Babel

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

Vidunda (Chividunda)

Ilingo lya Babeli

  1. Mwaluko wanhu weng'ha muisi nawali na ulonzi umwe, nawali wolonga luzi lulula.
  2. Lelo naiwa wanhu lowenule majendo kulawila kolilawilaga isanya, nawafika kuli isi ya chiwala ako Shinali, nawekala.
  3. Hamba nawelonjelela, “Lelo, natudite matufali, tugasome goya na chiluli.” Nawali na matufali honhu ha maganga na lami honhu ha ilongo.
  4. Nawalonga, “Twizenjele muji na ilingo chinduwiko chake chofika mbaka kilanga leka tupegwe itagwa na kutogoligwa, tuleche kusambaluka isi yeng'ha.”
  5. Ndo baho Mkulu Nguluwi nakedulika hasi kulola honhu hao na ilingo lowazenjile wanhu wa isi.
  6. Mkulu Nguluwi nakalonga, “Mlole wanhu wano wa isi imwe na weng'ha wana ulonzi umwe, awu ndo mwaluko hela wa gala gowodita. Lyoneche lowogana kudita, woweza kudita.
  7. Lelo natwiduliche hasi na kuubananga ulonzi wa hewo, leka walemwele kuvizela chowolonga hewo kwa hewo.”
  8. Ahyo, Mkulu Nguluwi nakawasambalula honhu heng'ha muisi, na hewo nawaleka kuuzenga ula muji.
  9. Muji awo nauchemigwa Babeli, kwa vila ako ndo Mkulu Nguluwi koyatigule ulonzi wa hewo wa isi yeng'ha na kulawa ako nakawasambalula wanhu chila honhu muisi.

Source: https://www.bible.com/fr/bible/1221/GEN.11.CHIVIDUNDA

Contributed by Wolfgang Kuhl

Vidunda is a Bantu language spoken in southern Tanzania.

Tower of Babel in Bantu languages

Bangi, Bemba, Benga, Beti, Bulu, Chichewa, Dawida, Haya, Ibinda, Kamba, Kiga, Kikuyu, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Kongo, Koti, Kwangali, Kwanyama, Lamba, Lenje, Lingala, Lomwe, Lozi, Luba-Katanga, Luganda, Luragooli, Mbunda, Mpongwe, Ndau, Ndebele, Ndonga, Nkore, Northern Sotho, Nyakyusa, Sango, Sena, Shi, Shona, Soga, Southern Sotho, Sukuma, Swahili, Swati, Taita, Talinga, Tetela, Tonga, Tsonga, Tswana, Tumbuka, Venda, Vidunda, Xhosa, Yao, Zulu

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