Exodus 4
1 Moses answered and said: They will not believe me, nor hear my voice, but they will say: The Lord hath not appeared to thee.
Na Mose buaa no se, “Sɛ wɔannye me anni anaa wɔantie asɛm a mɛka no, na wɔka se, ‘Awurade nyii ne ho adi nkyerɛɛ wo ɛ?’”
2 Then he said to him: What is that thou holdest in thy hand? He answered: A rod.
Awurade bisaa no se, “Dɛn na wukura yi?” Obuae se, “Oguanhwɛfo pema.”
3 And the Lord said: Cast it down upon the ground. He cast it down, and it was turned into a serpent: so that Moses fled from it.
Awurade ka kyerɛɛ no se, “Tow kyene fam.” Enti ɔtow kyenee fam ma ɛdan ɔwɔ. Mose guan fii aboa no ho.
4 And the Lord said: Put out thy hand and take it by the tail. He put forth his hand, and took hold of it, and it was turned into a rod.
Na Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose se, “So ɔwɔ no dua mu na kyere no!” Osoo ne dua mu kyeree no no, ɛsan dan pema no.
5 That they may believe, saith he, that the Lord God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared to thee.
Awurade ka kyerɛɛ no se, “Kɔyɛ saa na wobegye wo adi. Ɛbɛma wɔahu sɛ wɔn agyanom Abraham, Isak ne Yakob Nyankopɔn ada ne ho adi akyerɛ wo ampa.”
6 And the Lord said again: Put thy hand into thy bosom. And when he had put it into his bosom, he brought it forth leprous as snow.
Afei, Awurade kae se, “Fa wo nsa hyɛ wʼatade mu.” Mose de ne nsa hyɛɛ nʼatade mu, na oyii no, na kwata ayɛ ne nsa ho; ayɛ fitaa sɛ sukyerɛmma.
7 And he said: Put back thy hand into thy bosom. He put it back, and brought it out again, and it was like the other flesh.
Awurade ka kyerɛɛ no bio se, “Fa wo nsa hyɛ wʼatade mu bio.” Enti Mose san de ne nsa hyɛɛ nʼatade mu, na oyii no, na kwata no agyae ama ne nsa no ho ayɛ sɛnea ɛte kan no.
8 If they will not believe thee, saith he, nor hear the voice of the former sign, they will believe the word of the latter sign.
Awurade ka kyerɛɛ no se, “Sɛ wɔannye anwonwade a edi kan no anni a, wobegye nea ɛto so abien no adi.
9 But if they will not even believe these two signs, nor hear thy voice: take of the river water, and pour it out upon the dry land, and whatsoever thou drawest out of the river shall be turned into blood.
Na sɛ nsɛnkyerɛnne abien yi akyi no wɔannye wo anni a, kɔsaw nsu fi Asubɔnten Nil mu na behwie gu asase wosee bi so na ɛbɛdan mogya.”
10 Moses said: I beseech thee, Lord. I am not eloquent from yesterday and the day before: and since thou hast spoken to thy servant, I have more impediment and slowness of tongue.
Nanso Mose srɛe se, “Awurade, minnim kasa. Ebesi nnɛ anaa efi bere a wo ne me kasae mpo no, mʼano ntew.”
11 The Lord said to him: Who made man’s mouth? or who made the dumb and the deaf, the seeing and the blind? did not I?
Awurade bisaa no se, “Hena na ɔyɛɛ onipa ano? Ɛnyɛ me Awurade na meyɛe? Hena na ɔbɔ onipa ma otumi kasa anaa ɔmma no nkasa. Hena na ɔma no hu ade anaa ɔmma no nhu ade. Hena na ɔma no tumi te asɛm anaa ɔmma no nte asɛm?
12 Go therefore and I will be in thy mouth: and I will teach thee what thou shalt speak.
Afei kɔ, na kɔyɛ nea maka akyerɛ wo no na mɛboa wo ama woatumi akasa yiye, na mɛkyerɛ wo nea wobɛka nso.”
13 But he said: I beseech thee, Lord send whom thou wilt send.
Nanso Mose kae se, “Awurade wʼakoa resrɛ wo, soma onipa foforo.”
14 The Lord being angry at Moses, said Aaron the Levite is thy brother, I know that he is eloquent: behold he cometh forth to meet thee, and seeing thee shall be glad at heart.
Awurade bo fuwii, enti ɔkaa se, “Na wo nua Aaron, Lewini no nso ɛ, minim sɛ nʼano atew. Na hwɛ ɔno na ɔrebehyia wo no, na sɛ ohu wo a, nʼani begye.
15 Speak to him, and put my words in his mouth: and I will be in thy mouth, and in his mouth, and will shew you what you must do.
Wobɛkasa akyerɛ no na woaka nsɛm ahyɛ nʼanom; mɛboa mo baanu no ama moakasa, na makyerɛ mo nea mobɛyɛ.
