Deuteronomy 1
1 These [be] the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red [sea], between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.
Nya siawo Mose gblɔ na Israelviwo katã le Yɔdan tɔsisi la ƒe go kemɛ dzi le gbedzi, le Araba balime, le Suf gbɔ le Paran kple Tofel kple Laban kple Hazerot kple Dizahab dome.
2 ([There are] eleven days’ [journey] from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadesh-barnea.)
Mɔzɔzɔ tso Horeb to Seir to la ŋu yi Kades Barnea la nye ŋkeke wuiɖekɛ ko ƒe azɔli.
3 And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first [day] of the month, [that] Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the LORD had given him in commandment unto them;
Le ɣleti wuiɖekɛlia ƒe ŋkeke gbãtɔ gbe le Israelviwo ƒe mɔzɔzɔ ƒe blaenelia me la, Mose ƒo nu na Israelviwo tso se siwo katã Yehowa miaƒe Mawu de nɛ la ŋu.
4 After he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei:
Esia va eme esi Israel ɖu Sixɔn, Amoritɔwo ƒe fia, ame si nɔ Hesbon kple Ɔg, Basan fia, ame si nɔ Astarot la dzi le Edrei vɔ megbe.
5 On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,
Mose de asi se siawo gbɔgblɔ me na Israelviwo le Yɔdan tɔsisi la ƒe go kemɛ dzi, le Moabnyigba dzi. Egblɔ na wo be:
6 The LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount:
Ƒe blaene nye esi va yi, esi Yehowa, míaƒe Mawu la gblɔ na mí le Horeb to la gbɔ be, “Mienɔ afi sia wòdidi.
7 Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all [the places] nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates.
Fifia miyi mianɔ Amoritɔwo ƒe tonyigba dzi kple Araba ƒe balime kple Negeb kple Kanaan kple Lebanon ƒe anyigbawo dzi. Anyigba sia tso Domeƒu la ŋu va se ɖe Frat tɔsisi la ŋu.
8 Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.
Metsɔ anyigba sia katã na mi! Miyi edzi, eye miaxɔe, elabena eyae nye anyigba si ŋugbe Yehowa miaƒe Mawu do na mia tɔgbuiwo, Abraham, Isak kple Yakob kple woƒe dzidzimeviwo katã.”
9 And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:
Le ɣe ma ɣi me la, megblɔ na ameawo be, “Mehiã kpeɖeŋutɔ! Mienye agba gã aɖe nam be nye ɖeka matsɔ,
10 The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye [are] this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.
elabena Yehowa miaƒe Mawu na miedzi sɔ gbɔ abe ɣletiviwo ene!
11 (The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye [are], and bless you, as he hath promised you!)
Mawu nagana miadzi ɖe edzi zi akpeakpewo wu, eye wòayra mi abe ale si wòdo ŋugbee ene.
12 How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
Ke nu ka ame ɖeka ate ŋu awɔ le miaƒe dzrenyawo dɔdrɔ̃ kple nukpekeamewo ŋuti?
13 Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.
Eya ta mitia ŋutsu aɖewo tso to sia to me, ame siwo nye nunyalawo, nugɔmeselawo kple nuteƒekpɔlawo, eye maɖo wo miaƒe kplɔlawo.”
14 And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken [is] good [for us] to do.
Ke mieɖo eŋu nam be, “Nya si nègblɔ la nyo be woawɔ ɖe edzi.”
15 So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.
Metsɔ amegã siwo wotia tso to ɖe sia ɖe me eye wonye ŋutsu siwo nye bubumewo, eye tagbɔ li na wo la ɖo dzikpɔlawo ɖe mia nu, ɖe ame akpewo, alafawo, blaatɔ̃wo kple ewowo nu be woadrɔ̃ nyawo, eye woakpe ɖe wo ŋu le mɔ sia mɔ nu.
16 And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear [the causes] between your brethren, and judge righteously between [every] man and his brother, and the stranger [that is] with him.
