Genesisi 10:1-32
10 Lo mlando wamadodana kaNowa, okunguTjhemu,+ uRhamu noJafethi.
Ngemva komThwalela+ amadodana kaNowa la abelethelwa amadodana.
2 Amadodana kaJafethi bekunguGomere,+ uMagogi,+ uMadayi, uJavani, uTubali,+ uMetjheki+ noTirasi.+
3 Amadodana kaGomere bekungu-Atjhikenazi,+ uRifathi noTogarima.+
4 Amadodana kaJavani bekungu-Elitjha,+ uTaratjhitjhi,+ uKithi+ noDodani.
5 Ngibo ababa bokhokho babantu ebebahlala eenhlengeleni* ngokwamalimi abawakhulumako, ngokwemindenabo nangokweentjhaba zabo.
6 Amadodana kaRhamu bekunguKutjhe, uMitsiriyamu,+ uPhuthi+ noKanana.+
7 Amadodana kaKutjhe bekunguSeba,+ uRhavila, uSabeta, uRama+ noSabiteka.
Amadodana kaRama bekunguTjheba noDedani.
8 UKutjhe waba nguyise kaNimrodi. UNimrodi lo mumuntu wokuthoma owaba namandla ephasini.
9 UNimrodi waba mzumi onesibindi begodu ajamelene noJehova. Kungebangelo kwaba nesitjho esithi: “NjengoNimrodi, umzumi onesibindi nojamelene noJehova.”
10 Wathoma ukubusa eBhabheli,+ e-Ereke,+ e-Akadi neKaline enarheni yeTjhinari.+
11 Ukusuka lapho watjhinga e-Asiriya,+ wakha iNiniva,+ iRerhobhothi-Iri, iKalarha
12 neReseni, hlangana neNiniva neKalarha: Woke amadorobho la akha idorobho elikhulu.
13 UMitsiriyamu waba nguyise kaLudi,+ ka-Anami, kaLehabi, kaNafiturhi,+
14 kaPatrusi,+ kaKasilurhi (okuvela kuye amaFilista+) noKafitori.+
15 UKanana waba nguyise kaTsidoni+ okulizibulo lakhe, waba nguyise kaRhiti,+
16 wamaJebusi,+ wama-Amori,+ wamaGirigatjhi,
17 wamaRhivi,+ wama-Arikhi, wamaSini,
18 wama-Arivadi,+ wamaTsemari namaRhamathi.+ Ngemva kwalokho imindeni yamaKanana yarhatjheka.
19 Inarha yamaKanana beyisuka eTsidoni iyokufika eGerari,+ ehlanu kweGaza.+ Beyikhamba beyiyokufika eSodoma, eGomora,+ e-Adima neTseboyimu.+ Iindawezi bezihlanu kweLatjha.
20 La madodana kaRhamu ngokwemindenawo, ngokwamalimi abawakhulumako, ngokweenarha zawo nangokweentjhaba zawo.
21 UTjhemu umfowabo* kaJafethi naye wabelethelwa abantwana. Waba ngukhokhwawo woke amadodana ka-Ebhere.+
22 Amadodana kaTjhemu bekungu-Elamu,+ u-Atjhuri,+ u-Aripakitjhadi,+ uLudi no-Aramu.+
23 Amadodana ka-Aramu bekungu-Utsi, uRhuli, uGeteri noMatjhi.
24 U-Aripakitjhadi waba nguyise kaTjhela,+ uTjhela waba nguyise ka-Ebhere.
25 U-Ebhere waba namadodana amabili. Igama lenye indodanakhe bekunguPelegi*+ ngombana ngeenkhathi zakhe abantu bebahlukene phakathi. Igama lomfowabo bekunguJokithani.+
26 UJokithani waba nguyise ka-Almodadi, uTjhelefi, uRhatsarimavethi, uJerarhi,+
27 uHadoramu, u-Uzali, uDikhila,
28 u-Obhali, u-Abimayeli, uTjheba,
29 u-Ofira,+ uRhavila noJobabi. Woke la bekumadodana kaJokithani.
30 Indawo ebebahlala kiyo beyisuka eMetjha iyokufika eSefari, esifundeni seentaba sangePumalanga.
31 La madodana kaTjhemu ngokuya ngokwemindenawo, amalimi abawakhulumako, iindawo abahlala kizo nangokweentjhaba zawo.+
32 Le mindeni yamadodana kaNowa ngokuya ngokwemindeni yabokhokho bawo nangokweentjhaba zawo. Ngemva komThwalela+ iintjhaba ezavela emadodaneni kaNowa zarhatjheka ephasini.
Imitlolo Ephasi
^ Namkha “eendaweni ezibhodwe malwandle.”
^ Namkha kungenzeka, “umnakwabo kaJafethi.”
^ Litjho “Ukungabi nebumbano.”
