Mose 5 28
1 “Ne èwɔ Yehowa, wò Mawu la ƒe se siwo katã mele mia nam egbe la dzi pɛpɛpɛ la, awɔ wò nàzu dukɔ gãtɔ le xexea me,
And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to take heed to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that Jehovah thy God will set thee supreme above all nations of the earth;
2 eye yayra siawo katã agbã go ɖe dziwò ne àɖo to Yehowa, wò Mawu la ƒe gbe.
and all these blessings shall come on thee and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God.
3 Woayra wò le du me kple agble me siaa.
Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.
4 Woayra wò alimeviwo, eye wò agblemenukuwo, wò lãwo ƒe viwo, wò nyiwo kple wò alẽwo siaa adzi ɖe edzi.
Blessed shall be the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the offspring of thy kine, and the increase of thy sheep.
5 Woayra wò kusi kple wò amɔze.
Blessed shall be thy basket and thy kneading-trough.
6 Woayra wò ne èva aƒe me kple ne èdo go.
Blessed shalt thou be in thy coming in, and blessed shalt thou be in thy going out.
7 “Yehowa aɖu wò futɔwo dzi le ŋgɔwò. Woaƒo ƒu alũ ɖe dziwò, gake woaka ahlẽ asi to teƒe adre le ŋgɔwò!
Jehovah will give up, smitten before thee, thine enemies that rise up against thee; they shall come out against thee one way, and by seven ways shall they flee before thee.
8 Yehowa ayra wò kple nuku nyuiwo kple nyi siwo ƒe lãme nyo. Ana nàkpɔ dzidzedze le nu sia nu si nàwɔ ne èva ɖo anyigba si Yehowa, wò Mawu la le nawòm la dzi.
Jehovah will command blessing on thee in thy granaries, and in all the business of thy hand; and he will bless thee in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
9 “Yehowa wò Mawu atrɔ wò nàzu dukɔ kɔkɔe na eɖokui abe ale si wòdo ŋugbe be yeawɔ ne ànya wɔ ɖe yeƒe sewo dzi, eye nàzɔ le yeƒe mɔwo dzi la ko ene.
Jehovah will establish thee unto himself a holy people as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou keep the commandments of Jehovah thy God, and walk in his ways.
10 Dukɔwo katã le xexea me adze sii be Yehowa tɔ nènye, eye woƒe nu aku.
And all peoples of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of Jehovah, and they shall be afraid of thee.
11 “Yehowa ana nu nyuiwo wò le anyigba la dzi ale be viwòwo, wò lãwo kple wò agblemenukuwo nasɔ gbɔ fũu abe ale si wòdo ŋugbe ene.
And Jehovah will give thee abundance of good, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land that Jehovah swore unto thy fathers to give thee.
12 Yehowa aʋu dziƒo nu, tsi adza na wò, eye wòana agblemenukuwo wò ɣe sia ɣi. Ayra nu sia nu si nàwɔ; àdo nugbana na dukɔ geɖewo, gake wò ŋutɔ ya màdo nugbana le wo si o.
Jehovah will open to thee his good treasure, the heavens, to give rain unto thy land in its season, and to bless all the work of thy hand; and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow.
13 Ne mianya ɖo to, eye miawɔ Yehowa miaƒe Mawu ƒe se siwo mele dedem na mi egbea dzi ko la, Yehowa awɔ wò nàzu ta, eye mànye asike o; àɖu dzi le nu sia nu me ɣe sia ɣi.
And Jehovah will make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if thou hearken unto the commandments of Jehovah thy God, which I command thee this day, to keep and to do them,
14 Ke yayra siawo dometɔ ɖe sia ɖe ku ɖe ale si màɖe asi le se siwo mede na wò la dzi wɔwɔ ŋu le mɔ aɖeke nu o la ŋu. Gawu la, mèkpɔ mɔ asubɔ mawu bubu aɖeke gbeɖegbeɖe o.”
and if thou turn not aside from any of the words that I command thee this day, to the right hand or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
15 “Ne màɖo to Yehowa, wò Mawu la ƒe gbe o, eye màwɔ ɖe eƒe se kple ɖoɖo siwo mexlẽ na wò egbea dzi o la, Mawu ƒe fiƒode siawo katã ava dziwò, eye woaɖi ŋuwò.
