2 Mose 1:1-22
1 Jehanɛ ɔ, Israel binyumuhi nɛ a piɛɛ Yakob he kɛ ba Egipt ɔ a biɛhi ji nɛ ɔmɛ nɛ; a ti nɔ fɛɛ nɔ ngɔ e weku kɛ ba:
2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, kɛ Yuda;
3 Isakar, Zebulun, kɛ Benyamin;
4 Dan kɛ Naftali; Gad kɛ Asher.
5 Nihi* tsuo nɛ a fɔ kɛ ha Yakob* ɔ ji nimli* 70, se Yosef lɛɛ e ngɛ Egipt momo.
6 Pee se ɔ, Yosef ba gbo, nɛ e nyɛminyumu ɔmɛ tsuo kɛ jamɛ a yi nɔ ɔ tsuo hu ba gbo.
7 Israel bi ɔmɛ* ba fɔ nɛ a he ba bɔni hiɛmi babauu, a he ngɛ wae wawɛɛ nitsɛ, nɛ a yibɔ ɔ hu ngɛ hɛ mi yae mlamlaamla, nɛ lɔ ɔ ha nɛ a ba hyi zugba a nɔ tɔ.
8 Be komɛ a se ɔ, matsɛ ehe ko ba ye Egipt nɔ, se lɛɛ e li Yosef.
9 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, e de e we bi ɔmɛ ke: “Nyɛɛ hyɛ! Israel bi ɔmɛ a he hiɛ pe wɔ nɛ a he hu wa pe wɔ.
10 Nyɛ ha nɛ waa to a he ga. Ke pi jã a, a maa ya nɔ maa hiɛ babauu, nɛ ke ta ko ba te si ɔ, a ma ya piɛɛ wa he nyɛli ɔmɛ a he nɛ a maa hwu kɛ si wɔ, nɛ a maa je ma a mi.”
11 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, a hla ní tsumi kpakpataa nɔ hyɛli* kɛ da a nya konɛ a ngɔ ní tsumi nɛ he wa kɛ wa mɛ yi mi. Kɛkɛ nɛ Israel bi ɔmɛ ma ma nguahi nɛ́ a kɛ maa pee nito hehi, nɛ ji Pitom kɛ Rameses kɛ ha Farao.
12 Se be abɔ nɛ a ngɛ mɛ yi mi wae ɔ, jã nɔuu nɛ a he ngɛ hiɛe nɛ jã nɔuu nɛ a ngɛ gbɛe kɛ ngɛ fĩae, lɔ ɔ he ɔ, sawale nu mɛ ngɛ Israel bi ɔmɛ a he je.
13 Enɛ ɔ he ɔ, Egipt bi ɔmɛ nyɛ Israel bi ɔmɛ a nɔ kɛ wo nyɔguɛ si himi mi nɛ a ha nɛ a tsu ní tsumi nɛ he wa.
14 A haa nɛ a tsuaa zu kɛ peeɔ mɔta kɛ bliikisi, nɛ a tsuɔ ní tsumi nɛ he wa. A tsuɔ nyɔguɛ ní tsumi nɛ he wa slɔɔtohi ngɛ nga a nɔ, nɛ enɛ ɔ ha nɛ si himi ɔ mi ba wa ha mɛ. Ee, a ha nɛ a tsu ní ngɛ si fɔfɔɛhi nɛ a mi wa mi, nɛ a tsu nyɔguɛhi a ní tsumi slɔɔtohi tsuo.
15 Pee se ɔ, Egipt matsɛ ɔ kɛ Hebri fɔlɔyihi nɛ a biɛ ji Shifra kɛ Pua a tu munyu,
16 nɛ e de mɛ ke: “Ke nyɛ ngɛ Hebri yi ɔmɛ fɔe ɔ, nyɛɛ hyɛ jokuɛ ɔ nɛ a fɔ ɔ,* ke e ji nyumu ɔ, nyɛɛ gbe lɛ; se ke e ji yo ɔ, lɛɛ e hi wami mi.”
17 Se fɔlɔyi ɔmɛ yeɔ anɔkuale Mawu ɔ gbeye, nɛ a pee we nɔ́ nɛ Egipt matsɛ ɔ de mɛ ɔ. Mohu ɔ, a baa binyumu ɔmɛ a yi.
18 Be komɛ a se ɔ, Egipt matsɛ ɔ tsɛ fɔlɔyi ɔmɛ nɛ e bi mɛ ke: “Mɛni he je nɛ nyɛ baa binyumu ɔmɛ a yi ɔ?”
19 Fɔlɔyi ɔmɛ de Farao ke: “Hebri yi ɔmɛ be kaa Egipt yi ɔmɛ. Mɛɛ lɛɛ a ngɛ he wami, nɛ loko fɔlɔyo ko maa su a ngɔ ɔ, a fɔ momo.”
20 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, Mawu pee fɔlɔyi ɔmɛ kpakpa, nɛ Israel bi ɔmɛ ya nɔ nɛ a he hiɛ, nɛ a he wa wawɛɛ nitsɛ.
21 Nɛ akɛnɛ fɔlɔyi ɔmɛ yeɔ anɔkuale Mawu ɔ gbeye he je ɔ, e ha nɛ a ná mɛ nitsɛmɛ a wekuhi pee se.
22 Nyagbenyagbe ɔ, Farao fã e we bi ɔmɛ tsuo ke: “Nyɛ sake binyumu fɛɛ binyumu nɛ Hebri bi ɔmɛ ma fɔ ɔ kɛ fɔ Nilo Pa a mi, se nyɛɛ baa a biyi ɔmɛ tsuo a yi.”
Sisi Ningmahi
^ Aloo “Klaahi.”
^ Ngɛ Hebri gbi mi ɔ, “Nihi tsuo nɛ a je Yakob fiɔ mi.”
^ Aloo “klaahi.”
^ Ngɛ Hebri gbi mi ɔ, “Israel binyumu ɔmɛ.”
^ Aloo “ní tsumi nya dali.”
^ Ngɛ Hebri gbi mi ɔ, “na mɛ ngɛ bi fɔmi sɛ̃ ɔ nɔ.”
