Mwanzo 10
1 Hivi ndivyo vilikuwa vizazi vya wana wa Nuhu, ambao ni, Shemu, Hamu, na Yafethi. Wana wa kiume walizaliwa kwao baada ya gharika.
Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah and of Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.
2 Wana wa Yafethi walikuwa Gomeri, Magogu, Madai, Yavani, Tubali, Masheki, na Tirasi.
The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
3 Na wana wa Gomeri walikuwa Ashikenazi, Rifathi na Togama.
The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
4 Wana wa Yavani walikuwa Elisha, Tarshishi, Kitimu, na Dodanimu.
The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.
5 Kutoka kwa hawa watu wa pwani waligawanyika na kwenda kwenye ardhi zao, kila mtu na lugha yake, kufuatana na koo zao, kwa mataifa yao.
From these, the coastlands of the nations separated into their territories, every one according to its language, according to their families, in their nations.
6 Wana wa Hamu walikuwa Kushi, Misraimu, Putu, na Kanaani.
The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
7 Wana wa Kushi walikuwa Seba, Havila, Sabta, Raama, na Sabteka. Wana wa Raama walikuwa Sheba na Dedani.
The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
8 Kushi akamzaa Nimrodi, ambaye alikuwa hodari wa kwanza juu ya nchi.
Cush became the father of Nimrod. He began to be a mighty one on the earth.
9 Alikuwa mwindaji mkuu mbele ya Yahwe. Hii ndiyo sababu hunenwa, “Kama Nimrod mwindaji mkuu mbele za Yahwe.”
He was a mighty hunter before God. Therefore it is said, "Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before God."
10 Miji ya kwanza ya ufalme wake ilikuwa Babeli, Ereku, Akadi na Kalne, katika ichi ya Shinari.
And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Akkad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
11 Kutoka katika nchi ile alikwenda Ashuru na akajenga Ninawi, Rehoboth- iri na Kala,
Out of that land he went forth into Assyria, and built Nineveh, and Rehoboth Ir, and Calah,
12 na Raseni ambao ulikuwa kati ya Ninawi na Kala. Ulikuwa mji mkubwa.
and Resen, between Nineveh and the great city of Calah.
13 Misraimu akazaa Waludi, Waanami, Walehabi, na Wanaftuhi,
And Mizraim became the father of Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
14 Wapathrusi na Wakasluhi ( ambao kwao Wafilisti walitokea), na Wakaftori.
And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, which the Philistines descended from, and Caphtorim.
15 Kanaani akamzaa Sidono, mwanawe wa kwanza, na Hethi,
And Canaan became the father of Sidon, his firstborn, and Heth,
16 pia na Myebusi, na Mwamori, Mgirgashi,
and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, and the Girgashites,
17 Mhivi, Mwarki, Msini,
and the Hivites, and the Arkites, and the Sinites,
18 Mwarvadi, Msemari, na Mhamathi. Baadaye koo za wakanaani zikasambaa.
and the Arvadites, and the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Afterward the families of the Canaanites were spread abroad.
19 Mpaka wa Wakanaani ulianzia Sidoni, katika mwelekeo wa Gerari, hata Gaza, na kama kuelekea Sodoma, Gomora, Adma, na Seboimu hata Lasha.
And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as you go toward Gerar, to Gaza; as you go toward Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboiim, to Lasha.
20 Hawa walikuwa wana wa Ham, kwa koo zao, kwa lugha zao, katika ardhi zao na katika mataifa yao.
These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their languages, in their lands, in their nations.
21 Pia walizaliwa wana kwa Shemu, ndugu yake mkubwa wa Yafethi. Shemu pia alikuwa baba yao na watu wote wa Eberi.
To Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, to him also were children born.
22 Wana wa Shemu walikuwa Elamu, Ashuru, Alfaksadi, Ludi, na Aramu.
The sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram.
23 Wana wa Aramu walikuwa ni Usi, Huli, Getheri, na Mashi.
The sons of Aram: Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.
24 Arfaksadi akamzaa Sela, na Sela akamzaa Eber.
And Arpachshad became the father of Kenan. And Kenan became the father of Shelah. And Shelah became the father of Eber.
25 Eberi akazaa wana wawili wa kiume. Jina la mmoja aliitwa Pelegi maana katika siku zake nchi iligawanyika. Jina la ndugu yake aliitwa Yoktani.
To Eber were born two sons. The name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided. His brother's name was Joktan.
26 Yoktani akamzaa Almodadi, Shelefu, Hasarmawethi, Yera,
And Joktan became the father of Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
27 Hadoram, Uzali, Dikla,
and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,
28 Obali, Abimaeli, Sheba,
and Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
29 Ofiri, Havila, na Yobabi. Hawa wote walikuwa wana wa Yoktani.
and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
30 Mpaka wao ulikuwa unaanzia Mesha, hadi Sefari, mlima wa mashariki.
Their dwelling was from Mesha, as you go toward Sephar, the mountain of the east.
31 Hawa walikuwa wana wa Shemu, kulingana na koo zao na lugha zao, katika ardhi zao kulingana na mataifa yao.
These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their languages, in their lands, after their nations.
32 Hizi zilikuwa koo za wana wa Nuhu, kulingana na vizazi vyao, kwa mataifa yao. Kutokea kwa hawa mataifa yaligawanyika na kwenda juu ya nchi baada ya gharika.
These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations, and from these the nations branched out on the earth after the flood.
