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.
Now this is the history of the generations of the sons of Noah and of 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.)
Of these were the islands of the nations divided in their lands, everyone after his language, after their families, in 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 Sabteca. 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. He began to be a mighty one in 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 the LORD. Therefore it is said, “like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD”.
10 Obodo ndị bụ mmalite alaeze ya bụ, Babel, Erek, Akad na Kalne, ndị dị nʼala Shaịna.
The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, 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 into Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,
12 na Resin, nke dị nʼetiti Ninive na Kala, ya bụ obodo ukwu ahụ.
and Resen between Nineveh and the great city Calah.
13 Ijipt bụ nna ndị Lud, ndị Anam, ndị Lehab, ndị Naftuh,
Mizraim became the father of Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim,
14 ndị Patrus, ndị Kasluh (onye ndị Filistia sitere na ya) na ndị Kafto.
Pathrusim, Casluhim (which the Philistines descended from), and Caphtorim.
15 Kenan bụ nna Saịdọn, ọkpara ya, na ndị Het,
Canaan became the father of Sidon (his firstborn), Heth,
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. Afterward the families of the Canaanites were spread abroad.
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—as you go towards Gerar—to Gaza—as you go towards Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim—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 are the sons of Ham, after their families, according to their languages, in their lands and 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.
Children were also born to Shem (the elder brother of Japheth), the father of all the children of Eber.
22 Ụmụ ndị ikom Shem bụ Elam, Ashua, Apakshad, Lud na Aram.
The sons of Shem were: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, 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.
Arpachshad 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.
To Eber were born 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 dwelling extended from Mesha, as you go towards 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 are the sons of Shem, by their families, according to their 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 are the families of the sons of Noah, by their generations, according to their nations. The nations divided from these in the earth after the flood.
