Babel

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

Quenya

Ar i quanda cemen sámë er lambë ar imyë quettar.
ar martanë írë lendeltë Rómello, i Atani hirner yondë Sinear·nóressë¹, ar marner tassë;
ar quenteltë imíca intë, "Tula, alvë carë telari ar alvë urta tai mai:" ar yuhtaneltë² telari ve sarni ar morihimma³ ve telarhimma⁴.
Quenteltë, "Tula, alvë carasta inwen osto ar mindon arwa telmaryo meneldë, ar alvë carë inwen essë, hya nauvalvë vintainë ter cemen."
Ar Yehóva⁵ undulendë tirien i osto ar i mindon ya Atani carastaner,
Ar equë Yehóva, "Yé, naltë er lië, ar illi mici te samir er lambë ar si ná i minya nat ya cariltë; sí munta ya meriltë carë nauva tien úcárima⁶."
Tula, alvë undulelya ar carë rúcinë lambeltar, i lá hanyuva quén lambë exëo."
Sië Yehóva vintanë te tó ter palúrë cemeno, ar pustaneltë carasta i osto.
Etta mo antanë san i essë Vável⁷, an tassë Yehóva carnë rúcinë lambi i quanda cemeno, ar tó vintanes te ter cemen.

Notes

Sinear·nóressë: Quenyarized Shinear in a construction after the attested "Elenna·nóressë."
yuhtaneltë: "they used." "Yuhta-" is from the primitive root YUK, cognate with "Noldorin" "iuitho."
morihimma: bitumen, that is, a black, sticky gum-like substance like asphalt that can, apparently, be used as mortar. It's a compound of "mori" + "himma," which is derived from himya-, to adhere, root KHIM. "Himma" is glue, or gum, or resin, in other words, any kind of sticky goop.
telarhimma: mortar. "telar" (brick) + "himma" as above.
Yehóva: Quenyarization of Hebrew "YHWH."
úcárima: ú (not) + cár (root "car-," "to do") + ima (adjectival suffix meaning –able); impossible, not doable.
Vável: Quenyarization of Babel.

Translation by Herenvarno and Helge Fauskanger

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