Mose 5 2
1 Míetrɔ, gbugbɔ to gbegbe la heɖo ta Ƒu Dzĩ la gbɔ, elabena nenemae Yehowa ɖo nam. Míetsa tsaglalã le Seir to la gbɔ ƒe geɖewo.
“And setting out from there, we arrived at the wilderness which leads to the Red Sea, just as the Lord had spoken to me. And we encompassed Mount Seir for a long time.
2 Mlɔeba la, Yehowa gblɔ nam be,
And the Lord said to me:
3 “Mienɔ to sia ŋu wòdidi. Mitrɔ ɖo ta anyiehe lɔƒo.
‘You have encompassed this mountain for long enough. Go forth, toward the north.
4 Gblɔ na ameawo be wole wo nɔviwo, Edomtɔwo ƒe anyigba dzi to ge. Ame siawoe nye Esau ƒe dzidzimevi siwo le Seir. Dzidzi aƒo Edomtɔwo, eya ta mikpɔ nyuie.
And instruct the people, saying: You shall cross through the borders of your brothers, the sons of Esau, who live at Seir, and they will fear you.
5 Migaho aʋa ɖe wo ŋu o, elabena metsɔ Seir to la ƒe tonyigbawo katã na wo tegbetegbe, eye nyematsɔ woƒe anyigba ƒe kakɛ aɖeke ana mi o.
Therefore, take care diligently, lest you be moved against them. For I will not give to you from their land even as much as the step that one foot can tread upon, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as a possession.
6 Mixe fe na wo ɖe woƒe nu si miaɖu kple woƒe tsi si ŋu dɔ miawɔ la ta.”
You shall buy food from them for money, and you shall eat. You shall draw water for money, and you shall drink.
7 Yehowa, míaƒe Mawu la kpɔ mía ta, eye wòyra míaƒe afɔɖeɖe ɖe sia ɖe le míaƒe mɔzɔzɔ me le ƒe blaene siawo katã me, esime míetsa tsaglalã le gbegbe gã la. Naneke mehiã mí le ɣeyiɣi ma katã me o!
The Lord your God has blessed you in every work of your hands. The Lord your God, dwelling with you, knows your journey, how you crossed through this great wilderness over forty years, and how you have been lacking in nothing.’
8 Ale míeto Edom, afi si mía nɔviwo Esau viwo nɔ le Seir. Míeto Araba mɔ si to anyigbeme yi Elat kple Ezion Geber, eye míeto dzigbeme ɖo ta Moab gbegbe la.
And when we had passed through our brothers, the sons of Esau, who were living at Seir by the way of the plain from Elath and from Eziongeber, we arrived at the way which leads to the desert of Moab.
9 Yehowa míaƒe Mawu de se na mí be, “Migaho aʋa ɖe Moabtɔwo hã ŋu o, elabena nyematsɔ woƒe anyigba ƒe akpa aɖeke na mi o. Metsɔe na Lot ƒe dzidzimeviwo!”
And the Lord said to me: ‘You should not fight against the Moabites, nor should you go to battle against them. For I will not give to you anything from their land, because I have given Ar to the sons of Lot as a possession.’
10 “Emitɔwo nɔ afi ma tsã. Wonye dukɔ gã aɖe, eye wodzɔ atsu abe Anak ƒe viwo ene.
The Emim were the first of its inhabitants, a people great and strong, and of such great height, like the race of the Anakim.
11 Woyɔa Emitɔwo kple Anaktɔwo be Refaimtɔwo, ke Moabtɔwo yɔa wo be Emitɔwo.
They were considered to be like giants, and they were like the sons of the Anakim. And, indeed, the Moabites call them: the Emim.
12 Horitɔwoe nɔ Seir tsã, ke Edomtɔwo, Esau ƒe dzidzimeviwo nya wo hexɔ wo teƒe abe ale si Israelviwo ava xɔ Kanaantɔwo, ame siwo ƒe anyigba Yehowa tsɔ na Israelviwo la teƒe ene.
The Horites also formerly lived at Seir. When these had been driven out and destroyed, the sons of Esau lived there, just as Israel did in the land of his possession, which the Lord gave to him.
