Genesis 11
1 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one kind of words.
Umhlaba wonke wawulolimi lunye lokukhuluma okufananayo.
2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed toward the 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 to one another, Go to, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly. And thus the brick served them for stone, and slime served them for mortar.
Basebetshelana bathi, “Kasitshayeni izitina sizitshise kakhulu.” Babesebenzisa izitina endaweni yamatshe, lethara endaweni yodaka.
4 And they said, Go to, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower, the top of which may reach unto heaven; and let us make ourselves 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 man were building.
Kodwa uThixo wehla wazalibona idolobho kanye lomphongolo abantu ababewakha.
6 And the Lord said, Behold, it is one people, and they have all one language, and this is the first thing they undertake to do; and now shall they not be restrained in all which they have imagined to do?
UThixo wathi, “Nxa bengabantu banye bekhuluma limi lunye sebeqalisile ukwenza lokhu, pho kakukho okungabehlula.
7 Go to, let us go down, and confound there 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 there over the face of all the earth; and they left off to build the city.
Kanjalo uThixo wabahlakaza emhlabeni wonke, bayekela ukwakha idolobho.
9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel, because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth; and from there did the Lord scatter them abroad over 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, when a hundred years old, begat 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 had begotten Arpachshad five hundred years; and begat 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 begat Shelach.
Kwathi u-Afazadi esephile iminyaka engamatshumi amathathu lanhlanu, wazala uShela.
13 And Arpachshad lived after he had begotten Shelach four hundred and three years; and begat sons and daughters.
Esezele uShela, u-Afazadi waphila okweminyaka engamakhulu amane lantathu, njalo waba lamanye amadodana lamadodakazi.
14 And Shelach lived thirty years, and begat Eber.
UShela esephile iminyaka engamatshumi amathathu wazala u-Ebha.
15 And Shelach lived after he had begotten Eber four hundred and three years; and begat 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 begat 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 begat 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 begat Reu.
UPhelegi esephile iminyaka engamatshumi amathathu, wazala uRewu.
19 And Peleg lived after he had begotten Reu two hundred and nine years; and begat 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 begat 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 begat sons and daughters.
Esezele uSerugi, uRewu waphila okweminyaka engamakhulu amabili lesikhombisa, njalo waba lamanye amadodana lamadodakazi.
22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nachor.
Kwathi uSerugi esephile iminyaka engamatshumi amathathu, wazala uNahori.
23 And Serug lived after he had begotten Nachor two hundred years; and begat sons and daughters.
Esezele uNahori, uSerugi waphila okweminyaka engamakhulu amabili, njalo waba lamanye amadodana lamadodakazi.
24 And Nachor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terach.
UNahori esephile iminyaka engamatshumi amabili lesificamunwemunye wazala uThera.
25 And Nachor lived after he had begotten Terach a hundred and nineteen years; and begat sons and daughters.
Esezele uThera, uNahori waphila okweminyaka elikhulu letshumi lesificamunwemunye, njalo waba lamanye amadodana lamadodakazi.
26 And Terach lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nachor, and Haran.
UThera esephile iminyaka engamatshumi ayisikhombisa wazala u-Abhrama, uNahori loHarani.
27 Now these are the generations of Terach: Terach begat Abram, Nachor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
Lo ngumlando wosendo lukaThera. UThera wazala u-Abhrama, uNahori loHarani. Kwathi uHarani wazala uLothi.
28 And Haran died before his father Terach 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 Nachor took themselves wives; the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nachor's wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Yiscah.
U-Abhrama loNahori bathatha bobabili. Ibizo lomka-Abhrama lalinguSarayi, kwathi ibizo likamkaNahori linguMilikha; wayeyindodakazi kaHarani uyise kaMilikha kanye lo-Isikha.
30 But Sarai was barren; she had no child.
Kodwa uSarayi wayeyinyumba; wayengelabantwana.
31 And Terach took Abram his son, and Lot, the son of Haran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, the wife of his son Abram; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Charan, 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 Terach were two hundred and five years; and Terach died in Charan.
UThera waphila okweminyaka engamakhulu amabili lanhlanu, wafela eHarani.
