Jenesis 11
1 Nʼoge ahụ, ụwa niile nwere naanị otu asụsụ, okwu niile bụkwa otu.
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.
It happened, as they traveled from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they settled 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, "Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly." They had brick for stone, and they used tar 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.”
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."
5 Onyenwe anyị rịdatara hụ obodo ahụ na ụlọ elu ahụ ndị mmadụ na-ewu.
And God came down to see the city and the tower, that humankind was 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 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.
7 Ngwa, ka anyị rịda gaa gbarụọ asụsụ ha, ka onye o bụla ghara ịghọta asụsụ ibe ya.”
Come, let us go down, and there confuse 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.
Then God scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth; so they ceased building 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 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.
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 one hundred years old and became the father of 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.
Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arpachshad, and fathered sons and daughters.
12 Mgbe Apakshad gbara iri afọ atọ na ise, ọ mụtara Shela.
And Arpachshad lived one hundred and thirty-five years and became the father of Kenan.
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 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.
14 Shela gbara iri afọ atọ mgbe ọ mụrụ nwa ya nwoke Eba.
Shelah lived one hundred and thirty years, and became the father of Eber:
15 Mgbe ọ ghọrọ nna Eba, ọ dịrị ndụ narị afọ anọ na atọ, mụta ụmụ ndị ikom na ụmụ ndị inyom.
and Shelah lived four hundred and three years after he became the father of Eber, and fathered sons and daughters.
16 Eba gbara iri afọ atọ na anọ mgbe ọ mụrụ Peleg.
Eber lived one hundred and thirty-four years, and became the father of 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.
Eber lived three hundred and seventy years after he became the father of Peleg, and fathered sons and daughters.
18 Peleg gbara iri afọ atọ mgbe ọ mụrụ Reu.
Peleg lived one hundred and thirty years, and became the father of 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.
Peleg lived two hundred and nine years after he became the father of Reu, and fathered sons and daughters.
20 Reu gbara iri afọ atọ na abụọ mgbe ọ mụrụ Serug.
Reu lived one hundred and thirty-two years, and became the father of 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.
Reu lived two hundred and seven years after he became the father of Serug, and fathered sons and daughters.
22 Serug gbara iri afọ atọ mgbe ọ mụrụ Nahọ.
Serug lived one hundred and thirty years, and became the father of Nahor.
23 Emesịa, mgbe ọ ghọrọ nna Nahọ, ọ dịrị ndụ narị afọ abụọ ọzọ mụta ụmụ ndị ikom na ụmụ ndị inyom.
Serug lived two hundred years after he became the father of Nahor, and fathered sons and daughters.
24 Nahọ gbara iri afọ abụọ na itoolu mgbe ọ mụrụ Tera.
Nahor lived seventy-nine years, and became the father of 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.
Nahor lived one hundred and twenty-nine years after he became the father of Terah, and fathered sons and daughters.
26 Mgbe Tera gbara iri afọ asaa, ọ ghọrọ nna Ebram, Nahọ na Haran.
Terah lived seventy years, and became the father of 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 became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of 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 birth, in Ur Kasdim.
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 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.
30 Ma Serai bụ nwanyị aga, ọ mụtaghị nwa ọbụla.
And 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, 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.
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.
