Genesis 11
1 And all the earth had one language and one tongue.
Na tango wana, bato ya mokili mobimba bazalaki koloba monoko moko mpe bazalaki na elobeli moko.
2 And it came about that in their wandering from the east, they came to a stretch of flat country in the land of Shinar, and there they made their living-place.
Tango bato bazalaki kotambola mpo na kokende na ngambo ya weste, bamonaki etando moko ya monene na mokili ya Shineari mpe bavandaki kuna.
3 And they said one to another, Come, let us make bricks, burning them well. And they had bricks for stone, putting them together with sticky earth.
Balobanaki bango na bango: « Tosala babiliki mpe totumba yango na moto. » Boye, basalelaki babiliki lokola mabanga mpe potopoto ya mwindo mpo na kotongela.
4 And they said, Come, let us make a town, and a tower whose top will go up as high as heaven; and let us make a great name for ourselves, so that we may not be wanderers over the face of the earth.
Balobaki: « Tokende, totonga engumba mpo na biso mpe ndako molayi oyo songe na yango ekokoma kino na lola, mpo ete kombo na biso ekende sango mpe topanzana te na mokili mobimba. »
5 And the Lord came down to see the town and the tower which the children of men were building.
Kasi Yawe akitaki mpo na kotala engumba mpe ndako molayi oyo bato babandaki kotonga.
6 And the Lord said, See, they are all one people and have all one language; and this is only the start of what they may do: and now it will not be possible to keep them from any purpose of theirs.
Yawe alobaki: « Lokola bato oyo nyonso balongi kokoma ekolo moko mpe koloba monoko moko, bongo bakomi kino kosala mosala monene oyo, eloko moko te ekopekisa bango sik’oyo kokokisa mabongisi nyonso oyo bakokana kosala!
7 Come, let us go down and take away the sense of their language, so that they will not be able to make themselves clear to one another.
Boye, tokita mpe totia mobulu kati na maloba na bango mpo ete bango na bango bayokana lisusu te. »
8 So the Lord God sent them away into every part of the earth: and they gave up building their town.
Wuta na Babeli, Yawe apanzaki bango na mokili mobimba mpe batikaki kotonga engumba.
9 So it was named Babel, because there the Lord took away the sense of all languages and from there the Lord sent them away over all the face of the earth.
Yango wana, babengaka yango Babeli, pamba te kuna nde Yawe atiaki mobulu kati na maloba ya bato ya mokili mobimba, mpe wuta kuna, Yawe apanzaki bato na mokili mobimba.
10 These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old when he became the father of Arpachshad, two years after the great flow of waters;
Tala libota ya Semi: Mibu mibale sima na mpela, wana Semi azalaki nanu na mibu nkama moko ya mbotama, akomaki tata ya Aripakishadi.
11 And after the birth of Arpachshad, Shem went on living for five hundred years, and had sons and daughters:
Sima na mbotama ya Aripakishadi, Semi awumelaki na bomoi mibu nkama mitano mpe abotaki bana mosusu ya mibali mpe ya basi.
12 And Arpachshad was thirty-five years old when he became the father of Shelah:
Tango Aripakishadi akokisaki mibu tuku misato na mitano ya mbotama, abotaki mwana mobali na kombo « Shela. »
13 And after the birth of Shelah, Arpachshad went on living for four hundred and three years, and had sons and daughters:
Sima na mbotama ya Shela, Aripakishadi awumelaki na bomoi mibu nkama minei na misato mpe abotaki bana mosusu ya mibali mpe ya basi.
14 And Shelah was thirty years old when he became the father of Eber:
Tango Shela akokisaki mibu tuku misato ya mbotama, abotaki Eberi.
15 And after the birth of Eber, Shelah went on living for four hundred and three years, and had sons and daughters:
Mpe sima na mbotama ya Eberi, Shela awumelaki lisusu na bomoi mibu nkama minei na misato mpe abotaki bana mosusu ya mibali mpe ya basi.
