1 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
Nchi yote ilikuwa na lugha moja na usemi mmoja.
2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
Ikawa watu waliposafiri pande za mashariki waliona nchi tambarare katika nchi ya Shinari; wakakaa huko.
3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.
Wakaambiana, Haya, na tufanye matofali tukayachome moto. Walikuwa na matofali badala ya mawe, na lami badala ya chokaa.
4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Wakasema, Haya, na tujijengee mji, na mnara, na kilele chake kifike mbinguni, tujifanyie jina; ili tusipate kutawanyika usoni pa nchi yote.
5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
Bwana akashuka ili auone mji na mnara waliokuwa wakiujenga wanadamu.
6 And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
Bwana akasema, Tazama, watu hawa ni taifa moja, na lugha yao ni moja; na haya ndiyo wanayoanza kuyafanya, wala sasa hawatazuiliwa neno wanalokusudia kulifanya.
7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
Haya, na tushuke huko, tuwachafulie usemi wao ili wasisikilizane maneno wao kwa wao.
8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
Basi Bwana akawatawanya kutoka huko waende usoni pa nchi yote; wakaacha kuujenga ule mji.
9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
Kwa sababu hiyo jina lake likaitwa Babeli; maana hapo ndipo Bwana alipoichafua lugha ya dunia yote; na kutoka huko Bwana akawatawanya waende usoni pa nchi yote.
Ancestors of Abraham
10 These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:
Hivi ndivyo vizazi vya Shemu; Shemu alikuwa mtu wa miaka mia akamzaa Arfaksadi miaka miwili baada ya gharika.
11 and Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
Shemu akaishi baada ya kumzaa Arfaksadi miaka mia tano, akazaa wana, waume na wake.
12 And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:
Arfaksadi akaishi miaka thelathini na mitano, akamzaa Sela.
13 and Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
Arfaksadi akaishi baada ya kumzaa Sela miaka mia nne na mitatu, akazaa wana, waume na wake.
14 And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:
Sela akaishi miaka thelathini, akamzaa Eberi.
15 and Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
Sela akaishi baada ya kumzaa Eberi miaka mia nne na mitatu, akazaa wana, waume na wake.
16 And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:
Eberi akaishi miaka thelathini na minne, akamzaa Pelegi.
17 and Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.
Eberi akaishi baada ya kumzaa Pelegi miaka mia nne na thelathini, akazaa wana, waume na wake.
18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:
Pelegi akaishi miaka thelathini, akamzaa Reu.
19 and Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.
Pelegi akaishi baada ya kumzaa Reu miaka mia mbili na kenda, akazaa wana, waume na wake.
20 And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:
Reu akaishi miaka thelathini na miwili, akamzaa Serugi.
21 and Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.
Reu akaishi baada ya kumzaa Serugi miaka mia mbili na saba, akazaa wana, waume na wake.
22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:
Serugi akaishi miaka thelathini, akamzaa Nahori.
23 and Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
Serugi akaishi baada ya kumzaa Nahori miaka mia mbili, akazaa wana, waume na wake.
24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:
Nahori akaishi miaka ishirini na kenda, akamzaa Tera.
25 and Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.
Nahori akaishi baada ya kumzaa Tera miaka mia na kumi na kenda, akazaa wana, waume na wake.
26 And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
Tera akaishi miaka sabini, akamzaa Abramu, na Nahori, na Harani.
27 Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
Na hivi ndivyo vizazi vya Tera. Tera akamzaa Abramu, na Nahori, na Harani. Harani akamzaa Lutu.
28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
Harani akafa kabla ya baba yake Tera katika nchi aliyozaliwa, yaani, katika Uru wa Wakaldayo.
29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
Abramu na Nahori wakajitwalia wake. Jina la mkewe Abramu aliitwa Sarai, na jina la mkewe Nahori aliitwa Milka, binti Harani, ambaye alikuwa baba wa Milka na wa Iska.
30 But Sarai was barren; she had no child.
Na Sarai alikuwa tasa, hakuwa na mtoto.
31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
Tera akamtwaa Abramu mwanawe, na Lutu mwana wa Harani, mwana wa mwanawe, na Sarai mkwewe, mke wa Abramu mwanawe, wakatoka wote katika Uru wa Wakaldayo, waende nchi ya Kanaani, wakafika mpaka Harani wakakaa huko.
32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.
Siku za Tera zilikuwa miaka mia mbili na mitano; Tera akafa katika Harani.
