< Mose 1 28 >
1 Isak yɔ Yakob, yrae, eye wògblɔ nɛ be, “Mègaɖe Kanaan nyɔnu siawo dometɔ aɖeke o,
Then Izhak called Iaakob and blessed him, and charged him, and sayde vnto him, Take not a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
2 ke boŋ yi Padan Aram enumake, eye nàge ɖe tɔgbuiwò Betuel ƒe aƒe me, eye nàɖe nɔviwò siwo nye nyruiwò, Laban vinyɔnuwo la dometɔ ɖeka.
Arise, get thee to Padan Aram to the house of Bethuel thy mothers father, and thence take thee a wife of the daughters of Laban thy mothers brother.
3 Mawu Ŋusẽkatãtɔ nayra wò, ana viwòwo nasɔ gbɔ, eye nàzu dukɔ gã aɖe!
And God all sufficient blesse thee, and make thee to encrease, and multiplie thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people,
4 Mawu nana yayra gã siwo ŋugbe wòdo na Abraham la nava wò kple wò dzidzimeviwo dzi. Anyigba si dzi míele fifia abe amedzrowo ene la nazu tɔwò, elabena Mawu tsɔe na Abraham.”
And giue thee the blessing of Abraham, euen to thee and to thy seede with thee, that thou mayest inherite the lande (wherein thou art a stranger, ) which God gaue vnto Abraham.
5 Ale Isak na Yakob yi Padan Aram be wòakpɔ nyruia Laban, ame si nye Betuel Arameatɔ la ƒe viŋutsu eye wòganye Yakob kple Esau dadaa Rebeka nɔviŋutsu la ɖa.
Thus Izhak sent forth Iaakob, and he went to Padan Aram vnto Laban sonne of Bethuel the Aramite, brother to Rebekah, Iaakobs and Esaus mother.
6 Esau kpɔ be ye fofo Isak yra Yakob, eye wòɖoe ɖe Padan Aram be wòaɖe srɔ̃ le afi ma, ke ede se na Yakob be, “Megaɖe Kanaan nyɔnu o.”
When Esau sawe that Izhak had blessed Iaakob, and sent him to Padan Aram, to set him a wife thence, and giuen him a charge when he blessed him, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan,
7 Yakob ɖo to fofoa kple dadaa, eye wòyi Padan Aram.
And that Iaakob had obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan Aram:
8 Esau de dzesii be Kanaan nyɔnuawo medze ye fofo Isak ŋu o.
Also Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan displeased Izhak his father,
9 Ale Esau yi etɔgã, Ismael ƒe ƒome me, eye wòɖe srɔ̃ bubu eve tso afi ma kpe ɖe srɔ̃ siwo nɔ esi xoxo la ŋu. Srɔ̃ yeye siawo dometɔ ɖekae nye Mahalat, Nebayɔt nɔvi kple Ismael si nye Abraham ƒe viŋutsu la ƒe vinyɔnu.
Then went Esau to Ishmael, and tooke vnto the wiues, which he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abrahams sonne, the sister of Nabaioth, to be his wife.
10 Yakob dzo le Beerseba, eye wòɖo ta Haran.
Now Iaakob departed from Beer-sheba, and went to Haran,
11 Esi zã do la, etsi teƒe aɖe dɔ, eye wòziɔ kpe aɖe abe suɖui ene be yeadɔ alɔ̃.
And he came vnto a certaine place, and taried there al night, because the sunne was downe, and tooke of the stones of the place, and layde vnder his head and slept in the same place.
12 Eku drɔ̃e kpɔ atsrɔe aɖe si didi tso anyigba yi ɖatɔ dziƒo, eye wòkpɔ mawudɔlawo nɔ eliam ganɔ ɖiɖim.
Then he dreamed, and behold, there stoode a ladder vpon the earth, and the top of it reached vp to heauen: and loe, the Angels of God went vp and downe by it.
13 Ekpɔ Yehowa wònɔ atsrɔe la tame, eye wògblɔ be, “Nyee nye Yehowa, Abraham ƒe Mawu kple fofowò Isak ƒe Mawu. Anyigba si dzi nèmlɔ la, matsɔe ana wò kple wò dzidzimeviwo,
And behold, the Lord stoode aboue it, and sayd, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Izhak: the land, vpon the which thou sleepest, wil I giue thee and thy seede.
14 elabena wò dzidzimeviwo asɔ gbɔ abe ʋuʋudedi ene! Woakaka ɖe anyigba dzi tso ɣedzeƒe yi ɣetoɖoƒe, tso anyiehe yi dziehe, eye woayra dukɔwo katã le xexea me to wò kple wò dzidzimeviwo dzi.
And thy seede shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the West, and to the East, and to the North, and to the South, and in thee and in thy seede shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
15 Gawu la, meli kpli wò, makpɔ tawò le afi sia afi si nàyi la, eye makplɔ wò nàgbɔ ava anyigba sia dzi dedie. Manɔ kpli wò va se ɖe esime matsɔ nu siwo katã ŋugbe medo na wò la ana wò.”
And lo, I am with thee, and wil keepe thee whithersoeuer thou goest, and will bring thee againe into this lande: for I will not forsake thee vntill I haue performed that, that I haue promised thee.
16 Esime Yakob nyɔ tso alɔ̃ me la, egblɔ be, “Vavã, Yehowa le afi sia, gake nyemenya o.”
Then Iaakob awoke out of his sleepe, and sayde, Surely the Lord is in this place, and I was not aware.
17 Egblɔ be, “Aleke gbegbe teƒe sia dzi ŋɔe! Teƒe sia menye teƒe bubu aɖeke wu Mawu ƒe aƒe o. Esiae nye dziƒogbo la.”
And he was afraid, and said, How fearefull is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heauen.
18 Yakob fɔ ŋdi kanya, ɖi kpe si wòziɔ la abe ŋkuɖodzikpe ene, eye wòkɔ ami ɖe edzi.
Then Iaakob rose vp early in the morning, and tooke the stone that hee had layde vnder his head, and set it vp as a pillar, and powred oyle vpon the top of it.
19 Ena ŋkɔ teƒea be Betel si gɔmee nye “Mawu ƒe Aƒe.” Tsã la, woyɔ du si te ɖe afi ma ŋu la be Luz.
And he called ye name of that place Bethel: notwithstanding the name of the citie was at the first called Luz.
20 Yakob ɖe adzɔgbe na Mawu be, “Ne Mawu ave nunye, akpɔ tanye le nye mɔzɔzɔ sia me, ana nuɖuɖu kple nutatam,
Then Iaakob vowed a vowe, saying, If God will be with me, and will keepe me in this iourney which I go, and wil giue me bread to eate, and clothes to put on:
21 eye wòakplɔm magbɔ ava fofonye gbɔ dedie la, ekema matia Yehowa abe nye Mawu ene!
So that I come againe vnto my fathers house in safetie, then shall the Lord be my God.
22 Ŋkuɖodzikpe sia azu mawusubɔƒe, eye matsɔ nu sia nu si nànam la ƒe ewolia ana wò!”
And this stone, which I haue set vp as a pillar, shall be Gods house: and of all that thou shalt giue me, wil I giue the tenth vnto thee.