Simpenga

1SE.  Anda ala erda do hasan won languge anda won tongu.

2SEa. Anda wati'tim di do wanderan ferom iseta, di com to 
2SEb. setereta o felata landa in Sinara landa, dati'wera 
2SEc. di do emaken din lifen'wera.

3SEa. Anda di do saya won tu anodera, "Do comen, letan emi do emacen
3SEb. berica, letan emi do buran di guda."  Anda di do hasan berica
3SEc. fora seton, anda di do putan di togedera wida don'erda.

4SEa. Anda di do saya, "Do comen, letan emi do macen towen anda towera, 
4SEb. topa o wati wilan do goan upa hi to hefen, anda do letan emi
4SEc. do emacen gereada enam fora emi'selifa, dati emi enota been 
4SEd. wanderan'won ofera sida o erda.



----  Verbatim Translation

1AE.  And all earth do has one language and one tongue.

2AEa. And when (what-time) they do wander from the east, they come to a 
2AEb. stretch of flat land in Shinar land, and there (that-place) 
2AEc. they do make their living-place.

3AEa. And they do say one to another, "Do come, let us do make
3AEb. bricks, let us do burn them good.  And they do has bricks
3AEc. for stone, and they do put them together with mortar (join-earth).

4AEa. And they do say, Do come, let us do make town and tower,  
4AEb. the top of which will go up high to heaven;  and do let us 
4AEc. do make great name for ourselves, that we not be 
4AEd. wanderer over side of earth.

5AEa. And the Lord came down to see the town and the tower which the 
5AEb. children of men were building.

6AEa. And the Lord said, See, they are all one folk and have all one
6AEb. speech;  and this is only the start of what they may do;  and now 
6AEc. anything they try to do will not be kept from them.

7AEa. Come, let us go down and take away the sense of their speech, so 
7AEb. that they will not be able to make themselves understood to one 
7AEd. another.

8AEa. So the Lord God sent them away into every part of the earth;  and 
8AEb. they gave up building their town.

9AEa. So it was named Babel, because there the Lord took away the meaning 
9AEb. of all tongues;  and from there the Lord sent them away over all 
9AEc. the side of the earth.

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