Deuteronomy 31
1 And Moses went, and spake these words unto all Israel;
Esi Mose wu nya siawo gbɔgblɔ nu la,
2 and said unto them—A hundred and twenty years old, am I to-day, I can no more go out and come in, —Yahweh indeed hath said unto me, Thou shall not pass over this Jordan.
egagblɔ na ameawo be, “Fifia mexɔ ƒe alafa ɖeka kple blaeve. Ŋutete megale ŋunye be mado go, eye magava eme o, elabena Yehowa gblɔ nam be nyematso Yɔdan tɔsisi la o.
3 Yahweh thy God, is passing over before thee, he, will destroy these nations from before thee so shalt thou dispossess them, —Joshua is passing over before thee, as Yahweh hath spoken.
Ke Yehowa miaƒe Mawu ŋutɔ akplɔ mi, atsrɔ̃ dukɔ siwo le anyigba la dzi, eye miaɖu wo dzi. Yosua nye miaƒe kplɔla yeye la abe ale si Yehowa do ŋugbe ene.
4 So will Yahweh do unto them as he did unto Sihon and unto Og, kings of the Amorites, and unto the land of them whom he destroyed.
Yehowa atsrɔ̃ dukɔ siwo le anyigba la dzi abe ale si wòwɔ Sixɔn kple Ɔg, Amoritɔwo ƒe fiawo ene.
5 So will Yahweh deliver them up before you, —and ye shall do unto them—according to all the commandment which I have commanded you.
Yehowa atsɔ ame siwo le anyigba la dzi la ade asi na mi, eye miatsrɔ̃ wo abe ale si meɖo na mi ene.
6 Be firm and bold, do not fear nor tremble because of them, —for Yahweh thy God, it is who is going with thee, he will not fail thee nor forsake thee.
Misẽ ŋu! Dzi nanɔ mia ƒo! Migavɔ̃ o, elabena Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la anɔ kpli mi. Mada le eƒe nya dzi o, eye magblẽ mi ɖi hã o.”
7 And Moses called for Joshua, and said unto him, in the sight of all Israel. Be firm and bold, for, thou, shalt go with this people into the land which Yahweh sware unto their fathers to give unto them, and, thou shalt cause them to inherit it.
Mose yɔ Yosua hegblɔ nɛ le Israelviwo katã ŋkume be, “Kpɔ ŋusẽ! Lé dzi ɖe ƒo, elabena wòe akplɔ ame siawo ayi anyigba si ŋugbe Yehowa do na wo tɔgbuiwo la dzi. Kpɔ egbɔ be woxɔ anyigba la.
8 But, Yahweh, it is who is going before thee, he will be with thee, he will not fail thee nor forsake thee, —thou must not fear nor be dismayed.
Mègavɔ̃ o, elabena Yehowa adze ŋgɔ na wò, anɔ kpli wò, mada le eƒe nya dzi o, eye magblẽ wò ɖi hã o.”
9 And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, who were bearing the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, —and unto all the elders of Israel.
Le esia megbe la, Mose ŋlɔ se siwo wòde na ameawo la, eye wòtsɔ wo na nunɔlawo, Levitɔwo, ame siwo kɔa nubablaɖaka si me Yehowa ƒe Se Ewoawo le. Mose tsɔ se siwo wòŋlɔ la na Israel ƒe ametsitsiwo hã.
10 And Moses commanded them, saying, —At the end of seven years in the appointed season of the year of release, during the festival of booths;
Mose bia tso wo si be, “Le ƒe adre ɖe sia ɖe ƒe nuwuwu, ɣeyiɣi si woɖo da ɖi be woatsɔ fewo ake, le Agbadɔmenɔŋkekenyui dzi,
11 when all Israel cometh in to see the face of Yahweh thy God, in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel, in their hearing.
esime Israelviwo katã ado ɖe Yehowa, Mawu ŋkume le teƒe si eya ŋutɔ atia la, ele be nàxlẽ se siawo na Israelviwo katã woase.”
