Numbers 1
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses in the desert of Sinai in the tabernacle of the covenant, the first day of the second month, the second year of their going out of Egypt, saying:
Le Israelviwo ƒe dzodzo le Egipte ƒe ƒe evelia ƒe ɣleti evelia ƒe ŋkeke gbãtɔ si nye Israelviwo ƒe ɣleti evelia ƒe ŋkeke gbãtɔ dzi la, Mawu nɔ agbadɔ la me le Israelviwo ƒe asaɖa me le Sinai gbedzi. Yehowa gblɔ nya siawo na Mose be,
2 Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel by their families, and houses, and the names of every one, as many as are of the male sex,
“Mi kple Aron mixlẽ Israel dukɔ la katã ɖe woƒe towo kple ƒomewo nu.
3 From twenty years old and upwards, of all the men of Israel fit for war, and you shall number them by their troops, thou and Aaron.
Miŋlɔ Israel ŋutsu siwo katã xɔ ƒe blaeve alo wu nenema la, eye woate ŋu awɔ aʋa la ƒe ŋkɔwo.
4 And there shall be with you the princes of the tribes, and of the houses in their kindreds,
Eye miɖe ŋutsu ɖekaɖeka le to sia to me, ame siwo anye kplɔlawo na toawo be woakpe ɖe ŋuwò.
5 Whose names are these: Of Ruben, Elisur the son of Sedeur.
“Ŋutsu siwo akpe ɖe mia ŋu la ƒe ŋkɔwoe nye: “Elizur, Sedeur ƒe viŋutsu, tso Ruben ƒe to la me.
6 Of Simeon, Salamiel the son of Surisaddai.
Selumiel, Zurisadai ƒe viŋutsu, tso Simeon ƒe to la me.
7 Of Juda, Nahasson the son of Aminadab.
Nahson, Aminadab ƒe viŋutsu, tso Yuda ƒe to la me.
8 Of Issachar, Nathanael the son of Suar.
Netanel, Zuar ƒe viŋutsu, tso Isaka ƒe to la me.
9 Of Zabulon, Eliab the son of Helon.
Eliab, Helon ƒe viŋutsu, tso Zebulon ƒe to la me.
10 And of the sons of Joseph: of Ephraim, Elisama the son of Ammiud: of Manasses, Gamaliel the son of Phadassur.
Yosef ƒe viwo tɔwoe nye: Elisama, Amihud ƒe viŋutsu, tso Efraim ƒe to la me kple Gamaliel, Pedahzur ƒe viŋutsu, tso Manase ƒe to la me,
11 Of Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gedeon.
Abidan, Gideon ƒe viŋutsu, tso Benyamin ƒe to la me,
12 Of Dan, Ahiezer the son of Ammisaddai.
Ahiezer, Amisadai ƒe viŋutsu, tso Dan ƒe to la me,
13 Of Aser, Phegiel the son of Ochran.
Pagiel, Okran ƒe viŋutsu, tso Aser ƒe to la me,
14 Of Gad, Eliasaph the son of Duel.
Eliasaf, Deguel ƒe viŋutsu, tso Gad ƒe to la me,
15 Of Nephtali, Ahira the son of Enan.
Ahira, Enan ƒe viŋutsu, tso Naftali ƒe to la me.”
16 These are the most noble princes of the multitude by their tribes and kindreds, and the chiefs of the army of Israel:
Ame siawoe wotia tso ameawo dome be woanye kplɔlawo na Israel to vovovoawo.
17 Whom Moses and Aaron took with all the multitude of the common people:
Le gbe ma gbe ke la, Mose kple Aron kple ŋutsu wuieve siwo wotia la
18 And assembled them on the first day of the second month, reckoning them up by the kindreds, and houses, and families, and heads, and names of every one from twenty years old and upward,
yɔ dukɔ blibo la ƒo ƒu le dzinu evelia ƒe ŋkeke gbãtɔ dzi, eye woŋlɔ ameawo katã ƒe ŋkɔ ɖe woƒe towo kple ƒomewo nu. Woŋlɔ ŋutsu siwo katã xɔ ƒe blaeve alo wu nenema la ƒe ŋkɔwo, eye woxlẽ wo
19 As the Lord had commanded Moses. And they were numbered in the desert of Sinai.
abe ale si Yehowa de se ene. Mose wɔ ŋkɔŋɔŋlɔ sia le Sinai gbegbe.
20 Of Ruben the eldest son of Israel, by their generations and families and houses and names of every head, all that were of the male sex, from twenty years old and upward, that were able to go forth to war,
Eye woxlẽ ŋutsu siwo katã xɔ ƒe blaeve alo wu nenema la, eye woate ŋu ade aʋa le Israel ƒe ŋgɔgbevi Ruben ƒe dzidzimeviwo dome la ƒe ŋkɔwo ɖekaɖeka le woƒe ƒomewo kple aƒewo nu.
