Literature:Enuma Elish (first tablet)

Translations

Enuma Elish (first tablet)

• Enuma Elish (first tablet)/Cwengâr

Original

English	Original Old Babylonian
When the sky above was not named, And the earth beneath did not yet bear a name, And the primeval Apsû, who begat them, And chaos, Tiamat, the mother of them both, Their waters were mingled together, And no field was formed, no marsh was to be seen; When of the gods none had been called into being.	e-nu-ma e-liš la na-bu-ú šá-ma-mu šap-liš am-ma-tum šu-ma la zak-rat ZU.AB-ma reš-tu-ú za-ru-šu-un mu-um-mu ti-amat mu-al-li-da-at gim-ri-šú-un A.MEŠ-šú-nu iš-te-niš i-ḫi-qu-ú-ma gi-pa-ra la ki-is-su-ru su-sa-a la she-'u-ú e-nu-ma dingir dingir la šu-pu-u ma-na-ma

Cwengâr

English	Original Old Babylonian	Cwengâr	Retranslation
When the sky above was not named, And the earth beneath did not yet bear a name, And the primeval Apsû, who begat them, And chaos, Tiamat, the mother of them both, Their waters were mingled together, And no field was formed, no marsh was to be seen; When of the gods none had been called into being.	e-nu-ma e-liš la na-bu-ú šá-ma-mu šap-liš am-ma-tum šu-ma la zak-rat ZU.AB-ma reš-tu-ú za-ru-šu-un mu-um-mu ti-amat mu-al-li-da-at gim-ri-šú-un A.MEŠ-šú-nu iš-te-niš i-ḫi-qu-ú-ma gi-pa-ra la ki-is-su-ru su-sa-a la she-'u-ú e-nu-ma dingir dingir la šu-pu-u ma-na-ma	Gwêrh fôffan egwà anepemocw c'hed, O angâff agwôrh âr et cwy ês 'emocw, O anenesocw e cwâfôffan nApàsê ed rhô âdànàf nàl, o angyn Nêhamat, et peg'hôrh e lhô , Anenocw e lhô ngan, O anenâc'h e en fôlŷr, o anengâm e en rêlhô, Egwà apemocw êlhôn hen dà te.	During the time when the sky had not been named, when the earth which lies beneath us kept no name, And primeval Apàsê, the father of those two, and Lawless Têhamat, who birthed them, were not yet conjoined, their water was not twisted, And no field lay, no hills were seen, When the Gods had not named one.

Soc'ul'

Soc'ul'	English
Xil eý xen āhíúnen hé cuj cun'mi taitu, Xen āhun' hed' xil eý muj cun'mi taitu, Apsû xem'utsem xem'utsem, āhaínál'az, Kem'am', Tiamat, hab ej je, Aímojom jál je jenxad, Xen uatxiý mim'uj, xen uuc'iý xeric; Xil eý aíxauc'iý aílaiý yañ'an xen'.	When the sky above was not named, And the earth beneath did not yet bear a name, And the primeval Apsû, who begat them, And chaos, Tiamat, the mother of them both, Their waters were mingled together, And no field was formed, no marsh was to be seen; When of the gods none had been called into being.

Xil eý

when

xen

NEG

āh-íúnen

REL-COP.CL1>CL4

hé

INAL.CL1

cuj

sky

cun'mi

be above

taitu,

name

{Xil eý} xen āh-íúnen hé cuj cun'mi taitu,

when NEG REL-COP.CL1>CL4 INAL.CL1 sky {be above} name

Xen

NEG

āh-un'

REL-COP.CL5>CL5

hed'

CL5.INAL

xil eý

then

muj

earth

cun'mi

be below

taitu,

name

Xen āh-un' hed' {xil eý} muj cun'mi taitu,

NEG REL-COP.CL5>CL5 CL5.INAL then earth {be below} name

{{interlinear |Apsû xem'utsem xem'utsem, āh-aí-nál'az, |Apsû ancient REDUP REL-CL1>CL1-{give birth} ||display-messages=no|italics1=yes|italics2=no|italics3=no}}

Kem'am',

chaos

Tiamat,

Tiamat

hab

mother

ej

both

je,

to

Kem'am', Tiamat, hab ej je,

chaos Tiamat mother both to

Aí-mojom

CL1>CL1-mix

jál

one

je

to

jenxad,

water

Aí-mojom jál je jenxad,

CL1>CL1-mix one to water

Xen

NEG

u-atx-(i)ý

CL5>CL5-make-PASS

mim'uj,

field

xen

NEG

u-uc'-(i)ý

CL5>CL5-see-PASS

xeric;

marsh

Xen u-atx-(i)ý mim'uj, xen u-uc'-(i)ý xeric;

NEG CL5>CL5-make-PASS field NEG CL5>CL5-see-PASS marsh

Xil eý

when

aí-xauc'-(i)ý

CL1>CL1-call-PASS

aí-lai-(i)ý

CL1>CL1-live-PASS

yañ'an

god.PL

xen'.

none

{Xil eý} aí-xauc'-(i)ý aí-lai-(i)ý yañ'an xen'.

when CL1>CL1-call-PASS CL1>CL1-live-PASS god.PL none