Genesis 11
1 And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
Ɛberɛ bi, na nnipa a wɔwɔ asase so nyinaa ka kasa korɔ.
2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there.
Saa nnipa yi tu baa apueeɛ fam no, wɔbɛtoo asase tamaa wɔ Babilonia asase so, na wɔtenaa hɔ.
3 And they said one to another, Come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and they had slime for mortar.
Wɔdwennwenee ho sɛ, “Momma yɛntwa ntayaa na yɛnto mma ɛmmen yie.” Wɔde ntayaa no sii aboɔ anan na wɔde ama hyehyɛɛ ntam.
4 And they said, Come, let us build a city for us, and a tower, and its top in the heavens. And let us make a name for us, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Afei, wɔdwennwenee ho bio sɛ, “Momma yɛnkyekyere kuro kɛseɛ, na yɛnsi abantenten a ne sorɔnsorɔmmea duru sorosoro wɔ kuro no mu, na yɛnnye edin, na yɛanhwete wɔ asase so.”
5 And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower, which the sons of men built.
Awurade siane firii soro baa fam, bɛhunuu kuro kɛseɛ a wɔrekyekyere no ne abantenten a wɔresi no.
6 And Jehovah said, Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is what they begin to do. And now nothing will be withheld from them, which they propose to do.
Afei, Awurade kaa sɛ, “Sɛ nnipa korɔ a wɔka kasa baako afiti aseɛ redi saa dwuma yi a, ɛnneɛ biribiara a wɔbɔ wɔn tirim sɛ wɔbɛyɛ no renyɛ wɔn den.
7 Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand each other's speech.
Mommra na yɛnkɔ asase so, na yɛnkɔtoto wɔn kasa, na obiara nya ne kasa, sɛdeɛ obiara nte ne yɔnko kasa.”
8 So Jehovah scattered them abroad from there upon the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city.
Ɛnam yei so maa Awurade hwetee nnipa no nyinaa mu, ma wɔpetee asase so nyinaa, ma wɔgyaee kuro kɛseɛ no kyekyere.
9 Therefore the name of it was called Babel, because Jehovah there confounded the language of all the earth, and from there Jehovah scattered them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
Ɛno enti na wɔfrɛɛ kuro kɛseɛ no Babel, ɛfiri sɛ, ɛhɔ na Awurade totoo kasa baako a na wɔka wɔ ewiase nyinaa saa ɛberɛ no, maa wɔn kasa hodoɔ. Ɛfiri hɔ na Awurade hwetee nnipa no nyinaa mu, ma wɔpetee asase so nyinaa.
10 These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old, and begot Arphaxad two years after the flood.
Yei ne Sem asefoɔ ho asɛm. Nsuyire no akyiri, mfeɛ mmienu no a na Sem adi mfeɛ ɔha no, ɔwoo Arfaksad.
11 And Shem lived five hundred years after he begot Arphaxad, and begot sons and daughters.
Sem woo Arfaksad akyiri no, ɔtenaa ase mfeɛ aha enum, wowoo mmammarima ne mmammaa bi nso kaa ho.
12 And Arphaxad lived a hundred and thirty-five years, and begot Cainan.
Arfaksad nso dii mfeɛ aduasa enum no, ɔwoo Sela.
13 And Arphaxad lived after he had begotten Cainan, four hundred years, and begot sons and daughters, and died. And Cainan lived a hundred and thirty years and begot Shelah; and Cainan lived after he had begotten Shelah, three hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters, and died.
Arfaksad woo Sela no, akyire yi, ɔtenaa ase mfeɛ ahanan ne mmiɛnsa, wowoo mmammarima ne mmammaa bi nso kaa ho.
14 And Shelah lived thirty years, and begot Eber.
Sela dii mfeɛ aduasa no, ɔwoo Eber.
15 And Shelah lived four hundred and three years after he begot Eber, and begot sons and daughters.
Sela woo Eber no, akyire yi, ɔtenaa ase mfeɛ ahanan ne mmiɛnsa, wowoo mmammarima ne mmammaa bi nso kaa ho.
16 And Eber lived thirty-four years, and begot Peleg.
Eber dii mfeɛ aduasa ɛnan no, ɔwoo Peleg.
17 And Eber lived four hundred and thirty years after he begot Peleg, and begot sons and daughters.
Eber woo Peleg no, akyire yi, ɔtenaa ase mfeɛ ahanan ne aduasa, wowoo mmammarima ne mmammaa bi nso kaa ho.
18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begot Reu.
Peleg dii mfeɛ aduasa no, ɔwoo Reu.
19 And Peleg lived two hundred and nine years after he begot Reu, and begot sons and daughters.
Peleg woo Reu no, akyire yi, ɔtenaa ase mfeɛ ahanu ne nkron, wowoo mmammarima ne mmammaa bi nso kaa ho.
20 And Reu lived thirty-two years, and begot Serug.
Reu dii mfeɛ aduasa mmienu no, ɔwoo Serug.
21 And Reu lived two hundred and seven years after he begot Serug, and begot sons and daughters.
Reu woo Serug no, akyire yi, ɔtenaa ase mfeɛ ahanu ne nson, wowoo mmammarima ne mmammaa bi nso kaa ho.
22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begot Nahor.
Serug dii mfeɛ aduasa no, ɔwoo Nahor.
23 And Serug lived two hundred years after he begot Nahor, and begot sons and daughters.
Serug woo Nahor no, akyire yi, ɔtenaa ase mfeɛ ahanu wowoo mmammarima ne mmammaa bi nso kaa ho.
24 And Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and begot Terah.
Nahor dii mfeɛ aduonu nkron no, ɔwoo Tera.
25 And Nahor lived a hundred and nineteen years after he begot Terah, and begot sons and daughters.
Nahor woo Tera no, akyire yi, ɔtenaa ase mfeɛ ɔha ne dunkron, wowoo mmammarima ne mmammaa bi nso kaa ho.
26 And Terah lived seventy years, and begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
Tera dii mfeɛ aduɔson no, ɔwoo Abram, Nahor ne Haran.
27 Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran begot Lot.
Yei ne Tera asefoɔ ho asɛm. Tera woo Abram, Nahor ne Haran. Na Haran woo Lot.
28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
Ɛberɛ a Haran agya Tera te ase no, Haran wuu baabi a wɔwoo no a wɔfrɛ hɔ Ur a, ɛwɔ Kaldea asase so no.
29 And Abram and Nahor took wives to themselves. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
Abram ne Nahor warewareeɛ. Na Abram yere din de Sarai, na Nahor nso yere din de Milka a, na ɔyɛ Haran babaa. Saa Haran yi na ɔwowoo Milka ne Iska.
30 And Sarai was barren; she had no child.
Na Sarai yɛ obonini; na ɔnni ba.
31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife. And they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan. And they came to Haran, and dwelt there.
Tera faa ne babarima Abram ne ne nana Lot, a ɔyɛ Haran babarima ne nʼase baa Sarai, a na ɔyɛ ne babarima Abram yere no, ne wɔn nyinaa siim firii Ur a ɛwɔ Kaldea asase so sɛ, wɔrekɔ Kanaan asase so. Na wɔduruu Haran no, wɔtenaa hɔ.
32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years, and Terah died in Haran.
Tera dii mfeɛ ahanu ne enum, na ɔwuu wɔ Haran.
