Genesis 10
1 (This is/I will now give) a list of the descendants of Noah’s sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. They had many children after the flood.
Yeinom ne Noa mmammarima: Wɔn ne Sem, Ham ne Yafet asefoɔ. Wɔwowoo mmammarima nsuyire no akyiri.
2 The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
Yafet asefoɔ nie: Gomer, Magog, Media, Yawan, Tubal, Mesek ne Tiras.
3 The sons of Gomer were Askenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
Gomer asefoɔ nie: Askenas, Rifat ne Togarma.
4 The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
Yawan asefoɔ nie: Elisa, Tarsis, Kitim ne Rodanim.
5 Those sons and their families who were descended from Javan lived on the islands and on the land close to the [Mediterranean] Sea. Their descendants became tribes, each with its own language and clans and territory.
Na wɔn asefoɔ bɛyɛɛ ɛpo so adwumayɛfoɔ wɔ nsase ahodoɔ so a na abusuakuo biara ka ne kasa nko.
6 The descendants of Ham were Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.
Ham asefoɔ nie: Kus, Misraim, Put ne Kanaan.
7 The descendants of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The descendants of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.
Kus asefoɔ nie: Seba, Hawila, Sabta, Raama ne Sabteka. Na Raama asefoɔ nso ne: Saba ne Dedan.
8 Another one of Cush’s descendants was Nimrod. Nimrod was the first person on earth who became a mighty warrior.
Kus woo Nimrod. Na Nimrod bɛyɛɛ ɔkofoɔ kɛseɛ wɔ asase so.
9 Yahweh saw that he had become (OR, caused him to become) a great hunter. That is why people say to a great hunter, “Yahweh (sees that you are/has caused you to be) a great hunter like Nimrod.”
Na ɔyɛ ɔbɔmmɔfoɔ kɛseɛ a Awurade ahyira no, na wɔbɔ ne din ka asɛm. Na obiara a ɔyɛ akokoɔdurusɛm no, wɔde no toto Nimrod a na ɔyɛ ɔbɔmmɔfoɔ kɛseɛ a Awurade ahyira no no ho.
10 Nimrod became a king who ruled in Babylonia. The first cities over which he ruled were Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh.
Nʼahennie hyɛɛ aseɛ wɔ Babilonia, Erek, Akad ne Kalne a, ne nyinaa wɔ Sinear asase so.
11 From there he went [with others] to Assyria and built the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,
Ɔfirii saa asase no so trɛɛ nʼahennie mu kɔɔ Asiria, kɔkyekyeree Ninewe. Rehobot-Ir, Kala ne
12 and Resen. Resen was a large city between Nineveh and Calah.
Resen a ɛda Ninewe ne Kala ntam; ɛno na ɛyɛ kuro kɛseɛ wɔ saa ahemman no mu.
13 Ham’s son, Egypt, became the ancestor of the Lud, Anam, Lehab and Naphtuh,
Na Misraim woo Ludfoɔ, Anamfoɔ, Lehabfoɔ, Naftuhfoɔ,
14 Pathrus, Casluh and Caphtor people-groups. The Philistine people were descended from Casluh.
Patrusfoɔ, Kasluhfoɔ ne Kaftorfoɔ a wɔyɛ Filistifoɔ agyanom.
15 Ham’s youngest son, Canaan, became the father of Sidon, who was his eldest son, and Heth, his younger son.
Na Kanaan woo nʼabakan Sidon ne Het.
16 Canaan was also the ancestor of the Jebus, Amor, Girgash,
Yebusifoɔ, Amorifoɔ, Girgasifoɔ,
17 Hiv, Ark, Sin,
Hewifoɔ, Arkifoɔ, Sinifoɔ,
18 Arved, Zemar and Hamath people-groups. Later the descendants of Canaan dispersed over a large area.
Arwadfoɔ, Semarifoɔ ne Hamatifoɔ. Akyire yi, Kanaanfoɔ mmusua no peteeɛ.
19 Their land extended from Sidon [city] in the north as far south as Gaza [town], and then to the east as far as Gerar [town], and then farther east to Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim [towns], and even as far as Lasha [town].
Kanaan nsase ahyeɛ trɛ firii Sidon kɔduruu Gerar de kɔsii Gasa kɔduruu Sodom ne Gomora, Adma, Seboim de kɔsi Lasa.
20 Those are the descendants of Ham. They became groups that had their own clans, their own languages, and their own land.
Yeinom ne Ham asefoɔ a wɔn mmusuakuo, wɔn kasa, wɔn nsase ne wɔn aman da wɔn adi.
21 Shem, the older brother of Japheth, became the father of Eber, and the ancestor of all the descendants of Eber.
Sem a na ne nua panin ne Yafet no nso woo mmammarima. Sem nananom ne Eber mma.
22 The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
Sem asefoɔ nie: Elam, Asur, Arfaksad, Lud ne Aram.
23 The sons of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.
Aram asefoɔ nie: Us, Hul, Geter ne Mas.
24 Arphaxad became the father of Shelah. Shelah became the father of Eber.
Na Arfaksad woo Sela, ɛnna Sela woo Eber.
25 Eber became the father of two sons. One of them was named Peleg, [which means ‘division’], because during the time he lived, people on [MTY] the earth became divided and scattered everywhere. Peleg’s younger brother was Joktan.
Eber woo mmammarima baanu. Abakan no din de Peleg a asekyerɛ ne “nkyekyɛmu” ɛfiri sɛ, ne berɛ so na nnipa a wɔwɔ ewiase mu kyekyɛ kɔɔ kasa ahodoɔ mu na wɔbɔ hweteeɛ. Nʼakyiri ba no din de Yoktan.
26 Joktan became the ancestor of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
Yoktan woo Almodada, Selef, Hasarmawet, Yera,
27 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,
Hadoram, Usal, Dikla,
28 Obal, Abimael, Sheba,
Obal, Abimael, Seba,
29 Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All those people were descended from Joktan.
Ofir, Hawila ne Yobab.
30 The areas in which they lived extended from Mesha westward to Sephar, which is in the (hill country/area that has a lot of hills).
Asase a wɔte so no trɛ firi Mesa kɔsi Sefar, ɔmantam a ɛda bepɔ so wɔ apueeɛ fam no.
31 They are descendants of Shem. They became groups that had their own clans, their own languages, and their own land.
Yeinom ne Sem mmammarima, sɛdeɛ wɔn mmusua ne wɔn kasa, wɔn nsase ne wɔn amanaman te no.
32 All those groups descended from the sons of Noah. Each group had its own (genealogy/record of people’s ancestors) and each became a separate ethnic group. Those ethnic groups formed after the flood and spread all around the earth.
Yeinom ne Noa mmammarima mmusua, sɛdeɛ wɔn awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ te wɔ wɔn amanaman mu. Na ɛfiri yeinom mu na nsuyire no akyiri amanaman petee asase so.
