¹And the whole earth had one language, and the same words.

¹[Ny nanaovan'ny olona ilay tilikambo tao Babela, sy ny nanorokoroan'Andriamanitra ny fitenin'ny olona] Ary ny tany rehetra dia iray fanononana sy iray fiteny.

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

²Ary raha nifindrafindra niantsinanana ny olona, dia nahita tany lemaka tany amin'ny tany Sinara izy ka nonina teo.

³And they said one to another, Come on, let us make bricks, and burn [them] thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar.

³Ary niresadresaka hoe izy: Andeha isika hanao biriky ka handotra azy tsara. Ary ny biriky na taony solom-bato, ary ny asfalta nataony solon-drihitra.

⁴And they said, Come on, let us build ourselves a city and a tower, the top of which [may reach] to the heavens; and let us make ourselves a name, lest we be scattered over the face of the whole earth.

⁴Ary hoy izy: Andeha isika hanao tanàna sy tilikambo ho antsika, ka ny tampony hahatakatra ny lanitra, dia hanao izay hahazoantsika laza, fandrao hiely eny ambonin'ny tany rehetra isika.

⁵And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower which the children of men built.

⁵Dia nidina Jehovah hizaha ny tanàna sy ny tilikambo, izay nataon'ny zanak'olombelona.

⁶And Jehovah said, Behold, the people is one, and have all one language; and this have they begun to do. And now will they be hindered in nothing that they meditate doing.

⁶Ary hoy Jehovah : Indro, iray foko ny olona, sady iray fanononana izy rehetra, ary ity vao fiandohan'ny hataony; koa izao dia tsy hisy azo sakanana na inona na inona izay saintsaininy hatao.

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

⁷Aoka isika hidina, ka eny no hanorokoroantsika ny fiteniny, mba tsy hifankahala teny izy.

⁸And Jehovah scattered them thence over the face of the whole earth. And they left off building the city.

⁸Dia tao no nampielezan'i Jehovah azy hiala ho eny ambonin'ny tany rehetra; dia nitsahatra tsy nanao ny tanàna intsony izy.

⁹Therefore was its name called Babel; because Jehovah there confounded the language of the whole earth. And Jehovah scattered them thence over the face of the whole earth.

⁹Koa izany no nanaovana ny anarany hoe Babela; fa tao Jehovah no nanorokoro ny fitenin'ny tany rehetra; ary tao no nampielezan'i Jehovah ny olona ho eny ambonin'ny tany rehetra.

¹⁰These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old, and begot Arphaxad two years after the flood.

¹⁰[Ny taranak'i Sema mandraka mby amin'i Tera, rain'i Abrama] Izao no taranak'i Sema: Rehefa zato taona Sema, dia niteraka an'i Arpaksada izy roa taona taorian'ny safo-drano.

¹¹And Shem lived after he had begotten Arphaxad five hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.

¹¹Ary ny andro niainan'i Sema taorian'ny niterahany an'i Arpaksada dia diman-jato taona; ary niteraka zazalahy sy zazavavy izy.

¹²And Arphaxad lived thirty-five years, and begot Shelah.

¹²Ary rehefa dimy amby telo-polo taona ny andro niainan'i Arpaksada, dia niteraka an'i Sela izy.

¹³And Arphaxad lived after he had begotten Shelah four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters.

¹³Ary ny andro niainan'i Arpaksada taorian'ny niterahany an'i Sela dia telo amby efa-jato taona; ary niteraka zazalahy sy zazavavy izy.

¹⁴And Shelah lived thirty years, and begot Eber.

¹⁴Ary rehefa telo-polo taona ny andro niainan'i Sela, dia niteraka an'i Ebera izy.

¹⁵And Shelah lived after he had begotten Eber four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters.

¹⁵Ary ny andro niainan'i Sela taorian'ny niterahany an'i Ebera dia telo amby efa-jato taona; ary niteraka zazalahy sy zazavavy izy.

¹⁶And Eber lived thirty-four years, and begot Peleg.

¹⁶Ary rehefa efatra amby telo-polo taona ny andro niainan'i Ebera, dia niteraka an'i Palega izy.

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

¹⁷Ary ny andro niainan'i Ebera taorian'ny niterahany an'i Palega dia telo-polo amby efa-jato taona; ary niteraka zazalahy sy zazavavy izy.

¹⁸And Peleg lived thirty years, and begot Reu.

¹⁸Ary rehefa telo-polo taona ny andro niainan'i Palega, dia niteraka an-dReo izy,

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

¹⁹Ary ny andro niainan'i Palega taorian'ny niterahany an-dReo dia sivy amby roan-jato taona; ary niteraka zazalahy sy zazavavy izy.

²⁰And Reu lived thirty-two years, and begot Serug.

²⁰Ary rehefa roa amby telo-polo, taona ny andro niainan-dReo, dia niteraka an'i Seroga izy.

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

²¹Ary ny andro niainan-dReo taorian'ny niterahany an'i Seroga dia fito amby roan-jato taona; ary niteraka zazalahy sy zazavavy izy.

²²And Serug lived thirty years, and begot Nahor.

²²Ary rehefa telo-polo taona ny andro niainan'i Seroga, dia niteraka an'i Nahora izy,

²³And Serug lived after he had begotten Nahor two hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.

²³Ary ny andro niainan'i Seroga taorian'ny niterahany an'i Nahora dia roan-jato taona; ary niteraka zazalahy sy zazavavy izy.

²⁴And Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and begot Terah.

²⁴Ary rehefa sivy amby roa-polo taona ny andro niainan'i Nahora, dia niteraka an'i Tera izy.

²⁵And Nahor lived after he had begotten Terah a hundred and nineteen years, and begot sons and daughters.

²⁵Ary ny andro niainan'i Nahora taorian'ny niterahany an'i Tera dia sivy ambin'ny folo amby zato taona; ary niteraka zazalahy sy zazavavy izy.

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

²⁶Ary rehefa fito-polo taona ny andro niainan'i Tera, dia niteraka an'i Abrama sy Nahora ary Harana izy:

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

²⁷[Ny taranak'i Tera, sy ny nifindrany nankany Harana] Ary izao no taranak'i Tera: Tera niteraka an'i Abrama sy Nahora ary Harana; ary Harana niteraka an'i Lota.

²⁸And Haran died before the face of his father Terah in the land of his nativity at Ur of the Chaldeans.

²⁸Ary maty Harana, raha mbola teo anatrehan'i Tera rainy tany amin'ny tany nahaterahany, dia tao Oran'ny Kaldeana.

²⁹And Abram and Nahor took wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, a daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and the father of Iscah.

²⁹Ary Abrama sy Nahora dia samy naka vady ho azy: ny anaran'ny vadin'i Abrama dia Saray; ary ny anaran'ny vadin'i Nahora dia Milka, zanakavavin'i Harana, rain'i Milka sy rain'Iska.

³⁰And Sarai was barren: she had no child.

³⁰Ary momba Saray; tsy nanan-janaka izy.

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 together out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to go into the land of Canaan, and came as far as Haran, and dwelt there.

³¹Ary Tera nitondra an'i Abrama zanany sy Lota zafiny, zanak'i Harana, ary Saray vinantoni-vavy, vadin'i Abrama zanany; dia niaraka taminy ireo ka niala tao Oran'ny Kaldeana hankany amin'ny tany Kanana; dia tonga tao Harana izy ka nonina tao.Ary dimy amby roan-jato taona ny andro niainan'i Tera; dia maty tao Harana izy.

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

³²Ary dimy amby roan-jato taona ny andro niainan'i Tera; dia maty tao Harana izy.