Genesis 9 (CCL)

1Ndipo Mulungu anadalitsa Nowa ndi ana ake aamuna nati kwa iwo, “Berekanani ndipo muchulukane ndi kudzaza dziko lapansi.And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.

2Nyama zonse za dziko lapansi, ndi mbalame zonse za mlengalenga, ndi chamoyo chilichonse chokwawa, ndiponso nsomba zonse za ku nyanja; zidzakuopani ndipo ndazipereka kuti muzilamulire.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.

3Tsopano chamoyo chilichonse chidzakhala chakudya chanu. Monga momwe ndinakupatsirani ndiwo zamasamba, tsopano ndikupatsaninso nyama iliyonse.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“Koma musamadye nyama imene ikanali ndi magazi oyenda.But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.

5Aliyense wopha munthu adzaphedwa, nyama iliyonse yopha munthu idzaphedwa, munthu aliyense wopha munthu mnzake, adzaphedwa.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“Aliyense wopha munthu, adzaphedwanso ndi munthu; pakuti Mulungu analenga munthu mʼchifanizo chake.Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.

7Inu muberekane ndi kuchulukana kuti mudzaze dziko lonse lapansi ndi kuligonjetsa.”But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out across the earth and multiply upon it.”

8Mulungu anawuza Nowa ndi ana ake kuti,Then God said to Noah and his sons with him,

9“Tsopano Ine ndapangana ndi iwe ndi zidzukulu zako zamʼtsogolomo,“Behold, I now establish My covenant with you and your descendants after you,

10pamodzi ndi zamoyo zonse, mbalame, ziweto ndi nyama zonse za kuthengo, ndi zonse zimene zinatuluka mʼchombo pamodzi ndi iwe.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.

11Pangano langa ndi ili: Ine ndilonjeza kuti sindidzawononganso zamoyo ndi madzi a chigumula. Chigumula sichidzawononganso dziko lapansi.”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.”

12Ndipo Mulungu anati, “Ine ndikupereka chizindikiro ichi cha pangano langa la pakati pa Ine ndi iwe, ana ako, zamoyo zonse, pamodzi ndi mibado ya mʼtsogolo.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:

13Ndayika utawaleza wanga mʼmitambo, ndipo chidzakhala chizindikiro cha pangano langa ndi dziko lapansi.I have set My rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.

14Nthawi zonse pakakhala mitambo mu mlengalenga ndipo utawaleza uwoneka,Whenever I form clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds,

15ndizikumbukira pangano langa pakati pa Ine ndi inu ndi zolengedwa zonse. Madzi sadzakhalanso chigumula chowononga dziko lapansi.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.

16Utawaleza ukamadzaoneka mʼmitambo, ndidzawuona ndi kukumbukira pangano losatha pakati pa Mulungu ndi zamoyo zonse pa dziko lapansi.”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.”

17Choncho Mulungu anati kwa Nowa, “Ichi ndiye chizindikiro cha pangano limene ndalichita pakati pa Ine ndi zamoyo zonse pa dziko lapansi.”So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between Me and every creature on the earth.”

18Ana aamuna a Nowa amene anatuluka mʼchombo muja anali Semu, Hamu ndi Yafeti. Hamu anali abambo ake a Kanaani.The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham was the father of Canaan.

19Ana aamuna a Nowa amenewa ndiwo anali makolo a anthu onse pa dziko lapansi.These three were the sons of Noah, and from them the whole earth was populated.

20Nowa anali munthu woyamba kulima munda wamphesa.Now Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard.

21Tsiku lina pamene Nowa anamwako vinyo wa zipatso za mʼmundawo analedzera ndipo anavula zovala zake zonse ndi kugona mu tenti yake ali maliseche.But when he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent.

22Hamu, abambo ake a Kanaani ataona kuti abambo ake ali maliseche anakawuza abale ake awiri aja omwe anali panja.And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father’s nakedness and told his two brothers outside.

23Koma Semu ndi Yafeti anatenga chofunda nachiyika pa mapewa awo; ndipo anayenda chamʼmbuyo naphimba umaliseche wa abambo awo. Anafulatira kuti asaone umaliseche wa abambo awo.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.

24Nowa atadzuka, kuledzera kutatha, ndikudziwa zimene mwana wake wamngʼono wamwamuna uja anamuchitira,When Noah awoke from his drunkenness and learned what his youngest son had done to him,

25anati, “Atembereredwe Kanaani! Adzakhala kapolo wa pansi kwenikweni kwa abale ake.”he said, “Cursed be Canaan! A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.”

26Anatinso, “Atamandike Yehova, Mulungu wa Semu! Kanaani akhale kapolo wa Semu.He also declared: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the servant of Shem.

27Mulungu akulitse dziko la Yafeti; Yafeti alandire madalitso pamodzi ndi Semu, ndipo Kanaani akhale kapolo wawo.”May God expand the territory of Japheth; may he dwell in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his servant.”

28Chitatha chigumula, Nowa anakhala ndi moyo zaka 350.After the flood, Noah lived 350 years.

29Anamwalira ali ndi zaka 950.So Noah lived a total of 950 years, and then he died.

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