¹And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.

¹¶ Na kotahi tonu te reo o te whenua katoa, rite tonu ano nga korero.

²And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.

²A, 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.

³And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar.

³Na 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.

⁴And 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.

⁴Na 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.

⁵And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

⁵¶ Na ka heke iho a Ihowa kia kite i te pa me te pourewa, i hanga nei e nga tama a te tangata.

⁶And 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.

⁶A 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.

⁷Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.

⁷Tena, 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.

⁸So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.

⁸Na 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.

⁹Therefore 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.

⁹Na 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.

¹⁰These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:

¹⁰¶ 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:

¹¹And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.

¹¹A 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.

¹²And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:

¹²A ka toru tekau ma rima nga tau i ora ai a Arapahata, na ka whanau a Haraha:

¹³And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.

¹³A 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.

¹⁴And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:

¹⁴A ka toru tekau nga tau i ora ai a Haraha, na ka whanau a Epere:

¹⁵And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.

¹⁵A e wha rau e toru nga tau o Haraha i muri i te whanautanga o Epere, ka whanau ana tama me ana tamahine.

¹⁶And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:

¹⁶A e toru tekau ma wha nga tau i ora ai a Epere, ka whanau a Pereke:

¹⁷And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.

¹⁷E 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.

¹⁸And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:

¹⁸A ka toru tekau nga tau o Pereke, ka whanau a Reu:

¹⁹And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.

¹⁹A 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.

²⁰And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:

²⁰A ka toru tekau ma rua nga tau o Reu, na ka whanau a Heruka:

²¹And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.

²¹A 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.

²²And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:

²²A ka toru tekau nga tau o Heruka, na ka whanau a Nahora:

²³And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.

²³A e rua rau nga tau i ora ai a Heruka i muri i te whanautanga o Nahora, ka whanau ana tama me ana tamahine.

²⁴And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:

²⁴A e rua tekau ma iwa nga tau i ora ai a Nahora, na ka whanau a Teraha:

²⁵And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.

²⁵A 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.

²⁶And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

²⁶A ka whitu tekau nga tau i ora ai a Teraha, na ka whanau a Aperama, a Nahora, ratou ko Harana.

²⁷Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.

²⁷¶ Na, ko nga whakatupuranga enei o Teraha: na Teraha ko Aperama, ko Nahora, ratou ko Harana; na Harana ko Rota.

²⁸And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.

²⁸A 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.

²⁹And 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.

²⁹Na 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.

³⁰But Sarai was barren; she had no child.

³⁰A he pakoko a Harai; kahore ana tamariki.

³¹And 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.

³¹Na 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.

³²And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.

³²A ko nga ra o Teraha e rua rau ma rima tau: na ka mate a Teraha ki Harana.