Mwanzo 11
1 Sasa nchi yote ilikuwa inatumia lugha moja na ilikua na usemi mmoja.
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.
As they travelled east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.
3 Wakasemezana, “Haya njoni, tufanye matofari na tuyachome kikamilifu.” Walikuwa na matofari badala ya mawe na lami kama chokaa.
They said to one another, “Come, let’s make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” They had brick for stone, and they used tar 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.”
They said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let’s make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth.”
5 Kwa hiyo Yahwe akashuka kuona mji na mnara ambao wazao wa Ibrahimu walikuwa wamejenga.
The LORD 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.
The LORD said, “Behold, they are one people, and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do. Now nothing will be withheld from them, which they intend to do.
7 Njoni, tushuke na tuvuruge lugha yao pale, ili kwamba wasielewane.”
Come, let’s go down, and there confuse 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 on the surface of all the earth. 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 its name was called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth. From there, the LORD scattered them abroad on the surface 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.
This is the history of the generations of Shem: Shem was one hundred years old when he became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood.
11 Shemu akaishi miaka miatano baada ya kumzaa Alfaksadi. Pia akazaa wana wengine wa kiume na wa kike.
Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arpachshad, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
12 Wakati Alfaksadi alipokuwa ameishi miaka thelathini na mitano akamzaa Shela.
Arpachshad lived thirty-five years and became the father of Shelah.
13 Alfaksadi aliishi miaka 403 baada ya kumzaa Shela. Akawazaa pia wana wengine wa kiume na wa kike.
Arpachshad lived four hundred and three years after he became the father of Shelah, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
14 Wakati Shela alipokuwa ameishi miaka thelathini, akamzaa Eberi.
Shelah lived thirty years, and became the father of Eber.
15 Shela aliishi miaka 403 baada ya kumzaa Eberi. Akawazaa pia wana wengine wa kiume na wa kike.
Shelah lived four hundred and three years after he became the father of Eber, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
16 Wakati Eberi alipokuwa ameishi miaka thelathini na minne, akamzaa Pelegi.
Eber lived thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg.
17 Eberi aliishi miaka 430 baada ya kumzaa Pelegi. Akawazaa pia wana wengine wa kiume na wa kike.
Eber lived four hundred and thirty years after he became the father of Peleg, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
18 Wakati Pelegi alipokuwa ameishi miaka thelathini, akamzaa Reu.
Peleg lived thirty years, and became the father of Reu.
19 Pelegi aliishi miaka 209 baada ya kumza a Reu. Akawazaa pia wana wengine wa kiume na wa kike.
Peleg lived two hundred and nine years after he became the father of Reu, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
20 Wakati Reu alipokuwa ameishi miaka thelathini na miwili, alimzaa Serugi.
Reu lived thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug.
21 Reu aliishi miaka207 baada ya kumzaa Seregu. Akawazaa pia wana wengine wa kiume na wa kike.
Reu lived two hundred and seven years after he became the father of Serug, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
22 Wakati Seregu alipokuwa ameishi miaka thelathini, akamzaa Nahori.
Serug lived thirty years, and became the father of Nahor.
23 Seregu aliishi miaka mia mbili baada ya kumzaa Nahori. Akawazaa pia wana wengine wa kiume na wa kike.
Serug lived two hundred years after he became the father of Nahor, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
24 Wakati Nahori alipokuwa ameishi miaka ishirini na tisa, akamzaa Tera.
Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and became the father of Terah.
25 Nahori aliishi mika 119 baada ya kumzaa Tera. Akawazaa pia wana wengine wa kiume na wa kike.
Nahor lived one hundred and nineteen years after he became the father of Terah, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
26 Baada ya Tera kuishi miaka sabini, akamzaa Abram, Nahori, na Haran.
Terah lived seventy years, and became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
27 Hivi ndivyo vilikuwa vizazi vya Tera. Tera alimzaa Abram, Nahori, na Harani, na Harani akamzaa Lutu.
Now this is the history of the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran became the father of Lot.
28 Harani akafa machoni pa baba yake Tera katika nchi aliyozaliwa, katika Ur wa Wakaldayo.
Haran died in the land of his birth, in Ur-Kasdim, while his father Terah was still alive.
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.
Abram and Nahor married wives. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, who was also the father of Iscah.
30 Sasa Sarai alikuwa Tasa; hakuwa na mtoto.
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.
Terah took Abram his son, Lot the son of Haran, his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife. They went from Ur-Kasdim, to go into the land of Canaan. They came to Haran and lived there.
32 Tera akaishi miaka 205 kisha akafa hapao Harani.
The days of Terah were two hundred and five years. Terah died in Haran.
