Genesis 9 (EWE)

1Mawu yra Noa kple viawo, eye wògblɔ na wo be, “Midzi ne miasɔ gbɔ ayɔ anyigba blibo la dzi.”And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.

2Vɔvɔ̃ aɖo anyigbadzilãwo katã kple dziƒoxevi ɖe sia ɖe kple lã ɖe sia ɖe si tana kple ƒumelãwo katã ɖe mia ŋu, eye metsɔ wo de asi na mi.The fear and dread of you will fall on every living creature on the earth, every bird of the air, every creature that crawls on the ground, and all the fish of the sea. They are delivered into your hand.

3Nu sia nu si le agbe, eye woʋãna la anye nuɖuɖu na mi. Abe ale si metsɔ amagbewo na mi kpɔ ene la, nenema ke mele nu sia nu tsɔm le asi dem na mi fifia.Everything that lives and moves will be food for you; just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you all things.

4“Ke mele be miaɖu lã si me ʋu metsyɔ le la o.But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.

5Mabia akɔnta mi tso ʋu si le mia me la ŋu. Mabia akɔnta tso lã sia lã ŋu, eye mabia akɔnta ame sia ame hã tso nɔvia ƒe agbe ŋu.And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man:

6“Ame sia ame si akɔ ame ƒe ʋu ɖi la, ame akɔ eya hã ƒe ʋu ɖi, elabena Mawu ƒe nɔnɔme me Mawu wɔe ɖo.Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.

7Ɛ̃, midzi ne miasɔ gbɔ fũu, mikpe xexe blibo la me ɖo, eye miaɖu edzi.”But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out across the earth and multiply upon it.”

8Mawu gblɔ na Noa kple via ŋutsuwo be,Then God said to Noah and his sons with him,

9“Azɔ la, mebla nu kple wò kple wò dzidzimeviwo“Behold, I now establish My covenant with you and your descendants after you,

10kpakple nu gbagbe ɖe sia ɖe si nɔ gbɔwò, xeviawo, aƒemelãawo, lã wɔadãawo katã, nu sia nu si do go tso aɖakaʋu la me kple wò, nu gbagbe ɖe sia ɖe si le anyigba dzi.and with every living creature that was with you—the birds, the livestock, and every beast of the earth—every living thing that came out of the ark.

11Mebla nu kpli wò. Tsiɖɔɖɔ magatsi agbe nu na nu gbagbewo azɔ o. Tsi magaɖɔ, agatsrɔ̃ anyigba akpɔ o.And I establish My covenant with you: Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.”

12Metsɔ dzesi sia tre nubabla sia nu:And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between Me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come:

13Metsɔ nye anyieʋɔ de lilikpowo me abe nye nubabla ƒe dzesi na wò kple anyigbadzitɔwo katã ene va se ɖe xexea me ƒe nuwuwu.I have set My rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.

14Ne mena lilikpowo tsyɔ anyigba dzi la, woakpɔ anyieʋɔ le lilikpoawo me,Whenever I form clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds,

15ekema maɖo ŋku nye nubabla kpli wò kple nu gbagbe ɖe sia ɖe dzi be tsiɖɔɖɔ magava atsrɔ̃ nu gbagbewo azɔ o.I will remember My covenant between Me and you and every living creature of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.

16Ɣe sia ɣi si anyieʋɔ ado ɖe lilikpo me la, makpɔe, eye maɖo ŋku nubabla mavɔ si le Mawu kple nu gbagbe ɖe sia ɖe si le anyigba dzi dome la dzi.”And whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of every kind that is on the earth.”

17Eye Mawu gblɔ na Noa be, “Esiae nye nubabla si mewɔ kple nu gbagbe siwo katã le xexea me la ƒe dzesi.”So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between Me and every creature on the earth.”

18Noa ƒe vi etɔ̃awo ƒe ŋkɔwoe nye Sem, Ham kple Yafet. (Ham nye Kanaantɔwo fofo.)The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham was the father of Canaan.

19Amegbetɔƒome blibo la do tso Noa ƒe viŋutsu etɔ̃ siawo me.These three were the sons of Noah, and from them the whole earth was populated.

20Noa, ame si nye agbledela la de waingble.Now Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard.

21Esi wòno wain la ƒe ɖe la, emu aha, eye wòɖe amama mlɔ anyi ɖe eƒe agbadɔ me.But when he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent.

22Ham, ame si nye Kanaantɔwo fofo la kpɔ fofoa ƒe amame, eye wòyi ɖagblɔe na nɔvia eveawo.And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father’s nakedness and told his two brothers outside.

23Ale Sem kple Yafet lé avɔ aɖe ɖe abɔta, trɔ kɔ ɖe adzɔge, zɔ megbemegbe yi avɔgbadɔ la me, eye wotsɔ avɔ la tsyɔ na wo fofo.Then Shem and Japheth took a garment and placed it across their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.

24Esime Noa ƒe ŋkume kɔ, eye wòse nu si Via ŋutsu suetɔ wɔ ɖe eŋu la,When Noah awoke from his drunkenness and learned what his youngest son had done to him,

25egblɔ be, “Woaƒo fi ade Kanaan; ànye kluvi gblɔetɔ na nɔviwòwo.”he said, “Cursed be Canaan! A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.”

26Eyi edzi be, “Woayra Yehowa, Sem ƒe Mawu. Kanaan nazu kluvi na Sem.He also declared: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the servant of Shem.

27Mawu nekeke Yafet ƒe anyigba ɖe edzi. Yafet nanɔ Sem ƒe agbadɔwo me, eye Kanaan nanye eƒe kluvi.”May God expand the territory of Japheth; may he dwell in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his servant.”

28Noa ganɔ agbe ƒe alafa etɔ̃ blaatɔ̃ (350) le tsiɖɔɖɔ megbe.After the flood, Noah lived 350 years.

29Exɔ ƒe alafa asiekɛ blaatɔ̃ (950) hafi ku.So Noah lived a total of 950 years, and then he died.

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