¹Zvino nyika yose yaiva yerurimi rwumwe neyeshoko rimwe.

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

²Zvino zvakaitika vachifamba kubva kumabvazuva, kuti vakawana bani munyika yeShinari, ndokugarako.

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.

³Ndokuti umwe neumwe kumuvakidzani wake: Uyai, ngatiite zvidhina, tizvipise zvikuru. Zvino zvidhina zvakava mabwe kwavari, netara ikava dope kwavari.

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.

⁴Zvino vakati: Uyai, ngatizviva­kire guta neshongwe ine musoro uri­kudenga, uye ngatizviitirei zita, zvikasadaro tingapararira pamusoro pechiso chenyika yose.

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.

⁵Zvino Jehovha wakaburuka kuzoona guta neshongwe, yakangi yava­kwa nevanakomana vevanhu.

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

⁶Jehovha ndokuti: Tarira, rudzi nderwumwe, uye vane rurimi rwumwe vose, zvino ndizvo zvavanotanga kuita; uye ikozvino hakuchina chi­nhu chavangada kuita chavangadziviswa.

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.

⁷Uyai, ngatiburuke, tivhiringidze rurimi rwavo ipapo, kuti vasanzwa mutauro weumwe neumwe.

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

⁸Naizvozvo Jehovha wakavaparadzira kubva ipapo pamusoro pechiso chenyika, vakamira kuvaka guta.

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

⁹Naizvozvo va­katumidza zita raro kuti Bhabheri, nekuti ipapo Jeho­vha wakavhiringidza rurimi rwenyika yose; uye kubva ipapo Jehovha akavaparadzira pachiso chenyika yose.

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.

¹⁰Awa marudzi aShemu. Shemu wakange ane makore zana, akabereka Aripakishadhi, makore maviri shure kwemafashame.

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

¹¹Shemu ndokurarama, shure kwekubereka Aripakishadhi, makore mazana mashanu; akabereka vanako­mana nevanasikana.

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

¹²Aripakishadhi ndokurarama makore makumi matatu nemashanu, akabe­reka Shera.

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

¹³Aripakishadhi ndokurarama, shure kwekubereka kwake Shera, makore mazana mana nematatu; akabereka vanakomana nevanasikana.

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

¹⁴Shera ndokurarama makore ma­kumi matatu, akabereka Ebheru.

¹⁴And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:

¹⁵Shera ndokurarama, shure kwekubereka kwake Ebheru, makore mazana mana nematatu; akabereka vanakomana nevanasikana.

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

¹⁶Ebheru ndokurarama makore ma­kumi matatu nemana, akabereka Peregi.

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

¹⁷Ebheru ndokurarama, shure kwekubereka kwake Peregi, makore mazana mana nemakumi matatu; akabereka vanakomana nevanasi­kana.

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

¹⁸Peregi ndokurarama makore ma­kumi matatu, akabereka Rehu.

¹⁸And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:

¹⁹Zvino Peregi wakararama, shure kwekubereka kwake Rehu, makore mazana maviri nemapfumbamwe; akabereka vanakomana nevanasikana.

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

²⁰Rehu ndokurarama makore ma­kumi matatu nemaviri, akabereka Serugu.

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

²¹Zvino Rehu wakararama, shure kwekubereka kwake Serugu, makore mazana maviri nemanomwe; akabereka vanakomana nevanasikana.

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

²²Serugu ndokurarama makore ma­kumi matatu, akabereka Nahori.

²²And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:

²³Zvino Serugu wakararama, shure kwekubereka kwake Nahori, makore mazana maviri, akabereka vanako­mana nevanasikana.

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

²⁴Nahori ndokurarama makore ma­kumi maviri nemapfumbamwe, akabe­reka Tera.

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

²⁵Zvino Nahori wakararama, shure kwekubereka kwake Tera, makore zana negumi nemapfumbamwe, akabereka vanakomana nevanasikana.

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

²⁶Tera ndokurarama makore ma­kumi manomwe, akabereka Abhuramu, Nahori naHarani.

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

²⁷Zvino izvi zvizvarwa zvaTera. Tera waka­bereka Abhuramu, Nahori naHarani; Harani ndokubereka Roti;

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

²⁸Harani akafa, baba vake Tera vasati vafa, panyika yechiberekerwa chake, muUri yevaKara­dhea.

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

²⁹Zvino Abhuramu naNahori vakazvitorera vakadzi; zita remukadzi waAbhu­ramu raiva Sarai; uye zita remukadzi waNahori raiva Mirika, mukunda waHa­rani, baba vaMirika, nababa vaIsika.

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.

³⁰Asi Sarai waiva mhanje, wakange asina mwana.

³⁰But Sarai was barren; she had no child.

³¹Zvino Tera wakatora Abhuramu mwanakomana wake, naRoti, mwanakomana waHarani, mwanako­mana wemwanakomana wake, naSarai, muroora wake, mukadzi waAbhuramu mwanakomana wake; vakabva Uri yevaKaradhea navo, kuenda kunyika yeKanani; vakasvika Harani, vakagarapo.

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.

³²Zvino mazuva aTera aiva makore mazana maviri nemashanu; Tera akafira Harani.

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