Chakruok 10
1 Ma e nonro mar Shem, Ham kod Jafeth ma yawuot Nowa ma bende nonywolo yawuowi bangʼ ataro mangʼongo.
(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 Yawuot Jafeth ne gin: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshek kod Tiras.
The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
3 Yawuot Gomer ne gin: Ashkenaz, Rifath, kod Togarma.
The sons of Gomer were Askenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
4 Yawuot Javan ne gin: Elisha, Tarshish, jo-Kitim kod jo-Rodan.
The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
5 (Kuomgi ema ogendini modak e dho nembe nowuokie kadhi e pinjegi, dhoot ka dhoot, e pinjegi ka moro ka moro wacho dhogi.)
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 Yawuot Ham ne gin: Kush, Mizraim, Put kod Kanaan.
The descendants of Ham were Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.
7 Yawuot Kush ne gin: Seba, Havila, Sabta, Rama kod Sabteka. Yawuot Rama ne gin: Sheba kod Dedan.
The descendants of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The descendants of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.
8 Kush ne en wuon Nimrod, mane en jalweny maratego e piny.
Another one of Cush’s descendants was Nimrod. Nimrod was the first person on earth who became a mighty warrior.
9 Ne en jadwar maratego e nyim Jehova Nyasaye. Mano ema omiyo iwacho “Jadwar maratego e nyim Jehova Nyasaye ka Nimrod.”
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 Pinje mokwongo mag pinyruodhe ne gin Babulon, Erek, Akad kod Kalne e piny Shinar.
Nimrod became a king who ruled in Babylonia. The first cities over which he ruled were Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh.
11 Nowuok kuno modhi e piny Asuria kuma nogeroe Nineve, Rehoboth-Ir, gi Kala,
From there he went [with others] to Assyria and built the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,
12 kod Resen, dala maduongʼ, man e kind Nineve kod Kala.
and Resen. Resen was a large city between Nineveh and Calah.
13 Mizraim ne en wuon jo-Lud, jo-Anam, jo-Lehab, jo-Naftu,
Ham’s son, Egypt, became the ancestor of the Lud, Anam, Lehab and Naphtuh,
14 Jo-Pathrus, jo-Kaslu (ma jo-Filistia nowuok kuomgi) kod jo-Kaftor.
Pathrus, Casluh and Caphtor people-groups. The Philistine people were descended from Casluh.
15 Kanaan nonywolo Sidon wuode makayo kendo jo-Hiti,
Ham’s youngest son, Canaan, became the father of Sidon, who was his eldest son, and Heth, his younger son.
16 jo-Jebus, jo-Amor, jo-Girgash,
Canaan was also the ancestor of the Jebus, Amor, Girgash,
17 jo-Hivi, jo-Arki, jo-Sini,
Hiv, Ark, Sin,
18 jo-Arvad, jo-Zemar kod jo-Hamath. (Bangʼe anywola mar jo-Kanaan noke e piny,
Arved, Zemar and Hamath people-groups. Later the descendants of Canaan dispersed over a large area.
19 kendo tongʼ piny mar Kanaan nochakore Sidon kadhi Gerar nyaka Gaza kendo kadhi Sodom, Gomora, Adma kod Zeboim nyaka Lasha.)
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 Magi e yawuot Ham kuom dhoutgi, kod dhogi e pinjegi kod ogandagi.
Those are the descendants of Ham. They became groups that had their own clans, their own languages, and their own land.
21 Shem mane owadgi Jafeth matin ma bende en kwar jo-Eber bende nonywolo yawuowi.
Shem, the older brother of Japheth, became the father of Eber, and the ancestor of all the descendants of Eber.
22 Shem nonywolo: Elam, Ashur, Arfaksad, Lud kod Aram.
The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
23 Aram nonywolo: Uz, Hul, Gether kod Meshek.
The sons of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.
24 Arfaksad nonywolo Shela, to Shela nonywolo Eber.
Arphaxad became the father of Shelah. Shelah became the father of Eber.
25 Eber nonywolo yawuowi ariyo: Achiel nochak ni Peleg, nikech e ndalono ema nopogie piny; owadgi to ne nyinge 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 nonywolo: Almodad, Shelef, Hazarmaveth, gi Jera,
Joktan became the ancestor of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
27 Hadoram, Uzal, Dikla,
Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,
28 Obal, Abimael, gi Sheba
Obal, Abimael, Sheba,
29 Ofir, Havila kod Jobab. Jogo duto ne gin yawuot Joktan.
Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All those people were descended from Joktan.
30 (Pinygi mane gi dakie nochakore Mesha kochomo Sefar e gode man yo wuok chiengʼ.)
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 Magi e yawuot Shem kuom dhoutgi ka moro ka moro wacho dhogi giwegi.
They are descendants of Shem. They became groups that had their own clans, their own languages, and their own land.
32 Magi e yawuot Nowa kaluwore gi anywolagi e pinjegi. Kuomgi ema ogendini mopogore opogore nochakore bangʼ ataro.
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.
