Kamtawngnae 10
1 Tuikamuem a tho hnukkhu, Noah capa Shem, Ham hoi Japheth koehoi patuen a khe e casaknaw teh a rahim lae patetlah doeh.
(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 e capanaw teh Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshek hoi Tiras.
The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
3 Gomer e capanaw teh, Ashkenaz, Riphath hoi Togarmah.
The sons of Gomer were Askenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
4 Javan e capanaw teh, Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim hoi Dodarim.
The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
5 Ahnimanaw teh miphun tangkuem, ram louk hmuennaw hah amamae ram, amamae lawk, amamae imthung lahoi amamae ram dawk lengkaleng kâkapek awh.
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 Hahoi, Ham e capanaw teh Kush, Izip, Put hoi Kanaan,
The descendants of Ham were Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.
7 Kush e capanaw teh Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah hoi hmaloe pasuek a thakasaipoung e lah ao.
The descendants of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The descendants of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.
8 Hahoi Kush ni Nimrod a khe teh, ahni teh talai van dawk hmaloe pasuek a thakasaipoung e lah ao.
Another one of Cush’s descendants was Nimrod. Nimrod was the first person on earth who became a mighty warrior.
9 Ahni teh BAWIPA hmalah thakasaipounge lah ao. Hatdawkvah, BAWIPA hmalah thaonae hoi moikathaipounge Nimrod patetlah ouk ati awh.
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 A uknaeram a kamtawngnae teh, Babilon, Erek, Akkad hoi Shinar ram e Kalneh.
Nimrod became a king who ruled in Babylonia. The first cities over which he ruled were Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh.
11 Hote ram koehoi Assiria ram lah a cei teh Nineveh, Rehobothir aka lahoi,
From there he went [with others] to Assyria and built the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,
12 Nineveh hoi Kalah rahak kaawm e Resen khopui kalenpounge kho hmuen hai a thawng.
and Resen. Resen was a large city between Nineveh and Calah.
13 Izip e capanaw teh Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim,
Ham’s son, Egypt, became the ancestor of the Lud, Anam, Lehab and Naphtuh,
14 Pathrusim (philistin hoi Kaphtorimnaw a tâconae) hoi Kapthorim,
Pathrus, Casluh and Caphtor people-groups. The Philistine people were descended from Casluh.
15 Kanaan e a camin teh Sidon, hahoi Heth,
Ham’s youngest son, Canaan, became the father of Sidon, who was his eldest son, and Heth, his younger son.
16 hahoi Jebusit tami Amor tami, Girgashite tami,
Canaan was also the ancestor of the Jebus, Amor, Girgash,
17 Hiv tami, Arkit tami, Sin tami,
Hiv, Ark, Sin,
18 Arvad tami, Zemarit tami hoi Hamath taminaw hah a khe. Hathnukkhu, Kanaan e ca catounnaw teh a kampek awh.
Arved, Zemar and Hamath people-groups. Later the descendants of Canaan dispersed over a large area.
19 Kanaannaw e a ramri Sidon hoi Gerar koelae Gaza totouh. Hahoi Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, hoi Zeboiim kho a tapoung teh Lasha kho totouh a pha.
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 Hete miphunnaw teh Ham e ca catounnaw doeh. Ahnimanaw teh amamae imthung lahoi, lawk lahoi, kho hmuen lahoi, amamae ram thung kho lengkaleng a sak awh.
Those are the descendants of Ham. They became groups that had their own clans, their own languages, and their own land.
21 Japheth e nawngha, Hebru miphunnaw e a na pa Shem haiyah canaw a khe.
Shem, the older brother of Japheth, became the father of Eber, and the ancestor of all the descendants of Eber.
22 Shem e capanaw teh Elam, Assyria, Arphaxad, Lud hoi Aram.
The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
23 Aram e capanaw teh Uz, Hul, Gether hoi Mash.
The sons of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.
24 Arphaxad e capa teh Shelah, Shelah e capa teh Eber,
Arphaxad became the father of Shelah. Shelah became the father of Eber.
25 Eber ni capa kahni touh a khe. Buet touh e min teh Peleg. Bangkongtetpawiteh, ahnie a se navah talai a kârei awh. A nawngha e min teh Joktan.
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 Joktan e a capanaw teh, 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, hoi Jobab,
Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All those people were descended from Joktan.
30 Kho a saknae hmuen teh Mesha kho koehoi kanîtholah Sephar mon totouh a pha.
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 Hete taminaw teh Shem e capanaw lah ao teh, amamae imthung lahoi, lawk, kho ram tangkuem dawk kho a sak awh.
They are descendants of Shem. They became groups that had their own clans, their own languages, and their own land.
32 A lathueng lae khenae hoi miphunnaw teh, Noah e imthung hoi a capanaw ni patuen a khe e catounnaw e kong doeh. Ahnimanaw teh tuikamuem a tho hnukkhu kho ram alouklah a kampek awh.
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.
