1 Mose 6
1 Ɛberɛ a nnipa dɔɔso wɔ asase so no, wɔwoo mmammaa.
And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters were born to them,
2 Onyankopɔn mmammarima no hunuu sɛ nnipa mmammaa no ho yɛ fɛ enti, deɛ obiara pɛ no no, ɔfaa no wareeɛ.
that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair. And they took to them wives of all that they chose.
3 Afei, Awurade kaa sɛ, “Me honhom rentena nnipa mu nkɔsi daa, ɛfiri sɛ, wɔyɛ ɔhonam; na wɔn nkwa nna bɛyɛ mfeɛ ɔha aduonu.”
And Jehovah said, My Spirit shall not abide in man forever, for he also is flesh. Yet shall his days be a hundred and twenty years.
4 Saa ɛberɛ no, na nnipa akwabrane wɔ asase no so. Ɛberɛ a Onyankopɔn mmammarima yi kɔɔ nnipa mmammaa yi ho no, wɔne wɔn wowoeɛ. Saa nnipa yi ne kane tete nnipa atitire a na wɔyɛ akofoɔ a wɔgyee edin no.
The giants were on the earth in those days. And also after that, when the sons of God came to the daughters of men, and they bore sons to them, the same were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown.
5 Awurade Onyankopɔn hunuu sɛ adasamma amumuyɛ adɔɔso wɔ asase so, na nnipa nsusuiɛ nyinaa yɛ bɔne nko ara.
And Jehovah saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
6 Ɛyɛɛ Awurade Onyankopɔn awerɛhoɔ sɛ ɔbɔɔ wɔn bɛtenaa asase so. Saa bɔne no yɛɛ Awurade Onyankopɔn awerɛhoɔ.
And Jehovah regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him in his heart.
7 Awurade kaa sɛ, “Mɛpepa nnipa a mabɔ wɔn no afiri asase so; mmoa ne mmoa a wɔwea asase so ne ewiem nnomaa, ɛfiri sɛ, ɛyɛ me ya sɛ mebɔɔ wɔn.”
And Jehovah said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the ground, from man, to beast, to creeping things, and birds of the heavens, for I regret that I have made them.
8 Nanso, Noa deɛ, ɔnyaa adom Awurade anim.
But Noah found favor in the eyes of Jehovah.
9 Noa awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ nie. Na Noa yɛ onipa teneneeni a ne ho nni asɛm wɔ ne berɛsofoɔ mu. Ɔyɛɛ Onyankopɔn apɛdeɛ.
These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, perfect in his generations. Noah walked with God.
10 Noa woo mmammarima baasa na wɔn din de Sem, Ham ne Yafet.
And Noah begot three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
11 Na bɔne ahyɛ asase so ma a amumuyɛsɛm adɔɔso.
And the earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
12 Onyankopɔn hunuu saa bɔne yi nyinaa wɔ asase so, hunuu awurukasɛm ne amumuyɛsɛm, afanan nyinaa nso.
And God saw the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.
13 Enti, Onyankopɔn ka kyerɛɛ Noa sɛ, “Esiane sɛ nnipa ama basabasa aba asase so enti, mɛsɛe nnipa ne asase a wɔte so no nyinaa.
And God said to Noah, The end of all flesh has come before me, for the earth is filled with violence through them, and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
14 Fa ɔwawa dua yɛ adaka. Yɛ adan wɔ Adaka no mu, na fa ama ka emu ne akyire nyinaa.
Make thee an ark of gopher wood. Thou shall make rooms in the ark, and shall pitch it inside and outside with pitch.
15 Sei na ɛsɛ sɛ woyɛ no: ma ne tenten nyɛ anammɔn ahanan aduonum, ne trɛ anammɔn aduɔson enum, na ne ɔsorokɔ nso nyɛ anammɔn aduanan enum.
And this is how thou shall make it: The length of the ark three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
16 Bɔ adaka no so. Ma ne ɔsorokɔ nyɛ bɛyɛ sɛ nsateakwaa dunwɔtwe. Fa ɛpono to adaka no nkyɛn, na yɛ nsamsoɔ mmiɛnsa; deɛ ɛdi ɛkan, deɛ ɛda ntam ne deɛ ɛwɔ soro.
Thou shall make a light for the ark, and thou shall finish it to a cubit upward. And thou shall set the door of the ark in the side of it, with lower, second, and third stories thou shall make it.
17 Tie! Mede nsuyire bɛkata asase so nyinaa, na mede asɛe abɔdeɛ a nkwa wɔ mu; biribiara a nkwa wɔ mu no, ne nyinaa bɛwuwu.
And I, behold, I bring the flood of waters upon this earth, to destroy all flesh, in which is the breath of life, from under heaven. Everything that is on the earth shall die.
18 Na wo deɛ, me ne wo bɛyɛ apam; na wo, wo mmammarima, wo yere ne wo mmammarima yerenom nyinaa ne wo bɛba Adaka no mu.
But I will establish my covenant with thee. And thou shall come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.
19 Ɛsɛ sɛ wode abɔdeɛ a nkwa wɔ mu nyinaa, mmienu mmienu a, ɛyɛ onini ne ɔbereɛ a, wo ne wɔn bɛtena adaka no mu nsuyire berɛ no a, wɔnwuwuo.
And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort thou shall bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee. They shall be male and female.
20 Nnomaa ahodoɔ biara mmienu, mmoa biara mmienu, ne abɔdeɛ biara a ɛwea asase so mmienu bɛba wo nkyɛn, na woahwɛ wɔn, na wɔanwuwu.
Of the birds according to their kind, and of the cattle according to their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground according to its kind. Two of every sort shall come to thee, to keep them alive.
21 Afei, fa nnuane ahodoɔ a, wɔdie na kora. Ɛno na ɛbɛyɛ wo ne wɔn nnuane a mobɛdi.”
And take thou to thee of all food that is eaten, and gather it to thee, and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.
22 Noa yɛɛ biribiara pɛpɛɛpɛ, sɛdeɛ Onyankopɔn ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ ɔnyɛ no.
Thus Noah did; according to all that God commanded him, so he did.
The World is Destroyed by Water
