Exodus 33
1 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Leave this place, you and the people you brought up out of the land of Egypt, and go to the land that I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when I said, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’
Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose se, “Di saa nnipa a wode wɔn fi Misraim asase so no anim kɔ asase a mede hyɛɛ Abraham, Isak ne Yakob bɔ no so, efisɛ mekae se, ‘Mede saa asase yi bɛma wʼasefo.’
2 And I will send an angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
Mɛsoma ɔbɔfo adi wʼanim na wapam Kanaanfo, Amorifo, Hetifo, Perisifo, Hewifo ne Yebusifo.
3 Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go with you, because you are a stiff-necked people; otherwise, I might destroy you on the way.”
Ɛyɛ asase a ɛwo ne nufusu sen wɔ so. Na me ne mo rentu saa kwan no efisɛ moyɛ nnipa a mo aso yɛ den, na anyɛ a na makɔsɛe mo wɔ ɔkwan so.”
4 When the people heard these bad tidings, they went into mourning, and no one put on any of his jewelry.
Nnipa yi tee saa nsɛnhyew yi no, wotwaa agyaadwo na wɔworɔworɔw wɔn ho nkaa ne nnwinne nyinaa.
5 For the LORD had said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. If I should go with you for a single moment, I would destroy you. Now take off your jewelry, and I will decide what to do with you.’”
Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose se ɔnka nkyerɛ wɔn se, “Moyɛ nnipa a mo aso yɛ den. Na sɛ me ne mo tena bɛyɛ simma baako pɛ koraa mpo a, anyɛ a na matɔre mo ase. Monworɔworɔw mo nkaa ne mo nnwinne a mohyehyɛ no nyinaa na mehu nea mɛyɛ mo.”
6 So the Israelites stripped themselves of their jewelry from Mount Horeb onward.
Eyi akyi no, obiara worɔw ne nnwinne wɔ Bepɔw Horeb so.
7 Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it at a distance outside the camp. He called it the Tent of Meeting, and anyone inquiring of the LORD would go to the Tent of Meeting outside the camp.
Na Mose sii ahyiae ntamadan wɔ nsraban no akyi a obiara a ɔpɛ sɛ ɔne Awurade di nkitaho no kɔ hɔ. Wɔtoo dan no din Ahyiae.
8 Then, whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people would stand at the entrances to their own tents and watch Moses until he entered the tent.
Bere biara a Mose bɛkɔ Ahyiae Ntamadan no mu no, nnipa no nyinaa sɔre begyina wɔn ntamadan no ano hwɛ no kosi sɛ obedu ɔdan no ano.
9 As Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would come down and remain at the entrance, and the LORD would speak with Moses.
Ɔrewura mu a, omununkum fadum behyia no wɔ ɔkwan no ano na Awurade nam mu ne Mose akasa.
10 When all the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance to the tent, they would stand up and worship, each one at the entrance to his own tent.
Bere biara a nnipa no behu omununkum fadum no sɛ egyina ntamadan no pon ano no, wɔn nyinaa bɛsɔre akotow nea wobehu wɔ wɔn ntamadan no pon ano no.
11 Thus the LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young assistant Joshua son of Nun would not leave the tent.
Ɔdan no mu, na Awurade kasa kyerɛ Mose anim ne anim, sɛnea obi ne nʼadamfo di nkɔmmɔ. Na sɛ Mose san kɔ nsraban no hɔ a, aberante a ɔboa no a wɔfrɛ no Yosua (Nun ba) no de, ɔtena Ahyiae Ntamadan no mu ara kosi sɛ Mose bɛsan aba.
12 Then Moses said to the LORD, “Look, You have been telling me, ‘Lead this people up,’ but You have not let me know whom You will send with me. Yet You have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have found favor in My sight.’
Mose ka kyerɛɛ Awurade se, “Daa woka kyerɛ me se, ‘Fa saa nnipa yi kɔ bɔhyɛ asase no so, nanso wonkyerɛɛ me onipa a ɔnka me ho ne me nkɔ. Wuse woyɛ mʼadamfo a woayɛ me adɔe bebree.’
13 Now if indeed I have found favor in Your sight, please let me know Your ways, that I may know You and find favor in Your sight. Remember that this nation is Your people.”
Na sɛ saa na ɛte a, di mʼanim kyerɛ me faako a ɛyɛ wo pɛ sɛ mefa na ama mate wo ase na mafa wo kwan so pɛpɛɛpɛ. Na mma wo werɛ mfi sɛ saa ɔman yi yɛ wo nkurɔfo.”
14 And the LORD answered, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
Na Awurade buaa no se, “Mʼankasa me ne wo bɛkɔ na woadi nkonim.”
15 “If Your Presence does not go with us,” Moses replied, “do not lead us up from here.
Nanso Mose kae se, “Sɛ wo ne yɛn renkɔ de a, mma yemmfi ha nnkɔ.
16 For how then can it be known that Your people and I have found favor in Your sight, unless You go with us? How else will we be distinguished from all the other people on the face of the earth?”
Sɛ wo ne yɛn ankɔ a, hena na obehu sɛ me ne me nkurɔfo anya wo hɔ adom a ama nsonoe abɛda yɛn ne asase sofo a wɔaka no ntam?”
17 So the LORD said to Moses, “I will do this very thing you have asked, for you have found favor in My sight, and I know you by name.”
Awurade buaa Mose se, “Ampa ara, mɛyɛ wʼabisade ama wo, efisɛ woanya ahummɔbɔ afi me nkyɛn na woyɛ mʼadamfo.”
18 Then Moses said, “Please show me Your glory.”
Na Mose srɛɛ sɛ ɔpɛ sɛ ohu Onyankopɔn anuonyam.
19 “I will cause all My goodness to pass before you,” the LORD replied, “and I will proclaim My name—the LORD—in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
Awurade buae se, “Mɛma mo ahu mʼadɔe, na mɛbɔ me din Awurade no akyerɛ mo. Nea mepɛ sɛ mihu no mmɔbɔ no, mehu no mmɔbɔ, na nea mepɛ sɛ meyɛ no adɔe nso, mɛyɛ no adɔe.
20 But He added, “You cannot see My face, for no one can see Me and live.”
Nanso morenhu mʼanuonyam, efisɛ obiara renhu mʼanim ntena nkwa mu.
21 The LORD continued, “There is a place near Me where you are to stand upon a rock,
“Nanso gyina ɔbotan yi so wɔ me nkyɛn ha.
22 and when My glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft of the rock and cover you with My hand until I have passed by.
Na sɛ mʼanuonyam resen a, mede wo bɛhyɛ ɔbotan no mu na mede me nsa akata wo so akosi sɛ metwa mu.
23 Then I will take My hand away, and you will see My back; but My face must not be seen.”
Afei, meyi me nsa na woahu mʼakyi, na mʼanim de, ɛnsɛ sɛ wohu.”
