1 Mose 9
1 Afei, Onyankopɔn hyiraa Noa ne ne mmammarima no ka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Monwo, na monyɛ bebree nhyɛ asase so ma.
So 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 living creature of the earth, and upon every bird of the heavens, —over everything that moveth along on the ground, and over all the fishes of the sea, —into your hand, have they been given.
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.
As for every moving thing that hath life, yours, shall it be, for food, —Like the green herb, have I given you all things.
4 “Nanso, ɛnsɛ sɛ mowe aboa a wɔntwaa ne mene mmaa ne mogya no nguiɛ no ɛnam.
Yet flesh with the life thereof, the blood thereof, shall ye 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 surely your blood, of your lives, will I require, From the hand of every living creature, will I require it, —and from the hand of man From the hand of each one’s 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.
He that sheddeth man’s blood, by man, shall his blood be shed, —For, in the image of God, made he man.
7 Mo deɛ, monwo, na monyɛ bebree. Mo ase mfɛe asase so, na monnɔɔso.”
Ye, therefore, be fruitful and multiply, swarm in the earth and multiply therein.
8 Afei, Onyankopɔn ka kyerɛɛ Noa ne ne mmammarima a wɔka ne ho no sɛ,
And God spake unto Noah, and unto his sons with him saying:
9 “Ɛnnɛ, me ne mo ne mo asefoɔ a wɔbɛwo wɔn no
I, therefore, behold me! establishing 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 that is with you, of birds, of tame-beasts and of all wild-beasts of the earth that are with you, —of all coming forth out of the ark, even to all wild-beasts 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.”
yea, I will establish my covenant with you, so that all flesh shall not be cut off any more, by reason of the waters of a flood, —neither shall there be any more a 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 which I am granting betwixt me and you, and every living soul that is with you, —to age-abiding generations: —
13 Mato me nyankontɔn wɔ omununkum mu. Ɛno na ɛbɛyɛ apam a ɛbɛda me ne asase ntam.
My bow, have I set in the cloud, —and it shall be for a sign of a covenant, betwixt 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 be when I draw a veil of cloud over the earth, —and the bow in the cloud appeareth,
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.
then will I remember my covenant which is betwixt me and you, and every living soul among all flesh, —that the waters may no more 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.”
so the bow shall be in the cloud, —and I will behold it, to remember an age-abiding covenant, between God, and every living soul among all flesh that is on 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 unto Noah, This is the sign of the covenant which have established, between me and all flesh that is on 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 came forth out of the ark, were—Shem and Ham and Japheth, —now, Ham, was the father of Canaan.
19 Yeinom ne Noa mmammarima. Wɔn mu na nnipa a, wɔahwete wɔ asase so nyinaa firi baeɛ.
These three, were the sons of Noah, —and from these, was all the earth overspread.
20 Noa yɛ okuafoɔ a ɔdii ɛkan. Ɔyɛɛ bobefuo.
And Noah began to be a husbandman, —so he planted a vineyard:
21 Ɛda bi, ɔnom bobesa no bi boroeɛ, ma ɔdaa ne ntomadan mu adagya.
and dank of the wine and became drunk, and uncovered himself in the midst of 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 his father’s shame, —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 a mantle, and put it on the shoulder of them both and went backwards, and covered the shame of their father, but their faces were backwards, and the shame of their father, saw they not.
24 Ɛberɛ a Noa ani so tetee no, na ɔhunuu deɛ ne kaakyire no ayɛ no,
And Noah awoke from his wine, —and came to know 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, Accursed be Canaan, —a servant of servants, shall he be 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 Yahweh, God of Shem, —And let Canaan be their servant:
27 Onyankopɔn ntrɛ Yafet ase ne nʼasase mu. Yafet ntena Sem ntomadan mu, na Kanaan nyɛ nʼakoa.”
God give extension to Japheth, But make his habitation in the tents of Shem, And let Canaan be their servant.
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.
so, all the days of Noah, were—nine hundred and fifty years, —and he died.
