1 Mose 11
1 Ɛberɛ bi, na nnipa a wɔwɔ asase so nyinaa ka kasa korɔ.
And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
2 Saa nnipa yi tu baa apueeɛ fam no, wɔbɛtoo asase tamaa wɔ Babilonia asase so, na wɔtenaa hɔ.
And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
3 Wɔdwennwenee ho sɛ, “Momma yɛntwa ntayaa na yɛnto mma ɛmmen yie.” Wɔde ntayaa no sii aboɔ anan na wɔde ama hyehyɛɛ ntam.
And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and bitumen had they for mortar.
4 Afei, wɔdwennwenee ho bio sɛ, “Momma yɛnkyekyere kuro kɛseɛ, na yɛnsi abantenten a ne sorɔnsorɔmmea duru sorosoro wɔ kuro no mu, na yɛnnye edin, na yɛanhwete wɔ asase so.”
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 Awurade siane firii soro baa fam, bɛhunuu kuro kɛseɛ a wɔrekyekyere no ne abantenten a wɔresi no.
And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.
6 Afei, Awurade kaa sɛ, “Sɛ nnipa korɔ a wɔka kasa baako afiti aseɛ redi saa dwuma yi a, ɛnneɛ biribiara a wɔbɔ wɔn tirim sɛ wɔbɛyɛ no renyɛ wɔn den.
And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
7 Mommra na yɛnkɔ asase so, na yɛnkɔtoto wɔn kasa, na obiara nya ne kasa, sɛdeɛ obiara nte ne yɔnko kasa.”
Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
8 Ɛnam yei so maa Awurade hwetee nnipa no nyinaa mu, ma wɔpetee asase so nyinaa, ma wɔgyaee kuro kɛseɛ no kyekyere.
So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
9 Ɛno enti na wɔfrɛɛ kuro kɛseɛ no Babel, ɛfiri sɛ, ɛhɔ na Awurade totoo kasa baako a na wɔka wɔ ewiase nyinaa saa ɛberɛ no, maa wɔn kasa hodoɔ. Ɛfiri hɔ na Awurade hwetee nnipa no nyinaa mu, ma wɔpetee asase so nyinaa.
Therefore is 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 Yei ne Sem asefoɔ ho asɛm. Nsuyire no akyiri, mfeɛ mmienu no a na Sem adi mfeɛ ɔha no, ɔwoo Arfaksad.
These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and brings forth Arphaxad two years after the flood:
11 Sem woo Arfaksad akyiri no, ɔtenaa ase mfeɛ aha enum, wowoo mmammarima ne mmammaa bi nso kaa ho.
And Shem lived after he brings forth Arphaxad five hundred years, and brings forth sons and daughters.
12 Arfaksad nso dii mfeɛ aduasa enum no, ɔwoo Sela.
And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and brings forth Salah:
13 Arfaksad woo Sela no, akyire yi, ɔtenaa ase mfeɛ ahanan ne mmiɛnsa, wowoo mmammarima ne mmammaa bi nso kaa ho.
And Arphaxad lived after he brings forth Salah four hundred and three years, and brings forth sons and daughters.
14 Sela dii mfeɛ aduasa no, ɔwoo Eber.
And Salah lived thirty years, and brings forth Eber:
15 Sela woo Eber no, akyire yi, ɔtenaa ase mfeɛ ahanan ne mmiɛnsa, wowoo mmammarima ne mmammaa bi nso kaa ho.
And Salah lived after he brings forth Eber four hundred and three years, and brings forth sons and daughters.
16 Eber dii mfeɛ aduasa ɛnan no, ɔwoo Peleg.
And Eber lived four and thirty years, and brings forth Peleg:
17 Eber woo Peleg no, akyire yi, ɔtenaa ase mfeɛ ahanan ne aduasa, wowoo mmammarima ne mmammaa bi nso kaa ho.
And Eber lived after he brings forth Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and brings forth sons and daughters.
18 Peleg dii mfeɛ aduasa no, ɔwoo Reu.
And Peleg lived thirty years, and brings forth Reu:
19 Peleg woo Reu no, akyire yi, ɔtenaa ase mfeɛ ahanu ne nkron, wowoo mmammarima ne mmammaa bi nso kaa ho.
And Peleg lived after he brings forth Reu two hundred and nine years, and brings forth sons and daughters.
20 Reu dii mfeɛ aduasa mmienu no, ɔwoo Serug.
And Reu lived two and thirty years, and brings forth Serug:
21 Reu woo Serug no, akyire yi, ɔtenaa ase mfeɛ ahanu ne nson, wowoo mmammarima ne mmammaa bi nso kaa ho.
And Reu lived after he brings forth Serug two hundred and seven years, and brings forth sons and daughters.
22 Serug dii mfeɛ aduasa no, ɔwoo Nahor.
And Serug lived thirty years, and brings forth Nahor:
23 Serug woo Nahor no, akyire yi, ɔtenaa ase mfeɛ ahanu wowoo mmammarima ne mmammaa bi nso kaa ho.
And Serug lived after he brings forth Nahor two hundred years, and brings forth sons and daughters.
24 Nahor dii mfeɛ aduonu nkron no, ɔwoo Tera.
And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and brings forth Terah:
25 Nahor woo Tera no, akyire yi, ɔtenaa ase mfeɛ ɔha ne dunkron, wowoo mmammarima ne mmammaa bi nso kaa ho.
And Nahor lived after he brings forth Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and brings forth sons and daughters.
26 Tera dii mfeɛ aduɔson no, ɔwoo Abram, Nahor ne Haran.
And Terah lived seventy years, and brings forth Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
27 Yei ne Tera asefoɔ ho asɛm. Tera woo Abram, Nahor ne Haran. Na Haran woo Lot.
Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah brings forth Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran brings forth Lot.
28 Ɛberɛ a Haran agya Tera te ase no, Haran wuu baabi a wɔwoo no a wɔfrɛ hɔ Ur a, ɛwɔ Kaldea asase so no.
And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
29 Abram ne Nahor warewareeɛ. Na Abram yere din de Sarai, na Nahor nso yere din de Milka a, na ɔyɛ Haran babaa. Saa Haran yi na ɔwowoo Milka ne Iska.
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 Na Sarai yɛ obonini; na ɔnni ba.
But Sarai was barren; she had no child.
31 Tera faa ne babarima Abram ne ne nana Lot, a ɔyɛ Haran babarima ne nʼase baa Sarai, a na ɔyɛ ne babarima Abram yere no, ne wɔn nyinaa siim firii Ur a ɛwɔ Kaldea asase so sɛ, wɔrekɔ Kanaan asase so. Na wɔduruu Haran no, wɔtenaa hɔ.
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 dii mfeɛ ahanu ne enum, na ɔwuu wɔ Haran.
And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.
