| Site | Nômík Sprøk  |
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| Language | Nômík Sprøk |
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| Language Subtitle | Gnomish |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Translator | Connor Becker |
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| Introduction | In Térm vøn Vérwirúmør |
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| Verse 1 | Inthík aúf, gønzäai in sédík sprøk sprøkén, |
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| Verse 2 | jedøk vôrnd tel vøn sitä vøn in ôst kôméné, ét hin Shíndôr séldigéné, |
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| Verse 3 | ét sprøkéné: "Lésén inétä i stødt mít i térm døs recén zu in élhim hérgéstéltén! Inétä wíl hartík zigai ét ker stétér hjun ét unker* nutsén. |
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| Verse 4 | Inétä wíl rumt sinén, ét inétä wíl níkt sin gønz ôtér in wélt vérstén. |
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| Verse 5 | Jedøk vént in Sôvwøg kôméné arøp zu aúf in stødt ét in térm zukén, |
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| Verse 6 | ð sprøkéné: "Sitä mønäai íst zusømík vérkén vélund sitä gønz in sédík sprøk sprøkén. Dis enzík in díkin ístén. Enzík sitä wíl sin støndík zu kurzér sitä kôl tunzén. |
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| Verse 7 | Ùtôn kômén! Lésén inétä géntén arøp ét vérwirén sitä ðc hérgéstéltén sitä unsédík sprøkk sprøkén- døls sitä wíl níkt sin støndík zu enøndä grivén |
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| Verse 8 | Wis in mønäai in stødt høvéné zu hôrén hérgéstéltén, vélund in Sôvwøg ðzitä sitä sprøk vérwiréné, ét døls sitä ísté gønz ôtér in wélt vérsténé. |
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| Verse 9 | Døs íst élwit in stødt vøn Vérwirúmør ðzitä gíst vérsnøm wôrsténé. |
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| Interlinear Translation 1 | First at, everyone the same language spoke, |
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| Translation 2 | but after some of them from the east came, and in Shinar settled, |
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| Translation 3 | and said: "Let us a city with a tower that reaches to the sky build! We will hard bricks and tar instead of stone and mortar use. |
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| Translation 4 | We will famous be, and we will not be all over the world scattered. |
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| Translation 5 | But when the Great Lord came down to at the city with the tower look, |
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| Translation 6 | he said: "These men are together working only because they all speak the same language. This only the beginning is. Soon they will be able to anything they want do. |
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| Translation 7 | On come! Let us go down and confuse them by making them different languages speak- then they will not be able to each other understand. |
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| Translation 8 | So the men the city had to stop building, because the Great Lord their language confused, and then they were all over the earth scattered. |
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| Translation 9 | This is how the city of [the place of] Confusion (babel) its name got. |
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| English Paraphrase 1 | At first, everyone spoke the same language |
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| Paraphrase 2 | but after some of them came from the east, and settled in Shinar (babylon), |
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| Paraphrase 3 | and said, "Let us build a city with a tower that reaches to the sky! We will use hard bricks and tar instead of stone and brick. |
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| Paraphrase 4 | We will be famous, and we will not be scattered all over the earth." |
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| Paraphrase 5 | But when the Great Lord came down to look at the city with the tower, |
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| Paraphrase 6 | and said, "These men are only working together because they speak the same language. This is only the beginning. Soon they will be able to do anything they want to. |
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| Paraphrase 7 | Come on! Let us go down and confuse them by making them speak different languages-Then they will not be able to understand each other." |
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| Paraphrase 8 | So the men had to stop building the city, because the Great Lord confused their language. And then they were scattered all over the earth. |
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| Paraphrase 9 | This is how the city of Babel got its name. |
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| Notes 3 | * ker means mortar, so in this instance unker means not mortar, so ker is used in place of tar, and unker in place of mortar, so as to make a distinction between the two. |
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| Submitted By | Connor Becker |
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| Date Submitted | Thursday, November 11, 2004 |
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| Date Edited | Thursday, November 11, 2004 |
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| Date To Headline | Thursday, November 11, 2004 |
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