Brithenig

1Br.  Hures il munn inter hav yn linghedig e yn cant commyn.



Now the world whole had one language and a speech common.



2Br.  Sig il pobol summoden di'l est, ysses ligavan yn luin in Sennar e

la^ s'ysteblivan.



As the people moved of/from_the east, they found a plain in Shinar and

there self_established.



3Br.  Ysses digevan il yn a'l altr, "Gwenitz, gwans a fager brics e

cogher les interevent."  Ysses ysavan brics in log di bedr, e arill per

chelcin.



They said the one to-the other, Come, let-us-go to make bricks and cook

them entirely.  They used bricks in place of stone, and clay for mortar.



4Br.  Afos ysses digevan, "Gwenitz, gwans a eddifigar per nos yn giwdad,

cun yn tyr che tang a'ls cels, sig nos fagians yn novn per nos e no

scians ysparied pas syss la fag di la der inter."



Afterwards they said, Come let-us-go to build for us one city, with one

tower that reaches to_the heavens, so we make a name for us and not be

scattered one-step over the face of the earth entire.



5Br.  Mais il Tiern gweniv a vas a widder la giwdad e'l tyr che'l pobol

eddifig.



But the Lord came to down/low to see the city and_the tower that_the

people had-built.



6Br.  Il Tiern digev, "Ec'h, altresi yn pobol che barol il linghedig

medissiv, ysses yst han gyvnidiad a fager.  Hures ys la^ no haverai

negarad ren a les che ysses provassen a fager.



The Lord said, See, just-as a people that speaks the language same, they

this have begun to make.  Now (he) there not will-have denied one-thing

to them that they would-try to make.



7Br.  Gwenitz, gwans a vas a ystyrddir sew linghedig di les sig ysses no

c'hompruinnessen ren di'l yn a'l altr."



Come, let-us-go to down/low to confuse self's language of them so they

not would-understand one-thing of_the one to_the other.



8Br.  Sig il Tiern yspariav di la^ syss tud la der, e ysses calvavan a

eddifigar la giwdad.



So the Lord scattered from/of there over all the earth, and they ceased

to build the city.



9Br.  Ho es perc'he sa afell Babel -- perc'he la^ il Tiern ystyrddiv il

linghedig di'l munn inter.  Di la^ il Tiern les yspariav syss la fag di

la der inter.



That is why she is-called Babel -- because there the Lord confused the

language of_the world whole.  From/of there the lord them scattered over

the face of the earth whole.





andrew@earthlight.co.nz (Andrew Smith)

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