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.
Hawa ndio wazao wa Noa: Shemu, Hamu na Yafethi, ambao walizaa wana baada ya gharika.
2 The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
Wana wa Yafethi walikuwa: Gomeri, Magogu, Madai, Yavani, Tubali, Mesheki na Tirasi.
3 The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
Wana wa Gomeri walikuwa: Ashkenazi, Rifathi na Togarma.
4 The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
Wana wa Yavani walikuwa: Elisha, Tarshishi, Kitimu na Rodanimu.
5 The descendants of these ancestors spread throughout the coastal areas, each group having their own language, with their families developing into different nations.
(Kutokana na hawa mataifa ya Pwani yalienea katika nchi zao, kwa koo zao katika mataifa yao, kila moja kwa lugha yake.)
6 The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
Wana wa Hamu walikuwa: Kushi, Misraimu, Putu na Kanaani.
7 The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
Wana wa Kushi walikuwa: Seba, Havila, Sabta, Raama na Sabteka. Wana wa Raama walikuwa: Sheba na Dedani.
8 Cush was also the father of Nimrod, who set himself up as the first tyrant on earth.
Kushi akamzaa Nimrodi, ambaye alikua akawa mtu shujaa duniani.
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.”
Alikuwa mwindaji hodari mbele za Bwana. Ndiyo sababu watu husema, “Kama Nimrodi, hodari wa kuwinda mbele za Bwana.”
10 His kingdom began in the cities of Babel, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh, all located in the land of Shinar.
Vituo vyake vya kwanza katika ufalme wake vilikuwa Babeli, Ereki, Akadi na Kalne katika Shinari.
11 From there he moved into Assyria and built the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,
Kutoka nchi ile alikwenda Ashuru, ambako alijenga Ninawi, Rehoboth-iri, Kala,
12 and Resen, which lies between Nineveh and the great city of Calah.
na Reseni, iliyo kati ya Ninawi na Kala; huo ndio mji mkubwa.
13 Mizraim was the father of the Ludites, the Anamites, the Lehabites, the Naphtuhites,
Misraimu alikuwa baba wa: Waludi, Waanami, Walehabi, Wanaftuhi,
14 the Pathrusites, the Casluhites, and the Caphtorites (ancestors of the Philistines).
Wapathrusi, Wakasluhi (hao ndio asili ya Wafilisti), na Wakaftori.
15 Canaan was the father of Sidon, his firstborn, and of the Hittites,
Kanaani alikuwa baba wa: Sidoni mzaliwa wake wa kwanza, Hethi,
16 the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,
Wayebusi, Waamori, Wagirgashi,
17 the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,
Wahivi, Waariki, Wasini,
18 the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Later the Canaanite tribes spread out
Waarvadi, Wasemari na Wahamathi. Baadaye koo za Wakanaani zilitawanyika,
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.
na mipaka ya Kanaani ilienea kutoka Sidoni kuelekea Gerari hadi Gaza, kisha kuelekea Sodoma, Gomora, Adma na Seboimu, hadi kufikia Lasha.
20 These were the sons of Ham according to their tribes, languages, lands, and nation.
Hawa ni wana wa Hamu kwa koo zao na lugha zao, katika nchi zao na mataifa yao.
21 Shem, whose older brother was Japheth, also had sons. Shem was the forefather of all the sons of Eber.
Shemu ambaye ni ndugu mkubwa wa Yafethi, kwake kulizaliwa wana pia. Shemu alikuwa baba wa wana wote wa Eberi.
22 The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
Wana wa Shemu walikuwa: Elamu, Ashuru, Arfaksadi, Ludi na Aramu.
23 The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.
Wana wa Aramu walikuwa: Usi, Huli, Getheri na Mesheki.
24 Arphaxad was the father of Shelah. Shelah was the father of Eber.
Arfaksadi alikuwa baba wa Shela, naye Shela akamzaa 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.
Eberi akapata wana wawili: Mmoja wao aliitwa Pelegi, kwa kuwa wakati wake ndipo dunia iligawanyika; nduguye aliitwa Yoktani.
26 Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
Yoktani alikuwa baba wa: Almodadi, Shelefu, Hasarmawethi, Yera,
27 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,
Hadoramu, Uzali, Dikla,
28 Obal, Abimael, Sheba,
Obali, Abimaeli, Sheba,
29 Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. These were all sons of Joktan.
Ofiri, Havila na Yobabu. Hawa wote walikuwa wana wa Yoktani.
30 They lived in the land lying between Mesha to Sephar, in the hill country to the east.
Nchi waliyoishi ilienea toka Mesha kuelekea Sefari kwenye nchi ya vilima iliyoko mashariki.
31 These were the sons of Shem, according to their tribes, languages, lands, and nations.
Hao ndio wana wa Shemu kwa koo zao na lugha zao, katika nchi zao na mataifa yao.
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.
Hizi ndizo koo za wana wa Noa, kufuatana na vizazi vyao, katika mataifa yao. Kutokana na hawa mataifa yalienea duniani kote baada ya gharika.
