| Language | Egyptian |
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| Language Subtitle | Middle Egyptian |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Translator | Nathan Roy |
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| Verse 1 | jw tA nb n rA wa jw md.t wa r z nb |
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| Verse 2 | aHa.n Sas.n rmT n jAb.t gm.n=sn sx.t m p3 t3 Snr Hmz.n=sn jm |
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| Verse 3 | aHa.n Dd.n=sn wa n hA.w=f mj sxt=sn Db.wt qfn=sn -st m x.t jw n3 n Db.wt m |
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| Verse 4 | aHa.n Dd.n=sn mj qd=n n=n njw.t Hna mktjr nty sAH bnbn.t=f n p.t jr=n n=n |
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| Verse 5 | aHa.n hA.n (nb) mAA tA njw.t Hna pA mktjr nty qd.n nA n sA.w n rmT |
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| Verse 6 | aHa.n Dd.n (nb) mk SAa.n=sn jr.t -st m rmT wa n rA wa xr nn Ab=sn tm nty |
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| Verse 7 | mj hA=n txtx rA=sn r nn rx wa pA xr.w n hA.w=f |
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| Verse 8 | aHa.n Tdf.n -sn (nb) jm Hr tA Ab.n=sn qd tA njw.t Hna pA mktir |
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| Verse 9 | xr njs.tw rn=f txtx.wt n-ntt txtx.n (nb) pA rA n tA nb jm Tdf.n -sn (nb) Hr tA |
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| Interlinear Translation 1 | Was all the land of one mouth; was one speech to every man. |
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| Translation 2 | Then traveled mankind to the east; found they a field in the land 'Shinar'; settled they there. |
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| Translation 3 | Then said they one to his neighbors, "Come, make will we bricks; bake will we them with fire." Were the bricks as their stone; was bitumen as their binding together. |
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| Translation 4 | Then said they, "Come, build will we for us a city together with a 'migdol', which will touch its pyramidion to heaven. Make will we for us a name before scattered are we on face of the land. |
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| Translation 5 | Then descended Lord to see the city together with the 'migdol' which built the sons of mankind. |
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| Translation 6 | Then said the Lord, "Behold, begun have they to do this as one people of one mouth; forthwith not cease will they to complete that which plan they to do. |
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| Translation 7 | Come, descend will we to confuse their mouth, so that not will know one the voice of his neighbors." |
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| Translation 8 | Then scattered the Lord them thence on face of the land; ceased they to build the city together with the 'migdol'. |
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| Translation 9 | Forthwith called was its name confusion, because confused the Lord the mouth of all the land there; scattered the Lord them on face of the land. |
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| Notes 4 | (P.S. I could not find a good native Egyptian word for 'tower', but the borrowing from Hebrew 'migdol' is attested.) |
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| Submitted By | Nathan Roy |
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| Date Submitted | Sunday, July 28, 2002 |
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| Date Edited | Monday, March 07, 2005 |
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| Date To Headline | Sunday, July 28, 2002 |
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