LESSON 7

The Tower of Babel

The Tower of Babel

After the Flood, Noah’s sons and their wives had many children. Their families grew, and they began to spread to different parts of the earth, just as Jehovah had told them to do.

But some of the families did not obey Jehovah. They said: ‘Let’s build a city and stay here. We’ll make a tower so tall that its top will reach all the way to heaven. Then we will be famous.’

 Jehovah was not happy with what those people were doing, so he decided to stop them. Do you know how he did it? He suddenly made them speak different languages. Since they could no longer understand one another, they stopped the building work. The city that they had been building became known as Babel, which means “Confusion.” People began to move away and live all over the earth. But they kept doing bad things in the new places where they lived. Were there any who still loved Jehovah? We will find out in the next chapter.

“Everyone who exalts himself will be humiliated, but whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”​—Luke 18:14

 IRUẸMWI 7

Owa Nọkhua Ne Iran Bọ Vbe Babẹl

Owa Nọkhua Ne Iran Bọ Vbe Babẹl

Vbe iyeke Okuo Amẹ nii, ivbi e Noa keghi biẹlẹ emọ nibun. Vbene iran ya gha bun vbe ẹgbẹe, erriọ iran ya ghae egbe ye ehe ughughan vbe uhunmwu otagbọn zẹvbe ne Jehova wẹẹ ne iran ru ẹre.

Sokpan eso vbọ ma họn ẹmwẹ ne Jehova. Iran na kha wẹẹ: ‘Gi ima bu ẹvbo ye emwa. Ma ghi do bọ owa nọkhua nọ gha yo sẹ orere iso. Emwa hia ghi do gha họn usi ima rre.’

 Ẹko ma rhiẹnrhiẹn e Jehova ye emwi ne iran ru na, rhunmwuda ọni, ọ na wẹẹ irẹn gha dobọ re yi. Uwẹ rẹn vbene Jehova ya ru ẹre hẹ ra? Ọ na ruẹ ne iran suẹn gha zẹ urhuẹvbo ughughan. Ugbẹnvbe iran ma ghi sẹtin gha gu egbe guan, iran na ghi dobọ iwinna nii yi. A na do gha tie ẹvbo nii e Babẹl. Emwi ne eni ẹvbo nii rhiema ọre “Ezagha.” Emwa na ghi kpa hin ẹvbo nii rre gha rrie ehe ughughan vbe uhunmwu otagbọn. Sokpan iran na ye gha ru emwi dan vbe ehe ne iran ye. Ọmwa ye gha rrọọ nọ hoẹmwẹ e Jehova vbe ẹghẹ nii ra? Ma gha ziro yan ọni vbe uhunmwuta nọ lelẹe.

“Ọmwaikọmwa ne ọ tọn egbe ẹre mu, a gha muẹn rriotọ, ọmwa ne ọ mu egbe ẹre rriotọ, a gha tọn rẹn mu.”—Luk 18:14