Suencuek 10
1 Te phoeiah hekah he tah Noah ca rhoek Shem, Ham, neh Japheth neh tuilii phoeiah amih loh a sak a ca rhoek kah rhuirhong ni.
(This is/I will now give) a list of the descendants of Noah’s sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. They had many children after the flood.
2 Japheth ca rhoek la Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshek, neh Tiras om.
The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
3 Te phoeiah Gomer ca rhoek la Ashkenaz, Riphath neh Togarmah om.
The sons of Gomer were Askenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
4 Te phoeiah Javan ca rhoek la Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, neh Dodanim om.
The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
5 Amih lamkah ni sanglak kah namtom loh amah khohmuen la amah ol neh amah huiko loh amah namtu khuiah rhip a caeh uh.
Those sons and their families who were descended from Javan lived on the islands and on the land close to the [Mediterranean] Sea. Their descendants became tribes, each with its own language and clans and territory.
6 Te phoeiah Ham ca rhoek la Khusah, Mizraim, Put neh Kanaan om.
The descendants of Ham were Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.
7 Te phoeiah Kusah ca rhoek la Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah neh Sabteka om tih Raamah ca rhoi la Sheba neh Dedan om.
The descendants of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The descendants of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.
8 Te phoeiah Kusah loh Nimrod te a sak tih anih te diklai hmankah hlangrhalh lamhmacuek la om.
Another one of Cush’s descendants was Nimrod. Nimrod was the first person on earth who became a mighty warrior.
9 Anih te BOEIPA mikhmuh ah sayuep hlangrhalh la a om van dongah, “BOEIPA hmai ah sayuep hlangrhalh Nimrod van ni,” a ti.
Yahweh saw that he had become (OR, caused him to become) a great hunter. That is why people say to a great hunter, “Yahweh (sees that you are/has caused you to be) a great hunter like Nimrod.”
10 Te dongah anih kah khohmuen a tongnah tah Babylon, Erek, Akkad neh Shinar ram Kalneh ni.
Nimrod became a king who ruled in Babylonia. The first cities over which he ruled were Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh.
11 Te khohmuen lamkah Assyria la cet tih Nineveh, Rehobothir, neh Kalah te a thoh.
From there he went [with others] to Assyria and built the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,
12 Te phoeiah Nineveh laklo neh Kalah laklo kah Resen te tah khopuei len la om.
and Resen. Resen was a large city between Nineveh and Calah.
13 Te phoeiah Mizraim loh Ludim khaw, Anamim khaw, Lehabim neh Naptuhim khaw,
Ham’s son, Egypt, became the ancestor of the Lud, Anam, Lehab and Naphtuh,
14 Pathrusim neh Philisti lamkah aka lo Kasluhim neh Kapthorim khaw a sak.
Pathrus, Casluh and Caphtor people-groups. The Philistine people were descended from Casluh.
15 Kanaan loh a caming la Sidon phoeiah Kheth,
Ham’s youngest son, Canaan, became the father of Sidon, who was his eldest son, and Heth, his younger son.
16 Jebusi, Amori, Girhashi,
Canaan was also the ancestor of the Jebus, Amor, Girgash,
17 Khivee, Arkit, Sinih,
Hiv, Ark, Sin,
18 Arvadi, Zemari, neh Hamathiti te a sak tih a hnukah Kanaan koca la taekyak uh.
Arved, Zemar and Hamath people-groups. Later the descendants of Canaan dispersed over a large area.
19 Te phoeiah Kanaani kah khorhi aka om te Sidon lamkah Gerar benkah Gaza due na cet ni. Sodom taengkah Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboim neh Lasha due na cet ni.
Their land extended from Sidon [city] in the north as far south as Gaza [town], and then to the east as far as Gerar [town], and then farther east to Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim [towns], and even as far as Lasha [town].
20 Hekah he amah khohmuen ah amah namtu kah ol, amah huiko neh aka om Ham ca rhoek ni.
Those are the descendants of Ham. They became groups that had their own clans, their own languages, and their own land.
21 A ham Japheth mana, Eber ca rhoek boeih kah a napa Shem long khaw, ca a sak.
Shem, the older brother of Japheth, became the father of Eber, and the ancestor of all the descendants of Eber.
22 Shem koca ah Elam neh Assyria, Arpaxad, Lud neh Aram om.
The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
23 Aram ca rhoek la Uz, Huul, Gether neh Mash om.
The sons of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.
24 Arphashad long khaw Shelah a sak tih Shelah loh Eber te a sak.
Arphaxad became the father of Shelah. Shelah became the father of Eber.
25 Eber te ca panit a sak dae anih tue vaengah khohmuen a tael dongah pakhat kah a ming te Palak la om tih a mana ming te Yoktawn la om.
Eber became the father of two sons. One of them was named Peleg, [which means ‘division’], because during the time he lived, people on [MTY] the earth became divided and scattered everywhere. Peleg’s younger brother was Joktan.
26 Yoktawn loh Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
Joktan became the ancestor of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
27 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,
Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,
28 Obal, Abimael, Sheba,
Obal, Abimael, Sheba,
29 Ophir, Havilah, neh Jobab a sak. Te rhoek te Yawktawn kah a ca boeih ni.
Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All those people were descended from Joktan.
30 Te dongah Mesha lamkah Sephar khothoeng tlang due na caeh vaengah amih kah tolrhum la om.
The areas in which they lived extended from Mesha westward to Sephar, which is in the (hill country/area that has a lot of hills).
31 Hekah rhoek he amah namtu neh amah khorhi ah amah ol la amah huiko neh aka om Shem ca rhoek ni.
They are descendants of Shem. They became groups that had their own clans, their own languages, and their own land.
32 He tah amah namtu ah amamih kah rhuirhong la aka om Noah ca rhoek kah a huiko rhoek ni. Te dongah tuilii phoeiah he lamkah ni namtom rhoek loh diklai hmanah a yaal uh.
All those groups descended from the sons of Noah. Each group had its own (genealogy/record of people’s ancestors) and each became a separate ethnic group. Those ethnic groups formed after the flood and spread all around the earth.
