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===Tower of Babel===

:''Bis Ndreib nin ein Xab dzeb flog die Ntzog an die zu Wes meib hin.''

:LOC time that DEF world whole have INDEF language CONJ INDEF VN speak common PAST

:Now the whole world had one language and a common speech.

:''Leid [bis Glied] zu Ndxub in ein Ndob Ndob be Schnähn zug raug die Schwiß bis Xi-Na an [nlub man] drein hin.''

:but [as] VN move GEN DEF human human PREP east 3PL find INDEF plain PREP Shinar CONJ [settle] there PAST

:As people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there.

:''An ein Ndob Ndob tlau be veß, "Ob bus Ngu an nlaß zug [schlög schlög] aus."''

:CONJ DEF human human say PREP one_another, VOC make brick CONJ fire_ceramic 3PL [throughly] COHORT

:They said to each other, "Come, let's make bricks and bake them thoroughly."

:''Zug [raug Mlob] Ngu [bis rohn] Pfaub an Schräh [bis rohn] [Kis Mbeh] hin.''

:3PL use brick instead_of stone and tar instead_of mortar PAST

:They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar.

:''An zug tlau, "Ob ntsaus die Mbih nun dahn an bis ja die Nkloh von Schmauß [raug man] Ntse aus.''

: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.