The Tower of Babel (Genesis 11: 1-9)
Nguna (North Efate)
- Go marama mamau e pei nagole sikai maau go navasaana sikai maau.
- Go e pakilina, ragi waina eu do surata paki taleva ni elo sake, naga eu pap̃ai malo matemate sikai navanua ni Shinar; go eu doko tokora wanogoe doko.
- Go eu dum̃ada noa ki da, eu naga, Ita, tuga mari brik maga, go tuga tao ni m̃ata ki nia. Go eu peani brik e pei vatu adeada, go eu peani bitumen e pei laime adeda.
- Go eu naga, Ita, tuga tum̃agida davagi natokoana sikai, go nasum̃a varau pakilagi sikai, go nap̃auna ega toko nakoroatelagi, go tuga tum̃agida manigida mari nagisa sikai; naga tuga ta pei tea taperaverakiana paki narae ni maramana mamau mau.
- Go Yehovah e siwo umai naga ega vunusi natokoana go nasum̃a varau pakilagi, waina naatam̃oli natuda maga eu davagi a.
- Go Yehova e noa, P̃a leo, eu pei narei sikai maau; go eu mamau puti peani nagole sikai maau; go tea waia e pei tea waina eu atulake asa naga euga mari a: go ragi waia te navatuna sikai waina eu midoa ki nia naga euga
- mari a, ega wo da pei tea taeluaana ki ara mau.
- Ita, tuga siwo pano, po mari nagoleda ega vinovinoi tokora wanana, naga euga ta dum̃ada dogotae nagoleda mau.
- Go Yehova e daperavera ki da m̃elu dua ki tokora wanogoe paki naraen ni maramana mamau: go eu makoto ki natavagiana ni natokoana.
- Nalakena tea wanogoe nagisana e pei tea sosoana ki Babel; nalakenaYehova e mari nagole ni maramana mamau e pinovinoi tokora wanogoe: go Yehovah e daperavera ki da m̃elu dua ki tokora wanogoe paki narae ni maramana mamau.
Source: Tusi Tapu waina e peani Testament Tuai go Testament Vau.
Nguna Tongoa Bible, New Hebrides. The Bible Society in the South Pacific, 1972.
Contributed by Wolfgang Kuhl
Information about North Efate
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Efate_language
http://www.ethnologue.com/language/llp
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