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:They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar. | :They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar. | ||
:''Aus zug tlau, "Ob ntsaus die Mbihl nun dahn aus bis ja die Nklohl von Schmauß [raug man] Ntse mal. | :''Aus zug tlau, "Ob ntsaus die Mbihl nun dahn aus bis ja die Nklohl von Schmauß [raug man] Ntse mal.'' | ||
:/ʔəu˧˩ s̪ṳ˧ tɬʰəu˧, "ʔo˨˧ ⁿts̺ʰəu˧˩ tiə˧ ᵐbiʔ˥ nu˨˩ taʔ˩ ʔəu˧˩ pi˧˩ ʒa˧ tiə˧ ᵑkʰloʔ˥ vo˨˩ m̥əu˧ˀ˥ ɻə̤u˧ma˨˩ ⁿts̺ʰe˧ ma˦˥ | :/ʔəu˧˩ s̪ṳ˧ tɬʰəu˧, "ʔo˨˧ ⁿts̺ʰəu˧˩ tiə˧ ᵐbiʔ˥ nu˨˩ taʔ˩ ʔəu˧˩ pi˧˩ ʒa˧ tiə˧ ᵑkʰloʔ˥ vo˨˩ m̥əu˧ˀ˥ ɻə̤u˧ma˨˩ ⁿts̺ʰe˧ ma˦˥/ | ||
:and 3PL say, VOC build INDEF city for 1PL and in it a tower REL top reach DEF sky COHORT | :and 3PL say, VOC build INDEF city for 1PL and in it a tower REL top reach DEF sky COHORT | ||
:And they said: "Come, let's build a city for ourselves and a tower in it, whose top would reach the sky. | :And they said: "Come, let's build a city for ourselves and a tower in it, whose top would reach the sky. | ||
:That way we will make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth." | |||
:But the {{sc|Lord}} came down to see the city and the tower the people were building. | |||
:The {{sc|Lord}} said, "If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. | |||
:"Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.” | |||
:So the {{sc|Lord}} scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city. | |||
:That is why it was called Babel—because there the {{sc|Lord}} confused the language of the whole world. | |||
:From there the {{sc|Lord}} scattered them over the face of the whole earth. | |||