< Genesis 24 >
1 and Abraham be old to come (in): advanced in/on/with day: year and LORD to bless [obj] Abraham in/on/with all
Abraham tsi ŋutɔ azɔ, eye Yehowa yrae le mɔ sia mɔ nu.
2 and to say Abraham to(wards) servant/slave his old house: household his [the] to rule in/on/with all which to/for him to set: put please hand: swear your underneath: swear thigh my
Gbe ɖeka la, Abraham gblɔ na eƒe aƒedzikpɔla, ame si nye eƒe subɔla tsitsitɔ be,
3 and to swear you in/on/with LORD God [the] heaven and God [the] land: country/planet which not to take: take woman: wife to/for son: child my from daughter [the] Canaanite which I to dwell in/on/with entrails: among his
“Tsɔ wò asiwo de nye ata te, eye nàka atam nam le Yehowa, dziƒo kple anyigba ƒe Mawu ŋkume be màna vinye naɖe Kanaan nyɔnuvi siawo dometɔ aɖeke o,
4 for to(wards) land: country/planet my and to(wards) relatives my to go: went and to take: take woman: wife to/for son: child my to/for Isaac
ke boŋ àyi nye denyigba dzi kple ƒonyemetɔwo dome, eye nàɖe srɔ̃ nɛ le afi ma.”
5 and to say to(wards) him [the] servant/slave perhaps not be willing [the] woman to/for to go: follow after me to(wards) [the] land: country/planet [the] this to return: return to return: return [obj] son: child your to(wards) [the] land: country/planet which to come out: come from there
Aƒedzikpɔla la biae be, “Ke ne nyemate ŋu kpɔ ɖetugbi aɖeke si alɔ̃ be yeava teƒe didi sia o ɖe, ekema ɖe makplɔ Isak ayi afi ma boŋ, ale be wòanɔ ƒowòmetɔwo domea?”
6 and to say to(wards) him Abraham to keep: careful to/for you lest to return: return [obj] son: child my there [to]
Abraham ɖo eŋu be, “Gbeɖe! Kpɔ nyuie be màwɔ nenema gbeɖe o,
7 LORD God [the] heaven which to take: take me from house: household father my and from land: country/planet relatives my and which to speak: speak to/for me and which to swear to/for me to/for to say to/for seed: children your to give: give [obj] [the] land: country/planet [the] this he/she/it to send: depart messenger: angel his to/for face: before your and to take: take woman: wife to/for son: child my from there
elabena Yehowa, Mawu si le dziƒo la gblɔ nam be magblẽ anyigba ma kple ƒonyemetɔwo ɖi, eye wòdo ŋugbe nam be yeatsɔ anyigba sia na nye kple nye dzidzimeviwo. Ana mawudɔla aɖe nanɔ ŋgɔ na wò, eye wòakpɔ egbɔ be èkpɔ nyɔnuvi aɖe tso afi ma wòazu vinye srɔ̃.
8 and if not be willing [the] woman to/for to go: follow after you and to clear from oath my this except [obj] son: child my not to return: return there [to]
Ke ne medze edzi nenema o la, ekema atam sia megabla wò o, gake mègakplɔ vinye yi be, wòatsi afi ma gbeɖegbeɖe o.”
9 and to set: put [the] servant/slave [obj] hand: swear his underneath: swear thigh Abraham lord his and to swear to/for him upon [the] word: thing [the] this
Ale aƒedzikpɔla la tsɔ eƒe asiwo de Abraham ƒe ata te, eye wòka atam be yeawɔ eƒe ɖoɖowo dzi.
10 and to take: take [the] servant/slave ten camel from camel lord his and to go: went and all goodness lord his in/on/with hand: to his and to arise: rise and to go: went to(wards) Mesopotamia Mesopotamia to(wards) city Nahor
Ekplɔ Abraham ƒe kposɔ ewo ɖe asi, eye wòdo agba na wo kple nu nyui siwo katã le eƒe aƒetɔ si la ƒe ɖe. Ezɔ mɔ yi Aram Naharaim, eye wòyi Nahor ƒe du me.
