Mwanzo 11
1 Sasa nchi yote ilikuwa inatumia lugha moja na ilikua na usemi mmoja.
And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
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 they 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, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they 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, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach to heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we should be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
5 Kwa hiyo Yahwe akashuka kuona mji na mnara ambao wazao wa Ibrahimu walikuwa wamejenga.
And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men were building.
6 Yahwe akasema, “Tazama, watu hawa ni taifa moja na lugha moja, na wameanza kufanya hivi! Hivikaribuni halitashindikana jambo watakalo kusudia kulifanya.
And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be withheld from them, which they have imagined to do.
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.
So the LORD scattered them abroad from there upon the face of all the earth: and they stopped 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 is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD there confounded the language of all the earth: and from there did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the 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 an hundred years old, and begat 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 begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
12 Wakati Alfaksadi alipokuwa ameishi miaka thelathini na mitano akamzaa Shela.
And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:
13 Alfaksadi aliishi miaka 403 baada ya kumzaa Shela. Akawazaa pia wana wengine wa kiume na wa kike.
And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
14 Wakati Shela alipokuwa ameishi miaka thelathini, akamzaa Eberi.
And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:
15 Shela aliishi miaka 403 baada ya kumzaa Eberi. Akawazaa pia wana wengine wa kiume na wa kike.
And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
16 Wakati Eberi alipokuwa ameishi miaka thelathini na minne, akamzaa Pelegi.
And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:
17 Eberi aliishi miaka 430 baada ya kumzaa Pelegi. Akawazaa pia wana wengine wa kiume na wa kike.
And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.
18 Wakati Pelegi alipokuwa ameishi miaka thelathini, akamzaa Reu.
And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat 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 begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.
20 Wakati Reu alipokuwa ameishi miaka thelathini na miwili, alimzaa Serugi.
And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:
21 Reu aliishi miaka207 baada ya kumzaa Seregu. Akawazaa pia wana wengine wa kiume na wa kike.
And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.
22 Wakati Seregu alipokuwa ameishi miaka thelathini, akamzaa Nahori.
And Serug lived thirty years, and begat 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 begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
24 Wakati Nahori alipokuwa ameishi miaka ishirini na tisa, akamzaa Tera.
And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:
25 Nahori aliishi mika 119 baada ya kumzaa Tera. Akawazaa pia wana wengine wa kiume na wa kike.
And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.
26 Baada ya Tera kuishi miaka sabini, akamzaa Abram, Nahori, na Haran.
And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
27 Hivi ndivyo vilikuwa vizazi vya Tera. Tera alimzaa Abram, Nahori, na Harani, na Harani akamzaa Lutu.
Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
28 Harani akafa machoni pa baba yake Tera katika nchi aliyozaliwa, katika Ur wa Wakaldayo.
And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
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 them wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
30 Sasa Sarai alikuwa Tasa; hakuwa na mtoto.
But 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 with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came to 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.
