy Bible in the Sudest language of Papua New Guinea / Buk Baibel long tok ples Sudest long Niugini. Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc., 2014.
Contributed by Wolfgang Kuhl
Sudest is a Western Oceanic language spoken on Tagula Island in Milne Province in Papua New Guinea. It is also known as Tagula.
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