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 kind of words.
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 toward the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt 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 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.
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 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.
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 man were building.
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, 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?
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 confound there 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 over 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 over 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, when a hundred years old, begat Arpachshad, 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 had begotten Arpachshad five hundred years; and begat sons and daughters.
12 Mgbe Apakshad gbara iri afọ atọ na ise, ọ mụtara Shela.
And Arpachshad lived five and thirty years, and begat Shelach.
13 Mgbe ọ mụchara Shela, ọ dịrị ndụ narị afọ anọ na atọ ọzọ, mụta ụmụ ndị ikom na ụmụ ndị inyom.
And Arpachshad lived after he had begotten Shelach four hundred and three years; and begat sons and daughters.
14 Shela gbara iri afọ atọ mgbe ọ mụrụ nwa ya nwoke Eba.
And Shelach 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 Shelach lived after he had begotten 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 had begotten 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 had begotten 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 had begotten 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 Nachor.
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 had begotten Nachor two hundred years; and begat sons and daughters.
24 Nahọ gbara iri afọ abụọ na itoolu mgbe ọ mụrụ Tera.
And Nachor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terach.
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 Nachor lived after he had begotten Terach a hundred and nineteen years; and begat sons and daughters.
26 Mgbe Tera gbara iri afọ asaa, ọ ghọrọ nna Ebram, Nahọ na Haran.
And Terach lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nachor, 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 Terach: Terach begat Abram, Nachor, 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 Terach 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 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.
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 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.
32 Ọ bụ nʼobodo Haran ka Tera nọ nwụọ, mgbe ọ gbara narị afọ abụọ na ise.
And the days of Terach were two hundred and five years; and Terach died in Charan.
