Genesisi 10

¹Ndiwo marudzi avanakomana vaNoa, naShemu, naHamu, naJafeti; ivo vakaberekerwa vana shure kwemvura zhinji.Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.

²Vanakomana vaJafeti ndivo: Gomeru, naMagogi, naMadhai, naJavhani, naTubhari, naMisheki, naTirasi.The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

³Vanakomana vaGomeru ndivo: Ashikenazi, naRifati, naTogarima.And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.

⁴Vanakomana vaJavhani ndivo: Erisha, naTashisi, naKitimi, naDhodhanimu.And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

⁵Kwavari kwakabva vanhu vezvivi zvakapararira. Ndivo vanakomana vaJafeti munyika dzavo, mumwe nomumwe norurimi rwake, nemhuri dzavo, nendudzi dzavo.By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.

⁶Vanakomana vaHamu ndivo: Kushi, naMiziraimu, naPuti, naKenani.And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.

⁷Vanakomana vaKushi ndivo: Sebha, naHavhira, naSabhata, naRama, naSabhuteka; navanakomana vaRama ndivo: Shebha naDhedhani.And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.

⁸Kushi akabereka Nimurodhi, ndiye akatanga kuva nesimba panyika.And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

⁹Akanga ari mudzimba mukuru pamberi paJehovha; naizvozvo vanoti, SaNimurodhi, mudzimba mukuru pamberi paJehovha.He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.

¹⁰Ushe hwake hwakatanga paBhabheri, neEreki, neAkadhi, neKarine, panyika yeShinari.And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

¹¹Akabuda kunyika iyo, akaenda Asiria, akavaka Ninivhe neRohobhoti-iri, neKara,Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,

¹²neReseni, pakati peNinivhe neKara (iri iguta guru).And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.

¹³Miziraimu akabereka vaRudhi, navaAnami, navaRehabhi, navaNafituhimu,And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,

¹⁴navaPaturusi navaKasiruhi, (vaFirisitia vakabva kwavari), navaKafutori.And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim.

¹⁵Kenani akabereka Sidhoni, dangwe rake, naHeti;And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,

¹⁶navaJebhusi, navaAmori, navaGirigashi;And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,

¹⁷navaHivhi, navaAriki, navaSini,And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,

¹⁸navaArivhadhi, navaZemari, navaHamati. Shure kwaivava mhuri dzavaKenani dzakapararira.And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.

¹⁹Muganhu wavaKenani wakatanga paSidhoni, ukaenda Gerari, ukasvika Gaza, ukaenda Sodhomu, neGomora, neAdhamu, neZibhoimu, ukasvika paRasha.And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.

²⁰Ndivo vanakomana vaHamu, mhuri dzavo, nendimi dzavo, munyika dzavo, nendudzi dzavo.These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.

²¹Naiye Shemu, baba vavana vose vaEbheru, mukuru waJafeti, akaberekerwa vana.Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.

²²Vanakomana vaShemu ndivo: Eramu, naAsheri, naAripakishadhi, naRudhi, naAramu.The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.

²³Vanakomana vaAramu ndivo: Uzi, naHuri, naGeteri, naMashi.And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.

²⁴Aripakishadhi akabereka Shera, Shera akabereka Ebheru.And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.

²⁵Ebheru akaberekerwa vanakomana vaviri, zita romumwe rakanga riri Peregi, nokuti pamazuva ake nyika yakakamurwa; zita romunun’una wake rakanga riri Jokitani.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.

²⁶Jokitani akabereka Arimodhadhi, naSherefi, naHazarimavheti, naJera;And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazar-maveth, and Jerah,

²⁷naHadhoramu, naUsari, naDhikira;And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,

²⁸naObhari, naAbhimaeri, naShebha;And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,

²⁹naOfiri, naHavhira, naJobhabhu; ava vose vaiva vanakomana vaJokitani.And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.

³⁰Kwavakagara ndiko: kubva paMesha, kuenda Sefari, kugomo rokumabvazuva.And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east.

³¹Ndivo vanakomana vaShemu, mhuri dzavo, nendimi dzavo, munyika dzavo, nendudzi dzavo.These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.

³²Ndidzo mhuri dzavanakomana vaNoa, nedzimba dzavo, nendudzi dzavo; kwavari kwakabva ndudzi dzose dzakapararira, shure kwemvura zhinji.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.