Genesis 28
1 Isaac called Jacob, blessed him, and commanded him, "You must not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.
Isak frɛɛ Yakob, hyiraa no hyɛɛ no sɛ, “Nware saa Kanaanfoɔ mmaa yi bi da.
2 Arise, go to Paddan Aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother's father. Take a wife from there from the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother.
Ka wo ho kɔ Betuel a ɔyɛ wo maame Rebeka agya no nkyɛn wɔ Paddan-Aram, na kɔware wo wɔfa Laban mmammaa no mu baako.
3 May El Shaddai bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be a company of peoples,
Otumfoɔ Onyankopɔn no nhyira wo. Ɔmma wʼase nnɔre bebree, na wʼasefoɔ no abɛyɛ ɔman kɛseɛ a mmusuakuo bebree bɛfiri mu aba.
4 and give you the blessing of Abraham, to you, and to your descendants with you, that you may inherit the land where you travel, which God gave to Abraham."
Onyankopɔn mfa nhyira a ɔde hyiraa Abraham no nhyira wo ne wʼasefoɔ. Ɔmma asase a ɛnnɛ wote so sɛ ɔhɔhoɔ yi a ɛyɛ asase a Onyankopɔn de maa Abraham no nyɛ wo dea.”
5 Isaac sent Jacob away. He went to Paddan Aram to Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramean, Rebekah's brother, Jacob's and Esau's mother.
Sɛdeɛ Isak gyaa ne ba Yakob ɛkwan nie: Yakob kɔɔ Laban a ɔyɛ Aramni Betuel babarima nkyɛn wɔ Paddan-Aram. Na saa Laban yi yɛ Esau ne Yakob maame Rebeka nuabarima.
6 Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan Aram, to take him a wife from there, and that as he blessed him he gave him a command, saying, "You must not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan,"
Esau tee sɛ Isak ahyira Yakob, na wagya no kwan ma ɔkɔ Paddan-Aram sɛ ɔnkɔware wɔ hɔ. Ɔhyiraa no no, ɔhyɛɛ no sɛ, “Nware saa Kanaanfoɔ mmaa yi bi da.”
7 and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and left for Paddan Aram.
Yakob tiee nʼagya ne ne maame afotuo no siim kɔɔ Paddan-Aram.
8 Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan did not please Isaac, his father.
Esau hunuu sɛ nʼagya Isak mpɛ Kanaanfoɔ mmaa asɛm.
9 Esau went to Ishmael, and took, besides the wives that he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife.
Enti, ɔsiim kɔɔ Abraham babarima Ismael nkyɛn, kɔwaree ne babaa Mahalat. Na Mahalat yɛ Nebaiot nuabaa, na ɔyɛ Ismael a ɔno nso yɛ Abraham babarima babaa. Esau waree Mahalat kaa ne yerenom ho.
10 Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.
Yakob firii Beer-Seba de nʼani kyerɛɛ Haran.
11 He came to a certain place, and stayed there all night, because the sun had set. He took one of the stones of the place, and put it under his head, and lay down in that place to sleep.
Ɔduruu baabi na onwunu redwoɔ no, ɔpɛɛ baabi soɛeɛ, ɛfiri sɛ, na adeɛ resa. Ɔfaa ɛboɔ bi wɔ baabi a waduru hɔ de yɛɛ sumiiɛ.
12 And he dreamed. And look, a stairway was set upon the earth, and its top reached to heaven. And look, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.
Ɔdaeɛ no, ɔsoo daeɛ bi. Daeɛ no mu, ɔhunuu sɛ atwedeɛ bi si fam a nʼatifi ka ewiem, na Onyankopɔn abɔfoɔ redi so aforosiane.
13 And God stood above it, and said, "I am the God of Abraham your grandfather, and the God of Isaac. The land on which you are lying I will give to you and to your descendants.
Ɔhunuu sɛ Onyankopɔn gyina atwedeɛ no atifi. Onyankopɔn ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Mene Awurade, Abraham Onyankopɔn, ne wʼagya Isak Onyankopɔn. Mede asase a woda so yi bɛma wo ne wʼasefoɔ.
14 Your descendants will be as the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south. And through you and through your descendants will all the families of the earth be blessed.
Wʼasefoɔ bɛyɛ sɛ asase so mfuturo, na mobɛtrɛtrɛ akɔ apueeɛ ne atɔeɛ, atifi ne anafoɔ nyinaa. Wo ne wʼasefoɔ mu na wɔfiri bɛhyira ewiase mmusuakuo nyinaa.
15 And look, I am with you, and will watch over you wherever you go, and will bring you again into this land. For I will not leave you, until I have done that which I have spoken of to you."
Yeinom nyinaa akyiri no, mɛka wo ho, na baabiara a wobɛkɔ no, mɛdi wʼakyi, na mɛsane de wo aba saa asase yi so. Merennyaa wo da, kɔsi sɛ ɛbɔ a mahyɛ wo yi nyinaa bɛba mu.”
16 Then Jacob woke up from his sleep, and said, "Surely God is in this place, and I did not know it."
Yakob nyaneeɛ no, ɔkaa wɔ ne tirim sɛ, “Ampa ara, sɛɛ na Awurade wɔ saa beaeɛ ha yi, a na mennim!”
17 He was afraid, and said, "How awesome is this place. This is none other than God's house, and this is the gate of heaven."
Yakob suroeɛ, na ɔkɔɔ so kaa wɔ ne tirim sɛ, “Ɛha yɛ hu papa. Ɛha nyɛ baabiara sɛ Onyankopɔn fie. Ɔsoro ɛpono ano ne ha.”
18 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head, and set it up as a standing-stone, and poured oil on top of it.
Enti, Yakob sɔree anɔpatutuutu maa ɛboɔ a ɔde yɛɛ sumiiɛ no so sii hɔ, hwiee ngo guu so.
19 He called the name of that place Bethel, though previously the city was named Luz.
Ɔtoo beaeɛ no edin Bet-El a aseɛ kyerɛ Onyame fie. Kane no na anka wɔfrɛ saa kuro no Lus.
20 Then Jacob made a vow, saying, "If God will be with me, and will watch over me on this journey I am taking, and will give me food to eat, and clothing to put on,
Afei, Yakob kaa ntam sɛ, “Sɛ Onyankopɔn bɛka me ho, ahwɛ me so wɔ saa akwantuo yi mu, ama me aduane adi, ama me ntoma afira,
21 so that I return to my father's house safely, then he will be my God,
sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a mɛsane aba mʼagya fie asomdwoeɛ mu a, ɛnneɛ, Awurade bɛyɛ me Onyankopɔn.
22 and this stone, which I have set up as a standing-stone, will be God's house. Of all that you will give me I will surely give the tenth to you."
Saa ɛboɔ a mede asi hɔ sɛ nkaeɛdum yi bɛyɛ Onyankopɔn fie. Biribiara a wo, Onyankopɔn, de bɛma me no, mede mu nkyɛmu edu mu baako bɛma wo.”
