babel-node program.js babel error

[luzac3]

When I tried to run the first test program, I got the following error

C:\Users{userName}\source\tower-of-babel-solutions>babel-node program.js babel
C:\Users{userName}\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules@babel\core\lib\config\files\configuration.js:273
throw new Error(${filepath}: Config returned typeof ${typeof options});
^

Error: C:\Users{userName}\source\tower-of-babel-solutions.babelrc: Config returned typeof string
at C:\Users{userName}\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules@babel\core\lib\config\files\configuration.js:273:11
at C:\Users{userName}\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules@babel\core\lib\config\files\utils.js:30:12
at Generator.next ()
at Function. (C:\Users{userName}\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules@babel\core\lib\gensync-utils\async.js:25:3)
at Generator.next ()
at evaluateSync (C:\Users{userName}\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules@babel\core\node_modules\gensync\index.js:251:28)
at Function.sync (C:\Users{userName}\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules@babel\core\node_modules\gensync\index.js:89:14)
at sync (C:\Users{userName}\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules@babel\core\lib\gensync-utils\async.js:68:25)
at sync (C:\Users{userName}\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules@babel\core\node_modules\gensync\index.js:182:19)
at onFirstPause (C:\Users{userName}\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules@babel\core\node_modules\gensync\index.js:210:24)