But it shall come to pass if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to take heed to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day, that all these curses shall come upon thee and overtake thee.
16 Ne èle du me la, aɖi ŋuwò eye ne èle agble hã, aɖi ŋuwò.
Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.
17 Aɖi wò kusi kple wò amɔze hã ŋu.
Cursed shall be thy basket and thy kneading-trough.
18 Aɖi wò alimeviwo, wò agblemenukuwo, wò nyiwo kple wò alẽwo hã ŋu.
Cursed shall be the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy ground, the offspring of thy kine, and the increase of thy sheep.
19 Ne èva aƒe me la, aɖi ŋuwò, ne èdo go hã aɖi ŋuwò.
Cursed shalt thou be in thy coming in, and cursed shalt thou be in thy going out.
20 “Yehowa ŋutɔ aƒo fi ade wò; àtɔtɔ, eye màkpɔ dzidzedze le nu sia nu si nàwɔ la me o va se ɖe esime wò ŋutɔ nàtsrɔ̃ mlɔeba le ale si nègblẽ Mawu ɖi la ta.
Jehovah will send upon thee cursing, confusion, and rebuke, in all the business of thy hand which thou doest, until thou be destroyed and until thou perish quickly, because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.
21 Yehowa akplɔ dɔvɔ̃ ade dowòme va se ɖe esime nàtsrɔ̃ ɖa keŋkeŋ le anyigba si dzi yim nèle la ƒe ŋkume.
Jehovah will make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land whither thou goest to possess it.
22 Yehowa akplɔ kpedɔ, ŋudza, lãmedɔ bubuwo, dɔvɔ̃ kple aʋawɔwɔ ade dowòme. Ana wò agblemenukuwo nayrɔ, eye woadzi ŋɔviwo. Dzɔgbevɔ̃e siawo katã adze yowòme va se ɖe esime nàtsrɔ̃, eye nuwò nayi.
Jehovah will smite thee with consumption, and with fever, and with inflammation, and with burning ague, and with drought, and with blight, and with mildew, and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.
23 “Dziƒowo asẽ dzi me abe akɔbli ene ɖe wò tame, eye anyigba anɔ abe gayibɔ ene ɖe tewò.
And thy heavens which are over thy head shall be brass, and the earth which is under thee, iron.
24 Anyigba la aƒu abe ʋuʋudedi ene le kuɖiɖi ta, eye ahom atu, eye kekuiwo atsrɔ̃ wò.
Jehovah will give as the rain of thy land powder and dust; from the heavens shall it come down upon thee until thou be destroyed.
25 “Yehowa ana wò futɔwo naɖu dziwò. Wò aʋakɔ aƒo ƒu azɔ ayi aʋa, ke atɔtɔ, aka ahlẽ le futɔwo ŋkume, eye nàtsa tsaglalã le anyigbadzidukɔwo dome.
Jehovah will give thee up smitten before thine enemies; thou shalt go out against them one way, and by seven ways shalt thou flee before them; and thou shalt be driven hither and thither into all the kingdoms of the earth.
26 Wò ame kukuwo azu nuɖuɖu na xewo kple gbemelãwo, eye ame aɖeke manɔ anyi anya wo ɖa o.
And thy carcase shall be meat unto all the fowl of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and there shall be no man to scare them away.
27 “Yehowa, wò Mawu la aɖo Egiptetɔwo ƒe ƒoƒoe, anyi kple akpa ɖe dowòme, eye atike manɔ anyi na wo dometɔ aɖeke o.
Jehovah will smite thee with the ulcers of Egypt, and with boils, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.
28 Ana tsukuku, ŋkuagbã, vɔvɔ̃ kple dzodzo nyanyanya nadze dziwò;
Jehovah will smite thee with madness, and with blindness, and with astonishment of heart;
29 àtsa asi le ŋdɔkutsu dzatsi nu abe ale si ŋkuagbãtɔ tsaa asi le viviti me ene tututu. Nu siwo katã nàwɔ la dometɔ aɖeke madze edzi na wò o. Woate wò ɖe to; woada adzo wò enuenu, eye naneke maɖe wò o.
and thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways; and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled continually, and there shall be none to save.
