< Exodus 33 >

1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Depart, [and] go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it:
Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose sɛ, “Di saa nnipa a wode wɔn firi Misraim asase so no anim kɔ asase a mede hyɛɛ Abraham, Isak ne Yakob bɔ no so, ɛfiri sɛ, mekaa sɛ, ‘Mede saa asase yi bɛma wʼasefoɔ.’
2 And I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:
Mɛsoma ɔbɔfoɔ adi wʼanim na wapam Kanaanfoɔ, Amorifoɔ, Hetifoɔ, Perisifoɔ, Hewifoɔ ne Yebusifoɔ.
3 Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou [art] a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way.
Ɛyɛ asase a ɛwoɔ ne nufosuo sene wɔ so. Na me ne mo rentu saa ɛkwan no ɛfiri sɛ, moyɛ asoɔden ne basabasayɛfoɔ. Sɛ me ne mo kɔ a, anhwɛ a, mɛsɛe mo wɔ ɛkwan so.”
4 And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments.
Nnipa yi tee saa nsɛnhyeɛ yi, wɔtwaa agyaadwoɔ. Afei, wɔworɔworɔɔ wɔn ho nkawa ne ahyehyɛdeɛ nyinaa.
5 For the LORD had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye [are] a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee.
Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose sɛ ɔnka nkyerɛ wɔn sɛ, “Moyɛ nnipa basabasayɛfoɔ ne asoɔden. Na sɛ me ne mo tena bɛyɛ simma baako pɛ koraa mpo a, anka mɛtɔre mo ase. Monworɔworɔ mo nkawa ne agudeɛ a ɛhyehyɛ mo no nyinaa kɔsi ɛberɛ a mɛhunu deɛ mɛyɛ mo.”
6 And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by the mount Horeb.
Yei akyi no, obiara worɔɔ nʼagudeɛ wɔ Bepɔ Horeb so.
7 And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, [that] every one which sought the LORD went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which [was] without the camp.
Na Mose sii hyiabea ntomadan wɔ sraban no akyi a obiara a ɔpɛ sɛ ɔne Awurade di nkutaho no kɔ hɔ. Wɔtoo dan no edin “Ahyiaeɛ Ntomadan.”
8 And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the tabernacle, [that] all the people rose up, and stood every man [at] his tent door, and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the tabernacle.
Ɛberɛ biara a Mose bɛkɔ Ahyiaeɛ Ntomadan no mu no, nnipa no nyinaa sɔre bɛgyina wɔn ntomadan ano hwɛ no kɔsi sɛ ɔbɛduru ɛdan no ano.
9 And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended, and stood [at] the door of the tabernacle, and [the LORD] talked with Moses.
Ɔrewura mu a, omununkum fadum bɛhyia no wɔ ɛkwan no ano na Awurade nam mu ne Mose akasa.
10 And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand [at] the tabernacle door: and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man [in] his tent door.
Na nnipa no nyinaa agyina wɔn ntomadan apono ano akoto asɔre omununkum fadum no.
11 And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.
Ɛdan no mu, na Awurade kasa kyerɛ Mose animu ne animu, sɛdeɛ obi ne nʼadamfo di nkɔmmɔ. Na sɛ Mose sane kɔ nsraban no hɔ a, aberanteɛ a ɔboa no a wɔfrɛ no Yosua (Nun ba) no deɛ, ɔtena Ahyiaeɛ Ntomadan no mu ara kɔsi sɛ Mose bɛsane aba.
12 And Moses said unto the LORD, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight.
Mose ka kyerɛɛ Awurade sɛ, “Daa woka kyerɛ me sɛ, ‘Fa saa nnipa yi kɔ bɔhyɛ asase no so, nanso wonkyerɛɛ me onipa a ɔnka me ho ne me nkɔ. Wose woyɛ mʼadamfo a woayɛ me adɔeɛ bebree.’
13 Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation [is] thy people.
Na sɛ saa na ɛte a, di mʼanim kyerɛ me baabi a ɛyɛ wo pɛ sɛ mefa na ama mate wo aseɛ na mafa wo kwan so pɛpɛɛpɛ. Na mma wo werɛ mfiri sɛ saa ɔman yi yɛ wo nkurɔfoɔ.”
14 And he said, My presence shall go [with thee], and I will give thee rest.
Na Awurade buaa no sɛ, “Mʼankasa me ne wo bɛkɔ na woadi nkonim.”
15 And he said unto him, If thy presence go not [with me], carry us not up hence.
Nanso Mose kaa sɛ, “Sɛ wo ne yɛn renkɔ deɛ a, mma yɛnntu yɛn nan mfiri ha.
16 For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? [is it] not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that [are] upon the face of the earth.
Sɛ wo ne yɛn ankɔ a, hwan na ɔbɛhunu sɛ me ne me nkurɔfoɔ anya wo hɔ adom a ama nsonsonoeɛ abɛda yɛn ne asase sofoɔ a aka no ntam?”
17 And the LORD said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name.
Awurade buaa Mose sɛ, “Ampa ara, mɛyɛ wʼabisadeɛ ama wo, ɛfiri sɛ, woanya ahummɔborɔ afiri me nkyɛn na woyɛ mʼadamfo.”
18 And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory.
Na Mose srɛɛ sɛ ɔpɛ sɛ ɔhunu Onyankopɔn animuonyam.
19 And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.
Awurade buaa sɛ, “Mɛma mo ahunu mʼadɔeɛ na mɛbɔ me din Awurade no akyerɛ mo. Deɛ mepɛ sɛ mehunu no mmɔbɔ no, mɛhunu no mmɔbɔ, na deɛ mepɛ sɛ meyɛ no adɔeɛ nso, mɛyɛ no adɔeɛ.
20 And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.
Nanso, morenhunu mʼanimuonyam, ɛfiri sɛ, obi bi renhunu mʼanim ntena nkwa mu.
21 And the LORD said, Behold, [there is] a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock:
“Nanso gyina ɔbotan yi so wɔ me nkyɛn ha.
22 And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by:
Na sɛ mʼanimuonyam resene a, mede wo bɛhyɛ ɔbotan no mu na mede me nsa akata wo so kɔsi sɛ mɛtwam.
23 And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.
Afei, mɛyi me nsa na woahunu mʼakyi, na mʼanim deɛ, worenhunu.”

< Exodus 33 >