Genesis 11
1 Now the whole world had one language and a common form of speech.
Umhlaba wonke wawulolimi lunye lokukhuluma okufananayo.
2 And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
Kwathi abantu belokhu beqhelela empumalanga, bafumana indawo evulekileyo eShinari basebesakha khona.
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.
Basebetshelana bathi, “Kasitshayeni izitina sizitshise kakhulu.” Babesebenzisa izitina endaweni yamatshe, lethara endaweni yodaka.
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.”
Basebesithi, “Zwanini, kasizakheleni idolobho libe lomphongolo ofika emazulwini, ukuze sizenzele ibizo singaze sasabalala umhlaba wonke.”
5 Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men were building.
Kodwa uThixo wehla wazalibona idolobho kanye lomphongolo abantu ababewakha.
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.
UThixo wathi, “Nxa bengabantu banye bekhuluma limi lunye sebeqalisile ukwenza lokhu, pho kakukho okungabehlula.
7 Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”
Zwanini, kasehleni siye phansi sisanganise ulimi lwabo bangabe besazwana.”
8 So the LORD scattered them from there over the face of all the earth, and they stopped building the city.
Kanjalo uThixo wabahlakaza emhlabeni wonke, bayekela ukwakha idolobho.
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.
Kungakho labizwa ngokuthi yiBhabheli, ngoba khonapho uThixo wasanganisa ulimi lomhlaba wonke. Kusukela lapho uThixo wabahlakazela emhlabeni wonke.
10 This is the account of Shem. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad.
Lo ngumlando wosendo lukaShemu. Eminyakeni emibili emva kukazamcolo, uShemu eseleminyaka elikhulu wazala u-Afazadi.
11 And after he had become the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.
Esezele u-Afazadi, uShemu waphila okweminyaka engamakhulu amahlanu, njalo waba lamanye amadodana lamadodakazi.
12 When Arphaxad was 35 years old, he became the father of Shelah.
Kwathi u-Afazadi esephile iminyaka engamatshumi amathathu lanhlanu, wazala uShela.
13 And after he had become the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
Esezele uShela, u-Afazadi waphila okweminyaka engamakhulu amane lantathu, njalo waba lamanye amadodana lamadodakazi.
14 When Shelah was 30 years old, he became the father of Eber.
UShela esephile iminyaka engamatshumi amathathu wazala u-Ebha.
15 And after he had become the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
Esezele u-Ebha, uShela waphila okweminyaka engamakhulu amane lantathu, njalo waba lamanye amadodana lamadodakazi.
16 When Eber was 34 years old, he became the father of Peleg.
U-Ebha esephile iminyaka engamatshumi amathathu lane wazala uPhelegi.
17 And after he had become the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.
Esezele uPhelegi, u-Ebha waphila okweminyaka engamakhulu amane lamatshumi amathathu, njalo waba lamanye amadodana lamadodakazi.
18 When Peleg was 30 years old, he became the father of Reu.
UPhelegi esephile iminyaka engamatshumi amathathu, wazala uRewu.
19 And after he had become the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.
Esezele uRewu, uPhelegi waphila okweminyaka engamakhulu amabili lesificamunwemunye, njalo waba lamanye amadodana lamadodakazi.
20 When Reu was 32 years old, he became the father of Serug.
Kwathi uRewu esephile iminyaka engamatshumi amathathu lambili, wazala uSerugi.
21 And after he had become the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.
Esezele uSerugi, uRewu waphila okweminyaka engamakhulu amabili lesikhombisa, njalo waba lamanye amadodana lamadodakazi.
22 When Serug was 30 years old, he became the father of Nahor.
Kwathi uSerugi esephile iminyaka engamatshumi amathathu, wazala uNahori.
23 And after he had become the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.
Esezele uNahori, uSerugi waphila okweminyaka engamakhulu amabili, njalo waba lamanye amadodana lamadodakazi.
24 When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah.
UNahori esephile iminyaka engamatshumi amabili lesificamunwemunye wazala uThera.
25 And after he had become the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.
Esezele uThera, uNahori waphila okweminyaka elikhulu letshumi lesificamunwemunye, njalo waba lamanye amadodana lamadodakazi.
26 When Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
UThera esephile iminyaka engamatshumi ayisikhombisa wazala u-Abhrama, uNahori loHarani.
27 This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.
Lo ngumlando wosendo lukaThera. UThera wazala u-Abhrama, uNahori loHarani. Kwathi uHarani wazala uLothi.
28 During his father Terah’s lifetime, Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
Kwathi uyise uThera esaphila uHarani wafa bese-Uri idolobho lamaKhaladiya, elizweni lokuzalwa kwakhe.
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.
U-Abhrama loNahori bathatha bobabili. Ibizo lomka-Abhrama lalinguSarayi, kwathi ibizo likamkaNahori linguMilikha; wayeyindodakazi kaHarani uyise kaMilikha kanye lo-Isikha.
30 But Sarai was barren; she had no children.
Kodwa uSarayi wayeyinyumba; wayengelabantwana.
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.
UThera wathatha indodana yakhe u-Abhrama, lomzukulu wakhe uLothi indodana kaHarani, lomalokazana wakhe uSarayi umfazi wendodana yakhe u-Abhrama, basuka bonke e-Uri lamaKhaladiya baqonda eKhenani. Kodwa bafika eHarani basebesakha khona.
32 Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.
UThera waphila okweminyaka engamakhulu amabili lanhlanu, wafela eHarani.
