Jenèz 9
1 Konsa, Bondye te beni Noé avèk fis li yo. Li te di yo: “Se pou nou vin fekon, miltipliye, e ranpli latè.
God blessed Noah and his sons, and told them, “Reproduce, increase, and spread throughout the earth!
2 Lakrent nou, ak laperèz nou va vini sou chak bèt latè, ak chak zwazo syèl la. Tout bagay ki kouri atè, ak tout pwason lanmè, tout livre nan men nou.
All animals will be very afraid of you—this includes all the birds, all the creatures that run along the ground, and all the fish in the sea. You are in charge of them.
3 Chak bagay ki fè mouvman e ki vivan va sèvi kòm manje pou nou. Mwen bannou tout, jan Mwen te bay plant vèt la.
Every living creature that moves will be food for you, as well as all the green plants.
4 “Sèlman, nou pa pou manje chè avèk lavi li, sa vle di san li.
But do not eat meat with the lifeblood still in it.
5 Anverite, Mwen va egzije san lavi a paske se pa m. Menm soti nan chak bèt Mwen va egzije li. Epi sou chak òm, sou frè a chak òm, Mwen va egzije lavi a yon moun.
If your blood is shed by any animal, I will call it to account; and if your blood is shed by any person, I will call that person to account.
6 “Nenpòt moun ki vèse san lòm, pa lòm san pa l va vèse, paske nan imaj a Bondye, Li te fè lòm.
Whoever sheds the blood of a human being will have their blood shed by human beings. For God made human beings in his image.
7 Epi pou nou, se pou nou vin fekon, e miltipliye. Peple tè a anpil, e miltipliye ladann.”
Reproduce, increase, and spread throughout the earth—have many descendants!”
8 Alò, Bondye te pale avèk Noé ak fis li yo avè l. Li te di:
Then God told Noah and his sons who were there with him,
9 “Gade byen, Mwen menm, Mwen vin etabli akò Mwen avèk nou, e avèk desandan aprè nou yo,
“Listen, I'm making my agreement with you and your descendants,
10 epi avèk chak kreyati vivan ki avè w: zwazo, bèt kay yo, ak chak bèt ki sou latè avèk nou, tout sa ki sòti nan lach la, menm chak bèt sou tè a.
and with all the animals around you—the birds, the livestock, and all the wild animals of the earth—every animal that accompanied you on the ark.
11 “Mwen etabli akò Mwen avèk nou: Tout chè p ap janm koupe ankò pa dlo delij, ni p ap gen delij ankò pou detwi tè a.”
In my agreement I'm promising you that I won't ever again destroy all life by means of a flood—there won't be a destructive flood like this again.”
12 Bondye te di: “Sa se sign akò ke m ap fè antre Mwen avèk nou, e avèk chak kreyati vivan ki la avèk nou, jis rive pou tout jenerasyon k ap vini yo.
Then God said, “I'm going to give you a sign to confirm the agreement I'm making between me and you and all living creatures, an agreement that will last for all generations.
13 Mwen mete lakansyèl Mwen nan nwaj la, epi l ap sèvi kòm yon sign pou akò antre Mwen menm avèk latè a.
I've placed my rainbow in the clouds, and this will be the sign of my agreement with you and with all life on earth.
14 Li va rive ke lè m mennen yon nwaj sou latè, ke lakansyèl la ap vizib nan nwaj la,
Whenever I make clouds form over the earth and the rainbow appears,
15 epi Mwen va sonje akò ki antre Mwen menm avèk nou an, avèk chak kreyati vivan de tout chè. Epi janmen ankò dlo p ap vin yon delij pou detwi tout chè.
it will remind me of my agreement between me and you and every kind of living creature that floodwaters won't ever again destroy all life.
16 “Lè lakansyèl la nan nwaj la, Mwen va gade sou li, pou m sonje akò ki jis pou tout tan antre Bondye ak tout kreyati vivan pou tout chè ki sou latè yo.”
I will see the rainbow in the clouds and it will remind me of the eternal agreement between God and every kind of living creature that lives on the earth.”
17 Epi Bondye te di a Noé: “Sa se sign akò ke Mwen te etabli antre Mwen ak tout chè ki rete sou tè a.”
Then God told Noah, “This is the sign of the agreement I'm making between me and every creature on earth.”
18 Alò, fis Noé yo ki te soti nan lach la se te Sem, Cham, ak Japhet. Epi Cham te papa Canaan.
Noah's sons who left the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Ham was the father of the Canaanites.)
19 Twa sila yo se te fis Noé yo, e nan twa sila yo tout tè a te vin peple.
All the people who are spread over the world are descended from these three sons of Noah.
20 Alò, Noé te kòmanse kiltive tè a. Li te plante yon chan rezen.
Noah started to cultivate the ground as a farmer, and he planted a vineyard.
21 Li te bwè diven, e li te vin sou. Konsa li te dekouvri kò li anndan tant li an.
He drank some of the wine he'd produced, got drunk, and fell asleep in his tent, naked.
22 Cham, papa Canaan nan, te wè papa li toutouni, e li te pale sa a frè l yo deyò a.
Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father's private parts and went and told his two brothers who were outside.
23 Men Sem avèk Japhet te pran yon abiman, yo te mete li sou chak zepòl li, e yo te mache an aryè pou kouvri nidite papa yo. Figi yo te vire akote pou yo pa wè nidite li.
Shem and Japheth picked up a cloak and, holding it over their shoulders, walked in backwards and covered up their father's privates. They made sure to look the other way so they wouldn't see their father's privates.
24 Lè Noé te leve nan dòmi aprè diven an, li te konnen sa ke pi jenn fis li a te fè l la.
When Noah woke up from his drunken sleep, he discovered what his youngest son had done,
25 Konsa li te di: “Canaan se modi. Se sèvitè l ap ye anvè frè li yo.”
and said, “May Canaan be cursed! He will be the lowest kind of slave and will serve his brothers!”
26 Li te di osi: “Beni se SENYÈ a, Bondye a Cham nan. Canaan va sèvitè li.
Then Noah continued, “May the Lord be blessed, the God of Shem, and may Canaan be his slave.
27 Ke Bondye agrandi Japhet. Kite li viv nan tant Sem yo. Kite Canaan vin sèvitè li.”
May God give Japtheth plenty of space to accommodate his many descendants, and may they live at peace among Shem's people, and may Canaan also be his slave.”
28 Noé te viv twa-san-senkant ane aprè delij la.
Noah lived for another 350 years after the flood.
29 Alò, tout jou a Noé yo te nèf-san-senkant ane, e li te mouri.
Noah lived a total of 950 years, and then he died.