11 and to bless [the] camel from outside to/for city to(wards) well [the] water to/for time evening to/for time to come out: come [the] to draw
Ena kposɔawo tsyɔ akɔ anyi ɖe dua godo le vudo aɖe to. Esi ɣe trɔ la, dua me nyɔnuwo va nɔ tsi kum.
12 and to say LORD God lord my Abraham to meet please to/for face of my [the] day and to make: do kindness with lord my Abraham
Aƒedzikpɔla la do gbe ɖa be, “O, Yehowa, nye aƒetɔ ƒe Mawu, kpɔ nublanui na nye aƒetɔ Abraham, eye nàna be nye asi nasu nu si ta meva afi sia ɖo la dzi.
13 behold I to stand upon spring [the] water and daughter human [the] city to come out: come to/for to draw water
Kpɔm ɖa, mele tsitre ɖe vudo sia to, ɖetugbiwo tso dua me va le tsi kum.
14 and to be [the] maiden which to say to(wards) her to stretch please jar your and to drink and to say to drink and also camel your to water: watering [obj] her to rebuke to/for servant/slave your to/for Isaac and in/on/with her to know for to make: do kindness with lord my
Nu si mebia wò lae nye ɖetugbi si mabia be wòana tsim, eye wòagblɔ be, ‘Yoo, mana tsi wò kple wò kposɔwo siaa’ la, na be eya tututu nanye nyɔnu si wò ŋutɔ nètia be wòanye Isak srɔ̃. To esia me madze sii le be ève nye aƒetɔ nu.”
15 and to be he/she/it before to end: finish to/for to speak: speak and behold Rebekah to come out: come which to beget to/for Bethuel son: child Milcah woman: wife Nahor brother: male-sibling Abraham and jar her upon shoulder her
Hafi wòawu gbedodoɖa la nu la, Rebeka va do kple eƒe tsikuze si wòlé ɖe abɔta la. Enye Betuel ƒe vinyɔnu. Betuel nye Milka ƒe viŋutsu, ame si nye Abraham srɔ̃ nɔviŋutsu Nahor.
16 and [the] maiden pleasant appearance much virgin and man not to know her and to go down [the] spring [to] and to fill jar her and to ascend: rise
Ɖetugbi la dze tugbe ŋutɔ. Menya ŋutsu haɖe o. Eva tsikuƒe la, ku tsi ɖe eƒe tsikuze me, eye wògado go.
17 and to run: run [the] servant/slave to/for to encounter: meet her and to say to swallow me please little water from jar your
Aƒedzikpɔla la ɖe abla te ɖe eŋu, eye wògblɔ nɛ be, “Meɖe kuku, na tsi vi aɖem tso wò tsikuze la me mano.”
18 and to say to drink lord my and to hasten and to go down jar her upon hand her and to water: drink him
Ɖetugbi la ɖo eŋu be, “Mana tsi wò faa, nye aƒetɔ.” Eku tsi na aƒedzikpɔla la enumake,
19 and to end: finish to/for to water: drink him and to say also to/for camel your to draw till if: until to end: finish to/for to drink
eye wògblɔ be, “Mana wò kposɔwo hã va se ɖe esime woaɖi kɔ!”
20 and to hasten and to uncover jar her to(wards) [the] trough and to run: run still to(wards) [the] well to/for to draw and to draw to/for all camel his
Ale Rebeka ku tsi kɔ ɖe lãwo ƒe tsinonu me. Egatrɔ yi ɖaku tsi le vudoa me zi geɖe va se ɖe esime kposɔawo no tsi wòsu wo.
21 and [the] man to gaze to/for her be quiet to/for to know to prosper LORD way: journey his if not
Aƒedzikpɔla la megagblɔ nya aɖeke o, ke boŋ eda ŋku ɖi be yeakpɔ be Yehowa wɔ ɖe nu siwo katã yebiae la dzi mahã.
22 and to be like/as as which to end: finish [the] camel to/for to drink and to take: take [the] man ring gold bekah weight his and two bracelet upon hand: swear her ten gold weight their
Esi kposɔawo no tsi heɖi kɔ vɔ la, etsɔ sikatogɛ kple sikalɔnugɛ na Rebeka.
