Genesis 11
1 Now the whole world had one language and a common form of speech.
Te vaengah diklai pum ah ol pakhat neh olka thikat laom.
2 And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
Tedae amih te khothoeng la a puen uh hatah Shinar khohmuen ah kolbawn a hmuh uh tih teah te kho a sak uh.
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.
Te vaengah hlang loh a hui taengah, “Halo, laiboeng sai uh sih lamtah hmai neh tik uh sih,” a ti uh. Te dongah lungto yueng la laiboeng te a khueh tih taplai yueng la lungpaat a khueh uh.
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.”
Te vaengah, “Lo lah, mamih ham khopuei neh rhaltoengim khaw, a soi te vaan duela sa uh sih. Te dongah mamih ham ming khueh sih, diklai pum kah mikhmuh ah vik n'taekyak uh ve,” a ti uh.
5 Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men were building.
Tedae khopuei te hmuh ham BOEIPA ha pawk vaengah hlang ca rhoek loh rhaltoengim te ana sak uh.
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.
BOEIPA loh amih he pilnam pakhat neh ol pakhat la boeih a om uh dongah saii ham a mangtaeng uh khaw saii ham a tong uh hatah amih ham lol tlaih pawt la he!
7 Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”
Ceh, suntla uh sih lamtah amih ol te thoek pah sih. Te daengah ni hlang loh a hui kah hmuilai te a yaak pawt eh?,” a ti.
8 So the LORD scattered them from there over the face of all the earth, and they stopped building the city.
Te dongah BOEIPA loh amih te diklai hman boeih ah a taekyak tih khopuei thoh ham khaw a toeng uh.
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.
He kongah BOEIPA loh diklai pum kah ol he pahoi a thoek pah tih a ming te Babylon a sui. Te lamlong tah BOEIPA loh amih te diklai hman boeih ah a taekyak.
10 This is the account of Shem. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad.
Hekah he Shem kah rhuirhong ni. Shem te kum yakhat lo ca coeng tih tuilii kum phoeiah Arpaxad te a sak.
11 And after he had become the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.
Arpaxad te a sak phoeiah Shem khaw kum ya nga hing tih capa rhoek neh canu rhoek te a sak.
12 When Arphaxad was 35 years old, he became the father of Shelah.
Arpaxad khaw kum sawmthum neh kum nga a lo vaengah Shelah te a sak.
13 And after he had become the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
Shelah te a sak phoeiah Arpaxad khaw kum ya li neh kum thum hing tih a capa rhoek neh canu rhoek te a sak.
14 When Shelah was 30 years old, he became the father of Eber.
Shelah khaw kum sawmthum a lo vaengah Eber te a sak.
15 And after he had become the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
Eber te a sak phoeiah Shelah khaw kum ya li neh kum thum hing tih capa rhoek neh canu rhoek te a sak.
16 When Eber was 34 years old, he became the father of Peleg.
Eber khaw kum sawmthum neh kum li a lo vaengah Palak te a sak.
17 And after he had become the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.
Palak te a sak phoeiah Eber khaw kum ya li neh kum sawmthum hing tih capa rhoek neh canu rhoek te a sak.
18 When Peleg was 30 years old, he became the father of Reu.
Palak khaw kum sawmthum a lo vaengah Reu te a sak.
19 And after he had become the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.
Reu te a sak phoeiah Palak khaw kum yahnih neh kum ko hing tih capa rhoek neh canu rhoek te a sak.
20 When Reu was 32 years old, he became the father of Serug.
Reu khaw kum sawmthum neh kum nit a lo vaengah Seruk te a sak.
21 And after he had become the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.
Seruk te a sak phoeiah Reu khaw kum ya neh kum rhih hing tih capa rhoek neh canu rhoek te a sak.
22 When Serug was 30 years old, he became the father of Nahor.
Seruk khaw kum sawmthum a lo vaengah Nakhaw te a sak.
23 And after he had become the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.
Nakhaw te a sak phoeiah Seruk khaw kum yahnih hing tih capa rhoek neh canu rhoek te a sak.
24 When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah.
Nakhaw khaw kum kul neh kum ko a lo vaengah Terah te a sak.
25 And after he had become the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.
Terah te a sak phoeiah Nakhaw khaw kum ya neh kum hlai ko hing tih capa rhoek neh canu rhoek te a sak.
26 When Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
Terah khaw kum sawmrhih a lo vaengah Abram, Nakhaw, neh Haran te a sak.
27 This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.
Te phoeiah hekah he Terah kah rhuirhong ni. Terah loh Abram, Nakhaw neh Haran te a sak tih Haran loh Lot te a sak.
28 During his father Terah’s lifetime, Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
Tedae Haran te a napa Terah mikhmuh ah a pacaboeina khohmuen Khalden kho Ur ah duek.
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.
Te phoeiah Abram neh Nakhaw loh yuu a loh rhoi. Abram yuu ming tah Sarai tih Nakhaw yuu ming tah Haran canu Milkah ni. Haran tah Milkah neh Iskah kah a napa ni.
30 But Sarai was barren; she had no children.
Te vaengah Sarai te yaa la om tih camoe khueh pawh.
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.
Tedae Terah loh a capa Abram neh a capa Haran kah capa Lot khaw, a capa Abram yuu a langa Sarai khaw, a khuen tih Khalden kho Ur lamkah Kanaan khohmuen la caeh ham tun hlah uh dae Haran te a pha uh vaengah teah te kho vik a sak uh.
32 Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.
Terah kah a tue khohnin he kum yahnih neh kum nga lo. Terah khaw Haran ah duek.
