Kamtawngnae 11
1 Hatnavah lawk phun touh hoi lawk pan e buet touh dueng doeh kaawm.
At first, all the people in [MTY] the world spoke the same language [DOU].
2 Kanîtholah hoi kahlawng a cei awh teh, Shinar ram dawk tanghling a hmu awh teh, haw vah kho hmuen a thawng awh.
As people moved further east, they arrived at a plain in Babylonia region and began to live there.
3 Hat torei teh, buet touh hoi buet touh, tho awh amhru sak awh vaiteh kahawicalah pâeng awh sei telah a kâti awh. Hottelah talung e yueng lah amhru a hno awh teh pato nahanelah ailai a hno awh.
Then they said to each other, “(Hey/Come on), let’s form bricks and bake them to make them hard, for building!” So they used bricks instead of stones, and used tar instead of (mortar/a mixture of cement, sand and lime) to hold them together.
4 Hahoi, tho awh mamouh hanelah khopui thawng awh vaiteh kalvan kadeng lah imrasang sak awh sei. Mamouh hanelah min kamsawng sak awh sei, telah hoehpawiteh talai van tangkuem koe kâkahei payon han doeh telah ati awh.
They said, “Hey, let’s build a city for ourselves! We also ought to build a very high tower that reaches up to the sky! In that way we will become famous! If we do not do this, we will be scattered all over the earth!”
5 Hatei taminaw e capanaw ni a thawng awh e khopui hoi imrasang khet hanlah BAWIPA teh a kum.
So they began to build the city and the tower. Then Yahweh looked down and saw the city and the tower that those [puny] men were building.
6 BAWIPA ni khenhaw! taminaw teh miphun buet touh lah ao awh teh lawk buet touh dueng a hno awh dawkvah, hete hno hmaloe pasuek a kamtawng awh. Sak han a ngai awh e kangangkung awm laipalah a sak awh han doeh.
Yahweh said, “These people are one group that all speak the same language. If they have begun to do this now, then (there is nothing that they will decide to do that will be impossible for them/they will be able to do whatever they decide to do) [LIT]!
7 Hatdawkvah, tho awh, kum awh sei. Ahnimanaw buet touh hoi buet touh lawk kâthai awh hoeh nahanelah, lawk alouklouk lah sak awh sei telah ati.
So, okay/now, we will go down there and cause there to be many different languages, so that they will not be able to understand each other.”
8 Hottelah BAWIPA ni ahnimanaw teh talai van a kampek sak awh teh khopui kangdout sak thai awh hoeh toe.
So Yahweh did that. As a result, the people stopped building the city, and Yahweh caused them to disperse all over the earth.
9 Hatdawkvah, Babel telah min a poe. Bangkongtetpawiteh, hote hmuen koehoi BAWIPA ni lawk alouklouk lah a pan sak teh talai van koung a kampek sak.
The city was called Babel which means ‘confusion’, because there Yahweh caused the people to become confused because the people [MTY] spoke [different languages that the others could not understand], not just one language. From there Yahweh caused them to disperse all over the earth.
10 Hetnaw teh Shem e ca catounnaw doeh. Shem teh kum 100 touh a pha nah, tuikamuem a tho hnukkhu kum 2 touh aloum nah capa Arphaxad a sak.
(This is a bigger list/I will now tell you more) of the descendants of Shem: Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arpachshad.
11 Arphaxad a khe hnukkhu, Shem teh kum 500 touh a hring teh ca tongpanaw hoi napuinaw bout a sak.
After Arpachshad was born, Shem lived 500 more years and had more sons and daughters.
12 Arphaxad teh kum 35 touh a pha nah capa Shelah a khe.
When Arphachshad was 35 years old, he became the father of Shelah.
13 Shelah a khe hnukkhu Arphaxad teh kum 403 touh a hring teh ca tongpanaw hoi napuinaw bout a sak.
After Shelah was born, Arpachshad lived 403 more years and became the father of more sons and daughters.
