< Exodus 10 >
1 Yahweh said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his servants. I have done this to show these signs of my power among them.
Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose sɛ, “Sane kɔ Farao nkyɛn na kɔbisa no deɛ mahyɛ sɛ ɔnyɛ mma wo no. Nanso, mapirim ɔne ne mpanimfoɔ nyinaa akoma sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a, mɛtumi ayɛ anwanwadeɛ bebree akyerɛ wɔn ama wɔahunu me tumi.
2 I have also done this so that you may tell your children and grandchildren the things I have done, how I have harshly treated Egypt, and how I have given various signs of my power among them. In this way you will know that I am Yahweh.”
Na ɛnam so ma woatumi aka anwanwadeɛ a mayɛ wɔ Misraim asase so no akyerɛ wo mma ne wo mmanananom. Ka sɛdeɛ memaa Misraimfoɔ no yɛɛ wɔn adeɛ sɛ nkwaseafoɔ wɔ mʼanim no ne sɛdeɛ mema wɔhunuu sɛ mene Awurade no kyerɛ wɔn.”
3 So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, “Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, says this: 'How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go so that they may worship me.
Enti, Mose ne Aaron kɔhunuu Farao ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Awurade a ɔyɛ Hebrifoɔ Onyankopɔn se memmisa wo sɛ, ‘Nna dodoɔ sɛn na wopɛ sɛ wode bu me animtia? Ma me nkurɔfoɔ nkɔ na wɔnkɔsom me.
4 But if you refuse to let my people go, listen, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your land.
Na sɛ woamma wɔn ankɔ a, ɔkyena nko ara mɛma ntutummɛ aba wʼasase yi so.
5 They will cover the surface of the ground so that no one will be able to see the earth. They will eat the remains of whatever escaped from the hail. They will also eat every tree that grows for you in the fields.
Wɔbɛkata asase no ani nyinaa. Na wɔbɛsɛe biribiara a ɛkaeɛ a asukɔtweaa a ɛtɔeɛ no ansɛe no no nyinaa a wiram nnua nyinaa ka ho.
6 They will fill your houses, those of all your servants, and those of all the Egyptians—something neither your father nor your grandfather ever saw, nothing ever seen since the day that they were on the earth to this present day.'” Then Moses left and went out from Pharaoh.
Mmoa no bɛhyɛ wʼahemfie hɔ, wo mpanimfoɔ afie mu ne Misraimfoɔ afie nyinaa ma tɔ. Ɛbɛyɛ ɔhaw a, ɛfiri ɛberɛ a mo agyanom bɛtenaa asase yi so de bɛsi ɛnnɛ no, ebi nsii saa da.’” Na Mose firii Farao anim kɔeɛ.
7 Pharaoh's servants said to him, “How long will this man be a menace to us? Let the Israelites go so that they may worship Yahweh their God. Do you not yet realize that Egypt is destroyed?”
Afei, mpanimfoɔ a wɔwɔ Farao asɛnniiɛ no bɛbisaa no sɛ, “Nkɔsi da bɛn na wobɛma saa ɔbarima yi afa yɛn nnommum? Wonhunuu sɛ Misraim nyinaa adane amamfo? Ma nnipa no ɛkwan na wɔnkɔ nkɔsom Awurade wɔn Onyankopɔn!”
8 Moses and Aaron were brought again to Pharaoh, who said to them, “Go worship Yahweh your God. But what people will go?”
Enti, wɔsane de Mose ne Aaron baa Farao anim bio bɛbisaa Farao ɛkwan. Farao kaa sɛ, “Ɛyɛ, monkɔsom Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn no. Na ɛhefoɔ na mo ne wɔn bɛkɔ?”
9 Moses said, “We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and our daughters. We will go with our flocks and herds, for we must hold a festival for Yahweh.”
Mose buaa Farao sɛ, “Yɛde mmɔfra ne mpanin, yɛn mmammarima, yɛn mmammaa, yɛn nnwan ne yɛn anantwie na ɛbɛkɔ. Yɛde yɛn agyapadeɛ nyinaa na ɛbɛtu saa ɛkwan no, ɛfiri sɛ, ɛsɛ sɛ yɛn nyinaa kɔ Awurade afahyɛ no.”
10 Pharaoh said to them, “May Yahweh indeed be with you, if I ever let you go and your little ones go. Look, you have some evil in mind.
Farao de abufuo buaa sɛ, “Sɛ mɛma mode mmɔfra nketewa yi kɔ a, ɛnneɛ Awurade ankasa nka mo ho. Mahunu sɛ mowɔ adwemmɔne.
11 No! Go, just the men among you, and worship Yahweh, for that is what you want.” Then Moses and Aaron were driven out from Pharaoh's presence.
Ɛnsɛ sɛ ɛba saa. Mo mmarima no, monkɔsom Awurade, ɛfiri sɛ, ɛno na mobisaa me.” Farao pamoo wɔn firii nʼahemfie hɔ.
12 Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Reach out with your hand over the land of Egypt to the locusts, that they may attack the land of Egypt and eat every plant in it, everything that the hail has left.”
Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose sɛ, “Tene wo nsa wɔ Misraim so na ntutummɛ mmɛkata asase no nyinaa so, na wɔnni biribiara a asukɔtweaa no ansɛe no no.”
13 Moses reached out with his staff over the land of Egypt, and Yahweh brought an east wind over the land all that day and night. When it was morning, the east wind had brought the locusts.
Enti Mose maa ne poma so kyerɛɛ Misraim asase so maa Awurade bɔɔ mframa bi firii apueeɛ fam awia ne anadwo. Adeɛ kyeeɛ no, na apueeɛ mframa no de ntutummɛ no abɛgu asase no so nyinaa.
14 The locusts went through all the land of Egypt and infested all parts of it. Never before had there been such a swarm of locusts in the land, and nothing like this will come after it.
Ntutummɛ no kataa Misraim asase no so mmaa nyinaa. Misraim abakɔsɛm kyerɛ sɛ, ntutummɛ mmaa ɔman no mu saa da na ebi nso remma saa bio.
15 They covered the surface of the whole land so that it was darkened. They ate every plant in the land and all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left. Throughout all the land of Egypt, no living green plant remained, nor any tree or plant in the fields.
Mmoa no kataa asase ani nyinaa ma wɔsii owia ani enti wɔmaa esum duruu asase no so. Wɔwee biribiara a asukɔtweaa no ansɛe no no; biribiara a ɛyɛ ahahammono anka; sɛ ɛyɛ dua anaa afifideɛ a ɛwɔ ɔman no mu baabiara no.
16 Then Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned against Yahweh your God and against you.
Ntɛm pa ara Farao tuu abɔfoɔ kɔfrɛɛ Mose ne Aaron ka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Mayɛ bɔne atia Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn no, ne mo nyinaa.
17 Now then, forgive my sin this time, and pray to Yahweh your God that he will take this death away from me.”
Me nkotosrɛ a ɛdi akyire nie; momfa saa bɔne no nkyɛ me na monsrɛ Awurade mo Onyankopɔn sɛ ɔnyi owuo yi mfiri yɛn so.”
18 So Moses went out from Pharaoh and prayed to Yahweh.
Enti, Mose firii Farao anim kɔsrɛɛ Awurade.
19 Yahweh brought a very strong west wind that picked up the locusts and drove them into the Sea of Reeds; not a single locust remained in all the territory of Egypt.
Awurade bɔɔ atɔeɛ fam mframa denden bi ma ɛpiaa ntutummɛ no nyinaa kɔguu Ɛpo Kɔkɔɔ no mu, a anka ɔbaako pɛ koraa wɔ Misraim asase no so.
20 But Yahweh hardened Pharaoh's heart, and Pharaoh did not let the Israelites go.
Nanso, Awurade pirim Farao akoma enti wamma Israelfoɔ no ankɔ.
21 Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Reach out with your hand toward the sky, so that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, darkness that may be felt.”
Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose sɛ, “Tene wo nsa kyerɛ ɔsoro ma esum kabii mmɛduru Misraim asase so.”
22 Moses reached out with his hand toward the sky, and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt for three days.
Enti, Mose tenee ne nsa hwɛɛ soro maa esum kabii bɛduruu Misraim asase no so nnansa.
23 No one could see anyone else; no one left his home for three days. However, all the Israelites had light in the place where they lived.
Esum no duruu saa no, na obiara ntumi ntu ne nan, nanso Israelfoɔ no deɛ, na deɛ wɔte hɔ yɛ hann.
24 Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, “Go worship Yahweh. Even your families may go with you, but your flocks and herds must remain behind.”
Farao frɛɛ Mose ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Kɔ na kɔsom Awurade. Wobɛtumi de wo mma aka wo ho akɔ; nanso wo nnwan ne wʼanantwie no deɛ, ma wɔnka ha.”
25 But Moses said, “You must also give us animals for sacrifices and burnt offerings so that we may sacrifice them to Yahweh our God.
Nanso, Mose buaa sɛ, “Dabi, ɛsɛ sɛ yɛde yɛn nnwan ne yɛn anantwie kɔ na yɛde wɔn mu bi bɔ ɔhyeɛ afɔdeɛ ma Awurade yɛn Onyankopɔn.
26 Our cattle must also go with us; not a hoof of them may be left behind, for we must take them to worship Yahweh our God. For we do not know with what we must worship Yahweh until we arrive there.”
Aboa tɔte koraa yɛrennya wɔ ha; ɛsɛ sɛ yɛbɔ Awurade, yɛn Onyankopɔn no afɔdeɛ. Yɛnnim deɛ ɔbɛpɛ gye sɛ yɛduru hɔ.”
27 But Yahweh hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let them go.
Nanso, Awurade pirim Farao akoma enti wamma wɔn ankɔ.
28 Pharaoh said to Moses, “Go from me! Be careful about one thing, that you do not see me again, for on the day you see my face, you will die.”
Farao teateaa Mose sɛ, “Firi ha kɔ ntɛm. Mma menhunu wo ha bio. Ɛda a wobɛba ha bio no, wobɛwu.”
29 Moses said, “You yourself have spoken. I will not see your face again.”
Mose buaa sɛ, “Ɛyɛ, merenhunu wo bio.”