Mose I, 35

Mawu gbaa Yakob ngɛ Betel

1 ⓡ Mawu de Yakob ke, “Yaa Betel esɔ, nɛ o ya hi lejɛ ɔ. Yaa ma bɔ sami la tɛ ngɛ lejɛ ɔ ha imi, Mawu ɔ nɛ i je ye he kpo ngɔ tsɔɔ mo, benɛ o tu o nyɛmi Esau nya fo ɔ.”

2 Kɛkɛ nɛ Yakob de e yi ɔmɛ, kɛ e bimɛ ɔmɛ, kɛ nɔ tsuaa nɔ nɛ kɛ lɛ ngɛ ɔ ke, “Nyɛ jé ma se mawu ɔmɛ nɛ ngɛ nyɛ dɛ ɔ ngɔ pue he; nyɛɛ tsukɔ nyɛ he, nɛ nyɛɛ wo tadehi nɛ a he tsɔ.

3 Wa ngɛ hiɛ ɔ jee kɛ yaa Betel. Ma ma bɔ sami la tɛ ngɛ lejɛ ɔ ha Mawu ɔ nɛ piɛ ye he ngɛ ye amanehlu be ɔ mi, nɛ e kɛ mi ngɛ kɛ ba si mwɔnɛ nɛ ɔ.”

4 A ngɔ a ma se mawu ɔmɛ tsuo nɛ ngɛ a dɛ ɔ, kɛ a tue nya ní ɔmɛ ba ha Yakob; nɛ Yakob pu ngɛ tso ngua a sisi ngɛ Shekem kasa nya.

5 Benɛ Yakob kɛ e yi ɔmɛ, e bimɛ ɔmɛ, kɛ e we bi ɔmɛ hia kɛ yaa a, sawale nu ni ɔmɛ ngɛ ma amɛ nɛ bɔle mɛ ɔ a mi; lɔ ɔ he ɔ, a nyɛɛ we a se.

6 Yakob kɛ e we bi ɔmɛ tsuo ba su Luz, ngɛ Kanaan zugba a nɔ. Ma nɛ ɔ biɛ kpa ji Betel.

7 Yakob ma bɔ sami la tɛ ngɛ lejɛ ɔ, nɛ e kɛ Betel Mawu ɔ biɛ wo lɛ; ejakaa lejɛ ɔ ji he nɛ Mawu je e he kpo ngɔ tsɔɔ lɛ ngɛ, benɛ e tu e nyɛmi Esau nya fo ɔ.

8 Bimɛanyɛ ɔ nɛ hyɛ Rebeka ngɛ e jokuɛ mi, nɛ a tsɛɛ lɛ Debora a ba gbo, nɛ a pu lɛ ngɛ tso ngua a sisi, ngɛ Betel leneyi je. Enɛ ɔ he je ɔ, a wo lejɛ ɔ biɛ ke, “Tso ngua he nɛ a woɔ ya ngɛ.”

9 Benɛ Yakob je Mesopotamia kɛ ba a, Mawu je e he kpo ngɔ tsɔɔ lɛ ekohu, nɛ e gbaa lɛ.

10 ⓢ Mawu de lɛ ke, “O biɛ ji Yakob; se kɛ je mwɔnɛ ɔ kɛ yaa a, a be mo tsɛe ja hu; a ma tsɛ mo Israel.” Kɛkɛ nɛ Mawu wo lɛ biɛ ke Israel.

11 ⓣ Jehanɛ Mawu de lɛ ke, “Imi ji Mawu Ope ɔ nɛ; mo fɔ bimɛ babauu. Niinɛ, je mahi kɛ matsɛmɛ maa je o mi.

12 Zugba a nɛ i ngɔ kɛ ha Abraham kɛ Isak ɔ, i kɛ ma ha mo kɛ o nina.”

13 Kɛkɛ nɛ Mawu je e he ngɛ he nɛ e kɛ lɛ tu munyu ngɛ ɔ.

14 ⓤ Yakob kɛ kaimi tɛ ko ma si ngɛ he nɛ Mawu kɛ lɛ ba tu munyu ngɛ ɔ. E plɛ wai kɛ oliv nu ngɔ pue nɔ, nɛ e kɛ pee tɛ ɔ klɔuklɔu kɛ ha Mawu.

15 E wo lejɛ ɔ biɛ ke Betel; e sisi ji Mawu we.

Rahel gbenɔ

16 Yakob kɛ e yi ɔmɛ, kɛ e bimɛ ɔmɛ hia kɛ je Betel, nɛ a pue blɔ. Benɛ e piɛ bɔɔ nɛ a maa su Efrat ɔ, Rahel fɔmi be su, nɛ e nu kɔɔmi nɛ nya wa.

17 Benɛ e fɔmi ɔ he ba wa a, fɔlɔyo ɔ nɛ ngɛ lɛ hyɛe ɔ de lɛ ke, “Rahel, koo ye gbeye; o fɔ binyumu ekohu!”

18 Se Rahel miɔ nɛ e ma gbo. Loko e ma e nya a, e wo bi ɔ nɛ e fɔ ɔ ke Benoni;[46] se e tsɛ lɛɛ biɛ nɛ e wo lɛ ji Benyamin.[47]

19 Benɛ Rahel gbo ɔ, a pu lɛ ngɛ blɔ nɛ yaa Efrat ɔ he. Amlɔ nɛ ɔ lɛɛ a tsɛɛ Efrat ma a ke Betlehem.

20 Yakob kɛ kaimi tɛ ma Rahel yɔkɔ ɔ nɔ, nɛ tɛ ɔ ngɛ lejɛ ɔ kɛ ba si mwɔnɛ ɔ.

21 Yakob, nɛ e biɛ tsake pee Israel ɔ, tsa e nyɛɛmi ɔ nɔ, nɛ e ya ma e bo tsu ɔ ngɛ Eder mɔ ɔ se.

Yakob binyumu ɔmɛ

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22 ⓥ Benɛ Yakob ngɛ jamɛ a zugba a nɔ ɔ, Ruben kɛ Bilha, e tsɛ pla amɛ a ti nɔ kake ɔ ya na bɔmi; nɛ Yakob nu he. Yakob ngɛ binyumuhi nyɔngma kɛ enyɔ.

23 Lea binyumuhi ji nɛ ɔmɛ nɛ: Ruben (Yakob bitɛte), Simeon, Levi, Yuda, Isakar, kɛ Zebulun.

24 Rahel binyumuhi ji Yosef kɛ Benyamin.

25 Rahel mawayo Bilha binyumuhi ji Dan kɛ Naftali.

26 Lea mawayo Zilpa binyumuhi ji Gad kɛ Asher. A fɔ bimɛ nɛ ɔmɛ ha Yakob ngɛ Mesopotamia.

Isak gbenɔ

27 ⓦ Yakob ba e tsɛ Isak ngɔ ngɛ Mamre, he nɛ Abraham kɛ Isak ba to nubwɔ ngɛ ɔ. Mamre biɛ kpa ji Kiriat Arba, aloo Hebron.

28 Isak ye jeha lafa kɛ nyingmi kpaanyɔ,

29 nɛ e gbo benɛ e bwɔ kotokoto; nɛ e bimɛ Esau kɛ Yakob pu lɛ.