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, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and there were born to them sons after the flood.
2 Wana wa Yafethi walikuwa Gomeri, Magogu, Madai, Yavani, Tubali, Masheki, na Tirasi.
The sons of Japheth: Gomer and Magog, and Madai, and Javan and Tubal, —and Meshech, and Tiras.
3 Na wana wa Gomeri walikuwa Ashikenazi, Rifathi na Togama.
And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz and Riphath, and Togarmah.
4 Wana wa Yavani walikuwa Elisha, Tarshishi, Kitimu, na Dodanimu.
And the sons of Javan: Elishah, and 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, were dispersed [the inhabitants] of the coastlands of the nations, in their lands, each man by his tongue, by their families in their nations.
6 Wana wa Hamu walikuwa Kushi, Misraimu, Putu, na Kanaani.
And, the sons of Ham: Cush and Mizraim and Phut and Canaan.
7 Wana wa Kushi walikuwa Seba, Havila, Sabta, Raama, na Sabteka. Wana wa Raama walikuwa Sheba na Dedani.
And, the sons of Cush: Seba and Havilah, and Sabtah and Raamah, and Sabtechah, —And the sons of Raamah, Sheba and Dedan.
8 Kushi akamzaa Nimrodi, ambaye alikuwa hodari wa kwanza juu ya nchi.
And, Cush begat Nimrod.—he, became a hero in the earth;
9 Alikuwa mwindaji mkuu mbele ya Yahwe. Hii ndiyo sababu hunenwa, “Kama Nimrod mwindaji mkuu mbele za Yahwe.”
he, became a hero of hunting before Yahweh, for this cause, it is said. Like Nimrod, a hero of hunting before Yahweh.
10 Miji ya kwanza ya ufalme wake ilikuwa Babeli, Ereku, Akadi na Kalne, katika ichi ya Shinari.
So the beginning of his kingdom came to be Babel, and Erech, and Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
11 Kutoka katika nchi ile alikwenda Ashuru na akajenga Ninawi, Rehoboth- iri na Kala,
From that land, went forth Asshur, —and he built Nineveh, and Rehoboth-ir, and Calah:
12 na Raseni ambao ulikuwa kati ya Ninawi na Kala. Ulikuwa mji mkubwa.
and Resen, between Niveveh and Calah, —the same is the great city.
13 Misraimu akazaa Waludi, Waanami, Walehabi, na Wanaftuhi,
And, Mizraim, begat Ludim and Anamim and Lehabim, and Naphtuchim;
14 Wapathrusi na Wakasluhi ( ambao kwao Wafilisti walitokea), na Wakaftori.
and Pathrusim and Casluhim whence came forth Philistim and Caphtorim.
15 Kanaani akamzaa Sidono, mwanawe wa kwanza, na Hethi,
And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth:
16 pia na Myebusi, na Mwamori, Mgirgashi,
and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite;
17 Mhivi, Mwarki, Msini,
and the Hivite and the Arkite, and the Sinite:
18 Mwarvadi, Msemari, na Mhamathi. Baadaye koo za wakanaani zikasambaa.
and the Arvadite and the Zemarite and the Hamathite, —and after-wards, were spread abroad the families of the Canaanite.
19 Mpaka wa Wakanaani ulianzia Sidoni, katika mwelekeo wa Gerari, hata Gaza, na kama kuelekea Sodoma, Gomora, Adma, na Seboimu hata Lasha.
And it came to pass that the boundary of the Canaanite was from Zidon, as thou enterest in towards Gerar unto Gaza, —as thou enterest in towards Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboim, as far as 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, by their families by their tongues, 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.
Now, to Shem, father of all the sons of Eber, 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.
And, the sons of Aram: Uz and Hul, and Gether and Mash.
24 Arfaksadi akamzaa Sela, na Sela akamzaa Eber.
Now Arpachshad, begat Shelah, and Shelah begat 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.
And to Eber, were born two sons, —the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days, was the earth divided, and the name of his brother was Joktan.
26 Yoktani akamzaa Almodadi, Shelefu, Hasarmawethi, Yera,
Now, Joktan, begat 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 sons of Joktan.
30 Mpaka wao ulikuwa unaanzia Mesha, hadi Sefari, mlima wa mashariki.
And it came to pass that their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou enterest in towards 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, by their families by their tongues, in their lands by 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, by their generations in their nations, and from these, were dispersed the nations in the earth after the flood.
