Baabil mɔŋgwɔ kiirathalɔ.
1 E-ta kwaathan kwokwo tǝ ninyeese meleka kwɔthaathɔ kwɔɔɽɔ ki-leere-na, kwǝthi sɔlṯa kwɔppa, nǝ fɔɔri kwuuŋwun erṯelɔ ṯurmunǝ naana tatap. 2 Nɔŋw urnuni ṯogɽo-thi ṯɔppa nɔŋwaarɔŋw, “Baabil kwɔmǝ iidi! Baabil kwɔppa ŋɔɔrɔ yǝnǝ kwɔmǝ iidi! Kwɔmoro ǝzir wǝṯi-gwɔ rigɽim rigii rir Shayaaṯin nǝ ruruuŋwɔ nanni-na tok, na ǝṯi-gwɔ ndǝw tatap lirna ter-ter, luruuŋwɔ mindaŋ, nǝ lǝṯirsi durni mindaŋ, ǝri nanni duŋgwun-nǝ. 3 Kaka mǝgwɔ ŋeeleny tatap ii kiɽicaŋi kir sɔɔrɔm kwǝthi ŋiijin ŋuuŋun. Nǝ ǝṯi limǝlik lǝthi ṯurmun ǝrri-ri ŋiijinǝ ŋundu-gi, mindaŋ nǝ raajir rǝthi ṯurmun oro lɔrṯɔ ceg-cegi ŋɔrṯɔ-ŋi ŋuuŋun ŋir ŋikiya ṯarr.”
4 E-ta nenyii neŋne kwokwony ṯogɽo ṯithaathɔ, ṯuruuthu ki-leere-na ṯaarɔŋw, “Tuuthǝr kithaay lizi liinyi! Tuuthǝr kithaay naanɔ-ŋgwɔ! Laazim ere ɔɽɔmaṯṯi ŋundu-gi ki-ŋikiya-na ŋuuŋun mac; nǝ laazim a-leere ɔɽɔmaṯṯi ki-jiizǝ-nǝ kwuuŋwun mac! 5 Kaka nɔrgwɔthɔ-gwɔ ŋikiya ŋuuŋun lundǝri ŋidallithathi leereya, mindaŋ nǝ Allah kithaayini raay rigii rǝthi ŋikiya ŋuuŋun. 6 Ǝrricǝrsi-ṯǝ ŋɔ tittir ŋirga ŋǝrricǝ-ŋwsi ŋaaŋwɔsi; ǝɽiccǝrsi nyaamin-na nyiɽǝ-nyiɽǝn ŋir kaka ŋa tatap ŋǝṯɔŋwsi ǝrri. Ŋwɔṯaŋw ɔrṯacci ŋunduŋw nyaamin-na nyiɽǝn ki tiṯiraŋ-na tǝṯɔŋw-ri ɔrṯasi. 7 Nḏǝthǝr ṯurvǝ ṯɔppa ṯǝthi ṯɔrɔɔnyɔna, kaka nattina-ŋgwɔ ŋinithi-ŋwsi kwomne-gi naana ŋgwa kwǝṯi ǝmi ŋunduŋw-nǝ. Kaka nǝṯɔ-ŋgwɔ aari isṯimir ethi ǝccǝ rogɽo ruuŋwun-ŋwɔ, ‘Nyii ŋgwɔ kwǝṯi naanalɔ kaka kwaaw kwɔrɔ mɔlika! Nyii kwiti kwɔrɔ kweethel kǝzir weere mac, nyii kwiti kwinḏi ethi ese ṯɔrɔɔnyɔna ṯeere ḏuṯ!’ 8 Ŋwɔṯaŋw laamin lette ǝri ippi jiizǝ-gi kwir kimǝthi-ŋǝ ṯɔrɔɔnyɔna-thi nǝ yaaŋwɔ. Mindaŋ ǝri uɽǝzi iigǝ-yi wǝr, kaka nǝccǝ-gwɔ Kweeleny haakima kwir Allah wǝthi ŋɔma jiizǝ-gi.”
