Yëʼ e s yah gö ru s vëng mka.
[jɪʔ e sjǎ ɣʊ ɾu fɪŋ mka]
yëʼ e s=yah gev ru s=vëng mka
world of 3POSS=whole PST have 3POSS=language one
Now the whole world had one language.
ʼA theng gö ʼoc leg, ʼa xë s re e Sinar, ʼa sitsir ga.
[ʔa tɛ̌ŋ ɣʊ ʔɔʃ gʟɛɣ ʔa xɪ zɾɛ ɛ ˈsinað ʔa sitsið ɣa]
ʼa h-teng gev ʼ-oc le~g, ʼa xë s re e Sinar, ʼa sir~sir ga
then COLL-man PST ADV-east move~MAJ, then find plain of Shinar, then settle~MAJ there
As people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there.
Theng veng zi, "Hë ca vʼa rig, hë ca pʼyuz." Myan rig öng nha, myan dur öng ntë.
[tɛ̌ŋ βɛŋ dʒi hɪ tʃa ʔβa ɾiɣ hɪ tʃa pʼjuʒ mjan ɾiɣ ʊŋ nǎ mjan duð ʊŋ ntɪ]
h-teng veng zi, hë ca ʼ-va rig, hë ca ʼ-byu~by. mya~my rig öng nha, myan dur öng ntë
COLL-man say REFL, COLL JUSS 1-make brick, COLL JUSS 1-bake~MAJ. use~MAJ brick against rock, use~MAJ tar against mortar
They said to each other, “Come, let’s make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar.
ʼA veng, "Hë ca vʼo zi brö, hë ca brö e s të vʼo tog a me lele zeng rëʼ. Ö hë me ???
[ʔa βɛŋ hɪ tʃa ʔβɔ dʒi bɾʊ hɪ tʃa bɾʊ ɛ stɪ ʔβɔ tɔɣ a mɛ gʟɛgʟɛ dʒɛŋ ɾɪʔ ʊ hɪ mɛ]
ʼa veng, hë ca ʼ-va~v zi brö, hë ca brö e s=të ʼ-va~v tog a me laz~laz zeng rëʼ. ö hë me ???
then say, COLL JUSS 1-make~MAJ REFL wall, COLL JUSS wall of 3POSS=inside 1-make~MAJ tower 3S FUT extend_toward sky. thus COLL FUT ???
Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth.”
5 But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower the people were building.
ʼO Kom pʼra leg, zi brö, zi tog së ndë theng vo.
ʼo Kom ʼ-bra le~g, zu~y brö, zu~y tog së ndë h-teng va~v
but Lord ADV-down move~MAJ, see~MAJ wall, see~MAJ tower REL REL.OBJ COLL-man build~MAJ
Së is the general relative marker, but different relative pronouns are used based on whether the referent is the subject (nda, which may take irregular rising tone as if it were ndah, although I don't think I'd allow words with a preinitial and coda like that) or object (ndë) of the sentence. Historically it was used as a general associative particle, but was contracted to s in that function, reappearing as së before words with preinitials.
Also, non-glottal stops can't appear in codas, so I suppose I should be analyzing c z as fricatives, even though c patterns with stops in being allowed in preinitials... or they could just be a separate affricate class w/e
Note on the major verbs in this sentence: gods always take major verbs, as do kings and Great Heroes or whatever; vo not va because building such a large tower is a major effort — the benefactive aspect of major verbs is also in play, and younger speakers would say së ndë theng zi vo, the tower the men were building themselves; remember that it was benefactive earlier.
Glottal stop forms adverbs from nouns, nothing else, definitely not verbs since that'd overlap with person marking
6 The Lord said, “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.
7 Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.”
8 So the Lord scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city.
6.
Kom vengveng, "Theng mka ru vëng mka zi geh vo, mya s rig e theng me brux.
Kom veng~veng, "h-teng mka ru vëng mka zi geh va-u, mya=s brick e h-teng me brux.
Lord say~MAJ, "COLL-man one POSS language one REFL INCHO make-3S, NEG=POSS brick POSS COLL-man FUT fail
7.
Ca sʼö, ca xunxun vëng e theng, pʼo vu zi."
ca ʼ-sö, ca xun~xun vëng e h-teng, pʼo vi~v zi
JUSS ADV-depth, JUSS split~MAJ language POSS COLL-man, CAUS understand~MAJ REFL
8.
ʼA pʼo ʼuʼ theng zo ëc e s ta, pʼo ʼuʼ yah e s drer, ʼa mëh vov brö.
ʼa pʼo ʼu~ʼ h-teng zo ëc e s=ta, pʼo ʼu~ʼ yah e s=drer, then mëh va~v-u
then CAUS scatter~MAJ COLL-man there POSS 3S.POSS=outside, CAUS scatter~MAJ whole POSS 3S.POSS=to, then INCHO.NEG build~MAJ-PL wall
[jɪʔ e sjǎ ɣʊ ɾu fɪŋ mka]
yëʼ e s=yah gev ru s=vëng mka
world of 3POSS=whole PST have 3POSS=language one
Now the whole world had one language.
