< Genesis 11 >
1 Now the whole world had one language and a common form of speech.
अहिले सारा पृत्वीमा एउटै भाषा थियो र शब्दहरू पनि उही थिए ।
2 And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
तिनीहरू पूर्वतिर जाँदा, तिनीहरूले शिनारको भूमिमा एउटा मैदान भेट्टाए र तिनीहरू त्यही बसे ।
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.
तिनीहरूले आपसमा भने, “आओ, ईंटहरू बनाऔँ र तिनीहरूलाई राम्ररी पलौँ ।” तिनीहरूसँग ढुङ्गाको सट्टामा ईंट थियो र हिलोको सट्टामा अलकत्रा थियो ।
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.”
तिनीहरूले भने, “आओ, हाम्रो निम्ति एउटा सहर बनाऔँ र आकाश नै छुने एउटा धरहरा निर्माण गर्यौँ अनि नाउँ कमाऔँ । यदि हामीले यसो गरनौँ भने हामी सारा पृथ्वीभरि छरपष्ट हुनेछौँ ।”
5 Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men were building.
यसैले परमप्रभु परमेश्वर आदमका सन्तानहरूले निर्माण गरेका त्यो सहर र धरहरा हेर्न तल आउनुभयो ।
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.
परमेप्रभुले भन्नुभयो, “हेर, तिनीहरू एउटै भाषामा एउटै मानिसझैँ छन् अनि तिनीहरूले यसो गर्न सुरु गरिरहेका छन् । तिनीहरूले गर्न चाहेको कुनै पनि कुरा तिनीहरूको निम्ति असम्भव हुनेछैन ।
7 Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”
आओ, हामी तल जाऔँ र तिनीहरूका भाषा खलबलाइ दिऔँ, ताकि तिनीहरू एउटाले भनेको अर्काले बुझ्न सकून् ।”
8 So the LORD scattered them from there over the face of all the earth, and they stopped building the city.
यसैले परमप्रभुले तिनीहरूलाई सारा पृथ्वीभरि छरपष्ट पार्नुभयो र तिनीहरूले त्यो सहर निर्माण गर्न छोडे ।
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.
यसकारण, यसको नाउँ बाबेल राखियो, किनभने परमप्रभुले त्यहाँ सारा पृथ्वीको भाषा खलबलाउनुभयो अनि त्यहाँबाट नै परमप्रभुले तिनीहरूलाई सारा पृथ्वीभरि छरपष्ट पा्र्नुभयो ।
10 This is the account of Shem. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad.
यिनीहरू शेमका सन्तानहरू थिए । जलप्रलयको दुई वर्षपछि शेम सय वर्षको हुँदा तिनी अर्पक्षेदका पिता बने ।
11 And after he had become the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.
शेम अर्पक्षेदका पिता भएपछि तिनी पाँच सय वर्षसम्म बाँचे । तिनका अरू छोराहरू र छोरीहरू पनि भए ।
12 When Arphaxad was 35 years old, he became the father of Shelah.
अर्पक्षद पैँतीस वर्षको हुँदा तिनी शेलहका पिता बने ।
13 And after he had become the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
अर्पक्षद शेलहका पिता भएपछो तिनी ४०३ वर्ष बाँचे । तिनका अरू छोराहरू र छोरीहरू पनि भए ।
14 When Shelah was 30 years old, he became the father of Eber.
शेलह तीस वर्षका हुँदा तिनी एबेरला पिता बने ।
15 And after he had become the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
शेलह एबेरका पिता भएपछि तिनी ४०३ वर्ष बाँचे । तिनी अरू छोराहरू र छोरीहरूका पिता पनि भए ।
16 When Eber was 34 years old, he became the father of Peleg.
एबेर तीस वर्षको हुँदा तिनी पेलेगका पिता बने ।
17 And after he had become the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.
पेलेगका पिता भएपछि एबेर ४३० वर्ष बाँचे । तिनी अरू छोराहरू र छोरीहरूका पिता पनि भए ।
18 When Peleg was 30 years old, he became the father of Reu.
पेलेग तीस वर्षको हुँदा तिनी रऊका पिता बने ।
19 And after he had become the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.
रऊका पिता भएपछि पेलेग २०९ वर्ष बाँचे । तिनी अरू छोराहरू र छोरीहरूका पिता पनि भए ।
20 When Reu was 32 years old, he became the father of Serug.
रऊ बत्तीस वर्षको हुँदा तिनी सरूगका पिता भए ।
21 And after he had become the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.
सरूगका पिता भएपछि रऊ २०७ वर्ष बाँचे । तिनी अरू छोराहरू र छोरीहरूका पिता पनि भए ।
22 When Serug was 30 years old, he became the father of Nahor.
सरूग तीस वर्षको हुँदा तिनी नाहोरका पिता बने ।
23 And after he had become the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.
नाहोरका पिता भएपछि सरूग दुई सय वर्ष बाँचे । तिनी अरू छोराहरू र छोरीहरूका पिता पनि भए ।
24 When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah.
नाहोर उनन्तीस वर्षको हुँदा तिनी तेरहका पिता बने ।
25 And after he had become the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.
तेरहको पिता बनेपछि नाहोर ११९ वर्ष बाँचे । तिनी अरू छोराहरू र छोरीहरूका पिता पनि भए ।
26 When Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
तेरह सत्तरी वर्षको हुँदा तिनी अब्राम, नाहोर र हारानका पिता बने ।
27 This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.
तेरहका सन्तानहरू यिनीहरू थिए । तेरहस अब्राम, नाहोर र हारानका पिता भए अनि हारान लोतका पिता बने ।
28 During his father Terah’s lifetime, Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
हारान तिनको पिता तेरहसको सामु नै तिनको जन्म थलो अर्थात् कल्दीहरूको ऊरमा मरे ।
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.
अब्राम र नाहोरले विवाह गरे र पत्नि ल्याए । अब्रामकी पत्निको नाउँ साराई थियो र नाहोरकी पत्निको नाउँ मिल्का थियो, तिनी हारानको छोरी थिइन् अनि हारान मिल्का र यिस्काका पिता थिए ।
30 But Sarai was barren; she had no children.
सारा बाँझी थिइन्; तिनको कुनै बालबच्चाहरू थिएनन् ।
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.
तेरहले तिनका छोरो अब्राम, हारानाका छोरो लोत र तिनकी बुहारी साराई अर्थात् तिनका छोरो अब्रामको पत्निलाई लिए र कनानतिर जान तिनीहरू कल्दीहरूको ऊरतिर गए । तर तिनीहरू हारानमा आए र त्यहाँ नै बसे ।
32 Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.
तेरह २०५ वर्ष बाँचे र तिनी हारानमा नै मरे ।