< Senesi 11 >

1 Pea naʻe ngutu taha pe ʻa māmani kotoa, mo lea taha pe.
And all the earth was one lip, and there was one language to all.
2 Pea naʻe hoko, ʻi heʻenau fononga mei hahake, naʻa nau ʻilo ai ʻae toafa ʻi he fonua ko Saina; pea nau nofo ai.
And it came to pass as they moved from the east, they found a plain in the land of Senaar, and they lived there.
3 Pea naʻa nau fepehēʻaki, “Vakai, ke tau ngaohi ʻae makaʻumea, pea taʻo ia ke vela ʻaupito. Pea naʻa nau maka ʻaki ʻae makaʻumea, mo nau lahe ʻaki ʻae kelepulu.”
And a man said to his neighbor, Come, let us make bricks and bake them with fire. And the brick was to them for stone, and their mortar was bitumen.
4 Pea naʻa nau pehē, “Vakai, ke tau langa moʻotautolu ha kolo mo e fale māʻolunga, kae aʻu hono tuʻa fale ki langi; pea tau fakaongoongoa ʻa hotau hingoa, telia naʻa fakamovetevete ʻakitautolu ki he funga ʻo māmani kotoa.”
And they said, Come, let us build to ourselves a city and tower, whose top shall be to heaven, and let us make to ourselves a name, before we are scattered abroad upon the face of all the earth.
5 Pea naʻe hāʻele hifo ʻa Sihova, ke ʻafio ki he kolo mo e fale māʻolunga, ʻaia naʻe langa ʻe he fānau ʻae tangata.
And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the sons of men built.
6 Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Sihova, “Vakai, ʻoku taha pe ʻae kakai, pea ʻoku nau lea taha pe; pea kuo nau kamata fai eni: pea ko eni, ʻe ʻikai taʻofia ʻakinautolu, ʻi ha meʻa kuo nau fakakaukau ke fai.
And the Lord said, Behold, [there is] one race, and one lip of all, and they have begun to do this, and now nothing shall fail from them of all that they may have undertaken to do.
7 Vakai, ke tau ʻalu hifo, pea veuveuki ʻenau lea, koeʻuhi ke ʻoua naʻa nau feʻiloaki lea.”
Come, and having gone down let us there confound their tongue, that they may not understand each the voice of his neighbor.
8 Ko ia naʻe fakamovetevete ai ʻakinautolu ʻe Sihova ki he funga ʻo māmani kotoa pē: pea naʻa nau tuku ʻae langa kolo.
And the Lord scattered them thence over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city and the tower.
9 Ko ia ʻoku ui ai hono hingoa ko Pepeli; koeʻuhi naʻe veuveuki ʻi ai ʻe Sihova ʻae lea ʻa māmani kotoa pē: pea naʻe fakamovetevete ʻakinautolu mei ai, ʻe Sihova, ki he funga ʻo māmani kotoa pē.
On this account its name was called Confusion, because there the Lord confounded the languages of all the earth, and thence the Lord scattered them upon the face of all the earth.
10 Ko eni ʻae ngaahi toʻutangata ʻo Semi naʻe teau taʻu ʻae motuʻa ʻo Semi, pea fānau kiate ia ʻa ʻAfakisati ʻi hono ua taʻu hili ʻae lōmaki:
And these [are] the generations of Sem: and Sem was a hundred years old when he begot Arphaxad, the second year after the flood.
11 Pea naʻe moʻui ʻa Semi hili ʻae fanauʻi ʻa ʻAfakisati ʻi he taʻu ʻe nimangeau, pea naʻe fānau kiate ia ʻae ngaahi foha mo e ngaahi ʻofefine.
And Sem lived, after he had begotten Arphaxad, five hundred years, and begot sons and daughters, and died.
12 Pea naʻe moʻui ʻa ʻAfakisati ʻi he taʻu ʻe tolungofulu ma nima, pea fānau kiate ia ʻa Sela:
And Arphaxad lived a hundred and thirty-five years, and begot Cainan.
13 Pea naʻe moʻui ʻa ʻAfakisati, hili ʻae fanauʻi ʻa Sela, ʻi he taʻu ʻe fāngeau ma tolu, pea fānau kiate ia ʻae ngaahi foha mo e ngaahi ʻofefine.
And Arphaxad lived after he had begotten Cainan, four hundred years, and begot sons and daughters, and died. And Cainan lived a hundred and thirty years and begot Sala; and Canaan lived after he had begotten Sala, three hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters, and died.
14 Pea naʻe moʻui ʻa Sela ʻi he taʻu ʻe tolungofulu, pea naʻe fānau kiate ia ʻa ʻIpela.
And Sala lived an hundred and thirty years, and begot Heber.
15 Pea naʻe moʻui ʻa Sela hili ʻae fanauʻi ʻa ʻIpela ʻi he taʻu ʻe fāngeau ma tolu, pea naʻe fānau kiate ia ʻae ngaahi foha mo e ngaahi ʻofefine.
And Sala lived after he had begotten Heber, three hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters, and died.
16 Pea naʻe moʻui ʻa ʻIpela ʻi he taʻu ʻe tolungofulu ma fā, pea naʻe fānau kiate ia ʻa Peleki:
And Heber lived an hundred and thirty-four years, and begot Phaleg.