14 Shelah teh kum 30 touh a pha nah Eber a khe.
When Shelah was 30 years old, he became the father of Eber.
15 Eber a khe hnukkhu Shelah teh kum 403 touh a hring teh ca tongpanaw hoi napuinaw bout a sak.
After Eber was born, Shelah lived 403 more years and became the father of other sons and daughters.
16 Eber teh kum 34 touh a pha nah capa Peleg a sak.
When Eber was 34 years old, he became the father of Peleg.
17 Peleg a khe hnukkhu Eber teh kum 430 touh a hring teh ca tongpanaw hoi napuinaw bout a sak.
After Peleg was born, Eber lived 430 more years and became the father of other sons and daughters.
18 Peleg teh kum 30 touh a pha navah Reu a sak.
When Peleg was 30 years old, he became the father of Reu.
19 Reu a khe hnukkhu Peleg teh kum 209 touh a hring teh ca tongpanaw hoi napuinaw bout a sak.
After Reu was born, Peleg lived 209 more years and became the father of other sons and daughters.
20 Reu teh kum 32 touh a pha navah Serug a sak.
When Reu was 32 years old, he became the father of Serug.
21 Serug a khe hnukkhu Reu teh kum 207 touh a hring teh ca tongpanaw hoi napuinaw bout a sak.
After Serug was born, Reu lived 207 more years and became the father of other sons and daughters.
22 Serug teh kum 30 touh a pha nah Nahor a khe.
When Serug was 30 years old, he became the father of Nahor.
23 Nahor a khe hnukkhu Serug teh kum 200 touh a hring teh ca tongpanaw hoi napuinaw bout a sak.
After Nahor was born, Serug lived 200 more years and became the father of other sons and daughters.
24 Nahor teh kum 29 touh a pha navah Terah a sak.
When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah.
25 Terah a khe hnukkhu Nahor teh kum 119 touh a hring teh ca tongpanaw hoi napuinaw bout a sak.
After Terah was born, Nahor lived 119 more years and became the father of other sons and daughters.
26 Terah teh kum 70 touh a pha nah Abram, Nahor, hoi Haran a sak.
When Terah was 70 years old, his son Abram was born. Later, two other sons, Nahor and Haran were born.
27 Terah e casaknaw teh, Terah ni Abram, Nahor hoi Haran a sak. Haran ni Lot a sak.
(This is/I will now give) a list of the descendants of Terah: Terah’s sons were Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran’s son was named Lot.
28 Haran teh a na pa Terah hmaitung, a khenae hmuen Khaldean taminaw a onae Ur kho dawk a due.
Haran died before his father died. He died in Ur [city] in Chaldea land, where he was born.
29 Hahoi, Abram hoi Nahor ni a yu a la roi. Abram e a yu min teh Sarai, Nahor e a yu min teh Haran e a canu Mikah. Haran teh Milkah hoi Iskah e a na pa lah ao.
Abram and Nahor both married. Abram’s wife was named Sarai, and Nahor’s wife was named Milcah. Milcah and her younger sister Iscah were the daughters of Haran.
30 Hatei Sarai teh carôe dawkvah ca tawn hoeh.
Sarai was unable to bear any children.
31 Terah ni a capa Abram hoi a capa Haran capa Lot, a langa lah kaawm a capa Abraham e yu Sarai, a kaw teh Kanaan ram lah cei hanelah Khaldean taminaw a onae Ur kho hoi a tâcokhai, Hatei Haran kho a pha awh navah haw vah kho a sak awh.
Terah decided to leave Ur and go to live in Canaan land. So he took his son Abram and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and Abram’s wife Sarai with him. But instead of going to Canaan, they stopped at Haran [town] and lived there.
32 Terah teh kum 205 touh a pha navah, Terah teh Haran kho dawk a due.
When Terah was 205 years old, he died there in Haran.
