Deuteronomy 29
1 These are the words of the covenant which the Lord commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab: beside that covenant which he made with them in Horeb.
Yei ne nhyehyɛeɛ a ɛwɔ apam a Awurade hyɛɛ Mose sɛ ɔne Israelfoɔ no nyɛ wɔ Moab nka apam a ɔne wɔn yɛɛ no wɔ Horeb no.
2 And Moses called all Israel, and said to them: You have seen all the things that the Lord did before you in the land of Egypt to Pharao, and to all his servants, and to his whole land.
Mose frɛɛ Israelfoɔ no nyinaa ka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ: Mo ahunu deɛ Awurade yɛɛ Farao ne ne mpanimfoɔ ne ne ɔman nyinaa wɔ Misraim no.
3 The great temptations, which thy eyes have seen, those mighty signs and wonders,
Mo ankasa mohunuu sɔhwɛ akɛseɛ, nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ a ɛyɛ hu ne anwanwadeɛ akɛseɛ no.
4 And the Lord hath not given you a heart to understand, and eyes to see, and ears that may hear, unto this present day.
Nanso, ɛbɛsi ɛnnɛ yi, Awurade mmaa mo adwene a ɛte asɛm ase anaa ani a ɛhunu adeɛ anaa aso a ɛte asɛm.
5 He hath brought you forty years through the desert: your garments are not worn out, neither are the shoes of your feet consumed with age.
Mfeɛ aduanan mu a medii mo anim faa ɛserɛ so no, mo ntoma antete; saa ara na mo mpaboa a ɛhyɛ mo nan nso anhi.
6 You have not eaten bread, nor have you drunk wine or strong drink: that you might know that I am the Lord your God.
Moanni aduane, annom nsã anaa nsã a ano yɛ den. Meyɛɛ saa sɛdeɛ mobɛhunu sɛ mene Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, no.
7 And you came to this place: sand Sehon king of Hesebon, and Og king of Basan, came out against us to fight. And we slew them.
Yɛduruu ha no, Hesbonhene Sihon ne Basanhene Og ba bɛko tiaa yɛn, nanso, yɛdii wɔn so.
8 And took their land, and delivered it for a possession to Ruben and Gad, and the half tribe of Manasses.
Yɛfaa wɔn asase de maa Ruben ne Gad mmusuakuo ne Manase abusuakuo fa no sɛ wɔn agyapadeɛ.
9 Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and fulfill them: that you may understand all that you do.
Ɛno enti, monni saa apam yi so sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a, biribiara a mobɛyɛ no bɛyɛ yie.
10 You all stand this day before the Lord your God, your princes, and tribes, and ancients, and doctors, all the people of Israel,
Mo nyinaa—mo mmusuakuo mpanimfoɔ, mo atemmufoɔ, mo ahwɛfoɔ ne Israel mmarima nyinaa, ɛnnɛ mogyina Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, anim,
11 Your children and your wives, and the stranger that abideth with thee in the camp, besides the hewers of wood, and them that bring water:
mo ne mo mma ne mo yerenom ne ahɔhoɔ a wɔte mo mu a wɔbu mo nnua, soa mo nsuo.
12 That thou mayst pass in the covenant of the Lord thy God, and in the oath which this day the Lord thy God maketh with thee.
Mogyina ha sɛ mo ne Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, rebɛyɛ apam, apam a Awurade ne mo reyɛ ɛnnɛ. Ɔde ntam bɛsɔ ano,
13 That he may raise thee up a people to himself, and he may be thy God as he hath spoken to thee, and as he swore to thy fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
na wasi so gyinaeɛ sɛ ɛnnɛ, moyɛ ne nkurɔfoɔ na ɔno nso bɛyɛ mo Onyankopɔn sɛdeɛ ɔhyɛɛ mo bɔ no na ɔkaa ntam kyerɛɛ mo agyanom Abraham, Isak ne Yakob no.
14 Neither with you only do I make this covenant, and confirm these oaths,
Mereyɛ saa apam yi a ne ntam bata ho. Apam yi, ɛnyɛ mo a
15 But with all that are present and that are absent.
mo ne yɛn gyina ha ɛnnɛ wɔ Awurade mo Onyankopɔn anim no nko dea. Na mmom ɛwɔ hɔ ma wɔn a wɔnni ha nso.
16 For you know how we dwelt in the land of Egypt, and how we have passed through the midst of nations, and passing through them,
Mo ankasa monim sɛdeɛ yɛtenaa Misraim ne sɛdeɛ yɛreba ha no yɛfaa aman so bɛsii ha.
17 You have seen their abominations and filth, that is to say, their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which they worshipped.
Mohunuu akyiwadeɛ ahoni a wɔde nnua ne aboɔ ne dwetɛ ne sikakɔkɔɔ ayɛ wɔ wɔn nkyɛn.
