ਉਤਪਤ 11
At first, all the people in [MTY] the world spoke the same language [DOU].
As people moved further east, they arrived at a plain in Babylonia region and began to live there.
3 ੩ ਤਦ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੇ ਇੱਕ ਦੂਜੇ ਨੂੰ ਆਖਿਆ ਕਿ ਆਓ ਅਸੀਂ ਇੱਟਾਂ ਬਣਾਈਏ ਅਤੇ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਚੰਗੀ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਪਕਾਈਏ, ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਕੋਲ ਪੱਥਰਾਂ ਦੀ ਥਾਂ ਇੱਟਾਂ ਅਤੇ ਚੂਨੇ ਦੀ ਥਾਂ ਗਾਰਾ ਸੀ।
Then they said to each other, “(Hey/Come on), let’s form bricks and bake them to make them hard, for building!” So they used bricks instead of stones, and used tar instead of (mortar/a mixture of cement, sand and lime) to hold them together.
4 ੪ ਫਿਰ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੇ ਆਖਿਆ ਕਿ ਆਉ ਅਸੀਂ ਆਪਣੇ ਲਈ ਇੱਕ ਸ਼ਹਿਰ ਅਤੇ ਇੱਕ ਬੁਰਜ ਬਣਾਈਏ ਜਿਸ ਦੀ ਚੋਟੀ ਅਕਾਸ਼ ਤੱਕ ਹੋਵੇ ਅਤੇ ਅਜਿਹਾ ਕਰਕੇ ਅਸੀਂ ਨਾਮ ਕਮਾਈਏ ਅਜਿਹਾ ਨਾ ਹੋਵੇ ਜੋ ਅਸੀਂ ਸਾਰੀ ਧਰਤੀ ਉੱਤੇ ਖਿੰਡ ਜਾਈਏ।
They said, “Hey, let’s build a city for ourselves! We also ought to build a very high tower that reaches up to the sky! In that way we will become famous! If we do not do this, we will be scattered all over the earth!”
So they began to build the city and the tower. Then Yahweh looked down and saw the city and the tower that those [puny] men were building.
6 ੬ ਯਹੋਵਾਹ ਨੇ ਆਖਿਆ, ਵੇਖੋ, ਇਹ ਲੋਕ ਇੱਕ ਹਨ, ਇਹਨਾਂ ਸਾਰਿਆਂ ਦੀ ਬੋਲੀ ਵੀ ਇੱਕ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਇਹਨਾਂ ਨੇ ਇਸ ਕੰਮ ਨੂੰ ਅਰੰਭ ਕੀਤਾ ਹੈ, ਜੋ ਕੁਝ ਵੀ ਉਹ ਕਰਨ ਦਾ ਯਤਨ ਕਰਨਗੇ ਹੁਣ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਲਈ ਕੁਝ ਵੀ ਰੁਕਾਵਟ ਨਾ ਹੋਵੇਗੀ।
Yahweh said, “These people are one group that all speak the same language. If they have begun to do this now, then (there is nothing that they will decide to do that will be impossible for them/they will be able to do whatever they decide to do) [LIT]!
7 ੭ ਇਸ ਲਈ ਆਓ ਅਸੀਂ ਉਤਰੀਏ, ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਨੂੰ ਉਲਟ-ਪੁਲਟ ਕਰ ਦੇਈਏ ਤਾਂ ਜੋ ਉਹ ਇੱਕ ਦੂਜੇ ਦੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਨਾ ਸਮਝ ਸਕਣ।
So, okay/now, we will go down there and cause there to be many different languages, so that they will not be able to understand each other.”
8 ੮ ਇਸ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਯਹੋਵਾਹ ਨੇ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਉੱਥੋਂ ਸਾਰੀ ਧਰਤੀ ਉੱਤੇ ਖਿੰਡਾ ਦਿੱਤਾ। ਇਸ ਲਈ ਉਹਨਾਂ ਨੇ ਉਸ ਸ਼ਹਿਰ ਦਾ ਨਿਰਮਾਣ ਕਰਨਾ ਬੰਦ ਕਰ ਦਿੱਤਾ।
So Yahweh did that. As a result, the people stopped building the city, and Yahweh caused them to disperse all over the earth.
