Kenehi 11
1 Na kotahi tonu te reo o te whenua katoa, rite tonu ano nga korero.
Now the whole world had one language and a common form of speech.
2 A, i a ratou e haere ana whaka te rawhiti, na ka kite ratou i tetahi mania i te whenua o Hinara; a noho ana ratou i reira.
And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
3 Na ka mea ratou ki tona hoa, ki tona hoa, Tena, tatou ka hanga pereki, me ata tahu marire ano hoki. Na ka meinga e ratou he pereki hei kohatu, he uku hoki ta ratou moata.
And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” So they used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar.
4 Na ka mea ratou, Tena, tatou ka hanga i tetahi pa me tetahi pourewa, a kia tutuki a runga ki te rangi, kia whai ingoa ai tatou; kei marara noa atu tatou ki te mata o te whenua katoa.
“Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”
5 Na ka heke iho a Ihowa kia kite i te pa me te pourewa, i hanga nei e nga tama a te tangata.
Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men were building.
6 A ka mea a Ihowa, Nana, kotahi tonu te iwi nei, kotahi ano hoki to ratou reo; a ka timataia nei tenei mahi e ratou: e kore ano ratou e taea te pupuri mai i tetahi mea, e whakaaro ana ratou kia mahia.
And the LORD said, “If they have begun to do this as one people speaking the same language, then nothing they devise will be beyond them.
7 Tena, tatou ka heke atu, ka whakapoauau i o ratou reo i reira, kia kore ai ratou e matau, ia tangata, ia tangata ki te reo o tona hoa.
Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”
8 Na whakamararatia atu ana ratou i reira e Ihowa ki runga ki te mata o te whenua katoa: a mahue ake i a ratou te hanga i te pa.
So the LORD scattered them from there over the face of all the earth, and they stopped building the city.
9 Na kona i huaina ai to reira ingoa ko Papera; no te mea i whakapoauautia e Ihowa i reira te reo o te whenua katoa: no reira ano hoki te whakamararatanga a Ihowa i a ratou ki te mata o te whenua katoa.
That is why it is called Babel, for there the LORD confused the language of the whole world, and from that place the LORD scattered them over the face of all the earth.
10 Ko nga whakatupuranga enei o Hema: ka kotahi rau nga tau o Hema, na ka whanau a Arapahata i te rua o nga tau i muri i te waipuke:
This is the account of Shem. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad.
11 A e rima rau nga tau i ora ai a Hema i muri i te whanautanga o Arapahata, a ka whanau ana tama me ana tamahine.
And after he had become the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.
12 A ka toru tekau ma rima nga tau i ora ai a Arapahata, na ka whanau a Haraha:
When Arphaxad was 35 years old, he became the father of Shelah.
13 A e wha rau e toru nga tau i ora ai a Arapahata i muri i te whanautanga o Haraha, ka whanau ana tama me ana tamahine.
And after he had become the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
14 A ka toru tekau nga tau i ora ai a Haraha, na ka whanau a Epere:
When Shelah was 30 years old, he became the father of Eber.
15 A e wha rau e toru nga tau o Haraha i muri i te whanautanga o Epere, ka whanau ana tama me ana tamahine.
And after he had become the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
16 A e toru tekau ma wha nga tau i ora ai a Epere, ka whanau a Pereke:
When Eber was 34 years old, he became the father of Peleg.
17 E wha rau e toru tekau nga tau i ora ai a Epere i muri i te whanautanga o Pereke, a ka whanau ana tama me ana tamahine.
And after he had become the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.
18 A ka toru tekau nga tau o Pereke, ka whanau a Reu:
When Peleg was 30 years old, he became the father of Reu.
19 A e rua rau e iwa nga tau i ora ai a Pereke i muri i te whanautanga o Reu, ka whanau ana tama me ana tamahine.
And after he had become the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.
20 A ka toru tekau ma rua nga tau o Reu, na ka whanau a Heruka:
When Reu was 32 years old, he became the father of Serug.
21 A e rua rau ma whitu nga tau i ora ai a Reu i muri i te whanautanga o Heruka, ka whanau ana tama me ana tamahine.
And after he had become the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.
22 A ka toru tekau nga tau o Heruka, na ka whanau a Nahora:
When Serug was 30 years old, he became the father of Nahor.
23 A e rua rau nga tau i ora ai a Heruka i muri i te whanautanga o Nahora, ka whanau ana tama me ana tamahine.
And after he had become the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.
24 A e rua tekau ma iwa nga tau i ora ai a Nahora, na ka whanau a Teraha:
When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah.
25 A kotahi rau kotahi tekau ma iwa nga tau i ora ai a Nahora i muri i te whanautanga o Teraha, a ka whanau ana tama me ana tamahine.
And after he had become the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.
26 A ka whitu tekau nga tau i ora ai a Teraha, na ka whanau a Aperama, a Nahora, ratou ko Harana.
When Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
27 Na, ko nga whakatupuranga enei o Teraha: na Teraha ko Aperama, ko Nahora, ratou ko Harana; na Harana ko Rota.
This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.
28 A i mate a Harana i te oranga ano o tona papa o Teraha i te whenua i whanau ai ia, i Uru o nga Karari.
During his father Terah’s lifetime, Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
29 Na ka tango a Aperama raua ko Nahora i etahi wahine ma raua: ko te ingoa o te wahine a Aperama ko Harai, ko te ingoa o te wahine a Nahora ko Mireka tamahine a Harana, papa o Mireka, papa ano hoki o Iheka.
And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. 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 A he pakoko a Harai; kahore ana tamariki.
But Sarai was barren; she had no children.
31 Na ka tango a Teraha i a Aperama i tana tama, raua ko Rota tama a Harana, ko te tama a tana tama, ratou ko tana hunaonga, ko Harai wahine a tana tama a Aperama; a whakatika tahi ana ratou i Uru o nga Karari, haere ana ki te whenua o Kanaana; na ka tae ki Harana, a noho ana i reira.
And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there.
32 A ko nga ra o Teraha e rua rau ma rima tau: na ka mate a Teraha ki Harana.
Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.