13 “Yehowa gblɔ be, ‘Mitso Zered tɔʋu la azɔ,’ eye míetsoe.
Then, rising up so as to cross over the torrent Zered, we arrived at the place.
14 “Ale míezɔ mɔ ƒe blaetɔ̃-vɔ-enyi hafi te ŋu to Zered mlɔeba, heɖo Kades, elabena Yehowa ka atam be míaɖo Kades o, va se ɖe esime ame siwo katã tsi ate ŋu ayi aʋa le ƒe blaetɔ̃-vɔ-enyi si va yi me la katã ku hafi.
Then, from the time that we advanced from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed over the torrent Zered, there were thirty-eight years, until the entire generation of the men who were fit for war had been consumed out of the camp, just as the Lord had sworn.
15 Ɛ̃, Yehowa ƒe asi tsi tsitre ɖe wo ŋu va se ɖe esime wo katã woku.
For his hand was against them, so that they would pass away from the midst of the camp.
16 “Le esia megbe la,
Then, after all the fighting men had fallen,
17 Yehowa gblɔ nam be,
the Lord spoke to me, saying:
18 ‘Egbe la, Israelviwo ato Moab nyigba ƒe liƒo dzi le Ar,
‘Today, you shall cross the borders of Moab, at the city named Ar.
19 age ɖe Amonitɔwo ƒe anyigba dzi. Ke migaho aʋa ɖe wo ŋu o, elabena nyematsɔ woƒe anyigba ƒe akpa aɖeke na mi o. Metsɔe na Lot ƒe dzidzimeviwo.’
And when you have arrived in the vicinity of the sons of Ammon, be careful that you do not fight against them, nor should you be moved to battle. For I will not give to you from the land of the sons of Ammon, because I have given it to the sons of Lot as a possession.’
20 “Refaimtɔwo nɔ afi ma hã kpɔ. Amonitɔwo yɔ wo be Zanzumitɔwo.
It was reputed to be a land of giants. And giants lived there in times past, those whom the Ammonites call the Zamzummim.
21 Wonye dukɔ gã sesẽ aɖe, eye wokɔ abe Anaktɔwo ene. Ke Yehowa tsrɔ̃ wo esime Amoritɔwo va anyigba la dzi, eye woxɔ wo teƒe.
They are a people, great and numerous, and of lofty stature, like the Anakim, whom the Lord wiped away before their face. And he caused them to live there in place of them,
22 Nenema ke Yehowa kpe ɖe Esau ƒe dzidzimeviwo ŋu le Seir to la gbɔ, eye wotsrɔ̃ Horitɔwo, ame siwo nɔ afi ma do ŋgɔ na wo.
just as he had done for the sons of Esau, who live at Seir, wiping out the Horites and delivering their land to them, which they possess even to the present time.
23 Nenema kee Kaftoritɔwo dze Avitɔwo, ame siwo nɔ du siwo kaka ɖe afi ma va se ɖe keke Gaza ke la dzi.”
Likewise the Hevites, who were living in small villages as far as Gaza, were expelled by the Cappadocians, who went forth from Cappadocia, and they wiped them out and lived in their place.
24 “Azɔ Yehowa gblɔ nam be, Mitso Arnon tɔsisi la, miage ɖe Sixɔn, Amoritɔwo ƒe fia, ame si le Hesbon la ƒe anyigba dzi. Miwɔ aʋa kpli wo, eye miade asi anyigba la xɔxɔ me.
‘Rise up and cross the torrent Arnon! Behold, I have delivered Sihon, the king of Heshbon, the Amorite, into your hand, and so, begin to possess his land and to engage in battle against him.
25 Tso gbe ma gbe dzi la, mana anyigbadzitɔwo katã nade asi dzodzo me nyanyanya le mia vɔvɔ̃ kple miaƒe afi ma ɖoɖo ta.”
Today I will begin to send the terror and dread of you among the peoples who are living under all of heaven, so that, when they hear your name, they may be afraid, and may tremble in the manner of a woman giving birth, and may be gripped by anguish.’
