1
Nchi yote ilikuwa na lugha moja na usemi mmoja.
Now the whole world had one language and a common form of speech.
2
Ikawa watu waliposafiri pande za mashariki waliona nchi tambarare katika nchi ya Shinari; wakakaa huko.
And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
3
Wakaambiana, Haya, na tufanye matofali tukayachome moto. Walikuwa na matofali badala ya mawe, na lami badala ya chokaa.
And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” So they used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar.
4
Wakasema, Haya, na tujijengee mji, na mnara, na kilele chake kifike mbinguni, tujifanyie jina; ili tusipate kutawanyika usoni pa nchi yote.
“Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”
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Bwana akashuka ili auone mji na mnara waliokuwa wakiujenga wanadamu.
Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men were building.
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Bwana akasema, Tazama, watu hawa ni taifa moja, na lugha yao ni moja; na haya ndiyo wanayoanza kuyafanya, wala sasa hawatazuiliwa neno wanalokusudia kulifanya.
And the LORD said, “If they have begun to do this as one people speaking the same language, then nothing they devise will be beyond them.
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Haya, na tushuke huko, tuwachafulie usemi wao ili wasisikilizane maneno wao kwa wao.
Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”
8
Basi Bwana akawatawanya kutoka huko waende usoni pa nchi yote; wakaacha kuujenga ule mji.
So the LORD scattered them from there over the face of all the earth, and they stopped building the city.
9
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.
That is why it is called Babel, for there the LORD confused the language of the whole world, and from that place the LORD scattered them over the face of all the earth.
10
Hivi ndivyo vizazi vya Shemu; Shemu alikuwa mtu wa miaka mia akamzaa Arfaksadi miaka miwili baada ya gharika.
This is the account of Shem. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad.
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Shemu akaishi baada ya kumzaa Arfaksadi miaka mia tano, akazaa wana, waume na wake.
And after he had become the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.
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Arfaksadi akaishi miaka thelathini na mitano, akamzaa Sela.
When Arphaxad was 35 years old, he became the father of Shelah.
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Arfaksadi akaishi baada ya kumzaa Sela miaka mia nne na mitatu, akazaa wana, waume na wake.
And after he had become the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
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Sela akaishi miaka thelathini, akamzaa Eberi.
When Shelah was 30 years old, he became the father of Eber.
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Sela akaishi baada ya kumzaa Eberi miaka mia nne na mitatu, akazaa wana, waume na wake.
And after he had become the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
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Eberi akaishi miaka thelathini na minne, akamzaa Pelegi.
When Eber was 34 years old, he became the father of Peleg.
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Eberi akaishi baada ya kumzaa Pelegi miaka mia nne na thelathini, akazaa wana, waume na wake.
And after he had become the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.
18
Pelegi akaishi miaka thelathini, akamzaa Reu.
When Peleg was 30 years old, he became the father of Reu.
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Pelegi akaishi baada ya kumzaa Reu miaka mia mbili na kenda, akazaa wana, waume na wake.
And after he had become the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.
20
Reu akaishi miaka thelathini na miwili, akamzaa Serugi.
When Reu was 32 years old, he became the father of Serug.
21
Reu akaishi baada ya kumzaa Serugi miaka mia mbili na saba, akazaa wana, waume na wake.
And after he had become the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.
22
Serugi akaishi miaka thelathini, akamzaa Nahori.
When Serug was 30 years old, he became the father of Nahor.
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Serugi akaishi baada ya kumzaa Nahori miaka mia mbili, akazaa wana, waume na wake.
And after he had become the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.
24
Nahori akaishi miaka ishirini na kenda, akamzaa Tera.
When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah.
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Nahori akaishi baada ya kumzaa Tera miaka mia na kumi na kenda, akazaa wana, waume na wake.
And after he had become the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.
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Tera akaishi miaka sabini, akamzaa Abramu, na Nahori, na Harani.
When Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
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Na hivi ndivyo vizazi vya Tera. Tera akamzaa Abramu, na Nahori, na Harani. Harani akamzaa Lutu.
This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.
28
Harani akafa kabla ya baba yake Tera katika nchi aliyozaliwa, yaani, katika Uru wa Wakaldayo.
During his father Terah’s lifetime, Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
29
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.
And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. Abram’s wife was named Sarai, and Nahor’s wife was named Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, who was the father of both Milcah and Iscah.
30
Na Sarai alikuwa tasa, hakuwa na mtoto.
But Sarai was barren; she had no children.
31
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.
And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there.
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Siku za Tera zilikuwa miaka mia mbili na mitano; Tera akafa katika Harani.
Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.