The Tower of Babel (Genesis 11: 1-9)
Numanggang
Wapumdi mede tubufifile tuguk
- Kwetkwet meeniŋ hogohogok medehik kubugoŋ hogok hakuk. Eŋ nemek wouwou u wanakaŋ kubugoŋ halune yonadiyagiŋ.
- Unduŋ tiŋa adi mele labulabuneŋkade uge uge Babiloniya kwetneŋ gutuŋ wapum niŋ tubumintaaŋ uŋoŋ yokwet maaŋ itougiŋ.
- Tiŋa indiŋ yonadigiŋ. “Ale! Indi namaŋ wene bopneeŋ kugaliŋa kudup ginaŋ mohinek hene dakwambundawaak.” Ala namaŋ dakwambunda tigiŋ wondi yot mamandok kawadehik tuguk. Eŋ kwet maaneŋniŋ nawaŋ* wondi galikiliti tigiŋ.
- Kaŋ yogiŋ. “Ale! indi yokwet wapum niŋ maaŋ yot kweheyeniŋ niŋ bebeli-bebelinit matalonene yot kiidi kunum wehemilaak. Unduŋ tiŋa wotnenik gigit wapuhi tiŋa kwetkwet mu daneeŋ mowoneem.”
- Unduŋ yoŋa yokwet wapum tububihila magiŋ eŋ yot kweheyeniŋ mayagiŋ u Wapumdi kanadi tibene foguk.
- Tiŋa Wapumdi yoguk, “Biyagoŋ adi mebop kubugoŋ eŋ medehik maaŋ kubugoŋ doktiŋa kwanai i tububihikiŋ. Eŋ nemek titindok yohabet tineeŋ u tubumulahuda mu tineeŋ. Woŋ adi tomboyoula titalooŋ folooŋ tubumintaneeŋ.
- Ale! Indi fooŋ medehik tubufifile tinene medehik fifile tubune kedem mu nadidakaleneeŋ.”
- Wapum adi unduŋ yoŋa uŋaniŋ yehidaaneune kwetkwet udapmagiŋ. Unduŋ tiŋa yegiŋ e yokwet wapum magiŋ u wabi tigiŋ.
- Unduŋ doktiŋa yokwet wiyale mowogiŋ wondiniŋ wou Babile yogiŋ. Inde'walaŋ mede foloŋ e “mede tubufifile mintaguk”. Wapumdi yokwet uŋgoŋ hinekku meeniŋ kwetkwet medehik tubufifileyembuune nedigut mede kiyonadi tigiŋ indigoŋ tuwolit molomolom daneeŋ kwetkwet mowoŋa udapmagiŋ.
*Woŋ adi kolta dabugoŋ.
Source: http://pngscriptures.org/nop/GEN11.htm#V0
Contributed by Wolfgang Kuhl
Information about Numanggang
http://www.ethnologue.org/language/nop
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numanggang_language
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