Kamtawngnae 9
1 Hottelah Cathut ni Noah hoi a canaw yawhawinae a poe teh, ahnimouh koe, ca moi khe awh, pungdaw awh nateh, talai van kawi awh.
God blessed Noah and his sons, and told them, “Reproduce, increase, and spread throughout the earth!
2 Talai van moithang, saring phunkuep, kalvan e tava phunkuep, talai van a von hoi kâva e pueng, hoi tui thung e tanga pueng ni nangmouh na taki vaiteh a pâyaw awh han. Hote moithang pueng teh nangmae kut dawk na poe.
All animals will be very afraid of you—this includes all the birds, all the creatures that run along the ground, and all the fish in the sea. You are in charge of them.
3 Kahring ni teh kâroe e pueng nangmouh han rawca lah ao han. Hnopai pueng, anhla kahring pueng totouh na poe awh han.
Every living creature that moves will be food for you, as well as all the green plants.
4 Hottelah a moi hah a hringnae a thi hoi hmai na cat awh mahoeh.
But do not eat meat with the lifeblood still in it.
5 Hahoi, nangmae hringnae thi phu teh ka hei han. Tami saring pueng koe ka hei han. Tami tangkuem e hmaunawnghanaw koe, tami e hringnae phu teh ka hei roeroe han.
If your blood is shed by any animal, I will call it to account; and if your blood is shed by any person, I will call that person to account.
6 Apipatethai tami e thi ka palawng e tami teh tami ni thi palawng lah ao van han. Bangkongtetpawiteh, tami teh Cathut ni amae meikalat lah a sak e doeh.
Whoever sheds the blood of a human being will have their blood shed by human beings. For God made human beings in his image.
7 Hateiteh, nangmouh teh ca khe awh nateh pungdaw awh. Talai van vah canaw moi khe awh nateh pungdaw awh telah atipouh.
Reproduce, increase, and spread throughout the earth—have many descendants!”
8 Cathut ni Noah hoi a capanaw koe bout a dei pouh e teh,
Then God told Noah and his sons who were there with him,
9 Nangmouh hoi thoseh, nangmae catoun hoi thoseh,
“Listen, I'm making my agreement with you and your descendants,
10 Nangmouh koe kaawm e kahring e moithang pueng, tava pueng, saring pueng, long thung hoi tâcokhai e saring pueng koe lawkkam ka caksak han.
and with all the animals around you—the birds, the livestock, and all the wild animals of the earth—every animal that accompanied you on the ark.
11 Nangmouh koe lawkkam ka caksak e teh, tuikamuem lahoi nâtuek hai moithang pueng ka raphoe mahoeh toe. Talai teh tui hoi ka raphoe mahoeh toe telah ati.
In my agreement I'm promising you that I won't ever again destroy all life by means of a flood—there won't be a destructive flood like this again.”
12 Cathut ni kai hoi nang rahak, nang koe kaawm e kâroe ni teh kahring e pueng hoi na catounnaw rahak vah ka sak e lawkkam mitnoutnae doeh.
Then God said, “I'm going to give you a sign to confirm the agreement I'm making between me and you and all living creatures, an agreement that will last for all generations.
13 Kaie salumpa hah tâmai dawk ka hruek vaiteh, kai hoi talai rahak lawkkam mitnoutnae lah ao han.
I've placed my rainbow in the clouds, and this will be the sign of my agreement with you and with all life on earth.
14 Kai ni tâmai ka tabo sak navah, tâmai dawk salumpa a kamnue han.
Whenever I make clouds form over the earth and the rainbow appears,
15 Kai hoi nang rahak, kahring ni teh kâroe e pueng koe, ka lawkkam e pou ka pouk vaiteh, saring moithang pueng tuikamuem hoi ka raphoe mahoeh toe.
it will remind me of my agreement between me and you and every kind of living creature that floodwaters won't ever again destroy all life.
16 Tâmai dawk salumpa a paham e ka khet vaiteh, Cathut hoi talai van kaawm e kahring e saring moithang pueng rahak vah, yungyoe e lawkkam ka pouk han.
I will see the rainbow in the clouds and it will remind me of the eternal agreement between God and every kind of living creature that lives on the earth.”
17 Hahoi Cathut ni Noah koe, hete teh kai hoi talai van kaawm e moithang saring pueng rahak vah, ka caksak e lawkkam mitnoutnae doeh telah atipouh.
Then God told Noah, “This is the sign of the agreement I'm making between me and every creature on earth.”
18 Long thung hoi a tâco navah Noah e a capanaw teh Shem, Ham, Japheth. Ham teh Kanaan e a na pa lah ao.
Noah's sons who left the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Ham was the father of the Canaanites.)
19 Ahnimanaw kathum touh teh Noah e a capanaw lah ao teh, ahnimanaw koehoi talai van taminaw a pungdaw.
All the people who are spread over the world are descended from these three sons of Noah.
20 Noah ni law sak a kamtawng teh, misur takha a sak.
Noah started to cultivate the ground as a farmer, and he planted a vineyard.
21 Misurtui hai a nei dawkvah a parui teh tawngtai lah ao.
He drank some of the wine he'd produced, got drunk, and fell asleep in his tent, naked.
22 Kanaan e na pa Ham ni a na pa caici lah ao e a hmu teh alawilah kaawm e a hmaunawngha kahni touh koe a dei pouh.
Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father's private parts and went and told his two brothers who were outside.
23 Hatei Shem hoi Japheth ni teh hni a la roi teh a loung dawk a thueng roi teh, kâhnawn laihoi a na pa e caicinae teh a ramuk pouh roi. Ahnimouh roi teh alawilah a kangvawi roi dawkvah, a na pa caici lah ao e hah hmawt roi hoeh.
Shem and Japheth picked up a cloak and, holding it over their shoulders, walked in backwards and covered up their father's privates. They made sure to look the other way so they wouldn't see their father's privates.
24 Noah ni misur parui e a thangcuem torei teh a capa cahnoung e ni a sak e a panue.
When Noah woke up from his drunken sleep, he discovered what his youngest son had done,
25 Hatdawkvah, Kanaan teh thoebo lah awm seh. A hmau roi koe san thung dawk e san lah awm seh.
and said, “May Canaan be cursed! He will be the lowest kind of slave and will serve his brothers!”
26 Hahoi, Shem e BAWIPA Cathut teh yawhawinae awm seh. Kanaan teh ahni koe san lah awm seh.
Then Noah continued, “May the Lord be blessed, the God of Shem, and may Canaan be his slave.
27 Cathut ni Japheth teh len nateh roung seh. Shem e lukkareiim dawk awm seh. Kanaan teh ahni koe san lah awm seh telah atipouh.
May God give Japtheth plenty of space to accommodate his many descendants, and may they live at peace among Shem's people, and may Canaan also be his slave.”
28 Noah teh tuikamuem a tho hnukkhu kum 350 a hring.
Noah lived for another 350 years after the flood.
29 Noah e a hringnae teh kum 950 touh a pha teh a due.
Noah lived a total of 950 years, and then he died.
