Genesis 11
1 Now the whole world had one language and a common form of speech.
Sasa nchi yote ilikuwa inatumia lugha moja na ilikua na usemi mmoja.
2 And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
Ikawa waliposafiri upande wa mashariki, wakaona eneo tambarare katika nchi ya Shinari na wakakaa pale.
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.
Wakasemezana, “Haya njoni, tufanye matofari na tuyachome kikamilifu.” Walikuwa na matofari badala ya mawe na lami kama chokaa.
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.”
Wakasema, “njoni, na tujenge mji sisi wenyewe na mnara ambao kilele chake kitafika angani, na tujifanyie jina. Kama hatutafanya, basi tutatawanyika katika uso wa nchi yote.”
5 Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men were building.
Kwa hiyo Yahwe akashuka kuona mji na mnara ambao wazao wa Ibrahimu walikuwa wamejenga.
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.
Yahwe akasema, “Tazama, watu hawa ni taifa moja na lugha moja, na wameanza kufanya hivi! Hivikaribuni halitashindikana jambo watakalo kusudia kulifanya.
7 Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”
Njoni, tushuke na tuvuruge lugha yao pale, ili kwamba wasielewane.”
8 So the LORD scattered them from there over the face of all the earth, and they stopped building the city.
Kwa hiyo Yahwe akawatawanya kutoka pale kwenda pande zote za uso wa nchi na wakaacha kujenga mji.
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.
Kwa hiyo, jina lake ukaitwa Babeli, kwa sababu hapo Yahwe alivuruga lugha ya nchi yote na tangu pale Yahwe akawatawanya ng'ambo juu ya uso wa nchi yote.
10 This is the account of Shem. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad.
Hivi ndivyo vilikuwa vizazi vya Shemu. Shemu alikuwa na umri wa miaka mia moja, na akamzaa Alfaksadi miaka miwili baada ya gharika.
11 And after he had become the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.
Shemu akaishi miaka miatano baada ya kumzaa Alfaksadi. Pia akazaa wana wengine wa kiume na wa kike.
12 When Arphaxad was 35 years old, he became the father of Shelah.
Wakati Alfaksadi alipokuwa ameishi miaka thelathini na mitano akamzaa Shela.
13 And after he had become the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
Alfaksadi aliishi miaka 403 baada ya kumzaa Shela. Akawazaa pia wana wengine wa kiume na wa kike.
14 When Shelah was 30 years old, he became the father of Eber.
Wakati Shela alipokuwa ameishi miaka thelathini, akamzaa Eberi.
15 And after he had become the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
Shela aliishi miaka 403 baada ya kumzaa Eberi. Akawazaa pia wana wengine wa kiume na wa kike.
16 When Eber was 34 years old, he became the father of Peleg.
Wakati Eberi alipokuwa ameishi miaka thelathini na minne, akamzaa Pelegi.
17 And after he had become the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.
Eberi aliishi miaka 430 baada ya kumzaa Pelegi. Akawazaa pia wana wengine wa kiume na wa kike.
18 When Peleg was 30 years old, he became the father of Reu.
Wakati Pelegi alipokuwa ameishi miaka thelathini, akamzaa Reu.
19 And after he had become the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.
Pelegi aliishi miaka 209 baada ya kumza a Reu. Akawazaa pia wana wengine wa kiume na wa kike.
20 When Reu was 32 years old, he became the father of Serug.
Wakati Reu alipokuwa ameishi miaka thelathini na miwili, alimzaa Serugi.
21 And after he had become the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.
Reu aliishi miaka207 baada ya kumzaa Seregu. Akawazaa pia wana wengine wa kiume na wa kike.
22 When Serug was 30 years old, he became the father of Nahor.
Wakati Seregu alipokuwa ameishi miaka thelathini, akamzaa Nahori.
23 And after he had become the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.
Seregu aliishi miaka mia mbili baada ya kumzaa Nahori. Akawazaa pia wana wengine wa kiume na wa kike.
24 When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah.
Wakati Nahori alipokuwa ameishi miaka ishirini na tisa, akamzaa Tera.
25 And after he had become the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.
Nahori aliishi mika 119 baada ya kumzaa Tera. Akawazaa pia wana wengine wa kiume na wa kike.
26 When Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
Baada ya Tera kuishi miaka sabini, akamzaa Abram, Nahori, na Haran.
27 This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.
Hivi ndivyo vilikuwa vizazi vya Tera. Tera alimzaa Abram, Nahori, na Harani, na Harani akamzaa Lutu.
28 During his father Terah’s lifetime, Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
Harani akafa machoni pa baba yake Tera katika nchi aliyozaliwa, katika Ur wa Wakaldayo.
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.
Abram na Nahori wakajitwalia wake. Mke wa Abram aliitwa Sarai na mke wa Nahori aliitwa Milka, binti wa Harani, aliyekuwa baba wa Milka na Iska.
30 But Sarai was barren; she had no children.
Sasa Sarai alikuwa Tasa; hakuwa na mtoto.
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.
Tera akamtwaa Abram mwanawe, Lutu mwana wa mwanawe Harani, na Sarai mkwewe, mke wa mwanawe Abram, na kwa pamoja wakatoka Ur wa Wakaldayo, kwenda katika nchi ya Kanaani. Lakini walipofika Harani wakakaa pale.
32 Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.
Tera akaishi miaka 205 kisha akafa hapao Harani.
