Jenesis 11
1 Nʼoge ahụ, ụwa niile nwere naanị otu asụsụ, okwu niile bụkwa otu.
And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
2 Mgbe ndị mmadụ gbasara nʼakụkụ ọwụwa anyanwụ ha chọtara ala dị larịị na Shaịna biri nʼebe ahụ.
And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelled there.
3 Ha gwarịtara onwe ha okwu sị, “Bịanụ ka anyị kpụọ brik, kpọọ ha ọkụ nke ọma.” Ya mere, ha kpụrụ brik kama nkume, jirikwa bitumen kama ụrọ.
And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar.
4 Mgbe ahụ, ha kwuru sị, “Bịanụ ka anyị wuore onwe anyị obodo na ụlọ elu, nke elu ya ga-eru nʼeluigwe, ka anyị si otu a meere onwe anyị aha, ka anyị ghara ịbụ ndị a ga-agbasa nʼụwa niile.”
And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach to heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad on the face of the whole earth.
5 Onyenwe anyị rịdatara hụ obodo ahụ na ụlọ elu ahụ ndị mmadụ na-ewu.
And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.
6 Onyenwe anyị sịrị, “Lee! Ọ bụrụ na ha malitere ime ihe dị otu a, ugbu a ha bụ otu ndị, nweekwa otu asụsụ, o nweghị ihe ha zubere ime nke ha na-apụghị ime.
And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
7 Ngwa, ka anyị rịda gaa gbarụọ asụsụ ha, ka onye o bụla ghara ịghọta asụsụ ibe ya.”
Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.
8 Onyenwe anyị mere ka ha gbasaa nʼelu ụwa niile. Ha kwụsịkwara iwu obodo ahụ.
So the LORD scattered them abroad from there on the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
9 Ọ bụkwa nke a mere e ji kpọọ obodo ahụ Babel nʼihi na ọ bụ nʼebe ahụ ka Onyenwe anyị wetara ọgbaaghara nʼasụsụ ndị niile bi nʼụwa. Ọ bụkwa nʼebe ahụ ka Onyenwe anyị si gbasasịa ha nʼelu ụwa dum.
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 on the face of all the earth.
10 Nke a bụ akụkọ banyere usoro ezinaụlọ Shem. Mgbe afọ abụọ gafechara site nʼoge uju mmiri ahụ, nʼoge Shem gbara narị afọ, ọ mụtara Apakshad.
These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:
11 Shem dịrị ndụ, mgbe ọ mụsịrị Apakshad, narị afọ ise ọzọ, mụtakwa ụmụ ndị ikom na ụmụ ndị inyom.
And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
12 Mgbe Apakshad gbara iri afọ atọ na ise, ọ mụtara Shela.
And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:
13 Mgbe ọ mụchara Shela, ọ dịrị ndụ narị afọ anọ na atọ ọzọ, mụta ụmụ ndị ikom na ụmụ ndị inyom.
And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
14 Shela gbara iri afọ atọ mgbe ọ mụrụ nwa ya nwoke Eba.
And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:
15 Mgbe ọ ghọrọ nna Eba, ọ dịrị ndụ narị afọ anọ na atọ, mụta ụmụ ndị ikom na ụmụ ndị inyom.
And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
16 Eba gbara iri afọ atọ na anọ mgbe ọ mụrụ Peleg.
And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:
17 Mgbe ọ ghọrọ nna Peleg, ọ dịrị ndụ narị afọ anọ na iri atọ ọzọ mụta ụmụ ndị ikom na ụmụ ndị inyom.
And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.
18 Peleg gbara iri afọ atọ mgbe ọ mụrụ Reu.
And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:
19 Emesịa, mgbe ọ ghọrọ nna Reu, ọ dịrị ndụ narị afọ abụọ na itoolu ọzọ mụta ụmụ ndị ikom na ụmụ ndị inyom.
And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.
20 Reu gbara iri afọ atọ na abụọ mgbe ọ mụrụ Serug.
And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:
21 Emesịa, ọ dịrị ndụ narị afọ abụọ na asaa ọzọ, mgbe ọ mụsịrị Serug, ọ mụtakwara ụmụ ndị ikom na ụmụ ndị inyom.
And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.
22 Serug gbara iri afọ atọ mgbe ọ mụrụ Nahọ.
And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:
23 Emesịa, mgbe ọ ghọrọ nna Nahọ, ọ dịrị ndụ narị afọ abụọ ọzọ mụta ụmụ ndị ikom na ụmụ ndị inyom.
And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
24 Nahọ gbara iri afọ abụọ na itoolu mgbe ọ mụrụ Tera.
And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:
25 Emesịa, mgbe ọ ghọrọ nna Tera, ọ dịrị ndụ narị afọ na afọ iri na itoolu ọzọ, mụta ụmụ ndị ikom na ụmụ ndị inyom.
And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.
26 Mgbe Tera gbara iri afọ asaa, ọ ghọrọ nna Ebram, Nahọ na Haran.
And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
27 Nke a bụ akụkọ gbasara usoro ezinaụlọ Tera. Tera ghọrọ nna Ebram, Nahọ na Haran. Haran ghọrọ nna Lọt.
Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
28 Haran nwụrụ nʼihu nna ya Tera nʼala ebe a nọ mụọ ya, nke bụ na Ụọ, obodo ndị Kaldịa.
And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
29 Ebram na Nahọ lụrụ nwunye. Aha nwunye Ebram bụ Serai ma aha nwunye Nahọ bụ Milka. Milka bụ nwa Haran, onye bụ nna Milka na Iska.
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.
30 Ma Serai bụ nwanyị aga, ọ mụtaghị nwa ọbụla.
But Sarai was barren; she had no child.
31 Tera kpọrọ nwa ya Ebram, na nwa nwa ya Lọt, onye bụ nwa Haran, na nwunye nwa ya Serai, bụ nwunye Ebram, duru ha hapụ Ụọ, obodo ndị Kaldịa, pụọ gawa nʼala Kenan. Ma mgbe ha bịarutere nʼobodo Haran, ha kwụsịrị biri nʼebe ahụ.
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 to Haran, and dwelled there.
32 Ọ bụ nʼobodo Haran ka Tera nọ nwụọ, mgbe ọ gbara narị afọ abụọ na ise.
And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.
