The Tower of Babel (NIV)

¹Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. ²As men moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there. ³They said to each other, “Come, let’s make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They used brick instead of stone and bitumen for mortar. ⁴Then they said, “Come, let us build a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of the whole earth. ⁵But the LORD cam edown to see the city and the tower that the men were building. ⁶The LORD said, “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.” ⁷Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.” ⁸So the LORD scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city. ⁹This is why it was called Babel – because the LORD confused the language of the whole world. From there the LORD scattered them over the face of the whole earth.

Tay enon na Babel

¹Adaya sa matahayon mavayang-ikan narano vihay nay ang maeriyon-ikan narānyeas kamo. ²Ling ya mamangayon keynamang keman, sa masungtong prihinan similya Sinar nay ang mavehayon minkayas adaya. ³Ang manarayon sitanyās, “Ah, tiyu-tiyu nernoyeley nay tebu-tebu adanyās ban.” Le maeritong nernoye yelangyēa yamva nay le maeritong suvan ku-miyung naynay. ⁴Manaratong epang, “Ah, vehu-vehu ayronas si tahayong enonley si vingreng lenoya. Kada tavanang denisa nay sa seteroyayn manga miranya mavayena-ikan.” ⁵Nārya māpandiya ang NAHANG silvyam ayronas nay enonley si manga mavehatong. ⁶Manaraya ang NAHANG, “Bata tong ayas men nay sa naratong narano vihay, nay sa manga miratong da-linyaye — kada ranyaley mimaya netoy si notong. ⁷Ah, apandu-apandu nay teymu-teymu naranoas ton kadāre sa sebihantong netoy sitanya.” ⁸Adāre ang materiya NAHANG keynamas manga miranya mavayena-ikan, nay ang maraypayon vehyam ayronas. ⁹Adayam garayo Babel eda-ayronas: Yanoyam na mateymiya ang NAHANG naranoas mavay-ikan. Ang materiya NAHANG tos manga miran mavayena-ikan mangsara adaya.

The Tower of Babel

¹All the world had a common language then, and they all used the same words. ²While the people moved eastward, they found a plain in the country of Shinar and they built a settlement there. ³And they told each other, “Oh, let us make bricks and bake them well.” They used bricks instead of stones, and asphalt as mortar also. ⁴Then they said, “Oh, let us build a city that has a tower which touches heaven. So we will become famous and will not be scattered over all the world.” ⁵But the LORD decended to see the city and the tower they were building. ⁶The LORD said, “If they are one people and speak a common language, and are doing such things — then nothing they endeavour is impossible anymore. ⁷Oh, let us descend and confuse their language so that they will not understand each other anymore.” ⁸Thus the LORD scattered the people over all the world and they stopped to build the city. ⁹For that resaon this city is called Babel: Because the LORD confused the language of all the world. The LORD scattered them all over the world from there.