12 Call together the people—the men and the women and the little ones, and thy sojourner who is within thy gates, —that they may hear, and that they may learn, so shall they revere Yahweh your God, and observe to do all the words of this law;
Mose yi edzi be, “Yɔ ameawo katã ƒo ƒu, ŋutsuwo, nyɔnuwo, ɖeviwo kple amedzro siwo le mia dome, be woase Yehowa ƒe seawo, eye woasrɔ̃ eƒe lɔlɔ̃nu, ale be miavɔ̃ Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la, eye miawɔ ɖe eƒe seawo dzi.
13 and that their children who know not, may hear and learn, that they may revere Yahweh your God, —all the days that ye are living upon the soil, which ye are passing over the Jordan to possess.
Wɔ esia ale be miaƒe ɖevi sue siwo menya se siawo o la, woase wo, eye woasrɔ̃ ale si woavɔ̃ Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la ŋkeke ale si mianɔ ŋugbedodonyigba la dzi.”
14 Then said Yahweh unto Moses: Lo! thy days have drawn near that thou must die. Call Joshua and station yourselves in the tent of meeting, that I may command him. So Moses went, with Joshua, and they took their station in the tent of meeting.
Tete Yehowa gblɔ na Mose be, “Ɣeyiɣi si wòle na wò be nàku la ɖo. Yɔ Yosua, miava Agbadɔ la me, eye magblɔ eƒe dɔdeasiwo nɛ.” Ale Mose kple Yosua wova tsi tsitre ɖe Yehowa ŋkume.
15 And Yahweh appeared in the tent, in a pillar of cloud, —and the pillar of cloud stood, at the entrance of the tent.
Yehowa ɖe eɖokui fia wo le lilikpo gã aɖe me le agbadɔ la ƒe mɔnu,
16 Then said Yahweh unto Moses, Lo! thou art about to sleep with thy fathers, —and this people will rise up, and go away unchastely after the gods of the foreigners of the land into the midst of whom they are entering, and will forsake me and break my covenant which I solemnised with them.
eye wògblɔ na Mose be, “Ele na wò be nàku, eye nàyi tɔgbuiwòwo gbɔ. Le wò ku megbe la, ame siawo ade asi mawu siwo le ŋugbedodonyigba la dzi la subɔsubɔ me. Woaŋlɔm be ale woagblẽ nubabla si mewɔ kple wo la me.
17 Then will mine anger kindle upon them in that day, and I will forsake them and will hide my face from them and they shall be consumed, and many calamities and misfortunes shall find them out, —and they will say, in that day, Is it not because my God is not in my midst, that these calamities have found me out?
Ekema nye dɔmedzoe abi ɖe wo ŋu, maɖe asi le wo ŋu, maɣla nye ŋkume ɖe wo, eye matsrɔ̃ wo. Nya sesẽ, dziŋɔwo adzɔ ɖe wo dzi, eye woagblɔ be, ‘Mawu megale mía dome o!’
18 But, I, will utterly, hide, my face, in that day, because of all the wickedness which they have done, in that they have turned away unto other gods.
Magbugbɔ le wo yome le woƒe nu vɔ̃ siwo wowɔ to mawu bubuwo subɔsubɔ me la ta.
19 Now, therefore write ye for you this Song, and teach it unto the sons of Israel put it in their mouths, —that this Song may become for me a witness against the sons of Israel.
“Azɔ la, ŋlɔ ha sia ƒe nyawo da ɖi, eye nàfia Israelviwo abe nye nuxlɔ̃ame na wo ene.
20 When I bring them upon the soil which I sware unto their fathers, flowing with milk and honey, and they shall eat and be filled and wax fat, then will they turn away unto other gods and serve them, and despise me, and break my covenant.
