< Genesis 11 >

1 Now the whole world had one language and a common form of speech.
Lẹ́yìn náà, gbogbo àgbáyé sì ń sọ èdè kan ṣoṣo.
2 And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
Bí àwọn ènìyàn ṣe ń tẹ̀síwájú lọ sí ìhà ìlà-oòrùn, wọ́n rí pẹ̀tẹ́lẹ̀ kan ní ilẹ̀ Ṣinari, wọ́n sì tẹ̀dó síbẹ̀.
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.
Wọ́n sì wí fún ara wọn pé, “Ẹ wá, ẹ jẹ́ kí a mọ bíríkì kí a sì sún wọ́n jìnà.” Bíríkì ni wọ́n ń lò ní ipò òkúta, àti ọ̀dà ilẹ̀ tí wọn ń lò láti mú wọn papọ̀ dípò ẹfun (òkúta láìmù tí wọ́n fi ń ṣe símẹ́ńtì àti omi).
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.”
Nígbà náà ni wọ́n wí pé, “Ẹ wá, ẹ jẹ́ kí a tẹ ìlú kan dó fún ara wa, kí a sì kọ́ ilé ìṣọ́ kan tí yóò kan ọ̀run, kí a ba à lè ní orúkọ, kí a má sì tú káàkiri sórí gbogbo ilẹ̀ ayé.”
5 Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men were building.
Ṣùgbọ́n, Olúwa sọ̀kalẹ̀ láti wo ìlú àti ilé ìṣọ́ tí àwọn ènìyàn náà ń kọ́.
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.
Olúwa wí pé, “Bí àwọn ènìyàn bá ń jẹ́ ọ̀kan àti èdè kan tí wọ́n sì bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí í ṣe iṣẹ́ yìí, kò sí ohun tí wọ́n gbèrò tí wọn kò ní le ṣe yọrí.
7 Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”
Ẹ wá, ẹ jẹ́ kí a sọ̀kalẹ̀ lọ, kí a da èdè wọn rú kí èdè wọn má ba à yé ara wọn mọ́.”
8 So the LORD scattered them from there over the face of all the earth, and they stopped building the city.
Olúwa sì tú wọn ká sórí ilẹ̀ gbogbo, wọ́n sì ṣíwọ́ ìlú náà tí wọn ń tẹ̀dó.
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.
Ìdí èyí ni a fi pè é ní Babeli nítorí ní ibẹ̀ ni Olúwa ti da èdè gbogbo ayé rú. Olúwa tí sì tú àwọn ènìyàn ká sí gbogbo orí ilẹ̀ ayé.
10 This is the account of Shem. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad.
Wọ̀nyí ni ìran Ṣemu. Ọdún méjì lẹ́yìn ìkún omi, tí Ṣemu pé ọgọ́rùn-ún ọdún ni ó bí Arfakṣadi.
11 And after he had become the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.
Lẹ́yìn tí ó bí Arfakṣadi, Ṣemu tún wà láààyè fún ẹ̀ẹ́dẹ́gbẹ̀ta ọdún, ó sì bí àwọn ọmọkùnrin àti àwọn ọmọbìnrin mìíràn.
12 When Arphaxad was 35 years old, he became the father of Shelah.
Nígbà tí Arfakṣadi pé ọdún márùndínlógójì ni ó bí Ṣela.
13 And after he had become the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
Arfakṣadi sì wà láààyè fún ọdún mẹ́tàlénírinwó lẹ́yìn tí ó bí Ṣela, ó sì bí àwọn ọmọbìnrin àti àwọn ọmọkùnrin mìíràn.
14 When Shelah was 30 years old, he became the father of Eber.
Nígbà tí Ṣela pé ọmọ ọgbọ̀n ọdún ni ó bí Eberi.
15 And after he had become the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
Ṣela sì wà láààyè fún ọdún mẹ́tàlénírinwó lẹ́yìn tí ó bí Eberi tán, ó sì bí àwọn ọmọkùnrin àti àwọn ọmọbìnrin mìíràn.
16 When Eber was 34 years old, he became the father of Peleg.
Eberi sì jẹ́ ọmọ ọdún mẹ́rìnlélọ́gbọ̀n, ó sì bí Pelegi.
17 And after he had become the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.
Eberi sì wà láààyè fún irinwó ọdún ó lé ọgbọ̀n lẹ́yìn tí ó bí Pelegi, ó sì bí àwọn ọmọkùnrin àti àwọn ọmọbìnrin mìíràn.
18 When Peleg was 30 years old, he became the father of Reu.
Nígbà tí Pelegi pé ọmọ ọgbọ̀n ọdún ni ó bí Reu.
19 And after he had become the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.
Pelegi sì tún wà láààyè fún igba ọdún ó lé mẹ́sàn-án lẹ́yìn tí ó bí Reu, ó sì bí àwọn ọmọkùnrin àti àwọn ọmọbìnrin mìíràn.
20 When Reu was 32 years old, he became the father of Serug.
Nígbà tí Reu pé ọdún méjìlélọ́gbọ̀n ni ó bí Serugu.
21 And after he had become the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.
Reu tún wà láààyè lẹ́yìn tí ó bí Serugu fún igba ọdún ó lé méje, ó sì bí àwọn ọmọkùnrin àti ọmọbìnrin mìíràn.
22 When Serug was 30 years old, he became the father of Nahor.
Nígbà tí Serugu pé ọmọ ọgbọ̀n ọdún ni ó bí Nahori.
23 And after he had become the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.
Serugu sì wà láààyè fún igba ọdún lẹ́yìn tí ó bí Nahori, ó sì bí àwọn ọmọkùnrin àti àwọn ọmọbìnrin mìíràn.
24 When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah.
Nígbà tí Nahori pé ọmọ ọdún mọ́kàndínlọ́gbọ̀n, ó bí Tẹra.
25 And after he had become the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.
Nahori sì wà láààyè fún ọdún mọ́kàn dín lọ́gọ́fà lẹ́yìn ìbí Tẹra, ó sì bí àwọn ọmọkùnrin àti àwọn ọmọbìnrin mìíràn.
26 When Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
Lẹ́yìn tí Tẹra pé ọmọ àádọ́rin ọdún ó bí Abramu, Nahori àti Harani.
27 This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.
Wọ̀nyí ni ìran Tẹra. Tẹra ni baba Abramu, Nahori àti Harani. Harani sì bí Lọti.
28 During his father Terah’s lifetime, Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
Harani sì kú ṣáájú Tẹra baba rẹ̀ ní ilẹ̀ ìbí rẹ̀ ní Uri ti ilẹ̀ Kaldea.
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.
Abramu àti Nahori sì gbéyàwó. Orúkọ aya Abramu ni Sarai, nígbà tí aya Nahori ń jẹ́ Milka, tí ṣe ọmọ Harani. Harani ni ó bí Milka àti Iska.
30 But Sarai was barren; she had no children.
Sarai sì yàgàn, kò sì bímọ.
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.
Tẹra sì mú ọmọ rẹ̀ Abramu àti Lọti ọmọ Harani, ọmọ ọmọ rẹ̀, ó sì mú Sarai tí i ṣe aya ọmọ rẹ̀. Abramu pẹ̀lú gbogbo wọn sì jáde kúrò ní Uri ti Kaldea láti lọ sí ilẹ̀ Kenaani. Ṣùgbọ́n nígbà tí wọn dé Harani wọ́n tẹ̀dó síbẹ̀.
32 Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.
Nígbà tí Tẹra pé ọmọ igba ọdún ó lé márùn-ún ni ó kú ní Harani.

< Genesis 11 >