Genesisi 11
1 Zvino nyika yose yakanga ino rurimi rumwe chete nokutaura kwakafanana.
At that time the whole world spoke just one language and used words with the same meaning.
2 Vanhu vakati vachitamira kumabvazuva, vakawana bani romuShinari vakagaramo.
As they moved east they discovered a plain in the land of Shinar so they settled there.
3 Vakataurirana vakati, “Uyai, ngatiitei zvidhina tigozvipisa kwazvo.” Vakashandisa zvidhina pachinzvimbo chamabwe, uye bhitumini ikava dhaka ravo.
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 Ipapo vakati, “Uyai, ngatizvivakirei guta neshongwe inosvika kudengadenga, kuti tizviitire mukurumbira uye kuti tirege kupararira panyika yose.”
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 Asi Jehovha akaburuka pasi kuti azoona guta neshongwe yakanga ichivakwa navanhu.
But the Lord came down to take a look at the city and the tower that the people were building.
6 Jehovha akati, “Kana vanhu ava vava somunhu mumwe, vachitaura rurimi rumwe chete, vakatanga kuita izvi, zvino hapana chinhu chavanoronga kuti vachiite chichavaomera.
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 Uyai, ngatiburukei tindovapesanisa mutauro wavo kuti varege kunzwisisana.”
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 Saka Jehovha akavaparadzira pamusoro penyika yose ipapo, uye vakarega kuvaka guta.
The Lord sent them away from there and scattered them all over the world, and they gave up building the city.
9 Ndokusaka nzvimbo iyo yakanzi Bhabheri, nokuti ipapo Jehovha akapesanisa mutauro wenyika yose. Kubva ipapo Jehovha akavaparadzira pamusoro penyika yose.
That's why it was called Babel, because the Lord made the language of the world confused.
10 Iyi ndiyo rondedzero yamarudzi aShemu. Makore maviri shure kwamafashamu, Shemu paakanga ava namakore zana okuberekwa, akabereka Afakisadhi.
The following is the genealogy of Shem. When Shem was 100, he had Arphaxad. This was two years after the flood.
11 Uye shure kwokubereka Afakisadhi, Shemu akararama kwamakore mazana mashanu uye akava navamwe vanakomana navanasikana.
Shem lived another 500 years after Arphaxad was born and had other sons and daughters.
12 Afakisadhi akati ava namakore makumi matatu namashanu okuberekwa, akabereka Shera.
When Arphaxad was 35, he had Shelah.
13 Uye shure kwokubereka kwake Shera, Afakisadhi akararama kwamakore mazana mana namatatu uye akazova navamwe vanakomana navanasikana.
Arphaxad lived another 403 years after Shelah was born and had other sons and daughters.
14 Shera akati ava namakore makumi matatu okuberekwa, akabereka Ebheri.
When Shelah was 30, he had Eber.
15 Uye shure kwokubereka kwake Ebheri, Shera akararama kwamakore mazana mana namatatu uye akazova navamwe vanakomana navanasikana.
Shelah lived another 403 years after Eber was born and had other sons and daughters.
16 Ebheri akati ava namakore makumi matatu namana okuberekwa, akabereka Peregi.
When Eber was 34, he had Peleg.
17 Uye shure kwokubereka kwake Peregi, Ebheri akararama kwamakore mazana mana namakumi matatu uye akazova navamwe vanakomana navanasikana.
Eber lived another 430 years after Peleg was born and had other sons and daughters.
18 Peregi akati ava namakore makumi matatu, okuberekwa akabereka Reu.
When Peleg was 30, he had Reu.
19 Uye shure kwokubereka kwake Reu, Peregi akararama kwamakore mazana maviri namapfumbamwe uye akazova navamwe vanakomana navanasikana.
Peleg lived another 209 years after Reu was born and had other sons and daughters.
20 Reu akati ava namakore makumi matatu namaviri okuberekwa, akabereka Serugi.
When Reu was 32, he had Serug.
21 Uye shure kwokubereka kwake Serugi, Reu akararama kwamakore mazana maviri namanomwe uye akazova navamwe vanakomana navanasikana.
Reu lived another 207 years after Serug was born and had other sons and daughters.
22 Serugi akati ava namakore makumi matatu okuberekwa, akabereka Nahori.
When Serug was 30, he had Nahor.
23 Uye shure kwokubereka kwake Nahori, Serugi akararama kwamakore mazana maviri uye akazova navamwe vanakomana navanasikana.
Serug lived another 200 years after Nahor was born and had other sons and daughters.
24 Nahori akati ava namakore makumi maviri namapfumbamwe okuberekwa, akabereka Tera.
When Nahor was 29, he had Terah.
25 Uye shure kwokubereka kwake Tera, Nahori akazorarama kwamakore zana negumi namapfumbamwe uye akazova navamwe vanakomana navanasikana.
Nahor lived another 119 years after Terah was born and had other sons and daughters.
26 Shure kwokunge Nahori ava namakore makumi manomwe okuberekwa, akabereka Abhurama, Nahori naHarani.
When Terah was 70, he had Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
27 Iyi ndiyo rondedzero yavana vaTera. Tera akabereka Abhurama, Nahori naHarani. Uye Harani akabereka Roti.
The following is the genealogy of Terah. Terah was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran was the father of Lot.
28 Baba vake Tera vachiri vapenyu Harani akafira muUri ravaKaradhea, munyika yaakaberekerwa,
However, Haran died while his father, Terah, was still alive, in Ur of the Chaldeans, the land of his birth.
29 vose vari vaviri Abhurama naNahori vakawana. Zita romukadzi waAbhurama rainzi Sarai, uye zita romukadzi waNahori rainzi Mirika; akanga ari mwanasikana waHarani, baba vaMirika naIsika.
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 Zvino Sarai akanga asingabereki; akanga asina vana.
Sarai wasn't able to become pregnant and so had no children.
31 Tera akatora mwanakomana wake Abhurama, muzukuru wake Roti, mwanakomana waHarani, nomuroora wake Sarai, mukadzi womwanakomana wake Abhurama, uye vakaenda kuUri yavaKaradhea pamwe chete kuti vaende kuKenani. Asi vakati vasvika paHarani, vakagara ipapo.
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 Tera akararama kwamakore mazana maviri namashanu, uye akafira paHarani.
Terah lived for 205 years and died in Haran.
