Translation of "Genesis 11:4" (Babel-text)

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Original: 4. And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Translation:
4. Ha mak' p'attutso: kwe, killūssiga ha k'ungt'a, hugat mūjessa k'ūdik'ūdi widök'wittö k'allollabat, nagōtk'wat; ha t'oba mitkefwet, k'allo pa k'ūding k'ūdi nessupk'öttūkti sokkot pwa-ot'pado.
Interlinear:
Ha
and
m-ak'
3PL.ANIM-ERG
p'attuts-∅-o:
say-UNM-PAST
kwe,
hear.IMP
killūssig-a
city-NOMABS
ha
and
k'ungt'-a,
tower-NOMABS
huga-t
REL-GEN
mūjess-a
top-NOMABS
k'ūdik'ūdi
REMFUT
widök'wittö
reach
k'allollab-at,
heaven-ILL
nagōtk'-∅-wat;
build-UNM-HORT
ha
and
t'ob-a
name-NOMABS
mitkef-∅-wet,
obtain-UNM-HORT
k'allo
or
p-a
1PL-NOMABS
k'ūding
FUT
k'ūdi
PASS
nessupk'ö-ttūk-ti
sprinkle-PASS-FREQ
sokkot
along
pwa.ot'pa-do.
world-ALL