23 and to say daughter who? you(f. s.) to tell please to/for me there house: home father your place to/for us to/for to lodge
Ebiae be, “Ɖetugbi, ame ka ƒe vi nènye? Teƒe le fofowò si wòana míadze le zã sia mea?”
24 and to say to(wards) him daughter Bethuel I son: child Milcah which to beget to/for Nahor
Eɖo eŋu be, “Fofonyee nye Betuel si nye Milka si nye Nahor srɔ̃ la ƒe vi.
25 and to say to(wards) him also straw also fodder many with us also place to/for to lodge
Ɛ̃, nuɖuɖu le mía si sɔ gbɔ na kposɔawo, eye amedzrodzeƒe hã li.”
26 and to bow [the] man and to bow to/for LORD
Aƒedzikpɔla la tsi tsitre ɖe afi ma sẽe, de ta agu, eye wòkafu Yehowa gblɔ be,
27 and to say to bless LORD God lord my Abraham which not to leave: forsake kindness his and truth: faithful his from from with lord my I in/on/with way: journey to lead me LORD house: home brother: male-relative lord my
“Yehowa Mawu, nye aƒetɔ Abraham ƒe Mawu, meda akpe na wò be nève nye aƒetɔ nu, eye nèwɔ wò ŋugbedodo dzi nɛ be nèkplɔm tẽe va do ɖe nye aƒetɔ ƒe ƒometɔwo dome.”
28 and to run: run [the] maiden and to tell to/for house: household mother her like/as word: thing [the] these
Ɖetugbi la ƒu du yi aƒe me be yeaka nya la ta na yeƒe amewo.
29 and to/for Rebekah brother: male-sibling and name his Laban and to run: run Laban to(wards) [the] man [the] outside [to] to(wards) [the] spring
Nɔviŋutsu aɖe nɔ Rebeka si. Eŋkɔe nye Laban.
30 and to be like/as to see: see [obj] [the] ring and [obj] [the] bracelet upon hand sister his and like/as to hear: hear he [obj] word Rebekah sister his to/for to say thus to speak: speak to(wards) me [the] man and to come (in): come to(wards) [the] man and behold to stand: stand upon [the] camel upon [the] spring
Esi wòkpɔ togɛ la kple alɔnugɛ la le nɔvia nyɔnu ƒe abɔ, eye wòse Rebeka ƒe ɖaseɖiɖi tso nya si ŋutsu la gblɔ nɛ ŋuti ko la, eɖe abla yi ŋutsu la gbɔ le tsikuƒe la. Ekpɔe wòtsi tsitre ɖe kposɔawo gbɔ.
31 and to say to come (in): come to bless LORD to/for what? to stand: stand in/on/with outside and I to turn [the] house: home and place to/for camel
Egblɔ na ŋutsu la be, “Va, wò ame si Yehowa yra. Nu ka ta nèle tsitre ɖe afi sia ɖo? Medzra teƒe ɖo ɖe aƒea me na wò kple wò kposɔawo.”
32 and to come (in): come [the] man [the] house: home [to] and to open [the] camel and to give: give straw and fodder to/for camel and water to/for to wash: wash foot his and foot [the] human which with him
Ale aƒedzikpɔla la dze Laban yome yi aƒe me, eye woɖe agba na kposɔawo. Laban na gbe ƒuƒu aƒedzikpɔla la be wòana kposɔawo. Emegbe la, ena tsi aƒedzikpɔla la kple ŋutsu siwo kplɔe ɖo la be woaklɔ afɔ.
33 (and to set: put *Q(K)*) to/for face: before his to/for to eat and to say not to eat till if: surely no to speak: speak word: speaking my and to say to speak: speak
Wona fiẽnuɖuɖu wo, ke aƒedzikpɔla la gblɔ be, “Nyemedi be maɖu naneke o va se ɖe esime magblɔ nu si ta meva afi sia ɖo la na mi.” Laban gblɔ be, “Enyo, ka nya la ta na mí.”
34 and to say servant/slave Abraham I
Egblɔ be, “Abraham ƒe subɔlae menye.
