Mwanzo 9
1 Ndipo Mungu akambariki Noa na wanawe, akiwaambia, “Zaeni mkaongezeke kwa idadi na mkaijaze tena dunia.
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth.
2 Wanyama wote wa duniani, ndege wote wa angani, kila kiumbe kitambaacho juu ya ardhi, na samaki wote wa baharini wamekabidhiwa mikononi mwenu, nao watawaogopa na kuwahofu.
And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every bird of the heavens, with all with which the ground teems, and all the fishes of the sea. They are delivered into your hand.
3 Kila kitu chenye uhai kiendacho kitakuwa chakula chenu. Kama vile nilivyowapa mimea mbalimbali, sasa nawapa kila kitu.
Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. As the green herb, I have given you all.
4 “Lakini kamwe msile nyama ambayo bado ina damu ya uhai wake, kwa maana damu ni uhai.
But flesh with the life of it, which is the blood of it, ye shall not eat.
5 Hakika damu ya uhai wenu nitaidai. Nitaidai kutoka kwa kila mnyama. Kutoka kwa kila mwanadamu pia nitaidai kwa ajili ya uhai wa mtu mwenzake.
And surely your blood, the blood of your lives, I will require. At the hand of every beast I will require it. And at the hand of man, even at the hand of every man's brother, I will require the life of man.
6 “Yeyote amwagaye damu ya mwanadamu, damu yake itamwagwa na mwanadamu, kwa kuwa katika mfano wa Mungu, Mungu alimuumba mwanadamu.
Whoever sheds man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed. For in the image of God he made man.
7 Kuhusu ninyi, zaeni mwongezeke kwa wingi, mzidi katika dunia na kuijaza.”
And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply. Bring forth abundantly on the earth, and multiply on it.
8 Ndipo Mungu akamwambia Noa na wanawe pamoja naye:
And God spoke to Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
9 “Sasa mimi ninaweka Agano langu nanyi, pamoja na uzao wenu baada yenu,
And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you,
10 pia na kila kiumbe hai kilichokuwa pamoja nanyi: Ndege, wanyama wa kufugwa na wanyama wote wa porini, wale wote waliotoka katika safina pamoja nanyi, kila kiumbe hai duniani.
and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you, of all that go out of the ark, even every beast of the earth.
11 Ninaweka Agano nanyi: Kamwe uhai hautafutwa tena kwa gharika, kamwe haitakuwepo tena gharika ya kuangamiza dunia.”
And I will establish my covenant with you. Neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of the flood, nor shall there be a flood any more to destroy the earth.
12 Mungu akasema, “Hii ni ishara ya Agano ninalofanya kati yangu na ninyi na kila kiumbe hai kilicho pamoja nanyi, Agano kwa vizazi vyote vijavyo:
And God said, This is the sign of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
13 Nimeweka upinde wangu wa mvua mawinguni, nao utakuwa ishara ya Agano nifanyalo kati yangu na dunia.
I set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between me and the earth.
14 Wakati wowote ninapotanda mawingu juu ya dunia na upinde wa mvua ukijitokeza mawinguni,
And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud.
15 nitakumbuka Agano langu kati yangu na ninyi na viumbe vyote vilivyo hai vya kila aina. Kamwe maji hayatakuwa tena gharika ya kuangamiza uhai wote.
And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh. And the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
16 Wakati wowote upinde wa mvua unapotokea mawinguni, nitauona na kukumbuka Agano la milele kati ya Mungu na viumbe vyote vilivyo hai vya kila aina duniani.”
And the bow shall be in the cloud, and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.
17 Hivyo Mungu akamwambia Noa, “Hii ndiyo ishara ya Agano ambalo nimelifanya kati yangu na viumbe vyote vilivyo hai duniani.”
And God said to Noah, This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.
18 Wana wa Noa waliotoka ndani ya safina ni: Shemu, Hamu na Yafethi. (Hamu ndiye alikuwa baba wa Kanaani.)
And the sons of Noah, who went forth from the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth. And Ham is the father of Canaan.
19 Hawa ndio waliokuwa wana watatu wa Noa, kutokana nao watu walienea katika dunia.
These three were the sons of Noah, and from these the whole earth was spread over.
20 Noa akawa mkulima, akawa mtu wa kwanza kupanda mizabibu.
And Noah began to be a farmer, and planted a vineyard.
21 Alipokunywa huo mvinyo wake akalewa na akalala uchi kwenye hema lake.
And he drank of the wine, and was drunken. And he was uncovered within his tent.
22 Hamu, baba wa Kanaani, akauona uchi wa baba yake na kuwaeleza ndugu zake wawili waliokuwa nje.
And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.
23 Lakini Shemu na Yafethi wakachukua nguo wakaitanda mabegani mwao wote wawili, kisha wakaenda kinyumenyume, wakaufunika uchi wa baba yao. Nyuso zao zilielekea upande mwingine ili wasiuone uchi wa baba yao.
And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father. And their faces were backward, and they did not see their father's nakedness.
24 Noa alipolevuka kutoka kwenye mvinyo wake na kujua lile ambalo mwanawe mdogo kuliko wote alilokuwa amemtendea,
And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngest son had done to him.
25 akasema, “Alaaniwe Kanaani! Atakuwa mtumwa wa chini sana kuliko watumwa wote kwa ndugu zake.”
And he said, Cursed be Canaan. He shall be a servant of servants to his brothers.
26 Pia akasema, “Abarikiwe Bwana, Mungu wa Shemu! Kanaani na awe mtumwa wa Shemu.
And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Shem. And let Canaan be his servant.
27 Mungu na apanue mipaka ya Yafethi; Yafethi na aishi katika mahema ya Shemu, na Kanaani na awe mtumwa wake.”
God enlarge Japheth, and let him dwell in the tents of Shem. And let Canaan be his servant.
28 Baada ya gharika Noa aliishi miaka 350.
And Noah lived three hundred and fifty years after the flood.
29 Noa alikuwa na jumla ya miaka 950, ndipo akafa.
And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years, and he died.
