Babel

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

Faka-Tonga (Tongan)

Ang tore sa Babel

  1. Pea na’e ngutu taha pe ‘a e fonua kotoa, mo lea taha.
  2. Pea ‘i he faifai pea nau fononga mei hahake, pea nau ‘ilo ha toafa ‘i he fonua ko
  3. Saina; ‘o nau nofo ai. Pea nau fepehe’aki; ‘E, tau ngaohi maka’umea mu’a, ‘o matu’aki ta’o ke moho. Pea nau maka ‘aki ‘a e maka’umea, mo nau lahe ‘aki ‘a e
  4. kelepulu. Pea nau pehe, ‘E, tau langa mu’a ha’atau kolo, mo ha taua ke tau ki langi, pea tau ‘ai ke ‘iloa hotau hingoa, na’a tau movete
  5. ‘i he funga ‘o mamani. Pea ha’ele hifo ‘a Sihova ke ‘afio’i ‘a e kolo mo e taua na’e langa ‘e he ha’a
  6. Atama. Pea folofola ‘a Sihova, Vakai, ko e kakai pe taha kinautolu, pea lea taha; pea ko ‘enau kamata pe ē; pea ka hili ‘eni tala’ehai ‘e mata’ofi kinautolu mei ha me’a ange te nau fakakaukau ke
  7. fai. ‘E, tau ō hifo mu’a, ‘o veuveuki ‘enau lea ke ‘oua te nau
  8. fe’iloaki lea. Pea na’e veteki kinautolu ‘e Sihova mei he potu ko ia ke nofo’i ‘a e fonua kotoa: pea na’a
  9. nau tuku ‘a e langa ‘o e kolo. Ko hono ‘uhinga ia na’e fakahingoa ai ia ko Pepeli (ko Maveuveu); koe’uhi ko e potu ia na’e veuveuki ai ‘e Sihova ‘a e lea ‘a mamani, pea ko e potu ia na’e vetekina mei ai ‘a e kakai ‘e Sihova ke nofo’i ‘a e fonua kotoa.

Source: Ko E Tohitapu Katoa. The Bible in Tongan. The Bible Society in the South Pacific, Raiwaqa, Suva, Fiji, 1979.

Contributed by Wolfgang Kuhl

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