Exodus 33
1 And YHWH speaks to Moses, “Go, ascend from this [place], you and the people, whom you have brought up out of the land of Egypt, to the land which I have sworn to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, I give it to your seed.
Yehowa gblɔ na Mose be, “Kplɔ ame siwo nèkplɔ tso Egipte la, yi anyigba si ŋugbe medo na Abraham, Isak kple Yakob la dzi, elabena megblɔ be, ‘Matsɔ anyigba sia ana miaƒe dzidzimeviwo.’
2 And I have sent a Messenger before you, and have cast out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
Madɔ Mawudɔla aɖe ɖa wòakplɔ mi, eye manya Kanaantɔwo, Amoritɔwo, Hititɔwo, Perizitɔwo, Hivitɔwo kple Yebusitɔwo ɖa le anyigba la dzi.
3 [Go up] to a land flowing with milk and honey, for I do not go up in your midst, for you [are] a stiff-necked people—lest I consume you in the way.”
Enye anyigba aɖe si dzi ‘notsi kple anyitsi bɔ ɖo.’ Ke nyemazɔ kpli mi o, elabena mienye dukɔ kɔlialiatɔwo kple setemanɔlawo, eye mava di be matsrɔ̃ mi le mɔa dzi.”
4 And the people hear this sad thing, and mourn; and none puts his ornaments on him.
Esi ameawo se ŋɔdzinya siawo la, wode asi konyifafa me, eye woɖe woƒe sikanuwo kple atsyɔ̃ɖonuwo da ɖi.
5 And YHWH says to Moses, “Say to the sons of Israel: You [are] a stiff-necked people; [in] one moment I could come up into your midst and could have consumed you; and now, put down your ornaments from off you, and I know what I do to you”;
Yehowa gblɔ na Mose be wòagblɔ na Israelviawo be, “Mienye aglãdzelawo kple kɔlialiatɔwo. Ne menɔ mia dome aɖabaƒoƒo ɖeka pɛ gɔ̃ hã la, matsrɔ̃ mi. Miɖe miaƒe sikanuwo kple atsyɔ̃ɖonuwo da ɖi va se ɖe esime maɖo kpe nu si mawɔ kpli mi la dzi.”
6 and the sons of Israel take off their ornaments at Mount Horeb.
Ale le nu sia megbe la, Israelviwo megado sikanu aɖeke le Horeb.
7 And Moses takes the tent, and has stretched it out at the outside of the camp, far off from the camp, and has called it, “Tent of Meeting”; and it has come to pass, everyone seeking YHWH goes out to the Tent of Meeting, which [is] at the outside of the camp.
Mose tua agbadɔ la ɣe sia ɣi ɖe adzɔge ʋĩi tso asaɖa la gbɔ. Ena ŋkɔe be, “Agbadɔ Hena Gododo Mawu.” Ame sia ame si di be yeaƒo nu kple Yehowa la yia afi ma.
8 And it has come to pass, at the going out of Moses to the tent, all the people rise, and have stood, each at the opening of his tent, and have looked expectingly after Moses, until his going into the tent.
Ne Mose yina agbadɔ la gbɔ la, ameawo katã tsia tsitre ɖe woƒe agbadɔwo nu, eye wonɔa Mose kpɔm va se ɖe esime wòaɖo agbadɔ la nu.
9 And it has come to pass, at the going in of Moses to the tent, the pillar of the cloud comes down, and has stood at the opening of the tent, and He has spoken with Moses;
Ne ege ɖe agbadɔ la me la, lilikpo dodo aɖe ɖiɖina va nɔa agbadɔ la nu le esime Mawu ƒoa nu kple Mose.
10 and all the people have seen the pillar of the cloud standing at the opening of the tent, and all the people have risen and bowed themselves, each at the opening of his tent.
Ekema ameawo katã doa gbe ɖa eye wodea ta agu na lilikpo la le woƒe agbadɔwo nu.
11 And YHWH has spoken to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend; and he has turned back to the camp, and his minister Joshua, son of Nun, a youth, does not depart out of the tent.
