Olubereberye 11
1 Ensi yonna yalina olulimi lumu, nga bakozesa ebigambo bye bimu.
At that time the whole world spoke just one language and used words with the same meaning.
2 Abantu bwe baava oluuyi olw’ebuvanjuba ne batuuka mu lusenyi nsi ya Sinaali ne babeera omwo.
As they moved east they discovered a plain in the land of Shinar so they settled there.
3 Ne bateesa nti, “Mujje tukole amatoffaali, tugookye bulungi.” Ne baba n’amatoffaali mu kifo ky’amayinja, ne kolaasi mu kifo ky’ettosi.
They said to one another, “Come on, let's make some bricks and bake them with fire.” (They used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of cement).
4 Awo ne bagamba nti, “Mujje twezimbire ekibuga, tutuuse omunaala gwakyo ku ggulu; twekolere erinnya, tuleme okusaasaanyizibwa okubuna ensi yonna.”
Then they said, “Now let's build a city for ourselves with a tower whose top reaches the heavens. That way we'll gain a great reputation and we won't end up being scattered all over the world.”
5 Naye Mukama nakka okulaba ekibuga n’omunaala, abaana b’abantu kye baali bazimba.
But the Lord came down to take a look at the city and the tower that the people were building.
6 Mukama n’ayogera nti, “Laba, bali omuntu omu, era boogera olulimi lumu! Era eno ntandikwa butandikwa ey’ebyo bye banaakola; era tewali kye banaateesa kukola ekinaabalemerera.
The Lord said, “Look! These people are united and they all speak one language. If this is what they can do now when they're just getting started, nothing will be impossible for them when they all put their minds to it!
7 Mujje, tukke wansi tutabuletabule olulimi lwabwe, baleme kutegeeragana.”
We need to go down and mix up their language and make it confused so they won't be able to understand what they're saying to one other.”
8 Bw’atyo Mukama n’abasaasaanya ne babuna ensi yonna, n’ekibuga kyabwe ne batakimaliriza.
The Lord sent them away from there and scattered them all over the world, and they gave up building the city.
9 Ekibuga ekyo erinnya lyakyo kye lyava liyitibwa Babiri, kubanga eyo Mukama gye yatabuliratabulira olulimi lw’ensi yonna. Eyo Mukama gye yabasaasaanyiza okubuna ensi yonna.
That's why it was called Babel, because the Lord made the language of the world confused.
10 Bino bye bifa ku b’olulyo lwa Seemu: Seemu bwe yali ng’aweza emyaka kikumi, n’azaala Alupakusaadi nga wakayita emyaka ebiri okuva ku mataba.
The following is the genealogy of Shem. When Shem was 100, he had Arphaxad. This was two years after the flood.
11 Seemu n’amala emyaka ebikumi bitaano nga Alupakusaadi amaze okusaalibwa. N’azaaliramu abaana aboobulenzi n’aboobuwala.
Shem lived another 500 years after Arphaxad was born and had other sons and daughters.
12 Alupakusaadi bwe yaweza emyaka asatu mu etaano n’azaala Seera,
When Arphaxad was 35, he had Shelah.
13 Alupakusaadi bwe yamala okuzaala Seera n’awangaala emyaka emirala ebikumi bina mu esatu, omwo n’azaaliramu abaana aboobulenzi n’aboobuwala.
Arphaxad lived another 403 years after Shelah was born and had other sons and daughters.
14 Seera bwe yaweza emyaka amakumi asatu n’azaala Eberi,
When Shelah was 30, he had Eber.
15 ate Seera n’aweza emyaka emirala ebikumi bina mu asatu ng’amaze okuzaala Eberi, era omwo n’azaaliramu abaana abalala aboobulenzi n’aboobuwala.
Shelah lived another 403 years after Eber was born and had other sons and daughters.
16 Eberi bwe yaweza emyaka amakumi asatu mu ena n’azaala Peregi.
When Eber was 34, he had Peleg.
17 Eberi bwe yamala okuzaala Peregi n’awangaala emyaka ebikumi bina mu amakumi asatu, omwo n’azaaliramu abaana abalala aboobulenzi n’aboobuwala.
Eber lived another 430 years after Peleg was born and had other sons and daughters.
18 Peregi bwe yaweza emyaka amakumi asatu n’azaala Leewo,
When Peleg was 30, he had Reu.
19 bwe yamala okuzaala Leewo n’awangaala emyaka emirala ebikumi bibiri mu mwenda, n’azaaliramu abaana aboobulenzi n’aboobuwala.
Peleg lived another 209 years after Reu was born and had other sons and daughters.
20 Leewo bwe yaweza emyaka amakumi asatu mu ebiri n’azaala Serugi.
When Reu was 32, he had Serug.
21 N’awangaala emyaka emirala ebikumi bibiri mu musanvu. Omwo n’azaaliramu abaana aboobulenzi n’aboobuwala.
Reu lived another 207 years after Serug was born and had other sons and daughters.
22 Serugi bwe yaweza emyaka amakumi asatu n’azaala Nakoli,
When Serug was 30, he had Nahor.
23 bwe yamala okuzaala Nakoli n’awangaala emyaka emirala ebikumi bibiri. Omwo n’azaaliramu abaana aboobulenzi n’aboobuwala.
Serug lived another 200 years after Nahor was born and had other sons and daughters.
24 Nakoli bwe yaweza emyaka amakumi abiri mu mwenda n’azaala Teera.
When Nahor was 29, he had Terah.
25 Bwe yamala okuzaala Teera n’awangaala emyaka emirala kikumi mu kkumi na mwenda, era omwo n’azaaliramu abaana aboobulenzi n’aboobuwala.
Nahor lived another 119 years after Terah was born and had other sons and daughters.
26 Teera bwe yaweza emyaka nsanvu, n’azaala Ibulaamu, ne Nakoli ne Kalani.
When Terah was 70, he had Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
27 Bino bye bifa ku b’olulyo lwa Teera: Teera ye kitaawe wa Ibulaamu, ne Nakoli ne Kalani; Kalani ye yali kitaawe wa Lutti.
The following is the genealogy of Terah. Terah was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran was the father of Lot.
28 Kalani yafa nga kitaawe Teera tannafa. Yafiira mu Uli ey’Abakaludaaya mwe yazaalirwa.
However, Haran died while his father, Terah, was still alive, in Ur of the Chaldeans, the land of his birth.
29 Ibulaamu ne Nakoli ne bawasa; erinnya lya mukazi wa Ibulaamu lyali Salaayi, ate mukazi wa Nakoli nga ye Mirika, muwala wa Kalani, kitaawe wa Mirika ne Isika.
Abram and Nahor both got married. Abram's wife was named Sarai, and Nahor's wife was named Milcah. (She was the daughter of Haran, who was the father of both Milcah and Iscah).
30 Salaayi yali mugumba, teyalina mwana.
Sarai wasn't able to become pregnant and so had no children.
31 Teera n’atwala Ibulaamu mutabani we Lutti muzzukulu we mutabani wa Kalani, ne Salaayi muka mutabani we Ibulaamu, ne bagenda bonna okuva mu Uli eky’Abakaludaaya okugenda mu nsi ya Kalani; bwe baatuuka mu Kalani, ne babeera omwo.
Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot, (who was the son of Haran), his daughter-in-law Sarai, (the wife of his son Abram), and left Ur of the Chaldeans to move to the land of Canaan. They got as far as Haran and settled there.
32 Emyaka gya Teera gyali ebikumi bibiri mu etaano; Teera n’afiira mu Kalani.
Terah lived for 205 years and died in Haran.
