Mwanzo 9
1 Kisha Mungu akambariki Nuhu na wanawe, na kuwaambia, “Zaeni, mkaongezeke, na muijaze nchi.
Then God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, and fill 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.
The fear of you and the dread of you will be upon every living animal on the earth, upon every bird of the sky, upon everything that goes low on the ground, and upon all the fish of the sea. They are given into your hand.
3 Kila kitu kiendacho kilicho hai kitakuwa chakula kwa ajili yenu. Kama nilivyo wapa mimea, sasa nawapa kila kitu.
Every moving thing that lives will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.
4 Lakini msile nyama pamoja na uhai wake - yaani damu yake - ndani yake.
But you must not eat meat with its life—that is its blood—in it.
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.
But for your blood, the life that is in your blood, I will require payment. From the hand of every animal I will require it. From the hand of any man, that is, from the hand of one who has murdered his brother, I will require an accounting for the life of that 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.
Whoever sheds man's blood, by man will his blood be shed, for it was in the image of God that he made man.
7 Na hivyo nanyi zaeni na kuongezeka, sambaeni katika inchi yote na muongezeke juu yake.”
As for you, be fruitful and multiply, spread throughout the earth and multiply on it.”
8 Kisha Mungu akazungumza na Nuhu na wanae pamoja naye, akisema,
Then God spoke to 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, listen! I am going to confirm my covenant with you and with your descendants 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, with the birds, the livestock, and every creature of the earth with you, from all that came out of the ark, to every living creature on 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.”
I hereby confirm my covenant with you, that never again will all flesh be destroyed by the waters of a flood. Never again will there 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:
God said, “This is the sign of the covenant which I am making between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations:
13 Nimeweka upinde wangu wa mvua katika wingu, na itakuwa ndiyo ishara ya agano kati yangu na nchi.
I have set my rainbow in the cloud, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth.
14 Hata itakuwa nitakapoleta wingu juu ya nchi na upinde wa mvua ukaonekana katika wingu,
It will come about when I bring a cloud over the earth and the rainbow 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.
then I will call to mind my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh. The waters will never again 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.”
The rainbow will be in the clouds and I will see it, in order to remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on 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.”
Then God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant that I have confirmed between me and all flesh that is on the earth.”
18 Wana wa Nuhu ambao walitoka katika safina walikuwa ni Shemu, Hamu, na Yafethi. Na Hamu akamzaa kanaani.
The sons of Noah that came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham was 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 from these the whole earth was populated.
20 Nuhu akaanza kuwa mkulima, na akapanda mizabibu.
Noah began to be a farmer, and he planted a vineyard.
21 Akanywa sehemu ya divai na akalewa. Akawa amelala hemeani uchi.
He drank some of the wine and became drunk. He was lying uncovered in his tent.
22 Kisha Hamu, baba yake na Kanaani, akaona uchi wa baba yake na akawaambia ndugu zake wawili waliokuwa nje.
Then Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father and told his two brothers outside.
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.
So Shem and Japheth took a robe and laid it upon both their shoulders, and walked backwards and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were turned the other way, so they did not see their father's nakedness.
24 Nuhu alipozinduka kutoka katika ulevi wake, alijua ni jambo gani mtoto wake mdogo amemfanyia.
When Noah awoke from his wine, he learned what his youngest son had done to him.
25 Hivyo akasema, “Alaaniwe Kanaani. Na awe mtumishi kwa watumishi wa ndugu zake.”
So he said, “Cursed be Canaan. May he be a servant to his brothers' servants.”
26 Akasema pia, Yahwe, Mungu wa Shemu, abarikiwe, Kanaani na awe mtumwa wake.
He also said, “May Yahweh, the God of Shem, be blessed, and may Canaan be his servant.
27 Mungu na apanuwe mipaka ya Yafethi, na afanye makazi yake katika hema za Shemu. Kanaani na awe mtumwa wake.”
May God extend the territory of Japheth, and let him make his home in the tents of Shem. May Canaan be his servant.”
28 Baada ya gharika, Nuhu aliishi miaka miatatu na hamsini.
After the flood, Noah lived three hundred fifty years.
29 Siku zote za Nuhu zilikuwa ni miaka mia tisa na hamsini, na kisha alikufa.
All the days of Noah were nine hundred fifty years, and then he died.
