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The Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1–9)

Јы ҁтад̇əчы гвар̇ы тəњыба фыда гвы квавə р̇ыгвы фыкъə јынə ҁныс̇ы фы бы фафа фы. Јы њəгвычы ма бы јəр̇а фыкъə сəна, бы јы њыкъвычы ма сыды р̇ыња гвы къыӈва сəна, ба јы ӈвəгəчы ма кыд̇ə. Јы ӈыњəчы ма мəња чы квы выквыфаба кə бы выса чы квы выквыфаба кə гвəр̇а. Јы ҁтад̇əчы ма выквы Гы шывə, бы јы ҁтад̇əчы ма њəсы Гы фар̇ə.

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

Та квафəчы кə мања тəњыба. Јы чан̇əчы вага бы квəква ма ҁныс̇ыба фыкъə да. Јы къычачы ма јатајəба бы сафыјəба с̇аныба фыкъə мə. Фы јы мыгəчы бəкъəчы мы сə ҁныс̇ы фыкъə къвə къвата фыкъə гвы шынə бəд̇а сəна. Јы батычы квы квавə бы наӈа гвы шəга гəњы сəна. [??2: xxx_verб]чы. [??2: xxx_verб]чы. [??2: xxx_verб]чы. [??2: xxx_verб]чы. [??2: xxx_verб]чы. [??2: xxx_verб]чы? Ӈвафычы фəшəба јəва, ҁнəјачы ква нəмə, [??2: xxx_verб]чы. Јы та с̇ајачы ҁныс̇ы фыкъə къвə, јы сачычы квы.

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. Before that moment, our ancestors lived in a shadow-world. Then God pressed one button, and words and meanings arrived. The people awoke, and speech filled their mouths like breath for the first time. Where there had been nothing, there were now mountains, rivers and names for everything. Some outsiders claim that our language was not made by God at all, but by a machine. But how could that be? Machines can grind wheat and count money, but they cannot create mountains or ignite the sun. Our language did not evolve; it was created.

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