UGenesisi 11
1 Umhlaba wonke wawulolimi lunye lokukhuluma okufananayo.
The whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
2 Kwathi abantu belokhu beqhelela empumalanga, bafumana indawo evulekileyo eShinari basebesakha khona.
It happened, as they traveled from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they settled there.
3 Basebetshelana bathi, “Kasitshayeni izitina sizitshise kakhulu.” Babesebenzisa izitina endaweni yamatshe, lethara endaweni yodaka.
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 Basebesithi, “Zwanini, kasizakheleni idolobho libe lomphongolo ofika emazulwini, ukuze sizenzele ibizo singaze sasabalala umhlaba wonke.”
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 Kodwa uThixo wehla wazalibona idolobho kanye lomphongolo abantu ababewakha.
And God came down to see the city and the tower, that humankind was building.
6 UThixo wathi, “Nxa bengabantu banye bekhuluma limi lunye sebeqalisile ukwenza lokhu, pho kakukho okungabehlula.
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 Zwanini, kasehleni siye phansi sisanganise ulimi lwabo bangabe besazwana.”
Come, let us go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech."
8 Kanjalo uThixo wabahlakaza emhlabeni wonke, bayekela ukwakha idolobho.
Then God scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth; so they ceased building the city.
9 Kungakho labizwa ngokuthi yiBhabheli, ngoba khonapho uThixo wasanganisa ulimi lomhlaba wonke. Kusukela lapho uThixo wabahlakazela emhlabeni wonke.
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 Lo ngumlando wosendo lukaShemu. Eminyakeni emibili emva kukazamcolo, uShemu eseleminyaka elikhulu wazala u-Afazadi.
These are the generations of Shem. Shem was one hundred years old and became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood.
11 Esezele u-Afazadi, uShemu waphila okweminyaka engamakhulu amahlanu, njalo waba lamanye amadodana lamadodakazi.
Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arpachshad, and fathered sons and daughters.
12 Kwathi u-Afazadi esephile iminyaka engamatshumi amathathu lanhlanu, wazala uShela.
And Arpachshad lived one hundred and thirty-five years and became the father of Kenan.
13 Esezele uShela, u-Afazadi waphila okweminyaka engamakhulu amane lantathu, njalo waba lamanye amadodana lamadodakazi.
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 UShela esephile iminyaka engamatshumi amathathu wazala u-Ebha.
Shelah lived one hundred and thirty years, and became the father of Eber:
15 Esezele u-Ebha, uShela waphila okweminyaka engamakhulu amane lantathu, njalo waba lamanye amadodana lamadodakazi.
and Shelah lived four hundred and three years after he became the father of Eber, and fathered sons and daughters.
16 U-Ebha esephile iminyaka engamatshumi amathathu lane wazala uPhelegi.
Eber lived one hundred and thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg.
17 Esezele uPhelegi, u-Ebha waphila okweminyaka engamakhulu amane lamatshumi amathathu, njalo waba lamanye amadodana lamadodakazi.
Eber lived three hundred and seventy years after he became the father of Peleg, and fathered sons and daughters.
18 UPhelegi esephile iminyaka engamatshumi amathathu, wazala uRewu.
Peleg lived one hundred and thirty years, and became the father of Reu.
19 Esezele uRewu, uPhelegi waphila okweminyaka engamakhulu amabili lesificamunwemunye, njalo waba lamanye amadodana lamadodakazi.
Peleg lived two hundred and nine years after he became the father of Reu, and fathered sons and daughters.
20 Kwathi uRewu esephile iminyaka engamatshumi amathathu lambili, wazala uSerugi.
Reu lived one hundred and thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug.
21 Esezele uSerugi, uRewu waphila okweminyaka engamakhulu amabili lesikhombisa, njalo waba lamanye amadodana lamadodakazi.
Reu lived two hundred and seven years after he became the father of Serug, and fathered sons and daughters.
22 Kwathi uSerugi esephile iminyaka engamatshumi amathathu, wazala uNahori.
Serug lived one hundred and thirty years, and became the father of Nahor.
23 Esezele uNahori, uSerugi waphila okweminyaka engamakhulu amabili, njalo waba lamanye amadodana lamadodakazi.
Serug lived two hundred years after he became the father of Nahor, and fathered sons and daughters.
24 UNahori esephile iminyaka engamatshumi amabili lesificamunwemunye wazala uThera.
Nahor lived seventy-nine years, and became the father of Terah.
25 Esezele uThera, uNahori waphila okweminyaka elikhulu letshumi lesificamunwemunye, njalo waba lamanye amadodana lamadodakazi.
Nahor lived one hundred and twenty-nine years after he became the father of Terah, and fathered sons and daughters.
26 UThera esephile iminyaka engamatshumi ayisikhombisa wazala u-Abhrama, uNahori loHarani.
Terah lived seventy years, and became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
27 Lo ngumlando wosendo lukaThera. UThera wazala u-Abhrama, uNahori loHarani. Kwathi uHarani wazala uLothi.
Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.
28 Kwathi uyise uThera esaphila uHarani wafa bese-Uri idolobho lamaKhaladiya, elizweni lokuzalwa kwakhe.
And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur Kasdim.
29 U-Abhrama loNahori bathatha bobabili. Ibizo lomka-Abhrama lalinguSarayi, kwathi ibizo likamkaNahori linguMilikha; wayeyindodakazi kaHarani uyise kaMilikha kanye lo-Isikha.
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 Kodwa uSarayi wayeyinyumba; wayengelabantwana.
And Sarai was barren. She had no child.
31 UThera wathatha indodana yakhe u-Abhrama, lomzukulu wakhe uLothi indodana kaHarani, lomalokazana wakhe uSarayi umfazi wendodana yakhe u-Abhrama, basuka bonke e-Uri lamaKhaladiya baqonda eKhenani. Kodwa bafika eHarani basebesakha khona.
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 UThera waphila okweminyaka engamakhulu amabili lanhlanu, wafela eHarani.
And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years. And Terah died in Haran.
