Genesis 11
1 The whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
Ɛberɛ bi, na nnipa a wɔwɔ asase so nyinaa ka kasa korɔ.
2 It happened, as they traveled from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they settled there.
Saa nnipa yi tu baa apueeɛ fam no, wɔbɛtoo asase tamaa wɔ Babilonia asase so, na wɔtenaa hɔ.
3 And they said to one another, "Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly." They had brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar.
Wɔdwennwenee ho sɛ, “Momma yɛntwa ntayaa na yɛnto mma ɛmmen yie.” Wɔde ntayaa no sii aboɔ anan na wɔde ama hyehyɛɛ ntam.
4 They said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let us make ourselves a name, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole 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 God came down to see the city and the tower, that humankind was building.
Awurade siane firii soro baa fam, bɛhunuu kuro kɛseɛ a wɔrekyekyere no ne abantenten a wɔresi no.
6 And God said, "Look, they are one people, and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do. So now nothing which they plan to do will be too difficult for them.
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 there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech."
Mommra na yɛnkɔ asase so, na yɛnkɔtoto wɔn kasa, na obiara nya ne kasa, sɛdeɛ obiara nte ne yɔnko kasa.”
8 Then God scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth; so they ceased building the city.
Ɛnam yei so maa Awurade hwetee nnipa no nyinaa mu, ma wɔpetee asase so nyinaa, ma wɔgyaee kuro kɛseɛ no kyekyere.
9 Therefore its name was called Babel, because there God confused the language of all the earth. From there he scattered them over the face of the whole 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 one hundred years old and became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood.
Yei ne Sem asefoɔ ho asɛm. Nsuyire no akyiri, mfeɛ mmienu no a na Sem adi mfeɛ ɔha no, ɔwoo Arfaksad.
11 Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arpachshad, and fathered sons and daughters.
Sem woo Arfaksad akyiri no, ɔtenaa ase mfeɛ aha enum, wowoo mmammarima ne mmammaa bi nso kaa ho.
12 And Arpachshad lived one hundred and thirty-five years and became the father of Kenan.
Arfaksad nso dii mfeɛ aduasa enum no, ɔwoo Sela.
13 And Arpachshad lived four hundred and thirty years after he became the father of Kenan, and fathered sons and daughters. And Kenan lived one hundred and thirty years and became the father of Shelah. And Kenan lived three hundred and thirty years after he had become the father of Shelah, and fathered sons and daughters.
Arfaksad woo Sela no, akyire yi, ɔtenaa ase mfeɛ ahanan ne mmiɛnsa, wowoo mmammarima ne mmammaa bi nso kaa ho.
14 Shelah lived one hundred and thirty years, and became the father of Eber:
Sela dii mfeɛ aduasa no, ɔwoo Eber.
15 and Shelah lived four hundred and three years after he became the father of Eber, and fathered sons and daughters.
Sela woo Eber no, akyire yi, ɔtenaa ase mfeɛ ahanan ne mmiɛnsa, wowoo mmammarima ne mmammaa bi nso kaa ho.
16 Eber lived one hundred and thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg.
Eber dii mfeɛ aduasa ɛnan no, ɔwoo Peleg.
17 Eber lived three hundred and seventy years after he became the father of Peleg, and fathered sons and daughters.
Eber woo Peleg no, akyire yi, ɔtenaa ase mfeɛ ahanan ne aduasa, wowoo mmammarima ne mmammaa bi nso kaa ho.
18 Peleg lived one hundred and thirty years, and became the father of Reu.
Peleg dii mfeɛ aduasa no, ɔwoo Reu.
19 Peleg lived two hundred and nine years after he became the father of Reu, and fathered sons and daughters.
Peleg woo Reu no, akyire yi, ɔtenaa ase mfeɛ ahanu ne nkron, wowoo mmammarima ne mmammaa bi nso kaa ho.
20 Reu lived one hundred and thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug.
Reu dii mfeɛ aduasa mmienu no, ɔwoo Serug.
21 Reu lived two hundred and seven years after he became the father of Serug, and fathered sons and daughters.
Reu woo Serug no, akyire yi, ɔtenaa ase mfeɛ ahanu ne nson, wowoo mmammarima ne mmammaa bi nso kaa ho.
22 Serug lived one hundred and thirty years, and became the father of Nahor.
Serug dii mfeɛ aduasa no, ɔwoo Nahor.
23 Serug lived two hundred years after he became the father of Nahor, and fathered sons and daughters.
Serug woo Nahor no, akyire yi, ɔtenaa ase mfeɛ ahanu wowoo mmammarima ne mmammaa bi nso kaa ho.
24 Nahor lived seventy-nine years, and became the father of Terah.
Nahor dii mfeɛ aduonu nkron no, ɔwoo Tera.
25 Nahor lived one hundred and twenty-nine years after he became the father of Terah, and fathered sons and daughters.
Nahor woo Tera no, akyire yi, ɔtenaa ase mfeɛ ɔha ne dunkron, wowoo mmammarima ne mmammaa bi nso kaa ho.
26 Terah lived seventy years, and became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
Tera dii mfeɛ aduɔson no, ɔwoo Abram, Nahor ne Haran.
27 Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.
Yei ne Tera asefoɔ ho asɛm. Tera woo Abram, Nahor ne Haran. Na Haran woo Lot.
28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur Kasdim.
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. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran who was also the father of 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 was barren. She had no child.
Na Sarai yɛ obonini; na ɔnni ba.
31 And Terah took Abram his son, Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife, and with them he set out from Ur Kasdim to go into the land of Canaan. But when they came to Haran, they settled there.
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 the days of Terah were two hundred and five years. And Terah died in Haran.
Tera dii mfeɛ ahanu ne enum, na ɔwuu wɔ Haran.
