1 N ow the whole earth used the same language and the same words.

Na kotahi tonu te reo o te whenua katoa, rite tonu ano nga korero.

2 A nd as men traveled in the east, they found a valley in the land of Shinar and made their home there.

A, i a ratou e haere ana whaka te rawhiti, na ka kite ratou i tetahi mania i te whenua o Hinara; a noho ana ratou i reira.

3 T hey said to one another, “Come, let us make blocks and burn them until they are hard.” They used blocks for stone, and tar to hold them together.

Na ka mea ratou ki tona hoa, ki tona hoa, Tena, tatou ka hanga pereki, me ata tahu marire ano hoki. Na ka meinga e ratou he pereki hei kohatu, he uku hoki ta ratou moata.

4 T hen they said, “Come, let us build a city for ourselves, with a tower that touches the heavens. Let us make a name for ourselves, or else we may be sent everywhere over the whole earth.”

Na ka mea ratou, Tena, tatou ka hanga i tetahi pa me tetahi pourewa, a kia tutuki a runga ki te rangi, kia whai ingoa ai tatou; kei marara noa atu tatou ki te mata o te whenua katoa.

5 T hen the Lord came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men had built.

Na ka heke iho a Ihowa kia kite i te pa me te pourewa, i hanga nei e nga tama a te tangata.

6 A nd the Lord said, “See, they are one people, and they all have the same language. This is only the beginning of what they will do. Now all they plan to do will be possible for them.

A ka mea a Ihowa, Nana, kotahi tonu te iwi nei, kotahi ano hoki to ratou reo; a ka timataia nei tenei mahi e ratou: e kore ano ratou e taea te pupuri mai i tetahi mea, e whakaaro ana ratou kia mahia.

7 C ome, let Us go down and mix up their language so they will not understand what each other says.”

Tena, tatou ka heke atu, ka whakapoauau i o ratou reo i reira, kia kore ai ratou e matau, ia tangata, ia tangata ki te reo o tona hoa.

8 S o the Lord sent them everywhere over the whole earth. And they stopped building the city.

Na whakamararatia atu ana ratou i reira e Ihowa ki runga ki te mata o te whenua katoa: a mahue ake i a ratou te hanga i te pa.

9 S o the name of the city was Babel, because there the Lord mixed up the language of the whole earth. The Lord sent the people everywhere over the whole earth. The Families after Shem

Na kona i huaina ai to reira ingoa ko Papera; no te mea i whakapoauautia e Ihowa i reira te reo o te whenua katoa: no reira ano hoki te whakamararatanga a Ihowa i a ratou ki te mata o te whenua katoa.

10 T hese are the children of Shem. When Shem had lived 100 years, he became the father of Arpachshad, two years after the flood.

Ko nga whakatupuranga enei o Hema: ka kotahi rau nga tau o Hema, na ka whanau a Arapahata i te rua o nga tau i muri i te waipuke:

11 S hem lived 500 years after the birth of Arpachshad. He had other sons and daughters.

A e rima rau nga tau i ora ai a Hema i muri i te whanautanga o Arapahata, a ka whanau ana tama me ana tamahine.

12 W hen Arpachshad had lived thirty-five years, he became the father of Shelah.

A ka toru tekau ma rima nga tau i ora ai a Arapahata, na ka whanau a Haraha:

13 A rpachshad lived 403 years after the birth of Shelah. He had other sons and daughters.

A e wha rau e toru nga tau i ora ai a Arapahata i muri i te whanautanga o Haraha, ka whanau ana tama me ana tamahine.

14 W hen Shelah had lived thirty years, he became the father of Eber.

A ka toru tekau nga tau i ora ai a Haraha, na ka whanau a Epere:

15 S helah lived 403 years after the birth of Eber. He had other sons and daughters.

A e wha rau e toru nga tau o Haraha i muri i te whanautanga o Epere, ka whanau ana tama me ana tamahine.

16 W hen Eber had lived thirty-four years, he became the father of Peleg.

A e toru tekau ma wha nga tau i ora ai a Epere, ka whanau a Pereke:

17 E ber lived 430 years after the birth of Peleg. He had other sons and daughters.

E wha rau e toru tekau nga tau i ora ai a Epere i muri i te whanautanga o Pereke, a ka whanau ana tama me ana tamahine.

18 W hen Peleg had lived thirty years, he became the father of Reu.

A ka toru tekau nga tau o Pereke, ka whanau a Reu:

19 P eleg lived 209 years after the birth of Reu. He had other sons and daughters.

A e rua rau e iwa nga tau i ora ai a Pereke i muri i te whanautanga o Reu, ka whanau ana tama me ana tamahine.

20 W hen Reu had lived thirty-two years, he became the father of Serug.

A ka toru tekau ma rua nga tau o Reu, na ka whanau a Heruka:

21 R eu lived 207 years after the birth of Serug. He had other sons and daughters.

A e rua rau ma whitu nga tau i ora ai a Reu i muri i te whanautanga o Heruka, ka whanau ana tama me ana tamahine.

22 W hen Serug had lived thirty years, he became the father of Nahor.

A ka toru tekau nga tau o Heruka, na ka whanau a Nahora:

23 S erug lived 200 years after the birth of Nahor. He had other sons and daughters.

A e rua rau nga tau i ora ai a Heruka i muri i te whanautanga o Nahora, ka whanau ana tama me ana tamahine.

24 W hen Nahor had lived twenty-nine years, he became the father of Terah.

A e rua tekau ma iwa nga tau i ora ai a Nahora, na ka whanau a Teraha:

25 N ahor lived 119 years after the birth of Terah. He had other sons and daughters.

A kotahi rau kotahi tekau ma iwa nga tau i ora ai a Nahora i muri i te whanautanga o Teraha, a ka whanau ana tama me ana tamahine.

26 W hen Terah had lived seventy years, he became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran.

A ka whitu tekau nga tau i ora ai a Teraha, na ka whanau a Aperama, a Nahora, ratou ko Harana.

27 N ow these are the children of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.

Na, ko nga whakatupuranga enei o Teraha: na Teraha ko Aperama, ko Nahora, ratou ko Harana; na Harana ko Rota.

28 H aran died with his father Terah beside him in the land of his birth, Ur of the Chaldeans.

A i mate a Harana i te oranga ano o tona papa o Teraha i te whenua i whanau ai ia, i Uru o nga Karari.

29 A bram and Nahor both married. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai. The name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran. Haran was the father of Milcah and Iscah.

Na ka tango a Aperama raua ko Nahora i etahi wahine ma raua: ko te ingoa o te wahine a Aperama ko Harai, ko te ingoa o te wahine a Nahora ko Mireka tamahine a Harana, papa o Mireka, papa ano hoki o Iheka.

30 B ut Sarai could not give birth. She had no child.

A he pakoko a Harai; kahore ana tamariki.

31 T erah took his son Abram, and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram and they went together from Ur of the Chaldeans to the land of Canaan. But when they went as far as Haran, they made their home there.

Na ka tango a Teraha i a Aperama i tana tama, raua ko Rota tama a Harana, ko te tama a tana tama, ratou ko tana hunaonga, ko Harai wahine a tana tama a Aperama; a whakatika tahi ana ratou i Uru o nga Karari, haere ana ki te whenua o Kanaana; na ka tae ki Harana, a noho ana i reira.

32 T erah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.

A ko nga ra o Teraha e rua rau ma rima tau: na ka mate a Teraha ki Harana.