8 UKushe wazala uNimrode; yena waqala ukuba ngonamandla emhlabeni.
9 Wayeyiphisi elinamandla ebusweni bukaJehova; ngalokho kuthiwa: “Iphisi elinamandla njengoNimrode ebusweni bukaJehova.”
10 Ukubusa kwakhe kwaqala eBabele, nase-Ereke, nase-Akade, naseKaline, ezweni laseShineyari.
11 Waphuma kulelo zwe, waya e-Asiriya, wakha iNineve, neRehoboti-Ire, neKhala,
12 neResene phakathi kweNineve neKhala; lo ungumuzi omkhulu.
13 UMisirayimi wazala amaLudi, nama-Anami, namaLehabi, namaNafetuhi,
14 namaPatrusi, namaKasuluhi, lapho kwavela khona amaFilisti namaKafitori.