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.
(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 Ụmụ ndị ikom Jafet bụ: Goma, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshek na Tiras.
The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
3 Ụmụ ndị ikom Goma bụ: Ashkenaz, Rifat na Togama.
The sons of Gomer were Askenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
4 Ụmụ ndị ikom Javan bụ: Elisha, Tashish, Kitim na Rodanim.
The sons of Javan were 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.)
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 Ụmụ ndị ikom Ham bụ: Kush, Ijipt, Put na Kenan.
The descendants of Ham were Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.
7 Ụmụ ndị ikom Kush bụ: Seba, Havila, Sabta, Raama na Sabteka. Ụmụ ndị ikom Raama bụ: Sheba na Dedan.
The descendants of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The descendants of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.
8 Kush bụ nna Nimrọd, onye mesịrị bụrụ dike nʼagha nʼụwa.
Another one of Cush’s descendants was Nimrod. Nimrod was the first person on earth who became a mighty warrior.
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.”
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 Obodo ndị bụ mmalite alaeze ya bụ, Babel, Erek, Akad na Kalne, ndị dị nʼala Shaịna.
Nimrod became a king who ruled in Babylonia. The first cities over which he ruled were Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh.
11 Site nʼala ahụ ọ gara Asịrịa, ebe o wuru obodo Ninive na Rehobọt Ia, na Kala,
From there he went [with others] to 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. Resen was a large city between Nineveh and Calah.
13 Ijipt bụ nna ndị Lud, ndị Anam, ndị Lehab, ndị Naftuh,
Ham’s son, Egypt, became the ancestor of the Lud, Anam, Lehab and Naphtuh,
14 ndị Patrus, ndị Kasluh (onye ndị Filistia sitere na ya) na ndị Kafto.
Pathrus, Casluh and Caphtor people-groups. The Philistine people were descended from Casluh.
15 Kenan bụ nna Saịdọn, ọkpara ya, na ndị Het,
Ham’s youngest son, Canaan, became the father of Sidon, who was his eldest son, and Heth, his younger son.
16 ndị Jebus, ndị Amọrait, ndị Gigash,
Canaan was also the ancestor of the Jebus, Amor, Girgash,
17 ndị Hiv, ndị Aka, ndị Sini,
Hiv, Ark, Sin,
18 ndị Avad, ndị Zema na ndị Hamat. Emesịa, ndị ikwu Kenan gbasara,
Arved, Zemar and Hamath people-groups. Later the descendants of Canaan dispersed over a large area.
19 oke ala ndị Kenan sitere na Saịdọn ruo Gera, gbatịa ruo Gaza, ruokwa Sọdọm, Gọmọra, Adma na Zeboiim, nke dị nso Lasha.
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 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.
Those are the descendants of Ham. They became groups that had their own clans, their own languages, and their own land.
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, the older brother of Japheth, became the father of Eber, and the ancestor of all the descendants of Eber.
22 Ụmụ ndị ikom Shem bụ Elam, Ashua, Apakshad, Lud na Aram.
The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
23 Ụmụ ndị ikom Aram bụ, Uz, Hul, Geta na Meshek.
The sons of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.
24 Apakshad bụ nna Shela, Shela bụrụ nna Eba.
Arphaxad became the father of Shelah. Shelah became 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 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 Joktan bụ nna Almodad, Shelef, Hazamavet, Jera,
Joktan became the ancestor 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. All those people were descended from Joktan.
30 Akụkụ ala ha bi gbasapụrụ site na Mesha ruo Sefa nʼala ugwu ugwu nke ọwụwa anyanwụ.
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 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.
They are descendants of Shem. They became groups that had their own clans, their own languages, and their own land.
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.
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.