30 “Ŋutsu bubu sãa aɖe nyɔnu si ta nèbia, ame bubu sãa anɔ aƒe si nètso la me, eye ame bubu sãa aɖu waingble si nède la me kutsetsewo.
Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her; thou shalt build a house, and thou shalt not dwell therein; thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not eat of it.
31 Woafli wò nyitsuwo ƒe lã le wò ŋutɔ wò ŋkume, ke woƒe lãkɔ kakɛ aɖeke gɔ̃ hã maka nu na wò o. Woanya wò tedziwo dzoe le wò ŋkume, eye womagatrɔ ava gbɔwò gbeɖe o. Woatsɔ wò alẽwo na wò futɔwo, eye ame aɖeke manɔ anyi axɔ na wò o.
Thine ox shall be slaughtered before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof; thine ass shall be snatched away from before thy face, and shall not return to thee; thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to recover them.
32 Ànɔ viwò ŋutsuwo kple viwò nyɔnuwo kpɔm hafi woakplɔ wo adzoe abe kluviwo ene. Wò ŋkuwo atsi wo ŋu, wò dzi agbã, gake màte ŋu awɔ naneke o.
Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and languish for them all the day long; and there shall be no power in thy hand [to help it].
33 Didiƒe dukɔ aɖe si ƒe ŋkɔ mèse kpɔ gɔ̃ hã o la aɖu wò agblemenuku siwo nèƒã kple kutrikuku geɖe. Woate wò ɖe anyi, eye woafiti wò ɣe sia ɣi.
The fruit of thy ground and all thy labour, shall a people that thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed continually.
34 Dzɔgbevɔ̃e siwo nàkpɔ woaƒo xlã wò la ana nàku tsu.
And thou shalt be mad through the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
35 Yehowa ana ƒoƒoe naƒo wò tso tagbɔ va se ɖe afɔgɔme.
Jehovah will smite thee in the knees and in the legs with evil ulcers, whereof thou canst not be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head.
36 “Yehowa, wò Mawu la aɖe aboyo wò kple fia si nàɖo la ayi dukɔ aɖe si ŋu wò ŋutɔ kple tɔgbuiwòwo siaa miebu kpɔ o la me, àsubɔ mawu siwo wowɔ kple ati kple kpe.
Jehovah will bring thee, and thy king whom thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation that neither thou nor thy fathers have known, and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.
37 Àzu ŋɔdzinu, lodonu kple alɔmeɖenu le dukɔwo katã dome, elabena Yehowa aɖe wò aƒu gbe.
And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples whither Jehovah shall lead thee.
38 “Àƒã nukuwo fũu, gake nuku ʋɛ aɖewo ko nàŋe, elabena ʋetsuviwo agblẽ wò nukuawo.
Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather little in; for the locust shall devour it.
39 Àde waingblewo, eye nàwɔ dɔ le wo me kple vevidodo nu, ke màɖu woƒe tsetseawo o, eye màno wain si woafia tso wo me hã o, elabena ŋɔ aɖu wo.
Thou shalt plant and till vineyards, but shalt drink no wine, nor gather [the fruit]; for the worms shall eat it.
40 Amitiwo amie ɖe afi sia afi, gake màkpɔ ami wòasɔ gbɔ be nàsi na ɖokuiwò gɔ̃ hã o.
Olive-trees shalt thou have throughout all thy borders, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with oil; for thine olive-tree shall cast its fruit.
41 Woalé viwò ŋutsuwo kple viwò nyɔnuwo abe kluviwo ene adzoe le gbɔwò.
Sons and daughters shalt thou beget, but thou shalt not have them [to be with thee]; for they shall go into captivity.
42 Ʋetsuviwo agblẽ wò atiwo kple wò waingblewo.
All thy trees and the fruit of thy ground shall the locust possess.
43 Amedzro siwo le dowòme la anɔ hotsui kpɔm ɖe edzi,
The sojourner that is in thy midst shall rise above thee higher and higher, and thou shalt sink down lower and lower.
44 le esime wò ŋutɔ nànɔ ahe dam ɖe edzi. Woado nugbana na wò, ke wò ya màdo naneke na wo o! Woawoe anye ta, eye wò ŋutɔ nàzu asike!
He shall lend to thee, but thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.
