Kenehi 11
1 Na kotahi tonu te reo o te whenua katoa, rite tonu ano nga korero.
And the whole earth is of one pronunciation, and of the same words,
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 it cometh to pass, in their journeying from the east, that they find a valley in the land of Shinar, and dwell 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 say each one to his neighbour, 'Give help, let us make bricks, and burn [them] thoroughly:' and the brick is to them for stone, and the bitumen hath been to them for 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.
And they say, 'Give help, let us build for ourselves a city and tower, and its head in the heavens, and make for ourselves a name, lest we 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.
And Jehovah cometh down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men have builded;
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 Jehovah saith, 'Lo, the people [is] one, and one pronunciation [is] to them all, and this it hath dreamed of doing; and now, nothing is restrained from them of that which they have purposed to do.
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.
Give help, let us go down, and mingle there their pronunciation, so that a man doth not understand the pronunciation of his companion.'
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.
And Jehovah doth scatter them from thence over the face of all the earth, and they cease to build 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.
therefore hath [one] called its name Babel, for there hath Jehovah mingled the pronunciation of all the earth, and from thence hath Jehovah 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:
These [are] births of Shem: Shem [is] a son of an hundred years, and begetteth Arphaxad two years after the deluge.
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 Shem liveth after his begetting Arphaxad five hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
12 A ka toru tekau ma rima nga tau i ora ai a Arapahata, na ka whanau a Haraha:
And Arphaxad hath lived five and thirty years, and begetteth Salah.
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 Arphaxad liveth after his begetting Salah four hundred and three years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
14 A ka toru tekau nga tau i ora ai a Haraha, na ka whanau a Epere:
And Salah hath lived thirty years, and begetteth 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 Salah liveth after his begetting Eber four hundred and three years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
16 A e toru tekau ma wha nga tau i ora ai a Epere, ka whanau a Pereke:
And Eber liveth four and thirty years, and begetteth 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 Eber liveth after his begetting Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
18 A ka toru tekau nga tau o Pereke, ka whanau a Reu:
And Peleg liveth thirty years, and begetteth 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 Peleg liveth after his begetting Reu two hundred and nine years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
20 A ka toru tekau ma rua nga tau o Reu, na ka whanau a Heruka:
And Reu liveth two and thirty years, and begetteth 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 Reu liveth after his begetting Serug two hundred and seven years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
22 A ka toru tekau nga tau o Heruka, na ka whanau a Nahora:
And Serug liveth thirty years, and begetteth 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 Serug liveth after his begetting Nahor two hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
24 A e rua tekau ma iwa nga tau i ora ai a Nahora, na ka whanau a Teraha:
And Nahor liveth nine and twenty years, and begetteth 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 Nahor liveth after his begetting Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begetteth 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.
And Terah liveth seventy years, and begetteth 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.
And these [are] births of Terah: Terah hath begotten Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran hath begotten 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.
and Haran dieth in the presence of Terah his father, in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees.
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 take to themselves wives; the name of Abram's wife [is] Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife [is] Milcah, daughter of Haran, father of Milcah, and father of Iscah.
30 A he pakoko a Harai; kahore ana tamariki.
And Sarai is barren — she hath no child.
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 taketh Abram his son, and Lot, son of Haran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, wife of Abram his son, and they go out with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go towards the land of Canaan; and they come unto Charan, and dwell there.
32 A ko nga ra o Teraha e rua rau ma rima tau: na ka mate a Teraha ki Harana.
And the days of Terah are two hundred and five years, and Terah dieth in Charan.
