Translation of "The Tower of Babel" (Standalone)

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Original: And all the earth had one language and one tongue. And it came about that in their wandering from the east, they came to a stretch of flat country in the land of Shinar, and there they made their living-place. And they said one to another, Come, let us make bricks, burning them well. And they had bricks for stone, putting them together with sticky earth. And they said, Come, let us make a town, and a tower whose top will go up as high as heaven; and let us make a great name for ourselves, so that we may not be wanderers over the face of the earth. And the Lord came down to see the town and the tower which the children of men were building. And the Lord said, See, they are all one people and have all one language; and this is only the start of what they may do: and now it will not be possible to keep them from any purpose of theirs. Come, let us go down and take away the sense of their language, so that they will not be able to make themselves clear to one another. So the Lord God sent them away into every part of the earth: and they gave up building their town. So it was named Babel, because there the Lord took away the sense of all languages and from there the Lord sent them away over all the face of the earth.
Translation:
Íúnen hé muc'uj jutxux jul' jál āhíúnen xañ'íl jál. Āhuiriuiri tum'uj xenuz, uez mim'uj ez'e muj Shinar eý āhmuziú jál eý. Āhxauc xec, Cozñéi, cozatx cozxem xem pfuyem. Āhun' hed' pfuyem xeu je xem'ian pfur'xu je. Āhxauc, Cozñéi, cozláx coil je xare ñēá āhaíún' m'e ñéyan eý, āhcozxeýnadjíax coil; av uc' sect'uit'uiý xen'e āl muc'uj jutxux eý. Aímuz yauñ' aíuc' xare ñēá je, āhláxiý láduóc. Āhaíxauc yauñ', Cozuc'zi, hazen are jál, āhharin' hé jul' jál jutxux, r'uz r'uz un' uc' āhjí; ji c'en jí xen' āhr'ūñoax jí. Cozñéi, cozmuz cozcaruz ez'e c'ua jul' hé jál eý, xen āhuc' ez'e xauc xec. Āhíúht'uit'ui xen'e jál xenuz yauñ' āl muc'uj jutxux eý, coi āhláx xare. Un' jál je āhxauc' Babel, āhíúncaruz jál eý yauñ' ez'e c'ua jul' muc'uj jutxux, āhíúht'uit'ui xen'e jál xenuz yauñ' āl muc'uj jutxux eý.
Interlinear:
COP.CL1>CL3 CL1.INAL earth all language one REL-COP.CL1>CL3 speech one

REL-IDEO East from find plain NZ land Shinar in REL-dwell there

REL-say RECP 2>2-leave 2>2-make 2>2-burn REDUP brick REL-COP.CL5>CL5 CL5.INAL brick stone for tar mortar for

REL-say RECP 2>2-leave 2>2-make REFL to city tower REL-COP.CL1>CL1 top Ñéyan at REL-2>2-rank-ADJ.VBZ-CAUS REFL or SUBJ 1>1-scatter-PASS far_from face earth all at

CL1>CL1-descend lord CL1>CL1-see city tower for REL-make-PASS mortal

REL-CL1>CL1-say lord 2>2-see.CAUS COP.CL2>CL2 tribe one REL-COP.CL2>CL3 CL2.INAL language one all INCH REDUP COP.CL5>CL5 SUBJ REL-do CONT ABIL.NEG do none REL-visit-CAUS do

2>2-leave 2>2-descend 2>2-challenge NZ think language CL1.INAL there NEG REL-see NZ say RECP

REL-CL1>CL2-scatter far_from DEM from lord face earth all at TERM REL-build city

COP.CL5>CL5 DEM for REL-call Babel REL-CL1>CL2-challenge there lord NZ think language earth all REL-CL1>CL2-scatter far_from DEM from lord face earth all at