45 “Fiƒode siawo katã aɖi ŋuwò, eye woanɔ yowòme va se ɖe esime nàtsrɔ̃ keŋkeŋ le esi nègbe be yemaɖo to Yehowa, wò Mawu o la ta.
And all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, until thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee.
46 Ŋɔdzinu siawo ava wò kple wò dzidzimeviwo dzi, eye woanye nusɔsrɔ̃ na wò.
And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.
47 Esi mèsubɔ Yehowa wò Mawu kple dzidzɔ le nu nyui siwo katã wòwɔ na wò o la ta,
Because thou servedst not Jehovah thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of everything,
48 Yehowa ana nàzu kluvi na wò futɔwo le dɔwuame, tsikɔwuame kple amamanɔnɔ me. Nu sia nu ahiã wò. Yehowa ade gakɔkuti kɔ na wò va se ɖe esime wòatsrɔ̃ wò ɖa gbidii.
thou shalt serve thine enemies whom Jehovah will send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of everything; and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.
49 “Yehowa akplɔ dukɔ aɖe si ƒe gbe mèse o la tso didiƒe ke, wòava dze dziwò abe ale si hɔ̃ dzea eƒe nuɖuɖu dzi ene.
Jehovah will bring a nation against thee from afar, from the end of the earth, like as the eagle flieth, a nation whose tongue thou understandest not;
50 Dukɔ sia me tɔwo nye ame nyanyrawo, ame siwo makpɔ nublanui na ɖeviwo alo ame tsitsiwo o.
a nation of fierce countenance, which regardeth not the person of the old, nor is kind to the young;
51 Woaɖu nu le wò aƒe me va se ɖe esime wò nyiwo, agblemenukuwo, bli, wain yeye, ami, nyiviwo kple alẽviwo navɔ keŋkeŋ.
and he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy ground, until thou be destroyed; for he shall not leave thee corn, new wine, or oil, offspring of thy kine, or increase of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee.
52 Dukɔ ma aɖe to ɖe wò duwo, eye wòamu wò gli kɔkɔ siwo ŋu nèɖoa ŋu ɖo be woaxɔ na ye la aƒu anyi.
And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and strong walls wherein thou trustedst come down, throughout all thy land; and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates in all thy land, which Jehovah thy God hath given thee.
53 Àɖu wò ŋutɔ viwò ŋutsuviwo kple viwò nyɔnuviwo ƒe lã gɔ̃ hã le ɣeyiɣi vɔ̃ siwo gbɔna, esime woaɖe to ɖe wò la me.
And in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee, thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters whom Jehovah thy God hath given thee.
54 Nublanuikpɔnamela gãtɔ siwo le dowòme la asẽ ŋuta le eya ŋutɔ nɔvia ŋutsu, srɔ̃a lɔlɔ̃a kple via siwo aganɔ agbe la ŋu.
The eye of the man in thy midst that is tender and very luxurious shall be evil towards his brother, and the wife of his bosom, and the residue of his children which he hath left;
55 Mana viawo ƒe lã si ɖum wòanɔ hã wo o, le dɔtoto si va dua me esi futɔwo ɖe to ɖee ta.
so that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children that he eateth, because he hath nothing left him in the siege and in the straitness wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.
56 Wò nyɔnu bɔbɔe si malɔ̃ be yeatu afɔ anyigba na gɔ̃ hã o la, agbe mana nu srɔ̃a lɔlɔ̃a, via ŋutsuwo kple via nyɔnuwo gɔ̃ hã o.
The eye of the tender and luxurious woman in thy midst who would not attempt to set the sole of her foot upon the ground from luxuriousness and from tenderness, shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and her son, and her daughter,
57 Aɣla amenɔ si le eƒe atawo dome kple vidzĩ si wòdzi la ɖe wò ale be eya ɖeka nate ŋu aɖu wo le adzame. Le ɣeyiɣi si me woaɖe to ɖe dua la, dɔwuame kple fukpekpe si wò futɔwo ahe vɛ la nu asẽ ŋutɔŋutɔ.
because of her afterbirth which hath come out between her feet, and her children whom she shall bear; for she shall secretly eat them for want of everything in the siege and in the straitness wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.
