Genesis 9 (SHR)

1Nyamuzinda anacigisha Nûhu boshi n’abagala anacibabwîra, erhi: «Muburhe, muyôloloke, munabumbe igulu bantu.And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.

2Mubè côbà na bacôbohwa b’ensimba zoshi z’oku igulu n’enyunyi zoshi z’emalunga, n’ebinyâgârha oku igulu lyoshi, n’enfî zoshi z’omu nyanja: byoshi mbihizire omu nfune zinyu.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.

3Ngasi bibà bizîne binafukunya byoshi byâbà biryo binyu, mmuhîre byo byoshi kuguma n’ebyâsi by’emburho.Everything that lives and moves will be food for you; just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you all things.

4Cikwône murhalyaga enyama mukanalya n’obuzîne bwâyo, kwo kuderha omukò.But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.

5Ci kwônene namudôsa oku mukò gwa ngasi muguma muli mwe. Nanâdôse ebiryanyi byoshi ndôse n’omuntu, abantu bône na bône nanâdôse ogw’omukò gw’omuntu.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:

6Owabulage omukò gw’omuntu, naye omukò gwâge gunabulagwe n’omuntu. Bulya oku nshusho ya Nyamuzinda omuntu alemagwa.Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.

7Mwêhe muburhe, muyôloloke, mubumbe igulu bantu munalirhegeke».But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out across the earth and multiply upon it.”

8Nyamuzinda anacibwîra Nûhu n’abagala, erhi: «Loli oku nahira endagâno yâni ekarhî kinyu n’ekarhî k’iburha linyu enyuma zinyu.Then God said to Noah and his sons with him,

9Nanjizire eyi ndagâno haguma n’ebizîne biri haguma ninyu: enyunyi, ebintu bishwêkwa, ensimba muli mweshi,“Behold, I now establish My covenant with you and your descendants after you,

10rhuderhe omu kutwa bwofi, birya byanarhengaga omu nkugè, ensimba z’igulu.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.

11Nfundisire endagâno yâni haguma ninyu: ntà mubiri gwacisherêre n’amîshi g’ecihonzi, harhakacibà cihonzi casherêza igulu».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.”

12Nyamuzinda anaciderha, erhi: «Lolagi ecimanyîso c’endagâno nfundisire ekarhî kinyu na nâni, ekarhî k’ebindi biremwa munali mweshi nabyo, oku maburhwa gayisha.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:

13Niono mpizire omuherho gwâni omu bitù, co cabà cimanyîso c’endagâno yâni n’igulu.I have set My rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.

14Mango nkashûbûliza ebitù oku nyanya z’igulu n’omuherho gukaboneka omu citù,Whenever I form clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds,

15aho nanakengêra endagâno nafundikaga ninyu, amîshi garhacihinduke cihonzi c’okusherêza ngasi mubiri.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.

16Mango omuherho gukabà guli omu citù, nanagubona, nankengêre erya ndagâno y’ensiku n’amango eri ekarhî ka Nyamuzinda n’ebiyîsa omûka byoshi, rhuderhe ngasi mubiri gubà oku igulu».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.”

17Nyamuzinda anacibwîra Nûhu, erhi: «Eco co cimanyîso c’endagâno mpizire ekarhî kâni na ngasi mubiri guli oku igulu».So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between Me and every creature on the earth.”

18Bagala ba Nûhu barhengaga omu nkugè bàli: Semu, Hamu na Yafeti. Hamu ye îshe wa Kanâni.The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham was the father of Canaan.

19Abo oku banali basharhu bàli bene Nûhu bo banarhenzirekwo abantu, bàlumira igulu lyoshi.These three were the sons of Noah, and from them the whole earth was populated.

20Nûhu ebwa kubà àbâga muhinzi, arhondêra okukâhinga emizâbîbu.Now Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard.

21Erhi acibà amanywa idivayi, àlaluka, àyôrha bushugunu omu ihêma lyâge.But when he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent.

22Ham îshe wa Kanan abona îshe ali bushugunu, ajìbwîra bene wâbo oku bali babirhi embuga.And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father’s nakedness and told his two brothers outside.

23Ci Sem na Yafet banacirhôla ecirondo, bacîhira bombi oku birhugo bayisha bagenda cinyumanyumà, babwîka îshe, barhahindulaga obusù, barhabonaga obushugunu bw’îshe.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.

24Erhi Nûhu arhengamwo erya ndalwè, amanya kurhi omugala murhò anamujirîre.When Noah awoke from his drunkenness and learned what his youngest son had done to him,

25Anacimubwîra, erhi: «Kanâni ahehêrirwe mâshi! Kuli bene wâbo abè ye wa buzinda omu bajà!».he said, “Cursed be Canaan! A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.”

26Anaciderha kandi, erhi: «Ayâgirwe Nyakasane Nyamuzinda wa Semu, ci Kanâni abè mujà wâge.He also declared: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the servant of Shem.

27Nyamuzinda agalihye Yafet, ahande omu mahêma ga Sem; ci Kanâni abè mujà wâge».May God expand the territory of Japheth; may he dwell in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his servant.”

28Enyuma ly’ecihonzi, Nûhu acilamire yindi myâka magana asharhu na makumi arhanu.After the flood, Noah lived 350 years.

29Akalamo ka Nûhu koshi kahisire omu myâka magana gali mwenda na makumi arhanu, buzinda bw’aho àfà.So Noah lived a total of 950 years, and then he died.

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