Genesisy 10
1 Ary izao no taranaky ny zanakalahin’ i Noa, dia Sema sy Hama ary Jafeta: Samy niteraka zazalahy avy izy taorian’ ny safo-drano.
(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 Ny zanakalahin’ i Jafeta dia Gomera sy Magoga sy Maday sy Javana sy Tobala sy Maseka ary Tirasa.
The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
3 Ary ny zanakalahin’ i Gomera dia Askenaza sy Rifata ary Togarma.
The sons of Gomer were Askenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
4 Ary ny zanakalahin’ i Javana dia Elisaha sy Tarsisy sy ny Kitima sy ny Dodanita.
The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
5 Avy tamin’ ireo no niavakavahan’ ny nosin’ ny firenena tany amin’ ny taniny, dia samy araka ny fiteniny avy, araka ny mpianakaviny avy, tamin’ ny fireneny avy.
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 Ary ny zanakalahin’ i Hama dia Kosy sy Mizraima sy Pota ary Kanana.
The descendants of Ham were Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.
7 Ary ny zanakalahin’ i Kosy dia Seba sy Havila sy Sabta sy Ragama ary Sabteka; ary ny zanakalahin’ i Ragama dia Seba sy Dedana.
The descendants of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The descendants of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.
8 Ary Kosy niteraka an’ i Nimroda; izy no voalohany izay tonga olona mahery tambonin’ ny tany.
Another one of Cush’s descendants was Nimrod. Nimrod was the first person on earth who became a mighty warrior.
9 Izy dia mpihaza mahery teo anatrehan’ i Jehovah, ka izany no nanaovan’ ny olona hoe: Tahaka an’ i Nimroda, mpihaza mahery eo anatrehan’ i Jehovah.
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 Ary ny niandohan’ ny fanjakany dia Babela sy Ereka sy Akada ary Kalne tany amin’ ny tany Sinara.
Nimrod became a king who ruled in Babylonia. The first cities over which he ruled were Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh.
11 Ary nivoaka avy tamin’ izany tany izany izy ka nankany Asyria, dia nanorina an’ i Ninive mbamin’ i Rehobot-ira sy Kala
From there he went [with others] to Assyria and built the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,
12 ary Resena teo anelanelan’ i Ninive sy Kala, dia ilay tanàna lehibe izany.
and Resen. Resen was a large city between Nineveh and Calah.
13 Ary Mizraima niteraka ny Lodita sy ny Anamita sy ny Lehabita sy ny Naftohita
Ham’s son, Egypt, became the ancestor of the Lud, Anam, Lehab and Naphtuh,
14 sy ny Patrosita sy ny Kaslohita izay nihavian’ ny Filistina ary ny Kaftorita.
Pathrus, Casluh and Caphtor people-groups. The Philistine people were descended from Casluh.
15 Ary Kanana niteraka an’ i Sidona lahimatoany sy Heta,
Ham’s youngest son, Canaan, became the father of Sidon, who was his eldest son, and Heth, his younger son.
16 ary ny Jebosita, sy ny Amorita sy ny Girgasita
Canaan was also the ancestor of the Jebus, Amor, Girgash,
17 sy ny Hivita sy ny Arkita sy ny Sinita
Hiv, Ark, Sin,
18 sy ny Arvadita sy ny Zemarita ary ny Hamatita; ary nony taoriana dia niely ny firenen’ ny Kananita.
Arved, Zemar and Hamath people-groups. Later the descendants of Canaan dispersed over a large area.
19 Ary ny fari-tanin’ ny Kananita dia hatrany Sidona ka hatrany Gaza ao akaikin’ i Gerara, ka hatrany Lesa ao akaikin’ i Sodoma sy Gomora sy Adma ary Zeboïma.
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 Ireo no zanak’ i Hama, araka ny mpianakaviny, araka ny fiteniny, amin’ ny taniny, amin’ ny fireneny.
Those are the descendants of Ham. They became groups that had their own clans, their own languages, and their own land.
21 Dia niteraka koa Sema, rain’ ny zanak’ i Ebera rehetra rahalahin’ i Jafeta, izay zokiny.
Shem, the older brother of Japheth, became the father of Eber, and the ancestor of all the descendants of Eber.
22 Ny zanakalahin’ i Sema dia Elama sy Asyra sy Arpaksada sy Loda ary Arama.
The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
23 Ary ny zanakalahin’ i Arama dia Oza sy Hola sy Gatera ary Masy.
The sons of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.
24 Ary Arpaksada niteraka an’ i Sela; ary Sela niteraka an’ i Ebera.
Arphaxad became the father of Shelah. Shelah became the father of Eber.
25 Ary Ebera niteraka roa lahy: ny anaran’ ny iray natao hoe Palega, satria tamin’ ny androny no nizarana ny tany; ary Joktana no anaran’ ny rahalahiny.
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 Ary Joktana niteraka an’ i Almodada sy Salefa sy Hazarmaveta sy Jera
Joktan became the ancestor of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
27 sy Hadorama sy Ozala sy Dikla
Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,
28 sy Obala sy Abimaela sy Sheba
Obal, Abimael, Sheba,
29 sy Ofira sy Havila ary Jobaba; ireo rehetra ireo no zanakalahin’ i Joktana.
Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All those people were descended from Joktan.
30 Ary ny fonenan’ ireo dia hatrany Mesa ao akaikin’ i Sefara, tendrombohitra atsinanana.
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 Ireo no zanak’ i Sema, araka ny mpianakaviny, araka ny fiteniny, amin’ ny taniny, araka ny fireneny.
They are descendants of Shem. They became groups that had their own clans, their own languages, and their own land.
32 Ireo no mpianakavin’ ny zanak’ i Noa, araka ny taranany, amin’ ny fireneny; ary avy tamin’ ireo no niavakavahan’ ny firenena tambonin’ ny tany taorian’ ny safo-drano.
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.
