Genesis 11
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
1Now the whole world had one language and a common form of speech.
1Pea naʻe ngutu taha pe ʻa māmani kotoa, mo lea taha pe.
2And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
2Pea naʻe hoko, ʻi heʻenau fononga mei hahake, naʻa nau ʻilo ai ʻae toafa ʻi he fonua ko Saina; pea nau nofo ai.
3And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” So they used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar.
3Pea naʻa nau fepehēʻaki, “Vakai, ke tau ngaohi ʻae makaʻumea, pea taʻo ia ke vela ʻaupito. Pea naʻa nau maka ʻaki ʻae makaʻumea, mo nau lahe ʻaki ʻae kelepulu.”
4“Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”
4Pea naʻa nau pehē, “Vakai, ke tau langa moʻotautolu ha kolo mo e fale māʻolunga, kae aʻu hono tuʻa fale ki langi; pea tau fakaongoongoa ʻa hotau hingoa, telia naʻa fakamovetevete ʻakitautolu ki he funga ʻo māmani kotoa.”
5Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men were building.
5Pea naʻe hāʻele hifo ʻa Sihova, ke ʻafio ki he kolo mo e fale māʻolunga, ʻaia naʻe langa ʻe he fānau ʻae tangata.
6And the LORD said, “If they have begun to do this as one people speaking the same language, then nothing they devise will be beyond them.
6Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Sihova, “Vakai, ʻoku taha pe ʻae kakai, pea ʻoku nau lea taha pe; pea kuo nau kamata fai eni: pea ko eni, ʻe ʻikai taʻofia ʻakinautolu, ʻi ha meʻa kuo nau fakakaukau ke fai.
7Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”
7Vakai, ke tau ʻalu hifo, pea veuveuki ʻenau lea, koeʻuhi ke ʻoua naʻa nau feʻiloaki lea.”
8So the LORD scattered them from there over the face of all the earth, and they stopped building the city.
8Ko ia naʻe fakamovetevete ai ʻakinautolu ʻe Sihova ki he funga ʻo māmani kotoa pē: pea naʻa nau tuku ʻae langa kolo.
9That is why it is called Babel, for there the LORD confused the language of the whole world, and from that place the LORD scattered them over the face of all the earth.
9Ko ia ʻoku ui ai hono hingoa ko Pepeli; koeʻuhi naʻe veuveuki ʻi ai ʻe Sihova ʻae lea ʻa māmani kotoa pē: pea naʻe fakamovetevete ʻakinautolu mei ai, ʻe Sihova, ki he funga ʻo māmani kotoa pē.
10This is the account of Shem. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad.
10Ko eni ʻae ngaahi toʻutangata ʻo Semi naʻe teau taʻu ʻae motuʻa ʻo Semi, pea fānau kiate ia ʻa ʻAfakisati ʻi hono ua taʻu hili ʻae lōmaki:
11And after he had become the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.
11Pea naʻe moʻui ʻa Semi hili ʻae fanauʻi ʻa ʻAfakisati ʻi he taʻu ʻe nimangeau, pea naʻe fānau kiate ia ʻae ngaahi foha mo e ngaahi ʻofefine.
12When Arphaxad was 35 years old, he became the father of Shelah.
12Pea naʻe moʻui ʻa ʻAfakisati ʻi he taʻu ʻe tolungofulu ma nima, pea fānau kiate ia ʻa Sela:
13And after he had become the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
13Pea naʻe moʻui ʻa ʻAfakisati, hili ʻae fanauʻi ʻa Sela, ʻi he taʻu ʻe fāngeau ma tolu, pea fānau kiate ia ʻae ngaahi foha mo e ngaahi ʻofefine.
14When Shelah was 30 years old, he became the father of Eber.
14Pea naʻe moʻui ʻa Sela ʻi he taʻu ʻe tolungofulu, pea naʻe fānau kiate ia ʻa ʻIpela.
15And after he had become the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
15Pea naʻe moʻui ʻa Sela hili ʻae fanauʻi ʻa ʻIpela ʻi he taʻu ʻe fāngeau ma tolu, pea naʻe fānau kiate ia ʻae ngaahi foha mo e ngaahi ʻofefine.
16When Eber was 34 years old, he became the father of Peleg.
16Pea naʻe moʻui ʻa ʻIpela ʻi he taʻu ʻe tolungofulu ma fā, pea naʻe fānau kiate ia ʻa Peleki:
17And after he had become the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.