Mede se na miaƒe ʋɔnudrɔ̃lawo le ɣe ma ɣi be, “Midrɔ̃ ʋɔnu dzɔdzɔe na ame sia ame kple nɔvia kpakple amedzrowo gɔ̃ hã.
17 Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; [but] ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment [is] God’s: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring [it] unto me, and I will hear it.
Megblɔ na wo be, ‘Le miaƒe nyametsotsowo me la, migade ame aɖeke dzi le eƒe hotsuitɔnyenye ta o. Miwɔ nu dzɔdzɔe ɖe amegãwo kple ame gblɔewo siaa ŋu sɔsɔe. Migavɔ̃ na woƒe dzikudodo ɖe mia ŋu o, elabena Mawu teƒee miele ʋɔnu drɔ̃m ɖo. Mitsɔ nya siwo sesẽ akpa na mi la vɛ nam, eye mawɔ wo ŋu dɔ.’
18 And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do.
Le ɣe ma ɣi me la, megblɔ nu siwo katã wòle be miawɔ la na mi.”
19 And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh-barnea.
Míedzo le Horeb to la gbɔ, eye míezɔ mɔ to gbegbe gã dziŋɔ la dzi. Mlɔeba la, míeva ɖo Amoritɔwo ƒe towo gbɔ, afi si Yehowa, míaƒe Mawu la ɖo na mí be míayi. Míeɖo Kades Barnea le Ŋugbedodonyigba la ƒe liƒo dzi.
20 And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites, which the LORD our God doth give unto us.
Megblɔ na ameawo be, “Yehowa, mía Mawu la tsɔ Amoritɔwo ƒe tonyigba sia na mí.
21 Behold, the LORD thy God hath set the land before thee: go up [and] possess [it], as the LORD God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not, neither be discouraged.
Miyi miaxɔe abe ale si wògblɔ na mí ene. Migavɔ̃ o. Migake ɖi gɔ̃ hã o.”
22 And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will send men before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring us word again by what way we must go up, and into what cities we shall come.
Wogblɔ be, “Gbã la, mina míaɖo ŋkutsalawo ɖa ne woanya mɔ nyuitɔ si dzi míato age ɖe anyigba la dzi kple du gbãtɔ si míaxɔ.”
23 And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:
Esia nye susu nyui aɖe, eya ta meɖo ŋkutsala wuieve ɖa, ɖeka tso to ɖe sia ɖe me.
24 And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out.
Woto toawo dzi heyi Eskɔl ƒe balime.
25 And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought [it] down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, [It is] a good land which the LORD our God doth give us.
Wotsɔ afi ma ƒe kutsetse aɖewo gbɔe. Wotsɔ wo vɛ na mí eye wogblɔ be, “Míedze sii enumake be anyigba nyui aɖe ŋutɔe Yehowa, míaƒe Mawu la na mí.”
26 Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God:
Ke ameawo gbe be yewomayi anyigba la dzi o, eya ta wotsi tsitre ɖe Yehowa miaƒe Mawu ƒe ɖoɖo ŋuti.
27 And ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because the LORD hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.
Wolĩ liʋĩliʋĩ le woƒe agbadɔwo me hegblɔ be, “Yehowa melɔ̃ mí o; ekplɔ mí tso Egipte be Amoritɔwo nawu mí.
28 Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people [is] greater and taller than we; the cities [are] great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.
Nu kae le míawɔ ge? Mía nɔvi ŋkutsalawo ƒe ɖaseɖiɖi do ŋɔdzi na mí. Wobe, ‘Anyigba la dzi tɔwo nye ame dzɔatsu sesẽwo, eye gli siwo woɖo ƒo xlã woƒe duwo la kɔ yi ɖatɔ dziŋgɔli! Wokpɔ ame dzɔatsu siwo nye Anak ƒe dzidzimeviwo gɔ̃ hã le afi ma.’”
29 Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.
Ke megblɔ na wo be, “Migavɔ̃ o!
30 The LORD your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;
Yehowa Mawue nye míaƒe kplɔla eye wòawɔ aʋa na mí kple eƒe nukumɔ triakɔwo abe ale si wòwɔ miekpɔ le Egipte ene.