26 “Tso Kedemot gbegbe la, meɖo ame dɔdɔwo ɖe Fia Sixɔn le Hesbon be míawɔ ŋutifafa kple eƒe amewo.
Therefore, I sent messengers from the wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon, the king of Heshbon, with peaceful words, saying:
27 Míebia be, ‘Na míato wò anyigba dzi ayi. Míanɔ mɔ gã la dzi ko; míage ɖe miaƒe agblewo me le ɖusime loo alo miame o.
‘We will cross through your land. We will advance by the public way. We will not turn aside, neither to the right, nor to the left.
28 Míafi miaƒe nuɖuɖu ne míele eme tsom o, ke boŋ míaxe fe ɖe miaƒe nu si míaɖu kple miaƒe tsi si míano la ta. Nu si biam míele koe nye be míato wò anyigba dzi ayi.’
Sell us food for a price, so that we may eat. Provide us with water for money, and so we will drink. We only ask that you allow us to pass through,
29 Edomtɔwo ɖe mɔ na mí le Seir míeto woƒe anyigba dzi. Moabtɔwo hã wɔ nenema ke na mi le Ar. Míele mɔ dzi be míatso Yɔdan, ayi anyigba si Yehowa míaƒe Mawu tsɔ na mí la dzi.”
just as the sons of Esau have done, who live at Seir, and the Moabites, who abide in Ar, until we arrive at the Jordan, and we cross to the land which the Lord our God will give to us.’
30 Ke Hesbon fia Sixɔn melɔ̃ be mía egbɔ ayi o, elabena Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la na wòsẽ dzi me, ale be wòate ŋu aɖe asi le Sixɔn ŋu na mi abe ale si wòwɔe fifia ene.
And Sihon, the king of Heshbon, was not willing to grant passage to us. For the Lord your God had hardened his spirit, and had fastened his heart, so that he would be delivered into your hands, just as you now see.
31 Azɔ la, Yehowa gblɔ nam be, “Medze Fia Sixɔn ƒe anyigba tsɔtsɔ na mi gɔme. Ne miexɔe la, azu Israelviwo tɔ tegbetegbe.”
And the Lord said to me: ‘Behold, I have begun to deliver Sihon and his land to you. Begin to possess it.’
32 Eye Sixɔn kple eƒe aʋakɔ blibo la ho aʋa va kpe mí le Yahaz.
And Sihon went out to meet us with all his people, to battle at Jahaz.
33 Ke Yehowa, míaƒe Mawu la na míeɖu wo dzi, xɔ woƒe duwo katã.
And the Lord our God delivered him to us. And we struck him down, with his sons and all his people.
34 Míetsrɔ̃ woƒe nu sia nu kple woƒe nyɔnuwo kple woƒe vidzĩwo katã. Míena naneke tsi agbe o,
And we seized all his cities at that time, putting to death their inhabitants: men as well as women and children. We left nothing of them,
35 negbe woƒe nyiwo ko. Míetsɔ woƒe nyiwo abe míaƒe fetu ene kpe ɖe afunyinu siwo míelɔ tso woƒe du siwo míexɔ me la ŋu.
except the cattle, which went to the share of those who plundered them. And we seized the spoils of the cities,
36 Míexɔ teƒe ɖe sia ɖe tso Aroer yi Gilead, tso Arnon tɔsisi la ƒe balime ƒe liƒo dzi kple du siwo katã le bali la me. Woƒe du aɖeke mesẽ wu mí o elabena Yehowa, mía Mawu la tsɔ wo katã de asi na mí.
from Aroer, which is above the bank of the torrent Arnon, a town which is situated in a valley, all the way to Gilead. There was not a village or city which escaped from our hands. The Lord our God delivered everything to us,
37 Ke míegblẽ Amonitɔwo kple Yabok tɔsisi la kple du siwo le tonyigba la dzi kple teƒe siwo me Yehowa, míaƒe Mawu, de se na mí be míagage ɖo o la ɖi.
except the land of the sons of Ammon, which we did not approach, and all that is adjacent to the torrent Jabbok, and the cities in the mountains, and all the places which the Lord our God prohibited to us.”