16 And Eber was thirty-four years old when he became the father of Peleg:
Tango Eberi akokisaki mibu tuku misato na minei ya mbotama, abotaki Pelegi.
17 And after the birth of Peleg, Eber went on living for four hundred and thirty years, and had sons and daughters:
Mpe sima na mbotama ya Pelegi, Eberi awumelaki lisusu na bomoi mibu nkama minei na tuku misato mpe abotaki bana mosusu ya mibali mpe ya basi.
18 And Peleg was thirty years old when he became the father of Reu:
Tango Pelegi akokisaki mibu tuku misato ya mbotama, abotaki Rewu.
19 And after the birth of Reu, Peleg went on living for two hundred and nine years, and had sons and daughters:
Mpe sima na mbotama ya Rewu, Pelegi awumelaki lisusu na bomoi mibu nkama mibale na libwa mpe abotaki bana mosusu ya mibali mpe ya basi.
20 And Reu was thirty-two years old when he became the father of Serug:
Tango Rewu akokisaki mibu tuku misato na mibale ya mbotama, abotaki Serugi.
21 And after the birth of Serug, Reu went on living for two hundred and seven years, and had sons and daughters:
Sima na mbotama ya Serugi, Rewu awumelaki lisusu na bomoi mibu nkama mibale na sambo mpe abotaki bana mosusu ya mibali mpe ya basi.
22 And Serug was thirty years old when he became the father of Nahor:
Tango Serugi akokisaki mibu tuku misato ya mbotama, abotaki Naori.
23 And after the birth of Nahor, Serug went on living for two hundred years, and had sons and daughters:
Sima na mbotama ya Naori, Serugi awumelaki lisusu na bomoi mibu nkama mibale mpe abotaki bana mosusu ya mibali mpe ya basi.
24 And Nahor was twenty-nine years old when he became the father of Terah:
Tango Naori akokisaki mibu tuku mibale na libwa ya mbotama, abotaki Tera.
25 And after the birth of Terah, Nahor went on living for a hundred and nineteen years, and had sons and daughters:
Mpe sima na mbotama ya Tera, Naori awumelaki lisusu na bomoi mibu nkama moko na zomi na libwa mpe abotaki bana mosusu ya mibali mpe ya basi.
26 And Terah was seventy years old when he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
Tango Tera akokisaki mibu tuku sambo ya mbotama, abotaki Abrami, Naori mpe Arani.
27 These are the generations of Terah: Terah was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran was the father of Lot.
Tala libota ya Tera: Tera abotaki Abrami, Naori mpe Arani. Arani nde azalaki tata ya Loti.
28 And death came to Haran when he was with his father Terah in the land of his birth, Ur of the Chaldees.
Wana tata na ye, Tera, azalaki nanu na bomoi, Arani akufaki kati na Uri, mokili ya bato ya Chalide, mokili epai wapi abotamaki.
29 And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and Iscah.
Kombo ya mwasi ya Abrami ezalaki « Sarayi, » mpe kombo ya mwasi ya Naori ezalaki « Milika. » Milika azalaki mwana mwasi ya Arani; mpe Arani azalaki na mwana mwasi mosusu: kombo na ye ezalaki « Yisika. »
30 And Sarai had no child.
Sarayi azalaki ekomba: azalaki na mwana te.
31 And Terah took Abram, his son, and Lot, the son of Haran, and Sarai, his daughter-in-law, the wife of his son Abram and they went out from Ur of the Chaldees, to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran, and were there for some time.
Tera azwaki Abrami, mwana na ye ya mobali; Loti, koko na ye mpe mwana mobali ya Arani; mpe Sarayi, bokilo na ye mpe mwasi ya mwana na ye Abrami, babimaki na Uri ya bato ya Chalide mpo na kokende na Kanana. Kasi tango bakomaki na engumba Arani, bavandaki kuna.
32 And all the years of Terah's life were two hundred and five: and Terah came to his end in Haran.
Tera awumelaki na bomoi mibu nkama mibale na mitano, sima akufaki na engumba Arani.
