UGenesisi 11
1 Umhlaba wonke-ke wawulolimi lunye, lamazwi manye.
Now the whole earth used one language and had the same words.
2 Kwasekusithi ekuhambeni kwabo bevela empumalanga bafica igceke elizweni leShinari, basebehlala khona.
As they journeyed in the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and they settled there.
3 Basebesithi ngulowo lalowo kumakhelwane wakhe: Wozani, asenzeni izitina sizitshise lokuzitshisa; lesitina saba lilitshe kubo, lengcino yaba ludaka kubo.
They said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They had brick instead of stone and tar as mortar.
4 Basebesithi: Wozani, asizakheleni umuzi lomphotshongo osihloko sawo sisemazulwini, besesizenzela ibizo, hlezi sihlakazeke ebusweni bomhlaba wonke.
They said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower whose top will reach to the sky, and let us make a name for ourselves. If we do not, we will be scattered across the surface of the whole earth.”
5 INkosi yasisehla ukubona umuzi lomphotshongo abantwana babantu abawakhayo.
So Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower which the descendants of Adam had built.
6 INkosi yasisithi: Khangela, yisizwe sinye, njalo balolimi lunye bonke, njalo yikho abaqala ukukwenza; khathesi-ke akulalutho olungabehlula abamisa ukulwenza.
Yahweh said, “Look, they are one people with the same language, and they are beginning to do this! Soon nothing that they intend to do will be impossible for them.
7 Wozani, asehle, siphambanise lapho ulimi lwabo, ukuze bangezwa, ngulowo lalowo ulimi lomakhelwane wakhe.
Come, let us go down and confuse their language there, so that they may not understand each other.”
8 Ngakho iNkosi yabahlakazela ebusweni bomhlaba wonke besuka lapho; basebesima ukwakha umuzi.
So Yahweh scattered them from there across the surface of all the earth and they stopped building the city.
9 Ngalokho kwabizwa ibizo lawo ngokuthi iBabeli, ngoba lapho iNkosi yaphambanisa ulimi lomhlaba wonke; kusukela lapho iNkosi yabahlakaza ebusweni bomhlaba wonke.
Therefore, its name was called Babel, because there Yahweh confused the language of the whole earth and from there Yahweh scattered them abroad over the surface of all the earth.
10 Lezi yizizukulwana zikaShemu. UShemu wayeleminyaka elikhulu, wasezala uArpakishadi, iminyaka emibili emva kukazamcolo.
These were the descendants of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old, and he became the father of Arphaxad two years after the flood.
11 UShemu wasephila, esezele uArpakishadi, iminyaka engamakhulu amahlanu; wazala amadodana lamadodakazi.
Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arphaxad. He also became the father of other sons and daughters.
12 UArpakishadi wasephila iminyaka engamatshumi amathathu lanhlanu, wazala uShela.
When Arphaxad had lived thirty-five years, he became the father of Shelah.
13 UArpakishadi wasephila, esezele uShela, iminyaka engamakhulu amane lantathu; wazala amadodana lamadodakazi.
Arphaxad lived 403 years after he became the father of Shelah. He also became the father of other sons and daughters.
14 UShela wasephila iminyaka engamatshumi amathathu, wazala uEberi.
When Shelah had lived thirty years, he became the father of Eber.
15 UShela wasephila, esezele uEberi, iminyaka engamakhulu amane lantathu; wazala amadodana lamadodakazi.
Shelah lived 403 years after he became the father of Eber. He also became the father of other sons and daughters.
16 UEberi wasephila iminyaka engamatshumi amathathu lane, wazala uPelegi.
When Eber had lived thirty-four years, he became the father of Peleg.
17 UEberi wasephila, esezele uPelegi, iminyaka engamakhulu amane lamatshumi amathathu; wazala amadodana lamadodakazi.
Eber lived 430 years after he became the father of Peleg. He also became the father of other sons and daughters.
18 UPelegi wasephila iminyaka engamatshumi amathathu, wazala uRewu.
When Peleg had lived thirty years, he became the father of Reu.
19 UPelegi wasephila, esezele uRewu, iminyaka engamakhulu amabili layisificamunwemunye; wazala amadodana lamadodakazi.
Peleg lived 209 years after he became the father of Reu. He also became the father of other sons and daughters.
20 URewu wasephila iminyaka engamatshumi amathathu lambili, wazala uSerugi.
When Reu had lived thirty-two years, he became the father of Serug.
21 URewu wasephila, esezele uSerugi, iminyaka engamakhulu amabili lesikhombisa; wazala amadodana lamadodakazi.
Reu lived 207 years after he became the father of Serug. He also became the father of other sons and daughters.
22 USerugi wasephila iminyaka engamatshumi amathathu, wazala uNahori.
When Serug had lived thirty years, he became the father of Nahor.
23 USerugi wasephila, esezele uNahori, iminyaka engamakhulu amabili; wazala amadodana lamadodakazi.
Serug lived two hundred years after he became the father of Nahor. He also became the father of other sons and daughters.
24 UNahori wasephila iminyaka engamatshumi amabili lesificamunwemunye, wazala uTera.
When Nahor had live twenty-nine years, he became the father of Terah.
25 UNahori wasephila, esezele uTera, iminyaka elikhulu lamatshumi ayisificamunwemunye; wazala amadodana lamadodakazi.
Nahor lived 119 years after he became the father of Terah. He also became the father of other sons and daughters.
26 UTera wasephila iminyaka engamatshumi ayisikhombisa, wazala uAbrama, uNahori loHarani.
After Terah had lived seventy years, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
27 Lalezi yizizukulwana zikaTera. UTera wazala uAbrama, uNahori loHarani; uHarani wasezala uLothi.
Now these were the descendants of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran, and Haran became the father of Lot.
28 UHarani wasesifa phambi kukayise uTera, elizweni lokuzalwa kwakhe, eUri yamaKhaladiya.
Haran died in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
29 OAbrama loNahori basebezithathela abafazi; ibizo lomkaAbrama nguSarayi, lebizo lomkaNahori nguMilka, indodakazi kaHarani, uyise kaMilka loyise kaIska.
Abram and Nahor took wives. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai and the name of Nahor's wife was Milkah, a daughter of Haran, who was the father of Milkah and Iskah.
30 Kodwa uSarayi wayeyinyumba; wayengelamntwana.
Now Sarai was barren; she had no child.
31 UTera wasethatha uAbrama indodana yakhe, loLothi indodana kaHarani, indodana yendodana yakhe, loSarayi umalokazana wakhe, umkaAbrama indodana yakhe; basebesuka labo eUri yamaKhaladiya, ukuya elizweni leKhanani; basebefika eHarani, bahlala khona.
Terah took Abram his son, Lot the son of his son Haran, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife, and together they left Ur of the Chaldeans, to go into the land of Canaan. But they came to Haran and stayed there.
32 Lensuku zikaTera zaziyiminyaka engamakhulu amabili lanhlanu; uTera wasefela eHarani.
Terah lived 205 years and then died in Haran.
