Genesis 11
1 So it came to pass that, all the earth, was of one manner of speech, —and of one stock of words.
Umhlaba wonke-ke wawulolimi lunye, lamazwi manye.
2 And it came to pass as they brake away onwards, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and dwelt there.
Kwasekusithi ekuhambeni kwabo bevela empumalanga bafica igceke elizweni leShinari, basebehlala khona.
3 Then said they, each man to his friend, Come on! let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly, —So the bricks, served them for stone, and bitumen, served them for mortar,
Basebesithi ngulowo lalowo kumakhelwane wakhe: Wozani, asenzeni izitina sizitshise lokuzitshisa; lesitina saba lilitshe kubo, lengcino yaba ludaka kubo.
4 And they said Come on! let us build for ourselves a city, and a tower with its head in the heavens, so let us make for ourselves a name, —lest we be scattered abroad over the face of all the earth.
Basebesithi: Wozani, asizakheleni umuzi lomphotshongo osihloko sawo sisemazulwini, besesizenzela ibizo, hlezi sihlakazeke ebusweni bomhlaba wonke.
5 And Yahweh came down, to behold the city, and the tower, —which the sons of men had built.
INkosi yasisehla ukubona umuzi lomphotshongo abantwana babantu abawakhayo.
6 Then said Yahweh: Lo! one people and one manner of speech, have they all, this, then is what they have begun to do, —now, therefore, nothing will be withholden from them which they may plan to do.
INkosi yasisithi: Khangela, yisizwe sinye, njalo balolimi lunye bonke, njalo yikho abaqala ukukwenza; khathesi-ke akulalutho olungabehlula abamisa ukulwenza.
7 Come on! let us go down, and there confuse their speech, —that they may not understand, each man the speech of his friend.
Wozani, asehle, siphambanise lapho ulimi lwabo, ukuze bangezwa, ngulowo lalowo ulimi lomakhelwane wakhe.
8 So Yahweh scattered them from thence over the face of all the earth, —and so they left off building the city.
Ngakho iNkosi yabahlakazela ebusweni bomhlaba wonke besuka lapho; basebesima ukwakha umuzi.
9 For this cause, was the name thereof called Babel ["Confusion"]; because there, did Yahweh confuse the speech of all the earth, —and, from thence, did Yahweh scatter them abroad, over the face of all the earth.
Ngalokho kwabizwa ibizo lawo ngokuthi iBabeli, ngoba lapho iNkosi yaphambanisa ulimi lomhlaba wonke; kusukela lapho iNkosi yabahlakaza ebusweni bomhlaba wonke.
10 These, are the genealogies of Shem, Shem was a hundred years old when he begat Arpachshad, two years after the flood
Lezi yizizukulwana zikaShemu. UShemu wayeleminyaka elikhulu, wasezala uArpakishadi, iminyaka emibili emva kukazamcolo.
11 and Shem lived after he begat Arpachshad, five hundred years, —and begat sons and daughters.
UShemu wasephila, esezele uArpakishadi, iminyaka engamakhulu amahlanu; wazala amadodana lamadodakazi.
12 And, Arpachshad, lived thirty-five years, —and begat Shelah;
UArpakishadi wasephila iminyaka engamatshumi amathathu lanhlanu, wazala uShela.
13 and Arpachshad lived after he begat Shelah, four hundred and three years, —and begat sons and daughters.
UArpakishadi wasephila, esezele uShela, iminyaka engamakhulu amane lantathu; wazala amadodana lamadodakazi.
14 And, Shelah, lived thirty years, —and begat Eber;
UShela wasephila iminyaka engamatshumi amathathu, wazala uEberi.
15 and Shelah lived, after he begat Eber, four hundred and three years, —and begat sons and daughters.
UShela wasephila, esezele uEberi, iminyaka engamakhulu amane lantathu; wazala amadodana lamadodakazi.
16 And Eber lived thirty-four years, —and begat Peleg;
UEberi wasephila iminyaka engamatshumi amathathu lane, wazala uPelegi.
17 and Eber lived after he begat Peleg, four hundred and thirty years, —and begat sons and daughters.
UEberi wasephila, esezele uPelegi, iminyaka engamakhulu amane lamatshumi amathathu; wazala amadodana lamadodakazi.
18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:
UPelegi wasephila iminyaka engamatshumi amathathu, wazala uRewu.
19 and Peleg lived after he begat Reu, two hundred and nine years, —and begat sons and daughters.
UPelegi wasephila, esezele uRewu, iminyaka engamakhulu amabili layisificamunwemunye; wazala amadodana lamadodakazi.
20 And Reu lived thirty-two years—and begat Serug;
URewu wasephila iminyaka engamatshumi amathathu lambili, wazala uSerugi.
21 and Reu lived after he begat Serug, two hundred and seven years, —and begat sons and daughters.
URewu wasephila, esezele uSerugi, iminyaka engamakhulu amabili lesikhombisa; wazala amadodana lamadodakazi.
22 And Serug lived thirty years, —and begat Nahor;
USerugi wasephila iminyaka engamatshumi amathathu, wazala uNahori.
23 and Serug lived after he begat Nahor, two hundred years, —and begat sons and daughters.
USerugi wasephila, esezele uNahori, iminyaka engamakhulu amabili; wazala amadodana lamadodakazi.
24 And Nahor lived twenty-nine years, —and begat Terah;
UNahori wasephila iminyaka engamatshumi amabili lesificamunwemunye, wazala uTera.
25 and Nahor lived, after he begat Terah, a hundred and nineteen years, —and begat sons and daughters.
UNahori wasephila, esezele uTera, iminyaka elikhulu lamatshumi ayisificamunwemunye; wazala amadodana lamadodakazi.
26 And Terah lived seventy years, —and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
UTera wasephila iminyaka engamatshumi ayisikhombisa, wazala uAbrama, uNahori loHarani.
27 These, then are the generations of Terah, Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran, —and, Haran, begat Lot;
Lalezi yizizukulwana zikaTera. UTera wazala uAbrama, uNahori loHarani; uHarani wasezala uLothi.
28 and Haran died, in the presence of Terah his father, —in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees.
UHarani wasesifa phambi kukayise uTera, elizweni lokuzalwa kwakhe, eUri yamaKhaladiya.
29 And Abram and Nahor took to themselves wives; the name of Abram’s wife, was Sarai; and, the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, daughter of Haran father of Milcah, and father of Iscah.
OAbrama loNahori basebezithathela abafazi; ibizo lomkaAbrama nguSarayi, lebizo lomkaNahori nguMilka, indodakazi kaHarani, uyise kaMilka loyise kaIska.
30 And, Sarai, remained barren, —she had no child,
Kodwa uSarayi wayeyinyumba; wayengelamntwana.
31 And Terah took Abram his son and Lot son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, wife of Abram his son, —and came forth with them out of Ur of the Chaldees, that they might go their way towards the land of Canaan, and they came in as far as Haran and dwelt there.
UTera wasethatha uAbrama indodana yakhe, loLothi indodana kaHarani, indodana yendodana yakhe, loSarayi umalokazana wakhe, umkaAbrama indodana yakhe; basebesuka labo eUri yamaKhaladiya, ukuya elizweni leKhanani; basebefika eHarani, bahlala khona.
32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years, —and Terah died in Haran.
Lensuku zikaTera zaziyiminyaka engamakhulu amabili lanhlanu; uTera wasefela eHarani.