17Pea naʻe moʻui ʻa ʻIpela hili ʻae fanauʻi ʻo Peleki, ʻi he taʻu ʻe fāngeau ma tolungofulu, pea naʻe fānau kiate ia ʻae ngaahi foha mo e ngaahi ʻofefine.
18When Peleg was 30 years old, he became the father of Reu.
18Pea naʻe moʻui ʻa Peleki ʻi he taʻu ʻe tolungofulu, pea naʻe fānau kiate ia ʻa Liu:
19And after he had become the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.
19Pea naʻe moʻui ʻa Peleki hili ʻae fanauʻi ʻa Liu, ʻi he taʻu ʻe uangeau ma hiva, pea naʻe fānau kiate ia ʻae ngaahi foha mo e ngaahi ʻofefine.
20When Reu was 32 years old, he became the father of Serug.
20Pea naʻe moʻui ʻa Liu ʻi he taʻu ʻe tolungofulu ma ua, pea naʻe fānau kiate ia ʻa Seluke:
21And after he had become the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.
21Pea naʻe moʻui ʻa Liu hili ʻae fanauʻi ʻa Seluke, ʻi he taʻu ʻe uangeau ma fitu, pea naʻe fānau kiate ia ʻae ngaahi foha mo e ngaahi ʻofefine.
22When Serug was 30 years old, he became the father of Nahor.
22Pea naʻe moʻui ʻa Seluke ʻi he taʻu ʻe tolungofulu, pea naʻe fānau kiate ia ʻa Nehoa;
23And after he had become the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.
23Pea naʻe moʻui ʻa Seluke hili ʻae fanauʻi ʻa Nehoa ʻi he taʻu ʻe uangeau, pea naʻe fānau kiate ia ʻae ngaahi foha mo e ngaahi ʻofefine.
24When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah.
24Pea naʻe moʻui ʻa Nehoa ʻi he taʻu ʻe uofulu ma hiva, pea naʻe fānau kiate ia ʻa Tela:
25And after he had become the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.
25Pea naʻe moʻui ʻa Nehoa hili ʻae fanauʻi ʻa Tela ʻi he taʻu ʻe teau ma hongofulu ma hiva, pea naʻe fānau kiate ia ʻae ngaahi foha mo e ngaahi ʻofefine.
26When Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
26Pea naʻe moʻui ʻa Tela ʻi he taʻu ʻe fitungofulu, pea naʻe fānau kiate ia ʻa ʻEpalame, mo Nehoa, mo Halani.
27This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.
27¶ Pea ko eni ʻae hako ʻo Tela: naʻe fānau kia Tela ʻa ʻEpalame, mo Nehoa, mo Halani; pea naʻe fānau kia Halani ʻa Lote.
28During his father Terah’s lifetime, Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
28Pea naʻe tomuʻa pekia ʻa Halani ʻi heʻene tamai ko Tela, ʻi he fonua naʻe fanauʻi ai ia, ko Ua ʻi Kalitia.
29And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. Abram’s wife was named Sarai, and Nahor’s wife was named Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, who was the father of both Milcah and Iscah.
29Pea naʻe maʻu uaifi ʻa ʻEpalame mo Nehoa: ko e hingoa ʻoe uaifi ʻo ʻEpalame ko Selai, pea ko e hingoa ʻoe uaifi ʻo Nehoa ko Milika, ko e ʻofefine ʻo Halani, ko e tamai ʻa Milika, mo e tamai ʻa Isika.
30But Sarai was barren; she had no children.
30Ka naʻe paʻa ʻa Selai; naʻe ʻikai haʻa ne tama.
31And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there.
31Pea naʻe ʻave ʻe Tela ʻa hono foha ko ʻEpalame, mo Lote ko e foha ʻo hono foha ko Halani, mo Selai ko hono ʻofefine ʻi he fono, ko e uaifi ʻo hono foha ko ʻEpalame; pea naʻa nau ʻalu atu mei Ua ʻi Kalitia, ke fononga ki he fonua ko Kēnani; pea naʻa nau hoko ki Halani, ʻo nofo ai.
32Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.
32Pea ko e ngaahi ʻaho ʻo Tela ko e taʻu ʻe uangeau ma nima; pea naʻe pekia ʻa Tela ʻi Halani.
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