Senesi 10

1 Ko eni ʻae tala hohoko ʻoe ngaahi foha ʻo Noa, ko Semi, mo Hami, mo Sefeti: pea naʻe fanauʻi kiate kinautolu ʻae ngaahi foha hili ʻae lōmaki.

Now this is the history of the generations of the sons of Noah and of Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.

2 Ko e ngaahi foha ʻo Sefeti; ko Komela, mo Mekoki, mo Metai, mo Savani, mo Tupale, mo Meseke, mo Tailasa.

The sons of Japheth were: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

3 Pea ko e ngaahi foha ʻo Komela; ko ʻAsekinasa, mo Lifata, mo Tokama.

The sons of Gomer were: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.

4 Pea ko e ngaahi foha ʻo Savani; ko ʻElaisa, mo Taʻasisi, mo Ketimi, mo Totenimi.

The sons of Javan were: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

5 Naʻe vahevahe kiate kinautolu ni ʻae ngaahi fonua ʻoe ngaahi puleʻanga ke nau fonua ʻaki; ke taki taha ʻi hono lea mo honau faʻahinga, pea mo honau ngaahi puleʻanga.

Of these were the islands of the nations divided in their lands, everyone after his language, after their families, in their nations.

6 Pea ko e ngaahi foha ʻo Hami; ko Kusa, mo Misilemi, mo Futi, mo Kēnani.

The sons of Ham were: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

7 Pea ko e ngaahi foha ʻo Kusa; ko Sipa, mo Havila, mo Sapita, mo Leama, mo Sapetika: pea ko e ongo foha ʻo Leama; ko Sipa, mo Titani.

The sons of Cush were: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah were: Sheba and Dedan.

8 Pea naʻe tupu ia Kusa, ʻa Nimilote: pea naʻe hoko ia ko e tokotaha lahi ʻi māmani.

Cush became the father of Nimrod. He began to be a mighty one in the earth.

9 Ko e tangata tuli manu fakamanavahē ia ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ʻEiki: ko ia ʻoku ai ʻae lea ʻoku pehē, “ʻO hangē ko Nimilote ko e tuli manu lahi ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ʻEiki.”

He was a mighty hunter before the LORD. Therefore it is said, “like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD”.

10 Pea ko e kamataʻanga ʻo hono puleʻanga ko Pepeli, mo ʻIleke, mo ʻAkata, mo Kalina, ʻi he fonua ko Saina.

The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

11 Naʻe ʻalu atu ʻa ʻAsilia mei he fonua ko ia, pea ne langa ʻa Ninive, mo e kolo ko Leopote, mo Kela,

Out of that land he went into Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,

12 Mo Lisini ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo Ninive mo Kela: ko e kolo lahi ia.

and Resen between Nineveh and the great city Calah.

13 Pea naʻe tupu ia Misilemi ʻa Lutimi, mo ʻAnamemi, mo Lehapimi, mo Nafituhemi,

Mizraim became the father of Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim,

14 Mo Patilusime, mo Kasiluhemi, (naʻe tupu mei ai ʻa Filisitia, ) mo Kafitolime.

Pathrusim, Casluhim (which the Philistines descended from), and Caphtorim.

15 Pea naʻe tupu ia Kēnani ʻa Saitoni ko hono ʻuluaki, mo Heti,

Canaan became the father of Sidon (his firstborn), Heth,

16 Mo e kakai Sepusi, mo e ʻAmoli, mo e Keakasa,

the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,

17 Mo e Hevi, mo e ʻAlaka, mo e Sina,

the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,

18 Mo e ʻAvati, mo e Semali, mo e Hemati; pea hili ia naʻe movete atu ʻae ngaahi faʻahinga ʻo Kēnani.

the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Afterward the families of the Canaanites were spread abroad.

19 Pea ko e ngataʻanga fonua ʻoe kakai Kēnani naʻe [fai ]mei Saitoni, ʻi hoʻo haʻu mei Kilai ki Kesa; ʻi hoʻo ʻalu ai ki Sotoma mo Komola, mo ʻAtima, mo Sipoimi ʻo aʻu ki Lesa.

The border of the Canaanites was from Sidon—as you go toward Gerar—to Gaza—as you go toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim—to Lasha.

20 Ko e ngaahi foha eni ʻo Hami, ʻi honau ngaahi faʻahinga, mo e nau ngaahi lea, ʻi honau ngaahi fonua, mo honau ngaahi puleʻanga.

These are the sons of Ham, after their families, according to their languages, in their lands and their nations.

21 Ko Semi foki, ʻaia ko e tamai ʻae fānau kotoa pē ʻa ʻIpela, ko e tehina ʻo Sefeti ko e lahi, naʻe ai foki ʻae fānau kiate ia.

Children were also born to Shem (the elder brother of Japheth), the father of all the children of Eber.

22 Ko e fānau ʻa Semi; ko ʻIlami, mo ʻAsuli, mo ʻAfakisati, mo Luti, mo ʻElami.

The sons of Shem were: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.

23 Pea ko e fānau ʻa ʻElami; ko ʻUsi, mo Uli, mo Ketali, mo Masi.

The sons of Aram were: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.

24 Pea naʻe tupu ia ʻAfakisati ʻa Sela, pea fakatupu ʻe Sela ʻa ʻIpela.

Arpachshad became the father of Shelah. Shelah became the father of Eber.

25 Pea naʻe fanauʻi kia ʻIpela ʻae ongo foha; ko e hingoa ʻoe tokotaha ko Peleki: he naʻe vahevahe ʻae fonua ʻi hono ngaahi ʻaho; pea ko e hingoa ʻo hono tokoua ko Sokitani.

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 Pea naʻe tupu ia Sokitani ʻa ʻAlimotate, mo Silefi, mo Hesamevete, mo Sela,

Joktan became the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,

27 Mo Hatolame, mo ʻUsali, mo Tikila,

Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,

28 Mo ʻOpale, mo ʻApimaeli, mo Sipa.

Obal, Abimael, Sheba,

29 Mo ʻOfeli, mo Havila, mo Sopapi: ko e ngaahi foha eni kotoa pē ʻo Sokitani.

Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.

30 Pea ko honau nofoʻanga naʻe [fai ]mei Mesa, ʻi hoʻo ʻalu ʻo aʻu ki Sefa ko e moʻunga ʻi hahake.

Their dwelling extended from Mesha, as you go toward Sephar, the mountain of the east.

31 Ko e ngaahi foha eni ʻo Semi, ʻi honau ngaahi faʻahinga, mo e nau ngaahi lea, mo honau ngaahi fonua, mo honau ngaahi puleʻanga.

These are the sons of Shem, by their families, according to their languages, lands, and nations.

32 Ko eni ʻae ngaahi faʻahinga ʻoe ngaahi foha ʻo Noa, mo honau ngaahi toʻutangata, ʻi honau ngaahi puleʻanga: pea naʻe vahe vahe ʻiate kinautolu ni ʻae ngaahi puleʻanga ʻo māmani, hili ʻae lōmaki.

These are the families of the sons of Noah, by their generations, according to their nations. The nations divided from these in the earth after the flood.