Ne mekplɔ wo va ɖo anyigba si ŋugbe medo na wo tɔgbuiwo dzi, anyigba si dzi ‘notsi kple anyitsi bɔ ɖo,’ ne wokpɔ lãme, nuwo nyo na wo, wosubɔ mawu bubuwo, do vlom, gblẽ nye nubabla kpli wo me,
21 And it shall come to pass, when many calamities and misfortunes shall find them out, then shall this Song respond to their face, as a witness, for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouth of their seed, for I know their imagination, which they are forming to-day, ere yet I bring them into the land of which I sware unto their fathers.
eye dzɔgbevɔ̃e gãwo dzɔ ɖe wo dzi la, ekema ha sia aɖo ŋku nu si he dzɔgbevɔ̃e va wo dzii la dzi na wo. Ha sia anɔ anyi tso dzidzime yi dzidzime. Menya dukɔ si tɔgbi wonye xoxo, hafi woava ɖo anyigba la dzi gɔ̃ hã.”
22 Moses therefore wrote this Song on that day, —and taught it unto the sons of Israel.
Ale Mose ŋlɔ ha la ƒe nyawo da ɖi, eye wòfia ha la Israelviwo.
23 And he commanded Joshua, son of Nun, and said—Be firm and bold, for, thou shalt bring the sons of Israel into the land which I have sworn to them, —and, I, will be with thee.
Ede dzi ƒo na Yosua, Nun ƒe viŋutsu la be, “Sẽ ŋu eye nalé dzi ɖe ƒo elabena wòe akplɔ Israelviwo ayi anyigba si ŋugbe medo na wo la dzi, eye nye ŋutɔ manɔ kpli wò.”
24 And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law, upon a scroll, —until he had finished them,
Esi Mose wu se siwo katã woŋlɔ ɖe agbalẽ sia me ŋɔŋlɔ nu la,
25 then Moses commanded the Levites, who were bearing the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, saying:
eɖe gbe na Levitɔwo, ame siwo kɔa nubablaɖaka si me Se Ewoawo le la be,
26 Take this scroll of the law, and put it at the side of the ark of the covenant of Yahweh your God, —so shall it be there in thy midst as a witness.
“Mitsɔ segbalẽ sia da ɖe Yehowa miaƒe Mawu ƒe nubablaɖaka la xa, ne wòanye ŋkuɖodzinu na mi
27 For, I, know thy perverseness, and thy stiff neck, —lo! while I am yet alive with you to-day, ye are, quarrelling, with Yahweh, and how much more after my death?
elabena menya miaƒe tosesẽ kple kɔlialiatɔnyenye. Ne egbe si mele mia gbɔ gɔ̃ hã mienye aglãdzelawo ɖe Yehowa ŋu la, aleke gbegbe miaganye aglãdzelawo wu le nye ku megbe?
28 Call together unto me all the elders of your tribes and your officers, —and let me speak in their hearing these words, and let me take to witness against them the heavens and the earth.
Azɔ la, miyɔ miaƒe ametsitsiwo kple miaƒe towo ƒe kplɔlawo katã ƒo ƒu, ale be mate ŋu aƒo nu na wo, eye mayɔ dziƒo kple anyigba abe ɖasefowo ene ɖe wo ŋu.
29 For I know that after my death, ye will break faith, and turn aside out of the way which I have commanded you, —and calamity will befall you in the afterpart of the days, because ye will do the thing that is wicked in the eyes of Yahweh, to provoke him with the work of your own hands.
Menya be le nye ku megbe la, miagblẽ kɔ ɖo na mia ɖokuiwo keŋkeŋ, eye miaɖe asi le Mawu kple eƒe seawo ŋu. Ale le ŋkeke siwo gbɔna me la, dzɔgbevɔ̃e adzɔ ɖe mia dzi, elabena miawɔ nu si Yehowa gblɔ be enye nu vɔ̃, eye miado dɔmedzoe nɛ vevie.”
30 So Moses spake in the hearing of all the convocation of Israel the words of this Song, until they were ended: —
Le esia megbe la, Mose gblɔ ha sia me nyawo katã na Israelviwo ƒe ha blibo la be:
