Numbers 25
1 And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit harlotry with the daughters of Moab.
Bere a Israelfo no tenaa Sitim no, wɔn mu mmarima no bi fii ase ne Moab mmea no bɔɔ aguaman de guu wɔn ho fi.
2 And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods; and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.
Saa mmea yi too nsa frɛɛ wɔn ma wɔkɔbɔɔ afɔre maa wɔn anyame. Wodii Moabfo anyame so afɔrebɔ nnuan na wɔkotow wɔn nso.
3 And Israel joined himself unto the Baal of Peor; and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel.
Enti Baal a ɛwɔ Peor no som bɛyɛɛ ɔhyɛ maa Israelfo. Eyi maa Awurade bo fuw ne nkurɔfo no yiye.
4 And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Take all the chiefs of the people, and hang them up unto the LORD in face of the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may turn away from Israel.'
Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose se, “Fa saa nnipa yi ntuanofo no nyinaa, kunkum wɔn na fa wɔn gu owia so wɔ Awurade anim sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a, nʼabufuwhyew no befi Israel so.”
5 And Moses said unto the judges of Israel: 'Slay ye every one his men that have joined themselves unto the Baal of Peor.'
Enti Mose ka kyerɛɛ Israel atemmufo no no se, “Ɛsɛ sɛ mo mu biara kunkum mo nkurɔfo a wɔde wɔn ho akɔhyɛ Baal a ɛwɔ Peor no ase no nyinaa.”
6 And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, while they were weeping at the door of the tent of meeting.
Na Israelni bi de Midiani bea bi baa wɔn atenae hɔ maa Mose ne nnipa no nyinaa huu wɔn bere a na wogyinagyina Ahyiae Ntamadan pon no ano retwa adwo no.
7 And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from the midst of the congregation, and took a spear in his hand.
Bere a Pinehas a ɔyɛ Eleasar babarima a na ɔyɛ ɔsɔfo Aaron nena huu eyi no, ofii wɔn mu, kɔfaa peaw kitae;
8 And he went after the man of Israel into the chamber, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.
na odii Israelni no akyi kɔɔ ntamadan no mu. Ɔde peaw no wɔɔ ɔbarima no san de wɔɔ ɔbea no yafunu mu. Enti ɔyaredɔm a na aba Israelfo no so no to twae;
9 And those that died by the plague were twenty and four thousand.
nanso saa bere no, na nnipa mpem aduonu anan awuwu dedaw.
10 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:
Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose se,
11 'Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned My wrath away from the children of Israel, in that he was very jealous for My sake among them, so that I consumed not the children of Israel in My jealousy.
“Eleasar babarima Pinehas a ɔyɛ ɔsɔfo Aaron nena ayi mʼabufuw afi Israelfo no so. Esiane sɛ wako apere mʼanuonyam wɔ wɔn mu sɛnea mepɛ ayɛ no nti, sɛnea meyɛɛ mʼadwene sɛ mɛsɛe Israelfo no, magyae.
12 Wherefore say: Behold, I give unto him My covenant of peace;
Enti ka kyerɛ no se, me ne no rebɛyɛ asomdwoe apam.
13 and it shall be unto him, and to his seed after him, the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was jealous for his God, and made atonement for the children of Israel.'
Saa apam yi mu, ɔno ne nʼasefo bɛyɛ asɔfo afebɔɔ, efisɛ watwe me ho ninkunu wɔ Israelfo mu de ayɛ mpata ama wɔn.”
14 Now the name of the man of Israel that was slain, who was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a fathers' house among the Simeonites.
Ɔbarima a wokum no ne Midiani bea no, na ne din de Simri a na ɔyɛ Salu a otua Simeon abusuakuw ano no babarima.
15 And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head of the people of a fathers' house in Midian.
Ɔbea no nso, na ne din de Kosbi a na ɔyɛ Midianhene babarima Sur babea.
16 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:
Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose se,
17 'Harass the Midianites, and smite them;
“Tow hyɛ Midianfo no so sɛ atamfo na kunkum wɔn.
18 for they harass you, by their wiles wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of the prince of Midian, their sister, who was slain on the day of the plague in the matter of Peor.'
Efisɛ wɔfaa mo sɛ atamfo, na wɔdaadaa mo ma mo som Baal a ɛwɔ Peor, ne Kosbi a ɔyɛ Midian ntuanoni babea, a wokum no wɔ Peor ɔyaredɔm da no.”