9 A limǝlik lǝthi ṯurmun kila ɔɽɔmaṯṯir-li ki-ŋiijin-nǝ ŋuuŋun nǝ sɔɔrɔm-gi tok, ǝri aaritha mǝḏiinǝ mǝreese kwuuluŋi kwǝthi iigǝ kwuuɽǝzǝ mǝḏiinǝ. 10 Ǝri rilli kinǝŋgwɔ tuk lithiinya, ethi ɔɽɔmaṯṯi ki-ṯurvǝ-nǝ ṯuuŋwun. Mindaŋ nǝraarɔŋw, “Ǝyǝwǝy ǝnnǝ ṯurvǝ! Ǝyǝwǝy ǝnnǝ ṯurvǝ! Ŋa kwir mǝḏiinǝ ŋgwɔ kwɔppa kwǝthi ŋɔma kwǝni Baabil! Limǝŋǝ-tǝ aami ǝccǝ haakima-lɔ fita-fittak!”
11 Nǝ ǝṯi raajir rǝthi ṯurmun aaritha ŋunduŋw ŋwundǝ-ŋwundǝ, kaka niti ninaanɔ-ŋgwɔ kwokwony kweere mac kwǝthisi liṯṯatha bɔḏaa@ kweeŋen; 12 nɔŋweere kweere mac kwɔliṯathisi ḏahaba ṯeeŋen, fiḏḏa mindaŋ, yall yir ghaali mindaŋ, lu-u-lu-a mindaŋ; bɔḏaa@ kwir yireth yǝwrǝnǝ yir kaṯṯaan mindaŋ, yɔɔri cel-cel mindaŋ, hariir mindaŋ, yireth yɔɔri yǝnǝ ɽiyǝr mindaŋ, ŋwuuɽi ŋwaami wǝŋ ŋwirna ter-ter mindaŋ, kwomne tatap kwɔdaɽiminna riiɽam-ri rǝthi rɔɔŋwɔr, kwǝthi yɔmbɔr yir ghaali mindaŋ, kwomne kwir nɔhaas mindaŋ, kwir haḏiiḏ mindaŋ, 4 rɔkhaam mindaŋ; 13 girva mindaŋ, kwɔthɽɔl mindaŋ, fithni mindaŋ, mɔrr mindaŋ, lɔɔbaan mindaŋ, kiɽica-ŋa ŋiila-ŋi mindaŋ, yiilǝ-ŋǝ gemeh-gi mindaŋ, yida-ŋa yaaŋal-yi mindaŋ, limɔrṯa-ŋa yaarrɔ-yi mindaŋ, nǝ lɔwaay-ŋǝ lizi-li. 14 Nǝ a raajir ǝccǝŋw, “Kwomne-ŋgwa tatap kwǝṯi rogɽo rɔɔŋwa naŋninni kwɔmǝ irṯathalɔ, nǝ ŋɔrṯɔ ŋɔɔŋa tatap ŋinith-ŋǝnǝ ŋimǝŋǝ aṯithalɔ, mindaŋ eseere kaṯṯasi kwokwony ḏuṯ!” 15 Nǝ raajir kira rimoro lɔrṯɔ ŋaajir-ŋi ki-mǝḏiinǝ-nǝ ŋgwa, ǝri rilli kinǝŋgwɔ tuk, kaka nithiinyar-gwɔ etheere ɔɽɔmaṯṯi ki-ṯurvǝ-nǝ ṯuuŋwun mac, ǝri aari ŋwundǝ-ŋwundǝ. 16 E-ta araarɔŋw, “Ǝyǝwǝy ǝnnǝ ṯurvǝ! Ṯurvǝ ṯirṯaŋ kɔthɔ ṯǝthi mǝḏiinǝ kwɔppa! Kaka nǝṯɔ-ŋgwɔ keginne yirethi yǝwrǝnǝ yir kaṯṯaan, nǝ yireth yɔɔri cel-cel mindaŋ, yɔɔri yǝnǝ ɽiyǝr, nǝ nɔŋw balni ŋaamali naana ŋir ḏahab nǝ ŋir yall ŋir ghaali mindaŋ, nǝ lu-u-lu-a tok! 17 Ŋwɔṯaŋw mindaŋ nǝ ŋɔrṯɔ ŋuuŋun irṯathalɔ fita-fittak ki-saa@-la kwɔtɔpɔt.”