Yehowa ƒoa nu kple Mose ŋkume kple ŋkume le Mawu ƒe agbadɔ la me abe ale si xɔlɔ̃ ƒoa nu kple xɔlɔ̃ ene. Le esia megbe la, Mose trɔna vaa asaɖa la me, ke Yosua, Nun ƒe viŋutsu, ɖekakpui si kpena ɖe eŋu la, nɔa agbadɔ la me.
12 And Moses says to YHWH, “See, You are saying to me, Bring up this people, and You have not caused me to know whom You send with me; and You have said, I have known you by name, and you have also found grace in My eyes.
Mose gblɔ na Yehowa le agbadɔ la me be, “Ègblɔna nam be, ‘Kplɔ dukɔ sia yi Ŋugbedodonyigba la dzi.’ Ke mègblɔ ame si nàɖo ɖa kplim la nam o. Ègblɔ be yenyam kple nye ŋkɔ, eye yeƒe amenuveve la li kplim.
13 And now, if, please, I have found grace in Your eyes, please cause me to know Your way, and I know You, so that I find grace in Your eyes, and consider that this nation [is] Your people”;
Ne esia le eme alea pɛpɛpɛ la, ekema meɖe kuku, fia wò mɔwom ale be mase wò ɖoɖowo gɔme, eye mawɔ nu si adze ŋuwò. Ɖo ŋku edzi be yeƒe dukɔe nye dukɔ sia.”
14 and He says, “My presence goes, and I have given rest to you.”
Yehowa ɖo eŋu be, “Nye ŋutɔ mayi kpli mi, eye mana nu sia nu nadze edzi na mi.”
15 And he says to Him, “If Your presence is not going—do not take us up from this [place];
Mose xɔ edzi be, “Ne mèle yiyi ge kpli mí o la, ekema mègana míaɖe afɔ ɖeka tso afi sia o.
16 and in what is it known now, that I have found grace in Your eyes—I and Your people—is it not in Your going with us? And we have been distinguished—I and Your people—from all the people who [are] on the face of the ground.”
Ne mèyi kpli mí o la, ame kae akpɔ be wò amenuveve li kplim kple nye amewo? Ame kae akpɔ be míeto vovo tso dukɔ bubu ɖe sia ɖe si le anyigba dzi la gbɔ?”
17 And YHWH says to Moses, “Even this thing which you have spoken I do; for you have found grace in My eyes, and I know you by name.”
Yehowa ɖo eŋu na Mose be, “Ɛ̃, mawɔ nu si nèbia la na wò, elabena vavã, nye amenuveve le dziwò, eye menya wò kple wò ŋkɔ.”
18 And he says, “Please show me Your glory”;
Mose bia Mawu be wòana yeakpɔ eƒe ŋutikɔkɔe.
19 and He says, “I cause all My goodness to pass before your face, and have called concerning the Name of YHWH before you, and favored him whom I favor, and loved him whom I love.”
Yehowa ɖo eŋu be, “Mana nye ŋutikɔkɔe nato wò ŋkume ayi. Maɖe gbeƒã nye ŋkɔ Yehowa kple eƒe gɔmesese le ŋgɔwò. Mevea ame si nu medi be mave la nu, eye mekpɔa nublanui na ame si medi be makpɔ nublanui na.
20 He also says, “You are unable to see My face, for man does not see Me and live”;
Ke màkpɔ nye ŋkume ya o, elabena ame aɖeke makpɔ nye ŋkume, eye wòaganɔ agbe o.
21 YHWH also says, “Behold, a place [is] by Me, and you have stood on the rock,
Tsi tsitre ɖe agakpe sia dzi le gbɔnye.
22 and it has come to pass, in the passing by of My glory, that I have set you in a cleft of the rock, and spread out My hands over you until My passing by,
Ne nye ŋutikɔkɔe tso eme va yina la, matsɔ wò ade agakpe la tome. Matsɔ nye asi atsyɔ dziwò va se ɖe esime matso eme.
23 and I have turned aside My hands, and you have seen My back parts, and My face is not seen.”
Ekema maɖe nye asi ɖa, eye nàkpɔ yonyeme. Màkpɔ nye ŋkume ya o.”
