Deuteronomy 9

1 Hear O Israel! thou art passing, to-day, over the Jordan, to go in to dispossess nations, greater and stronger than thou, —cities great and fortified into the heavens;

Israel, muntie: Morekotwa Yordan na moawura mu akogye aman a ɛsoso na wɔwɔ ahoɔden kyɛn mo na wɔwɔ nkuropɔn akɛse wɔ mu na wɔn afasu kɔka sorosoro no, agyapade.

2 a people great and tall, the sons of Anakim, —whom, thou, knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the sons of Anak?

Nnipa no wɔ ahoɔden na wɔwoware; Anakfo! Moate wɔn nka na moate sɛ wɔka se, “Hena na obetumi ne Anakfo agyina?”

3 So then, thou must consider to-day, that Yahweh thy God, he it is that is passing over before thee as a consuming fire, he, will destroy them, and, he, will cause them to bow down before thee, —so shalt thou dispossess them, and destroy them speedily, as Yahweh hath spoken unto thee.

Nanso merehyɛ mo ase nnɛ sɛ, Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, na ɔredi mo anim te sɛ ogyaframa a ɛresɛe ade. Ɔbɛsɛe wɔn. Ɔbɛbrɛ wɔn ase wɔ mo anim. Na moapam wɔn na moatɔre wɔn ase ntɛm pa ara sɛnea Awurade hyɛɛ mo bɔ no.

4 Do not speak in thy heart, when Yahweh thy God casteth them out from before thee saying, For mine own righteousness, hath Yahweh brought me in, to possess this land, —whereas it is for the lawlessness of these nations, that, Yahweh, is dispossessing them from before thee.

Sɛ Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, tu wɔn gu a, monnka wɔ mo koma mu se, “Esiane yɛn trenee nti na Awurade de saa asase yi ama yɛn.” Dabi, ɛyɛ aman no amumɔyɛsɛm nti na Awurade redi mo anim apam wɔn.

5 Not for thine own righteousness, nor for the uprightness of thine own heart, art thou going in to possess their land, —but for the lawlessness of these nations, is, Yahweh thy God driving them out from before thee, and that he may establish the word which Yahweh sware unto thy fathers, unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob.

Ɛnyɛ sɛ moyɛ atreneefo ne nokwafo nti na morekɔfa wɔn asase no; mmom, efi wɔn amumɔyɛ nti, Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, bɛpam saa aman yi adi mo anim de ahyɛ ntam a wadi kan aka akyerɛ mo agyanom Abraham, Isak ne Yakob no ma.

6 So then, thou must consider that, not for thine own righteousness, is Yahweh thy God giving unto thee this good land to possess it, —for a stiff-necked people, thou art.

Monte ase sɛ, ɛnyɛ sɛ moyɛ atreneefo nti na Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, de saa asase pa yi rema mo. Moyɛ ɔman a asoɔden ahyɛ mo ma.

7 Remember—do not forget, how thou didst provoke Yahweh thy God, in the desert, —yea from the day when thou camest forth out of the and of Egypt until ye entered as far as this place, have ye been quarrelling, with Yahweh.

Monkae eyi na mommma mo werɛ mmfi sɛnea mohyɛɛ Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn abufuw wɔ sare so hɔ no. Efi bere a mutu fii Misraim besi sɛ muduu ha yi, moakɔ so atew Awurade anim atua.

8 Even in Horeb, ye provoked Yahweh to wrath, —so that Yahweh showed himself angry with you to destroy you.

Mohyɛɛ Awurade abufuw wɔ Horeb a anka ɔpɛ sɛ ɔsɛe mo.

9 When I went up into the mountain to receive the tables of stone—the tables of the covenant, which Yahweh had solemnised with you, then abode I in the mountain forty days and forty nights, food, did I not, eat, and water, did I not drink.

Mekɔɔ bepɔw no so sɛ merekogye abo kyerɛwpon a na wɔakyerɛw apam a na Awurade ne mo apam no agu so no, metenaa hɔ nnafua aduanan, mannidi na mannom.

10 Then did Yahweh deliver unto me the two tables of stone, written with the finger of God, —and [there was] upon them, according to all the words which Yahweh had spoken with you in the mountain out of the midst of the fire in the day of the convocation.

Awurade de apam a ɛwɔ abo kyerɛwpon a Onyankopɔn ankasa akyerɛw nsɛm a ofi ogya a ɛwɔ bepɔw no so no mu ka kyerɛɛ mo no nyinaa maa me.

11 So then it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that Yahweh gave unto me the two tables of stone the tables of the covenant.

Na awia ne anadwo adaduanan no baa awiei no, Awurade de abo pon abien a wɔakyerɛw apam no wɔ so no maa me.

12 Then said Yahweh unto me—Up! get down quickly out of this mountain, for thy people whom thou hast brought forth out of Egypt, have broken faith, —they have turned aside quickly, out of the way which I commanded them, —they have made them a molten image.

Afei, Awurade ka kyerɛɛ me se, “Sian fi ha ntɛm kɔ, efisɛ nnipa a wudii wɔn anim fi Misraim no adan abɔnefo. Wɔaman afi ahyɛde a memaa wɔn no ho na wɔayɛ ohoni afa.”

13 And Yahweh spake unto me saying, —I have looked on this people, and lo! a stiff-necked people, it is.

Na Awurade ka kyerɛɛ me se, “Mahwɛ saa nnipa yi ara ahu sɛ, wɔn aso yɛ den pa ara.

14 Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and wipe out their name from under the heavens, —and make thee into a nation stronger and more in number than they.

Ma me kwan na mensɛe na mempepa wɔn din mfi ɔsoro ase. Na menam so mayɛ wʼasefo ɔman kɛse; ɔman a ɛso na ɛwɔ ahoɔden sen sɛnea ɛte nnɛ yi.”

15 So I turned, and came down out of the mountain, now the mountain was burning with fire, —and the two tables of the covenant were upon my two hands.

Enti misian fii ogya bepɔw no so a na mikura abo apon abien a apam no wɔ so no.

16 Then looked I, and lo! ye had sinned against Yahweh your God, ye had made you a molten calf, —ye had turned aside quickly, out of the way which Yahweh had commanded you.

Mehwɛe no, mihuu sɛ moayɛ bɔne atia Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn; Moagu nantwi ba sɛso honi ama mo ho. Moaman afi Awurade kwan a ɔkyerɛɛ mo sɛ momfa so no so ntɛm.

17 So I seized the two tables, and cast them from off my two hands, —and brake them in pieces before your eyes.

Enti memaa ɔbo apon no so kɔɔ soro na metow hwee fam. Mibubuu no wɔ mo anim.

18 Then lay I prostrate before Yahweh as at the first, forty days and forty nights, food, did I not eat, and water, did I not drink, —because of all your sin which ye had sinned, in doing the thing that was wicked, in the eyes of Yahweh. to provoke him to anger.

Afei, medaa Awurade anim awia ne anadwo adaduanan a manni brodo, annom nsu. Meyɛɛ eyi, efisɛ sɛ moayɛ ade a Awurade kyi nti, moayɛ bɔne na ɛnam so ama ne bo afuw yiye.

19 For I shrank with fear from the face of the anger and the hot displeasure, wherewith Yahweh was provoked against you to destroy you, —but Yahweh hearkened unto me, even at that time.

Misuroo Awurade abufuw ne so asotwe, efisɛ na ne bo afuw yiye a obetumi asɛe mo. Nanso, otiee me bio.

20 And with Aaron, did Yahweh show himself exceedingly angry, to destroy him, —so I prostrated myself, even in behalf of Aaron at that time.

Na Awurade bo fuw Aaron a na anka ɔpɛ sɛ ɔsɛe no. Nanso mebɔɔ mpae maa Aaron nso.

21 And your sin which ye had made even the calf, took I and burned it up with fire, and pounded it very small, until it was fine as dust, —then cast I the dust thereof into the torrent that descended out of the mountain.

Mefaa mo bɔne, nantwi ba a moayɛ no, na menan no wɔ gya mu yam no muhumuhu. Metow ne mfutuma no guu asuwa bi a ɛsen fi bepɔw no mu no mu.

22 Also, at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth-hataavah, a cause of provocation, became ye unto Yahweh.

Mohyɛɛ Awurade abufuw wɔ Tabera, Masa ne Kibrot-Hataawa nso.

23 Also when Yahweh sent you out of Kadesh-barnea saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given unto you then quarreled ye with the bidding of Yahweh your God, and trusted him not, neither hearkened unto his voice.

Kades-Barnea nso, Awurade somaa mo wɔ saa ɔhyɛ yi so se, “Monkɔ soro hɔ nkɔfa asase a mede ama mo no.” Nanso mubuu Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, ahyɛde so na moamfa mo ho anto no so antie nʼasɛm.

24 Ye have been quarrelling, with Yahweh, —from the day that I first knew you.

Efi bere a mihuu mo no, daa mosɔre tia Awurade.

25 Thus, then lay I prostrate before Yahweh, the forty days and the forty nights that I did lie prostrate, —because Yahweh spake of destroying you.

Ɛno nti na bere a Awurade sii nʼadwene pi sɛ ɔbɛsɛe mo no, mekɔdaa nʼanim awia ne anadwo nnafua aduanan no.

26 Therefore I prostrated myself unto Yahweh and said, My Lord Yahweh! Do not destroy thy people even thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed in thy greatness, —which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a firm hand.

Mebɔɔ mpae srɛɛ Awurade se, “Otumfo Awurade, nsɛe wo man ne wʼagyapade a wode wo kɛseyɛ agye asi hɔ na wode wo nsa a ɛyɛ den ayi wɔn afi Misraim no.

27 Have remembrance of thy servants, of Abraham, of Isaac and of Jacob, —do not regard the obduracy of this people, or their lawlessness or their sin:

Yi wʼani fi saa nnipa yi komapirim ne asoɔden ne wɔn bɔne so na kae wo nkoa Abraham, Isak ne Yakob.

28 lest the land out of which thou hast brought us forth say, Because Yahweh was not able to bring them into the land of which he had spoken to them, —and because he hated them, took he them forth to put them to death in the desert.

Anyɛ saa a, Misraimfo no bɛka se, ‘Awurade sɛee wɔn, efisɛ wantumi amfa wɔn ankɔ asase a ɔkaa ntam sɛ ɔde bɛma wɔn no so. Anaasɛ nso, wɔbɛka se, ɔsɛee wɔn, efisɛ ɔtan wɔn; ɔde wɔn baa sare so sɛ ɔrekokunkum wɔn.’

29 Yet, they, are thy people and thine inheritance, —whom thou hast brought forth with thy great strength, and with thy stretched-out arm.

Nanso wɔyɛ wo nkurɔfo ne wʼagyapade a wonam tumi a ɛso ne wʼabasa a woatrɛw mu so yii wɔn.”