Genesis 9 (EKA)

1Esowo kehm fuulu Noa, a abon ebe fere tong bo re, <<Jelen, wahn gbal, nyab rur go njini.And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.

2Enyam kpee bi li go njini bahke jo fahl-n fahl, ń fere jo mennge bo, fvfo nruk nyi kpo fonngo go ero, a ejum ajehng ajehng ji kpo tohng ala go ndi, a nsahre kpee nyi wob alahb. Nsol nyia kpee me nfaake kak-n go abo.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.

3Ejum ajehng ajehng ji kpi elkpin, ji kpo jen go ndi ma-n ka re jol nsol alehke enyahne. Ana n ka-n nsol nyi lohng go nti, a ajele, ana nsol alehke, ano wo m ma-n tob ka ejum ajehng ajehng anv.Everything that lives and moves will be food for you; just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you all things.

4<<Ka tiki li nnyam a alung eme go atahng, alung ma li elkpin ene.But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.

5M bahke bahbe alung ema, alung ma elkpin ena abo ejum ajehng ajehng ji wul-a no. M bahke tob bahb go abo nya nnyam anyehng anyehng nyi wul-a no, m bahke bahbe alung go abo nne no wulu nne noko.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:

6<<Nne no lˈwul nne, nne bahke tob wul-e, tibre Esowo limi nne go ege elfoongo.Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.

7Ka wahn, jelen, wahn rur go nfange, wahn sahb nyˈnyab go njini.>>But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out across the earth and multiply upon it.”

8Esowo kehm bungu tong Noa a abon ebe re;Then God said to Noah and his sons with him,

9<<Anv n kpˈlimi agbanngalung ejame a na, a etˈtohngo eja ji kpa-a toono,“Behold, I now establish My covenant with you and your descendants after you,

10a nsol kpee nyi li elkpin nyi jolo a na, nruk, atohkondi, a enyam ekulugbe, bo kpee ji lohngo go egbang a na, a ejum ajehng ajehng ji li go elkpin go njini.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.

11Me n lim egbanngalung a nahne: Nnyel nehm kpe tiki jol nyi bahke tane elkpin ejum ajehng ajehng ji li go elkpin, jol elkohn nnyel ana nyio nehm kpe tiki jol nyi bahke rannge njini.>>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.”

12Esowo kehm bung re, <<A wo li elliingi ni egbannalung ji n kpˈlimi me a na, a ejum ajehng ajehng ji li go elkpin a na, egbanngalung jia bahke jolo ano ano ka aying nya kpˈbake: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:

13Me n bum ebangenjok go akparesemsem, ji ji bahke jolo elliingi ni egbanngalung ka-m a njini.I have set My rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.

14Ngare anyehng anyehng nyi akparesemsem lˈlohng go elbung, ebangenjok fere lohng go akparesemsem,Whenever I form clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds,

15m bahke buumu egbannalung ejame ji n limi a na, a ejum ajehng ajehng ji li go elkpin. Alahb nehm kpe tiki yel rannge nsol kpee nyi li elkpin.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.

16Ngare anyehng anyehng nyi ebangenjok lˈsi lˈlohng go akparesemsem, m bahke nyehne fere buumu egbanngalung ejame ji n limi no a ejum ajehng ajehng ji li go elkpin go njini, egbanngalung ejame li nkahlkahl.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.”

17Esowo kehm tongo Noa re, <<Ebangenjok jio ji li elliingi ni egbanngalung ejame ji m ma lim a ejum ajehng ajehng ji li go elkpin go njini.>>So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between Me and every creature on the earth.”

18Abone Noa ba lohngo go egbang, jolo Sem, Ham, go Jafed. Ham wo jolo nde no Kenan.The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham was the father of Canaan.

19Abon ara ba Noa ba a. Ane kpee ba ma rur go njini, lohng goji bo.These three were the sons of Noah, and from them the whole earth was populated.

20Noa bahme egbe agreb, á kehm tahme song bahm etahngga avain.Now Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard.

21Eji á wo amahm agreb, á kehm soro gbo njok, song noongo go ege mmobkpatahk ebun ebun.But when he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent.

22Ham ji jolo nde no Kenan kehm song nyehn nde nong ebun ebun, kehm lohngo ba tong abonanyehn abal ga alatahk.And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father’s nakedness and told his two brothers outside.

23Owo Sem abola Jafed kehm rodo ekpawobo konngo elbo go akpakebahk, fere jo jen njahm njahm song yake ekpawobo jio bulu nde abo, bo jo seenge go nkpe, bo sebem re bo nyehn ana nde bo nong ebun ebun.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.

24Eji Noa nyahme no go ellu amahm, fere seb kahn ji nkalla mmon ewe ma lim tob-e,When Noah awoke from his drunkenness and learned what his youngest son had done to him,

25á kehm bungu re, <<Elsu li ka Kenan, á bahke jolo nju nyi sahb rˈrede ka abonanyehn.>>he said, “Cursed be Canaan! A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.”

26Á kpe bung re, <<Elfuulu jol ka Jehova, ye ji li Esowo bi Sem, nong Kenan jol eju ka Sem.He also declared: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the servant of Shem.

27Nong Esowo lim Jafed á nyange, nong Jafed lene go nkpatahk nyi Sem, nong Kenan jol eju ka-e.>>May God expand the territory of Japheth; may he dwell in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his servant.”

28Eji nnyel ma sehng, Noa kange nnya atahlku, a nnya atahl abal a nnya ewubu.After the flood, Noah lived 350 years.

29Nnya kpee nyi Noa kange no jolo nnya atahltahl nkpel ebal, nnya atahl asehma a nnya ewubu, kehm kpoko.So Noah lived a total of 950 years, and then he died.

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