UGenesisi 10
1 Njalo lezi yizizukulwana zamadodana kaNowa: UShemu, uHamu loJafethi. Kwasekuzalwa amadodana kubo emva kukazamcolo.
(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 Amadodana kaJafethi: UGomeri loMagogi loMadayi loJavani loThubhali loMesheki loTirasi.
The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
3 Lamadodana kaGomeri: UAshikenazi loRifathi loTogarma.
The sons of Gomer were Askenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
4 Lamadodana kaJavani: UElisha loTarshishi, amaKiti lamaDodani.
The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
5 Kwehlukaniswa kusukela kubo izihlenge zezizwe emazweni abo, ngulowo lalowo ngokolimi lwakhe, langokosendo lwabo, ezizweni zabo.
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 Lamadodana kaHamu: UKushi loMizirayimi loPuti loKhanani.
The descendants of Ham were Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.
7 Lamadodana kaKushi: USeba loHavila loSabitha loRama loSabitheka. Lamadodana kaRahama: UShebha loDedani.
The descendants of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The descendants of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.
8 UKushi wasezala uNimrodi; yena waqala ukuba liqhawe emhlabeni.
Another one of Cush’s descendants was Nimrod. Nimrod was the first person on earth who became a mighty warrior.
9 Yena waba ngumzingeli olamandla phambi kweNkosi; ngakho kuthiwa: NjengoNimrodi, umzingeli olamandla phambi kweNkosi.
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 Lokuqala kombuso wakhe yiBabeli leEreki leAkadi leKaline elizweni leShinari.
Nimrod became a king who ruled in Babylonia. The first cities over which he ruled were Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh.
11 Kwaphuma kulelolizwe uAshuri, wasesakha iNineve leRehobothi-Ire leKala,
From there he went [with others] to Assyria and built the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,
12 leReseni phakathi kweNineve leKala; lo ngumuzi omkhulu.
and Resen. Resen was a large city between Nineveh and Calah.
13 UMizirayimi wasezala amaLudi lamaAnami lamaLehabi lamaNafethuhi
Ham’s son, Egypt, became the ancestor of the Lud, Anam, Lehab and Naphtuh,
14 lamaPatrusi lamaKaseluhi - lapho okwavela khona amaFilisti - lamaKafitori.
Pathrus, Casluh and Caphtor people-groups. The Philistine people were descended from Casluh.
15 UKhanani wasezala uSidoni izibulo lakhe, loHethi,
Ham’s youngest son, Canaan, became the father of Sidon, who was his eldest son, and Heth, his younger son.
16 lomJebusi lomAmori lomGirigashi
Canaan was also the ancestor of the Jebus, Amor, Girgash,
17 lomHivi lomArki lomSini
Hiv, Ark, Sin,
18 lomArvadi lomZemari lomHamathi; lemva kwalokho usendo lwamaKhanani lwahlakazeka.
Arved, Zemar and Hamath people-groups. Later the descendants of Canaan dispersed over a large area.
19 Umngcele wamaKhanani wasusukela eSidoni usiya eGerari uze ufike eGaza, usiya eSodoma leGomora leAdima leZeboyimi kuze kufike eLasha.
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 La ngamadodana kaHamu, ngokosendo lwawo, langendimi zawo, emazweni awo, ezizweni zawo.
Those are the descendants of Ham. They became groups that had their own clans, their own languages, and their own land.
21 UShemu laye wasezalelwa amadodana; unguyise wamadodana wonke akaEberi, umfowabo kaJafethi, omkhulu.
Shem, the older brother of Japheth, became the father of Eber, and the ancestor of all the descendants of Eber.
22 Amadodana kaShemu: UElamu loAshuri loArpakishadi loLudi loAramu.
The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
23 Lamadodana kaAramu: U-Uzi loHuli loGetheri loMashi.
The sons of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.
24 UArpakishadi wasezala uShela; uShela wasezala uEberi.
Arphaxad became the father of Shelah. Shelah became the father of Eber.
25 Kwasekuzalelwa uEberi amadodana amabili, ibizo lomunye nguPelegi, ngoba ensukwini zayo umhlaba wehlukaniswa; lebizo lomfowabo nguJokithani.
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 UJokithani wasezala uAlimodadi loShelefi loHazamavethi loJera
Joktan became the ancestor of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
27 loHadoramu loUzali loDikila
Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,
28 loObali loAbhimayeli loShebha
Obal, Abimael, Sheba,
29 loOfiri loHavila loJobabi; bonke labo ngamadodana kaJokithani.
Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All those people were descended from Joktan.
30 Indawo yokuhlala kwabo isukela eMesha lapho usiya eSefari, intaba yempumalanga.
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 La ngamadodana kaShemu, ngokosendo lwabo langendimi zabo, emazweni abo ngokwezizwe zabo.
They are descendants of Shem. They became groups that had their own clans, their own languages, and their own land.
32 Lolu lusendo lwamadodana kaNowa ngezizukulwana zawo ezizweni zawo; kwasekusehlukaniswa kulaba izizwe emhlabeni emva kukazamcolo.
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.
