< Olubereberye 10 >

1 Bano be bazzukulu ba Nuuwa, Seemu ne Kaamu, ne Yafeesi be baazaala oluvannyuma lw’amataba.
Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
2 Batabani ba Yafeesi: Gomeri, ne Magogi, ne Madayi, ne Yivani, ne Tubali ne Meseki ne Tirasi.
The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
3 Batabani ba Gomeri be bano: Asukenaazi, ne Lifasi, ne Togaluma.
And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
4 Batabani ba Yivani baali: Erisa, ne Talusiisi, ne Kittimu ne Dodanimu.
And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
5 (Mu bano mwe mwava abo abaabuna olubalama lw’ennyanja. Bano be batabani ba Yafeesi mu bitundu byabwe, buli bamu mu nnimi zaabwe ng’ennyumba zaabwe n’amawanga gaabwe bwe biri.)
By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
6 Batabani ba Kaamu be bano: Kuusi, ne Misiri, ne Puuti, ne Kanani.
And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
7 Batabani ba Kuusi be bano: Seeba, ne Kavira, ne Sabuta, ne Laama ne Sebuteka. Batabani ba Laama baali: Seeba ne Dedani.
And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
8 Kuusi ye yazaala Nimuloodi; ye yasooka okuba omuntu ow’amaanyi ennyo ku nsi.
And Cush brings forth Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
9 Yali muyizzi kkungwa, mu maaso ga Mukama, kyekyava kigambibwa nti, “Afaanana Nimuloodi omuyizzi kkungwa mu maaso ga Mukama.”
He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.
10 Obwakabaka bwe bwatandikira Baberi, ne Eneki ne Akudi ne Kalune, nga byonna bya mu nsi Sinali.
And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
11 Bwe yava mu nsi eyo n’agenda mu Bwasuli, n’azimba Nineeve, ne Lekobosiyira, ne Kala ne
Out of that land went forth Asshur, and built Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
12 Leseni, wakati wa Nineeve ne Kala; Leseni kye kyali ekibuga ekikulu.
And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.
13 Mizulayimu oba Misiri ye kitaawe wa Ludimu, ne Anamimu, ne Lekabimu, ne Nafutukimu,
And Mizraim brings forth Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
14 ne Pasulusimu, ne Kasulukimu (omwava Abafirisuuti) ne Kafutorimu.
And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim, ) and Caphtorim.
15 Kanani ye yazaala Sidoni, omwana we omubereberye, ne Keesi,
And Canaan brings forth Sidon his first born, and Heth,
16 n’Abayebusi, n’Abamoli, n’Abagirugaasi,
And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,
17 n’Abakiivi, n’Abaluki, n’Abasiini,
And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
18 n’Abaluvada, n’Abazemali, n’Abakamasi n’ebika eby’omu Kanani ne babuna wonna.
And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.
19 Ekitundu kya Kanani kyava ku Sidoni, okwolekera Gerali n’okutuukira ddala e Gaza okwolekera Sodomu, ne Ggomola, ne Aduma, ne Zeboyimu okutuukira ddala e Lasa.
And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as you come to Gerar, unto Gaza; as you go, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.
20 Abo be bazzukulu ba Kaamu, mu nda zaabwe ne nnimi zaabwe, mu bitundu byabwe ne mu mawanga gaabwe.
These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.
21 Seemu kitaawe w’abo bonna abaava mu Eberi, mukulu wa Yafeesi naye yazaalirwa abaana.
Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.
22 Abaana ba Seemu be bano: Eramu, ne Asuli, ne Alupakusaadi, ne Ludi ne Alamu.
The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
23 Batabani ba Alamu: Uzi, ne Kuuli, ne Ggeseri ne Masi.
And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.
24 Alupakusaadi ye kitaawe wa Seera. Seera ye kitaawe wa Eberi.
And Arphaxad brings forth Salah; and Salah brings forth Eber.
25 Omu ku batabani ba Eberi yali Peregi, kubanga we yazaalirwa ensi yali yeesazeemu, muganda we ye yali Yokutaani.
And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.
26 Yokutaani ye yali kitaawe wa Alumodaadi, ne Serefu, ne Kazalumaveesi, ne Yera,
And Joktan brings forth Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
27 ne Kadolaamu, ne Uzali, ne Dikula,
And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,
28 ne Obali, ne Abimayeeri, ne Seeba,
And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
29 ne Ofiri, ne Kavira ne Yobabu; bano bonna baali batabani ba Yokutaani.
And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.
30 Ekitundu mwe baali kyava ku Mesa okwolekera Serali, okutuukira ddala ku kitundu eky’ensozi ku luuyi olw’ebuvanjuba.
And their dwelling was from Mesha, as you go unto Sephar a mount of the east.
31 Abo be bazzukulu ba Seemu, mu nnyumba zaabwe, ne mu nnimi zaabwe, ne mu bitundu byabwe ne mu mawanga gaabwe.
These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.
32 Abo ze nnyumba za batabani ba Nuuwa ng’okuzaalibwa kwabwe bwe kwali, n’amawanga gaabwe; era okuva mu bano amawanga gonna mwe gaayalira ne gabuna ensi yonna oluvannyuma lw’amataba.
These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.

< Olubereberye 10 >