17 Pea naʻe moʻui ʻa ʻIpela hili ʻae fanauʻi ʻo Peleki, ʻi he taʻu ʻe fāngeau ma tolungofulu, pea naʻe fānau kiate ia ʻae ngaahi foha mo e ngaahi ʻofefine.
And Heber lived after he had begotten Phaleg two hundred and seventy years, and begot sons and daughters, and died.
18 Pea naʻe moʻui ʻa Peleki ʻi he taʻu ʻe tolungofulu, pea naʻe fānau kiate ia ʻa Liu:
And Phaleg lived and hundred and thirty years, and begot Ragau.
19 Pea naʻe moʻui ʻa Peleki hili ʻae fanauʻi ʻa Liu, ʻi he taʻu ʻe uangeau ma hiva, pea naʻe fānau kiate ia ʻae ngaahi foha mo e ngaahi ʻofefine.
And Phaleg lived after he had begotten Ragau, two hundred and nine years, and begot sons and daughters, and died.
20 Pea naʻe moʻui ʻa Liu ʻi he taʻu ʻe tolungofulu ma ua, pea naʻe fānau kiate ia ʻa Seluke:
And Ragau lived and hundred thirty and two years, and begot Seruch.
21 Pea naʻe moʻui ʻa Liu hili ʻae fanauʻi ʻa Seluke, ʻi he taʻu ʻe uangeau ma fitu, pea naʻe fānau kiate ia ʻae ngaahi foha mo e ngaahi ʻofefine.
And Raau lived after he had begotten Seruch, two hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters, and died.
22 Pea naʻe moʻui ʻa Seluke ʻi he taʻu ʻe tolungofulu, pea naʻe fānau kiate ia ʻa Nehoa;
And Seruch lived a hundred and thirty years, and begot Nachor.
23 Pea naʻe moʻui ʻa Seluke hili ʻae fanauʻi ʻa Nehoa ʻi he taʻu ʻe uangeau, pea naʻe fānau kiate ia ʻae ngaahi foha mo e ngaahi ʻofefine.
And Seruch lived after he had begotten Nachor, two hundred years, and begot sons and daughters, and died.
24 Pea naʻe moʻui ʻa Nehoa ʻi he taʻu ʻe uofulu ma hiva, pea naʻe fānau kiate ia ʻa Tela:
And Nachor lived a hundred and seventy-nine years, and begot Tharrha.
25 Pea naʻe moʻui ʻa Nehoa hili ʻae fanauʻi ʻa Tela ʻi he taʻu ʻe teau ma hongofulu ma hiva, pea naʻe fānau kiate ia ʻae ngaahi foha mo e ngaahi ʻofefine.
And Nachor lived after he had begotten Tharrha, an hundred and twenty-five years, and begot sons and daughters, and he died.
26 Pea naʻe moʻui ʻa Tela ʻi he taʻu ʻe fitungofulu, pea naʻe fānau kiate ia ʻa ʻEpalame, mo Nehoa, mo Halani.
And Tharrha lived seventy years, and begot Abram, and Nachor, and Arrhan.
27 Pea ko eni ʻae hako ʻo Tela: naʻe fānau kia Tela ʻa ʻEpalame, mo Nehoa, mo Halani; pea naʻe fānau kia Halani ʻa Lote.
And these [are] the generations of Tharrha. Tharrha begot Abram and Nachor, and Arrhan; and Arrhan begot Lot.
28 Pea naʻe tomuʻa pekia ʻa Halani ʻi heʻene tamai ko Tela, ʻi he fonua naʻe fanauʻi ai ia, ko Ua ʻi Kalitia.
And Arrhan died in the presence of Tharrha his father, in the land in which he was born, in the country of the Chaldees.
29 Pea naʻe maʻu uaifi ʻa ʻEpalame mo Nehoa: ko e hingoa ʻoe uaifi ʻo ʻEpalame ko Selai, pea ko e hingoa ʻoe uaifi ʻo Nehoa ko Milika, ko e ʻofefine ʻo Halani, ko e tamai ʻa Milika, mo e tamai ʻa Isika.
And Abram and Nachor took to themselves wives, the name of the wife of Abram was Sara, and the name of the wife of Nachor, Malcha, daughter of Arrhan, and he was the father of Malcha, the father of Jescha.
30 Ka naʻe paʻa ʻa Selai; naʻe ʻikai haʻa ne tama.
And Sara was barren, and did not bear children.
31 Pea naʻe ʻave ʻe Tela ʻa hono foha ko ʻEpalame, mo Lote ko e foha ʻo hono foha ko Halani, mo Selai ko hono ʻofefine ʻi he fono, ko e uaifi ʻo hono foha ko ʻEpalame; pea naʻa nau ʻalu atu mei Ua ʻi Kalitia, ke fononga ki he fonua ko Kēnani; pea naʻa nau hoko ki Halani, ʻo nofo ai.
And Tharrha took Abram his son, and Lot the son Arrhan, the son of his son, and Sara his daughter-in-law, the wife of Abram his son, and led them forth out of the land of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Chanaan, and they came as far as Charrhan, and he lived there.
32 Pea ko e ngaahi ʻaho ʻo Tela ko e taʻu ʻe uangeau ma nima; pea naʻe pekia ʻa Tela ʻi Halani.
And all the days of Tharrha in the land of Charrhan were two hundred and five years, and Tharrha died in Charrhan.

< Senesi 11 >