Genesis 9 (LUG)

1Awo Katonda n’awa Nuuwa ne batabani be omukisa n’agamba nti, “Muzaale mwale mweyongerenga nnyo mujjuze ensi.And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.

2Ensolo zonna ez’omu nsiko, n’ebinyonyi eby’omu bbanga, na buli ekitambula ku nsi, buli ekiri mu nnyanja, byonna binaakutyanga, mbikuwadde mu mikono gyo.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.

3Buli kintu ekiramu, ekitambula onookiryanga. Nga bwe nakuwa ebimera, kaakano nkuwa buli kintu.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“Naye toolyenga nnyama ng’ekyalimu omusaayi gwayo.But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.

5Era ndivunaana ayiwa omusaayi gwammwe ne nvunaana n’omuntu olw’omusaayi gw’ensolo ne muvunaana n’olw’omusaayi gwa muntu munne.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“Buli anaayiwanga omusaayi gw’omuntu, n’ogugwe gunaayiibwanga, kubanga mu kifaananyi kya Katonda, Katonda mwe yakolera omuntu.Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.

7Naye ggwe onoozaalanga ne weeyongera obungi. Oneeyongeranga ku nsi.”But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out across the earth and multiply upon it.”

8Awo Katonda n’agamba Nuuwa ne batabani bwe baaliThen God said to Noah and his sons with him,

9nti, “Laba nkola endagaano yange nammwe ne bonna abaliva mu mmwe oluvannyuma lwammwe,“Behold, I now establish My covenant with you and your descendants after you,

10era na buli kitonde ekiramu ekiri naawe: ebinyonyi, n’ensolo ez’awaka n’ez’omu nsiko zonna, ne byonna bye muvudde nabyo mu lyato, ne buli kitonde kyonna ku nsi.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.

11Nkola endagaano yange eno nammwe: tewaabengawo mataba gazikiriza bulamu bwonna, tewakyaddayo kubaawo mataba gasaanyaawo nsi.”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.”

12Katonda n’agamba nti, “Kano ke kabonero ke nteeka wakati wange nammwe, na buli kitonde ekiramu ekiri nammwe, era n’ab’emirembe egiriddawo.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:

13Nteeka musoke wange mu kire, nga ke kabonero ak’endagaano wakati wange n’ensi.I have set My rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.

14“Kale olunaatuukanga, bwe nnaaleetaanga ekire ku nsi, musoke anaalabikiranga ku bire,Whenever I form clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds,

15ne nzijukira endagaano yange nammwe na buli kiramu; era amazzi tegakyaddayo kuzikiriza biramu.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.

16Musoke bw’anaabanga ku bire, nnaamutunuuliranga ne nzijukira endagaano eteriggwaawo eriwo wakati wa Katonda na buli kitonde ekiramu ekiri ku nsi.”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.”

17Katonda n’agamba Nuuwa nti, “Kano ke kabonero ak’endagaano gye ntaddewo wakati wange ne buli kiramu ekiri ku nsi.”So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between Me and every creature on the earth.”

18Batabani ba Nuuwa abaava mu lyato ye Seemu, ne Kaamu ne Yafeesi. Kaamu ye yali kitaawe wa Kanani.The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham was the father of Canaan.

19Bonna abasatu be baali batabani ba Nuuwa; era okuva mu bano ensi yonna yajjula abantu.These three were the sons of Noah, and from them the whole earth was populated.

20Nuuwa n’atandika okulima n’asimba emizabbibu;Now Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard.

21n’anywa omwenge n’atamiira, ne yeebaka mu weema ng’ali bwereere.But when he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent.

22Kaamu kitaawe wa Kanani n’alaba obwereere bwa kitaawe, n’abuulirako baganda be ababiri abaali ebweru.And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father’s nakedness and told his two brothers outside.

23Awo ne bateeka olugoye ku bibegabega byabwe ne batambula ekyennyumannyuma, ne babikka ku bwereere bwa kitaabwe.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.

24Omwenge bwe gwamwamukako, Nuuwa n’azuukuka n’ategeera mutabani we omuto ky’amukoze.When Noah awoke from his drunkenness and learned what his youngest son had done to him,

25N’akolimira ezzadde lya Kaamu n’agamba nti, “Kanani akolimirwe, abeere muddu wa baddu eri baganda be.”he said, “Cursed be Canaan! A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.”

26Era n’agamba nti, “Mukama Katonda wange, awe Seemu omukisa, Kanani abeere muddu we.”He also declared: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the servant of Shem.

27Katonda yaza Yafeesi, abeere mu weema za Seemu, Kanani abeere muddu we.May God expand the territory of Japheth; may he dwell in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his servant.”

28Oluvannyuma lw’amataba Nuuwa yawangaala emyaka emirala ebikumi bisatu mu ataano.After the flood, Noah lived 350 years.

29Emyaka gyonna Nuuwa, gye yamala ku nsi ne giba lwenda mu amakumi ataano, n’afa.So Noah lived a total of 950 years, and then he died.

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