Mose 1 11
1 Le ɣe ma ɣi me la, amegbetɔƒome blibo la doa gbe ɖeka ko.
At first, all the people in [MTY] the world spoke the same language [DOU].
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.
As people moved further east, they arrived at a plain in Babylonia region and began to live 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 they said to each other, “(Hey/Come on), let’s form bricks and bake them to make them hard, for building!” So they used bricks instead of stones, and used tar instead of (mortar/a mixture of cement, sand and lime) to hold them together.
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.”
They said, “Hey, let’s build a city for ourselves! We also ought to build a very high tower that reaches up to the sky! In that way we will become famous! If we do not do this, we will be scattered all over the earth!”
5 Ke esi Yehowa va kpɔ dua kple mɔ si tum amegbetɔviwo nɔ la,
So they began to build the city and the tower. Then Yahweh looked down and saw the city and the tower that those [puny] men were building.
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.
Yahweh said, “These people are one group that all speak the same language. If they have begun to do this now, then (there is nothing that they will decide to do that will be impossible for them/they will be able to do whatever they decide to do) [LIT]!
7 Mina míaɖi ayi anyigba dzi, eye míatɔtɔ woƒe gbe ale be womagase wo nɔewo gɔme o!”
So, okay/now, we will go down there and cause there to be many different languages, so that they will not be able to understand each other.”
8 Ale Yehowa ka wo katã hlẽ ɖe anyigba blibo la dzi. Ale du la tsotso nu tso.
So Yahweh did that. As a result, the people stopped building the city, and Yahweh caused them to disperse all over the earth.
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.
The city was called Babel which means ‘confusion’, because there Yahweh caused the people to become confused because the people [MTY] spoke [different languages that the others could not understand], not just one language. From there Yahweh caused them to disperse all over the earth.
10 Esiae nye Sem ƒe ŋutinya. eve le tsiɖɔɖɔ megbe, esime Sem xɔ ƒe alafa ɖeka la, edzi Arfaxad.
(This is a bigger list/I will now tell you more) of the descendants of Shem: Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arpachshad.
11 Esi wòdzi Arfaxad megbe la, eganɔ agbe ƒe alafa atɔ̃, eye wògadzi viŋutsu kple vinyɔnu bubuwo.
After Arpachshad was born, Shem lived 500 more years and had more sons and daughters.
12 Esi Arfaxad xɔ ƒe blaetɔ̃ vɔ atɔ̃ la, edzi Sela.
When Arphachshad was 35 years old, he became the father of Shelah.
13 Eye esi wòdzi Sela megbe la, Arfaxad ganɔ agbe ƒe alafa ene kple etɔ̃, eye wòdzi viŋutsu kple vinyɔnu bubuwo.
After Shelah was born, Arpachshad lived 403 more years and became the father of more sons and daughters.
14 Esi Sela xɔ ƒe blaetɔ̃ la, edzi Eber,
When Shelah was 30 years old, he became the father of Eber.
15 eye esi wòdzi Eber megbe la, Sela ganɔ agbe ƒe alafa ene kple etɔ̃, eye wòdzi viŋutsu kple vinyɔnu bubuwo.
After Eber was born, Shelah lived 403 more years and became the father of other sons and daughters.
16 Esi Eber xɔ ƒe blaetɔ̃-vɔ-ene la, edzi Peleg.
When Eber was 34 years old, he became the father of Peleg.
17 Esi wòdzi Peleg la, Eber ganɔ agbe ƒe alafa ene blaetɔ̃, eye wògadzi viŋutsu kple vinyɔnu bubuwo.
After Peleg was born, Eber lived 430 more years and became the father of other sons and daughters.
18 Esi Peleg xɔ ƒe blaetɔ̃ la, edzi Reu.
When Peleg was 30 years old, he became the father of Reu.
19 Eye esi wòdzi Reu la, Peleg ganɔ agbe ƒe alafa eve kple asiekɛ, eye wògadzi viŋutsu kple vinyɔnu bubuwo.
After Reu was born, Peleg lived 209 more years and became the father of other sons and daughters.
20 Esi Reu xɔ ƒe blaetɔ̃-vɔ-eve la, edzi Serug.
When Reu was 32 years old, he became the father of Serug.
21 Eye esi wòdzi Serug la, Reu ganɔ agbe ƒe alafa eve kple adre, eye wògadzi viŋutsu kple vinyɔnu bubuwo.
After Serug was born, Reu lived 207 more years and became the father of other sons and daughters.
22 Esi Serug xɔ ƒe blaetɔ̃ la, edzi Nahor.
When Serug was 30 years old, he became the father of Nahor.
23 Eye esi wòdzi Nahor megbe la, Serug ganɔ agbe ƒe alafa eve, eye wògadzi viŋutsu kple vinyɔnu bubuwo.
After Nahor was born, Serug lived 200 more years and became the father of other sons and daughters.
24 Esi Nahor xɔ ƒe blaeve-vɔ-asiekɛ la, edzi Tera.
When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah.
25 Eye esi wòdzi Tera la, Nahor ganɔ agbe ƒe alafa ɖeka kple wuiasiekɛ, eye wògadzi viŋutsu kple vinyɔnu bubuwo.
After Terah was born, Nahor lived 119 more years and became the father of other sons and daughters.
26 Esi Tera xɔ ƒe blaadre la, edzi Abram, Nahor kple Haran.
When Terah was 70 years old, his son Abram was born. Later, two other sons, Nahor and Haran were born.
27 Tera ƒe dzidzimeviwo ŋutinya enye si. Tera dzi Abram, Nahor kple Haran; eye Haran dzi Lot.
(This is/I will now give) a list of the descendants of Terah: Terah’s sons were Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran’s son was named 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.
Haran died before his father died. He died in Ur [city] in Chaldea land, where he was born.
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.
Abram and Nahor both married. Abram’s wife was named Sarai, and Nahor’s wife was named Milcah. Milcah and her younger sister Iscah were the daughters of Haran.
30 Ke Sarai medzi vi aɖeke o.
Sarai was unable to bear any children.
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.
Terah decided to leave Ur and go to live in Canaan land. So he took his son Abram and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and Abram’s wife Sarai with him. But instead of going to Canaan, they stopped at Haran [town] and lived there.
32 Tera ku le Haran esi wòxɔ ƒe alafa eve kple atɔ̃.
When Terah was 205 years old, he died there in Haran.
