Nadsat

1N.   And all the earth had odin goloss and odin yahzick.

2Na.  As moodges moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and they
2Nb.  made it their domy mesto.

3Na.  And they skazzed odin to another, "Itty to, let us make bricks, and
3Nb.  burn them dobby."  And they had brick for stone, and cal they had
3Nc.  for mortar.

4Na.  And they skazzed, "Itty to, let us build us a city, and a tower, 
4Nb.  whose top will itty up as high as bog and all his angels; and let us
4Nc.  make a bolshy eemya for ourselves and not be scattered over the litso
4Nd.  of the whole earth."

5Na.  And the Lord Bog came down to viddy the city and the tower, which the 
5Nb.  children of moodges builded.

6Na.  And the Lord skazzed, "Viddy, they are all odin lewdies and have all 
6Nb.  odin yahzick;  and this they nachinat to do:  and now nothing will
6Nc.  be kept from them, which they have imagined to do.

7Na.  Itty to, let us itty down and make their yahzick shoom, so they will 
7Nb.  not pony odin another."

8Na.  So the Lord Bog sent them abroad upon the litso of the earth;  and 
8Nb.  they ookadetted off building the city.

9Na.  So the eemya of it is Babel, because there the Lord Bog and all 
9Nb.  his angels took away the meaning of all yahzicks;  and from there 
9Nc.  the Lord sent them away over all the litso of the earth.

:Na   Paraphrased from four English versions by Jeffrey Henning, 



LITERAL TRANSLATION

0N.   Teenager

1N.   And all the earth had one voice and one tongue.

2Na.  As men moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and they
2Nb.  made it their house place.

3Na.  And they said one to another, "Go to, let us make bricks, and
3Nb.  burn them good."  And they had brick for stone, and slime they
3Nc.  had for mortar.

4Na.  And they said, "Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower, 
4Nb.  whose top will go up as high as god and all his angels; and let us
4Nc.  make a big name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face
4Nd.  of the whole earth."

5Na.  And the Lord God came down to see the city and the tower, which the 
5Nb.  children of men builded.

6Na.  And the Lord said, "See, they are all one people and have all 
6Nb.  one tongue;  and this they begin to do:  and now nothing will
6Nc.  be kept from them, which they have imagined to do.

7Na.  Go to, let us go down and make their tongue noise, so they will 
7Nb.  not understand one another."

8Na.  So the Lord God sent them abroad upon the face of the earth;  and 
8Nb.  they left off building the city.

9Na.  So the name of it is Babel, because there the Lord God and all 
9Nb.  his angels took away the meaning of all tongues;  and from there 
9Nc.  the Lord sent them away over all the face of the earth.

:Na   Paraphrased from four English versions by Jeffrey Henning.

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