1 Mose
17 Benɛ Abram ye jeha 99 ɔ, Yehowa je e he kpo kɛ tsɔɔ Abram nɛ e de lɛ ke: “Imi ji Mawu Ope ɔ nɛ. Moo bu mi,* nɛ piami* ko nɛ ko hi o he. 2 Ma ma somi ɔ nɛ ngɛ i kɛ mo wa kpɛti ɔ nɔ mi, nɛ ma ha nɛ o nina maa hiɛ babauu nitsɛ.”
3 Benɛ e de jã a, Abram ngɔ e hɛ mi kɛ bu si, nɛ Mawu ya nɔ nɛ e kɛ lɛ tu munyu, nɛ e de ke: 4 “Hyɛ! imi lɛ i kɛ mo so, nɛ bɔ fɛɛ bɔ nɛ ji ɔ, o ma ba pee je mahi babauu a tsɛ. 5 A be mo tsɛe ke Abram* hu; a ma tsɛ mo ke Abraham,* ejakaa ma ha nɛ o maa pee je mahi babauu a tsɛ. 6 Ma ha nɛ o sisi bimɛ maa hiɛ babauu nitsɛ, nɛ ma ha nɛ o ma ba pee je mahi, nɛ matsɛmɛ maa je o mi.
7 “Nɛ ma ye somi nɛ ngɛ i kɛ mo, kɛ o nina* nɛ maa ba ngɛ o se ɔ wa kpɛti ɔ nɔ kaa neneene somi, a yi nɔhi tsuo, nɛ ji kaa ma pee Mawu ha o kɛ o nina* a. 8 Nɛ ma ngɔ zugba a nɛ o hi nɔ kaa nubwɔ ɔ, nɛ ji Kanaan zugba a tsuo kɛ ha o kɛ o nina* nɛ maa ba ngɛ o se ɔ, konɛ e pee a nɔ́ kɛ ya neneene, nɛ ma pee a Mawu.”
9 Mawu ya nɔ nɛ e de Abraham ke: “Moo lɛɛ, ye ye somi ɔ nɔ, o kɛ o nina* nɛ maa ba ngɛ o se ɔ, nɛ́ a pee jã a yi nɔhi tsuo. 10 Enɛ ɔ ji somi nɛ ngɛ i kɛ nyɛ wa kpɛti nɛ́ nyɛɛ kɛ nyɛ nina* nɛ maa ba ngɛ nyɛ se ɔ maa ye nɔ: Á po nyumu fɛɛ nyumu nɛ e ngɛ nyɛ kpɛti ɔ. 11 E sa nɛ a po nyɛ mɔmlɔtɔ, nɛ e maa pee somi nɛ ngɛ i kɛ nyɛ wa kpɛti ɔ he okadi. 12 Nyumu fɛɛ nyumu nɛ e ngɛ nyɛ kpɛti nɛ e ye ligbi kpaanyɔ ɔ, a po lɛ, nɔ nɛ a fɔ lɛ ngɛ we ɔ mi jio, nɔ nɛ e pi nyɛ nina* se nyɛɛ kɛ sika he lɛ ngɛ ma se no ko dɛ jio. Nyɛɛ pee enɛ ɔ nyɛ yi nɔhi tsuo. 13 Nyumu fɛɛ nyumu nɛ a fɔ lɛ ngɛ o we ɔ mi, kɛ nyumu fɛɛ nyumu nɛ o ngɔ o sika kɛ he lɛ ɔ, a po lɛ, nɛ ye somi nɛ ngɛ nyɛ he lo mi ɔ maa pee neneene somi. 14 Ke nyumu mɔmlɔtɔtsɛ ko ke e be e mɔmlɔtɔ ɔ poe ɔ, á gbe jamɛ a nɔ ɔ.* E yi ye somi ɔ nɔ.”
15 Kɛkɛ nɛ Mawu de Abraham ke: “O yo Sarai* lɛɛ, ko tsɛ lɛ ke Sarai hu, ejakaa a ma tsɛ lɛ ke Sara.* 16 Ma jɔɔ lɛ, nɛ jehanɛ hu ma gu e nɔ kɛ ha mo binyumu; ma jɔɔ o yo ɔ nɛ e ma ba pee je mahi; nɛ matsɛmɛ maa je e mi.”* 17 Kɛkɛ nɛ Abraham ngɔ e hɛ mi kɛ bu si nɛ e bɔni muɔmi, nɛ e de ngɛ e tsui mi ke: “Anɛ a ma nyɛ ma fɔ ha nyumu nɛ e ye jeha 100 lo? Nɛ anɛ Sara, yo nɛ e ye jeha 90 ɔ hu ma nyɛ ma fɔ lo?”
18 Kɛkɛ nɛ Abraham de anɔkuale Mawu ɔ ke: “Ishmael yi nɛ ná wami ngɛ o hɛ mi!” 19 Kɛkɛ nɛ Mawu de ke: “O yo Sara ma fɔ binyumu ha mo kokooko, nɛ o maa wo lɛ biɛ ke Isak.* Nɛ ma ma ye somi ɔ nɔ mi ha lɛ, nɛ e maa pee neneene somi kɛ ha e nina* nɛ maa ba ngɛ e se ɔ. 20 Se ngɛ Ishmael blɔ fa mi ɔ, i nu nɔ́ nɛ o de ɔ. Hyɛ! Ma jɔɔ lɛ nɛ ma ha nɛ e ma fɔ babauu, nɛ ma ha nɛ e nina maa hiɛ babauu nitsɛ. E ma fɔ ganɔhi 12, nɛ ma ha nɛ e ma ba pee je ma ngua. 21 Se ma ma ye somi ɔ nɔ mi ha Isak, nɛ ji bi nɛ Sara ma fɔ ha mo jeha kaa kikɛ nɛ ɔ.”
22 Benɛ Mawu kɛ Abraham tu munyu ta a, e je* Abraham he. 23 Kɛkɛ nɛ Abraham ngɔ e binyumu Ishmael kɛ nyumuhi tsuo nɛ a fɔ mɛ ngɛ e we ɔ mi, kɛ nɔ fɛɛ nɔ nɛ e ngɔ sika kɛ he lɛ, nyumu fɛɛ nyumu nɛ ngɛ Abraham we ɔ mi ɔ, nɛ e po a mɔmlɔtɔ jamɛ a ligbi ɔ nɔuu kaa bɔ nɛ Mawu de lɛ ke e pee ɔ. 24 Abraham ye jeha 99 benɛ e ha nɛ a po e mɔmlɔtɔ ɔ. 25 Nɛ e binyumu Ishmael ye jeha 13 benɛ a po e mɔmlɔtɔ ɔ. 26 Jamɛ a ligbi ɔ nɔuu ɔ, a po Abraham, nɛ a po e binyumu Ishmael hulɔ. 27 Nyumuhi tsuo nɛ a ngɛ e we ɔ mi ɔ, nɔ nɛ a fɔ lɛ ngɛ we ɔ mi jio, nɔ nɛ a kɛ sika he lɛ ngɛ ma se no ko dɛ jio, a po e kɛ mɛ tsuo.