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The Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1–9)

З̇ъдуː пъәː зьбъсьт̇ъә ԛьѣ ғъё з̇ъдюː зьбуː гɑ с̇ъԛы з̇ьд̇ьә дъѣ хьӓː с̇ъѣ дъѣ ӷьәːвэ. Съкьәґъѣː пъәː въӓː ғъэ зьбуːз̇ъә с̇ъпыː з̇ьд̇ьә, с̇ъѣ жъӷюː пъәː въӓː въәсъӀъьы жъкеː д̇ы ши з̇ьд̇ьә, ӏəбоː сьтьәжъӷы пъәː въӓː зи. СьӀъъӓ пъәː въӓː гæ с̇ьӏəԛиз̇ъдъә ӷьә сътъәзьд̇ъӓ с̇ъѣ с̇ьӏəԛи гæ зьд̇ьыː ӷьә сътъәзьд̇ъӓ с̇ъкъәз̇ьӀъеː. З̇ъдуː пъәː въӓː с̇ьӏəԛи з̇ъд̇ьәз̇ъӓ Ӏъеː з̇ьд̇ьә, с̇ъѣ з̇ъдуː пъәː въӓː жьпьәːз̇ъбъѣː з̇ъд̇ьәз̇ъӓ Ӏъъәшъԛъы з̇ьд̇ьә.

And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.

A Creation Myth

З̇ьд̇ьәзьдьы с̇ъпъәː гæ ԛьѣ зьди. Сьт̇ьәд̇ъӓː пъәː сьт̇ьы с̇ъѣ с̇е зьбуː хьӓː зъд̇ъәː въӓː жъӏə. Хъьәːжуː пъәː въӓː зьбуː жуː зъд̇ъәː ԛьәфъыː с̇ъѣ киː жъӏə. Съѣ бъәс̇ъԛъӓː пъәː зьбъсьт̇ъә дё, кьӓ с̇ътъѣ зьбуː хьӓː з̇ъәː, д̇ы з̇ъы з̇ьԛъы з̇ьд̇ьә. Въәс̇ъԛоː пъәː жё с̇ъԛы с̇ъѣ ӷъәːзъды д̇ы шъԛьәт̇ьѣː с̇ьпьѣ з̇ьд̇ьә. Сьпьәːґьӓ пъәː с̇ъпъәː зьбуː хьӓː з̇ъәː, жъӀъъәԛэ пъәː жё.

We are not like other people. Their languages were shaped by struggle and time. They copied the sounds of beasts and birds, and they learned to speak like that. But our language arose in a different way. It was born whole and perfect in a single breath. Our language did not evolve; it was created.

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