UGenesisi 5
1 Lolu lugwalo lwezizukulwana zikaAdamu. Mhla uNkulunkulu edala umuntu, wamenza ngokomfanekiso kaNkulunkulu.
Here is a list of the descendants of Adam. When God created humans, he caused them to be like him in many ways.
2 Wabadala owesilisa lowesifazana, wasebabusisa, wasebiza ibizo labo wathi ngabantu, mhla bedalwa.
He created one man and one woman. He blessed them, and on the day that he created them, he called them ‘human beings’.
3 UAdamu wasephila iminyaka elikhulu lamatshumi amathathu; wasezala indodana efuzweni lwakhe njengokomfanekiso wakhe, wabiza ibizo layo wathi nguSeti.
When Adam was 130 years old, he became the father of a son who [grew up to] be just like him. That was the son he named Seth.
4 Njalo izinsuku zikaAdamu esezele uSeti zaba yiminyaka engamakhulu ayisificaminwembili; wasezala amadodana lamadodakazi.
After Seth was born, Adam lived 800 more years, and during those years he became the father of other sons and daughters.
5 Zonke-ke izinsuku zikaAdamu, aziphilayo, zaba yiminyaka engamakhulu ayisificamunwemunye lamatshumi amathathu, wasesifa.
Adam lived 930 years altogether, and then he died.
6 USeti wasephila iminyaka elikhulu lanhlanu; wazala uEnosi.
When Seth was 105 years old, he became the father of Enosh.
7 USeti wasephila esezele uEnosi iminyaka engamakhulu ayisificaminwembili lesikhombisa; wazala amadodana lamadodakazi.
After Enosh was born, Seth lived 807 more years, and became the father of other sons and daughters.
8 Zonke-ke izinsuku zikaSeti zaziyiminyaka engamakhulu ayisificamunwemunye letshumi lambili; wasesifa.
Seth lived 912 years altogether, and then he died.
9 UEnosi wasephila iminyaka engamatshumi ayisificamunwemunye, wazala uKenani.
When Enosh was 90 years old, he became the father of Kenan.
10 UEnosi wasephila, esezele uKenani, iminyaka engamakhulu ayisificaminwembili letshumi lanhlanu; wazala amadodana lamadodakazi.
After Kenan was born, Enosh lived 815 more years and became the father of other sons and daughters.
11 Zonke-ke izinsuku zikaEnosi zaziyiminyaka engamakhulu ayisificamunwemunye lanhlanu; wasesifa.
Enosh lived 905 years altogether, and then he died.
12 UKenani wasephila iminyaka engamatshumi ayisikhombisa, wazala uMahalaleli.
When Kenan was 70 years old, he became the father of Mahalalel.
13 UKenani wasephila, esezele uMahalaleli, iminyaka engamakhulu ayisificaminwembili lamatshumi amane; wazala amadodana lamadodakazi.
After Mahalalel was born, Kenan lived 840 more years and became the father of other sons and daughters.
14 Zonke-ke izinsuku zikaKenani zaziyiminyaka engamakhulu ayisificamunwemunye letshumi, wasesifa.
Kenan lived 910 years altogether, and then he died.
15 UMahalaleli wasephila iminyaka engamatshumi ayisithupha lanhlanu, wazala uJaredi.
When Mahalalel was 65 years old, he became the father of Jared.
16 UMahalaleli wasephila, esezele uJaredi, iminyaka engamakhulu ayisificaminwembili lamatshumi amathathu; wazala amadodana lamadodakazi.
After Jared was born, Mahalalel lived 830 more years and became the father of other sons and daughters.
17 Zonke-ke izinsuku zikaMahalaleli zaziyiminyaka engamakhulu ayisificaminwembili lamatshumi ayisificamunwemunye lanhlanu; wasesifa.
Mahalalel lived 895 years altogether, and then he died.
18 UJaredi wasephila iminyaka elikhulu lamatshumi ayisithupha lambili, wazala uEnoki.
When Jared was 162 years old, he became the father of Enoch.
19 UJaredi wasephila, esezele uEnoki, iminyaka engamakhulu ayisificaminwembili; wazala amadodana lamadodakazi.
Jared lived 800 years after Enoch was born, and he became the father of other sons and daughters.
20 Zonke-ke izinsuku zikaJaredi zaziyiminyaka engamakhulu ayisificamunwemunye lamatshumi ayisithupha lambili; wasesifa.
Jared lived 962 years altogether, and then he died.
21 UEnoki wasephila iminyaka engamatshumi ayisithupha lanhlanu, wazala uMethusela.
When Enoch was 65 years old, he became the father of Methuselah.
22 UEnoki wasehamba loNkulunkulu, esezele uMethusela, iminyaka engamakhulu amathathu; wazala amadodana lamadodakazi.
Enoch lived in close fellowship with God for 300 years after Methuselah was born, and he became the father of other sons and daughters.
23 Zonke-ke izinsuku zikaEnoki zaziyiminyaka engamakhulu amathathu lamatshumi ayisithupha lanhlanu.
Enoch lived 365 years altogether in close fellowship with God.
24 UEnoki wasehamba loNkulunkulu; kasekho, ngoba uNkulunkulu wamthatha.
Then one day he disappeared, because God took him away [to be with him in heaven].
25 UMethusela wasephila iminyaka elikhulu lamatshumi ayisificaminwembili lesikhombisa, wazala uLameki.
When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech.
26 UMethusela wasephila, esezele uLameki, iminyaka engamakhulu ayisikhombisa lamatshumi ayisificaminwembili lambili; wazala amadodana lamadodakazi.
Methuselah lived 782 years after Lamech was born, and became the father of other sons and daughters.
27 Zonke-ke izinsuku zikaMethusela zaziyiminyaka engamakhulu ayisificamunwemunye lamatshumi ayisithupha lesificamunwemunye; wasesifa.
Methuselah lived 969 years altogether, and then he died.
28 ULameki wasephila iminyaka elikhulu lamatshumi ayisificaminwembili lambili, wazala indodana.
When Lamech was 182 years old, he became the father of a son,
29 Wasebiza ibizo layo wathi nguNowa esithi: Lo uzasiduduza ekusebenzeni kwethu lekutshikatshikeni kwezandla zethu, ngenxa yomhlabathi, ewuqalekisileyo iNkosi.
whom he named Noah, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘relief’], because he said, “He will bring us relief from all the hard work we have been doing to produce food from the ground that Yahweh cursed.”
30 ULameki wasephila, esezele uNowa, iminyaka engamakhulu amahlanu lamatshumi ayisificamunwemunye lanhlanu; wazala amadodana lamadodakazi.
Lamech lived 595 years after Noah was born and became the father of other sons and daughters.
31 Zonke-ke izinsuku zikaLameki zaziyiminyaka engamakhulu ayisikhombisa lamatshumi ayisikhombisa lesikhombisa; wasesifa.
Lamech lived 777 years altogether, and then he died.
32 UNowa waba leminyaka engamakhulu amahlanu, uNowa wasezala uShemu, uHamu, loJafethi.
When Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of a son whom he named Shem. Later he became the father of another son whom he named Ham, and later he became the father of another son whom he named Japheth.
