Lakal/Saradic

The translation is from the Authorised Version. Below is given the Lakal and a literal English translation.

IS stoz handohe ar yun is lud ar yun.AND the-world language one had and word one had.

is ker sun shas; to voroken dalkurunnod fel ulsod na Shinarva, is etar julunnod.and here this was; as from-east they-journeyed plain they-found in Shinar, and there they-lived.

is sarnad arez es omasas 'Tendur kogas is shy chechur runul'.and they-said from-the-one to next 'May-we-make brick and them may-we-burn thorough.'

is kogas ya kav zizo shas, is slent ya morter shas.and brick as stone with-them was, and slime as morter was. (1)

is sarnad 'Aho! Dramur rest is matulan, dak kiad land ya undolond; is yur ent choch k'ok fregaltum shusas rom fele-ra stokaz'.and they-said (particle)(2) 'May-we-build city and tower, its top high as heaven; and may-we-have name lest to us (3) scattering shall-be over all-plain of-the-earth.'

is Atare ulo fennol ku dak vikotek na reste is matulane so lendyz ombrason dromunsod.And the-Lord came down for his sight (preposition) (4) the-city and the-tower which the-children of-men built.

is sarnad Atare 'Ikor! Arakum no tolkse ses, is handohe ar yan shra-ra, is deso tulesad memke is stia de azondrum no hab izuld sandrazum memke ses.and said the-Lord 'Behold! Unity upon the-people is, and language one have they-all, and this they-start of-doing and now not restraint on anything they-wish becoming of-doing (there) is.

Aho! Dur ulo is etar handohe shra mesgemur, ged d'inyug ludav arez es omasas.'(Particle) May-we-go down and there language their confuse, so not they-understand (3) words from-the-one to next.'

Chu Atare shy fregoltunnol lavora etare rom fele-ra stokaz, is dresknol dramoten reste.Therefore the-Lord them scattered distant from-there over all-the-plain of-the-earth and they ceased from-building the-city.

chu, ku das anonot Babel ses, ovo etar Atare handaiz stokaz-ra mesgmunnol.Therefore to it naming Babel is, because there the-Lord languages of-the-earth-all confused.

Notes:(1)"and brick ... was"this might have been rendered as well into Lakal with a genitive giving "their stone was brick..." but this form is less prosaic and more emphatic. (2) The LakalAho!is a particle with little meaning which often precedes sentences where a speaker wants to initiate action - it might be translated into modern idiom with expressions such as "Okay then...", "Right, now..." etc. (3)k'ok"to us" is a contraction ofku ok; similarly d'inyug"they do not understand" is a contracted form ofde inyug. (4)nais a preposition used exclusively with this construction, where English might use "of".

Submitted by: PJS

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