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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