Babel

The Tower of Babel (Genesis 11: 1-9)

Gutiska (Gothic)

  1. Simle ana aírþai aina razda rōdjada warþ.
  2. þanuh mans iddjēdun in urrun, at land in Sinaiar qēmun, þaruh gastōdun.
  3. Qēþun du sis misso: 'digam us þāhō halluns (stones) jah brasōn'. þāhōhhalluns swē halluns bruhtēdun,
  4. Qēþun: 'Timrjaima baúrg miþ kēlikna þammei faírrinniþ himina. Miþ þamma hludam waírþaima, ei ni merjaima and alla aírþa.
  5. Akei þan dalaþa iddja Frauja saíƕan þo baúrg jah þana kēlikn þoei mans gatimridedun.
  6. Soh ist aina þiuda jah rodjand aina jah galeika razda, jah ƕa þatei taujand anastodeins ïst. Allos waihtins, þōzei wileina, nu taujan magun.
  7. Atgaggaima du im jah ungaraíhtjaima þōs razdōs, in þis sik missō fraþjan mahts nï wairþai.
  8. Frauja eis and alla aírþa mērida, jah gatimrjō baúrgs gaandida.
  9. In þis baúrgs Babail haítada, untē sa Frauja brahta uswandi, in razdái, sei ana allai aírþai rōdjada warþ, jah þaþrō allans mans mērida ufar allans stadins ana aírþai.

Translation by Roel

This text in the Gothic alphabet

  1. 𐍃𐌹𐌼𐌻𐌴 𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰𐌹 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐍂𐌰𐌶𐌳𐌰 𐍂𐍉𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌳𐌰 𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌸.
  2. 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌿𐌷 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌹𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌴𐌳𐌿𐌽 𐌹𐌽 𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌿𐌽, 𐌰𐍄 𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳 𐌹𐌽 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌹𐌰𐍂 𐌵𐌴𐌼𐌿𐌽, 𐌸𐌰𐍂𐌿𐌷 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍉𐌳𐌿𐌽.
  3. 𐌵𐌴𐌸𐌿𐌽 𐌳𐌿 𐍃𐌹𐍃 𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍃𐍉: '𐌳𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌼 𐌿𐍃 𐌸𐌰𐌷𐍉 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌿𐌽𐍃 (𐍃𐍄𐍉𐌽𐌴𐍃) 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌱𐍂𐌰𐍃𐍉𐌽'. 𐌸𐌰𐌷𐍉𐌷𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌿𐌽𐍃 𐍃𐍅𐌴 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌿𐌽𐍃 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌷𐍄𐌴𐌳𐌿𐌽,
  4. 𐌵𐌴𐌸𐌿𐌽: '𐍄𐌹𐌼𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌼𐌰 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲 𐌼𐌹𐌸 𐌺𐌴𐌻𐌹𐌺𐌽𐌰 𐌸𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌴𐌹 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌹𐌸 𐌷𐌹𐌼𐌹𐌽𐌰. 𐌼𐌹𐌸 𐌸𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐌷𐌻𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌼 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰𐌹𐌼𐌰, 𐌴𐌹 𐌽𐌹 𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌼𐌰 𐌰𐌽𐌳 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰.
  5. 𐌰𐌺𐌴𐌹 𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌸𐌰 𐌹𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌰 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍈𐌰𐌽 𐌸𐍉 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌺𐌴𐌻𐌹𐌺𐌽 𐌸𐍉𐌴𐌹 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌼𐍂𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌿𐌽.
  6. 𐍃𐍉𐌷 𐌹𐍃𐍄 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍂𐍉𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌰 𐍂𐌰𐌶𐌳𐌰, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍈𐌰 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹 𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍉𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐌹𐍃𐍄. 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐍉𐍃 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐌹𐌽𐍃, 𐌸𐍉𐌶𐌴𐌹 𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰, 𐌽𐌿 𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰𐌽 𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌿𐌽.
  7. 𐌰𐍄𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌹𐌼𐌰 𐌳𐌿 𐌹𐌼 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌿𐌽𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌼𐌰 𐌸𐍉𐍃 𐍂𐌰𐌶𐌳𐍉𐍃, 𐌹𐌽 𐌸𐌹𐍃 𐍃𐌹𐌺 𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍃𐍉 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 𐌽𐌹 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰𐌹.
  8. 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰 𐌴𐌹𐍃 𐌰𐌽𐌳 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰 𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌹𐌳𐌰, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌼𐍂𐌾𐍉 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐍃 𐌲𐌰𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌳𐌰.
  9. 𐌹𐌽 𐌸𐌹𐍃 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐍃 𐌱𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌻 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌳𐌰, 𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌴 𐍃𐌰 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰 𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰 𐌿𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹, 𐌹𐌽 𐍂𐌰𐌶𐌳𐌰𐌹, 𐍃𐌴𐌹 𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰𐌹 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰𐌹 𐍂𐍉𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌳𐌰 𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌸, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌸𐌰𐌸𐍂𐍉 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌳𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰𐌹.

Transliteration by Simon Ager

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