Mose 1 11
1 Le ɣe ma ɣi me la, amegbetɔƒome blibo la doa gbe ɖeka ko.
So it came to pass that, all the earth, was of one manner of speech, —and of one stock of words.
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 brake away onwards, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and 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.
Then said they, each man to his friend, Come on! let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly, —So the bricks, served them for stone, and bitumen, served them 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 Come on! let us build for ourselves a city, and a tower with its head in the heavens, so let us make for ourselves a name, —lest we be scattered abroad over the face of all the earth.
5 Ke esi Yehowa va kpɔ dua kple mɔ si tum amegbetɔviwo nɔ la,
And Yahweh came down, to behold the city, and the tower, —which the sons of men had built.
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.
Then said Yahweh: Lo! one people and one manner of speech, have they all, this, then is what they have begun to do, —now, therefore, nothing will be withholden from them which they may plan to do.
7 Mina míaɖi ayi anyigba dzi, eye míatɔtɔ woƒe gbe ale be womagase wo nɔewo gɔme o!”
Come on! let us go down, and there confuse their speech, —that they may not understand, each man the speech of his friend.
8 Ale Yehowa ka wo katã hlẽ ɖe anyigba blibo la dzi. Ale du la tsotso nu tso.
So Yahweh scattered them from thence over the face of all the earth, —and so they left off building 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.
For this cause, was the name thereof called Babel ["Confusion"]; because there, did Yahweh confuse the speech of all the earth, —and, from thence, did Yahweh scatter them abroad, over 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 genealogies of Shem, Shem was a hundred years old when he 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 thirty-five 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 thirty-four 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 thirty-two 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 twenty-nine 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, a 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.
These, then 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 Terah his father, —in the land of his birth, 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 to themselves wives; the name of Abram’s wife, was Sarai; and, the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, daughter of Haran father of Milcah, and father of Iscah.
30 Ke Sarai medzi vi aɖeke o.
And, Sarai, remained 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 son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, wife of Abram his son, —and came forth with them out of Ur of the Chaldees, that they might go their way towards the land of Canaan, and they came in as far as 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.
