Uumama 11
1 Bara sana addunyaan guutuun afaan tokkoo fi haasaa tokko qaba ture.
Now the whole world had one language and a common form of speech.
2 Namoonni akkuma gara baʼa biiftuutti godaananiin, Shineʼaar keessatti lafa diriiraa argatanii achi qubatan.
And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
3 Isaanis, “Kottaa mee xuubii hojjennee ibiddaan gubnaa” waliin jedhan. Isaanis qooda dhagaa, xuubiitti fayyadaman; hapheedhaaf immoo leeleetti fayyadaman.
And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” So they used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar.
4 Ergasii, “Kottaa mee akka ofii keenyaa maqaa argannuu fi akka addunyaa guutuu irra hin bibittinnoofneef magaalaa gamoon isaa samii qaqqabu tokko ijaarrannaa” jedhan.
“Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”
5 Waaqayyo garuu magaalaa fi gamoo isaan ijaaraa turan sana ilaaluuf gad buʼe.
Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men were building.
6 Waaqayyos akkana jedhe; “Erga isaan akka saba tokko kan afaanuma tokko dubbatuutti waan kana hojjechuu jalqabanii, yoos amma wanni isaan hojjechuuf karoorfatan kan isaaniif hin dandaʼamne tokko iyyuu hin jiraatu.
And the LORD said, “If they have begun to do this as one people speaking the same language, then nothing they devise will be beyond them.
7 Kottaa mee gad buunee, akka isaan wal hin hubanneef afaan isaanii waliin dhoofnaa!”
Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”
8 Kanaafuu Waaqayyo achii isaan baasee lafa hunda irra isaan bittinneesse; isaanis magaalaa ijaaruu dhiisan.
So the LORD scattered them from there over the face of all the earth, and they stopped building the city.
9 Waan Waaqayyo achitti afaan addunyaa hunda waliin makeef iddoon sun Baabilon jedhame; Waaqayyo iddoo sanaa isaan baasee lafa hunda irra isaan bittinneesse.
That is why it is called Babel, for there the LORD confused the language of the whole world, and from that place the LORD scattered them over the face of all the earth.
10 Seenaan maatii Seem kana. Bishaan badiisaa booddee waggaa lamatti Seem yeroo umuriin isaa waggaa 100 guutetti Arfaakshadin dhalche.
This is the account of Shem. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad.
11 Seem erga Arfaakshadin dhalchee booddee waggaa 500 jiraatee ilmaanii fi intallan biraa dhalche.
And after he had become the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.
12 Arfaakshad waggaa 35 jiraatee Sheelaa dhalche.
When Arphaxad was 35 years old, he became the father of Shelah.
13 Arfaakshad erga Sheelaa dhalchee booddee waggaa 403 jiraatee ilmaanii fi intallan biraa dhalche.
And after he had become the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
14 Sheelaan waggaa 30 jiraatee Eeberin dhalche.
When Shelah was 30 years old, he became the father of Eber.
15 Sheelaan erga Eeberin dhalchee booddee waggaa 403 jiraatee ilmaanii fi intallan biraa dhalche.
And after he had become the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
16 Eeber waggaa 34 jiraatee Felegin dhalche.
When Eber was 34 years old, he became the father of Peleg.
17 Eeber erga Felegin dhalchee booddee waggaa 430 jiraatee ilmaanii fi intallan biraa dhalche.
And after he had become the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.
18 Felegi waggaa 30 jiraatee Reʼuu dhalche.
When Peleg was 30 years old, he became the father of Reu.
19 Felegi erga Reʼuu dhalchee booddee waggaa 209 jiraatee ilmaanii fi intallan biraas dhalche.
And after he had become the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.
20 Reʼuun waggaa 32 jiraatee Seruugin dhalche.
When Reu was 32 years old, he became the father of Serug.
21 Reʼuun erga Seruugin dhalchee booddee waggaa 207 jiraatee ilmaanii fi intallan biraa dhalche.
And after he had become the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.
22 Seruugi waggaa 30 jiraatee Naahoorin dhalche.
When Serug was 30 years old, he became the father of Nahor.
23 Seruugi erga Naahoorin dhalchee booddee waggaa 200 jiraatee ilmaanii fi intallan biraa dhalche.
And after he had become the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.
24 Naahoor waggaa 29 jiraatee Taaraa dhalche.
When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah.
25 Naahoor erga Taaraa dhalchee booddee waggaa 119 jiraatee ilmaanii fi intallan biraa dhalche.
And after he had become the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.
26 Taaraan waggaa 70 jiraatee Abraam, Naahoorii fi Haaraanin dhalche.
When Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
27 Seenaan maatii Taaraa kana. Taaraan Abraam, Naahoorii fi Haaraanin dhalche. Haaraan immoo Looxin dhalche.
This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.
28 Haaraan utuma abbaan isaa Taaraan jiruu Uuri biyya Kaldootaa keessatti lafuma itti dhalatetti duʼe.
During his father Terah’s lifetime, Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
29 Abraamii fi Naahoor niitii fuudhan. Maqaan niitii Abraam Saaraa, maqaan niitii Naahoor immoo Miilkaa ture. Miilkaan intala Haaraan. Haaraan kun immoo abbaa Miikaatii fi Yiskaa ture.
And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. Abram’s wife was named Sarai, and Nahor’s wife was named Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, who was the father of both Milcah and Iscah.
30 Saaraan dhabduu turte; ijoollees hin deenye.
But Sarai was barren; she had no children.
31 Taaraan ilma isaa Abraamin, ilma ilma isaa jechuunis Loox ilma Haaraanii fi niitii ilma isaa jechuunis Saaraa niitii Abraam fudhatee Kanaʼaan dhaquuf, Uuri biyya Kaldootaatii walii wajjin baʼan; garuu yeroo Kaaraan gaʼanitti achuma qubatan.
And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there.
32 Taaraan waggaa 205 jiraatee Kaaraanitti duʼe.
Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.
