The Tower of Babel (Genesis 11: 1-9)
Mogofin (Mixifore)
Kuma mabasan koe Babɛli saa tɔ
- Wo tɛmuɛ, dunuya mɔgɛnu bɛ be kuma dɔndɔ le fɔla nun, anu bɛ ni ɲɔgɔn fahamu.
- Mɔgɛnu donu to bɔɔta anu tagata tele yɛlɛ mafanna, anu ka kɛnɛ banba yen Sineyari duge tɔ, anu sabatita ɲɔ.
- Lun do, anu ka a fɔ ɲɔgɔn ye, anu ko: «Bɛ ka na wo mɔ ni birike botege mɔ ni a bintan.» Wo tɛmuɛ, anu be boŋɛ sɔla birike nun dolo je le la, anu bele a sɔla kure nun mɔɔta la.
- Anu ko: «Wo mɔ taga saa labɔɔ wo mɔ fan ye, mɔ ni bon toireŋɛ sɔ min kuŋɛ si yɛlɛ han saŋɛ tɔ, alako mɔ ni tɔgɔ sɔtɔ. Mɔ kana ma mɔgɔ mafatandeŋɛ la ka tanbi sigila duge bɛ kunma.»
- Alatala jigita a nata saa nun bon toireŋɛ fɛlɛ, Adamadeŋɛnu be min sɔla.
- A ko a fan ma: «Anu bata ma jama dɔndɔ la, a bɛ be kuma dɔndɔ fɔla. Wo butɔ, anu bata kɛ wale fɔlɔ. Ka n ma anu ladan wo ma, ka anu ka min nata, fenfen te anu kori wo mala.
- Mɔ ni jigi mɔ ni anu la kuma mabasan alako anu kana ɲɔgɔn na kuma fahamu bitugun.»
- Alatala ka anu mafatan ka bɔɔ wo dula tɔ a ka anu mafatan duge bɛ kunma. Wolo ka a ma, anu la bon sɔ koe danta.
- Wolo mu wo dula tɔgɔ sata Babɛli, bayi Alatala ka dunuya mɔgɛnu bɛ la kuma mabasan ɲɔ le, a ka anu mafatan duge bɛ kunma.mabasan ɲɔ le, a ka anu mafatan duge bɛ kunma.
Source: Ala la kitabuenu Mɔgɔfin kuma tɔ. Mission Evangélique Réformée Néerlandaise.
Mixifore (Mogofin) is a Mande language spoken in the Boké Region in the northwest of Guinea.
More information about Mixifore
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixifore_language
https://www.ethnologue.com/18/language/mfg/
Information compiled by Wolfgang Kuhl
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Tower of Babel in Mande languages
Boko,
Busa,
Dyula,
Kpelle,
Maninka,
Mixifore,
Soninke,
Susu,
Toma,
Yalunka
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