UGenesisi 11
1 Umhlaba wonke-ke wawulolimi lunye, lamazwi manye.
The whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
2 Kwasekusithi ekuhambeni kwabo bevela empumalanga bafica igceke elizweni leShinari, basebehlala khona.
As they travelled east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.
3 Basebesithi ngulowo lalowo kumakhelwane wakhe: Wozani, asenzeni izitina sizitshise lokuzitshisa; lesitina saba lilitshe kubo, lengcino yaba ludaka kubo.
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 Basebesithi: Wozani, asizakheleni umuzi lomphotshongo osihloko sawo sisemazulwini, besesizenzela ibizo, hlezi sihlakazeke ebusweni bomhlaba wonke.
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 INkosi yasisehla ukubona umuzi lomphotshongo abantwana babantu abawakhayo.
The LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.
6 INkosi yasisithi: Khangela, yisizwe sinye, njalo balolimi lunye bonke, njalo yikho abaqala ukukwenza; khathesi-ke akulalutho olungabehlula abamisa ukulwenza.
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 Wozani, asehle, siphambanise lapho ulimi lwabo, ukuze bangezwa, ngulowo lalowo ulimi lomakhelwane wakhe.
Come, let’s go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.”
8 Ngakho iNkosi yabahlakazela ebusweni bomhlaba wonke besuka lapho; basebesima ukwakha umuzi.
So the LORD scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth. They stopped building the city.
9 Ngalokho kwabizwa ibizo lawo ngokuthi iBabeli, ngoba lapho iNkosi yaphambanisa ulimi lomhlaba wonke; kusukela lapho iNkosi yabahlakaza ebusweni bomhlaba wonke.
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 Lezi yizizukulwana zikaShemu. UShemu wayeleminyaka elikhulu, wasezala uArpakishadi, iminyaka emibili emva kukazamcolo.
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 UShemu wasephila, esezele uArpakishadi, iminyaka engamakhulu amahlanu; wazala amadodana lamadodakazi.
Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arpachshad, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
12 UArpakishadi wasephila iminyaka engamatshumi amathathu lanhlanu, wazala uShela.
Arpachshad lived thirty-five years and became the father of Shelah.
13 UArpakishadi wasephila, esezele uShela, iminyaka engamakhulu amane lantathu; wazala amadodana lamadodakazi.
Arpachshad lived four hundred and three years after he became the father of Shelah, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
14 UShela wasephila iminyaka engamatshumi amathathu, wazala uEberi.
Shelah lived thirty years, and became the father of Eber.
15 UShela wasephila, esezele uEberi, iminyaka engamakhulu amane lantathu; wazala amadodana lamadodakazi.
Shelah lived four hundred and three years after he became the father of Eber, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
16 UEberi wasephila iminyaka engamatshumi amathathu lane, wazala uPelegi.
Eber lived thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg.
17 UEberi wasephila, esezele uPelegi, iminyaka engamakhulu amane lamatshumi amathathu; wazala amadodana lamadodakazi.
Eber lived four hundred and thirty years after he became the father of Peleg, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
18 UPelegi wasephila iminyaka engamatshumi amathathu, wazala uRewu.
Peleg lived thirty years, and became the father of Reu.
19 UPelegi wasephila, esezele uRewu, iminyaka engamakhulu amabili layisificamunwemunye; wazala amadodana lamadodakazi.
Peleg lived two hundred and nine years after he became the father of Reu, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
20 URewu wasephila iminyaka engamatshumi amathathu lambili, wazala uSerugi.
Reu lived thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug.
21 URewu wasephila, esezele uSerugi, iminyaka engamakhulu amabili lesikhombisa; wazala amadodana lamadodakazi.
Reu lived two hundred and seven years after he became the father of Serug, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
22 USerugi wasephila iminyaka engamatshumi amathathu, wazala uNahori.
Serug lived thirty years, and became the father of Nahor.
23 USerugi wasephila, esezele uNahori, iminyaka engamakhulu amabili; wazala amadodana lamadodakazi.
Serug lived two hundred years after he became the father of Nahor, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
24 UNahori wasephila iminyaka engamatshumi amabili lesificamunwemunye, wazala uTera.
Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and became the father of Terah.
25 UNahori wasephila, esezele uTera, iminyaka elikhulu lamatshumi ayisificamunwemunye; wazala amadodana lamadodakazi.
Nahor lived one hundred and nineteen years after he became the father of Terah, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
26 UTera wasephila iminyaka engamatshumi ayisikhombisa, wazala uAbrama, uNahori loHarani.
Terah lived seventy years, and became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
27 Lalezi yizizukulwana zikaTera. UTera wazala uAbrama, uNahori loHarani; uHarani wasezala uLothi.
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 UHarani wasesifa phambi kukayise uTera, elizweni lokuzalwa kwakhe, eUri yamaKhaladiya.
Haran died in the land of his birth, in Ur-Kasdim, while his father Terah was still alive.
29 OAbrama loNahori basebezithathela abafazi; ibizo lomkaAbrama nguSarayi, lebizo lomkaNahori nguMilka, indodakazi kaHarani, uyise kaMilka loyise kaIska.
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 Kodwa uSarayi wayeyinyumba; wayengelamntwana.
Sarai was barren. She had no child.
31 UTera wasethatha uAbrama indodana yakhe, loLothi indodana kaHarani, indodana yendodana yakhe, loSarayi umalokazana wakhe, umkaAbrama indodana yakhe; basebesuka labo eUri yamaKhaladiya, ukuya elizweni leKhanani; basebefika eHarani, bahlala khona.
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 Lensuku zikaTera zaziyiminyaka engamakhulu amabili lanhlanu; uTera wasefela eHarani.
The days of Terah were two hundred and five years. Terah died in Haran.