31 And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the LORD thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place.
Miawo ŋutɔ mienya ale si wòlé be na mí ɣe sia ɣi le gbedzi le afi sia, abe ale si fofo léa be na via ene!”
32 Yet in this thing ye did not believe the LORD your God,
Ke nya siwo megblɔ la mewɔ dɔ aɖeke ɖe mia dzi o. Miegbe eye miexɔ Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la dzi se o,
33 Who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tents [in], in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, and in a cloud by day.
evɔ wònye eyae kplɔ mi le mɔzɔzɔ blibo la me, tia teƒe nyuitɔwo na mi be miaƒu asaɖa anyi ɖo. Ekplɔ mi kple dzo bibi le zã me kple lilikpo dodo le ŋkeke me.
34 And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying,
Yehowa se woƒe liʋĩliʋĩlilĩ, eye wòdo dɔmedzoe ŋutɔŋutɔ. Eka atam be,
35 Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers,
“Ame ɖeka pɛ gɔ̃ hã matso dzidzime vɔ̃ɖi ma me, anɔ agbe akpɔ anyigba si ŋugbe yedo na wo fofowo o,
36 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed the LORD.
negbe Kaleb, Yefune ƒe viŋutsu ko, elabena Kaleb ya dze Yehowa yome, eya ta axɔ anyigba si dzi wòzɔ la ƒe akpa aɖe abe eƒe domenyinu ene.”
37 Also the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither.
Yehowa do dɔmedzoe ɖe nye gɔ̃ hã ŋu le woawo ta, eye wògblɔ nam be, “Màde Ŋugbedodonyigba la dzi o!
38 [But] Joshua the son of Nun, which standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: encourage him: for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.
Wò kpeɖeŋutɔ, Yosua, Nun ƒe viŋutsu akplɔ Israelviwo ɖe tewòƒe woade afi ma. De dzi ƒo nɛ esi wòle dzadzram ɖo hena ameawo kpɔkplɔ.
39 Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.
Matsɔ anyigba la ana wo vi siwo woawo ŋutɔ wogblɔ be woaku le gbedzi.
40 But [as for] you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
Ke mi dzidzime xoxo ma me viwo ya la, mitrɔ fifi laa, miagbugbɔ aɖo ta Ƒu Dzĩ la gbɔ.”
41 Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the LORD, we will go up and fight, according to all that the LORD our God commanded us. And when ye had girded on every man his weapons of war, ye were ready to go up into the hill.
Tete mieʋu eme be, “Míewɔ nu vɔ̃ ɖe Yehowa ŋu. Míayi anyigba la dzi, awɔ aʋa ɖe eta abe ale si Yehowa, míaƒe Mawu la ɖo na mí be míawɔ ene.” Ale wokpla woƒe aʋawɔnuwo hebu be yewoaɖu anyigba blibo la dzi tɔwo dzi bɔbɔe.
42 And the LORD said unto me, Say unto them, Go not up, neither fight; for I [am] not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies.
Ke Yehowa gblɔ nam be, “Gblɔ na wo bena, ‘Miekpɔ ayi awɔ aʋa o, elabena nyemanɔ kpli mi o. Miaƒe futɔwo aɖu mia dzi.’”
43 So I spake unto you; and ye would not hear, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD, and went presumptuously up into the hill.
Megblɔe na wo, gake womeɖo tom o, ke boŋ wogatsi tsitre ɖe Yehowa ƒe ɖoɖo ŋuti heyi tonyigba la dzi hena aʋawɔwɔ.
44 And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, [even] unto Hormah.
Ke Amoritɔwo, ame siwo nɔ afi ma la kpe aʋa kpli wo, nya wo ɖe du nu abe anyiwo ene, eye wowu wo tso Seir va se ɖe keke Horma.
45 And ye returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD would not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you.
Wotrɔ gbɔ, eye wofa avi le Yehowa ŋkume, gake meɖo to wo o.
46 So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode [there].
Ale wonɔ afi ma, Kades, ɣeyiɣi didi aɖe.
