Genesis 11
1 The whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
Umhlaba wonke-ke wawulolimi lunye, lamazwi manye.
2 As they traveled east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.
Kwasekusithi ekuhambeni kwabo bevela empumalanga bafica igceke elizweni leShinari, basebehlala khona.
3 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.
Basebesithi ngulowo lalowo kumakhelwane wakhe: Wozani, asenzeni izitina sizitshise lokuzitshisa; lesitina saba lilitshe kubo, lengcino yaba ludaka kubo.
4 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.”
Basebesithi: Wozani, asizakheleni umuzi lomphotshongo osihloko sawo sisemazulwini, besesizenzela ibizo, hlezi sihlakazeke ebusweni bomhlaba wonke.
5 The LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.
INkosi yasisehla ukubona umuzi lomphotshongo abantwana babantu abawakhayo.
6 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.
INkosi yasisithi: Khangela, yisizwe sinye, njalo balolimi lunye bonke, njalo yikho abaqala ukukwenza; khathesi-ke akulalutho olungabehlula abamisa ukulwenza.
7 Come, let’s go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.”
Wozani, asehle, siphambanise lapho ulimi lwabo, ukuze bangezwa, ngulowo lalowo ulimi lomakhelwane wakhe.
8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth. They stopped building the city.
Ngakho iNkosi yabahlakazela ebusweni bomhlaba wonke besuka lapho; basebesima ukwakha umuzi.
9 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.
Ngalokho kwabizwa ibizo lawo ngokuthi iBabeli, ngoba lapho iNkosi yaphambanisa ulimi lomhlaba wonke; kusukela lapho iNkosi yabahlakaza ebusweni bomhlaba wonke.
10 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.
Lezi yizizukulwana zikaShemu. UShemu wayeleminyaka elikhulu, wasezala uArpakishadi, iminyaka emibili emva kukazamcolo.
11 Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arpachshad, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
UShemu wasephila, esezele uArpakishadi, iminyaka engamakhulu amahlanu; wazala amadodana lamadodakazi.
12 Arpachshad lived thirty-five years and became the father of Shelah.
UArpakishadi wasephila iminyaka engamatshumi amathathu lanhlanu, wazala uShela.
13 Arpachshad lived four hundred three years after he became the father of Shelah, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
UArpakishadi wasephila, esezele uShela, iminyaka engamakhulu amane lantathu; wazala amadodana lamadodakazi.
14 Shelah lived thirty years, and became the father of Eber.
UShela wasephila iminyaka engamatshumi amathathu, wazala uEberi.
15 Shelah lived four hundred three years after he became the father of Eber, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
UShela wasephila, esezele uEberi, iminyaka engamakhulu amane lantathu; wazala amadodana lamadodakazi.
16 Eber lived thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg.
UEberi wasephila iminyaka engamatshumi amathathu lane, wazala uPelegi.
17 Eber lived four hundred thirty years after he became the father of Peleg, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
UEberi wasephila, esezele uPelegi, iminyaka engamakhulu amane lamatshumi amathathu; wazala amadodana lamadodakazi.
18 Peleg lived thirty years, and became the father of Reu.
UPelegi wasephila iminyaka engamatshumi amathathu, wazala uRewu.
19 Peleg lived two hundred nine years after he became the father of Reu, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
UPelegi wasephila, esezele uRewu, iminyaka engamakhulu amabili layisificamunwemunye; wazala amadodana lamadodakazi.
20 Reu lived thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug.
URewu wasephila iminyaka engamatshumi amathathu lambili, wazala uSerugi.
21 Reu lived two hundred seven years after he became the father of Serug, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
URewu wasephila, esezele uSerugi, iminyaka engamakhulu amabili lesikhombisa; wazala amadodana lamadodakazi.
22 Serug lived thirty years, and became the father of Nahor.
USerugi wasephila iminyaka engamatshumi amathathu, wazala uNahori.
23 Serug lived two hundred years after he became the father of Nahor, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
USerugi wasephila, esezele uNahori, iminyaka engamakhulu amabili; wazala amadodana lamadodakazi.
24 Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and became the father of Terah.
UNahori wasephila iminyaka engamatshumi amabili lesificamunwemunye, wazala uTera.
25 Nahor lived one hundred nineteen years after he became the father of Terah, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
UNahori wasephila, esezele uTera, iminyaka elikhulu lamatshumi ayisificamunwemunye; wazala amadodana lamadodakazi.
26 Terah lived seventy years, and became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
UTera wasephila iminyaka engamatshumi ayisikhombisa, wazala uAbrama, uNahori loHarani.
27 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.
Lalezi yizizukulwana zikaTera. UTera wazala uAbrama, uNahori loHarani; uHarani wasezala uLothi.
28 Haran died in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees, while his father Terah was still alive.
UHarani wasesifa phambi kukayise uTera, elizweni lokuzalwa kwakhe, eUri yamaKhaladiya.
29 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.
OAbrama loNahori basebezithathela abafazi; ibizo lomkaAbrama nguSarayi, lebizo lomkaNahori nguMilka, indodakazi kaHarani, uyise kaMilka loyise kaIska.
30 Sarai was barren. She had no child.
Kodwa uSarayi wayeyinyumba; wayengelamntwana.
31 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 of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan. They came to Haran and lived there.
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.
32 The days of Terah were two hundred five years. Terah died in Haran.
Lensuku zikaTera zaziyiminyaka engamakhulu amabili lanhlanu; uTera wasefela eHarani.
