Senesi 11
1 Pea naʻe ngutu taha pe ʻa māmani kotoa, mo lea taha pe.
The whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
2 Pea naʻe hoko, ʻi heʻenau fononga mei hahake, naʻa nau ʻilo ai ʻae toafa ʻi he fonua ko Saina; pea nau nofo ai.
It happened, as they traveled from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they settled 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 they said to one another, "Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly." They had brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar.
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.”
They said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let us make ourselves a name, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole 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 God came down to see the city and the tower, that humankind was building.
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 God said, "Look, they are one people, and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do. So now nothing which they plan to do will be too difficult for them.
7 Vakai, ke tau ʻalu hifo, pea veuveuki ʻenau lea, koeʻuhi ke ʻoua naʻa nau feʻiloaki lea.”
Come, let us go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech."
8 Ko ia naʻe fakamovetevete ai ʻakinautolu ʻe Sihova ki he funga ʻo māmani kotoa pē: pea naʻa nau tuku ʻae langa kolo.
Then God scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth; so they ceased building the city.
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.
Therefore its name was called Babel, because there God confused the language of all the earth. From there he scattered them over the face of the whole 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:
These are the generations of Shem. Shem was one hundred years old and became the father of Arpachshad two years 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.
Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arpachshad, and fathered sons and daughters.
12 Pea naʻe moʻui ʻa ʻAfakisati ʻi he taʻu ʻe tolungofulu ma nima, pea fānau kiate ia ʻa Sela:
And Arpachshad lived one hundred and thirty-five years and became the father of Kenan.
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 Arpachshad lived four hundred and thirty years after he became the father of Kenan, and fathered sons and daughters. And Kenan lived one hundred and thirty years and became the father of Shelah. And Kenan lived three hundred and thirty years after he had become the father of Shelah, and fathered sons and daughters.
14 Pea naʻe moʻui ʻa Sela ʻi he taʻu ʻe tolungofulu, pea naʻe fānau kiate ia ʻa ʻIpela.
Shelah lived one hundred and thirty years, and became the father of Eber:
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 Shelah lived four hundred and three years after he became the father of Eber, and fathered sons and daughters.
16 Pea naʻe moʻui ʻa ʻIpela ʻi he taʻu ʻe tolungofulu ma fā, pea naʻe fānau kiate ia ʻa Peleki:
Eber lived one hundred and thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg.
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.
Eber lived three hundred and seventy years after he became the father of Peleg, and fathered sons and daughters.
18 Pea naʻe moʻui ʻa Peleki ʻi he taʻu ʻe tolungofulu, pea naʻe fānau kiate ia ʻa Liu:
Peleg lived one hundred and thirty years, and became the father of Reu.
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.
Peleg lived two hundred and nine years after he became the father of Reu, and fathered sons and daughters.
20 Pea naʻe moʻui ʻa Liu ʻi he taʻu ʻe tolungofulu ma ua, pea naʻe fānau kiate ia ʻa Seluke:
Reu lived one hundred and thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug.
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.
Reu lived two hundred and seven years after he became the father of Serug, and fathered sons and daughters.
22 Pea naʻe moʻui ʻa Seluke ʻi he taʻu ʻe tolungofulu, pea naʻe fānau kiate ia ʻa Nehoa;
Serug lived one hundred and thirty years, and became the father of Nahor.
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.
Serug lived two hundred years after he became the father of Nahor, and fathered sons and daughters.
24 Pea naʻe moʻui ʻa Nehoa ʻi he taʻu ʻe uofulu ma hiva, pea naʻe fānau kiate ia ʻa Tela:
Nahor lived seventy-nine years, and became the father of Terah.
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.
Nahor lived one hundred and twenty-nine years after he became the father of Terah, and fathered sons and daughters.
26 Pea naʻe moʻui ʻa Tela ʻi he taʻu ʻe fitungofulu, pea naʻe fānau kiate ia ʻa ʻEpalame, mo Nehoa, mo Halani.
Terah lived seventy years, and became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
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.
Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of 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 Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur Kasdim.
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 Nahor took wives. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran who was also the father of Iscah.
30 Ka naʻe paʻa ʻa Selai; naʻe ʻikai haʻa ne tama.
And Sarai was barren. She had no child.
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 Terah took Abram his son, Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife, and with them he set out from Ur Kasdim to go into the land of Canaan. But when they came to Haran, they settled there.
32 Pea ko e ngaahi ʻaho ʻo Tela ko e taʻu ʻe uangeau ma nima; pea naʻe pekia ʻa Tela ʻi Halani.
And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years. And Terah died in Haran.
