Mwanzo 9
1 Kisha Mungu akambariki Nuhu na wanawe, na kuwaambia, “Zaeni, mkaongezeke, na muijaze nchi.
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them: 'Be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth.
2 Hofu na utisho wenu vitakuwa juu ya kila mnyama aliye hai juu ya nchi, juu ya kila ndege wa angani, juu ya kila kitu kiendacho chini juu ya ardhi, na juu ya samaki wote wa baharini. Vimetolewa katika mikono yenu.
And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, and upon all wherewith the ground teemeth, and upon all the fishes of the sea: into your hand are they delivered.
3 Kila kitu kiendacho kilicho hai kitakuwa chakula kwa ajili yenu. Kama nilivyo wapa mimea, sasa nawapa kila kitu.
Every moving thing that liveth shall be for food for you; as the green herb have I given you all.
4 Lakini msile nyama pamoja na uhai wake - yaani damu yake - ndani yake.
Only flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
5 Lakini kwa ajili ya damu yenu, uhai uliomo katika damu yenu nitataka malipo. Kutoka katika mkono wa kila mnyama nitaitaka. Kutoka katika mkono wa kila mtu, yaani, kutoka katika mkono wa yule ambaye amemuua ndugu yake, nitataka fidia kwa ajili ya uhai wa mtu huyo.
And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it; and at the hand of man, even at the hand of every man's brother, will I require the life of man.
6 Yeyote amwagaye damu ya mtu, kwa njia ya mtu damu yake itamwagwa, kwa sababu ilikuwa ni katika mfano wa Mungu kwamba Mungu alimuumba mtu.
Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God made He man.
7 Na hivyo nanyi zaeni na kuongezeka, sambaeni katika inchi yote na muongezeke juu yake.”
And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; swarm in the earth, and multiply therein.'
8 Kisha Mungu akazungumza na Nuhu na wanae pamoja naye, akisema,
And God spoke unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying:
9 “Kwa ajili yangu, sikiliza! Ninakwenda kulithibitisha agano langu pamoja nawe na uzao wenu baada yenu,
'As for Me, behold, I establish My covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
10 na kwa kila kiumbe hai kilicho pamoja nawe, pamoja na ndege, mnyama wa kufugwa, na kila kiumbe cha nchi pamoja nawe, kuanzia kwa wote waliotoka kwenye safina, mpaka kwa kila kiumbe hai juu ya nchi.
and with every living creature that is with you, the fowl, 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 Kwa sababu hii ninalithibitisha agano langu pamoja nanyi, kwamba hapatatokea kuangamizwa kwa mwenye mwili kwa njia ya maji ya gharika. Tena hapatatokea gharika ya kuangamiza nchi.”
And I will establish My covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of the flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.'
12 Mungu akasema, “na hii ndiyo ishara ya agano ambalo ninafanya kati yangu na ninyi pamoja na kila kiumbe hai kilicho pamoja nanyi, kwa vizazi vyote vya baadaye:
And God said: 'This is the token 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 katika wingu, na itakuwa ndiyo ishara ya agano kati yangu na nchi.
I have set My bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between Me and the earth.
14 Hata itakuwa nitakapoleta wingu juu ya nchi na upinde wa mvua ukaonekana katika wingu,
And it shall come to pass, when I bring clouds over the earth, and the bow is seen in the cloud,
15 ndipo nitakumbuka agano langu, ambalo ni kati yangu na ninyi na kila kiumbe hai cha wote mwenye mwili. Maji hayatafanyika tena gharika kuharibu wote wenye mwili.
that 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 Upinde wa mvua utakuwa katika mawingu na nitauona, ili kukumbuka agano la milele kati ya Mungu na kila kiumbe hai cha wote wenye mwili ambacho kiko juu ya nchi.”
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 Kisha Mungu akamwambia Nuhu, “Hii ni ishara ya agano ambalo nimelithibitisha kati yangu na wenye mwili wote ambao wako juu ya nchi.”
And God said unto Noah: 'This is the token of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that is upon the earth.'
18 Wana wa Nuhu ambao walitoka katika safina walikuwa ni Shemu, Hamu, na Yafethi. Na Hamu akamzaa kanaani.
And the sons of Noah, that went forth from the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth; and Ham is the father of Canaan.
19 Watatu hawa walikuwa ndio wana wa Nuhu, na kutokea kwa hawa nchi yote ikajaa watu.
These three were the sons of Noah, and of these was the whole earth overspread.
20 Nuhu akaanza kuwa mkulima, na akapanda mizabibu.
And Noah the husbandman began, and planted a vineyard.
21 Akanywa sehemu ya divai na akalewa. Akawa amelala hemeani uchi.
And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
22 Kisha Hamu, baba yake na Kanaani, akaona uchi wa baba yake na akawaambia ndugu zake wawili waliokuwa nje.
And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
23 Kwa hiyo Shemu na Yafethi wakachukua kanzu wakaitanda juu ya mabega yao, na wakatembea kinyumenyume na wakaufunika uchi wa baba yao. Nyuso zao zikiwa zimegeuka nyuma upande mwingine, kwa hiyo hawakuona 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 saw not their father's nakedness.
24 Nuhu alipozinduka kutoka katika ulevi wake, alijua ni jambo gani mtoto wake mdogo amemfanyia.
And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngest son had done unto him.
25 Hivyo akasema, “Alaaniwe Kanaani. Na awe mtumishi kwa watumishi wa ndugu zake.”
And he said: Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
26 Akasema pia, Yahwe, Mungu wa Shemu, abarikiwe, Kanaani na awe mtumwa wake.
And he said: Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem; and let Canaan be their servant.
27 Mungu na apanuwe mipaka ya Yafethi, na afanye makazi yake katika hema za Shemu. Kanaani na awe mtumwa wake.”
God enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and let Canaan be their servant.
28 Baada ya gharika, Nuhu aliishi miaka miatatu na hamsini.
And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
29 Siku zote za Nuhu zilikuwa ni miaka mia tisa na hamsini, na kisha alikufa.
And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years; and he died.