16 He shall speak in thy stead to the people, and shall be thy mouth: but thou shalt be to him in those things that pertain to God.
Ɔbɛyɛ wo kyeame wɔ ɔman no anim, na wo nso woayɛ sɛ ne Nyankopɔn aka asɛm a wopɛ sɛ ɛda gua akyerɛ no.
17 And take this rod in thy hand, wherewith thou shalt do the signs.
Sɛ worekɔ a, fa wo pema no sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a, wubetumi de ayɛ anwonwade a makyerɛ wo no.”
18 Moses went his way, and returned to Jethro his father in law and said to him: I will go and return to my brethren into Egypt, that I may see if they be yet alive. And Jethro said to him: Go in peace.
Mose kɔɔ fie kɔka kyerɛɛ nʼase Yetro se, “Mɛsrɛ wo kwan na makɔ Misraim akɔsra mʼabusuafo akɔhwɛ sɛ wɔtete ase ana.” Yetro penee so se, “Kɔ. Mihyira wo kosɛkosɛ.”
19 And the Lord said to Moses, in Madian: Go, and return into Egypt: for they are all dead that sought thy life.
Ansa na Mose rebefi Midian no, Awurade ka kyerɛɛ no se, “Nsuro sɛ wobɛsan akɔ Misraim, efisɛ wɔn a na wɔrehwehwɛ wo akum wo no nyinaa awuwu.”
20 Moses therefore took his wife, and his sons, and set them upon an ass: and returned into Egypt, carrying the rod of God in his hand.
Enti Mose faa ne yere ne ne mma de wɔn tenatenaa mfurum so sii mu sɛ ɔrekɔ Misraim. Na ɔfaa Onyankopɔn pema no kitae.
21 And the Lord said to him as he was returning into Egypt: See that thou do all the wonders before Pharao, which I have put in thy hand: I shall harden his heart, and he will not let the people go.
Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose se, “Sɛ wudu Misraim a, kɔ Farao hɔ na kɔyɛ anwonwade a makyerɛ wo yi kyerɛ no, nanso mepirim ne koma sɛnea ɔremma nnipa no nkɔ.
22 And thou shalt say to him: Thus saith the Lord: Israel is my son, my firstborn.
Na ka kyerɛ no se, ‘Awurade se, Israel yɛ mʼabakan
23 I have said to thee: Let my son go, that he may serve me, and thou wouldst not let him go: behold I will kill thy son, thy firstborn.
na mehyɛɛ wo sɛ, “Ma no kwan na ɔnkɔ na ɔnkɔsom me.” Nanso woampene; nti mekum wʼabakan.’”
24 And when he was in his journey, in the inn, the Lord met him, and would have killed him.
Mose ne nʼabusuafo nam no, ade saa wɔn ma wɔpɛɛ baabi dae. Awurade daa ne ho adi kyerɛɛ Mose na ohunahunaa no sɛ obekum no.
25 Immediately Sephora took a very sharp stone, and circumcised the fore skin of her son, and touched his feet and said: A bloody spouse art thou to me.
Enti ne yere Sipora faa sekan de twaa ne babarima kumaa twetia tow kyenee Mose nan ase kae se, “Mogya ayeforokunu ne wo.”
26 And he let him go after she had said A bloody spouse art thou to me, because of the circumcision.
Enti Awurade gyaa Mose. (Na Sipora kae se, “Woyɛ mogya ayeforokunu,” a na ɔde rekyerɛ twetiatwa.)
27 And the Lord said to Aaron: Go into the desert to meet Moses. And he went forth to meet him in the mountain of God, and kissed him.
Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Aaron se, “Kɔ sare no so kohyia Mose.” Enti Aaron kɔɔ Onyankopɔn Bepɔw no so kohyiaa Mose few nʼafono.
28 And Moses told Aaron all the words of the Lord, by which he had sent him, and the signs that he had commanded.
Na Mose kaa nsɛm a Awurade ka kyerɛɛ no bere a ɔresoma no no ne anwonwade a ɔhyɛɛ no sɛ ɔnyɛ no nyinaa kyerɛɛ Aaron.
29 And they came together, and they assembled all the ancients of the children of Israel.
Mose ne Aaron hyiaa Israelfo mpanyimfo no nyinaa,
30 And Aaron spoke all the words which the Lord had said to Moses: and he wrought the signs before the people,
na Aaron kaa nsɛm a Awurade aka akyerɛ Mose no nyinaa kyerɛɛ wɔn, na Mose yɛɛ anwonwade no kyerɛɛ wɔn
31 And the people believed. And they heard that the Lord had visited the children of Israel: and that he had looked upon their affliction: and falling down they adored.
ma wogye dii. Na wɔtee sɛ Awurade dwen wɔn ho na wahu wɔn awerɛhowdi no, wobuu nkotodwe sɔree no.
