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Mungu akambariki Nuhu na wanawe, akawaambia, Zaeni, mkaongezeke, mkaijaze nchi.
And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.
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Kila mnyama wa katika nchi atawaogopa ninyi na kuwahofu, na kila ndege wa angani: pamoja na vitu vyote vilivyojaa katika ardhi, na samaki wote wa baharini; vimetiwa mikononi mwenu.
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.
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Kila kiendacho kilicho hai kitakuwa chakula chenu, kama nilivyowapa mboga za majani, kadhalika nawapeni hivi vyote.
Everything that lives and moves will be food for you; just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you all things.
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Bali nyama pamoja na uhai, yaani, damu yake, msile.
But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.
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Hakika damu yenu ya uhai wenu nitaitaka; na kwa mkono wa kila mnyama nitaitaka; na kwa mkono wa mwanadamu, kwa mkono wa ndugu ya mtu nitataka uhai wa mwanadamu.
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:
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Atakayemwaga damu ya mwanadamu, damu yake huyo itamwagwa na mwanadamu, maana kwa mfano wake Mungu alimfanya mwanadamu.
Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.
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Nanyi zaeni, mkaongezeke; zaeni sana katika nchi, mkaongezeke ndani yake.
But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out across the earth and multiply upon it.”
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Mungu akamwambia Nuhu, na wanawe pamoja naye, akisema,
Then God said to Noah and his sons with him,
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Mimi, tazama, nalithibitisha agano langu nanyi; tena na uzao wenu baada yenu;
“Behold, I now establish My covenant with you and your descendants after you,
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tena na kila kiumbe hai kilichoko pamoja nanyi, ndege, na mnyama wa kufugwa, na kila mnyama wa mwitu katika nchi pamoja nanyi; wote wanaotoka katika safina, hata kila kilicho hai katika nchi.
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.
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Na agano langu nitalithibitisha nanyi; wala kila chenye mwili hakitafutwa tena kwa maji ya gharika; wala hakutakuwa tena gharika, baada ya hayo, kuiharibu nchi.
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.”
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Mungu akasema, Hii ndiyo ishara ya agano nifanyalo kati yangu na ninyi, na kila kiumbe hai kilichoko pamoja nanyi, kwa vizazi vyote hata milele;
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:
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Mimi nauweka upinde wangu winguni, nao utakuwa ni ishara ya agano kati yangu na nchi.
I have set My rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.
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Hata itakuwa nikitanda mawingu juu ya nchi, upinde utaonekana winguni,
Whenever I form clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds,
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nami nitalikumbuka agano langu, lililoko kati yangu na ninyi, na kila kiumbe hai katika wote wenye mwili, wala maji hayatakuwa gharika tena kuwaharibu wote wenye mwili.
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.
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Basi huo upinde utakuwa winguni; nami nitauangalia nipate kulikumbuka agano la milele lililoko kati ya Mungu na kila kiumbe hai katika wote wenye mwili kilichoko katika nchi.
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.”
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Mungu akamwambia Nuhu, Hii ndiyo ishara ya agano nililoliweka kati yangu na wote wenye mwili walioko katika nchi.
So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between Me and every creature on the earth.”
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Wana wa Nuhu waliotoka katika safina, ni Shemu, na Hamu, na Yafethi; na Hamu ndiye baba wa Kanaani.
The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham was the father of Canaan.
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Hawa watatu walikuwa wana wa Nuhu na kwa hao nchi yote ikaenea watu.
These three were the sons of Noah, and from them the whole earth was populated.
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Nuhu akaanza kuwa mkulima, akapanda mizabibu;
Now Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard.
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akanywa divai, akalewa; akawa uchi katika hema yake.
But when he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent.
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Hamu, baba wa Kanaani, akauona uchi wa baba yake, akawaeleza ndugu zake wawili waliokuwa nje.
And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father’s nakedness and told his two brothers outside.
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Shemu na Yafethi wakatwaa vazi, wakalitanda mabegani mwao wote wawili, wakaenda kinyumenyume, wakaufunika uchi wa baba yao; na nyuso zao zilielekea nyuma, wala hawakuuona uchi wa baba yao.
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.
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Nuhu akalevuka katika ulevi wake, akajua mwana wake mdogo alivyomtendea.
When Noah awoke from his drunkenness and learned what his youngest son had done to him,
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Akasema,Na alaaniwe Kaanani;Atakuwa mtumwa kabisa kwa ndugu zake.
he said, “Cursed be Canaan! A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.”
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Akasema,Na atukuzwe Bwana,Mungu wa Shemu;Na kaanani awe mtumwa wake.
He also declared: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the servant of Shem.
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Mungu akamnafisishe Yafethi,Na akae katika hema za Shemu; Na kaanani awe mtumwa wake.
May God expand the territory of Japheth; may he dwell in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his servant.”
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Na Nuhu akaishi baada ya ile gharika miaka mia tatu na hamsini.
After the flood, Noah lived 350 years.
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Siku zote za Nuhu zilikuwa miaka mia kenda na hamsini, akafa. </p>
So Noah lived a total of 950 years, and then he died.