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

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 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, Come on, let us make bricks, and burn [them] thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and they had asphalt 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, 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.

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

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 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.

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.

⁷Come, 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.

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

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 a hundred years old, and begot 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 had begotten Arphaxad five hundred years, and begot 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 thirty-five years, and begot Shelah.

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

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

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

¹⁵And Shelah lived after he had begotten Eber four hundred and three years, and begot 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 thirty-four years, and begot Peleg.

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

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

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

¹⁹And Peleg lived after he had begotten Reu two hundred and nine years, and begot 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 thirty-two years, and begot Serug.

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

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

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

²³And Serug lived after he had begotten Nahor two hundred years, and begot 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 twenty-nine years, and begot Terah.

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

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

²⁷And these are the generations of Terah: Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begot 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 the face of his father Terah in the land of his nativity at Ur of the Chaldeans.

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 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.

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.

³⁰And 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 together out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to go into the land of Canaan, and came as far as 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.