Too clever for my own good

We were sitting around the table at the office and having a  fast-food lunch on Fridays as we usually do.

Just shooting the breeze with my Co-workers and the topic of "babel" came up.

I went on to show off my amazing insight on how the computer algorithms that translate text all have "Rosetta" in the catchy names because of the Rosetta stone and when it came to the translation of the spoken word they inevitably had "Babel" in the name.

To mumble  in an unintelligible way was also  to babel.

The origin of the term was, I said, from the Hitchhiker's guide to the universe, in which each alien had a fish implanted into their ears. The "Babel fish"  did a real-time translation of all speech to thought and was the basis for a universe-wide civilization.

I thought it was rather clever to have put it all together, and caught two of my co-workers rolling their eyes at each other.

This got me thinking.

So that night I dug a little deeper and more I found this...

𝔊𝔢𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔦𝔰 11:1-9 𝔑𝔢𝔴 𝔎𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 𝔙𝔢𝔯𝔰𝔦𝔬𝔫 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔗𝔬𝔴𝔢𝔯 𝔬𝔣 𝔅𝔞𝔟𝔢𝔩 

1 𝔑𝔬𝔴 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔴𝔥𝔬𝔩𝔢 𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔱𝔥 𝔥𝔞𝔡 𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔤𝔲𝔞𝔤𝔢 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔬𝔫𝔢 [𝔞]𝔰𝔭𝔢𝔢𝔠𝔥. 

2 𝔄𝔫𝔡 𝔦𝔱 𝔠𝔞𝔪𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔭𝔞𝔰𝔰, 𝔞𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔶 𝔧𝔬𝔲𝔯𝔫𝔢𝔶𝔢𝔡 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔢𝔞𝔰𝔱, 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔶 𝔣𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔡 𝔞 𝔭𝔩𝔞𝔦𝔫 𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔬𝔣 𝔖𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔞𝔯, 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔶 𝔡𝔴𝔢𝔩𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢. 

3 𝔗𝔥𝔢𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔶 𝔰𝔞𝔦𝔡 𝔱𝔬 𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔞𝔫𝔬𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯, “ℭ𝔬𝔪𝔢, 𝔩𝔢𝔱 𝔲𝔰 𝔪𝔞𝔨𝔢 𝔟𝔯𝔦𝔠𝔨𝔰 𝔞𝔫𝔡 [𝔟]𝔟𝔞𝔨𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔪 𝔱𝔥𝔬𝔯𝔬𝔲𝔤𝔥𝔩𝔶.” 𝔗𝔥𝔢𝔶 𝔥𝔞𝔡 𝔟𝔯𝔦𝔠𝔨 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔰𝔱𝔬𝔫𝔢, 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔶 𝔥𝔞𝔡 𝔞𝔰𝔭𝔥𝔞𝔩𝔱 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔪𝔬𝔯𝔱𝔞𝔯. 

4 𝔄𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔶 𝔰𝔞𝔦𝔡, “ℭ𝔬𝔪𝔢, 𝔩𝔢𝔱 𝔲𝔰 𝔟𝔲𝔦𝔩𝔡 𝔬𝔲𝔯𝔰𝔢𝔩𝔳𝔢𝔰 𝔞 𝔠𝔦𝔱𝔶, 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔞 𝔱𝔬𝔴𝔢𝔯 𝔴𝔥𝔬𝔰𝔢 𝔱𝔬𝔭 𝔦𝔰 𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔥𝔢𝔞𝔳𝔢𝔫𝔰; 𝔩𝔢𝔱 𝔲𝔰 𝔪𝔞𝔨𝔢 𝔞 𝔫𝔞𝔪𝔢 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔬𝔲𝔯𝔰𝔢𝔩𝔳𝔢𝔰, 𝔩𝔢𝔰𝔱 𝔴𝔢 𝔟𝔢 𝔰𝔠𝔞𝔱𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔢𝔡 𝔞𝔟𝔯𝔬𝔞𝔡 𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔯 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔣𝔞𝔠𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔴𝔥𝔬𝔩𝔢 𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔱𝔥.” 

5 𝔅𝔲𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔏𝔬𝔯𝔡 𝔠𝔞𝔪𝔢 𝔡𝔬𝔴𝔫 𝔱𝔬 𝔰𝔢𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔠𝔦𝔱𝔶 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔱𝔬𝔴𝔢𝔯 𝔴𝔥𝔦𝔠𝔥 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔬𝔫𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔪𝔢𝔫 𝔥𝔞𝔡 𝔟𝔲𝔦𝔩𝔱. 

6 𝔄𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔏𝔬𝔯𝔡 𝔰𝔞𝔦𝔡, “ℑ𝔫𝔡𝔢𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔭𝔢𝔬𝔭𝔩𝔢 𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔶 𝔞𝔩𝔩 𝔥𝔞𝔳𝔢 𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔤𝔲𝔞𝔤𝔢, 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔦𝔰 𝔴𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔶 𝔟𝔢𝔤𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔬 𝔡𝔬; 𝔫𝔬𝔴 𝔫𝔬𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔶 𝔭𝔯𝔬𝔭𝔬𝔰𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔡𝔬 𝔴𝔦𝔩𝔩 𝔟𝔢 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥𝔥𝔢𝔩𝔡 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔪. 

7 ℭ𝔬𝔪𝔢, 𝔩𝔢𝔱 𝔘𝔰 𝔤𝔬 𝔡𝔬𝔴𝔫 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔣𝔲𝔰𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔦𝔯 𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔤𝔲𝔞𝔤𝔢, 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔶 𝔪𝔞𝔶 𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔲𝔫𝔡𝔢𝔯𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔞𝔫𝔬𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯’𝔰 𝔰𝔭𝔢𝔢𝔠𝔥.” 

8 𝔖𝔬 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔏𝔬𝔯𝔡 𝔰𝔠𝔞𝔱𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔪 𝔞𝔟𝔯𝔬𝔞𝔡 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔯 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔣𝔞𝔠𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔞𝔩𝔩 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔱𝔥, 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔶 𝔠𝔢𝔞𝔰𝔢𝔡 𝔟𝔲𝔦𝔩𝔡𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔠𝔦𝔱𝔶. 

9 𝔗𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢𝔣𝔬𝔯𝔢 𝔦𝔱𝔰 𝔫𝔞𝔪𝔢 𝔦𝔰 𝔠𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔢𝔡 [𝔠]𝔅𝔞𝔟𝔢𝔩 𝔟𝔢𝔠𝔞𝔲𝔰𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔏𝔬𝔯𝔡 𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔣𝔲𝔰𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔤𝔲𝔞𝔤𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔞𝔩𝔩 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔱𝔥; 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔏𝔬𝔯𝔡 𝔰𝔠𝔞𝔱𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔪 𝔞𝔟𝔯𝔬𝔞𝔡 𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔯 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔣𝔞𝔠𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔞𝔩𝔩 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔱𝔥

Eish. 

From now on I keep my mouth shut. 

𝓜 𝓟𝓪𝓻𝓪𝓴 

Aug 2021.