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The Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1–9)

Нə#ӈво дъу ри квайґвево гадъа ӏүбеву дъатъеву гикə# ма ґа туґвеву нъай ґа көсеву. Куни дъу ри рө хүб̱еву ӏахвеву по, нъай төґи дъу ри рө бохеву гүѳъə# хүб̱еву сатъеву ма, те дъидъе дъу ри рө пə#. Рагу дъу ри рө де кватеји јө Ре нъай кватакво де њуѳъи нъə# јө Ре мү. Нə#ӈво дъу ри рө кватеву ӈвиґеку Ґа, нъай нə#ӈво дъу ри рө нъањеву ѳетъеку Ґа.

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

Сиӈи ри но јө квайґвево гөб̱ү. Дъуби дъу ри јејеву нъай гутеву хə# туґвево рө. Б̱үвү дъу ри рө хə# тифево квифево нъай нъухвево. Маў њиґве дъу ри куб̱еву, тъе маймо ри нъə# кво туґвеву, хүб̱еву буневу гидо ма. Нуру дъу ри гаў гикə# нъай гаўӈвə# хүб̱еву ӈвөхвеву гүги ма. [??2: ххх_vеrб] ри. [??2: ххх_vеrб] ри. [??2: ххх_vеrб] ри. [??2: ххх_vеrб] ри. [??2: ххх_vеrб] ри. [??2: ххх_vеrб] ри? Нифе ри дитево ваўтъеву, ӈвүви ри рө хвофеву, [??2: ххх_vеrб] ри. Дъиѳе дъу ри но кво туґвеву, кафи дъу ри гаў.

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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