Mose 1 10
1 Noa ƒe viwo, Sem, Ham kple Yafet dzi viŋutsuwo le tsiɖɔɖɔ la megbe. Woƒe dzidzimeviwo yi ale:
(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 Yafet ƒe viwoe nye: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Yavan, Tubal, Mesek kple Tiras.
The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
3 Gomer ƒe viŋutsuwoe nye: Askenaz, Rifat kple Togarma.
The sons of Gomer were Askenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
4 Yavan ƒe viŋutsuwoe nye: Elisa, Tarsis, Kititɔwo kple Dodanitɔwo.
The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
5 (Woƒe dzidzimeviwo va zu ƒutadukɔwo le anyigba vovovowo dzi, eye woƒe gbegbɔgblɔwo to vovo tso wo nɔewo gbɔ.)
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 Ham ƒe viŋutsuwoe nye: Kus, Egipte, Put kple Kanaan.
The descendants of Ham were Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.
7 Kus ƒe viŋutsuwoe nye: Seba, Havila, Sabta, Raama kple Sabteka. Raama ƒe viŋutsuwoe nye: Seba kple Dedan.
The descendants of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The descendants of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.
8 Kus ƒe dzidzimevie nye Nimrɔd, ame si va zu kalẽtɔ gã aɖe le anyigba la dzi.
Another one of Cush’s descendants was Nimrod. Nimrod was the first person on earth who became a mighty warrior.
9 Enye adela xɔŋkɔ aɖe si Yehowa yra, eye ame geɖewo kafunɛ. Amewo ɖia ɖase tso ame bubuwo ŋu be wole “abe Nimrɔd, adela xɔŋkɔ si Yehowa yra la ene.”
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 Eɖu Babel, Erek, Akad kple Kalne si nɔ Sinarnyigba la dzi gbã.
Nimrod became a king who ruled in Babylonia. The first cities over which he ruled were Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh.
11 Tso anyigba ma dzi la, eyi Asiria, afi si wòtu Ninive, Rehobot Ir, Kala
From there he went [with others] to Assyria and built the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,
12 kple Resen ɖo; Resen le Ninive kple Kala dome, eye eyae nye du gã la.
and Resen. Resen was a large city between Nineveh and Calah.
13 Ame siwo nye Egipte ƒe dzidzimeviwo lae nye: Ludimtɔwo, Anamimtɔwo, Lehabitɔwo, Naftuhitɔwo,
Ham’s son, Egypt, became the ancestor of the Lud, Anam, Lehab and Naphtuh,
14 Patrusitɔwo, Kasluhitɔwo (ame siwo me Filistitɔwo dzɔ tso) kple Kaftoritɔwo.
Pathrus, Casluh and Caphtor people-groups. The Philistine people were descended from Casluh.
15 Kanaan ƒe viwo dometɔ aɖewoe nye: Sidon, ame si nye eƒe ŋgɔgbevi kple Het.
Ham’s youngest son, Canaan, became the father of Sidon, who was his eldest son, and Heth, his younger son.
16 Kanaan ƒe dzidzimeviwoe nye: Yebusitɔwo, Amoritɔwo, Girgasitɔwo,
Canaan was also the ancestor of the Jebus, Amor, Girgash,
17 Hivitɔwo, Arkitɔwo, Sinitɔwo,
Hiv, Ark, Sin,
18 Arvaditɔwo, Zemaritɔwo kple Hamatitɔwo. (Kanaan ƒe dzidzimeviwo kaka
Arved, Zemar and Hamath people-groups. Later the descendants of Canaan dispersed over a large area.
19 tso Sidon yi Gerar va Gaza, Sodom, Gomora, Adma kple Zeboyim va se ɖe Lasa.)
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 Ame siawoe nye Ham ƒe dzidzimeviwo. Wonɔ anyigba geɖewo dzi, eye wonye dukɔ geɖewo. Gbegbɔgblɔ vovovowo nɔ wo si.
Those are the descendants of Ham. They became groups that had their own clans, their own languages, and their own land.
21 Sem, ame si nye Yafet nɔvi tsitsitɔ ƒe vie nye Eber.
Shem, the older brother of Japheth, became the father of Eber, and the ancestor of all the descendants of Eber.
22 Sem ƒe dzidzimeviwoe nye: Elam, Asur, Arfaxad, Lud kple Aram.
The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
23 Aram ƒe dzizimeviwoe nye: Uz, Hul, Geter kple Mas.
The sons of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.
24 Arfaxad ƒe vie nye Sela, ame si dzi Eber.
Arphaxad became the father of Shelah. Shelah became the father of Eber.
25 Vi eve nɔ Eber si: woawoe nye Peleg kple Yoktan. Peleg gɔmee nye “Memama,” elabena eƒe agbenɔɣi mee woma anyigba na gbe vovovoawo gblɔlawo.
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 Yoktan ƒe viwoe nye: Almodad, Selef, Hazarmavet, Yera,
Joktan became the ancestor of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
27 Hadoram, Uzal, Dikla,
Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,
28 Obal, Abimael, Seba,
Obal, Abimael, Sheba,
29 Ofir, Havila kple Yobab. Ame siawo katã nye Yoktan ƒe viŋutsuwo.
Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All those people were descended from Joktan.
30 (Yoktan ƒe dzidzimevi siawo nɔ teƒe si tso Mesa va do ɖe Sefar ƒe ɣetoɖoƒewo gbɔ.)
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 Ame siawoe nye Sem ƒe dzidzimeviwo. Woɖo wo ɖe woƒe dukɔwo, gbegbɔgblɔwo kple woƒe nɔƒewo nu.
They are descendants of Shem. They became groups that had their own clans, their own languages, and their own land.
32 Ame siwo katã woyɔ va yi la nye Noa ƒe dzidzimeviwo, to dzidzime geɖewo me, eye wonɔ dukɔ vovovo siwo dzɔ le tsiɖɔɖɔ megbe la me.
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.
