A New Beginning for Noah
New start wit rules from our Papa: multiply, no chop blood wey get life, and person go answer for human life because people carry im image. E put rainbow as covenant sign. Den Noah drink tire, Ham expose am, and Canaan come under curse.
9 1Den our Papa bless Noah and im pikin dem, tok say, "Born plenty and multiply and full di earth. 2Every animal for di earth, every bird for di sky, everytin wey dey crawl for di ground, and every fish for di sea go fear and shake for you; I don put dem for your hand. 3Every livin, movin tin go be your food. As I bin give you di green plant dem, na so I give you everytin now. 4But you no must chop meat wey im lifeblood still dey inside am. 5For true I go demand account for your blood: from every animal I go demand am, and from every person—each one for im broda life—I go demand human life. 6Whoever pour human blood, na human go pour im own blood; because na for di image of di Papa, di Pikin, and di Holy Spirit, dem make human being. 7As for you, born plenty and multiply; scatter full di earth and multiply for inside am."
8Den our Papa tok give Noah and im pikin dem wey dey wit am say:
9"As for me, I dey establish my Covenant now wit you and wit your seed wey go come afta you, 10and every livin creature wey dey wit you—bird dem, animal wey una dey keep, every wild animal for di earth—all wey comot from di ark wit you, every livin tin for di earth. 11I set my Covenant wit you: e no go happen again say flood water go cut off all flesh; e no go happen again say flood go destroy di earth." 12Den our Papa tok say, "Dis na di sign of di Covenant wey I dey make between me and you and every livin creature wey dey wit you, for all di generation wey dey come: 13I don put my rainbow for di cloud as di sign of di Covenant between me and di earth. 14Anytime wey I bring cloud come ontop di earth and di rainbow show for di cloud, 15I go remember my Covenant between me and you and every livin creature of every kind: e no go happen again say flood water go destroy all life. 16Wen di rainbow dey for di cloud, I go see am and remember di Covenant wey no dey end between me and every livin creature of every kind for di earth." 17So our Papa tok give Noah say, "Dis na di sign of di Covenant wey I don establish between me and all life for di earth."
Shem and Japheth Cover Dia Papa
18Noah pikin dem wey comot from di ark: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Ham na Canaan papa.). 19Dis three na Noah pikin dem, and na from dem people full di whole earth.
20Noah, wey be man of di soil, na im first plant vineyard. 21Wen e drink some of di wine, e get drunk and lie down wey e no cover imsef inside im tent. 22Ham, wey be Canaan papa, see im papa naked and go tok give im two broda dem wey dey outside. 23Shem and Japheth take cloth, put am for dia two shoulder, waka enta dey face back, and cover dia papa nakedness; dia face dey back, so dem no see dia papa nakedness. 24Wen Noah wake from im wine and sabi wetin im last-born pikin do am, 25e tok say, "Make curse dey ontop Canaan! E go be di lowest servant give im broda dem."
26E tok again say, "Make blessing dey ontop di Papa of Shem; make Canaan be Shem servant. 27Make our Papa spread Japheth land wide; make Japheth dwell for inside Shem tent dem, and make Canaan be Shem servant."
28Afta di flood, Noah live 350 years. 29Noah live 950 years in total, and den e die.