1. Ndipo dziko lapansi linali la cinenedwe cimodzi ndi cilankhulidwe cimodzi.
2. Ndipo panali pamene anayendayenda ulendo kum'mawa, anapeza cigwa m'dziko la Sinara, ndipo anakhala kumeneko.
3. Ndipo ananenana wina ndi wina, Tiyeni tipange njerwa, tiziocetse. Ndipo anali ndi njerwa naziyesa miyala, ndi katondo anayesa matope.
4. Ndipo anati, Tiyeni, timange mudzi ndi nsanja, pamutu pace pafikire kumwamba; ndipo tidzipangire ife tokha dzina kuti tisabalalike pa dziko lonse lapansi.
5. Ndipo Yehova anatsikira kudzaona mudzi ndi nsanja imene analinkumanga ana a anthu.
6. Ndipo Yehova anati, Taonani, anthu ali amodzi, ndipo onse ali naco cinenedwe cao cimodzi; ndipo ici ayamba kucita: ndipo tsopano palibe kanthu kakuletsedwa nao kamene akafuna kucita.
7. Tiyeni, titsike, pomwepo tisokoneze cinenedwe cao, kuti wina asamvere cinenedwe ca mnzace.
8. Ndipo Yehova anabalalitsa iwo pa dziko lonse lapansi, ndipo analeka kumanga mudzi.
9. Cifukwa cace anacha dzina lace Babele; pakuti kumeneko Yehova anasokoneza cinenedwe ca dziko lonse lapansi; kuyambira pamenepo Yehova anabalalitsa iwo pa dziko lonse lapansi.
10. Mibadwo ya Semu ndi iyi: Semu anali wa zaka zana limodzi ndipo anabala Aripakasadi, citapita cigumula zaka ziwiri;
11. ndipo Semu anakhala ndi moyo zaka mazana asanu, atabala Aripakasadi, nabala ana amuna ndi akazi.
12. Ndipo Aripakasadi anakhala ndi moyo zaka makumi atatu kudza zisanu, nabala Sela;
13. ndipo Aripakasadi anakhala ndi moyo zaka mazana anai kudza zitatu, atabala Sela, nabala ana amuna ndi akazi.