Genesis 11
1 And all the earth had one language and one tongue.
Ɛberɛ bi, na nnipa a wɔwɔ asase so nyinaa ka kasa korɔ.
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.
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 bricks, burning them well. And they had bricks for stone, putting them together with sticky earth.
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 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.
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 the Lord came down to see the town and the tower which the children of men were building.
Awurade siane firii soro baa fam, bɛhunuu kuro kɛseɛ a wɔrekyekyere no ne abantenten a wɔresi no.
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.
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 take away the sense of their language, so that they will not be able to make themselves clear to one another.
Mommra na yɛnkɔ asase so, na yɛnkɔtoto wɔn kasa, na obiara nya ne kasa, sɛdeɛ obiara nte ne yɔnko kasa.”
8 So the Lord God sent them away into every part of the earth: and they gave up building their town.
Ɛnam yei so maa Awurade hwetee nnipa no nyinaa mu, ma wɔpetee asase so nyinaa, ma wɔgyaee kuro kɛseɛ no kyekyere.
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.
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 when he became the father of Arpachshad, two years after the great flow of waters;
Yei ne Sem asefoɔ ho asɛm. Nsuyire no akyiri, mfeɛ mmienu no a na Sem adi mfeɛ ɔha no, ɔwoo Arfaksad.
11 And after the birth of Arpachshad, Shem went on living for five hundred years, and had sons and daughters:
Sem woo Arfaksad akyiri no, ɔtenaa ase mfeɛ aha enum, wowoo mmammarima ne mmammaa bi nso kaa ho.
12 And Arpachshad was thirty-five years old when he became the father of Shelah:
Arfaksad nso dii mfeɛ aduasa enum no, ɔwoo Sela.
13 And after the birth of Shelah, Arpachshad went on living for four hundred and three years, and had sons and daughters:
Arfaksad woo Sela no, akyire yi, ɔtenaa ase mfeɛ ahanan ne mmiɛnsa, wowoo mmammarima ne mmammaa bi nso kaa ho.
14 And Shelah was thirty years old when he became the father of Eber:
Sela dii mfeɛ aduasa no, ɔwoo Eber.
15 And after the birth of Eber, Shelah went on living for four hundred and three years, and had 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 was thirty-four years old when he became the father of Peleg:
Eber dii mfeɛ aduasa ɛnan no, ɔwoo Peleg.
17 And after the birth of Peleg, Eber went on living for four hundred and thirty years, and had 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 was thirty years old when he became the father of Reu:
Peleg dii mfeɛ aduasa no, ɔwoo Reu.
19 And after the birth of Reu, Peleg went on living for two hundred and nine years, and had 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 was thirty-two years old when he became the father of Serug:
Reu dii mfeɛ aduasa mmienu no, ɔwoo Serug.
21 And after the birth of Serug, Reu went on living for two hundred and seven years, and had 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 was thirty years old when he became the father of Nahor:
Serug dii mfeɛ aduasa no, ɔwoo Nahor.
23 And after the birth of Nahor, Serug went on living for two hundred years, and had sons and daughters:
Serug woo Nahor no, akyire yi, ɔtenaa ase mfeɛ ahanu wowoo mmammarima ne mmammaa bi nso kaa ho.
24 And Nahor was twenty-nine years old when he became the father of Terah:
Nahor dii mfeɛ aduonu nkron no, ɔwoo Tera.
25 And after the birth of Terah, Nahor went on living for a hundred and nineteen years, and had 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 was seventy years old when he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
Tera dii mfeɛ aduɔson no, ɔwoo Abram, Nahor ne Haran.
27 These are the generations of Terah: Terah was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran was the father of Lot.
Yei ne Tera asefoɔ ho asɛm. Tera woo Abram, Nahor ne Haran. Na Haran woo Lot.
28 And death came to Haran when he was with his father Terah in the land of his birth, 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 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 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 had no child.
Na Sarai yɛ obonini; na ɔnni ba.
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 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 all the years of Terah's life were two hundred and five: and Terah came to his end in Haran.
Tera dii mfeɛ ahanu ne enum, na ɔwuu wɔ Haran.
