1 Mose 11
1 Bere bi, na nnipa a wɔwɔ asase so nyinaa ka kasa koro.
So it came to pass that, all the earth, was of one manner of speech, —and of one stock of words.
2 Saa nnipa yi tu baa apuei fam no, wɔbɛtoo asase tamaa wɔ Babilonia asase so, na wɔtenaa hɔ.
And it came to pass as they brake away onwards, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and dwelt there.
3 Wosisee wɔn ho wɔn ho se, “Momma yentwa ntayaa na yɛnto mma ɛmmen yiye.” Na wɔde ntayaa ne ama na esi adan.
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 Na wɔkae bio se, “Momma yɛnkyekye kurow kɛse, na yensi abantenten a ne sorɔnsorɔmmea du ɔsorosoro wɔ kurow no mu, na yennye din, na yɛanhwete wɔ asase so.”
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 Awurade sian fii ɔsoro baa fam, behuu kurow kɛse a wɔrekyekyere no ne abantenten a wɔresi no.
And Yahweh came down, to behold the city, and the tower, —which the sons of men had built.
6 Awurade kae se, “Sɛ nnipa koro a wɔka kasa baako afi ase redi saa dwuma yi a, ɛno de biribiara a wɔbɔ wɔn tirim sɛ wɔbɛyɛ no renyɛ wɔn den.
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 Mommra na yɛnkɔ asase so, na yɛnkɔtoto wɔn kasa, na obiara nnya ne kasa, sɛnea obiara nte ne yɔnko kasa.”
Come on! let us go down, and there confuse their speech, —that they may not understand, each man the speech of his friend.
8 Ɛnam eyi so maa Awurade hwetee nnipa no nyinaa mu ma wɔpetee asase so nyinaa, maa wogyaee kurow kɛse no kyekyere.
So Yahweh scattered them from thence over the face of all the earth, —and so they left off building the city.
9 Ɛno nti na wɔfrɛɛ kurow kɛse no Babel, efisɛ, ɛhɔ na Awurade totoo kasa baako a na wɔka wɔ wiase nyinaa saa bere no, maa wɔn kasa ahorow. Efi hɔ na Awurade hwetee nnipa no nyinaa mu ma wɔpetee asase so nyinaa.
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 Eyi ne Sem asefo ho asɛm. Nsuyiri no akyi, mfe abien no a na Sem adi mfe ɔha no, ɔwoo Arfaksad.
These, are the genealogies of Shem, Shem was a hundred years old when he begat Arpachshad, two years after the flood
11 Sem woo Arfaksad akyi no ɔtenaa ase mfe ahannum, wowoo mmabarima ne mmabea bi nso kaa ho.
and Shem lived after he begat Arpachshad, five hundred years, —and begat sons and daughters.
12 Arfaksad nso dii mfe aduasa anum no, ɔwoo Sela.
And, Arpachshad, lived thirty-five years, —and begat Shelah;
13 Arfaksad woo Sela akyi no ɔtenaa ase mfe ahannan ne abiɛsa, wowoo mmabarima ne mmabea bi nso kaa ho.
and Arpachshad lived after he begat Shelah, four hundred and three years, —and begat sons and daughters.
14 Sela dii mfe aduasa no, ɔwoo Eber.
And, Shelah, lived thirty years, —and begat Eber;
15 Sela woo Eber akyi no ɔtenaa ase mfe ahannan ne abiɛsa, wowoo mmabarima ne mmabea bi nso kaa ho.
and Shelah lived, after he begat Eber, four hundred and three years, —and begat sons and daughters.
16 Eber dii mfe aduasa anan no, ɔwoo Peleg.
And Eber lived thirty-four years, —and begat Peleg;
17 Eber woo Peleg akyi no ɔtenaa ase mfe ahannan ne aduasa, wowoo mmabarima ne mmabea bi nso kaa ho.
and Eber lived after he begat Peleg, four hundred and thirty years, —and begat sons and daughters.
18 Peleg dii mfe aduasa no, ɔwoo Reu.
And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:
19 Peleg woo Reu akyi no ɔtenaa ase mfe ahannu ne akron, wowoo mmabarima ne mmabea bi nso kaa ho.
and Peleg lived after he begat Reu, two hundred and nine years, —and begat sons and daughters.
20 Reu dii mfe aduasa abien no, ɔwoo Serug.
And Reu lived thirty-two years—and begat Serug;
21 Reu woo Serug akyi no ɔtenaa ase mfe ahannu ne ason, wowoo mmabarima ne mmabea bi nso kaa ho.
and Reu lived after he begat Serug, two hundred and seven years, —and begat sons and daughters.
22 Serug dii mfe aduasa no, ɔwoo Nahor.
And Serug lived thirty years, —and begat Nahor;
23 Serug woo Nahor akyi no ɔtenaa ase mfe ahannu wowoo mmabarima ne mmabea bi nso kaa ho.
and Serug lived after he begat Nahor, two hundred years, —and begat sons and daughters.
24 Nahor dii mfe aduonu akron no, ɔwoo Tera.
And Nahor lived twenty-nine years, —and begat Terah;
25 Nahor woo Tera akyi no ɔtenaa ase mfe ɔha ne dunkron, wowoo mmabarima ne mmabea bi nso kaa ho.
and Nahor lived, after he begat Terah, a hundred and nineteen years, —and begat sons and daughters.
26 Tera dii mfe aduɔson no, ɔwoo Abram, Nahor ne Haran.
And Terah lived seventy years, —and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
27 Eyi ne Tera asefo ho asɛm. Tera woo Abram, Nahor ne Haran. Na Haran woo Lot.
These, then are the generations of Terah, Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran, —and, Haran, begat Lot;
28 Bere a Haran agya Tera te ase no, Haran wuu wɔ faako a wɔwoo no a wɔfrɛ hɔ Ur, a ɛwɔ Kaldea asase so no.
and Haran died, in the presence of Terah his father, —in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees.
29 Abram ne Nahor warewaree. Na Abram yere din de Sarai, na Nahor nso yere din de Milka a na ɔyɛ Haran babea. Saa Haran yi na ɔwoo Milka ne Iska.
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 Na Sarai yɛ obonin; na onni ba.
And, Sarai, remained barren, —she had no child,
31 Tera faa ne babarima Abram ne ne nena Lot, a ɔyɛ Haran babarima ne nʼasebea Sarai, a na ɔyɛ ne babarima Abram yere no, ne wɔn nyinaa sii mu fii Ur a ɛwɔ Kaldea asase so sɛ wɔrekɔ Kanaan asase so. Na woduu Haran no, wɔtenaa hɔ.
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 dii mfe ahannu ne anum, na owui wɔ Haran.
And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years, —and Terah died in Haran.
