Uumama 11
1 Bara sana addunyaan guutuun afaan tokkoo fi haasaa tokko qaba ture.
And all the earth had one language and one tongue.
2 Namoonni akkuma gara baʼa biiftuutti godaananiin, Shineʼaar keessatti lafa diriiraa argatanii achi qubatan.
And it came about that in their wandering from the east, they came to a stretch of flat country in the land of Shinar, and there they made their living-place.
3 Isaanis, “Kottaa mee xuubii hojjennee ibiddaan gubnaa” waliin jedhan. Isaanis qooda dhagaa, xuubiitti fayyadaman; hapheedhaaf immoo leeleetti fayyadaman.
And they said one to another, Come, let us make bricks, burning them well. And they had bricks for stone, putting them together with sticky earth.
4 Ergasii, “Kottaa mee akka ofii keenyaa maqaa argannuu fi akka addunyaa guutuu irra hin bibittinnoofneef magaalaa gamoon isaa samii qaqqabu tokko ijaarrannaa” jedhan.
And they said, Come, let us make a town, and a tower whose top will go up as high as heaven; and let us make a great name for ourselves, so that we may not be wanderers over the face of the earth.
5 Waaqayyo garuu magaalaa fi gamoo isaan ijaaraa turan sana ilaaluuf gad buʼe.
And the Lord came down to see the town and the tower which the children 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, See, they are all one people and have all one language; and this is only the start of what they may do: and now it will not be possible to keep them from any purpose of theirs.
7 Kottaa mee gad buunee, akka isaan wal hin hubanneef afaan isaanii waliin dhoofnaa!”
Come, let us go down and take away the sense of their language, so that they will not be able to make themselves clear to one another.
8 Kanaafuu Waaqayyo achii isaan baasee lafa hunda irra isaan bittinneesse; isaanis magaalaa ijaaruu dhiisan.
So the Lord God sent them away into every part of the earth: and they gave up building their town.
9 Waan Waaqayyo achitti afaan addunyaa hunda waliin makeef iddoon sun Baabilon jedhame; Waaqayyo iddoo sanaa isaan baasee lafa hunda irra isaan bittinneesse.
So it was named Babel, because there the Lord took away the sense of all languages and from there the Lord sent them away over all the face of the earth.
10 Seenaan maatii Seem kana. Bishaan badiisaa booddee waggaa lamatti Seem yeroo umuriin isaa waggaa 100 guutetti Arfaakshadin dhalche.
These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old when he became the father of Arpachshad, two years after the great flow of waters;
11 Seem erga Arfaakshadin dhalchee booddee waggaa 500 jiraatee ilmaanii fi intallan biraa dhalche.
And after the birth of Arpachshad, Shem went on living for five hundred years, and had sons and daughters:
12 Arfaakshad waggaa 35 jiraatee Sheelaa dhalche.
And Arpachshad was thirty-five years old when he became the father of Shelah:
13 Arfaakshad erga Sheelaa dhalchee booddee waggaa 403 jiraatee ilmaanii fi intallan biraa dhalche.
And after the birth of Shelah, Arpachshad went on living for four hundred and three years, and had sons and daughters:
14 Sheelaan waggaa 30 jiraatee Eeberin dhalche.
And Shelah was thirty years old when he became the father of Eber:
15 Sheelaan erga Eeberin dhalchee booddee waggaa 403 jiraatee ilmaanii fi intallan biraa dhalche.
And after the birth of Eber, Shelah went on living for four hundred and three years, and had sons and daughters:
16 Eeber waggaa 34 jiraatee Felegin dhalche.
And Eber was thirty-four years old when he became the father of Peleg:
17 Eeber erga Felegin dhalchee booddee waggaa 430 jiraatee ilmaanii fi intallan biraa dhalche.
And after the birth of Peleg, Eber went on living for four hundred and thirty years, and had sons and daughters:
18 Felegi waggaa 30 jiraatee Reʼuu dhalche.
And Peleg was thirty years old when he became the father of Reu:
19 Felegi erga Reʼuu dhalchee booddee waggaa 209 jiraatee ilmaanii fi intallan biraas dhalche.
And after the birth of Reu, Peleg went on living for two hundred and nine years, and had sons and daughters:
20 Reʼuun waggaa 32 jiraatee Seruugin dhalche.
And Reu was thirty-two years old when he became the father of Serug:
21 Reʼuun erga Seruugin dhalchee booddee waggaa 207 jiraatee ilmaanii fi intallan biraa dhalche.
And after the birth of Serug, Reu went on living for two hundred and seven years, and had sons and daughters:
22 Seruugi waggaa 30 jiraatee Naahoorin dhalche.
And Serug was thirty years old when he became the father of Nahor:
23 Seruugi erga Naahoorin dhalchee booddee waggaa 200 jiraatee ilmaanii fi intallan biraa dhalche.
And after the birth of Nahor, Serug went on living for two hundred years, and had sons and daughters:
24 Naahoor waggaa 29 jiraatee Taaraa dhalche.
And Nahor was twenty-nine years old when he became the father of Terah:
25 Naahoor erga Taaraa dhalchee booddee waggaa 119 jiraatee ilmaanii fi intallan biraa dhalche.
And after the birth of Terah, Nahor went on living for a hundred and nineteen years, and had sons and daughters:
26 Taaraan waggaa 70 jiraatee Abraam, Naahoorii fi Haaraanin dhalche.
And Terah was seventy years old when he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
27 Seenaan maatii Taaraa kana. Taaraan Abraam, Naahoorii fi Haaraanin dhalche. Haaraan immoo Looxin dhalche.
These are the generations of Terah: Terah was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran was the father of Lot.
28 Haaraan utuma abbaan isaa Taaraan jiruu Uuri biyya Kaldootaa keessatti lafuma itti dhalatetti duʼe.
And death came to Haran when he was with his father Terah in the land of his birth, Ur of the Chaldees.
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: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and Iscah.
30 Saaraan dhabduu turte; ijoollees hin deenye.
And Sarai had no child.
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 Abram, his son, and Lot, the son of Haran, and Sarai, his daughter-in-law, the wife of his son Abram and they went out from Ur of the Chaldees, to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran, and were there for some time.
32 Taaraan waggaa 205 jiraatee Kaaraanitti duʼe.
And all the years of Terah's life were two hundred and five: and Terah came to his end in Haran.