21 Were forty-six thousand five hundred.
Ame siwo wotia, xlẽ le Ruben ƒe to la me le ame akpe blaene-vɔ-ade, alafa atɔ̃.
22 Of the sons of Simeon by their generations and families, and houses of their kindreds, were reckoned up by the names and heads of every one, all that were of the male sex, from twenty years old and upward, that were able to go forth to war,
Woxlẽ ŋutsu siwo katã xɔ ƒe blaeve alo wu nenema, eye woate ŋu ade aʋa le Simeon ƒe dzidzimeviwo dome la ƒe ŋkɔwo ɖekaɖeka le woƒe ƒomewo kple woƒe aƒewo nu.
23 Fifty-nine thousand three hundred.
Ame siwo wotia, xlẽ le Simeon ƒe to la me le ame akpe blaetɔ̃-vɔ-asieke, alafa etɔ̃.
24 Of the sons of Gad, by their generations and families and houses of their kindreds were reckoned up by the names of every one from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war,
Eye woxlẽ ame siwo xɔ ƒe blaeve alo wu nenema, eye woate ŋu ade aʋa le Gad ƒe dzidzimeviwo dome la ƒe ŋkɔwo le woƒe ƒome kple woƒe aƒewo nu.
25 Forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty.
Ame siwo wotia, xlẽ le Gad ƒe to la me le ame akpe blaene-vɔ-atɔ̃, alafa ade blaatɔ̃.
26 Of the sons of Juda, by their generations and families and houses of their kindreds, by the names of every one from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war,
Woxlẽ ame siwo xɔ ƒe blaeve alo wu nenema, eye woate ŋu ade aʋa le Yuda ƒe dzidzimeviwo dome ƒe ŋkɔwo le woƒe ƒome kple aƒewo nu.
27 Were reckoned up seventy-four thousand six hundred.
Ame siwo wotia, xlẽ le Yuda ƒe to la me le ame akpe blaadre-vɔ-ene, alafa ade.
28 Of the sons of Issachar, by their generations and families and houses of their kindreds, by the names of every one from twenty years old and upward, all that could go forth to war,
Eye woxlẽ ame siwo xɔ ƒe blaeve alo wu nenema, eye woate ŋu ade aʋa le Isaka ƒe dzidzimeviwo dome la ƒe ŋkɔwo le woƒe ƒome kple aƒewo nu.
29 Were reckoned up fifty-four thousand four hundred.
Ame siwo wotia, xlẽ le Isaka ƒe to la me le ame akpe blaatɔ̃-vɔ-ene, alafa ene.
30 Of the sons of Zabulon, by the generations and families and houses of their kindreds, were reckoned up by the names of every one from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war,
Eye woxlẽ ame siwo xɔ ƒe blaeve alo wu nenema, eye woate ŋu ade aʋa le Zebulon ƒe dzidzimeviwo dome la ƒe ŋkɔwo le woƒe ƒome kple aƒewo nu.
31 Fifty-seven thousand four hundred.
Ame siwo wotia, xlẽ le Zebulon ƒe to me la le ame akpa blaatɔ̃-vɔ-adre, alafa ene.
32 Of the sons of Joseph, namely, of the sons of Ephraim, by the generations and families and houses of their kindreds, were reckoned up by the names of every one, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war,
Yosef ƒe viwo tɔe nye esi: Woxlẽ ame siwo xɔ ƒe blaeve alo wu nenema, eye woate ŋu ade aʋa le Efraim ƒe dzidzimeviwo dome la ƒe ŋkɔwo le woƒe ƒome kple aƒewo nu.
33 Forty thousand five hundred.
Ame siwo wotia, xlẽ le Efraim ƒe to la me le ame akpe blaene, alafa atɔ̃.
34 Moreover of the sons of Manasses, by the generations and families and houses of their kindreds, were reckoned up by the names of every one from twenty years old and upward, all that could go forth to war,
Eye woxlẽ ame siwo xɔ ƒe blaeve alo wu nenema, eye woate ŋu ade aʋa le Manase ƒe dzidzimeviwo dome la ƒe ŋkɔwo le woƒe ƒome kple aƒewo nu.
35 Thirty-two thousand two hundred.
Ame siwo wotia, xlẽ le Manase ƒe to la me le ame akpe blaetɔ̃-vɔ-eve, alafa eve.
36 Of the sons of Benjamin, by their generations and families and houses of their kindreds, were reckoned up by the names of every one from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war,
Woxlẽ ame siwo xɔ ƒe blaeve alo wu nenema, eye woate ŋu ade aʋa le Benyamin ƒe dzidzimeviwo dome la ƒe ŋkɔwo le woƒe ƒome kple aƒewo nu.
