1 Mose 9
1 Afei, Onyankopɔn hyiraa Noa ne ne mmammarima no ka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Monwo, na monyɛ bebree nhyɛ asase so ma.
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.
2 Mo ho hu ne mo ho suro bɛtɔ mmoa a wɔwɔ asase so nyinaa ne ewiem nnomaa nyinaa ne abɔdeɛ biara a wɔnam asase so ne nsuo mu mpataa nyinaa so. Wɔn nyinaa hyɛ mo nsa.
And let the fear of you and the dread of you be upon every animal of the earth, and upon all fowl of the heavens: upon all that moveth [on] the ground; and upon all the fishes of the sea: into your hand are they delivered.
3 Biribiara a nkwa wɔ mu, na ɛkeka ne ho no bɛyɛ mo aduane. Sɛdeɛ mede nhahammono hyɛɛ mo nsa no, afei deɛ, mede biribiara ma mo.
Every moving thing that liveth shall be food for you: as the green herb I give you everything.
4 “Nanso, ɛnsɛ sɛ mowe aboa a wɔntwaa ne mene mmaa ne mogya no nguiɛ no ɛnam.
Only, the flesh with its life, its blood, ye shall not eat.
5 Wo nkwa deɛ, deɛ ɛbɛyɛ biara, mɛbisa ho akontabuo. Onipa a ɔkum ne yɔnko onipa no, mɛbisa no ho asɛm. Mpo, aboa biara a ɔbɛkum onipa no, mewɔ saa aboa no nso asɛmmisa. Mɛbisa onipa kra ho asɛm.
And indeed your blood, [the blood] of your lives, will I require: at the hand of every animal will I require it, and at the hand of Man, at the hand of each [the blood] of his brother, will I require the life of Man.
6 “Obiara a ɔhwie onipa mogya guo no, onipa so na wɔnam bɛhwie ɔno nso mogya aguo, ɛfiri sɛ, Onyankopɔn no ara sɛso na ɔbɔɔ onipa.
Whoso sheddeth Man's blood, by Man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God he hath made Man.
7 Mo deɛ, monwo, na monyɛ bebree. Mo ase mfɛe asase so, na monnɔɔso.”
And ye, be fruitful and multiply: swarm on the earth, and multiply on it.
8 Afei, Onyankopɔn ka kyerɛɛ Noa ne ne mmammarima a wɔka ne ho no sɛ,
And God spoke to Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
9 “Ɛnnɛ, me ne mo ne mo asefoɔ a wɔbɛwo wɔn no
And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
10 ne abɔdeɛ biara a nkwa wɔ mu a na wɔwɔ mo nkyɛn wɔ adaka no mu yɛ apam: nnomaa, nyɛmmoa ne wiram mmoa a wɔne mo firi adaka no mu no baeɛ nyinaa, ne abɔdeɛ biara a nkwa wɔ mu a wɔwɔ asase so.
and with every living soul which is with you, fowl as well as cattle, and all the animals of the earth with you, of all that has gone out of the ark — every animal of the earth.
11 Me ne mo yɛ mʼapam sɛ: Meremfa nsuyire nsɛe abɔdeɛ biara a nkwa wɔ mu a ɛwɔ asase so. Saa ara nso na meremfa nsuyire nsɛe asase bio da.”
And I establish my covenant with you, neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood, and henceforth there shall be no flood to destroy the earth.
12 Na Onyankopɔn kaa sɛ, “Yei ne apam a me, Onyankopɔn, ne mo ne abɔdeɛ a nkwa wɔ mu biara a wɔka mo ho no ne nkyirimma nyinaa reyɛ no ho nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ.
And God said, This is the sign of the covenant that I set between me and you and every living soul that is with you, for everlasting generations:
13 Mato me nyankontɔn wɔ omununkum mu. Ɛno na ɛbɛyɛ apam a ɛbɛda me ne asase ntam.
I set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be for a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.
