1 T he whole earth was of one language and of one speech.

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

2 A s they traveled east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived 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’s make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” They had brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar.

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 hey 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.”

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 Y ahweh came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men 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 Y ahweh said, “Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is what they begin to do. Now nothing will be withheld from them, which they intend to do.

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’s go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.”

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 Yahweh scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth. 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 T herefore its name was called Babel, because there Yahweh confused the language of all the earth. From there, Yahweh scattered them abroad on the surface of all the earth.

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 his 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.

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 five hundred years after he became the father of Arpachshad, and became the father of more 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 A rpachshad lived thirty-five years and 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 four hundred three years after he became the father of Shelah, and became the father of more 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 S helah lived thirty years, and 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 four hundred three years after he became the father of Eber, and became the father of more 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 E ber lived thirty-four years, and 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 four hundred thirty years after he became the father of Peleg, and became the father of more 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 P eleg lived thirty years, and became the father of Reu.

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

19 P eleg lived two hundred nine years after he became the father of Reu, and became the father of more 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 R eu lived thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug.

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

21 R eu lived two hundred seven years after he became the father of Serug, and became the father of more 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 S erug lived thirty years, and became the father of Nahor.

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

23 S erug lived two hundred years after he became the father of Nahor, and became the father of more 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 N ahor lived twenty-nine years, and 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 one hundred nineteen years after he became the father of Terah, and became the father of more 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 T erah lived seventy years, and 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 this is the history of the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. 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 before his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees.

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 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.

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 S arai was barren. She had no child.

A he pakoko a Harai; kahore ana tamariki.

31 T erah 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.

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 he days of Terah were two hundred five years. Terah died in Haran.

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