Genesis
16 Saa berɛ no, na Abram yere Sarai nwoo ba biara mmaa no,+ nanso na ɔwɔ Egyptni abaawa bi a wɔfrɛ no Hagar.+ 2 Ɛnna Sarai ka kyerɛɛ Abram sɛ: “Mesrɛ wo tie me. Yehowa asi m’awoɔ ho kwan. Enti mesrɛ wo, wo ne m’abaawa yi nna, na ebia ɔbɛwo ama me.”+ Na Abram tiee Sarai. 3 Enti Sarai de n’abaawa Hagar a ɔyɛ Egyptni no maa ne kunu Abram wareeɛ. Saa berɛ no, na Abram atena Kaanan asaase so mfeɛ du. 4 Na ɔne Hagar daeɛ, na ɔnyinsɛneeɛ. Berɛ a ɔhunuu sɛ wanyinsɛn no, afei deɛ na n’ani nsɔ ne maame a ɔne no te no bio.
5 Ɛnna Sarai ka kyerɛɛ Abram sɛ: “M’amanehunu yi nyinaa firi wo. Me ara na mede m’abaawa maa wo;* afei a wahu sɛ wanyinsɛn no, n’ani nsɔ me bio. Yehowa mmu me ne wo ntam atɛn.” 6 Enti Abram ka kyerɛɛ Sarai sɛ: “Hwɛ! W’abaawa no wɔ wo nsam. Deɛ wopɛ biara, fa yɛ no.” Ɛnna Sarai dii n’ani ara maa no dwane firii ne nkyɛn.
7 Akyire yi, Yehowa bɔfoɔ huu no wɔ abura bi ho wɔ serɛ so wɔ Sur+ kwan so. 8 Na ɔbisaa no sɛ: “Sarai abaawa Hagar, ɛhe na wofiri na ɛhe na worekɔ?” Ɔbuaa sɛ: “Mefiri me maame Sarai nkyɛn na meredwane.” 9 Afei Yehowa bɔfoɔ no ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ: “San kɔ wo maame no nkyɛn na kɔbrɛ wo ho ase ma no.”* 10 Ɛnna Yehowa bɔfoɔ no ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ: “Mɛma w’asefoɔ* adɔɔso paa, na obiara rentumi nkan wɔn.”+ 11 Yehowa bɔfoɔ no toaa so sɛ: “Seesei woanyinsɛn, na wobɛwo ɔbabarima, na to ne din Ismael,* ɛfiri sɛ amanehunu a worefa mu no, Yehowa ate. 12 Wo ba no bɛyɛ sɛ serɛ so afunumu.* Na ɔbɛko atia obiara, na obiara bɛko atia no; baabi a ɔbɛtena no, ɔne ne nuanom nyinaa bɛdi nhwɛanimu.”*
13 Ɛnna ɔbɔɔ Yehowa a ɔne no kasae no din frɛɛ no kaa sɛ: “Woyɛ Onyankopɔn a wohunu adeɛ ampa.”+ Na ɔkaa sɛ: “Enti m’ani paa na mede ahunu deɛ ɔhu me no?” 14 Ɛno nti wɔfrɛɛ abura no Beer-Lahai-Roi.* (Ɛwɔ Kades ne Bered ntam.) 15 Na Hagar woo ɔbabarima maa Abram, na Abram too ne ba no din Ismael.+ 16 Berɛ a Hagar woo Ismael no, na Abram adi mfeɛ 86.