5 Forsothe the Lord cam down to se the citee and tour, which the sones of Adam bildiden.

6 And he seide, Lo! the puple is oon, and o langage is to alle, and thei han bigunne to make this, nethir thei schulen ceesse of her thouytis, til thei fillen tho in werk; therfor come ye, go we doun,

7 and scheende we there the tunge of hem, that ech man here not the voys of his neiybore.

8 And so the Lord departide hem fro that place in to alle londis; and thei cessiden to bielde a cytee.

9 And therfor the name therof was clepid Babel, for the langage of al erthe was confoundide there; and fro thennus the Lord scaterede hem on the face of alle cuntrees.