35 and LORD to bless [obj] lord my much and to magnify and to give: give to/for him flock and cattle and silver: money and gold and servant/slave and maidservant and camel and donkey
Yehowa kɔ yayra geɖewo ɖe nye aƒetɔ dzi, eye wòzu amegã aɖe le anyigba si dzi wòle la. Mawu na alẽwo, nyiwo, klosalo, sika, kluviwo, kposɔwo kple tedziwoe.
36 and to beget Sarah woman: wife lord my son: child to/for lord my after old age her and to give: give to/for him [obj] all which to/for him
Azɔ esi nye aƒetɔ srɔ̃, Sara, tsi ŋutɔ la, edzi viŋutsu na nye aƒetɔ, eye nye aƒetɔ tsɔ eƒe nu sia nu nɛ.
37 and to swear me lord my to/for to say not (to take: take *LA(bh)*) woman: wife to/for son: child my from daughter [the] Canaanite which I to dwell in/on/with land: country/planet his
Nye aƒetɔ na medo ŋugbe nɛ heka atam ɖe nya si wògblɔ nam dzi be, ‘Megaɖe srɔ̃ na vinye tso Kanaantɔ, siwo ƒe anyigba dzi mele la ƒe nyɔnuviwo dome o,
38 if: surely yes not to(wards) house: household father my to go: went and to(wards) family my and to take: take woman: wife to/for son: child my
ke boŋ yi nye ƒometɔwo gbɔ le teƒe bubu, eye nàkplɔ ɖetugbi aɖe tso afi ma vɛ na vinye wòaɖe.’
39 and to say to(wards) lord my perhaps not to go: follow [the] woman after me
“Mebia nye aƒetɔ hã be, ‘Ke ne nyemekpɔ ɖetugbi si alɔ̃ be yeava o ɖe?’
40 and to say to(wards) me LORD which to go: walk to/for face: before his to send: depart messenger: angel his with you and to prosper way: journey your and to take: take woman: wife to/for son: child my from family my and from house: household father my
“Eɖo eŋu nam be, ‘Ɖetugbi la alɔ̃ be yeava, elabena Yehowa, ame si ŋkume mezɔ le la ana eƒe dɔla nazɔ kple wò, eye wòana nu si ta nèyi la naka asiwò. Ɛ̃, di ɖetugbi aɖe tso nye amewo dome, tso nɔvinyeŋutsua ƒe aƒemetɔwo dome.
41 then to clear from oath my for to come (in): come to(wards) family my and if not to give: give to/for you and to be innocent from oath my
Le wò atamkaka ta la, ele na wò be nàyi aɖabia. Ne womaɖo ame aɖeke ɖa o la, ekema èvo tso wò atamkaka la me.’
42 and to come (in): come [the] day to(wards) [the] spring and to say LORD God lord my Abraham if there you please to prosper way: journey my which I to go: went upon her
“Ɣetrɔ sia, esi meva ɖo vudo la to la, medo gbe ɖa be, ‘O, Yehowa, nye aƒetɔ Abraham ƒe Mawu, ne èdi be nye asi naka nu si ta meva afi sia ɖo la, meɖe kuku, kplɔm ale.
43 behold I to stand upon spring [the] water and to be [the] maiden [the] to come out: come to/for to draw and to say to(wards) her to water: drink me please little water from jar your
Mele afi sia, le vudo sia to. Magblɔ na ɖetugbi aɖe si ava tsi ku ge la be, “Meɖe kuku, na tsim mano,”
44 and to say to(wards) me also you(m. s.) to drink and also to/for camel your to draw he/she/it [the] woman which to rebuke LORD to/for son: child lord my
eye wòaɖo eŋu nam be, “Mana tsi wò faa, eye mana tsi wò kposɔawo hã!” Na ɖetugbi ma nanye esi wò Yehowa, nètia be wòanye nye aƒetɔ ƒe vi srɔ̃.’
45 I before to end: finish to/for to speak: speak to(wards) heart my and behold Rebekah to come out: come and jar her upon shoulder her and to go down [the] spring [to] and to draw and to say to(wards) her to water: drink me please
“Esi menɔ nya siawo gblɔm la, Rebeka gbɔna ɖaa, tsikuze nɔ abɔta nɛ. Eyi ɖaku tsi le vudo la me ɖe tsikuze la me. Megblɔ nɛ be, ‘Meɖe kuku, na tsim mano.’
