Genesis 11
1 Nthawi imeneyo anthu onse a pa dziko lapansi ankayankhula chiyankhulo chimodzi ndipo mawu amene ankayankhula anali amodzi.
Now the whole earth used one language and had the same words.
2 Pamene anthu amapita chakummawa anapeza chigwa ku dziko la Sinara nakhazikikako.
As they journeyed in the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and they settled there.
3 Tsono anawuzana kuti, “Tiyeni tiwumbe njerwa ndi kuziwotcha bwinobwino.” Tsono mʼmalo mwa miyala anagwiritsa ntchito njerwa zowotcha, ndipo mʼmalo mwa matope anagwiritsa ntchito phula.
They said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They had brick instead of stone and tar as mortar.
4 Kenaka anati, “Tiyeni tidzimangire mzinda wokhala ndi nsanja yoti ikafike kumwamba kuti titchuke. Kupanda kutero tibalalikana pa dziko lonse lapansi.”
They said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower whose top will reach to the sky, and let us make a name for ourselves. If we do not, we will be scattered across the surface of the whole earth.”
5 Koma Yehova anatsika kudzaona mzindawo ndi nsanja imene anthu aja ankayimanga.
So Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower which the descendants of Adam had built.
6 Yehova anati, “Anthuwa ndi amodzi, ndipo ali ndi chiyankhulo chimodzi. Izi akuchitazi nʼchiyambi chabe cha zomwe akufuna kukwaniritsa kuchita.
Yahweh said, “Look, they are one people with the same language, and they are beginning to do this! Soon nothing that they intend to do will be impossible for them.
7 Tiyeni titsikireko tikasokoneze chiyankhulo chawo kuti asamamvetsetsane.”
Come, let us go down and confuse their language there, so that they may not understand each other.”
8 Choncho Yehova anabalalitsa anthu aja pa dziko lonse lapansi ndipo analeka kumanga mzindawo.
So Yahweh scattered them from there across the surface of all the earth and they stopped building the city.
9 Nʼchifukwa chake mzindawo unatchedwa Babeli, popeza Yehova anasokoneza chiyankhulo cha anthu onse. Powachotsa kumeneko, Yehova anawabalalitsira pa dziko lonse lapansi.
Therefore, its name was called Babel, because there Yahweh confused the language of the whole earth and from there Yahweh scattered them abroad over the surface of all the earth.
10 Nayi mibado yochokera kwa Semu. Patapita zaka ziwiri chitatha chigumula, Semu ali ndi zaka 100, anabereka Aripakisadi.
These were the descendants of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old, and he became the father of Arphaxad two years after the flood.
11 Atabereka Aripakisadi, Semu anakhala ndi moyo zaka 500 ndipo anali ndi ana ena aamuna ndi aakazi.
Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arphaxad. He also became the father of other sons and daughters.
12 Pamene Aripakisadi anali ndi zaka 35, anabereka Sela.
When Arphaxad had lived thirty-five years, he became the father of Shelah.
13 Atabereka Sela, Aripakisadi anakhala ndi moyo zaka zina 403 ndipo anali ndi ana ena aamuna ndi aakazi.
Arphaxad lived 403 years after he became the father of Shelah. He also became the father of other sons and daughters.
14 Pamene Sela anali ndi zaka makumi atatu, anabereka Eberi.
When Shelah had lived thirty years, he became the father of Eber.
15 Atabereka Eberi, Sela anakhala ndi moyo zaka zina 403 ndipo anali ndi ana ena aamuna ndi aakazi.
Shelah lived 403 years after he became the father of Eber. He also became the father of other sons and daughters.
16 Pamene Eberi anali ndi zaka 34 anabereka Pelegi.
When Eber had lived thirty-four years, he became the father of Peleg.
17 Atabereka Pelegi, Eberi anakhala ndi moyo zaka zina 430 ndipo anali ndi ana ena aamuna ndi aakazi.
Eber lived 430 years after he became the father of Peleg. He also became the father of other sons and daughters.
18 Pamene Pelegi anali ndi zaka makumi atatu, anabereka Reu.
When Peleg had lived thirty years, he became the father of Reu.
19 Atabereka Reu, Pelegi anakhala zaka zina 209 ndipo anali ndi ana ena aamuna ndi aakazi.
Peleg lived 209 years after he became the father of Reu. He also became the father of other sons and daughters.
20 Pamene Reu anali ndi zaka 32, anabereka Serugi.
When Reu had lived thirty-two years, he became the father of Serug.
21 Atabereka Serugi, Reu anakhala ndi moyo zaka zina 207 ndipo anali ndi ana ena aamuna ndi aakazi.
Reu lived 207 years after he became the father of Serug. He also became the father of other sons and daughters.
22 Pamene Serugi anali ndi zaka makumi atatu, anabereka Nahori.
When Serug had lived thirty years, he became the father of Nahor.
23 Atabereka Nahori, Serugi anakhala ndi moyo zaka zina 200 ndipo anali ndi ana ena aamuna ndi aakazi.
Serug lived two hundred years after he became the father of Nahor. He also became the father of other sons and daughters.
24 Pamene Nahori anali ndi zaka 29, anabereka Tera.
When Nahor had live twenty-nine years, he became the father of Terah.
25 Atabereka Tera, Nahori anakhala ndi moyo zaka zina 119 ndipo anali ndi ana ena aamuna ndi aakazi.
Nahor lived 119 years after he became the father of Terah. He also became the father of other sons and daughters.
26 Pamene Tera anali ndi zaka 70, anabereka Abramu, Nahori ndi Harani.
After Terah had lived seventy years, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
27 Nayi mibado yochokera mwa Tera. Tera anabereka Abramu, Nahori ndi Harani. Ndipo Harani anabereka Loti.
Now these were the descendants of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran, and Haran became the father of Lot.
28 Abambo ake a Tera akanali ndi moyo, Harani anamwalira ku Uri wa ku Akaldeya kumene anabadwira.
Haran died in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
29 Abramu ndi Nahori onse anakwatira. Dzina la mkazi wa Abramu linali Sarai, ndipo la mkazi wa Nahori linali Milika. Iyeyu ndi Isika abambo awo anali Harani.
Abram and Nahor took wives. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai and the name of Nahor's wife was Milkah, a daughter of Haran, who was the father of Milkah and Iskah.
30 Sarai analibe ana chifukwa anali wosabereka.
Now Sarai was barren; she had no child.
31 Tera anatenga mwana wake Abramu, mdzukulu wake Loti, ndi mpongozi wake Sarai, mkazi wa Abramu natuluka mzinda wa Uri wa ku Akaldeya kupita ku Kanaani. Pamene anafika ku Harani, anakhazikika kumeneko.
Terah took Abram his son, Lot the son of his son Haran, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife, and together they left Ur of the Chaldeans, to go into the land of Canaan. But they came to Haran and stayed there.
32 Tera anamwalira ku Harani ali ndi zaka 205.
Terah lived 205 years and then died in Haran.
