Babel

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

siLozi (Lozi)

Tawa ya Babele

  1. Kwa simuluho, batu mwa lifasi kaufela ne ba bulela puo i liñwi, ni ku itusisa manzwi a swana.
  2. Ha ne ba nze ba ya kwa upa, ba t'o fita mwa libala le li mwa naha ya Shinari, mo ba til'o yaha.
  3. Kiha ba bulelisana, ba li, “A mu tahe! Lu lube litina, lu li cise hande.” Cwale ba eza litina, ze ba ka yaha ka zona, ni mufuta wa samende wa ku li kopanya hamoho.
  4. Mi ba li, “A lu ikaheleñi munzi o ta ba ni tawa ye telele, mane i y'o fita kwa lihalimu. Lu ikezeze libizo kuli lu si ke lwa hasanela mwa naha kamukana.”
  5. Cwale Muñ'a Bupilo kih'a taha fafasi ku t'o bona munzi ni tawa ye ba yahile batu.
  6. A li, “Batu ba, ki batu ba li bañwi. Ba bulela puo i liñwi. A, ki ona makalelo feela a ze ba ta eza. Mwamulahonyana ba ka kona ku ikezeza sifi ni sifi se ba bata ku si eza.
  7. A lu ye kwateñi, lu y'o fapanya puo ya bona kuli ba si ke ba utwana.”
  8. Cwale Muñ'a Bupilo a ba hasanyeza mwa lifasi kaufela, mi ba tuhela ku yaha munzi.
  9. Munzi wo n'o bizwa Babele, kakuli ki fona f'a n'a fapahanyelize Muñ'a Bupilo lipuo za batu, mi a ba hasanyeza mwa lifasi kamukana.

Source: Simuluho (Genesis). Bibele ye Kenile. The Bible in Lozi. Bible Society of Zambia, 2009.

Contributed by Wolfgang Kuhl

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