58 “Ne ègbe mèwɔ se siwo katã woŋlɔ ɖe agbalẽ sia me dzi o, eye nèto esia me gbe, mèvɔ̃ Yehowa, wò Mawu la ƒe ŋkɔ si ŋu bubu kple ŋɔdzi le o la,
If thou wilt not take heed to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, to fear this glorious and fearful name, JEHOVAH THY GOD;
59 ekema Yehowa ahe dɔvɔ̃ si nu matso o la va wò kple viwòwo dzi.
then Jehovah will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, great and persistent plagues and evil and persistent sicknesses;
60 Yehowa ahe Egiptetɔwo ƒe dɔléle siwo nèvɔ̃na ŋutɔ la ava dziwò, eye woaxɔ anyigba la dzi.
and he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt which thou art afraid of, and they shall cleave unto thee.
61 Menye nu siawo ɖeɖe ko ava dziwò o! Yehowa ahe dɔléle ɖe sia ɖe si le xexea me la, esiwo dzi wometɔ asii le Segbalẽ sia me o hã ava dziwò va se ɖe esime nàtsrɔ̃ gbidigbidi.
Also every sickness and every plague which is not written in the book of this law, them will Jehovah bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
62 Togbɔ be miesɔ gbɔ abe ɣletiviwo ene kpɔ hã la, mia dometɔ ʋɛ aɖewo koe asusɔ. Esiawo katã ava eme ne mèɖo to Yehowa, wò Mawu la ƒe gbe o.
And ye shall be left a small company, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou hast not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah thy God.
63 Abe ale si Yehowa kpɔ dzidzɔ le ŋuwò, wɔ nu wɔnuku mawo na wò, eye wòna nèdzi sɔ gbɔ ene la, nenema kee, le ɣeyiɣi si gbɔna me la, Yehowa akpɔ dzidzɔ le ale si wòatsrɔ̃ wò ŋu, eye nàbu le anyigba la dzi,
And it shall come to pass, that as Jehovah rejoiced over you to do you good and to multiply you, so Jehovah will rejoice over you to cause you to perish, and to destroy you; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whereunto thou goest to possess it.
64 elabena Yehowa aka wò ahlẽ ɖe dukɔwo katã dome tso anyigba la ƒe seƒe ɖeka yi eƒe seƒe bubu. Le afi ma la, àsubɔ mawu siwo wowɔ kple ati kple kpe, mawu siwo wò ŋutɔ kple tɔgbuiwòwo mienya o!
And Jehovah will scatter thee among all peoples, from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; and thou shalt there serve other gods, whom thou hast not known, neither thou nor thy fathers, wood and stone.
65 Le dukɔ mawo dome la, màkpɔ dzidzeme o, elabena Yehowa ana vɔvɔ̃dzi kple viviti wò, eye wòana nuxaxa kple vɔvɔ̃ nana wò ŋutilã nanyunyɔ.
And among these nations shalt thou have no rest, neither shall the sole of thy foot have a resting-place, and Jehovah shall give thee there a trembling heart, languishing of the eyes, and pining of the soul.
66 Àtsi dzodzodzoe le wò agbe ŋu, ànɔ agbe le vɔvɔ̃ me zã kple keli, eye naneke mana nàxɔe ase be ŋu ake ɖe ye o.
And thy life shall hang in suspense before thee; and thou shalt be in terror day and night and shalt be afraid of thy life.
67 Le ŋdi la, àgblɔ be, ‘O! Zã mee wòanye hafi!’ Le fiẽ me la, àgblɔ be, ‘O! Ŋkeke me wòanye hafi!’ Àgblɔ nya siawo le ŋɔdzinu siwo aƒo xlã wò la ta.
In the morning thou shalt say, Would that it were even! and in the evening thou shalt say, Would that it were morning! through the fright of thy heart wherewith thou shalt be in terror, and through the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
68 Ekema Yehowa agbugbɔ mi aɖo ɖe Egipte le tɔdziʋuwo me togbɔ be edo ŋugbe na mi be miagade afi ma o hã hafi! Le afi ma la, miatsɔ mia ɖokuiwo ana woaƒle abe kluviwo ene, gake ame aɖeke madi be yeaƒle mi gɔ̃ hã o.”
And Jehovah will bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I said unto thee, Thou shalt see it again no more; and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and there shall be no man to buy [you].
