Babel

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

Dakhóta (Dakota)

  1. Hehan maka kin owancaya wicaiha wanjidan, qa iapi ko wanjidan.
  2. Qa wiyohiyanpata ihdaka unpi, qa Śinar makoce kin he en, omdaye wan iyeyapi, qa en eyakonpi.
  3. Qa otoiyohi takodaku hekiciyapi, Ihopo, maka omdoton unkagapi, qa śpan unkiyapi kta ce, eyapi. Hecen inyan hee kiya maka omdoton kin he icupi, qa upśija hee kiya bitumen icupi.
  4. Qa ake hekiciyapi, Ihopo, otonwe wanji unkagapi kte ca nakun conkaśke wan, he ointpa kin maḣpiya iyahdeye kta, qa caje unkicagapi kte; heconkupi śni kinhan, maka kin owancaya omdecaheya unkiyayapi kta.
  5. Unkan, Jehowa otonwe kin, inatake ko, Adam cinca wicaye cin kagapi kin wanyake kta e kun hiyu.
  6. Qa, Ehaeś oyate wanjidan, qa owasin iapi wanjidan yuhapi, qa de tokaheya econpi, qa detanhan taku kaga kecinpi owasin takudan teḣike dapi kte śni.
  7. Iho, kun unyanpi kta; kinhan iyakitedan iapi nakicihonpi kte śni, Jehowa eya.
  8. Qa hetanhan Jehowa, maka kin owancaya, yuomden ye wicaya; unkan otonwe kagapi qon ayuśtanpi.
  9. He etanhan caje kin Babel eciyapi; heciya Jehowa maka kin owasin iapi kin yuicicaḣi, qa hetanhan maka kin owancaya yuomden enanakiya ye wicaya.

Source: Dakota Wowapi Wakan - The Holy Bible, in the Language of the Dakota, translated by Thomas S. Williamson and Stephen R. Riggs and published by the American Bible Society in 1883.

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