Babel

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

Vagla

Babilɔn diijaŋ werge wia

  1. Saŋa la durnya newea maanii faa ra mɔɔ mɔɔkpaŋ.
  2. Baŋ faa izee di ra la wiifurii barii, ba ga na lɛl Babilɔn hɛri, di so de.
  3. Ba ŋɔ dɔŋa be, “Ií ba, ya mɔnni birkissizi di ɔɔzaa nɛnnɛ.” Ba kpa a birkissizi di ra ma, di kpa kotaal ge di ra fargi a baana.
  4. Denii ba ŋɔ, “Ií gil ya ma bolzeŋ, di ma a diijaŋ bɛl, ú la chiŋ di ga chug baama, ú ra bagli sɔŋ la yaa n dɔɔwɛ! Gunnɛ niŋ gil ya dɔɔ nuukpaŋ, di gilɛɛ kaa wàá yaari durnya biini maa.”
  5. Ka banna ma a bolzeŋ ani diijaŋ la n niŋ ga chug baama la, Kɔraawiizi tuu ba ú wa na.
  6. Denii Kɔraawiizi ŋɔ, “Na, di ba daŋ wer dɔɔ nuukpaŋ di ɛɛ keŋ, dikuu banna mɔɔ mɔɔkpaŋ wia, i zum gunla ban niŋ wa ɛɛ kɛrɛ bɛlaa? Ba wàá ka wer ɛɛ wiimaa huhzi.
  7. Awia, gil ya tuu di ga gil ba ra mɔɔ mɔɔdumazi. Di guŋ wa ɛɛwɔ, ba wàá kaa ra nuu dɔŋa be, bá nuukpaŋ la chɔgi.”
  8. Gunnɛ Kɔraawiizi ɛɛ, di gil ba yaari hɛri maa, ba bolzeŋ la mai chɔgi.
  9. Guŋ wiarɛ ba faa ra yir a bolzeŋ Babilɔn, dikuubɛɛwiai, denii Kɔraawiizi gil ba ra mɔɔ mɔɔdumazi, di yaari hɛri maa la.

Source: https://www.bible.com/bible/1938/GEN.11.VAG

Contributed by Wolfgang Kuhl

Vagla is a Southern Gur language spoken in the Savannah Region in northern Ghana.

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