Genesis 9
1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
Afei, Onyankopɔn hyiraa Noa ne ne mmammarima no ka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Monwo, na monyɛ bebree nhyɛ asase so ma.
2 And the fear of you, and the dread of you, shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the heaven; whatever is that moveth upon the earth, and all the fishes of the sea, are delivered into your hand.
Mo ho hu ne mo ho suro bɛtɔ mmoa a wɔwɔ asase so nyinaa ne ewiem nnomaa nyinaa ne abɔdeɛ biara a wɔnam asase so ne nsuo mu mpataa nyinaa so. Wɔn nyinaa hyɛ mo nsa.
3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be yours for food; even as the green herbs have I given you all things.
Biribiara a nkwa wɔ mu, na ɛkeka ne ho no bɛyɛ mo aduane. Sɛdeɛ mede nhahammono hyɛɛ mo nsa no, afei deɛ, mede biribiara ma mo.
4 But flesh in which its life is, which is its blood, shall ye not eat.
“Nanso, ɛnsɛ sɛ mowe aboa a wɔntwaa ne mene mmaa ne mogya no nguiɛ no ɛnam.
5 Your blood, however, on which your lives depend, will I require: at the hand of every beast will I require it; and at the hand of man, at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.
Wo nkwa deɛ, deɛ ɛbɛyɛ biara, mɛbisa ho akontabuo. Onipa a ɔkum ne yɔnko onipa no, mɛbisa no ho asɛm. Mpo, aboa biara a ɔbɛkum onipa no, mewɔ saa aboa no nso asɛmmisa. Mɛbisa onipa kra ho asɛm.
6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God made he man.
“Obiara a ɔhwie onipa mogya guo no, onipa so na wɔnam bɛhwie ɔno nso mogya aguo, ɛfiri sɛ, Onyankopɔn no ara sɛso na ɔbɔɔ onipa.
7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly on the earth, and multiply thereon.
Mo deɛ, monwo, na monyɛ bebree. Mo ase mfɛe asase so, na monnɔɔso.”
8 And God spoke unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
Afei, Onyankopɔn ka kyerɛɛ Noa ne ne mmammarima a wɔka ne ho no sɛ,
9 And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
“Ɛnnɛ, me ne mo ne mo asefoɔ a wɔbɛwo wɔn no
10 And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you, from all those that go out of the ark, for every beast of the earth.
ne abɔdeɛ biara a nkwa wɔ mu a na wɔwɔ mo nkyɛn wɔ adaka no mu yɛ apam: nnomaa, nyɛmmoa ne wiram mmoa a wɔne mo firi adaka no mu no baeɛ nyinaa, ne abɔdeɛ biara a nkwa wɔ mu a wɔwɔ asase so.
11 And I will establish my covenant with you; and all flesh shall not be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there be any more a flood to destroy the earth.
Me ne mo yɛ mʼapam sɛ: Meremfa nsuyire nsɛe abɔdeɛ biara a nkwa wɔ mu a ɛwɔ asase so. Saa ara nso na meremfa nsuyire nsɛe asase bio da.”
12 And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you, and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations.
Na Onyankopɔn kaa sɛ, “Yei ne apam a me, Onyankopɔn, ne mo ne abɔdeɛ a nkwa wɔ mu biara a wɔka mo ho no ne nkyirimma nyinaa reyɛ no ho nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ.
13 My bow I do set in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of the covenant between me and the earth.
Mato me nyankontɔn wɔ omununkum mu. Ɛno na ɛbɛyɛ apam a ɛbɛda me ne asase ntam.
14 And it shall come to pass, that, when I bring a cloud over the earth, and the bow shall be seen in the cloud,
Ɛberɛ biara a mede omununkum bɛba asase ani, na sɛ nyankontɔn pue wɔ omununkum no mu a,
15 I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
mɛkae mʼapam a ɛda me ne mo ne abɔdeɛ a nkwa wɔ mu ahodoɔ no nyinaa ntam. Nsuyire a ɛbɛsɛe abɔdeɛ a nkwa wɔ mu no nyinaa remma da biara da bio.
16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature, of all flesh, that is upon the earth.
Ɛberɛ biara a nyankontɔn bɛto wɔ omununkum mu no, mɛhunu, na makae apam a ɛwɔ hɔ daa a ɛda me, Onyankopɔn, ne abɔdeɛ a nkwa wɔ mu ahodoɔ nyinaa a wɔwɔ asase yi so ntam no.”
17 And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.
Enti, Onyankopɔn ka kyerɛɛ Noa sɛ, “Yei ne apam a me ne abɔdeɛ biara a nkwa wɔ mu a, wɔwɔ asase yi so ayɛ no ho nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ.”
18 And the sons of Noah that went forth from the ark, were Shem, Ham and Japheth; and Ham was the father of Canaan.
Yeinom ne Noa mmammarima a wɔfiri adaka no mu baeɛ: Sem, Ham ne Yafet. Ham na ɔwoo Kanaan.
19 These three were the sons of Noah, and of them was the whole earth overspread.
Yeinom ne Noa mmammarima. Wɔn mu na nnipa a, wɔahwete wɔ asase so nyinaa firi baeɛ.
20 And Noah, who was a husbandman, began his work, and he planted a vineyard.
Noa yɛ okuafoɔ a ɔdii ɛkan. Ɔyɛɛ bobefuo.
21 And he drank of the wine, and became drunken; and he uncovered himself within his tent.
Ɛda bi, ɔnom bobesa no bi boroeɛ, ma ɔdaa ne ntomadan mu adagya.
22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told it his two brothers without.
Ham a ɔwoo Kanaan no kɔtoo nʼagya Noa sɛ ɔda adagya. Ɔfirii hɔ no, ɔkɔbɔɔ ne nuammarima baanu no amaneɛ.
23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon the shoulders of both of them, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were turned backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness.
Enti, Sem ne Yafet faa atadeɛ de guu wɔn mmati so, kɔɔ nkyirinkyire de kɔkataa wɔn agya adagya so. Na wɔn ani nkyerɛ wɔn agya enti, wɔanhunu nʼadagya mu.
24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and discovered what his younger son had done unto him.
Ɛberɛ a Noa ani so tetee no, na ɔhunuu deɛ ne kaakyire no ayɛ no,
25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
ɔkaa sɛ, “Nnome nka Ham asefoɔ a wɔyɛ Kanaanfoɔ. Wɔbɛyɛ wɔn nuanom mu nkoa mu nkoa.”
26 And he said, Blessed be the Lord, the God of Shem; and Canaan shall be a servant unto them.
Noa kaa bio sɛ, “Me nhyira a ɛfiri Awurade, me Onyankopɔn, nkyɛn no nka Sem! Kanaan nyɛ Sem akoa.
27 May God enlarge the boundaries of Japheth, and may he dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be a servant unto them.
Onyankopɔn ntrɛ Yafet ase ne nʼasase mu. Yafet ntena Sem ntomadan mu, na Kanaan nyɛ nʼakoa.”
28 And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
Nsuyire no akyiri no, Noa tenaa ase mfeɛ ahasa ne aduonum.
29 And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years; and he died.
Noa dii mfeɛ aha nkron ne aduonum, ansa na ɔrewu.
