Genesis 11
1 At that time the whole world spoke just one language and used words with the same meaning.
Bere bi, na nnipa a wɔwɔ asase so nyinaa ka kasa koro.
2 As they moved east they discovered a plain in the land of Shinar so they settled there.
Saa nnipa yi tu baa apuei fam no, wɔbɛtoo asase tamaa wɔ Babilonia asase so, na wɔtenaa hɔ.
3 They said to one another, “Come on, let's make some bricks and bake them with fire.” (They used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of cement).
Wosisee wɔn ho wɔn ho se, “Momma yentwa ntayaa na yɛnto mma ɛmmen yiye.” Na wɔde ntayaa ne ama na esi adan.
4 Then they said, “Now let's build a city for ourselves with a tower whose top reaches the heavens. That way we'll gain a great reputation and we won't end up being scattered all over the world.”
Na wɔkae bio se, “Momma yɛnkyekye kurow kɛse, na yensi abantenten a ne sorɔnsorɔmmea du ɔsorosoro wɔ kurow no mu, na yennye din, na yɛanhwete wɔ asase so.”
5 But the Lord came down to take a look at the city and the tower that the people were building.
Awurade sian fii ɔsoro baa fam, behuu kurow kɛse a wɔrekyekyere no ne abantenten a wɔresi no.
6 The Lord said, “Look! These people are united and they all speak one language. If this is what they can do now when they're just getting started, nothing will be impossible for them when they all put their minds to it!
Awurade kae se, “Sɛ nnipa koro a wɔka kasa baako afi ase redi saa dwuma yi a, ɛno de biribiara a wɔbɔ wɔn tirim sɛ wɔbɛyɛ no renyɛ wɔn den.
7 We need to go down and mix up their language and make it confused so they won't be able to understand what they're saying to one other.”
Mommra na yɛnkɔ asase so, na yɛnkɔtoto wɔn kasa, na obiara nnya ne kasa, sɛnea obiara nte ne yɔnko kasa.”
8 The Lord sent them away from there and scattered them all over the world, and they gave up building the city.
Ɛnam eyi so maa Awurade hwetee nnipa no nyinaa mu ma wɔpetee asase so nyinaa, maa wogyaee kurow kɛse no kyekyere.
9 That's why it was called Babel, because the Lord made the language of the world confused.
Ɛno nti na wɔfrɛɛ kurow kɛse no Babel, efisɛ, ɛhɔ na Awurade totoo kasa baako a na wɔka wɔ wiase nyinaa saa bere no, maa wɔn kasa ahorow. Efi hɔ na Awurade hwetee nnipa no nyinaa mu ma wɔpetee asase so nyinaa.
10 The following is the genealogy of Shem. When Shem was 100, he had Arphaxad. This was two years after the flood.
Eyi ne Sem asefo ho asɛm. Nsuyiri no akyi, mfe abien no a na Sem adi mfe ɔha no, ɔwoo Arfaksad.
11 Shem lived another 500 years after Arphaxad was born and had other sons and daughters.
Sem woo Arfaksad akyi no ɔtenaa ase mfe ahannum, wowoo mmabarima ne mmabea bi nso kaa ho.
12 When Arphaxad was 35, he had Shelah.
Arfaksad nso dii mfe aduasa anum no, ɔwoo Sela.
13 Arphaxad lived another 403 years after Shelah was born and had other sons and daughters.
Arfaksad woo Sela akyi no ɔtenaa ase mfe ahannan ne abiɛsa, wowoo mmabarima ne mmabea bi nso kaa ho.
14 When Shelah was 30, he had Eber.
Sela dii mfe aduasa no, ɔwoo Eber.
15 Shelah lived another 403 years after Eber was born and had other sons and daughters.
Sela woo Eber akyi no ɔtenaa ase mfe ahannan ne abiɛsa, wowoo mmabarima ne mmabea bi nso kaa ho.
16 When Eber was 34, he had Peleg.
Eber dii mfe aduasa anan no, ɔwoo Peleg.
17 Eber lived another 430 years after Peleg was born and had other sons and daughters.
Eber woo Peleg akyi no ɔtenaa ase mfe ahannan ne aduasa, wowoo mmabarima ne mmabea bi nso kaa ho.
18 When Peleg was 30, he had Reu.
Peleg dii mfe aduasa no, ɔwoo Reu.
19 Peleg lived another 209 years after Reu was born and had other sons and daughters.
Peleg woo Reu akyi no ɔtenaa ase mfe ahannu ne akron, wowoo mmabarima ne mmabea bi nso kaa ho.
20 When Reu was 32, he had Serug.
Reu dii mfe aduasa abien no, ɔwoo Serug.
21 Reu lived another 207 years after Serug was born and had other sons and daughters.
Reu woo Serug akyi no ɔtenaa ase mfe ahannu ne ason, wowoo mmabarima ne mmabea bi nso kaa ho.
22 When Serug was 30, he had Nahor.
Serug dii mfe aduasa no, ɔwoo Nahor.
23 Serug lived another 200 years after Nahor was born and had other sons and daughters.
Serug woo Nahor akyi no ɔtenaa ase mfe ahannu wowoo mmabarima ne mmabea bi nso kaa ho.
24 When Nahor was 29, he had Terah.
Nahor dii mfe aduonu akron no, ɔwoo Tera.
25 Nahor lived another 119 years after Terah was born and had other sons and daughters.
Nahor woo Tera akyi no ɔtenaa ase mfe ɔha ne dunkron, wowoo mmabarima ne mmabea bi nso kaa ho.
26 When Terah was 70, he had Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
Tera dii mfe aduɔson no, ɔwoo Abram, Nahor ne Haran.
27 The following is the genealogy of Terah. Terah was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran was the father of Lot.
Eyi ne Tera asefo ho asɛm. Tera woo Abram, Nahor ne Haran. Na Haran woo Lot.
28 However, Haran died while his father, Terah, was still alive, in Ur of the Chaldeans, the land of his birth.
Bere a Haran agya Tera te ase no, Haran wuu wɔ faako a wɔwoo no a wɔfrɛ hɔ Ur, a ɛwɔ Kaldea asase so no.
29 Abram and Nahor both got married. Abram's wife was named Sarai, and Nahor's wife was named Milcah. (She was the daughter of Haran, who was the father of both Milcah and Iscah).
Abram ne Nahor warewaree. Na Abram yere din de Sarai, na Nahor nso yere din de Milka a na ɔyɛ Haran babea. Saa Haran yi na ɔwoo Milka ne Iska.
30 Sarai wasn't able to become pregnant and so had no children.
Na Sarai yɛ obonin; na onni ba.
31 Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot, (who was the son of Haran), his daughter-in-law Sarai, (the wife of his son Abram), and left Ur of the Chaldeans to move to the land of Canaan. They got as far as Haran and settled there.
Tera faa ne babarima Abram ne ne nena Lot, a ɔyɛ Haran babarima ne nʼasebea Sarai, a na ɔyɛ ne babarima Abram yere no, ne wɔn nyinaa sii mu fii Ur a ɛwɔ Kaldea asase so sɛ wɔrekɔ Kanaan asase so. Na woduu Haran no, wɔtenaa hɔ.
32 Terah lived for 205 years and died in Haran.
Tera dii mfe ahannu ne anum, na owui wɔ Haran.
