< Mose 1 11 >

1 Le ɣe ma ɣi me la, amegbetɔƒome blibo la doa gbe ɖeka ko.
And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
2 Esi amewo de asi agbɔsɔsɔ ɖe edzi me la, woɖo ta ɣedzeƒe lɔƒo, eye woke ɖe anyigba aɖe si sɔ la ŋu le Sinar. Eteƒe medidi kura hafi amewo sɔ gbɔ ɖe afi sia o.
And it came to pass, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
3 Wogblɔ na wo nɔewo be, “Miva, mina míame anyikpewo, míaƒo dzo wo nyuie.” Wowɔ anyikpe ŋu dɔ ɖe kpe ŋutɔ teƒe kple aŋɔ yibɔ ɖe anyi teƒe.
And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar.
4 Woyi edzi gblɔ be, “Miva, mina míatso du na mía ɖokui, eye míawɔ gbetakpɔxɔ kɔkɔ aɖe wòayi aɖatɔ dziƒo, be míaƒe ŋkɔ nade du ne míagakaka ɖe anyigba katã dzi o.”
And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top [may reach] unto heaven, and let us make us a name; lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
5 Ke esi Yehowa va kpɔ dua kple mɔ si tum amegbetɔviwo nɔ la,
And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
6 egblɔ be, “Ne woate ŋu awɔ nu siawo katã fifia, esi wònye azɔ koe wodze sii be gbe ɖeka gblɔm yewole, eye dukɔ ɖeka yewonye la, mibu nu si woava wɔ emegbe la ŋu kpɔ! Naneke meli si woado kpo wɔwɔ o.
And the LORD said, Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is what they begin to do: and now nothing will be withholden from them, which they purpose to do.
7 Mina míaɖi ayi anyigba dzi, eye míatɔtɔ woƒe gbe ale be womagase wo nɔewo gɔme o!”
Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.
8 Ale Yehowa ka wo katã hlẽ ɖe anyigba blibo la dzi. Ale du la tsotso nu tso.
So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
9 Eya ta wona ŋkɔ du ma be Babel si gɔmee nye, “Tɔtɔ,” elabena afi ma Yehowa tɔtɔ gbe na amewo le, eye wokaka ɖe afi sia afi le anyigba blibo la dzi.
Therefore was the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
10 Esiae nye Sem ƒe ŋutinya. eve le tsiɖɔɖɔ megbe, esime Sem xɔ ƒe alafa ɖeka la, edzi Arfaxad.
These are the generations of Shem. Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arpachshad two years after the flood:
11 Esi wòdzi Arfaxad megbe la, eganɔ agbe ƒe alafa atɔ̃, eye wògadzi viŋutsu kple vinyɔnu bubuwo.
and Shem lived after he begat Arpachshad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
12 Esi Arfaxad xɔ ƒe blaetɔ̃ vɔ atɔ̃ la, edzi Sela.
And Arpachshad lived five and thirty years, and begat Shelah:
13 Eye esi wòdzi Sela megbe la, Arfaxad ganɔ agbe ƒe alafa ene kple etɔ̃, eye wòdzi viŋutsu kple vinyɔnu bubuwo.
and Arpachshad lived after he begat Shelah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
14 Esi Sela xɔ ƒe blaetɔ̃ la, edzi Eber,
And Shelah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:
15 eye esi wòdzi Eber megbe la, Sela ganɔ agbe ƒe alafa ene kple etɔ̃, eye wòdzi viŋutsu kple vinyɔnu bubuwo.
and Shelah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
16 Esi Eber xɔ ƒe blaetɔ̃-vɔ-ene la, edzi Peleg.
And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:
17 Esi wòdzi Peleg la, Eber ganɔ agbe ƒe alafa ene blaetɔ̃, eye wògadzi viŋutsu kple vinyɔnu bubuwo.
and Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.
18 Esi Peleg xɔ ƒe blaetɔ̃ la, edzi Reu.
And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:
19 Eye esi wòdzi Reu la, Peleg ganɔ agbe ƒe alafa eve kple asiekɛ, eye wògadzi viŋutsu kple vinyɔnu bubuwo.
and Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.
20 Esi Reu xɔ ƒe blaetɔ̃-vɔ-eve la, edzi Serug.
And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:
21 Eye esi wòdzi Serug la, Reu ganɔ agbe ƒe alafa eve kple adre, eye wògadzi viŋutsu kple vinyɔnu bubuwo.
and Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.
22 Esi Serug xɔ ƒe blaetɔ̃ la, edzi Nahor.
And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:
23 Eye esi wòdzi Nahor megbe la, Serug ganɔ agbe ƒe alafa eve, eye wògadzi viŋutsu kple vinyɔnu bubuwo.
and Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
24 Esi Nahor xɔ ƒe blaeve-vɔ-asiekɛ la, edzi Tera.
And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:
25 Eye esi wòdzi Tera la, Nahor ganɔ agbe ƒe alafa ɖeka kple wuiasiekɛ, eye wògadzi viŋutsu kple vinyɔnu bubuwo.
and Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.
26 Esi Tera xɔ ƒe blaadre la, edzi Abram, Nahor kple Haran.
And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
27 Tera ƒe dzidzimeviwo ŋutinya enye si. Tera dzi Abram, Nahor kple Haran; eye Haran dzi Lot.
Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
28 Ke Haran ku kaba le anyigba si dzi wodzii ɖo la dzi si nye Ur le Kaldea le esime fofoa Tera ganɔ agbe ko.
And Haran died in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
29 Abram ɖe fofoa ƒe vi Sarai le esime nɔvia Nahor ɖe Haran si ku la ƒe vi, Milka. Nɔviŋutsu si nɔ Milka sie nye Yiska.
And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
30 Ke Sarai medzi vi aɖeke o.
And Sarai was barren; she had no child.
31 Tera kplɔ via Abram, eƒe tɔgbuiyɔvi Lot, ame si nye Haran ƒe vi la kple via Abram srɔ̃, Sarai, eye wodzo le Ur le Kaldea be yewoayi Kanaanyigba dzi. Ke wotɔ, eye wotso kɔƒe ɖe Haran.
And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran, his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
32 Tera ku le Haran esi wòxɔ ƒe alafa eve kple atɔ̃.
And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.

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