Genesis
28 Enti Isak frɛɛ Yakob, na ɔhyiraa no ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ: “Hwɛ na woanware Kaananni baa.+ 2 Sɔre kɔ Padan-Aram, wo maame papa Betuel fie, na ware+ wo wɔfa Laban mma mmaa no mu baako. 3 Adeɛ nyinaa so Tumfoɔ Nyankopɔn bɛhyira wo ama w’ase atrɛ ayɛ bebree, na wobɛyɛ mmusuakuo a wɔdɔɔso.+ 4 Na ɔde Abraham nhyira+ bɛma wo ne w’asefoɔ* a wɔka wo ho, na wobɛfa asaase a woabɛsoɛ so a Onyankopɔn de ama Abraham no.”+
5 Enti Isak gyaa Yakob kwan na ɔsiim sɛ ɔrekɔ Aramni Betuel ba Laban nkyɛn wɔ Padan-Aram.+ Ná Laban yɛ Yakob ne Esau maame Rebeka nuabarima.+
6 Esau huu sɛ Isak ahyira Yakob, na wagya no kwan kɔ Padan-Aram sɛ ɔnkɔware wɔ hɔ, na berɛ a ɔhyiraa no no, ɔka kyerɛɛ no sɛ: “Nware Kaananni baa biara.”+ 7 Afei nso, ɔhuu sɛ Yakob atie ne papa ne ne maame, na wasi kwan so rekɔ Padan-Aram.+ 8 Esau bɛhuu sɛ ne papa Isak ani nnye Kaananfoɔ mmaa ho,+ 9 enti Esau kɔɔ Abraham ba Ismael nkyɛn kɔwaree ne babaa Mahalat kaa ne yerenom ho. Ná ɔyɛ Nebaiot nuabaa.+
10 Yakob firii Beer-Seba de n’ani kyerɛɛ Haran.+ 11 Afei ɔkɔduruu beaeɛ bi, na ɔyɛɛ n’adwene sɛ ɔbɛda hɔ ɛfiri sɛ na enwunu adwo. Enti ɔfaa boɔ bi de yɛɛ sumiiɛ, na ɔdaa hɔ.+ 12 Ɔsoo daeɛ, na ɔhuu sɛ stɛps* bi wɔ asaase so na n’atifi kɔpem soro, na Onyankopɔn abɔfoɔ redi aforosiane wɔ so.+ 13 Hwɛ! Ná Yehowa wɔ stɛps no atifi, na ɔkaa sɛ:
“Mene Yehowa, w’agya Abraham Nyankopɔn ne Isak Nyankopɔn.+ Mede asaase a woda so yi bɛma wo ne w’asefoɔ.*+ 14 W’asefoɔ* bɛyɛ sɛ asaase so anwea na w’ase bɛtrɛ akɔ baabiara,+ atɔeɛ ne apueeɛ, atifi ne anaafoɔ; na asaase so mmusua nyinaa nam wo ne w’asefoɔ* so bɛnya nhyira.+ 15 Mɛdi w’akyi, na baabiara a wobɛkɔ no, mɛhwɛ wo so, na mɛsan de wo aba asaase yi so,+ na merennya wo kɔsi sɛ mɛyɛ deɛ mahyɛ wo bɔ no.”+
16 Afei Yakob nyaneeɛ, na ɔkaa sɛ: “Ampa ara Yehowa wɔ ha, nanso na mennim.” 17 Ehu kaa no, na ɔkaa sɛ: “Ɛha yɛ hu papaapa! Ɛha nyɛ baabiara sɛ Onyankopɔn fie,+ na ɔsoro pono ano nie.”+ 18 Enti Yakob sɔree anɔpatutuutu na ɛboɔ a ɔde yɛɛ sumiiɛ no, ɔde sii hɔ yɛɛ edum, na ɔhwiee ngo guu so.+ 19 Enti ɔtoo hɔ din Betel;* nanso kane no, na wɔfrɛ hɔ Lus.+
20 Afei Yakob kaa ntam sɛ: “Sɛ Onyankopɔn di m’akyi hwɛ me so wɔ m’akwantuo yi mu, na ɔma me aduane* di ma me ataadeɛ hyɛ, 21 na mesan kɔ me papa fie asomdwoeɛ mu a, ɛnneɛ na Yehowa akyerɛ sɛ ɔyɛ me Nyankopɔn ampa. 22 Na ɛboɔ a mede ayɛ edum yi bɛyɛ Onyankopɔn fie,+ na biribiara a wode bɛma me no, mɛhwɛ akyɛ mu du ama wo baako.”