Olubereberye 11
1 Ensi yonna yalina olulimi lumu, nga bakozesa ebigambo bye bimu.
The whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
2 Abantu bwe baava oluuyi olw’ebuvanjuba ne batuuka mu lusenyi nsi ya Sinaali ne babeera omwo.
It happened, as they traveled from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and 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.
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 Awo ne bagamba nti, “Mujje twezimbire ekibuga, tutuuse omunaala gwakyo ku ggulu; twekolere erinnya, tuleme okusaasaanyizibwa okubuna ensi yonna.”
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 Naye Mukama nakka okulaba ekibuga n’omunaala, abaana b’abantu kye baali bazimba.
And God came down to see the city and the tower, that humankind was 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.
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 Mujje, tukke wansi tutabuletabule olulimi lwabwe, baleme kutegeeragana.”
Come, let us go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech."
8 Bw’atyo Mukama n’abasaasaanya ne babuna ensi yonna, n’ekibuga kyabwe ne batakimaliriza.
Then God scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth; so they ceased 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.
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 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.
These are the generations of Shem. Shem was one hundred years old and became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood.
11 Seemu n’amala emyaka ebikumi bitaano nga Alupakusaadi amaze okusaalibwa. N’azaaliramu abaana aboobulenzi n’aboobuwala.
Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arpachshad, and fathered sons and daughters.
12 Alupakusaadi bwe yaweza emyaka asatu mu etaano n’azaala Seera,
And Arpachshad lived one hundred and thirty-five years and became the father of Kenan.
13 Alupakusaadi bwe yamala okuzaala Seera n’awangaala emyaka emirala ebikumi bina mu esatu, omwo n’azaaliramu abaana aboobulenzi n’aboobuwala.
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 Seera bwe yaweza emyaka amakumi asatu n’azaala Eberi,
Shelah lived one hundred and thirty years, and became the father of 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.
and Shelah lived four hundred and three years after he became the father of Eber, and fathered sons and daughters.
16 Eberi bwe yaweza emyaka amakumi asatu mu ena n’azaala Peregi.
Eber lived one hundred and thirty-four years, and became the father of 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 three hundred and seventy years after he became the father of Peleg, and fathered sons and daughters.
18 Peregi bwe yaweza emyaka amakumi asatu n’azaala Leewo,
Peleg lived one hundred and thirty years, and became the father of Reu.
19 bwe yamala okuzaala Leewo n’awangaala emyaka emirala ebikumi bibiri mu mwenda, n’azaaliramu abaana aboobulenzi n’aboobuwala.
Peleg lived two hundred and nine years after he became the father of Reu, and fathered sons and daughters.
20 Leewo bwe yaweza emyaka amakumi asatu mu ebiri n’azaala Serugi.
Reu lived one hundred and thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug.
21 N’awangaala emyaka emirala ebikumi bibiri mu musanvu. Omwo n’azaaliramu abaana aboobulenzi n’aboobuwala.
Reu lived two hundred and seven years after he became the father of Serug, and fathered sons and daughters.
22 Serugi bwe yaweza emyaka amakumi asatu n’azaala Nakoli,
Serug lived one hundred and thirty years, and became the father of Nahor.
23 bwe yamala okuzaala Nakoli n’awangaala emyaka emirala ebikumi bibiri. Omwo n’azaaliramu abaana aboobulenzi n’aboobuwala.
Serug lived two hundred years after he became the father of Nahor, and fathered sons and daughters.
24 Nakoli bwe yaweza emyaka amakumi abiri mu mwenda n’azaala Teera.
Nahor lived seventy-nine years, and became the father of 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 one hundred and twenty-nine years after he became the father of Terah, and fathered sons and daughters.
26 Teera bwe yaweza emyaka nsanvu, n’azaala Ibulaamu, ne Nakoli ne Kalani.
Terah lived seventy years, and became the father of 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.
Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.
28 Kalani yafa nga kitaawe Teera tannafa. Yafiira mu Uli ey’Abakaludaaya mwe yazaalirwa.
And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur Kasdim.
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.
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 Salaayi yali mugumba, teyalina mwana.
And Sarai was barren. She had no child.
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.
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 Emyaka gya Teera gyali ebikumi bibiri mu etaano; Teera n’afiira mu Kalani.
And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years. And Terah died in Haran.
