UGenesisi 11
1 Umhlaba wonke wawulolimi lunye lokukhuluma okufananayo.
And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
2 Kwathi abantu belokhu beqhelela empumalanga, bafumana indawo evulekileyo eShinari basebesakha khona.
And it came to pass as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there.
3 Basebetshelana bathi, “Kasitshayeni izitina sizitshise kakhulu.” Babesebenzisa izitina endaweni yamatshe, lethara endaweni yodaka.
And they said one to another, come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar.
4 Basebesithi, “Zwanini, kasizakheleni idolobho libe lomphongolo ofika emazulwini, ukuze sizenzele ibizo singaze sasabalala umhlaba wonke.”
And they said, come, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top [may reach] to heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we should be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
5 Kodwa uThixo wehla wazalibona idolobho kanye lomphongolo abantu ababewakha.
And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men were building.
6 UThixo wathi, “Nxa bengabantu banye bekhuluma limi lunye sebeqalisile ukwenza lokhu, pho kakukho okungabehlula.
And the LORD said, Behold, the people [is] one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
7 Zwanini, kasehleni siye phansi sisanganise ulimi lwabo bangabe besazwana.”
Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
8 Kanjalo uThixo wabahlakaza emhlabeni wonke, bayekela ukwakha idolobho.
So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
9 Kungakho labizwa ngokuthi yiBhabheli, ngoba khonapho uThixo wasanganisa ulimi lomhlaba wonke. Kusukela lapho uThixo wabahlakazela emhlabeni wonke.
Therefore is the name of it called Babel, because the LORD there confounded the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
10 Lo ngumlando wosendo lukaShemu. Eminyakeni emibili emva kukazamcolo, uShemu eseleminyaka elikhulu wazala u-Afazadi.
These [are] the generations of Shem: Shem [was] a hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:
11 Esezele u-Afazadi, uShemu waphila okweminyaka engamakhulu amahlanu, njalo waba lamanye amadodana lamadodakazi.
And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
12 Kwathi u-Afazadi esephile iminyaka engamatshumi amathathu lanhlanu, wazala uShela.
And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah.
13 Esezele uShela, u-Afazadi waphila okweminyaka engamakhulu amane lantathu, njalo waba lamanye amadodana lamadodakazi.
And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
14 UShela esephile iminyaka engamatshumi amathathu wazala u-Ebha.
And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:
15 Esezele u-Ebha, uShela waphila okweminyaka engamakhulu amane lantathu, njalo waba lamanye amadodana lamadodakazi.
And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
16 U-Ebha esephile iminyaka engamatshumi amathathu lane wazala uPhelegi.
And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:
17 Esezele uPhelegi, u-Ebha waphila okweminyaka engamakhulu amane lamatshumi amathathu, njalo waba lamanye amadodana lamadodakazi.
And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.
18 UPhelegi esephile iminyaka engamatshumi amathathu, wazala uRewu.
And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:
19 Esezele uRewu, uPhelegi waphila okweminyaka engamakhulu amabili lesificamunwemunye, njalo waba lamanye amadodana lamadodakazi.
And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.
20 Kwathi uRewu esephile iminyaka engamatshumi amathathu lambili, wazala uSerugi.
And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug.
21 Esezele uSerugi, uRewu waphila okweminyaka engamakhulu amabili lesikhombisa, njalo waba lamanye amadodana lamadodakazi.
And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.
22 Kwathi uSerugi esephile iminyaka engamatshumi amathathu, wazala uNahori.
And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:
23 Esezele uNahori, uSerugi waphila okweminyaka engamakhulu amabili, njalo waba lamanye amadodana lamadodakazi.
And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
24 UNahori esephile iminyaka engamatshumi amabili lesificamunwemunye wazala uThera.
And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah.
25 Esezele uThera, uNahori waphila okweminyaka elikhulu letshumi lesificamunwemunye, njalo waba lamanye amadodana lamadodakazi.
And Nahor lived after he begat Terah a hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.
26 UThera esephile iminyaka engamatshumi ayisikhombisa wazala u-Abhrama, uNahori loHarani.
And Terah lived seventy years, and begat 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 begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran: and Haran begat 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 nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
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 them wives: the name of Abram's wife [was] Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
30 Kodwa uSarayi wayeyinyumba; wayengelabantwana.
But 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, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran, and dwelt 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.
