Genesis 11
1 The whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
Sasa nchi yote ilikuwa inatumia lugha moja na ilikua na usemi mmoja.
2 It happened, as they traveled from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they settled there.
Ikawa waliposafiri upande wa mashariki, wakaona eneo tambarare katika nchi ya Shinari na wakakaa pale.
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.
Wakasemezana, “Haya njoni, tufanye matofari na tuyachome kikamilifu.” Walikuwa na matofari badala ya mawe na lami kama chokaa.
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."
Wakasema, “njoni, na tujenge mji sisi wenyewe na mnara ambao kilele chake kitafika angani, na tujifanyie jina. Kama hatutafanya, basi tutatawanyika katika uso wa nchi yote.”
5 And God came down to see the city and the tower, that humankind was building.
Kwa hiyo Yahwe akashuka kuona mji na mnara ambao wazao wa Ibrahimu walikuwa wamejenga.
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.
Yahwe akasema, “Tazama, watu hawa ni taifa moja na lugha moja, na wameanza kufanya hivi! Hivikaribuni halitashindikana jambo watakalo kusudia kulifanya.
7 Come, let us go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech."
Njoni, tushuke na tuvuruge lugha yao pale, ili kwamba wasielewane.”
8 Then God scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth; so they ceased building the city.
Kwa hiyo Yahwe akawatawanya kutoka pale kwenda pande zote za uso wa nchi na wakaacha kujenga mji.
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.
Kwa hiyo, jina lake ukaitwa Babeli, kwa sababu hapo Yahwe alivuruga lugha ya nchi yote na tangu pale Yahwe akawatawanya ng'ambo juu ya uso wa nchi yote.
10 These are the generations of Shem. Shem was one hundred years old and became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood.
Hivi ndivyo vilikuwa vizazi vya Shemu. Shemu alikuwa na umri wa miaka mia moja, na akamzaa Alfaksadi miaka miwili baada ya gharika.
11 Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arpachshad, and fathered sons and daughters.
Shemu akaishi miaka miatano baada ya kumzaa Alfaksadi. Pia akazaa wana wengine wa kiume na wa kike.
12 And Arpachshad lived one hundred and thirty-five years and became the father of Kenan.
Wakati Alfaksadi alipokuwa ameishi miaka thelathini na mitano akamzaa Shela.
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.
Alfaksadi aliishi miaka 403 baada ya kumzaa Shela. Akawazaa pia wana wengine wa kiume na wa kike.
14 Shelah lived one hundred and thirty years, and became the father of Eber:
Wakati Shela alipokuwa ameishi miaka thelathini, akamzaa Eberi.
15 and Shelah lived four hundred and three years after he became the father of Eber, and fathered sons and daughters.
Shela aliishi miaka 403 baada ya kumzaa Eberi. Akawazaa pia wana wengine wa kiume na wa kike.
16 Eber lived one hundred and thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg.
Wakati Eberi alipokuwa ameishi miaka thelathini na minne, akamzaa Pelegi.
17 Eber lived three hundred and seventy years after he became the father of Peleg, and fathered sons and daughters.
Eberi aliishi miaka 430 baada ya kumzaa Pelegi. Akawazaa pia wana wengine wa kiume na wa kike.
18 Peleg lived one hundred and thirty years, and became the father of Reu.
Wakati Pelegi alipokuwa ameishi miaka thelathini, akamzaa Reu.
19 Peleg lived two hundred and nine years after he became the father of Reu, and fathered sons and daughters.
Pelegi aliishi miaka 209 baada ya kumza a Reu. Akawazaa pia wana wengine wa kiume na wa kike.
20 Reu lived one hundred and thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug.
Wakati Reu alipokuwa ameishi miaka thelathini na miwili, alimzaa Serugi.
21 Reu lived two hundred and seven years after he became the father of Serug, and fathered sons and daughters.
Reu aliishi miaka207 baada ya kumzaa Seregu. Akawazaa pia wana wengine wa kiume na wa kike.
22 Serug lived one hundred and thirty years, and became the father of Nahor.
Wakati Seregu alipokuwa ameishi miaka thelathini, akamzaa Nahori.
23 Serug lived two hundred years after he became the father of Nahor, and fathered sons and daughters.
Seregu aliishi miaka mia mbili baada ya kumzaa Nahori. Akawazaa pia wana wengine wa kiume na wa kike.
24 Nahor lived seventy-nine years, and became the father of Terah.
Wakati Nahori alipokuwa ameishi miaka ishirini na tisa, akamzaa Tera.
25 Nahor lived one hundred and twenty-nine years after he became the father of Terah, and fathered sons and daughters.
Nahori aliishi mika 119 baada ya kumzaa Tera. Akawazaa pia wana wengine wa kiume na wa kike.
26 Terah lived seventy years, and became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
Baada ya Tera kuishi miaka sabini, akamzaa Abram, Nahori, na Haran.
27 Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.
Hivi ndivyo vilikuwa vizazi vya Tera. Tera alimzaa Abram, Nahori, na Harani, na Harani akamzaa Lutu.
28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur Kasdim.
Harani akafa machoni pa baba yake Tera katika nchi aliyozaliwa, katika Ur wa Wakaldayo.
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.
Abram na Nahori wakajitwalia wake. Mke wa Abram aliitwa Sarai na mke wa Nahori aliitwa Milka, binti wa Harani, aliyekuwa baba wa Milka na Iska.
30 And Sarai was barren. She had no child.
Sasa Sarai alikuwa Tasa; hakuwa na mtoto.
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.
Tera akamtwaa Abram mwanawe, Lutu mwana wa mwanawe Harani, na Sarai mkwewe, mke wa mwanawe Abram, na kwa pamoja wakatoka Ur wa Wakaldayo, kwenda katika nchi ya Kanaani. Lakini walipofika Harani wakakaa pale.
32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years. And Terah died in Haran.
Tera akaishi miaka 205 kisha akafa hapao Harani.
