Genesis 10
1 The following are the genealogies of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. They had sons born to them after the flood.
Bano be bazzukulu ba Nuuwa, Seemu ne Kaamu, ne Yafeesi be baazaala oluvannyuma lw’amataba.
2 The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
Batabani ba Yafeesi: Gomeri, ne Magogi, ne Madayi, ne Yivani, ne Tubali ne Meseki ne Tirasi.
3 The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
Batabani ba Gomeri be bano: Asukenaazi, ne Lifasi, ne Togaluma.
4 The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
Batabani ba Yivani baali: Erisa, ne Talusiisi, ne Kittimu ne Dodanimu.
5 The descendants of these ancestors spread throughout the coastal areas, each group having their own language, with their families developing into different nations.
(Mu bano mwe mwava abo abaabuna olubalama lw’ennyanja. Bano be batabani ba Yafeesi mu bitundu byabwe, buli bamu mu nnimi zaabwe ng’ennyumba zaabwe n’amawanga gaabwe bwe biri.)
6 The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
Batabani ba Kaamu be bano: Kuusi, ne Misiri, ne Puuti, ne Kanani.
7 The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
Batabani ba Kuusi be bano: Seeba, ne Kavira, ne Sabuta, ne Laama ne Sebuteka. Batabani ba Laama baali: Seeba ne Dedani.
8 Cush was also the father of Nimrod, who set himself up as the first tyrant on earth.
Kuusi ye yazaala Nimuloodi; ye yasooka okuba omuntu ow’amaanyi ennyo ku nsi.
9 He was a powerful fighter who defied the Lord; which is why there's the expression, “Like Nimrod, a powerful fighter who defied the Lord.”
Yali muyizzi kkungwa, mu maaso ga Mukama, kyekyava kigambibwa nti, “Afaanana Nimuloodi omuyizzi kkungwa mu maaso ga Mukama.”
10 His kingdom began in the cities of Babel, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh, all located in the land of Shinar.
Obwakabaka bwe bwatandikira Baberi, ne Eneki ne Akudi ne Kalune, nga byonna bya mu nsi Sinali.
11 From there he moved into Assyria and built the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,
Bwe yava mu nsi eyo n’agenda mu Bwasuli, n’azimba Nineeve, ne Lekobosiyira, ne Kala ne
12 and Resen, which lies between Nineveh and the great city of Calah.
Leseni, wakati wa Nineeve ne Kala; Leseni kye kyali ekibuga ekikulu.
13 Mizraim was the father of the Ludites, the Anamites, the Lehabites, the Naphtuhites,
Mizulayimu oba Misiri ye kitaawe wa Ludimu, ne Anamimu, ne Lekabimu, ne Nafutukimu,
14 the Pathrusites, the Casluhites, and the Caphtorites (ancestors of the Philistines).
ne Pasulusimu, ne Kasulukimu (omwava Abafirisuuti) ne Kafutorimu.
15 Canaan was the father of Sidon, his firstborn, and of the Hittites,
Kanani ye yazaala Sidoni, omwana we omubereberye, ne Keesi,
16 the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,
n’Abayebusi, n’Abamoli, n’Abagirugaasi,
17 the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,
n’Abakiivi, n’Abaluki, n’Abasiini,
18 the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Later the Canaanite tribes spread out
n’Abaluvada, n’Abazemali, n’Abakamasi n’ebika eby’omu Kanani ne babuna wonna.
19 and the territory of the Canaanites stretched from Sidon towards Gerar and all the way to Gaza, then towards Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, all the way to Lasha.
Ekitundu kya Kanani kyava ku Sidoni, okwolekera Gerali n’okutuukira ddala e Gaza okwolekera Sodomu, ne Ggomola, ne Aduma, ne Zeboyimu okutuukira ddala e Lasa.
20 These were the sons of Ham according to their tribes, languages, lands, and nation.
Abo be bazzukulu ba Kaamu, mu nda zaabwe ne nnimi zaabwe, mu bitundu byabwe ne mu mawanga gaabwe.
21 Shem, whose older brother was Japheth, also had sons. Shem was the forefather of all the sons of Eber.
Seemu kitaawe w’abo bonna abaava mu Eberi, mukulu wa Yafeesi naye yazaalirwa abaana.
22 The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
Abaana ba Seemu be bano: Eramu, ne Asuli, ne Alupakusaadi, ne Ludi ne Alamu.
23 The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.
Batabani ba Alamu: Uzi, ne Kuuli, ne Ggeseri ne Masi.
24 Arphaxad was the father of Shelah. Shelah was the father of Eber.
Alupakusaadi ye kitaawe wa Seera. Seera ye kitaawe wa Eberi.
25 Eber had two sons. One was named Peleg, because in his time the earth was divided; the name of his brother was Joktan.
Omu ku batabani ba Eberi yali Peregi, kubanga we yazaalirwa ensi yali yeesazeemu, muganda we ye yali Yokutaani.
26 Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
Yokutaani ye yali kitaawe wa Alumodaadi, ne Serefu, ne Kazalumaveesi, ne Yera,
27 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,
ne Kadolaamu, ne Uzali, ne Dikula,
28 Obal, Abimael, Sheba,
ne Obali, ne Abimayeeri, ne Seeba,
29 Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. These were all sons of Joktan.
ne Ofiri, ne Kavira ne Yobabu; bano bonna baali batabani ba Yokutaani.
30 They lived in the land lying between Mesha to Sephar, in the hill country to the east.
Ekitundu mwe baali kyava ku Mesa okwolekera Serali, okutuukira ddala ku kitundu eky’ensozi ku luuyi olw’ebuvanjuba.
31 These were the sons of Shem, according to their tribes, languages, lands, and nations.
Abo be bazzukulu ba Seemu, mu nnyumba zaabwe, ne mu nnimi zaabwe, ne mu bitundu byabwe ne mu mawanga gaabwe.
32 These were all the tribes descended from Noah's sons, according to their genealogies and national groups. From these ancestors the different nations of the earth spread around the world after the flood.
Abo ze nnyumba za batabani ba Nuuwa ng’okuzaalibwa kwabwe bwe kwali, n’amawanga gaabwe; era okuva mu bano amawanga gonna mwe gaayalira ne gabuna ensi yonna oluvannyuma lw’amataba.
