Jenesis 11
1 Nʼoge ahụ, ụwa niile nwere naanị otu asụsụ, okwu niile bụkwa otu.
Now the whole earth used one language and had the same words.
2 Mgbe ndị mmadụ gbasara nʼakụkụ ọwụwa anyanwụ ha chọtara ala dị larịị na Shaịna biri nʼebe ahụ.
As they journeyed in the east, 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.
They said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They had brick instead of stone and tar as 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 will reach to the sky, and let us make a name for ourselves. If we do not, we will be scattered across the surface of the whole earth.”
5 Onyenwe anyị rịdatara hụ obodo ahụ na ụlọ elu ahụ ndị mmadụ na-ewu.
So Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower which the descendants of Adam had 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.
Yahweh said, “Look, they are one people with the same language, and they are beginning to do this! Soon nothing that they intend to do will be impossible 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 confuse their language there, so that they may not understand each other.”
8 Onyenwe anyị mere ka ha gbasaa nʼelu ụwa niile. Ha kwụsịkwara iwu obodo ahụ.
So Yahweh scattered them from there across the surface of all the earth and they stopped 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 Yahweh confused the language of the whole earth and from there Yahweh scattered them abroad over the surface 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 were the descendants of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old, and he became the father of 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.
Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arphaxad. He also became the father of other sons and daughters.
12 Mgbe Apakshad gbara iri afọ atọ na ise, ọ mụtara Shela.
When Arphaxad had lived thirty-five years, he became the father of Shelah.
13 Mgbe ọ mụchara Shela, ọ dịrị ndụ narị afọ anọ na atọ ọzọ, mụta ụmụ ndị ikom na ụmụ ndị inyom.
Arphaxad lived 403 years after he became the father of Shelah. He also became the father of other sons and daughters.
14 Shela gbara iri afọ atọ mgbe ọ mụrụ nwa ya nwoke Eba.
When Shelah had lived thirty years, he 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.
Shelah lived 403 years after he became the father of Eber. He also became the father of other sons and daughters.
16 Eba gbara iri afọ atọ na anọ mgbe ọ mụrụ Peleg.
When Eber had lived thirty-four years, he 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 430 years after he became the father of Peleg. He also became the father of other sons and daughters.
18 Peleg gbara iri afọ atọ mgbe ọ mụrụ Reu.
When Peleg had lived thirty years, he 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 209 years after he became the father of Reu. He also became the father of other sons and daughters.
20 Reu gbara iri afọ atọ na abụọ mgbe ọ mụrụ Serug.
When Reu had lived thirty-two years, he 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 207 years after he became the father of Serug. He also became the father of other sons and daughters.
22 Serug gbara iri afọ atọ mgbe ọ mụrụ Nahọ.
When Serug had lived thirty years, he 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. He also became the father of other sons and daughters.
24 Nahọ gbara iri afọ abụọ na itoolu mgbe ọ mụrụ Tera.
When Nahor had live twenty-nine years, he 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 119 years after he became the father of Terah. He also became the father of other sons and daughters.
26 Mgbe Tera gbara iri afọ asaa, ọ ghọrọ nna Ebram, Nahọ na Haran.
After Terah had lived seventy years, he 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 were the descendants 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.
Haran died in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
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.
Abram and Nahor took wives. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai and the name of Nahor's wife was Milkah, a daughter of Haran, who was the father of Milkah and Iskah.
30 Ma Serai bụ nwanyị aga, ọ mụtaghị nwa ọbụla.
Now 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.
Terah took Abram his son, Lot the son of his son Haran, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife, and together they left Ur of the Chaldeans, to go into the land of Canaan. But they came to Haran and stayed there.
32 Ọ bụ nʼobodo Haran ka Tera nọ nwụọ, mgbe ọ gbara narị afọ abụọ na ise.
Terah lived 205 years and then died in Haran.
