Genesis 9
1 And God blesses Noah and his sons, and says to them, “Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth;
Mawu yra Noa kple viawo, eye wògblɔ na wo be, “Midzi ne miasɔ gbɔ ayɔ anyigba blibo la dzi.”
2 and your fear and your dread is on every beast of the earth, and on every bird of the heavens, on all that creeps on the ground, and on all fishes of the sea—into your hand they have been given.
Vɔvɔ̃ aɖo anyigbadzilãwo katã kple dziƒoxevi ɖe sia ɖe kple lã ɖe sia ɖe si tana kple ƒumelãwo katã ɖe mia ŋu, eye metsɔ wo de asi na mi.
3 Every creeping thing that is alive, to you it is for food; as the green herb I have given to you the whole;
Nu sia nu si le agbe, eye woʋãna la anye nuɖuɖu na mi. Abe ale si metsɔ amagbewo na mi kpɔ ene la, nenema ke mele nu sia nu tsɔm le asi dem na mi fifia.
4 only flesh in its life—its blood—you do not eat.
“Ke mele be miaɖu lã si me ʋu metsyɔ le la o.
5 And only your blood for your lives do I require; from the hand of every living thing I require it, and from the hand of man, from the hand of every man’s brother I require the life of man;
Mabia akɔnta mi tso ʋu si le mia me la ŋu. Mabia akɔnta tso lã sia lã ŋu, eye mabia akɔnta ame sia ame hã tso nɔvia ƒe agbe ŋu.
6 whoever sheds man’s blood, by man is his blood shed: for in the image of God has He made man.
“Ame sia ame si akɔ ame ƒe ʋu ɖi la, ame akɔ eya hã ƒe ʋu ɖi, elabena Mawu ƒe nɔnɔme me Mawu wɔe ɖo.
7 And you, be fruitful and multiply, teem in the earth, and multiply in it.”
Ɛ̃, midzi ne miasɔ gbɔ fũu, mikpe xexe blibo la me ɖo, eye miaɖu edzi.”
8 And God speaks to Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
Mawu gblɔ na Noa kple via ŋutsuwo be,
9 “And I, behold, I am establishing My covenant with you, and with your seed after you,
“Azɔ la, mebla nu kple wò kple wò dzidzimeviwo
10 and with every living creature which [is] with you, among bird, among livestock, and among every beast of the earth with you, from all who are going out of the Ark—to every beast of the earth.
kpakple nu gbagbe ɖe sia ɖe si nɔ gbɔwò, xeviawo, aƒemelãawo, lã wɔadãawo katã, nu sia nu si do go tso aɖakaʋu la me kple wò, nu gbagbe ɖe sia ɖe si le anyigba dzi.
11 And I have established My covenant with you, and all flesh is not cut off anymore by waters of a flood, and there is not a flood to destroy the earth anymore.”
Mebla nu kpli wò. Tsiɖɔɖɔ magatsi agbe nu na nu gbagbewo azɔ o. Tsi magaɖɔ, agatsrɔ̃ anyigba akpɔ o.
12 And God says, “This is a token of the covenant which I am giving between Me and you, and every living creature that [is] with you, to continuous generations;
Metsɔ dzesi sia tre nubabla sia nu:
13 My bow I have given in the cloud, and it has been for a token of a covenant between Me and the earth;
Metsɔ nye anyieʋɔ de lilikpowo me abe nye nubabla ƒe dzesi na wò kple anyigbadzitɔwo katã ene va se ɖe xexea me ƒe nuwuwu.
14 and it has come to pass (in My sending a cloud over the earth) that the bow has been seen in the cloud,
Ne mena lilikpowo tsyɔ anyigba dzi la, woakpɔ anyieʋɔ le lilikpoawo me,
15 and I have remembered My covenant which is between Me and you, and every living creature among all flesh, and the waters no longer become a flood to destroy all flesh;
ekema maɖo ŋku nye nubabla kpli wò kple nu gbagbe ɖe sia ɖe dzi be tsiɖɔɖɔ magava atsrɔ̃ nu gbagbewo azɔ o.
16 and the bow has been in the cloud, and I have seen it—to remember the perpetual covenant between God and every living creature among all flesh which [is] on the earth.”
Ɣe sia ɣi si anyieʋɔ ado ɖe lilikpo me la, makpɔe, eye maɖo ŋku nubabla mavɔ si le Mawu kple nu gbagbe ɖe sia ɖe si le anyigba dzi dome la dzi.”
17 And God says to Noah, “This [is] a token of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that [is] on the earth.”
Eye Mawu gblɔ na Noa be, “Esiae nye nubabla si mewɔ kple nu gbagbe siwo katã le xexea me la ƒe dzesi.”
18 And the sons of Noah who are going out of the Ark are Shem, and Ham, and Japheth; and Ham is father of Canaan.
Noa ƒe vi etɔ̃awo ƒe ŋkɔwoe nye Sem, Ham kple Yafet. (Ham nye Kanaantɔwo fofo.)
19 These three [are] sons of Noah, and from these has all the earth been overspread.
Amegbetɔƒome blibo la do tso Noa ƒe viŋutsu etɔ̃ siawo me.
20 And Noah remains a man of the ground, and plants a vineyard,
Noa, ame si nye agbledela la de waingble.
21 and drinks of the wine, and is drunken, and uncovers himself in the midst of the tent.
Esi wòno wain la ƒe ɖe la, emu aha, eye wòɖe amama mlɔ anyi ɖe eƒe agbadɔ me.
22 And Ham, father of Canaan, sees the nakedness of his father, and declares to his two brothers outside.
Ham, ame si nye Kanaantɔwo fofo la kpɔ fofoa ƒe amame, eye wòyi ɖagblɔe na nɔvia eveawo.
23 And Shem takes—Japheth also—the garment, and they place on the shoulder of them both, and go backward, and cover the nakedness of their father; and their faces [are] backward, and their father’s nakedness they have not seen.
Ale Sem kple Yafet lé avɔ aɖe ɖe abɔta, trɔ kɔ ɖe adzɔge, zɔ megbemegbe yi avɔgbadɔ la me, eye wotsɔ avɔ la tsyɔ na wo fofo.
24 And Noah awakens from his wine, and knows that which his young son has done to him,
Esime Noa ƒe ŋkume kɔ, eye wòse nu si Via ŋutsu suetɔ wɔ ɖe eŋu la,
25 and says: “Cursed [is] Canaan, Servant of servants he is to his brothers.”
egblɔ be, “Woaƒo fi ade Kanaan; ànye kluvi gblɔetɔ na nɔviwòwo.”
26 And he says: “Blessed of my God YHWH [is] Shem, And Canaan is servant to him.
Eyi edzi be, “Woayra Yehowa, Sem ƒe Mawu. Kanaan nazu kluvi na Sem.
27 God gives beauty to Japheth, And he dwells in tents of Shem, And Canaan is servant to him.”
Mawu nekeke Yafet ƒe anyigba ɖe edzi. Yafet nanɔ Sem ƒe agbadɔwo me, eye Kanaan nanye eƒe kluvi.”
28 And Noah lives after the flood three hundred and fifty years;
Noa ganɔ agbe ƒe alafa etɔ̃ blaatɔ̃ le tsiɖɔɖɔ megbe.
29 and all the days of Noah are nine hundred and fifty years, and he dies.
Exɔ ƒe alafa asiekɛ blaatɔ̃ hafi ku.
