< تكوين 11 >

وَكَانَ أَهْلُ الأَرْضِ جَمِيعاً يَتَكَلَّمُونَ أَوَّلاً بِلِسَانٍ وَاحِدٍ وَلُغَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ. ١ 1
Now the whole world had one language and a common form of speech.
وَإِذِ ارْتَحَلُوا شَرْقاً وَجَدُوا سَهْلاً فِي أَرْضِ شِنْعَارَ فَاسْتَوْطَنُوا هُنَاكَ. ٢ 2
And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ: «لِنَصْنَعْ طُوباً مَشْوِيًّا أَحْسَنَ شَيٍّ». فَاسْتَخْدَمُوا الطُّوبَ بَدِيلاً لِلْحِجَارَةِ بِالطُّوبِ، وِالْحُمْرَ بَدِيلاً للطِّينِ. ٣ 3
And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” So they used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar.
ثُمَّ قَالُوا: «لِنُشَيِّدْ لأَنْفُسِنَا مَدِينَةً وَبُرْجاً يَبْلُغُ رَأْسُهُ السَّمَاءَ، فَنُخَلِّدَ لَنَا اسْماً لِئَلّا نَتَشَتَّتَ عَلَى وَجْهِ الأَرْضِ كُلِّهَا». ٤ 4
“Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”
وَنَزَلَ الرَّبُّ لِيَشْهَدَ الْمَدِينَةَ وَالْبُرْجَ اللَّذَيْنِ شَرَعَ بَنُو الْبَشَرِ فِي بِنَائِهِمَا. ٥ 5
Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men were building.
فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ: «إِنْ كَانُوا، كَشَعْبٍ وَاحِدٍ يَنْطِقُونَ بِلُغَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ، قَدْ عَمِلُوا هَذَا مُنْذُ أَوَّلِ الأَمْرِ، فَلَنْ يَمْتَنِعَ إِذاً عَلَيْهِمْ أَيُّ شَيْءٍ عَزَمُوا عَلَى فِعْلِهِ. ٦ 6
And the LORD said, “If they have begun to do this as one people speaking the same language, then nothing they devise will be beyond them.
هَيَّا نَنْزِلْ إِلَيْهِمْ وَنُبَلْبِلْ لِسَانَهُمْ، حَتَّى لَا يَفْهَمَ بَعْضُهُمْ كَلامَ بَعْضٍ». ٧ 7
Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”
وَهَكَذَا شَتَّتَهُمُ الرَّبُّ مِنْ هُنَاكَ عَلَى سَطْحِ الأَرْضِ كُلِّهَا، فَكَفُّوا عَنْ بِنَاءِ الْمَدِينَةِ، ٨ 8
So the LORD scattered them from there over the face of all the earth, and they stopped building the city.
لِذَلِكَ سُمِّيَتِ الْمَدِينَةُ «بَابِلَ» لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ بَلْبَلَ لِسَانَ أَهْلِ كُلِّ الأَرْضِ، وَبِالتَّالِي شَتَّتَهُمْ مِنْ هُنَاكَ فِي أَرْجَاءِ الأَرْضِ كُلِّهَا. ٩ 9
That is why it is called Babel, for there the LORD confused the language of the whole world, and from that place the LORD scattered them over the face of all the earth.
وَهَذَا سِجِلُّ مَوَالِيدِ سَامٍ. لَمَّا كَانَ سَامٌ ابْنَ مِئَةِ سَنَةٍ وَلَدَ أَرْفَكْشَادَ بَعْدَ الطُّوفَانِ بِسَنَتَيْنِ. ١٠ 10
This is the account of Shem. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad.
وَعَاشَ سَامٌ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ خَمْسَ مِئَةِ سَنَةٍ، وُلِدَ لَهُ فِيهَا بَنُونَ وَبَنَاتٌ. ١١ 11
And after he had become the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.
وَعِنْدَمَا بَلَغَ أَرْفَكْشَادُ خَمْساً وَثَلاثِينَ سَنَةً مِنَ الْعُمْرِ وَلَدَ شَالَحَ. ١٢ 12
When Arphaxad was 35 years old, he became the father of Shelah.
وَعَاشَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ أَرْبَعَ مِئَةٍ وَثَلاثَ سَنَوَاتٍ، وُلِدَ لَهُ فِيهَا بَنُونَ وَبَنَاتٌ. ١٣ 13
And after he had become the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
وَكَانَ شَالَحُ فِي الثَّلاثِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ عِنْدَمَا وَلَدَ عَابِرَ. ١٤ 14
When Shelah was 30 years old, he became the father of Eber.
وَعَاشَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ أَرْبَعَ مِئَةٍ وَثَلاثَ سَنَوَاتٍ، وُلِدَ لَهُ فِيهَا بَنُونَ وَبَنَاتٌ. ١٥ 15
And after he had become the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
وَكَانَ عُمْرُ عَابِرَ أَرْبَعاً وَثَلاثِينَ سَنَةً عِنْدَمَا وَلَدَ فَالَجَ. ١٦ 16
When Eber was 34 years old, he became the father of Peleg.
وَعَاشَ عَابِرُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ أَرْبَعَ مِئَةٍ وَثَلاثِينَ سَنَةً، وُلِدَ لَهُ فِيهَا بَنُونَ وَبَنَاتٌ. ١٧ 17
And after he had become the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.
وَكَانَ عُمْرُ فَالَجَ ثَلاثِينَ سَنَةً عِنْدَمَا وَلَدَ رَعُوَ. ١٨ 18
When Peleg was 30 years old, he became the father of Reu.
وَعَاشَ فَالَجُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ مِئَتَيْنِ وَتِسْعَ سِنِينَ وُلِدَ لَهُ فِيهَا بَنُونَ وَبَنَاتٌ. ١٩ 19
And after he had become the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.
وَكَانَ عُمْرُ رَعُوَ اثْنَتَيْنِ وَثَلاثِينَ سَنَةً عِنْدَمَا وَلَدَ سَرُوجَ. ٢٠ 20
When Reu was 32 years old, he became the father of Serug.
وَعَاشَ رَعُو بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ مِئَتَيْنِ وَسَبْعَ سِنِينَ، وُلِدَ لَهُ فِيهَا بَنُونَ وَبَنَاتٌ. ٢١ 21
And after he had become the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.
وَكَانَ عُمْرُ سَرُوجَ ثَلاثِينَ سَنَةً عِنْدَمَا وَلَدَ نَاحُورَ. ٢٢ 22
When Serug was 30 years old, he became the father of Nahor.
وَعَاشَ سَرُوجُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ مِئَتَيْ سَنَةٍ، وُلِدَ لَهُ فِيهَا بَنُونَ وَبَنَاتٌ. ٢٣ 23
And after he had become the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.
وَكَانَ عُمْرُ نَاحُورَ تِسْعاً وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً عِنْدَمَا وَلَدَ تَارَحَ. ٢٤ 24
When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah.
وَعَاشَ نَاحُورُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ مِئَةً وَتِسْعَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً، وُلِدَ لَهُ فِيهَا بَنُونَ وَبَنَاتٌ. ٢٥ 25
And after he had become the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.
وَعِنْدَمَا بَلَغَ تَارَحُ السَّبْعِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ أَنْجَبَ أَبْرَامَ وَنَاحُورَ وَهَارَانَ. ٢٦ 26
When Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
وَهَذَا هُوَ سِجِلُّ مَوَالِيدِ تَارَحَ: وَلَدَ تَارَحُ أَبْرَامَ وَنَاحُورَ وَهَارَانَ. وَوَلَدَ هَارَانُ لُوطاً. ٢٧ 27
This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.
وَمَاتَ هَارَانُ قَبْلَ تَارَحَ أَبِيهِ فِي أَرْضِ مَوْلِدِهِ فِي أُورِ الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ. ٢٨ 28
During his father Terah’s lifetime, Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
وَتَزَوَّجَ كُلٌّ مِنْ أَبْرَامَ وَنَاحُورَ. وَكَانَ اسْمُ زَوْجَةِ أَبْرَامَ سَارَايَ، وَاسْمُ زَوْجَةِ نَاحُورَ مِلْكَةَ بِنْتَ هَارَانَ الَّذِي أَنْجَبَ مِلْكَةَ وَيِسْكَةَ. ٢٩ 29
And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. Abram’s wife was named Sarai, and Nahor’s wife was named Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, who was the father of both Milcah and Iscah.
وَكَانَتْ سَارَايُ عَاقِراً لَيْسَ لَهَا وَلَدٌ. ٣٠ 30
But Sarai was barren; she had no children.
وَأَخَذَ تَارَحُ ابْنَهُ أَبْرَامَ وَحَفِيدَهُ لُوطاً بْنَ هَارَانَ، وَسَارَايَ كَنَّتَهُ زَوْجَةَ ابْنِهِ أَبْرَامَ، وَارْتَحَلَ بِهِمْ مِنْ أُورِ الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ لِيَذْهَبُوا إِلَى أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ. ٣١ 31
And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there.
لَكِنَّهُمْ وَصَلُوا إِلَى حَارَانَ وَاسْتَقَرُّوا فِيهَا. وَهُنَاكَ مَاتَ تَارَحُ وَلَهُ مِنَ الْعُمْرِ مِئَتَانِ وَخَمْسُ سِنِينَ. ٣٢ 32
Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.

< تكوين 11 >