The Tower of Babel (Genesis 11: 1-9)
Faka-Tonga (Tongan)
Ang tore sa Babel
- Pea na’e ngutu taha pe ‘a e fonua kotoa, mo lea taha.
- Pea ‘i he faifai pea nau fononga mei hahake, pea nau ‘ilo ha toafa ‘i he fonua ko
- Saina; ‘o nau nofo ai. Pea nau fepehe’aki; ‘E, tau ngaohi maka’umea mu’a, ‘o matu’aki ta’o ke moho. Pea nau maka ‘aki ‘a e maka’umea, mo nau lahe ‘aki ‘a e
- kelepulu. Pea nau pehe, ‘E, tau langa mu’a ha’atau kolo, mo ha taua ke tau ki langi, pea tau ‘ai ke ‘iloa hotau hingoa, na’a tau movete
- ‘i he funga ‘o mamani. Pea ha’ele hifo ‘a Sihova ke ‘afio’i ‘a e kolo mo e taua na’e langa ‘e he ha’a
- Atama. Pea folofola ‘a Sihova, Vakai, ko e kakai pe taha kinautolu, pea lea taha; pea ko ‘enau kamata pe ē; pea ka hili ‘eni tala’ehai ‘e mata’ofi kinautolu mei ha me’a ange te nau fakakaukau ke
- fai. ‘E, tau ō hifo mu’a, ‘o veuveuki ‘enau lea ke ‘oua te nau
- fe’iloaki lea. Pea na’e veteki kinautolu ‘e Sihova mei he potu ko ia ke nofo’i ‘a e fonua kotoa: pea na’a
- nau tuku ‘a e langa ‘o e kolo. Ko hono ‘uhinga ia na’e fakahingoa ai ia ko Pepeli (ko Maveuveu); koe’uhi ko e potu ia na’e veuveuki ai ‘e Sihova ‘a e lea ‘a mamani, pea ko e potu ia na’e vetekina mei ai ‘a e kakai ‘e Sihova ke nofo’i ‘a e fonua kotoa.
Source: Ko E Tohitapu Katoa. The Bible in Tongan. The Bible Society in the South Pacific, Raiwaqa, Suva, Fiji, 1979.
Contributed by Wolfgang Kuhl
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