Genesis 11
1 And the whole earth had one language, and the same words.
Umhlaba wonke wawulolimi lunye lokukhuluma okufananayo.
2 And it came to pass as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and dwelt there.
Kwathi abantu belokhu beqhelela empumalanga, bafumana indawo evulekileyo eShinari basebesakha khona.
3 And they said one to another, Come on, let us make bricks, and burn [them] thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar.
Basebetshelana bathi, “Kasitshayeni izitina sizitshise kakhulu.” Babesebenzisa izitina endaweni yamatshe, lethara endaweni yodaka.
4 And they said, Come on, let us build ourselves a city and a tower, the top of which [may reach] to the heavens; and let us make ourselves a name, lest we be scattered over the face of the whole earth.
Basebesithi, “Zwanini, kasizakheleni idolobho libe lomphongolo ofika emazulwini, ukuze sizenzele ibizo singaze sasabalala umhlaba wonke.”
5 And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower which the children of men built.
Kodwa uThixo wehla wazalibona idolobho kanye lomphongolo abantu ababewakha.
6 And Jehovah said, Behold, the people is one, and have all one language; and this have they begun to do. And now will they be hindered in nothing that they meditate doing.
UThixo wathi, “Nxa bengabantu banye bekhuluma limi lunye sebeqalisile ukwenza lokhu, pho kakukho okungabehlula.
7 Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
Zwanini, kasehleni siye phansi sisanganise ulimi lwabo bangabe besazwana.”
8 And Jehovah scattered them thence over the face of the whole earth. And they left off building the city.
Kanjalo uThixo wabahlakaza emhlabeni wonke, bayekela ukwakha idolobho.
9 Therefore was its name called Babel; because Jehovah there confounded the language of the whole earth. And Jehovah scattered them thence over the face of the whole earth.
Kungakho labizwa ngokuthi yiBhabheli, ngoba khonapho uThixo wasanganisa ulimi lomhlaba wonke. Kusukela lapho uThixo wabahlakazela emhlabeni wonke.
10 These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old, and begot Arphaxad two years after the flood.
Lo ngumlando wosendo lukaShemu. Eminyakeni emibili emva kukazamcolo, uShemu eseleminyaka elikhulu wazala u-Afazadi.
11 And Shem lived after he had begotten Arphaxad five hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.
Esezele u-Afazadi, uShemu waphila okweminyaka engamakhulu amahlanu, njalo waba lamanye amadodana lamadodakazi.
12 And Arphaxad lived thirty-five years, and begot Shelah.
Kwathi u-Afazadi esephile iminyaka engamatshumi amathathu lanhlanu, wazala uShela.
13 And Arphaxad lived after he had begotten Shelah four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters.
Esezele uShela, u-Afazadi waphila okweminyaka engamakhulu amane lantathu, njalo waba lamanye amadodana lamadodakazi.
14 And Shelah lived thirty years, and begot Eber.
UShela esephile iminyaka engamatshumi amathathu wazala u-Ebha.
15 And Shelah lived after he had begotten Eber four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters.
Esezele u-Ebha, uShela waphila okweminyaka engamakhulu amane lantathu, njalo waba lamanye amadodana lamadodakazi.
16 And Eber lived thirty-four years, and begot Peleg.
U-Ebha esephile iminyaka engamatshumi amathathu lane wazala uPhelegi.
17 And Eber lived after he had begotten Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters.
Esezele uPhelegi, u-Ebha waphila okweminyaka engamakhulu amane lamatshumi amathathu, njalo waba lamanye amadodana lamadodakazi.
18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begot Reu.
UPhelegi esephile iminyaka engamatshumi amathathu, wazala uRewu.
19 And Peleg lived after he had begotten Reu two hundred and nine years, and begot sons and daughters.
Esezele uRewu, uPhelegi waphila okweminyaka engamakhulu amabili lesificamunwemunye, njalo waba lamanye amadodana lamadodakazi.
20 And Reu lived thirty-two years, and begot Serug.
Kwathi uRewu esephile iminyaka engamatshumi amathathu lambili, wazala uSerugi.
21 And Reu lived after he had begotten Serug two hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters.
Esezele uSerugi, uRewu waphila okweminyaka engamakhulu amabili lesikhombisa, njalo waba lamanye amadodana lamadodakazi.
22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begot Nahor.
Kwathi uSerugi esephile iminyaka engamatshumi amathathu, wazala uNahori.
23 And Serug lived after he had begotten Nahor two hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.
Esezele uNahori, uSerugi waphila okweminyaka engamakhulu amabili, njalo waba lamanye amadodana lamadodakazi.
24 And Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and begot Terah.
UNahori esephile iminyaka engamatshumi amabili lesificamunwemunye wazala uThera.
25 And Nahor lived after he had begotten Terah a hundred and nineteen years, and begot sons and daughters.
Esezele uThera, uNahori waphila okweminyaka elikhulu letshumi lesificamunwemunye, njalo waba lamanye amadodana lamadodakazi.
26 And Terah lived seventy years, and begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
UThera esephile iminyaka engamatshumi ayisikhombisa wazala u-Abhrama, uNahori loHarani.
27 And these are the generations of Terah: Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begot Lot.
Lo ngumlando wosendo lukaThera. UThera wazala u-Abhrama, uNahori loHarani. Kwathi uHarani wazala uLothi.
28 And Haran died before the face of his father Terah in the land of his nativity at Ur of the Chaldeans.
Kwathi uyise uThera esaphila uHarani wafa bese-Uri idolobho lamaKhaladiya, elizweni lokuzalwa kwakhe.
29 And Abram and Nahor took wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, a daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and the father of Iscah.
U-Abhrama loNahori bathatha bobabili. Ibizo lomka-Abhrama lalinguSarayi, kwathi ibizo likamkaNahori linguMilikha; wayeyindodakazi kaHarani uyise kaMilikha kanye lo-Isikha.
30 And Sarai was barren: she had no child.
Kodwa uSarayi wayeyinyumba; wayengelabantwana.
31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth together out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to go into the land of Canaan, and came as far as Haran, and dwelt 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 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years; and Terah died in Haran.
UThera waphila okweminyaka engamakhulu amabili lanhlanu, wafela eHarani.
