Mwanzo 11
1 Sasa nchi yote ilikuwa inatumia lugha moja na ilikua na usemi mmoja.
And the whole earth had one language, and the same words.
2 Ikawa waliposafiri upande wa mashariki, wakaona eneo tambarare katika nchi ya Shinari na wakakaa pale.
And it came to pass as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and dwelt there.
3 Wakasemezana, “Haya njoni, tufanye matofari na tuyachome kikamilifu.” Walikuwa na matofari badala ya mawe na lami kama chokaa.
And they said one to another, Come on, let us make bricks, and burn [them] thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar.
4 Wakasema, “njoni, na tujenge mji sisi wenyewe na mnara ambao kilele chake kitafika angani, na tujifanyie jina. Kama hatutafanya, basi tutatawanyika katika uso wa nchi yote.”
And they said, Come on, let us build ourselves a city and a tower, the top of which [may reach] to the heavens; and let us make ourselves a name, lest we be scattered over the face of the whole earth.
5 Kwa hiyo Yahwe akashuka kuona mji na mnara ambao wazao wa Ibrahimu walikuwa wamejenga.
And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower which the children of men built.
6 Yahwe akasema, “Tazama, watu hawa ni taifa moja na lugha moja, na wameanza kufanya hivi! Hivikaribuni halitashindikana jambo watakalo kusudia kulifanya.
And Jehovah said, Behold, the people is one, and have all one language; and this have they begun to do. And now will they be hindered in nothing that they meditate doing.
7 Njoni, tushuke na tuvuruge lugha yao pale, ili kwamba wasielewane.”
Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
8 Kwa hiyo Yahwe akawatawanya kutoka pale kwenda pande zote za uso wa nchi na wakaacha kujenga mji.
And Jehovah scattered them thence over the face of the whole earth. And they left off building the city.
9 Kwa hiyo, jina lake ukaitwa Babeli, kwa sababu hapo Yahwe alivuruga lugha ya nchi yote na tangu pale Yahwe akawatawanya ng'ambo juu ya uso wa nchi yote.
Therefore was its name called Babel; because Jehovah there confounded the language of the whole earth. And Jehovah scattered them thence over the face of the whole earth.
10 Hivi ndivyo vilikuwa vizazi vya Shemu. Shemu alikuwa na umri wa miaka mia moja, na akamzaa Alfaksadi miaka miwili baada ya gharika.
These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old, and begot Arphaxad two years after the flood.
11 Shemu akaishi miaka miatano baada ya kumzaa Alfaksadi. Pia akazaa wana wengine wa kiume na wa kike.
And Shem lived after he had begotten Arphaxad five hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.
12 Wakati Alfaksadi alipokuwa ameishi miaka thelathini na mitano akamzaa Shela.
And Arphaxad lived thirty-five years, and begot Shelah.
13 Alfaksadi aliishi miaka 403 baada ya kumzaa Shela. Akawazaa pia wana wengine wa kiume na wa kike.
And Arphaxad lived after he had begotten Shelah four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters.
14 Wakati Shela alipokuwa ameishi miaka thelathini, akamzaa Eberi.
And Shelah lived thirty years, and begot Eber.
15 Shela aliishi miaka 403 baada ya kumzaa Eberi. Akawazaa pia wana wengine wa kiume na wa kike.
And Shelah lived after he had begotten Eber four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters.
16 Wakati Eberi alipokuwa ameishi miaka thelathini na minne, akamzaa Pelegi.
And Eber lived thirty-four years, and begot Peleg.
17 Eberi aliishi miaka 430 baada ya kumzaa Pelegi. Akawazaa pia wana wengine wa kiume na wa kike.
And Eber lived after he had begotten Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters.
18 Wakati Pelegi alipokuwa ameishi miaka thelathini, akamzaa Reu.
And Peleg lived thirty years, and begot Reu.
19 Pelegi aliishi miaka 209 baada ya kumza a Reu. Akawazaa pia wana wengine wa kiume na wa kike.
And Peleg lived after he had begotten Reu two hundred and nine years, and begot sons and daughters.
20 Wakati Reu alipokuwa ameishi miaka thelathini na miwili, alimzaa Serugi.
And Reu lived thirty-two years, and begot Serug.
21 Reu aliishi miaka207 baada ya kumzaa Seregu. Akawazaa pia wana wengine wa kiume na wa kike.
And Reu lived after he had begotten Serug two hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters.
22 Wakati Seregu alipokuwa ameishi miaka thelathini, akamzaa Nahori.
And Serug lived thirty years, and begot Nahor.
23 Seregu aliishi miaka mia mbili baada ya kumzaa Nahori. Akawazaa pia wana wengine wa kiume na wa kike.
And Serug lived after he had begotten Nahor two hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.
24 Wakati Nahori alipokuwa ameishi miaka ishirini na tisa, akamzaa Tera.
And Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and begot Terah.
25 Nahori aliishi mika 119 baada ya kumzaa Tera. Akawazaa pia wana wengine wa kiume na wa kike.
And Nahor lived after he had begotten Terah a hundred and nineteen years, and begot sons and daughters.
26 Baada ya Tera kuishi miaka sabini, akamzaa Abram, Nahori, na Haran.
And Terah lived seventy years, and begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
27 Hivi ndivyo vilikuwa vizazi vya Tera. Tera alimzaa Abram, Nahori, na Harani, na Harani akamzaa Lutu.
And these are the generations of Terah: Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begot Lot.
28 Harani akafa machoni pa baba yake Tera katika nchi aliyozaliwa, katika Ur wa Wakaldayo.
And Haran died before the face of his father Terah in the land of his nativity at Ur of the Chaldeans.
29 Abram na Nahori wakajitwalia wake. Mke wa Abram aliitwa Sarai na mke wa Nahori aliitwa Milka, binti wa Harani, aliyekuwa baba wa Milka na Iska.
And Abram and Nahor took wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, a daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and the father of Iscah.
30 Sasa Sarai alikuwa Tasa; hakuwa na mtoto.
And Sarai was barren: she had no child.
31 Tera akamtwaa Abram mwanawe, Lutu mwana wa mwanawe Harani, na Sarai mkwewe, mke wa mwanawe Abram, na kwa pamoja wakatoka Ur wa Wakaldayo, kwenda katika nchi ya Kanaani. Lakini walipofika Harani wakakaa pale.
And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth together out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to go into the land of Canaan, and came as far as Haran, and dwelt there.
32 Tera akaishi miaka 205 kisha akafa hapao Harani.
And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years; and Terah died in Haran.
