Genesis 10
1 Nayi mbiri ya ana a Nowa, Semu, Hamu ndi Yafeti. Ana atatuwa anabereka ana awo chitatha chigumula.
Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: these are the sons which they had after the great flow of waters
2 Ana aamuna a Yafeti anali: Gomeri, Magogi, Madai, Yavani, Tubala, Mesaki ndi Tirasi.
The sons of Japheth: Gomer and Magog and Madai and Javan and Tubal and Meshech and Tiras.
3 Ana aamuna a Gomeri anali: Asikenazi, Rifati ndi Togarima.
And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz and Riphath and Togarmah.
4 Ana aamuna a Yavani anali: Elisa, Tarisisi, Kitimu ndi Rodanimu.
And the sons of Javan: Elishah and Tarshish, the Kittim and the Dodanim.
5 (Amenewa ndiwo makolo a anthu okhala mʼmphepete mwa nyanja. Awa ndi ana a Yafeti monga mwa mafuko a mu mitundu yawo, uliwonse ndi chiyankhulo chake).
From these came the nations of the sea-lands, with their different families and languages.
6 Ana aamuna a Hamu anali: Kusi, Miziraimu, Puti ndi Kanaani.
And the sons of Ham: Cush and Mizraim and Put and Canaan.
7 Ana aamuna a Kusi anali: Seba, Havila, Sabita, Raama ndi Sabiteka. Ana aamuna a Raama anali: Seba ndi Dedani.
And the sons of Cush: Seba and Havilah and Sabtah and Raamah and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
8 Kusi anabereka Nimurodi amene anali wankhondo wamphamvu kwambiri pa dziko lapansi.
And Cush was the father of Nimrod, who was the first of the great men of the earth.
9 Iye anali mlenje wamphamvu kwambiri pamaso pa Yehova; nʼchifukwa chake anthu ali ndi chisudzo, chakuti, “Ndiwe mlenje wamphamvu kwambiri pamaso pa Yehova monga Nimurodi.”
He was a very great bowman, so that there is a saying, Like Nimrod, a very great bowman.
10 Malo oyambirira a ufumu wake anali Babeli, Ereki, Akadi ndi Kaline. Malo onsewa anali mʼdziko la Sinara.
And at the first, his kingdom was Babel and Erech and Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
11 Atachoka mʼdziko limeneli anapita ku Asiriya kumene anakamanga Ninive, Rehoboti-Iri, Kala,
From that land he went out into Assyria, building Nineveh with its wide streets and Calah,
12 ndi Reseni, mzinda waukulu umene uli pakati pa Ninive ndi Kala.
And Resen between Nineveh and Calah, which is a very great town.
13 Igupto ndiye kholo la Aludi, Aanami, Alehabu, Anafutu,
And Mizraim was the father of the Ludim and Anamim and Lehabim and Naphtuhim;
14 Apaturusi, Akasilu ndi Akafitori (kumene kunachokera Afilisti).
And Pathrusim and Casluhim and Caphtorim, from whom came the Philistines.
15 Kanaani anabereka mwana wake wachisamba, Sidoni, ndipo anaberekanso Ahiti;
And Canaan was the father of Zidon, who was his oldest son, and Heth,
16 Ayebusi, Aamori, Agirigasi;
And the Jebusite and the Amorite and the Girgashite,
17 Ahivi, Aariki, Asini,
And the Hivite and the Arkite and the Sinite,
18 Aaravadi, Azemari ndi Ahamati. Pambuyo pake, mafuko a Akanaani anafalikira ponseponse,
And the Arvadite and the Zemarite and the Hamathite; after that the families of the Canaanites went far and wide in all directions;
19 mpaka ku malire a Kanaani. Malirewo anachokera ku Sidoni kulowa cha ku Gerari mpaka ku Gaza, ndi kulowa ku Sodomu, Gomora, Adima ndi Zeboimu mpaka ku Lasa.
Their country stretching from Zidon to Gaza, in the direction of Gerar; and to Lasha, in the direction of Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboiim.
20 Amenewa ndiwo ana aamuna a Hamu monga mwa mafuko ndi ziyankhulo zawo, mʼmadera omwe amakhala ndi mitundu yawo.
All these, with their different families, languages, lands, and nations, are the offspring of Ham.
21 Semu amene anali mkulu wake wa Yafeti nayenso anabereka nakhala kholo la Eberi.
And Shem, the older brother of Japheth, the father of the children of Eber, had other sons in addition.
22 Ana aamuna a Semu anali: Elamu, Asuri, Aripakisadi, Ludi ndi Aramu.
These are the sons of Shem: Elam and Asshur and Arpachshad and Lud and Aram.
23 Ana aamuna a Aramu anali: Uzi, Huri, Geteri ndi Mesaki.
And the sons of Aram: Uz and Hul and Gether and Mash.
24 Aripakisadi anabereka Sela, ndipo Selayo anabereka Eberi.
And Arpachshad became the father of Shelah; and Shelah became the father of Eber.
25 A Eberi anabereka ana aamuna awiri: Wina anamutcha Pelegi chifukwa pa nthawiyo anthu a pa dziko lapansi anagawikana. Dzina la mʼbale wake linali Yokitani.
And Eber had two sons: the name of the one was Peleg, because in his time the peoples of the earth became separate; and his brother's name was Joktan.
26 Yokitani anabereka Alimodadi, Selefi, Hazari-Maveti, Yera,
And Joktan was the father of Almodad and Sheleph and Hazarmaveth and Jerah
27 Hadoramu, Uzali, Dikila,
And Hadoram and Uzal and Diklah
28 Obali, Abimaeli, Seba,
And Obal and Abimael and Sheba
29 Ofiri, Havila ndi Yobabu. Onsewa anali ana aamuna a Yokitani.
And Ophir and Havilah and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.
30 Chigawo chimene ankakhala chinayambira ku Mesa mpaka ku Seferi, ku dera la mapiri chakummawa.
And their country was from Mesha, in the direction of Sephar, the mountain of the east.
31 Amenewa ndiwo ana a Semu monga mwa mafuko ndi ziyankhulo zawo, mʼmadera omwe ankakhala ndi mitundu yawo.
These, with their families and their languages and their lands and their nations, are the offspring of Shem.
32 Amenewa ndiwo mafuko a ana aamuna a Nowa monga mwa mibado ya mitundu yawo. Mitundu yonse ya anthu inatuluka mwa iwowa ndi kufalikira pa dziko lonse lapansi chitatha chigumula chija.
These are the families of the sons of Noah, in the order of their generations and their nations: from these came all the nations of the earth after the great flow of waters.
