The Tower of Babel (Genesis 11: 1-9)
Maia
Kanidi Babelga saki waliwalinate-wiesa
- Da unau, muado nanum yag naum badanana di ilikamo bada idaga igomo onono, winor sakino duwaka iga, di saki duwa onowaka sakiagomo.
- Bada ta wedem ilikarav aba onoga walea-avia Babilonia aba muili onara ilikamo.
- Bada onoga bugegame umu sak-usomo, “Aria! Ida kumutatesa buiarav i wagerido di brik maliparav.” Nematomo bada wino brikat dawa maliparav ono tailikamo. Da mo okod (kolta) brik umu uparar sanarav i bese-demdematarav i wagerarav ono bu tailikamo.
- Bada nanomo, “Muanigo av kani maliparav, bada dawa yana kani maliparav i avido bada aba siwar besido. Di muado nanumo malip ono nagesa inim patakatito di me imu reredesa abagat abagat ono rimuaia-aviarav.“ Nemate sakiamo bada malipamo.
- Di God Kanino av kanigat da dawa yana kani muado maia ononadi malipamo ono naginek-anesa gada.
- Bada nana, “Muanigo, muado maia ovo, wino dodol duwa da winor saki bu duwa. Oma ubuwanam usesa na dawa yana kani ovo malipamo, da anamgano katu winor muayagga maiamaia malipito!
- Aria utuvinok bada saki wa-pirikpirikate-wiesinok i saki sakiasano, me umu dame-usito.”
- Aria nemate sakia bada God Kanidi wirimuatata, di abagat abagat ono aviamo. Ononane, av kanigat da dawa yana kani onogat malipo sanomo.
- Da av kani ono winimo Babel*, me maianane, aba onoga Godi muado nanum saki wa-pirikpirikate-wiesa, bada wi rereda di abagat abagat ono rimuaiamo.
*Wi Hibru sakigat “Babel“ anim ovo otowanam oma “wa-pirikpirikata” nanogomo.
Source: Maiamaia Ubuwanam Ilikalava Ono Tete.Yenesis 1-11. The Story of the Beginning of Everything.
Published by Friends of the Maia People, 2003.
Contributed by Wolfgang Kuhl
Information about Maia
http://www.ethnologue.com/language/kmu
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