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Nedertæl (2003) - Babel Text Profile   Advanced
LanguageNedertæl
Language Subtitle2003
Year2003
TranslatorStefan Lubbersen
IntroductionDutch based language
Verse 1Naoi hi’òd deø hele-ereld ä:n tæl en ä:n en deøzelfde spræk.
Verse 2Téon deø mensen nær ’t é:sten gyngen, vijnden ze ä:n vli’òkte yn 't li’ònd vi’òn Shyni’òr.
Verse 3En ze zaéden tegen elkær: "Li’òten-e bi’òkstenen mæken en ze géod bi’òken." Ze gebrä’óikten bi’òkstenen yn plæts vi’òn stenen, en i’òsfi’òlt i’òls cement.
Verse 4Téon zaéden ze: "Li’òten-e æn sti’òd bii-en, en ä:n toren zij hé:g i’òls deø hemel, zijdi’òt-e ä:n næm vé:r ijnszelf kaoinnen mi'òken en n’ét-ijrden verspraéd ijver deø hele-ereld."
Verse 5Mær Gijd k-i’òm nær beneden ijm deø sti’òd en deø tijren te z’én d’é deø mensen gebii-d hi’òdden.
Verse 6Gijd zaé: "I’òls mensen met deøzelfde tæl dit gæn déon, di’òn ys nyks di’òt ze-yllen ijnmijgléuk."
Verse 7Kom, li’òten-e nær beneden gæn en haoin tæl yn deø-i’òr mi’òken, zijdi’òt ze elkær n’ét verstæn.
Verse 8En Gijd verspraédde ze ijver deø hele-ereld, en ze stijpten met bii-en vi’òn deø sti’òd.
Verse 9En dærijm hä:t deø sti’òd Bi’òbel - ijmdi’òt Gijd deø tæl vi’òn deø hele-ereld yn deø wi’òr mækte. Gijd verspraédde deø mensen dær vi’òndæn ijver deø hele-ereld.
English Paraphrase 1Now the whole world had one language and one speech
Paraphrase 2When the people went to the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar.
Paraphrase 3And they said to each other: "Let's make bricks and bake 'm". They used bricks instead of stones, and tar as cement.
Paraphrase 4Then they said: "Let's build a city, and a tower as high as heaven, so that we can make a name for ourselves and we will not be scattered over the whole world."
Paraphrase 5But God came to down to the city to see the city and the tower that the people made.
Paraphrase 6God said: "If people with the same language can do this, then nothing what they want impossible."
Paraphrase 7Come, let's go down and mess-up their language, so that they won't understand each other.
Paraphrase 8And God scattered them over the whole world, and they stopped with the building of the city.
Paraphrase 9And that's why the city is called Babel - because God messed-up all the languages in the world. God scattered the people from there all over the whole world.
Submitted ByStefan Lubbersen
Date SubmittedTuesday, April 15, 2003
Date EditedTuesday, April 15, 2003
Date To HeadlineTuesday, April 15, 2003

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