37 Thirty-five thousand four hundred.
Ame siwo wotia, xlẽ le Benyamin ƒe to la me le ame akpe blaetɔ̃ vɔ atɔ̃ alafa ene.
38 Of the sons of Dan, by their generations and families and houses of their kindreds, were reckoned up by the names of every one from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war,
Eye woxlẽ ame siwo xɔ ƒe blaeve alo wu nenema, eye woate ŋu ade aʋa le Dan ƒe dzidzimeviwo dome la ƒe ŋkɔwo le woƒe ƒome kple aƒewo nu.
39 Sixty-two thousand seven hundred.
Ame siwo wotia, xlẽ le Dan ƒe to la me le ame akpe blaadre-vɔ-eve, alafa adre.
40 Of the sons of Aser, by their generations and families and houses of their kindreds, were reckoned up by the names of every one from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war,
Woxlẽ ame siwo xɔ ƒe blaeve alo wu nenema, eye woate ŋu ade aʋa le Aser ƒe dzidzimeviwo dome la ƒe ŋkɔwo le woƒe ƒome kple aƒewo nu.
41 Forty-one thousand and five hundred.
Ame siwo wotia, xlẽ le Aser ƒe to la me le ame akpe blaene-vɔ-ɖekɛ, alafa atɔ̃.
42 Of the sons of Nephtali, by their generations and families and houses of their kindreds, were reckoned up by the names of every one from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war,
Eye woxlẽ ame siwo xɔ ƒe blaeve alo wu nenema, eye woate ŋu ade aʋa le Naftali ƒe dzidzimeviwo dome la ƒe ŋkɔwo le woƒe ƒomewo kple aƒewo nu.
43 Fifty-three thousand four hundred.
Ame siwo wotia, xlẽ le Naftali to la me le ame akpe blaatɔ̃-vɔ-etɔ̃ alafa ene.
44 These era they who were numbered by Moses and Aaron, and the twelve princes of Israel, every one by the houses of their kindreds.
Esiawoe nye ame siwo Mose kple Aron kple Israel ƒe towo ƒe kplɔlawo tia xlẽ. Kplɔlawo le ame wuieve: to ɖeka, kplɔla ɖeka
45 And the whole number of the children of Israel by their houses and families, from twenty years old and upward, that were able to go to war,
Eye wotia Israelviwo katã xlẽ le woƒe ƒomewo kple aƒewo nu, ame siwo katã xɔ ƒe blaeve alo wu nenema, eye woate ŋu ade aʋa le Israel.
46 Were six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty men.
Ame siwo katã wotia, xlẽ la le ame akpe alafa ade vɔ etɔ̃, alafa atɔ̃, blaatɔ̃.
47 But the Levites in the tribes of their families were not numbered with them.
Ke womexlẽ Levi ƒe viwo ƒe ƒomewo kple aƒewo kpe ɖe wo ŋuti o.
48 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
Elabena Yehowa gblɔ na Mose be,
49 Number not the tribe of Levi, neither shalt thou put down the sum of them with the children of Israel:
“Ɖe Levi ƒe viwo katã ɖa le amexexlẽ sia me, eye mègabu wo kpe ɖe Israelvi bubuwo ƒe xexlẽme ŋu o,
50 But appoint them over the tabernacle of the testimony, and all the vessels thereof, and whatsoever pertaineth to the ceremonies. They shall carry the tabernacle and all the furniture thereof: and they shall minister, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle.
elabena Levi ƒe viwo ƒe dɔdeasiwo ku ɖe Agbadɔ la kple ekɔkɔ tso teƒe ɖeka yi teƒe bubu ŋu. Woanɔ Agbadɔ la gbɔ,
51 When you are to go forward, the Levites shall take down the tabernacle: when you are to camp, they shall set it up. What stranger soever cometh to it, shall be slain.
eye ɣe sia ɣi si woaho Agbadɔ la ayi teƒe bubu la, Levi ƒe viwoe akakae, eye woawoe agakpee; ne ame bubu aɖe te va la, aku.
52 And the children of Israel shall camp every man by his troops and bands and army.
Israelviwo ƒe to vovovoawo aƒu asaɖa anyi ɖe teƒe vovovowo, ɖe sia ɖe kple eƒe aflaga tɔxɛ
53 But the Levites shall pitch their tents round about the tabernacle, lest there come indignation upon the multitude of the children of Israel, and they shall keep watch, and guard the tabernacle of the testimony.
Levi ƒe viwo ƒe agbadɔwo aƒo xlã Mawu ƒe Agbadɔ la, eye woanɔ eŋu dzɔm, ale be ame aɖeke mate ɖe eŋu, ana be nye dɔmedzoe nafla, eye matsrɔ̃ Israel dukɔ la o.”
54 And the children of Israel did according to all things which the Lord had commanded Moses.
Ale Israelviwo wɔ se siwo katã Yehowa de na Mose la dzi pɛpɛpɛ.
