Genesis 9 (CTH)

1Hottelah Cathut ni Noah hoi a canaw yawhawinae a poe teh, ahnimouh koe, ca moi khe awh, pungdaw awh nateh, talai van kawi awh.And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.

2Talai van moithang, saring phunkuep, kalvan e tava phunkuep, talai van a von hoi kâva e pueng, hoi tui thung e tanga pueng ni nangmouh na taki vaiteh a pâyaw awh han. Hote moithang pueng teh nangmae kut dawk na poe.The fear and dread of you will fall on every living creature on the earth, every bird of the air, every creature that crawls on the ground, and all the fish of the sea. They are delivered into your hand.

3Kahring ni teh kâroe e pueng nangmouh han rawca lah ao han. Hnopai pueng, anhla kahring pueng totouh na poe awh han.Everything that lives and moves will be food for you; just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you all things.

4Hottelah a moi hah a hringnae a thi hoi hmai na cat awh mahoeh.But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.

5Hahoi, nangmae hringnae thi phu teh ka hei han. Tami saring pueng koe ka hei han. Tami tangkuem e hmaunawnghanaw koe, tami e hringnae phu teh ka hei roeroe han.And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man:

6Apipatethai tami e thi ka palawng e tami teh tami ni thi palawng lah ao van han. Bangkongtetpawiteh, tami teh Cathut ni amae meikalat lah a sak e doeh.Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.

7Hateiteh, nangmouh teh ca khe awh nateh pungdaw awh. Talai van vah canaw moi khe awh nateh pungdaw awh telah atipouh.But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out across the earth and multiply upon it.”

8Cathut ni Noah hoi a capanaw koe bout a dei pouh e teh,Then God said to Noah and his sons with him,

9Nangmouh hoi thoseh, nangmae catoun hoi thoseh,“Behold, I now establish My covenant with you and your descendants after you,

10Nangmouh koe kaawm e kahring e moithang pueng, tava pueng, saring pueng, long thung hoi tâcokhai e saring pueng koe lawkkam ka caksak han.and with every living creature that was with you—the birds, the livestock, and every beast of the earth—every living thing that came out of the ark.

11Nangmouh koe lawkkam ka caksak e teh, tuikamuem lahoi nâtuek hai moithang pueng ka raphoe mahoeh toe. Talai teh tui hoi ka raphoe mahoeh toe telah ati.And I establish My covenant with you: Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.”

12Cathut ni kai hoi nang rahak, nang koe kaawm e kâroe ni teh kahring e pueng hoi na catounnaw rahak vah ka sak e lawkkam mitnoutnae doeh.And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between Me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come:

13Kaie salumpa hah tâmai dawk ka hruek vaiteh, kai hoi talai rahak lawkkam mitnoutnae lah ao han.I have set My rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.

14Kai ni tâmai ka tabo sak navah, tâmai dawk salumpa a kamnue han.Whenever I form clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds,

15Kai hoi nang rahak, kahring ni teh kâroe e pueng koe, ka lawkkam e pou ka pouk vaiteh, saring moithang pueng tuikamuem hoi ka raphoe mahoeh toe.I will remember My covenant between Me and you and every living creature of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.

16Tâmai dawk salumpa a paham e ka khet vaiteh, Cathut hoi talai van kaawm e kahring e saring moithang pueng rahak vah, yungyoe e lawkkam ka pouk han.And whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of every kind that is on the earth.”

17Hahoi Cathut ni Noah koe, hete teh kai hoi talai van kaawm e moithang saring pueng rahak vah, ka caksak e lawkkam mitnoutnae doeh telah atipouh.So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between Me and every creature on the earth.”

18Long thung hoi a tâco navah Noah e a capanaw teh Shem, Ham, Japheth. Ham teh Kanaan e a na pa lah ao.The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham was the father of Canaan.

19Ahnimanaw kathum touh teh Noah e a capanaw lah ao teh, ahnimanaw koehoi talai van taminaw a pungdaw.These three were the sons of Noah, and from them the whole earth was populated.

20Noah ni law sak a kamtawng teh, misur takha a sak.Now Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard.

21Misurtui hai a nei dawkvah a parui teh tawngtai lah ao.But when he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent.

22Kanaan e na pa Ham ni a na pa caici lah ao e a hmu teh alawilah kaawm e a hmaunawngha kahni touh koe a dei pouh.And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father’s nakedness and told his two brothers outside.

23Hatei Shem hoi Japheth ni teh hni a la roi teh a loung dawk a thueng roi teh, kâhnawn laihoi a na pa e caicinae teh a ramuk pouh roi. Ahnimouh roi teh alawilah a kangvawi roi dawkvah, a na pa caici lah ao e hah hmawt roi hoeh.Then Shem and Japheth took a garment and placed it across their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.

24Noah ni misur parui e a thangcuem torei teh a capa cahnoung e ni a sak e a panue.When Noah awoke from his drunkenness and learned what his youngest son had done to him,

25Hatdawkvah, Kanaan teh thoebo lah awm seh. A hmau roi koe san thung dawk e san lah awm seh.he said, “Cursed be Canaan! A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.”

26Hahoi, Shem e BAWIPA Cathut teh yawhawinae awm seh. Kanaan teh ahni koe san lah awm seh.He also declared: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the servant of Shem.

27Cathut ni Japheth teh len nateh roung seh. Shem e lukkareiim dawk awm seh. Kanaan teh ahni koe san lah awm seh telah atipouh.May God expand the territory of Japheth; may he dwell in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his servant.”

28Noah teh tuikamuem a tho hnukkhu kum 350 a hring.After the flood, Noah lived 350 years.

29Noah e a hringnae teh kum 950 touh a pha teh a due.So Noah lived a total of 950 years, and then he died.

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