18 Lest perhaps there should be among you a man or a woman, a family or a tribe, whose heart is turned away this day from the Lord our God, to go and serve the gods of those nations: and there should be among you a root bringing forth gall and bitterness.
Monhwɛ yie sɛ ɔbarima anaa ɔbaa anaa abusua biara a wɔwɔ mo mu ɛnnɛ no mu biara akoma rennane mfiri Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, ho nkɔsom saa aman yi anyame; monhunu sɛ, duhini biara nni mo mu a ɛpu bɔnwoma a ɛyɛ nwono saa.
19 And when he shall hear the words of this oath, he should bless himself in his heart saying: I shall have peace, and will walk on in the naughtiness of my heart: and the drunken may consume the thirsty,
Ɛnsɛ sɛ obiara a ɔte nnome ho kɔkɔbɔ nsɛm yi susu sɛ ɔno deɛ hwee renka no. Mma no nka wɔ ne tirim sɛ, “Me ho sɔnn, ɛmfa ho sɛ menam asoɔden kwan so.” Yei de ɔsɛeɛ a ɛso bɛba.
20 And the Lord should not forgive him: but his wrath and jealousy against that man should be exceedingly enkindled at that time, and all the curses that are written in this volume should light upon him: and the Lord should blot out his name from under heaven,
Awurade remfa nkyɛ saa nnipa no. Nʼabufuo ne ne ninkunu bɛhye atia wɔn. Nnome a wɔatwerɛ no saa nwoma yi mu nyinaa bɛba wɔn so na Awurade bɛpepa wɔn din afiri ɔsoro ase.
21 And utterly destroy him out of all the tribes of Israel, according to the curses that are contained in the book of this law and covenant:
Awurade bɛtwe wɔn afiri Israel mmusuakuo nyinaa mu na wahwie apam no mu nnome nyinaa a wɔatwerɛ wɔ saa mmara nwoma no mu agu wɔn so.
22 And the following generation shall say, and the children that shall be born hereafter, and the strangers that shall come from afar, seeing the plagues of that land and the evils wherewith the Lord hath afflicted it,
Afei, nkyirimma a wɔbɛba, wɔn a wɔfiri mo ase ne wɔn a wɔfiri ahɔhoɔ ase a wɔfiri akyirikyiri asase so bɛhunu asase no sɛeɛ ne nyarewa a Awurade de bɛbrɛ asase no.
23 Burning it with brimstone, and the heat of salt, so that it cannot be sown any more, nor any green thing grow therein, after the example of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrha, Adama and Seboim, which the Lord destroyed in his wrath and indignation:
Wɔbɛhunu sɛ, wɔn asase no dɔteɛ adane sɔfe ne nkyene a wɔdua so biribiara a ɛnyɛ yie, na hwee nso nnyini wɔ so—mpo, ɛserɛ ahahan. Ɛbɛyɛ te sɛ Sodom ne Gomora, Adma ne Seboim a Awurade sɛee no nʼabufuo mu no.
24 And all the nations shall say: Why hath the Lord done thus to this land? what meaneth this exceeding great heat of his wrath?
Aman a atwa ahyia no bɛbisa sɛ, “Adɛn enti na Awurade ayɛ saa asase yi saa? Adɛn enti na ne bo fu denden saa?”
25 And they shall answer: Because they forsook the covenant of the Lord, which he made with their fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt:
Na wɔbɛka akyerɛ wɔn sɛ, “Saa asɛm yi siiɛ, ɛfiri sɛ, nnipa a wɔwɔ asase no so buu apam a wɔne Awurade, wɔn agyanom Onyankopɔn yɛeɛ ɛberɛ a ɔyii wɔn firii Misraim asase so.
26 And they have served strange gods, and adored them, whom they knew not, and for whom they had not been assigned:
Wɔdane kɔsom anyame foforɔ a wɔyɛ ahɔhoɔ ma wɔn, anyame a Awurade nkyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ wɔnsom.
27 Therefore the wrath of the Lord was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this volume:
Ɛno enti na Awurade abufuo dɛre tiaa saa asase yi, nam so de nnome a wɔatwerɛ wɔ saa nwoma yi mu no baa wɔn so no.
28 And he hath cast them out of their land, in anger and in wrath, and in very great indignation, and hath thrown them into a strange land, as it is seen this day.
Abufuhyeɛ mu, Awurade tutuu ne nkurɔfoɔ ase firii wɔn asase so twaa wɔn asuo de wɔn kɔguu asase foforɔ a wɔte so seesei no.”
29 Secret things to the Lord our God: things that are manifest, to us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
Ahintasɛm nyinaa firi Awurade mo Onyankopɔn hɔ, na nneɛma a wada no adi akyerɛ yɛn ne yɛn asefoɔ no, ɛsɛ sɛ yɛhyɛ no nso, sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a, yɛbɛdi ne mmaransɛm yi so.