ʼA theng gö ʼoc leg, ʼa xë s re e Sinar, ʼa sitsir ga.
[ʔa tɛ̌ŋ ɣʊ ʔɔʃ gʟɛɣ ʔa xɪ zɾɛ ɛ ˈsinað ʔa sitsið ɣa]
ʼa h-teng gev ʼ-oc le~g, ʼa xë s re e Sinar, ʼa sir~sir ga
then COLL-man PST ADV-east move~MAJ, then find plain of Shinar, then settle~MAJ there
As people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there.
Theng veng zi, "Hë ca vʼa rig, hë ca pʼyuz." Myan rig öng nha, myan dur öng ntë.
[tɛ̌ŋ βɛŋ dʒi hɪ tʃa ʔβa ɾiɣ hɪ tʃa pʼjuʒ mjan ɾiɣ ʊŋ nǎ mjan duð ʊŋ ntɪ]
h-teng veng zi, hë ca ʼ-va rig, hë ca ʼ-byu~by. mya~my rig öng nha, myan dur öng ntë
COLL-man say REFL, COLL JUSS 1-make brick, COLL JUSS 1-bake~MAJ. use~MAJ brick against rock, use~MAJ tar against mortar
They said to each other, “Come, let’s make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar.
ʼA veng, "Hë ca vʼo zi brö, hë ca brö e s të vʼo tog a me lele zeng rëʼ. Ö hë me ???
[ʔa βɛŋ hɪ tʃa ʔβɔ dʒi bɾʊ hɪ tʃa bɾʊ ɛ stɪ ʔβɔ tɔɣ a mɛ gʟɛgʟɛ dʒɛŋ ɾɪʔ ʊ hɪ mɛ]
ʼa veng, hë ca ʼ-va~v zi brö, hë ca brö e s=të ʼ-va~v tog a me laz~laz zeng rëʼ. ö hë me ???
then say, COLL JUSS 1-make~MAJ REFL wall, COLL JUSS wall of 3POSS=inside 1-make~MAJ tower 3S FUT extend_toward sky. thus COLL FUT ???
Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth.”
5 But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower the people were building.
ʼO Kom pʼra leg, zi brö, zi tog së ndë theng vo.
ʼo Kom ʼ-bra le~g, zu~y brö, zu~y tog së ndë h-teng va~v
but Lord ADV-down move~MAJ, see~MAJ wall, see~MAJ tower REL REL.OBJ COLL-man build~MAJ
Së is the general relative marker, but different relative pronouns are used based on whether the referent is the subject (nda, which may take irregular rising tone as if it were ndah, although I don't think I'd allow words with a preinitial and coda like that) or object (ndë) of the sentence. Historically it was used as a general associative particle, but was contracted to s in that function, reappearing as së before words with preinitials.
Also, non-glottal stops can't appear in codas, so I suppose I should be analyzing c z as fricatives, even though c patterns with stops in being allowed in preinitials... or they could just be a separate affricate class w/e
Note on the major verbs in this sentence: gods always take major verbs, as do kings and Great Heroes or whatever; vo not va because building such a large tower is a major effort — the benefactive aspect of major verbs is also in play, and younger speakers would say së ndë theng zi vo, the tower the men were building themselves; remember that it was benefactive earlier.
Glottal stop forms adverbs from nouns, nothing else, definitely not verbs since that'd overlap with person marking
6 The Lord said, “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.
7 Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.”
8 So the Lord scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city.
6.
Kom vengveng, "Theng mka ru vëng mka zi geh vo, mya s rig e theng me brux.
Kom veng~veng, "h-teng mka ru vëng mka zi geh va-u, mya=s brick e h-teng me brux.
Lord say~MAJ, "COLL-man one POSS language one REFL INCHO make-3S, NEG=POSS brick POSS COLL-man FUT fail
7.
Ca sʼö, ca xunxun vëng e theng, pʼo vu zi."
ca ʼ-sö, ca xun~xun vëng e h-teng, pʼo vi~v zi
JUSS ADV-depth, JUSS split~MAJ language POSS COLL-man, CAUS understand~MAJ REFL
8.
ʼA pʼo ʼuʼ theng zo ëc e s ta, pʼo ʼuʼ yah e s drer, ʼa mëh vov brö.
ʼa pʼo ʼu~ʼ h-teng zo ëc e s=ta, pʼo ʼu~ʼ yah e s=drer, then mëh va~v-u
then CAUS scatter~MAJ COLL-man there POSS 3S.POSS=outside, CAUS scatter~MAJ whole POSS 3S.POSS=to, then INCHO.NEG build~MAJ-PL wall