E-ta nǝ liswaag lǝthi limɔrkǝb-ŋǝ lizi-li linaanɔ-gwɔla, nǝ kila lǝṯi akkɔ ŋothɽor ki-limɔrkǝb-nǝ mindaŋ, nǝ kila lithaathɔ tatap lǝṯi ǝgini kwomne kweeŋen ki-bahar-na, nǝr rilli kinǝŋgwu tuk, 18 nǝr aari mǝreese kwuuluŋi kwǝthi iigǝ wɔmǝ uɽǝzi mǝḏiinǝ, nǝraarɔŋw, “Mǝḏiinǝ kwende kweere kwɔppa kwir kaka ŋgwɔ!” 19 Ŋwɔṯaŋw mindaŋ nǝr bablanni wurǝyuŋi naana ki-ŋwɔɽa-la ŋweeŋen, mindaŋ nǝraari laarathina ŋwundǝ-ŋwundǝ, nǝraarɔŋw, “Ǝyǝwǝy ǝnnǝ ṯurvǝ! Ṯurvǝ ṯirṯaŋ kɔthɔ ṯǝthi mǝḏiinǝ kwɔppa! Kwir mǝḏiinǝ kwette kwǝṯi-gi lizi kila lǝthi limɔrkǝbǝ leṯeele ŋaaw-la, ǝṯir oro lɔrṯɔ ŋɔrṯɔ-ŋi ŋuuŋun! Mindaŋ kwɔmǝ-tǝ aami irṯasi kwomne-lɔ kwuuŋwun tatap fita-fittak! 20 Nyiŋlarna ki-leere-na kaka mɔŋgwɔ kiirathalɔ! Nyiŋlarna lir lizi lǝthi Allah-ŋǝ yaavɔr-yi, nǝ liɽii tok! Kaka mǝgwɔ Allah ǝccǝ mǝḏiinǝ haakima ŋiɽaŋal-ŋi ŋǝthi kwomne-ŋgwa kwǝrricǝŋw ŋaaŋwɔsi!”
21 Nǝ meleka kwette kwɔfirlli naana dimmǝ kaali kette kɔppa kir kaka aali, mindaŋ nɔŋw kaṯṯɔ ki-bahar-na nɔŋwaarɔŋw, “Mǝḏiinǝ kwɔppa kwǝni Baabil kwinḏir-ṯǝ ethi kaṯṯɔŋw ŋɔmmaŋi mindaŋ ŋweere iijini kwokwony ḏuṯ. 22 E-ta a ŋwal ŋwɔthi lumbǝrǝ mindaŋ, nǝ kila lǝṯi kette rilŋa mindaŋ, kila lǝṯi ǝrii ŋwɔvɽɔṯɔra mindaŋ, nǝ yibooɽonya tok, ǝreere niŋnini naaniŋa-gwɔ kwokwony mac, mindaŋ a kworṯo ere kweere kwinḏini duŋgwun-nǝ mac, wala ethi neŋne kwuurunnǝ kweere kwǝthi aali! 23 Nǝ a fɔɔri ere iijini kwǝthi lombo naaniŋa-gwɔ mac; wala ethi niŋnaci ṯogɽo ṯǝthi kwɔr-ŋa kwaaw-gi laagithɔ liyaŋ. Nǝ raajir rɔɔŋwa oro rǝthi ŋɔma ŋɔppa ṯurmunǝ naana tatap, mindaŋ nǝ kǝɽinyji lizi-lɔ tatap lǝthi ṯurmun ŋozŋor-ŋi ŋɔɔŋa ŋir ŋǝluŋ!” 24 Baabil kwinḏǝthǝr jiizǝ ŋiɽaŋal-ŋi ŋǝthi ŋin ŋǝthi liɽii-ŋǝ lizi-li lǝthi Allah, ŋa ŋinḏinǝ ki-mǝḏiinǝ-nǝ; imba nǝṯǝ ŋin oro ŋa tatap ŋǝthi kila limǝrsi ɽeenye ki-ṯurmun-nǝ.
© Nuba Ŋireeɽe New Testament © The Bible Society in Sudan, 1993.