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.
These were the descendants of the sons of Noah, that is, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them 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 Ashkenaz, 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.)
From these the coastland peoples separated and went into their lands, every one with its own language, according to their clans, by their nations.
6 Ụmụ ndị ikom Ham bụ: Kush, Ijipt, Put na Kenan.
The sons of Ham were 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 were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteka. The sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.
8 Kush bụ nna Nimrọd, onye mesịrị bụrụ dike nʼagha nʼụwa.
Cush became the father of Nimrod, who was the first conqueror on the 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 mighty hunter before Yahweh. That is why it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before Yahweh.”
10 Obodo ndị bụ mmalite alaeze ya bụ, Babel, Erek, Akad na Kalne, ndị dị nʼala Shaịna.
The first centers of his kingdom were Babel, Erech, Akkad, and Kalneh, in the land of Shinar.
11 Site nʼala ahụ ọ gara Asịrịa, ebe o wuru obodo Ninive na Rehobọt Ia, na Kala,
Out of that land he went to Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,
12 na Resin, nke dị nʼetiti Ninive na Kala, ya bụ obodo ukwu ahụ.
and Resen, which was between Nineveh and Calah. It was a large city.
13 Ijipt bụ nna ndị Lud, ndị Anam, ndị Lehab, ndị Naftuh,
Mizraim became 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 Kasluhites (from whom the Philistines came), and the Caphtorites.
15 Kenan bụ nna Saịdọn, ọkpara ya, na ndị Het,
Canaan became the father of Sidon, his firstborn, and of Heth,
16 ndị Jebus, ndị Amọrait, ndị Gigash,
also of 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. Afterward the clans of the Canaanites 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.
The border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, in the direction of Gerar, as far as Gaza, and as one goes toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboyim, as far as 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, by their clans, by their languages, in their lands, and in their nations.
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.
Sons also were born to Shem, the older brother of Japheth. Shem was also the ancestor of all the people of Eber.
22 Ụmụ ndị ikom Shem bụ Elam, Ashua, Apakshad, Lud na Aram.
The sons of Shem were Elam, Ashur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
23 Ụmụ ndị ikom Aram bụ, Uz, Hul, Geta na Meshek.
The sons of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.
24 Apakshad bụ nna Shela, Shela bụrụ nna Eba.
Arphaxad became the father of Shelah, and 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 had two sons. The name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided. His brother's name was Joktan.
26 Joktan bụ nna Almodad, Shelef, Hazamavet, Jera,
Joktan became 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. All these were the sons of Joktan.
30 Akụkụ ala ha bi gbasapụrụ site na Mesha ruo Sefa nʼala ugwu ugwu nke ọwụwa anyanwụ.
Their territory was from Mesha, all the way to Sephar, the mountain of 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 clans and their languages, in their lands, according to their 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 the clans of the sons of Noah, according to their genealogies, by their nations. From these the nations separated and went over the earth after the flood.