46 and to hasten and to go down jar her from upon her and to say to drink and also camel your to water: watering and to drink and also [the] camel to water: watering
“Eɖiɖi tsikuze la ɖe anyi enumake be manoe, eye wògblɔ be. ‘Amegã, mana tsi wò kposɔwo hã!’ Ke menoe, eye wòna nye kposɔwo hã.
47 and to ask [obj] her and to say daughter who? you(f. s.) and to say daughter Bethuel son: child Nahor which to beget to/for him Milcah and to set: put [the] ring upon face: nose her and [the] bracelet upon hand her
“Mebiae be, ‘Ame ka ƒe vie nènye?’ “Egblɔ nam be, ‘Fofonyee nye Betuel, Nahor kple srɔ̃a Milka ƒe vi.’ “Eya ta metsɔ asigɛ kple alɔnugɛwo nɛ.
48 and to bow and to bow to/for LORD and to bless [obj] LORD God lord my Abraham which to lead me in/on/with way: journey truth: true to/for to take: take [obj] daughter brother: male-relative lord my to/for son: child his
Emegbe la, mede ta agu, eye mekafu Yehowa, nye aƒetɔ Abraham ƒe Mawu la, elabena ekplɔm to mɔ nyuitɔ dzi be meke ɖe ɖetugbi aɖe ŋu tso nye aƒetɔ nɔviŋutsu ƒe vinyɔnuwo dome,
49 and now if there you to make: do kindness and truth: faithful with lord my to tell to/for me and if not to tell to/for me and to turn upon right or upon left
eya ta migblɔ nu si dzi mieɖo kpee la nam. Ɖe miave nye aƒetɔ nu loo alo miave enu awɔ nu si dze la oa? Ne mieɖo eŋu nam la, ekema manya afɔ si magaɖe, ato miame loo alo ɖusime.”
50 and to answer Laban and Bethuel and to say from LORD to come out: come [the] word: thing not be able to speak: speak to(wards) you bad: harmful or pleasant
Laban kple Betuel ɖo eŋu be, “Eme kɔ ƒãa be Yehowa ŋutɔe kplɔ wò va afi siae, eya ta nya aɖeke mele mía si o.
51 behold Rebekah to/for face: before your to take: take and to go: went and to be woman: wife to/for son: child lord your like/as as which to speak: speak LORD
Kplɔe yi, eye wòazu wò aƒetɔ ƒe vi srɔ̃ abe ale si Yehowa gblɔe ene.”
52 and to be like/as as which to hear: hear servant/slave Abraham [obj] word their and to bow land: soil [to] to/for LORD
Le ŋuɖoɖo sia ta la, Abraham ƒe aƒedzikpɔla dze klo ɖe Yehowa ŋkume, eye wòsubɔe.
53 and to come out: send [the] servant/slave article/utensil silver: money and article/utensil gold and garment and to give: give to/for Rebekah and precious thing to give: give to/for brother: male-sibling her and to/for mother her
Emegbe la, eɖe sikanuwo kple klosalonuwo kpakple awu nyuiwo na Rebeka, eye wòtsɔ nunana xɔasi vovovowo na dadaa kple nɔvia ŋutsu hã.
54 and to eat and to drink he/she/it and [the] human which with him and to lodge and to arise: rise in/on/with morning and to say to send: depart me to/for lord my
Emegbe la, woɖu nu, no nu dzidzɔtɔe eye Abraham ƒe aƒedzikpɔla la kple eƒe amewo tsi afi ma dɔ. Ke esi ŋu ke ŋdi kanya la, aƒedzikpɔla la gblɔ na wo be, “Mina matrɔ ayi nye aƒetɔ gbɔ!”
55 and to say brother: male-sibling her and mother her to dwell [the] maiden with us day or ten (after *L(S)*) to go: went
Rebeka dada kple nɔvia gblɔ be, “Míedi be Rebeka naganɔ mía gbɔ ŋkeke ewo lɔƒo teti, ekema ate ŋu ayi.”
