These words
are from the "Good News Bible" Genesis 11:1-9 "The Tower of Babylon.
This text is used to show how one's language sounds.
1.) At first, the people
of the whole world had only one language and used the same words.
1.) En Eníκion, λa Génτa λoς enτiéρoς Múndoς θe haβángο σoλaμénτa
únan Λínguan ce θe uσángo λoλ μéσμaλ Móτoλ
2.) As they wondered
about in the East, they came to a plain in
2.)
Ménτa θe doμandáno κíρκa en λon Éστon,
θe βenéno únom Πλánom en Vavyλónìam ce θe
eστaπλeκéno λá.
3.) They said to one
another, “Come on! Let’s make bricks and bake them hard.” So they had bricks to build with and tar to
hold them together.
3.) Θa deκéno λom únom λon aλτéρon, “Aς adβanκiζéμìo! Aς
φaκéμìo Vríяoλ ce aw λoλ κoκéμìo
duρaμénτa.”
Κóσi θe haβéno Бríяoλ πoρ na κonστρuκτéno ce
Κaτρáμon na λoλ τenéngo enσéμπλe.
4.) They said, “Now
let’s build a city with a tower that reaches the sky, so that we can make a
name for ourselves and not be scattered all over the earth.”
4.) Θa deκéno “Adóρa aς κonστρuκτéμìo únan
Κíττan κon únam Τóρρam κue θa
aλκanκьángo λon Κéλon, de
Móδam de φaκьáμìo únen Ónoμan πoρ λiχoλ ce no na diσπeρσóμaστe σúπρa
λam enτiéρam Τéρρam.
5.) Then the LORD came
down to see the city and the tower which those men had built,
5.)
Enτónκeς λo
Σenióρo θe deσκendéngo na βidéngo λan Κíττan ce λan Τóρρan κue eκκuéστoθ Hóμμoθ θa haβéno
κonστρuκτáτan,
6.) and he said, “Now
then, these are all one people and they speak one language; this is just the
beginning of what they are going to do.
Soon they will be able to do anything they want!
6.) ce θa deκéngo, “e бenaμénτa,
eκκuéστoθ θa eσσóno τóτor únar Génτar ce θa πaρλáno únan Λíngua; eκκuéστo
θa eσσéngo λar
Κoμμenκíar πoρ λen κué θu
φàκáno.
Πρéστo θu πodéno na
φaκьáno κuaλκoκóζa na deσideρáno.
7.) Let us go down and
mix up their language so that they will not understand one another.”
7.)
Aς deσκéndeñ na
μeσκuλéngo λóσan Λínguan πoρ no na
κoμπρehendéλìan.”
8.) So the LORD
scattered them all over the earth, and they stopped building the city.
8.)
Κóσi λo ΣENIÓΡO
θe λoλ diσπeρσéngo
σúπρa λam enτiéρam Τéρρam, ce θe
aρρeστéno na κonστuκτáno λan
Κíττa.
9.) The city was called
9.) Λa Κíττa θe
onoμaζángo Бaбyλón, πoρ κué λá
λo Σenióρo θe μeσκuλéngo λaλ Λínguaλ τóτoς
únaς Génτaς, ce de λa λoξ
diσπeρσéngo σúπρe λam
enτiéρam Τéρρam.
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