Genesis 10

1 (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.

Ko eni ʻae tala hohoko ʻoe ngaahi foha ʻo Noa, ko Semi, mo Hami, mo Sefeti: pea naʻe fanauʻi kiate kinautolu ʻae ngaahi foha hili ʻae lōmaki.

2 The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

Ko e ngaahi foha ʻo Sefeti; ko Komela, mo Mekoki, mo Metai, mo Savani, mo Tupale, mo Meseke, mo Tailasa.

3 The sons of Gomer were Askenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.

Pea ko e ngaahi foha ʻo Komela; ko ʻAsekinasa, mo Lifata, mo Tokama.

4 The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

Pea ko e ngaahi foha ʻo Savani; ko ʻElaisa, mo Taʻasisi, mo Ketimi, mo Totenimi.

5 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.

Naʻe vahevahe kiate kinautolu ni ʻae ngaahi fonua ʻoe ngaahi puleʻanga ke nau fonua ʻaki; ke taki taha ʻi hono lea mo honau faʻahinga, pea mo honau ngaahi puleʻanga.

6 The descendants of Ham were Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.

Pea ko e ngaahi foha ʻo Hami; ko Kusa, mo Misilemi, mo Futi, mo Kēnani.

7 The descendants of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The descendants of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.

Pea ko e ngaahi foha ʻo Kusa; ko Sipa, mo Havila, mo Sapita, mo Leama, mo Sapetika: pea ko e ongo foha ʻo Leama; ko Sipa, mo Titani.

8 Another one of Cush’s descendants was Nimrod. Nimrod was the first person on earth who became a mighty warrior.

Pea naʻe tupu ia Kusa, ʻa Nimilote: pea naʻe hoko ia ko e tokotaha lahi ʻi māmani.

9 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.”

Ko e tangata tuli manu fakamanavahē ia ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ʻEiki: ko ia ʻoku ai ʻae lea ʻoku pehē, “ʻO hangē ko Nimilote ko e tuli manu lahi ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ʻEiki.”

10 Nimrod became a king who ruled in Babylonia. The first cities over which he ruled were Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh.

Pea ko e kamataʻanga ʻo hono puleʻanga ko Pepeli, mo ʻIleke, mo ʻAkata, mo Kalina, ʻi he fonua ko Saina.

11 From there he went [with others] to Assyria and built the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,

Naʻe ʻalu atu ʻa ʻAsilia mei he fonua ko ia, pea ne langa ʻa Ninive, mo e kolo ko Leopote, mo Kela,

12 and Resen. Resen was a large city between Nineveh and Calah.

Mo Lisini ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo Ninive mo Kela: ko e kolo lahi ia.

13 Ham’s son, Egypt, became the ancestor of the Lud, Anam, Lehab and Naphtuh,

Pea naʻe tupu ia Misilemi ʻa Lutimi, mo ʻAnamemi, mo Lehapimi, mo Nafituhemi,

14 Pathrus, Casluh and Caphtor people-groups. The Philistine people were descended from Casluh.

Mo Patilusime, mo Kasiluhemi, (naʻe tupu mei ai ʻa Filisitia, ) mo Kafitolime.

15 Ham’s youngest son, Canaan, became the father of Sidon, who was his eldest son, and Heth, his younger son.

Pea naʻe tupu ia Kēnani ʻa Saitoni ko hono ʻuluaki, mo Heti,

16 Canaan was also the ancestor of the Jebus, Amor, Girgash,

Mo e kakai Sepusi, mo e ʻAmoli, mo e Keakasa,

17 Hiv, Ark, Sin,

Mo e Hevi, mo e ʻAlaka, mo e Sina,

18 Arved, Zemar and Hamath people-groups. Later the descendants of Canaan dispersed over a large area.

Mo e ʻAvati, mo e Semali, mo e Hemati; pea hili ia naʻe movete atu ʻae ngaahi faʻahinga ʻo Kēnani.

19 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].

Pea ko e ngataʻanga fonua ʻoe kakai Kēnani naʻe [fai ]mei Saitoni, ʻi hoʻo haʻu mei Kilai ki Kesa; ʻi hoʻo ʻalu ai ki Sotoma mo Komola, mo ʻAtima, mo Sipoimi ʻo aʻu ki Lesa.

20 Those are the descendants of Ham. They became groups that had their own clans, their own languages, and their own land.

Ko e ngaahi foha eni ʻo Hami, ʻi honau ngaahi faʻahinga, mo e nau ngaahi lea, ʻi honau ngaahi fonua, mo honau ngaahi puleʻanga.

21 Shem, the older brother of Japheth, became the father of Eber, and the ancestor of all the descendants of Eber.

Ko Semi foki, ʻaia ko e tamai ʻae fānau kotoa pē ʻa ʻIpela, ko e tehina ʻo Sefeti ko e lahi, naʻe ai foki ʻae fānau kiate ia.

22 The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.

Ko e fānau ʻa Semi; ko ʻIlami, mo ʻAsuli, mo ʻAfakisati, mo Luti, mo ʻElami.

23 The sons of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.

Pea ko e fānau ʻa ʻElami; ko ʻUsi, mo Uli, mo Ketali, mo Masi.

24 Arphaxad became the father of Shelah. Shelah became the father of Eber.

Pea naʻe tupu ia ʻAfakisati ʻa Sela, pea fakatupu ʻe Sela ʻa ʻIpela.

25 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.

Pea naʻe fanauʻi kia ʻIpela ʻae ongo foha; ko e hingoa ʻoe tokotaha ko Peleki: he naʻe vahevahe ʻae fonua ʻi hono ngaahi ʻaho; pea ko e hingoa ʻo hono tokoua ko Sokitani.

26 Joktan became the ancestor of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,

Pea naʻe tupu ia Sokitani ʻa ʻAlimotate, mo Silefi, mo Hesamevete, mo Sela,

27 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,

Mo Hatolame, mo ʻUsali, mo Tikila,

28 Obal, Abimael, Sheba,

Mo ʻOpale, mo ʻApimaeli, mo Sipa.

29 Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All those people were descended from Joktan.

Mo ʻOfeli, mo Havila, mo Sopapi: ko e ngaahi foha eni kotoa pē ʻo Sokitani.

30 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).

Pea ko honau nofoʻanga naʻe [fai ]mei Mesa, ʻi hoʻo ʻalu ʻo aʻu ki Sefa ko e moʻunga ʻi hahake.

31 They are descendants of Shem. They became groups that had their own clans, their own languages, and their own land.

Ko e ngaahi foha eni ʻo Semi, ʻi honau ngaahi faʻahinga, mo e nau ngaahi lea, mo honau ngaahi fonua, mo honau ngaahi puleʻanga.

32 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.

Ko eni ʻae ngaahi faʻahinga ʻoe ngaahi foha ʻo Noa, mo honau ngaahi toʻutangata, ʻi honau ngaahi puleʻanga: pea naʻe vahe vahe ʻiate kinautolu ni ʻae ngaahi puleʻanga ʻo māmani, hili ʻae lōmaki.