Mwanzo 9
1 Ndipo Mungu akambariki Noa na wanawe, akiwaambia, “Zaeni mkaongezeke kwa idadi na mkaijaze tena dunia.
And God blesseth Noah, and his sons, and saith 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 your fear and your dread is on every beast of the earth, and on every fowl of the heavens, on all that creepeth on the ground, and on all fishes of the sea — into your hand they have been given.
3 Kila kitu chenye uhai kiendacho kitakuwa chakula chenu. Kama vile nilivyowapa mimea mbalimbali, sasa nawapa kila kitu.
Every creeping thing that is alive, to you it is for food; as the green herb I have given to you the whole;
4 “Lakini kamwe msile nyama ambayo bado ina damu ya uhai wake, kwa maana damu ni uhai.
only flesh in its life — its blood — ye do 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 only your blood for your lives do I require; from the hand of every living thing I require it, and from the hand of man, from the hand of every man's brother I 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.
whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man is his blood shed: for in the image of God hath He made man.
7 Kuhusu ninyi, zaeni mwongezeke kwa wingi, mzidi katika dunia na kuijaza.”
And ye, be fruitful and multiply, teem in the earth, and multiply in it.'
8 Ndipo Mungu akamwambia Noa na wanawe pamoja naye:
And God speaketh unto Noah, and unto his sons with him, saying,
9 “Sasa mimi ninaweka Agano langu nanyi, pamoja na uzao wenu baada yenu,
'And I, lo, I am establishing 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 which [is] with you, among fowl, among cattle, and among every beast of the earth with you, from all who are going out of the ark — to every beast of the earth.
11 Ninaweka Agano nanyi: Kamwe uhai hautafutwa tena kwa gharika, kamwe haitakuwepo tena gharika ya kuangamiza dunia.”
And I have established My covenant with you, and all flesh is not any more cut off by waters of a deluge, and there is not any more a deluge 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 saith, 'This is a token of the covenant which I am giving between Me and you, and every living creature that [is] with you, to generations age-during;
13 Nimeweka upinde wangu wa mvua mawinguni, nao utakuwa ishara ya Agano nifanyalo kati yangu na dunia.
My bow I have given in the cloud, and it hath been for a token of a covenant between Me and the earth;
14 Wakati wowote ninapotanda mawingu juu ya dunia na upinde wa mvua ukijitokeza mawinguni,
and it hath come to pass (in My sending a cloud over the earth) that the bow hath been 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 have remembered My covenant which is between Me and you, and every living creature among all flesh, and the waters become no more a deluge 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 hath been in the cloud, and I have seen it — to remember the covenant age-during between God and every living creature among all flesh which [is] on the earth.'
17 Hivyo Mungu akamwambia Noa, “Hii ndiyo ishara ya Agano ambalo nimelifanya kati yangu na viumbe vyote vilivyo hai duniani.”
And God saith unto Noah, 'This [is] a token 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 are going out of the ark are Shem, and Ham, and Japheth; and Ham is father of Canaan.
19 Hawa ndio waliokuwa wana watatu wa Noa, kutokana nao watu walienea katika dunia.
These three [are] sons of Noah, and from these hath all the earth been overspread.
20 Noa akawa mkulima, akawa mtu wa kwanza kupanda mizabibu.
And Noah remaineth a man of the ground, and planteth a vineyard,
21 Alipokunywa huo mvinyo wake akalewa na akalala uchi kwenye hema lake.
and drinketh of the wine, and is drunken, and uncovereth himself in the midst of the tent.
22 Hamu, baba wa Kanaani, akauona uchi wa baba yake na kuwaeleza ndugu zake wawili waliokuwa nje.
And Ham, father of Canaan, seeth the nakedness of his father, and declareth to his two brethren without.
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 taketh — Japheth also — the garment, and they place on the shoulder of them both, and go backward, and cover the nakedness of their father; and their faces [are] backward, and their father's nakedness they have not seen.
24 Noa alipolevuka kutoka kwenye mvinyo wake na kujua lile ambalo mwanawe mdogo kuliko wote alilokuwa amemtendea,
And Noah awaketh from his wine, and knoweth that which his young son hath done to him,
25 akasema, “Alaaniwe Kanaani! Atakuwa mtumwa wa chini sana kuliko watumwa wote kwa ndugu zake.”
and saith: 'Cursed [is] Canaan, Servant of servants he is to his brethren.'
26 Pia akasema, “Abarikiwe Bwana, Mungu wa Shemu! Kanaani na awe mtumwa wa Shemu.
And he saith: 'Blessed of Jehovah my God [is] Shem, And Canaan is servant to him.
27 Mungu na apanue mipaka ya Yafethi; Yafethi na aishi katika mahema ya Shemu, na Kanaani na awe mtumwa wake.”
God doth give beauty to Japheth, And he dwelleth in tents of Shem, And Canaan is servant to him.'
28 Baada ya gharika Noa aliishi miaka 350.
And Noah liveth after the deluge three hundred and fifty years;
29 Noa alikuwa na jumla ya miaka 950, ndipo akafa.
and all the days of Noah are nine hundred and fifty years, and he dieth.