56 and to say to(wards) them not to delay [obj] me and LORD to prosper way: journey my to send: depart me and to go: went to/for lord my
Ke aƒedzikpɔla la ɖe kuku be, “Migaxe mɔ na nye tɔtrɔ o. Yehowa ŋutɔ na nu si ta meva la dze edzi nam, eye medi be mayi aɖana akɔnta nye aƒetɔ.”
57 and to say to call: call to to/for maiden and to ask [obj] lip her
Wogblɔ be, “Enyo, míayɔ ɖetugbi la abia gbee.”
58 and to call: call to to/for Rebekah and to say to(wards) her to go: went with [the] man [the] this and to say to go: went
Ale woyɔ Rebeka, eye wobiae be, “Èlɔ̃ be yeadze ŋutsu sia yomea?” Rebeka ɖo eŋu be, “Ɛ̃, mayi.”
59 and to send: depart [obj] Rebekah sister their and [obj] to suckle her and [obj] servant/slave Abraham and [obj] human his
Ale wodo hedenyui nɛ, eye woɖe nyɔnu si kpɔ edzi tso ɖevime la kpe ɖe eŋu, hekpe ɖe Abraham ƒe dɔla kple eŋumewo ŋuti.
60 and to bless [obj] Rebekah and to say to/for her sister our you(f. s.) to be to/for thousand myriad and to possess: take seed: children your [obj] gate to hate him
Le kaklãɣi la, woyrae kple nya siawo: “Mía nɔvi lɔlɔ̃a, nadzi ame akpe akpewo wò dzidzimeviwo naɖu woƒe futɔwo katã dzi.”
61 and to arise: rise Rebekah and maiden her and to ride upon [the] camel and to go: follow after [the] man and to take: take [the] servant/slave [obj] Rebekah and to go: journey
Ale Rebeka kple eƒe dɔlanyɔnuwo de kposɔawo dzi, eye wodzo kple Abraham ƒe aƒedzikpɔla la.
62 and Isaac to come (in): come from to come (in): come Beer-lahai-roi Beer-lahai-roi Beer-lahai-roi and he/she/it to dwell in/on/with land: country/planet [the] Negeb
Fifia Isak, ame si ƒe aƒe le Negeb la, trɔ va Ber Lahai Roi.
63 and to come out: come Isaac to/for to meditate in/on/with land: country to/for to turn evening and to lift: look eye his and to see: see and behold camel to come (in): come
Gbe ɖeka fiẽ esi wònɔ tsa ɖim le gbedzi nɔ gbe dom ɖa la, ekpɔ kposɔwo gbɔna ɖa.
64 and to lift: look Rebekah [obj] eye her and to see: see [obj] Isaac and to fall: fall from upon [the] camel
Rebeka kpɔe ɖa, eye wòɖi enumake le kposɔ la dzi.
65 and to say to(wards) [the] servant/slave who? [the] man this [the] to go: walk in/on/with land: country to/for to encounter: meet us and to say [the] servant/slave he/she/it lord my and to take: take [the] shawl and to cover
Rebeka bia aƒedzikpɔla la be, “Ame kae ma le zɔzɔm le gbedzi gbɔna mía kpe ge?” Eɖo eŋu be, “Nye aƒetɔ ƒe viŋutsue!” Ale Rebeka tsɔ motsyɔnu tsyɔ mo.
66 and to recount [the] servant/slave to/for Isaac [obj] all [the] word: thing which to make: do
Tete aƒedzikpɔla la gblɔ ŋutinya blibo la na Isak.
67 and to come (in): bring her Isaac [the] tent [to] Sarah mother his and to take: marry [obj] Rebekah and to be to/for him to/for woman: wife and to love: lover her and to be sorry: comfort Isaac after mother his
Isak kplɔ Rebeka de dadaa ƒe agbadɔ me, eye wòzu srɔ̃a. Isak lɔ̃ srɔ̃a ŋutɔ, eye Rebeka zu akɔfafa tɔxɛ nɛ le dadaa ƒe ku megbe.