Olubereberye 10
1 Bano be bazzukulu ba Nuuwa, Seemu ne Kaamu, ne Yafeesi be baazaala oluvannyuma lw’amataba.
Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, of Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And sons were born to them after the flood.
2 Batabani ba Yafeesi: Gomeri, ne Magogi, ne Madayi, ne Yivani, ne Tubali ne Meseki ne Tirasi.
The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
3 Batabani ba Gomeri be bano: Asukenaazi, ne Lifasi, ne Togaluma.
And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
4 Batabani ba Yivani baali: Erisa, ne Talusiisi, ne Kittimu ne Dodanimu.
And the sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
5 (Mu bano mwe mwava abo abaabuna olubalama lw’ennyanja. Bano be batabani ba Yafeesi mu bitundu byabwe, buli bamu mu nnimi zaabwe ng’ennyumba zaabwe n’amawanga gaabwe bwe biri.)
From these were the islands of the nations divided in their lands, every man according to his tongue, according to their families, in their nations.
6 Batabani ba Kaamu be bano: Kuusi, ne Misiri, ne Puuti, ne Kanani.
And the sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, and Put, and Canaan.
7 Batabani ba Kuusi be bano: Seeba, ne Kavira, ne Sabuta, ne Laama ne Sebuteka. Batabani ba Laama baali: Seeba ne Dedani.
And the sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba, and Dedan.
8 Kuusi ye yazaala Nimuloodi; ye yasooka okuba omuntu ow’amaanyi ennyo ku nsi.
And Cush begot Nimrod. He began to be a mighty man on the earth.
9 Yali muyizzi kkungwa, mu maaso ga Mukama, kyekyava kigambibwa nti, “Afaanana Nimuloodi omuyizzi kkungwa mu maaso ga Mukama.”
He was a mighty hunter before Jehovah. Therefore it is said, Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before Jehovah.
10 Obwakabaka bwe bwatandikira Baberi, ne Eneki ne Akudi ne Kalune, nga byonna bya mu nsi Sinali.
And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
11 Bwe yava mu nsi eyo n’agenda mu Bwasuli, n’azimba Nineeve, ne Lekobosiyira, ne Kala ne
He went forth out of that land into Assyria, and built Nineveh, and Rehoboth-ir, and Calah,
12 Leseni, wakati wa Nineeve ne Kala; Leseni kye kyali ekibuga ekikulu.
and Resen between Nineveh and Calah (the same is the great city).
13 Mizulayimu oba Misiri ye kitaawe wa Ludimu, ne Anamimu, ne Lekabimu, ne Nafutukimu,
And Mizraim begot Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
14 ne Pasulusimu, ne Kasulukimu (omwava Abafirisuuti) ne Kafutorimu.
and Pathrusim, and Casluhim (from where the Philistines went forth), and Caphtorim.
15 Kanani ye yazaala Sidoni, omwana we omubereberye, ne Keesi,
And Canaan begot Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,
16 n’Abayebusi, n’Abamoli, n’Abagirugaasi,
and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,
17 n’Abakiivi, n’Abaluki, n’Abasiini,
and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
18 n’Abaluvada, n’Abazemali, n’Abakamasi n’ebika eby’omu Kanani ne babuna wonna.
and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. And afterward the families of the Canaanite were spread abroad.
19 Ekitundu kya Kanani kyava ku Sidoni, okwolekera Gerali n’okutuukira ddala e Gaza okwolekera Sodomu, ne Ggomola, ne Aduma, ne Zeboyimu okutuukira ddala e Lasa.
And the border of the Canaanite was from Sidon, as thou go toward Gerar, to Gaza, as thou go toward Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboiim, to Lasha.
20 Abo be bazzukulu ba Kaamu, mu nda zaabwe ne nnimi zaabwe, mu bitundu byabwe ne mu mawanga gaabwe.
These are the sons of Ham, according to their families, according to their tongues, in their lands, in their nations.
21 Seemu kitaawe w’abo bonna abaava mu Eberi, mukulu wa Yafeesi naye yazaalirwa abaana.
And to Shem, the father of all the sons of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, sons were also born to him.
22 Abaana ba Seemu be bano: Eramu, ne Asuli, ne Alupakusaadi, ne Ludi ne Alamu.
The sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
23 Batabani ba Alamu: Uzi, ne Kuuli, ne Ggeseri ne Masi.
And the sons of Aram: Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.
24 Alupakusaadi ye kitaawe wa Seera. Seera ye kitaawe wa Eberi.
And Arphaxad begot Shelah, and Shelah begot Eber.
25 Omu ku batabani ba Eberi yali Peregi, kubanga we yazaalirwa ensi yali yeesazeemu, muganda we ye yali Yokutaani.
And to Eber were born two sons. The name of the one was Peleg. For in his days the earth was divided. And his brother's name was Joktan.
26 Yokutaani ye yali kitaawe wa Alumodaadi, ne Serefu, ne Kazalumaveesi, ne Yera,
And Joktan begot Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
27 ne Kadolaamu, ne Uzali, ne Dikula,
and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,
28 ne Obali, ne Abimayeeri, ne Seeba,
and Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
29 ne Ofiri, ne Kavira ne Yobabu; bano bonna baali batabani ba Yokutaani.
and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
30 Ekitundu mwe baali kyava ku Mesa okwolekera Serali, okutuukira ddala ku kitundu eky’ensozi ku luuyi olw’ebuvanjuba.
And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou go toward Sephar, the mountain of the east.
31 Abo be bazzukulu ba Seemu, mu nnyumba zaabwe, ne mu nnimi zaabwe, ne mu bitundu byabwe ne mu mawanga gaabwe.
These are the sons of Shem, according to their families, according to their tongues, in their lands, according to their nations.
32 Abo ze nnyumba za batabani ba Nuuwa ng’okuzaalibwa kwabwe bwe kwali, n’amawanga gaabwe; era okuva mu bano amawanga gonna mwe gaayalira ne gabuna ensi yonna oluvannyuma lw’amataba.
These are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their generations, in their nations. And from these the nations were divided on the earth after the flood.
