< Genesis 11 >
1 At that time the whole world spoke just one language and used words with the same meaning.
Lẹ́yìn náà, gbogbo àgbáyé sì ń sọ èdè kan ṣoṣo.
2 As they moved east they discovered a plain in the land of Shinar so they 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 They said to one another, “Come on, let's make some bricks and bake them with fire.” (They used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of cement).
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 Then they said, “Now let's build a city for ourselves with a tower whose top reaches the heavens. That way we'll gain a great reputation and we won't end up being scattered all over the world.”
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 But the Lord came down to take a look at the city and the tower that the people were building.
Ṣùgbọ́n, Olúwa sọ̀kalẹ̀ láti wo ìlú àti ilé ìṣọ́ tí àwọn ènìyàn náà ń kọ́.
6 The Lord said, “Look! These people are united and they all speak one language. If this is what they can do now when they're just getting started, nothing will be impossible for them when they all put their minds to it!
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 We need to go down and mix up their language and make it confused so they won't be able to understand what they're saying to one other.”
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 The Lord sent them away from there and scattered them all over the world, and they gave up building the city.
Olúwa sì tú wọn ká sórí ilẹ̀ gbogbo, wọ́n sì ṣíwọ́ ìlú náà tí wọn ń tẹ̀dó.
9 That's why it was called Babel, because the Lord made the language of the world confused.
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 The following is the genealogy of Shem. When Shem was 100, he had Arphaxad. This was two years after the flood.
Wọ̀nyí ni ìran Ṣemu. Ọdún méjì lẹ́yìn ìkún omi, tí Ṣemu pé ọgọ́rùn-ún ọdún ni ó bí Arfakṣadi.
11 Shem lived another 500 years after Arphaxad was born 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, he had Shelah.
Nígbà tí Arfakṣadi pé ọdún márùndínlógójì ni ó bí Ṣela.
13 Arphaxad lived another 403 years after Shelah was born 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, he had Eber.
Nígbà tí Ṣela pé ọmọ ọgbọ̀n ọdún ni ó bí Eberi.
15 Shelah lived another 403 years after Eber was born 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, he had Peleg.
Eberi sì jẹ́ ọmọ ọdún mẹ́rìnlélọ́gbọ̀n, ó sì bí Pelegi.
17 Eber lived another 430 years after Peleg was born 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, he had Reu.
Nígbà tí Pelegi pé ọmọ ọgbọ̀n ọdún ni ó bí Reu.
19 Peleg lived another 209 years after Reu was born 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, he had Serug.
Nígbà tí Reu pé ọdún méjìlélọ́gbọ̀n ni ó bí Serugu.
21 Reu lived another 207 years after Serug was born 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, he had Nahor.
Nígbà tí Serugu pé ọmọ ọgbọ̀n ọdún ni ó bí Nahori.
23 Serug lived another 200 years after Nahor was born 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, he had Terah.
Nígbà tí Nahori pé ọmọ ọdún mọ́kàndínlọ́gbọ̀n, ó bí Tẹra.
25 Nahor lived another 119 years after Terah was born 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, he had Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
Lẹ́yìn tí Tẹra pé ọmọ àádọ́rin ọdún ó bí Abramu, Nahori àti Harani.
27 The following is the genealogy of Terah. Terah was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran was the father of Lot.
Wọ̀nyí ni ìran Tẹra. Tẹra ni baba Abramu, Nahori àti Harani. Harani sì bí Lọti.
28 However, Haran died while his father, Terah, was still alive, in Ur of the Chaldeans, the land of his birth.
Harani sì kú ṣáájú Tẹra baba rẹ̀ ní ilẹ̀ ìbí rẹ̀ ní Uri ti ilẹ̀ Kaldea.
29 Abram and Nahor both got married. 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 Sarai wasn't able to become pregnant and so had no children.
Sarai sì yàgàn, kò sì bímọ.
31 Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot, (who was the son of Haran), his daughter-in-law Sarai, (the wife of his son Abram), and left Ur of the Chaldeans to move to the land of Canaan. They got as far as Haran and 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 for 205 years and died in Haran.
Nígbà tí Tẹra pé ọmọ igba ọdún ó lé márùn-ún ni ó kú ní Harani.