< Genesis 11 >

1 The whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
Bara sana addunyaan guutuun afaan tokkoo fi haasaa tokko qaba ture.
2 It happened, as they traveled from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they settled there.
Namoonni akkuma gara baʼa biiftuutti godaananiin, Shineʼaar keessatti lafa diriiraa argatanii achi qubatan.
3 And they said to one another, "Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly." They had brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar.
Isaanis, “Kottaa mee xuubii hojjennee ibiddaan gubnaa” waliin jedhan. Isaanis qooda dhagaa, xuubiitti fayyadaman; hapheedhaaf immoo leeleetti fayyadaman.
4 They said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let us make ourselves a name, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth."
Ergasii, “Kottaa mee akka ofii keenyaa maqaa argannuu fi akka addunyaa guutuu irra hin bibittinnoofneef magaalaa gamoon isaa samii qaqqabu tokko ijaarrannaa” jedhan.
5 And God came down to see the city and the tower, that humankind was building.
Waaqayyo garuu magaalaa fi gamoo isaan ijaaraa turan sana ilaaluuf gad buʼe.
6 And God said, "Look, they are one people, and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do. So now nothing which they plan to do will be too difficult for them.
Waaqayyos akkana jedhe; “Erga isaan akka saba tokko kan afaanuma tokko dubbatuutti waan kana hojjechuu jalqabanii, yoos amma wanni isaan hojjechuuf karoorfatan kan isaaniif hin dandaʼamne tokko iyyuu hin jiraatu.
7 Come, let us go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech."
Kottaa mee gad buunee, akka isaan wal hin hubanneef afaan isaanii waliin dhoofnaa!”
8 Then God scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth; so they ceased building the city.
Kanaafuu Waaqayyo achii isaan baasee lafa hunda irra isaan bittinneesse; isaanis magaalaa ijaaruu dhiisan.
9 Therefore its name was called Babel, because there God confused the language of all the earth. From there he scattered them over the face of the whole earth.
Waan Waaqayyo achitti afaan addunyaa hunda waliin makeef iddoon sun Baabilon jedhame; Waaqayyo iddoo sanaa isaan baasee lafa hunda irra isaan bittinneesse.
10 These are the generations of Shem. Shem was one hundred years old and became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood.
Seenaan maatii Seem kana. Bishaan badiisaa booddee waggaa lamatti Seem yeroo umuriin isaa waggaa 100 guutetti Arfaakshadin dhalche.
11 Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arpachshad, and fathered sons and daughters.
Seem erga Arfaakshadin dhalchee booddee waggaa 500 jiraatee ilmaanii fi intallan biraa dhalche.
12 And Arpachshad lived one hundred and thirty-five years and became the father of Kenan.
Arfaakshad waggaa 35 jiraatee Sheelaa dhalche.
13 And Arpachshad lived four hundred and thirty years after he became the father of Kenan, and fathered sons and daughters. And Kenan lived one hundred and thirty years and became the father of Shelah. And Kenan lived three hundred and thirty years after he had become the father of Shelah, and fathered sons and daughters.
Arfaakshad erga Sheelaa dhalchee booddee waggaa 403 jiraatee ilmaanii fi intallan biraa dhalche.
14 Shelah lived one hundred and thirty years, and became the father of Eber:
Sheelaan waggaa 30 jiraatee Eeberin dhalche.
15 and Shelah lived four hundred and three years after he became the father of Eber, and fathered sons and daughters.
Sheelaan erga Eeberin dhalchee booddee waggaa 403 jiraatee ilmaanii fi intallan biraa dhalche.
16 Eber lived one hundred and thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg.
Eeber waggaa 34 jiraatee Felegin dhalche.
17 Eber lived three hundred and seventy years after he became the father of Peleg, and fathered sons and daughters.
Eeber erga Felegin dhalchee booddee waggaa 430 jiraatee ilmaanii fi intallan biraa dhalche.
18 Peleg lived one hundred and thirty years, and became the father of Reu.
Felegi waggaa 30 jiraatee Reʼuu dhalche.
19 Peleg lived two hundred and nine years after he became the father of Reu, and fathered sons and daughters.
Felegi erga Reʼuu dhalchee booddee waggaa 209 jiraatee ilmaanii fi intallan biraas dhalche.
20 Reu lived one hundred and thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug.
Reʼuun waggaa 32 jiraatee Seruugin dhalche.
21 Reu lived two hundred and seven years after he became the father of Serug, and fathered sons and daughters.
Reʼuun erga Seruugin dhalchee booddee waggaa 207 jiraatee ilmaanii fi intallan biraa dhalche.
22 Serug lived one hundred and thirty years, and became the father of Nahor.
Seruugi waggaa 30 jiraatee Naahoorin dhalche.
23 Serug lived two hundred years after he became the father of Nahor, and fathered sons and daughters.
Seruugi erga Naahoorin dhalchee booddee waggaa 200 jiraatee ilmaanii fi intallan biraa dhalche.
24 Nahor lived seventy-nine years, and became the father of Terah.
Naahoor waggaa 29 jiraatee Taaraa dhalche.
25 Nahor lived one hundred and twenty-nine years after he became the father of Terah, and fathered sons and daughters.
Naahoor erga Taaraa dhalchee booddee waggaa 119 jiraatee ilmaanii fi intallan biraa dhalche.
26 Terah lived seventy years, and became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
Taaraan waggaa 70 jiraatee Abraam, Naahoorii fi Haaraanin dhalche.
27 Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.
Seenaan maatii Taaraa kana. Taaraan Abraam, Naahoorii fi Haaraanin dhalche. Haaraan immoo Looxin dhalche.
28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur Kasdim.
Haaraan utuma abbaan isaa Taaraan jiruu Uuri biyya Kaldootaa keessatti lafuma itti dhalatetti duʼe.
29 And Abram and Nahor took wives. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran who was also the father of Iscah.
Abraamii fi Naahoor niitii fuudhan. Maqaan niitii Abraam Saaraa, maqaan niitii Naahoor immoo Miilkaa ture. Miilkaan intala Haaraan. Haaraan kun immoo abbaa Miikaatii fi Yiskaa ture.
30 And Sarai was barren. She had no child.
Saaraan dhabduu turte; ijoollees hin deenye.
31 And Terah took Abram his son, Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife, and with them he set out from Ur Kasdim to go into the land of Canaan. But when they came to Haran, they settled there.
Taaraan ilma isaa Abraamin, ilma ilma isaa jechuunis Loox ilma Haaraanii fi niitii ilma isaa jechuunis Saaraa niitii Abraam fudhatee Kanaʼaan dhaquuf, Uuri biyya Kaldootaatii walii wajjin baʼan; garuu yeroo Kaaraan gaʼanitti achuma qubatan.
32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years. And Terah died in Haran.
Taaraan waggaa 205 jiraatee Kaaraanitti duʼe.

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