9 ੯ ਇਸ ਕਾਰਨ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੇ ਉਸ ਨਗਰ ਦਾ ਨਾਮ ਬਾਬਲ ਰੱਖਿਆ ਕਿਉਂਕਿ ਉੱਥੇ ਯਹੋਵਾਹ ਨੇ ਸਾਰੀ ਧਰਤੀ ਦੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਉਲਟ-ਪੁਲਟ ਕਰ ਦਿੱਤੀ ਅਤੇ ਉੱਥੋਂ ਯਹੋਵਾਹ ਨੇ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਸਾਰੀ ਧਰਤੀ ਉੱਤੇ ਖਿੰਡਾ ਦਿੱਤਾ।
The city was called Babel which means ‘confusion’, because there Yahweh caused the people to become confused because the people [MTY] spoke [different languages that the others could not understand], not just one language. From there Yahweh caused them to disperse all over the earth.
(This is a bigger list/I will now tell you more) of the descendants of Shem: Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arpachshad.
After Arpachshad was born, Shem lived 500 more years and had more sons and daughters.
When Arphachshad was 35 years old, he became the father of Shelah.
13 ੧੩ ਅਤੇ ਅਰਪਕਸਦ ਸ਼ਾਲਹ ਦੇ ਜਨਮ ਤੋਂ ਬਾਅਦ ਚਾਰ ਸੌ ਤਿੰਨ ਸਾਲ ਤੱਕ ਜੀਉਂਦਾ ਰਿਹਾ ਅਤੇ ਉਸ ਤੋਂ ਹੋਰ ਵੀ ਪੁੱਤਰ ਧੀਆਂ ਜੰਮੇ।
After Shelah was born, Arpachshad lived 403 more years and became the father of more sons and daughters.
When Shelah was 30 years old, he became the father of Eber.
After Eber was born, Shelah lived 403 more years and became the father of other sons and daughters.
When Eber was 34 years old, he became the father of Peleg.
After Peleg was born, Eber lived 430 more years and became the father of other sons and daughters.
When Peleg was 30 years old, he became the father of Reu.
After Reu was born, Peleg lived 209 more years and became the father of other sons and daughters.
When Reu was 32 years old, he became the father of Serug.
After Serug was born, Reu lived 207 more years and became the father of other sons and daughters.
When Serug was 30 years old, he became the father of Nahor.
After Nahor was born, Serug lived 200 more years and became the father of other sons and daughters.
When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah.
After Terah was born, Nahor lived 119 more years and became the father of other sons and daughters.
When Terah was 70 years old, his son Abram was born. Later, two other sons, Nahor and Haran were born.
(This is/I will now give) a list of the descendants of Terah: Terah’s sons were Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran’s son was named Lot.
Haran died before his father died. He died in Ur [city] in Chaldea land, where he was born.
29 ੨੯ ਅਬਰਾਮ ਅਤੇ ਨਾਹੋਰ ਦੋਵਾਂ ਨੇ ਵਿਆਹ ਕਰ ਲਿਆ। ਅਬਰਾਮ ਦੀ ਪਤਨੀ ਦਾ ਨਾਮ ਸਾਰਈ ਸੀ ਅਤੇ ਨਾਹੋਰ ਦੀ ਪਤਨੀ ਦਾ ਨਾਮ ਮਿਲਕਾਹ ਸੀ, ਜਿਹੜੀ ਹਾਰਾਨ ਦੀ ਧੀ ਸੀ ਜੋ ਮਿਲਕਾਹ ਅਤੇ ਯਿਸਕਾਹ ਦਾ ਪਿਤਾ ਸੀ।
Abram and Nahor both married. Abram’s wife was named Sarai, and Nahor’s wife was named Milcah. Milcah and her younger sister Iscah were the daughters of Haran.
Sarai was unable to bear any children.
31 ੩੧ ਤਾਰਹ ਆਪਣੇ ਪੁੱਤਰ ਅਬਰਾਮ ਤੇ ਆਪਣੇ ਪੋਤੇ ਲੂਤ, ਜੋ ਹਾਰਾਨ ਦਾ ਪੁੱਤਰ ਸੀ, ਆਪਣੀ ਨੂੰਹ ਸਾਰਈ, ਜੋ ਅਬਰਾਮ ਦੀ ਪਤਨੀ ਸੀ, ਇਹਨਾਂ ਸਾਰਿਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਲੈ ਕੇ ਕਸਦੀਆਂ ਦੇ ਊਰ ਨਗਰ ਤੋਂ ਨਿੱਕਲ ਕੇ ਕਨਾਨ ਦੇਸ਼ ਨੂੰ ਜਾਣ ਲਈ ਨਿੱਕਲਿਆ; ਪਰ ਓਹ ਹਾਰਾਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਆ ਕੇ ਉੱਥੇ ਵੱਸ ਗਏ।
Terah decided to leave Ur and go to live in Canaan land. So he took his son Abram and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and Abram’s wife Sarai with him. But instead of going to Canaan, they stopped at Haran [town] and lived there.
When Terah was 205 years old, he died there in Haran.
