Genesis 11
1 And all the earth had one language and one tongue.
Le ɣe ma ɣi me la, amegbetɔƒome blibo la doa gbe ɖeka ko.
2 And it came about that in their wandering from the east, they came to a stretch of flat country in the land of Shinar, and there they made their living-place.
Esi amewo de asi agbɔsɔsɔ ɖe edzi me la, woɖo ta ɣedzeƒe lɔƒo, eye woke ɖe anyigba aɖe si sɔ la ŋu le Sinar. Eteƒe medidi kura hafi amewo sɔ gbɔ ɖe afi sia o.
3 And they said one to another, Come, let us make bricks, burning them well. And they had bricks for stone, putting them together with sticky earth.
Wogblɔ na wo nɔewo be, “Miva, mina míame anyikpewo, míaƒo dzo wo nyuie.” Wowɔ anyikpe ŋu dɔ ɖe kpe ŋutɔ teƒe kple aŋɔ yibɔ ɖe anyi teƒe.
4 And they said, Come, let us make a town, and a tower whose top will go up as high as heaven; and let us make a great name for ourselves, so that we may not be wanderers over the face of the earth.
Woyi edzi gblɔ be, “Miva, mina míatso du na mía ɖokui, eye míawɔ gbetakpɔxɔ kɔkɔ aɖe wòayi aɖatɔ dziƒo, be míaƒe ŋkɔ nade du ne míagakaka ɖe anyigba katã dzi o.”
5 And the Lord came down to see the town and the tower which the children of men were building.
Ke esi Yehowa va kpɔ dua kple mɔ si tum amegbetɔviwo nɔ la,
6 And the Lord said, See, they are all one people and have all one language; and this is only the start of what they may do: and now it will not be possible to keep them from any purpose of theirs.
egblɔ be, “Ne woate ŋu awɔ nu siawo katã fifia, esi wònye azɔ koe wodze sii be gbe ɖeka gblɔm yewole, eye dukɔ ɖeka yewonye la, mibu nu si woava wɔ emegbe la ŋu kpɔ! Naneke meli si woado kpo wɔwɔ o.
7 Come, let us go down and take away the sense of their language, so that they will not be able to make themselves clear to one another.
Mina míaɖi ayi anyigba dzi, eye míatɔtɔ woƒe gbe ale be womagase wo nɔewo gɔme o!”
8 So the Lord God sent them away into every part of the earth: and they gave up building their town.
Ale Yehowa ka wo katã hlẽ ɖe anyigba blibo la dzi. Ale du la tsotso nu tso.
9 So it was named Babel, because there the Lord took away the sense of all languages and from there the Lord sent them away over all the face of the earth.
Eya ta wona ŋkɔ du ma be Babel si gɔmee nye, “Tɔtɔ,” elabena afi ma Yehowa tɔtɔ gbe na amewo le, eye wokaka ɖe afi sia afi le anyigba blibo la dzi.
10 These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old when he became the father of Arpachshad, two years after the great flow of waters;
Esiae nye Sem ƒe ŋutinya. eve le tsiɖɔɖɔ megbe, esime Sem xɔ ƒe alafa ɖeka la, edzi Arfaxad.
11 And after the birth of Arpachshad, Shem went on living for five hundred years, and had sons and daughters:
Esi wòdzi Arfaxad megbe la, eganɔ agbe ƒe alafa atɔ̃, eye wògadzi viŋutsu kple vinyɔnu bubuwo.
12 And Arpachshad was thirty-five years old when he became the father of Shelah:
Esi Arfaxad xɔ ƒe blaetɔ̃ vɔ atɔ̃ la, edzi Sela.
13 And after the birth of Shelah, Arpachshad went on living for four hundred and three years, and had sons and daughters:
Eye esi wòdzi Sela megbe la, Arfaxad ganɔ agbe ƒe alafa ene kple etɔ̃, eye wòdzi viŋutsu kple vinyɔnu bubuwo.
