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:And they said: "Come, let's build a city for ourselves and a tower in it, whose top would reach the sky.

:''Rein dahn xau Ntrob nun dahn aus. In dzas es mpeib dahn [dsei dsei] ein Xab dzeb bei."''

:''Rein dahn xau Ntrob nun dahn aus. Schaub dzas es hab mpeib dahn [dsei dsei] ein Xab dzeb bei."''

:that_way 1SG grow name for 1SG COHORT. or else IMPERS scatter 1PL all over DEF world whole FUT.

:that_way 1SG grow name for 1SG COHORT. or else IMPERS cause scatter 1PL all over DEF world whole FUT.

:That way we will make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered over the whole world."

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:So the {{sc|Lord}} scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city.

:''An nun nein ja flog Ntrob Mba-Mbä — dsäus drein ein Schwed hab schmeiß ndäu ein Ntzog _ ein Xab dzeb hin.''

:''An nun nein ja flog Ntrob Mba-Mbä — dsäus drein ein Schwed hab schmeiß ndäu ein Ntzog in ein Xab dzeb hin.''

:and for that 3SG.I have name Babel — reason DEF god cause confuse hit DEF language ~~and~~ DEF

:and for that 3SG.I have name Babel — reason DEF god cause confuse hit DEF language of DEF world whole PST

:That is why it was called Babel — because there the {{sc|Lord}} confused the language of the whole world.

:''Je drein ein Schwed mpeib zug dsei dsei ein Xab dzeb hin.''

:''Je drein ein Schwed hab mpeib zug [dsei dsei] ein Xab dzeb hin.''

:from there DEF god cause scatter 3PL all_over DEF world whole PST

:From there the {{sc|Lord}} scattered them over the face of the whole earth.

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