Genesis 11
1 And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
Umhlaba wonke wawulolimi lunye lokukhuluma okufananayo.
2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
Kwathi abantu belokhu beqhelela empumalanga, bafumana indawo evulekileyo eShinari basebesakha khona.
3 And they said one to another: 'Come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly.' And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar.
Basebetshelana bathi, “Kasitshayeni izitina sizitshise kakhulu.” Babesebenzisa izitina endaweni yamatshe, lethara endaweni yodaka.
4 And they said: 'Come, let us build us a city, and a tower, with its top in heaven, and let us make us a name; lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.'
Basebesithi, “Zwanini, kasizakheleni idolobho libe lomphongolo ofika emazulwini, ukuze sizenzele ibizo singaze sasabalala umhlaba wonke.”
5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
Kodwa uThixo wehla wazalibona idolobho kanye lomphongolo abantu ababewakha.
6 And the LORD said: 'Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is what they begin to do; and now nothing will be withholden from them, which they purpose to do.
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 So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth; and they left off to build the city.
Kanjalo uThixo wabahlakaza emhlabeni wonke, bayekela ukwakha idolobho.
9 Therefore was the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth; and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the 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 Arpachshad 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 begot Arpachshad five hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.
Esezele u-Afazadi, uShemu waphila okweminyaka engamakhulu amahlanu, njalo waba lamanye amadodana lamadodakazi.
12 And Arpachshad lived five and thirty years, and begot Shelah.
Kwathi u-Afazadi esephile iminyaka engamatshumi amathathu lanhlanu, wazala uShela.
13 And Arpachshad lived after he begot 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 begot 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 four and thirty years, and begot Peleg.
U-Ebha esephile iminyaka engamatshumi amathathu lane wazala uPhelegi.
17 And Eber lived after he begot 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 begot 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 two and thirty years, and begot Serug.
Kwathi uRewu esephile iminyaka engamatshumi amathathu lambili, wazala uSerugi.
21 And Reu lived after he begot 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 begot 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 nine and twenty years, and begot Terah.
UNahori esephile iminyaka engamatshumi amabili lesificamunwemunye wazala uThera.
25 And Nahor lived after he begot 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 Now 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 in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
Kwathi uyise uThera esaphila uHarani wafa bese-Uri idolobho lamaKhaladiya, elizweni lokuzalwa kwakhe.
29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the 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 with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto 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.