14 And Shelah was thirty years old when he became the father of Eber:
Esi Sela xɔ ƒe blaetɔ̃ la, edzi Eber,
15 And after the birth of Eber, Shelah went on living for four hundred and three years, and had sons and daughters:
eye esi wòdzi Eber megbe la, Sela ganɔ agbe ƒe alafa ene kple etɔ̃, eye wòdzi viŋutsu kple vinyɔnu bubuwo.
16 And Eber was thirty-four years old when he became the father of Peleg:
Esi Eber xɔ ƒe blaetɔ̃-vɔ-ene la, edzi Peleg.
17 And after the birth of Peleg, Eber went on living for four hundred and thirty years, and had sons and daughters:
Esi wòdzi Peleg la, Eber ganɔ agbe ƒe alafa ene blaetɔ̃, eye wògadzi viŋutsu kple vinyɔnu bubuwo.
18 And Peleg was thirty years old when he became the father of Reu:
Esi Peleg xɔ ƒe blaetɔ̃ la, edzi Reu.
19 And after the birth of Reu, Peleg went on living for two hundred and nine years, and had sons and daughters:
Eye esi wòdzi Reu la, Peleg ganɔ agbe ƒe alafa eve kple asiekɛ, eye wògadzi viŋutsu kple vinyɔnu bubuwo.
20 And Reu was thirty-two years old when he became the father of Serug:
Esi Reu xɔ ƒe blaetɔ̃-vɔ-eve la, edzi Serug.
21 And after the birth of Serug, Reu went on living for two hundred and seven years, and had sons and daughters:
Eye esi wòdzi Serug la, Reu ganɔ agbe ƒe alafa eve kple adre, eye wògadzi viŋutsu kple vinyɔnu bubuwo.
22 And Serug was thirty years old when he became the father of Nahor:
Esi Serug xɔ ƒe blaetɔ̃ la, edzi Nahor.
23 And after the birth of Nahor, Serug went on living for two hundred years, and had sons and daughters:
Eye esi wòdzi Nahor megbe la, Serug ganɔ agbe ƒe alafa eve, eye wògadzi viŋutsu kple vinyɔnu bubuwo.
24 And Nahor was twenty-nine years old when he became the father of Terah:
Esi Nahor xɔ ƒe blaeve-vɔ-asiekɛ la, edzi Tera.
25 And after the birth of Terah, Nahor went on living for a hundred and nineteen years, and had sons and daughters:
Eye esi wòdzi Tera la, Nahor ganɔ agbe ƒe alafa ɖeka kple wuiasiekɛ, eye wògadzi viŋutsu kple vinyɔnu bubuwo.
26 And Terah was seventy years old when he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
Esi Tera xɔ ƒe blaadre la, edzi Abram, Nahor kple Haran.
27 These are the generations of Terah: Terah was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran was the father of Lot.
Tera ƒe dzidzimeviwo ŋutinya enye si. Tera dzi Abram, Nahor kple Haran; eye Haran dzi Lot.
28 And death came to Haran when he was with his father Terah in the land of his birth, Ur of the Chaldees.
Ke Haran ku kaba le anyigba si dzi wodzii ɖo la dzi si nye Ur le Kaldea le esime fofoa Tera ganɔ agbe ko.
29 And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and Iscah.
Abram ɖe fofoa ƒe vi Sarai le esime nɔvia Nahor ɖe Haran si ku la ƒe vi, Milka. Nɔviŋutsu si nɔ Milka sie nye Yiska.
30 And Sarai had no child.
Ke Sarai medzi vi aɖeke o.
31 And Terah took Abram, his son, and Lot, the son of Haran, and Sarai, his daughter-in-law, the wife of his son Abram and they went out from Ur of the Chaldees, to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran, and were there for some time.
Tera kplɔ via Abram, eƒe tɔgbuiyɔvi Lot, ame si nye Haran ƒe vi la kple via Abram srɔ̃, Sarai, eye wodzo le Ur le Kaldea be yewoayi Kanaanyigba dzi. Ke wotɔ, eye wotso kɔƒe ɖe Haran.
32 And all the years of Terah's life were two hundred and five: and Terah came to his end in Haran.
Tera ku le Haran esi wòxɔ ƒe alafa eve kple atɔ̃.
