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OET (OET-LV) And_they_said come_now let_us_build to/for_ourselves a_city and_(a)_tower and_its_top in_the_heavens and_we_may_make to/for_ourselves a_name lest we_should_be_scattered over the_surface of_all the_earth/land.
OET (OET-RV) Then they said, “Come on, let’s build a city for ourselves and a tower with its top in the sky, and let’s make a reputation for ourselves, so that we don’t get scattered all over the whole earth.”
וַיֹּאמְר֞וּ
and=they_said
Alternate translation: “Then they said to each other,”
הָ֣בָה
come=now!
See how you translated this idiom in verse 3.
נִבְנֶה
let_us_build
See how you translated a similar phrase in verse 3. Alternate translation: “let us work together and build”
וּמִגְדָּל֙
and=(a)_tower
Alternate translation: “that has a high tower” or “with a very tall building”
וְרֹאשׁ֣וֹ בַשָּׁמַ֔יִם
and=his/its=head/top in=the_heavens
Alternate translation: “that reaches high into the heavens” or “that reaches up to heaven,”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
וְנַֽעֲשֶׂה לָּ֖נוּ שֵׁ֑ם פֶּן נָפ֖וּץ
and=we_may_make to/for=ourselves name_of lest we_be_scattered
The phrase make a name for ourselves is a idiom. Consider whether or not your language has a similar idiom that would work well here. Also see how you translated the word scattered in Gen 10:18, 32. Alternate translation: “We should do that to make ourselves famous and to keep us from spreading out” or “That way we will become well-known and we will not separate from each other and live”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
עַל פְּנֵ֥י כָל הָאָֽרֶץ
on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in face/surface_of all the=earth/land
Alternate translation: “all over the world.” or “around the world.”
11:4 Far from the original garden (2:15), the first cities of Genesis represent arrogance (4:17), tyranny (10:8-12), and wickedness (18:20-21). The city on the Babylonian plain was a magnet for human pride and idolatry.
• a tower that reaches into the sky: This was probably a temple-tower (a ziggurat). Common in ancient Babylonian urban culture, ziggurats were regarded as sacred mountains by which deities descended to earth (Jacob’s dream in 28:12 possibly reflects this idea).
• This will make us famous (literally let us make a name for ourselves): The tower builders sought fame through idolatrous ambition. God promised to give Abram a famous name because of his humble obedience (12:2).
OET (OET-LV) And_they_said come_now let_us_build to/for_ourselves a_city and_(a)_tower and_its_top in_the_heavens and_we_may_make to/for_ourselves a_name lest we_should_be_scattered over the_surface of_all the_earth/land.
OET (OET-RV) Then they said, “Come on, let’s build a city for ourselves and a tower with its top in the sky, and let’s make a reputation for ourselves, so that we don’t get scattered all over the whole earth.”
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.