Uumama 11
1 Bara sana addunyaan guutuun afaan tokkoo fi haasaa tokko qaba ture.
At that time the whole world spoke just one language and used words with the same meaning.
2 Namoonni akkuma gara baʼa biiftuutti godaananiin, Shineʼaar keessatti lafa diriiraa argatanii achi qubatan.
As they moved east they discovered a plain in the land of Shinar so they settled there.
3 Isaanis, “Kottaa mee xuubii hojjennee ibiddaan gubnaa” waliin jedhan. Isaanis qooda dhagaa, xuubiitti fayyadaman; hapheedhaaf immoo leeleetti fayyadaman.
They said to one another, “Come on, let's make some bricks and bake them with fire.” (They used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of cement).
4 Ergasii, “Kottaa mee akka ofii keenyaa maqaa argannuu fi akka addunyaa guutuu irra hin bibittinnoofneef magaalaa gamoon isaa samii qaqqabu tokko ijaarrannaa” jedhan.
Then they said, “Now let's build a city for ourselves with a tower whose top reaches the heavens. That way we'll gain a great reputation and we won't end up being scattered all over the world.”
5 Waaqayyo garuu magaalaa fi gamoo isaan ijaaraa turan sana ilaaluuf gad buʼe.
But the Lord came down to take a look at the city and the tower that the people 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.
The Lord said, “Look! These people are united and they all speak one language. If this is what they can do now when they're just getting started, nothing will be impossible for them when they all put their minds to it!
7 Kottaa mee gad buunee, akka isaan wal hin hubanneef afaan isaanii waliin dhoofnaa!”
We need to go down and mix up their language and make it confused so they won't be able to understand what they're saying to one other.”
8 Kanaafuu Waaqayyo achii isaan baasee lafa hunda irra isaan bittinneesse; isaanis magaalaa ijaaruu dhiisan.
The Lord sent them away from there and scattered them all over the world, and they gave up 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's why it was called Babel, because the Lord made the language of the world confused.
10 Seenaan maatii Seem kana. Bishaan badiisaa booddee waggaa lamatti Seem yeroo umuriin isaa waggaa 100 guutetti Arfaakshadin dhalche.
The following is the genealogy of Shem. When Shem was 100, he had Arphaxad. This was two years after the flood.
11 Seem erga Arfaakshadin dhalchee booddee waggaa 500 jiraatee ilmaanii fi intallan biraa dhalche.
Shem lived another 500 years after Arphaxad was born and had other sons and daughters.
12 Arfaakshad waggaa 35 jiraatee Sheelaa dhalche.
When Arphaxad was 35, he had Shelah.
13 Arfaakshad erga Sheelaa dhalchee booddee waggaa 403 jiraatee ilmaanii fi intallan biraa dhalche.
Arphaxad lived another 403 years after Shelah was born and had other sons and daughters.
14 Sheelaan waggaa 30 jiraatee Eeberin dhalche.
When Shelah was 30, he had Eber.
15 Sheelaan erga Eeberin dhalchee booddee waggaa 403 jiraatee ilmaanii fi intallan biraa dhalche.
Shelah lived another 403 years after Eber was born and had other sons and daughters.
16 Eeber waggaa 34 jiraatee Felegin dhalche.
When Eber was 34, he had Peleg.
17 Eeber erga Felegin dhalchee booddee waggaa 430 jiraatee ilmaanii fi intallan biraa dhalche.
Eber lived another 430 years after Peleg was born and had other sons and daughters.
18 Felegi waggaa 30 jiraatee Reʼuu dhalche.
When Peleg was 30, he had Reu.
19 Felegi erga Reʼuu dhalchee booddee waggaa 209 jiraatee ilmaanii fi intallan biraas dhalche.
Peleg lived another 209 years after Reu was born and had other sons and daughters.
20 Reʼuun waggaa 32 jiraatee Seruugin dhalche.
When Reu was 32, he had Serug.
21 Reʼuun erga Seruugin dhalchee booddee waggaa 207 jiraatee ilmaanii fi intallan biraa dhalche.
Reu lived another 207 years after Serug was born and had other sons and daughters.
22 Seruugi waggaa 30 jiraatee Naahoorin dhalche.
When Serug was 30, he had Nahor.
23 Seruugi erga Naahoorin dhalchee booddee waggaa 200 jiraatee ilmaanii fi intallan biraa dhalche.
Serug lived another 200 years after Nahor was born and had other sons and daughters.
24 Naahoor waggaa 29 jiraatee Taaraa dhalche.
When Nahor was 29, he had Terah.
25 Naahoor erga Taaraa dhalchee booddee waggaa 119 jiraatee ilmaanii fi intallan biraa dhalche.
Nahor lived another 119 years after Terah was born and had other sons and daughters.
26 Taaraan waggaa 70 jiraatee Abraam, Naahoorii fi Haaraanin dhalche.
When Terah was 70, he had Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
27 Seenaan maatii Taaraa kana. Taaraan Abraam, Naahoorii fi Haaraanin dhalche. Haaraan immoo Looxin dhalche.
The following is the genealogy of Terah. Terah was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran was the father of Lot.
28 Haaraan utuma abbaan isaa Taaraan jiruu Uuri biyya Kaldootaa keessatti lafuma itti dhalatetti duʼe.
However, Haran died while his father, Terah, was still alive, in Ur of the Chaldeans, the land of his birth.
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.
Abram and Nahor both got married. 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.
Sarai wasn't able to become pregnant and so 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.
Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot, (who was the son of Haran), his daughter-in-law Sarai, (the wife of his son Abram), and left Ur of the Chaldeans to move to the land of Canaan. They got as far as Haran and settled there.
32 Taaraan waggaa 205 jiraatee Kaaraanitti duʼe.
Terah lived for 205 years and died in Haran.
