Genesis 11
1 And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
Umhlaba wonke-ke wawulolimi lunye, lamazwi manye.
2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
Kwasekusithi ekuhambeni kwabo bevela empumalanga bafica igceke elizweni leShinari, basebehlala khona.
3 And they said one to another, Come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar.
Basebesithi ngulowo lalowo kumakhelwane wakhe: Wozani, asenzeni izitina sizitshise lokuzitshisa; lesitina saba lilitshe kubo, lengcino yaba ludaka kubo.
4 And they said, Come, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top [may reach] unto heaven, and let us make us a name; lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Basebesithi: Wozani, asizakheleni umuzi lomphotshongo osihloko sawo sisemazulwini, besesizenzela ibizo, hlezi sihlakazeke ebusweni bomhlaba wonke.
5 And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
INkosi yasisehla ukubona umuzi lomphotshongo abantwana babantu abawakhayo.
6 And Jehovah said, Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is what they begin to do: and now nothing will be withholden from them, which they purpose to do.
INkosi yasisithi: Khangela, yisizwe sinye, njalo balolimi lunye bonke, njalo yikho abaqala ukukwenza; khathesi-ke akulalutho olungabehlula abamisa ukulwenza.
7 Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.
Wozani, asehle, siphambanise lapho ulimi lwabo, ukuze bangezwa, ngulowo lalowo ulimi lomakhelwane wakhe.
8 So Jehovah scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off building the city.
Ngakho iNkosi yabahlakazela ebusweni bomhlaba wonke besuka lapho; basebesima ukwakha umuzi.
9 Therefore was the name of it called Babel; because Jehovah did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did Jehovah scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
Ngalokho kwabizwa ibizo lawo ngokuthi iBabeli, ngoba lapho iNkosi yaphambanisa ulimi lomhlaba wonke; kusukela lapho iNkosi yabahlakaza ebusweni bomhlaba wonke.
10 These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old, and begat Arpachshad two years after the flood:
Lezi yizizukulwana zikaShemu. UShemu wayeleminyaka elikhulu, wasezala uArpakishadi, iminyaka emibili emva kukazamcolo.
11 and Shem lived after he begat Arpachshad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
UShemu wasephila, esezele uArpakishadi, iminyaka engamakhulu amahlanu; wazala amadodana lamadodakazi.
12 And Arpachshad lived five and thirty years, and begat Shelah:
UArpakishadi wasephila iminyaka engamatshumi amathathu lanhlanu, wazala uShela.
13 and Arpachshad lived after he begat Shelah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
UArpakishadi wasephila, esezele uShela, iminyaka engamakhulu amane lantathu; wazala amadodana lamadodakazi.
14 And Shelah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:
UShela wasephila iminyaka engamatshumi amathathu, wazala uEberi.
15 and Shelah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
UShela wasephila, esezele uEberi, iminyaka engamakhulu amane lantathu; wazala amadodana lamadodakazi.
16 And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:
UEberi wasephila iminyaka engamatshumi amathathu lane, wazala uPelegi.
17 and Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.
UEberi wasephila, esezele uPelegi, iminyaka engamakhulu amane lamatshumi amathathu; wazala amadodana lamadodakazi.
18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:
UPelegi wasephila iminyaka engamatshumi amathathu, wazala uRewu.
19 and Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.
UPelegi wasephila, esezele uRewu, iminyaka engamakhulu amabili layisificamunwemunye; wazala amadodana lamadodakazi.
20 And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:
URewu wasephila iminyaka engamatshumi amathathu lambili, wazala uSerugi.
21 and Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.
URewu wasephila, esezele uSerugi, iminyaka engamakhulu amabili lesikhombisa; wazala amadodana lamadodakazi.
22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:
USerugi wasephila iminyaka engamatshumi amathathu, wazala uNahori.
23 and Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
USerugi wasephila, esezele uNahori, iminyaka engamakhulu amabili; wazala amadodana lamadodakazi.
24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:
UNahori wasephila iminyaka engamatshumi amabili lesificamunwemunye, wazala uTera.
25 and Nahor lived after he begat Terah a hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.
UNahori wasephila, esezele uTera, iminyaka elikhulu lamatshumi ayisificamunwemunye; wazala amadodana lamadodakazi.
26 And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
UTera wasephila iminyaka engamatshumi ayisikhombisa, wazala uAbrama, uNahori loHarani.
27 Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
Lalezi yizizukulwana zikaTera. UTera wazala uAbrama, uNahori loHarani; uHarani wasezala uLothi.
28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
UHarani wasesifa phambi kukayise uTera, elizweni lokuzalwa kwakhe, eUri yamaKhaladiya.
29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
OAbrama loNahori basebezithathela abafazi; ibizo lomkaAbrama nguSarayi, lebizo lomkaNahori nguMilka, indodakazi kaHarani, uyise kaMilka loyise kaIska.
30 And Sarai was barren; she had no child.
Kodwa uSarayi wayeyinyumba; wayengelamntwana.
31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran, his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
UTera wasethatha uAbrama indodana yakhe, loLothi indodana kaHarani, indodana yendodana yakhe, loSarayi umalokazana wakhe, umkaAbrama indodana yakhe; basebesuka labo eUri yamaKhaladiya, ukuya elizweni leKhanani; basebefika eHarani, bahlala khona.
32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.
Lensuku zikaTera zaziyiminyaka engamakhulu amabili lanhlanu; uTera wasefela eHarani.