14 Ɛberɛ biara a mede omununkum bɛba asase ani, na sɛ nyankontɔn pue wɔ omununkum no mu a,
And it shall come to pass when I bring clouds over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud,
15 mɛkae mʼapam a ɛda me ne mo ne abɔdeɛ a nkwa wɔ mu ahodoɔ no nyinaa ntam. Nsuyire a ɛbɛsɛe abɔdeɛ a nkwa wɔ mu no nyinaa remma da biara da bio.
and I will remember my covenant which is between me and you and every living soul of all flesh; and the waters shall not henceforth become a flood to destroy all flesh.
16 Ɛberɛ biara a nyankontɔn bɛto wɔ omununkum mu no, mɛhunu, na makae apam a ɛwɔ hɔ daa a ɛda me, Onyankopɔn, ne abɔdeɛ a nkwa wɔ mu ahodoɔ nyinaa a wɔwɔ asase yi so ntam no.”
And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living soul of all flesh that is upon the earth.
17 Enti, Onyankopɔn ka kyerɛɛ Noa sɛ, “Yei ne apam a me ne abɔdeɛ biara a nkwa wɔ mu a, wɔwɔ asase yi so ayɛ no ho nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ.”
And God said to Noah, This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.
18 Yeinom ne Noa mmammarima a wɔfiri adaka no mu baeɛ: Sem, Ham ne Yafet. Ham na ɔwoo Kanaan.
And the sons of Noah who went out of the ark were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth. And Ham is the father of Canaan.
19 Yeinom ne Noa mmammarima. Wɔn mu na nnipa a, wɔahwete wɔ asase so nyinaa firi baeɛ.
These three are the sons of Noah; and from these was [the population of] the whole earth spread abroad.
20 Noa yɛ okuafoɔ a ɔdii ɛkan. Ɔyɛɛ bobefuo.
And Noah began [to be] a husbandman, and planted a vineyard.
21 Ɛda bi, ɔnom bobesa no bi boroeɛ, ma ɔdaa ne ntomadan mu adagya.
And he drank of the wine, and was drunken, and he uncovered himself in his tent.
22 Ham a ɔwoo Kanaan no kɔtoo nʼagya Noa sɛ ɔda adagya. Ɔfirii hɔ no, ɔkɔbɔɔ ne nuammarima baanu no amaneɛ.
And Ham the father of Canaan saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren outside.
23 Enti, Sem ne Yafet faa atadeɛ de guu wɔn mmati so, kɔɔ nkyirinkyire de kɔkataa wɔn agya adagya so. Na wɔn ani nkyerɛ wɔn agya enti, wɔanhunu nʼadagya mu.
And Shem and Japheth took the upper garment and both laid [it] upon their shoulders, and went backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father. And their faces were turned away, that they saw not their father's nakedness.
24 Ɛberɛ a Noa ani so tetee no, na ɔhunuu deɛ ne kaakyire no ayɛ no,
And Noah awoke from his wine, and learned what his youngest son had done to him.
25 ɔkaa sɛ, “Nnome nka Ham asefoɔ a wɔyɛ Kanaanfoɔ. Wɔbɛyɛ wɔn nuanom mu nkoa mu nkoa.”
And he said, Cursed be Canaan; Let him be a bondman of bondmen to his brethren.
26 Noa kaa bio sɛ, “Me nhyira a ɛfiri Awurade, me Onyankopɔn, nkyɛn no nka Sem! Kanaan nyɛ Sem akoa.
And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Shem, And let Canaan be his bondman.
27 Onyankopɔn ntrɛ Yafet ase ne nʼasase mu. Yafet ntena Sem ntomadan mu, na Kanaan nyɛ nʼakoa.”
Let God enlarge Japheth, and let him dwell in the tents of Shem, And let Canaan be his bondman.
28 Nsuyire no akyiri no, Noa tenaa ase mfeɛ ahasa ne aduonum.
And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
29 Noa dii mfeɛ aha nkron ne aduonum, ansa na ɔrewu.
And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years; and he died.
