Usapho lweeNtlanga
Oonyana bakaNowa abathathu baba zizizwe ezingamashumi asixhenxe, besasazeke ngokosapho, ngokolwimi, nangokwelizwe. Kunikwa amagama obukumkani bukaNimrodi nemida yakwaKanan, imisa buthule umhlaba webali elilandelayo. Ukusasazeka apha kuchazwa njengokwanda, ngaphambi kokuba iBabeli icacise unobangela.
10 1Nantsi imbali yoonyana bakaNowa—uShem, uHam, noYafete. Emva konogumbe bazalelwa oonyana.
2Oonyana bakaYafete: uGomere, uMagogi, uMadayi, uYavan, uTubhali, uMesheki, noTirasi.
3Oonyana bakaGomere: u-Ashkenazi, uRifati, noTogarma. 4Oonyana bakaYavan: u-Elisha, uTarshishe, uKitim, noRodanim. 5Kuthabathela kwaba, izizwe zaselunxwemeni zahlukana zaya emazweni azo, isizwe ngasinye ngokolwimi lwaso, ngokosapho lwaso, nangokohlanga lwaso.
6Oonyana bakaHam: uKushi, uMitserayim, uPuti, noKanan. 7Oonyana bakaKushi: uSeba, uHavila, uSabta, uRahama, noSabteka. Oonyana bakaRahama: uShebha noDedan. 8UKushi wazala uNimrodi, owaba yindoda yokuqala enamandla emhlabeni. 9Wayengumzingeli onamandla phambi koThixo; kungoko kuthiwa: “NjengoNimrodi, umzingeli onamandla phambi koThixo.” 10Isiqalo sobukumkani bakhe yayiyiBhabheli, i-Ereki, i-Akadi, neKalne, elizweni laseShinari. a a v10 IShinari ibhekisa kummandla owathi kamva wanxulunyaniswa neBhabhiloni. 11Kuphuma kwelo lizwe waya e-Asiriya, wakha iNineve, iRehobhoti-Ire, iKala, 12neRese, ephakathi kweNineve neKala; nguwo lowo umzi omkhulu. 13UMitserayim wazala amaLudi, ama-Anami, amaLehabhi, amaNafetuhi, 14amaPaturusi, amaKaseluhi (ekwavela kuwo amaFilisti), namaKafetori.
15UKanan wazala uSidon izibulo lakhe, noHeti, 16namaYebhusi, ama-Amori, amaGirgashi, 17amaHivi, ama-Arki, amaSini, 18ama-Arvadi, amaZemari, namaHamati. Emva koko zasasazeka iintsapho zamaKanan. 19Umda wamaKanan wawusuka eSidon ukuya eGerari ukuya eGaza, uze ukuya eSodom, eGomora, e-Adma, naseZebhoyim, ukuya eLasha. 20Ngabo abo oonyana bakaHam, ngokweentsapho zabo, ngeelwimi zabo, ngamazwe abo, nangeentlanga zabo.
21NoShem, umkhuluwa kaYafete, wazalelwa abantwana; nguye uyise wenzala yonke ka-Ebhere. 22Oonyana bakaShem: u-Elam, u-Ashuri, u-Arpakishadi, uLudi, no-Aram. 23Oonyana baka-Aram: u-Utsi, uHuli, uGeteri, noMashe. 24U-Arpakishadi wazala uShela, uShela wazala u-Ebhere. 25U-Ebhere wazala oonyana ababini: igama lomnye lalinguPelege, kuba ngemihla yakhe umhlaba wahlukaniswa; igama lomntakwabo lalinguYoktan. b b v25 UPelege uthetha “ukwahlukana” — igama lakhe libonakalisa ixesha ebomini bakhe awathi ngalo abantu bomhlaba bahlukaniswa. 26UYoktan wazala u-Alimodadi, uShelefu, uHatsarimavete, uYera, 27uHadoram, u-Uzali, uDikla, 28u-Obhali, u-Abhimayeli, uShebha, 29u-Ofire, uHavila, noYobhabhi; bonke aba yayingoonyana bakaYoktan. 30Ummandla wabo wawusuka eMesha ukuya eSefari, ukuya kummandla weenduli osempumalanga. 31Ngabo abo oonyana bakaShem, ngokweentsapho zabo, ngeelwimi zabo, ngamazwe abo, nangeentlanga zabo.
32Zezi iintsapho zoonyana bakaNowa, ngokwemilibo yazo yokuzalana, ngokweentlanga zazo; kwaphuma kuzo iintlanga ezasasazeka ehlabathini emva konogumbe.
