Mwanzo 10
1 Hawa ndio wazao wa Noa: Shemu, Hamu na Yafethi, ambao walizaa wana baada ya gharika.
And these [are] the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and sons are born to them after the flood.
2 Wana wa Yafethi walikuwa: Gomeri, Magogu, Madai, Yavani, Tubali, Mesheki na Tirasi.
Sons of Japheth [are] Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
3 Wana wa Gomeri walikuwa: Ashkenazi, Rifathi na Togarma.
And sons of Gomer [are] Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
4 Wana wa Yavani walikuwa: Elisha, Tarshishi, Kitimu na Rodanimu.
And sons of Javan [are] Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
5 (Kutokana na hawa mataifa ya Pwani yalienea katika nchi zao, kwa koo zao katika mataifa yao, kila moja kwa lugha yake.)
By these the islands of the nations have been parted in their lands, each by his tongue, by their families, in their nations.
6 Wana wa Hamu walikuwa: Kushi, Misraimu, Putu na Kanaani.
And sons of Ham [are] Cush, and Mitzraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
7 Wana wa Kushi walikuwa: Seba, Havila, Sabta, Raama na Sabteka. Wana wa Raama walikuwa: Sheba na Dedani.
And sons of Cush [are] Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah; and sons of Raamah [are] Sheba and Dedan.
8 Kushi akamzaa Nimrodi, ambaye alikua akawa mtu shujaa duniani.
And Cush has begotten Nimrod;
9 Alikuwa mwindaji hodari mbele za Bwana. Ndiyo sababu watu husema, “Kama Nimrodi, hodari wa kuwinda mbele za Bwana.”
he has begun to be a hero in the land; he has been a hero in hunting before YHWH; therefore it is said, “As Nimrod the hero [in] hunting before YHWH.”
10 Vituo vyake vya kwanza katika ufalme wake vilikuwa Babeli, Ereki, Akadi na Kalne katika Shinari.
And the first part of his kingdom is Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar;
11 Kutoka nchi ile alikwenda Ashuru, ambako alijenga Ninawi, Rehoboth-iri, Kala,
from that land he has gone out to Asshur, and builds Nineveh, even the broad places of the city, and Calah,
12 na Reseni, iliyo kati ya Ninawi na Kala; huo ndio mji mkubwa.
and Resen, between Nineveh and Calah; it [is] the great city.
13 Misraimu alikuwa baba wa: Waludi, Waanami, Walehabi, Wanaftuhi,
And Mitzraim has begotten the Ludim, and the Anamim, and the Lehabim, and the Naphtuhim,
14 Wapathrusi, Wakasluhi (hao ndio asili ya Wafilisti), na Wakaftori.
and the Pathrusim, and the Casluhim (from where have come out Philistim), and the Caphtorim.
15 Kanaani alikuwa baba wa: Sidoni mzaliwa wake wa kwanza, Hethi,
And Canaan has begotten Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,
16 Wayebusi, Waamori, Wagirgashi,
and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,
17 Wahivi, Waariki, Wasini,
and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
18 Waarvadi, Wasemari na Wahamathi. Baadaye koo za Wakanaani zilitawanyika,
and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite; and afterward the families of the Canaanite have been scattered.
19 na mipaka ya Kanaani ilienea kutoka Sidoni kuelekea Gerari hadi Gaza, kisha kuelekea Sodoma, Gomora, Adma na Seboimu, hadi kufikia Lasha.
And the border of the Canaanite is from Sidon, [in] your coming toward Gerar, to Gaza; [in] your coming toward Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, to Lasha.
20 Hawa ni wana wa Hamu kwa koo zao na lugha zao, katika nchi zao na mataifa yao.
These [are] sons of Ham, by their families, by their tongues, in their lands, in their nations.
21 Shemu ambaye ni ndugu mkubwa wa Yafethi, kwake kulizaliwa wana pia. Shemu alikuwa baba wa wana wote wa Eberi.
As for Shem, father of all sons of Eber, the older brother of Japheth, he has also begotten.
22 Wana wa Shemu walikuwa: Elamu, Ashuru, Arfaksadi, Ludi na Aramu.
Sons of Shem [are] Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
23 Wana wa Aramu walikuwa: Usi, Huli, Getheri na Mesheki.
And sons of Aram [are] Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.
24 Arfaksadi alikuwa baba wa Shela, naye Shela akamzaa Eberi.
And Arphaxad has begotten Salah, and Salah has begotten Eber.
25 Eberi akapata wana wawili: Mmoja wao aliitwa Pelegi, kwa kuwa wakati wake ndipo dunia iligawanyika; nduguye aliitwa Yoktani.
And two sons have been born to Eber; the name of the first [is] Peleg (for in his days the earth has been divided), and his brother’s name [is] Joktan.
26 Yoktani alikuwa baba wa: Almodadi, Shelefu, Hasarmawethi, Yera,
And Joktan has begotten Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
27 Hadoramu, Uzali, Dikla,
and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,
28 Obali, Abimaeli, Sheba,
and Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
29 Ofiri, Havila na Yobabu. Hawa wote walikuwa wana wa Yoktani.
and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab; all these [are] sons of Joktan;
30 Nchi waliyoishi ilienea toka Mesha kuelekea Sefari kwenye nchi ya vilima iliyoko mashariki.
and their dwelling is from Mesha, [in] your coming toward Sephar, a mountain of the east.
31 Hao ndio wana wa Shemu kwa koo zao na lugha zao, katika nchi zao na mataifa yao.
These [are] sons of Shem, by their families, by their tongues, in their lands, by their nations.
32 Hizi ndizo koo za wana wa Noa, kufuatana na vizazi vyao, katika mataifa yao. Kutokana na hawa mataifa yalienea duniani kote baada ya gharika.
These [are] families of the sons of Noah, by their generations, in their nations, and by these the nations have been parted in the earth after the flood.
