Jenesis 10
1 Ndị a bụ akụkọ banyere Shem, Ham na Jafet, ụmụ ndị ikom atọ Noa mụrụ. Ha onwe ha mụtara ụmụ nke aka ha, mgbe uju mmiri gafesịrị.
The following are the genealogies of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. They had sons born to them after the flood.
2 Ụmụ ndị ikom Jafet bụ: Goma, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshek na Tiras.
The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
3 Ụmụ ndị ikom Goma bụ: Ashkenaz, Rifat na Togama.
The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
4 Ụmụ ndị ikom Javan bụ: Elisha, Tashish, Kitim na Rodanim.
The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
5 (Site nʼagbụrụ ndị a bi nʼakụkụ mmiri ka e nwetara mba dị iche iche, nʼagbụrụ ha nʼime obodo ha dị iche iche, ndị ọbụla nʼime ha nwekwara asụsụ nke ha.)
The descendants of these ancestors spread throughout the coastal areas, each group having their own language, with their families developing into different nations.
6 Ụmụ ndị ikom Ham bụ: Kush, Ijipt, Put na Kenan.
The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
7 Ụmụ ndị ikom Kush bụ: Seba, Havila, Sabta, Raama na Sabteka. Ụmụ ndị ikom Raama bụ: Sheba na Dedan.
The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
8 Kush bụ nna Nimrọd, onye mesịrị bụrụ dike nʼagha nʼụwa.
Cush was also the father of Nimrod, who set himself up as the first tyrant on earth.
9 Ọ bụ dike nʼịchụ nta, nʼihu Onyenwe anyị. Ọ bụ nke a mere e ji na-ekwu okwu na-asị, “Ị dị ka Nimrọd, dike nʼịchụ nta, nʼihu Onyenwe anyị.”
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.”
10 Obodo ndị bụ mmalite alaeze ya bụ, Babel, Erek, Akad na Kalne, ndị dị nʼala Shaịna.
His kingdom began in the cities of Babel, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh, all located in the land of Shinar.
11 Site nʼala ahụ ọ gara Asịrịa, ebe o wuru obodo Ninive na Rehobọt Ia, na Kala,
From there he moved into Assyria and built the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,
12 na Resin, nke dị nʼetiti Ninive na Kala, ya bụ obodo ukwu ahụ.
and Resen, which lies between Nineveh and the great city of Calah.
13 Ijipt bụ nna ndị Lud, ndị Anam, ndị Lehab, ndị Naftuh,
Mizraim was the father of the Ludites, the Anamites, the Lehabites, the Naphtuhites,
14 ndị Patrus, ndị Kasluh (onye ndị Filistia sitere na ya) na ndị Kafto.
the Pathrusites, the Casluhites, and the Caphtorites (ancestors of the Philistines).
15 Kenan bụ nna Saịdọn, ọkpara ya, na ndị Het,
Canaan was the father of Sidon, his firstborn, and of the Hittites,
16 ndị Jebus, ndị Amọrait, ndị Gigash,
the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,
17 ndị Hiv, ndị Aka, ndị Sini,
the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,
18 ndị Avad, ndị Zema na ndị Hamat. Emesịa, ndị ikwu Kenan gbasara,
the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Later the Canaanite tribes spread out
19 oke ala ndị Kenan sitere na Saịdọn ruo Gera, gbatịa ruo Gaza, ruokwa Sọdọm, Gọmọra, Adma na Zeboiim, nke dị nso Lasha.
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.
20 Ndị a bụ ụmụ ndị ikom Ham, dịka ikwu ha na asụsụ ha si dị, nʼoke ala ebe ha bi, na obodo ha dị iche iche.
These were the sons of Ham according to their tribes, languages, lands, and nation.
21 A mụụrụ Shem ụmụ ndị ikom, onye nwanne nwoke nke tọrọ ya bụ Jafet. Ọ bụkwa nna nna ochie ụmụ ndị ikom niile Eba mụtara.
Shem, whose older brother was Japheth, also had sons. Shem was the forefather of all the sons of Eber.
22 Ụmụ ndị ikom Shem bụ Elam, Ashua, Apakshad, Lud na Aram.
The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
23 Ụmụ ndị ikom Aram bụ, Uz, Hul, Geta na Meshek.
The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.
24 Apakshad bụ nna Shela, Shela bụrụ nna Eba.
Arphaxad was the father of Shelah. Shelah was the father of Eber.
25 Eba mụtara ụmụ ndị ikom abụọ: Aha otu nʼime ha bụ Peleg, nʼihi na ọ bụ nʼoge ndụ ya ka e kewara ụwa. Aha nwanne ya nwoke bụ Joktan.
Eber had two sons. One was named Peleg, because in his time the earth was divided; the name of his brother was Joktan.
26 Joktan bụ nna Almodad, Shelef, Hazamavet, Jera,
Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
27 Hadoram, Ụzal, Dikla,
Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,
28 Obal, Abimael, Sheba,
Obal, Abimael, Sheba,
29 Ọfịa, Havila na Jobab. Ndị a niile bụ ụmụ ndị ikom Joktan.
Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. These were all sons of Joktan.
30 Akụkụ ala ha bi gbasapụrụ site na Mesha ruo Sefa nʼala ugwu ugwu nke ọwụwa anyanwụ.
They lived in the land lying between Mesha to Sephar, in the hill country to the east.
31 Ndị a niile bụ ụmụ ndị ikom Shem, dịka ikwu ha na asụsụ ha si dị, nʼoke ala ebe ha dị, na obodo ha dị iche iche.
These were the sons of Shem, according to their tribes, languages, lands, and nations.
32 Ndị a bụ ndị ikwu ụmụ Noa ndị ikom dịka usoro ọmụmụ ha si dị, dịka ha si biri na mba dị iche iche. Ọ bụ site na ndị a ka mba niile si gbasasịa ruo akụkụ niile nke ụwa mgbe uju mmiri ahụ gafechara.
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.
