Mose 5 31
1 Esi Mose wu nya siawo gbɔgblɔ nu la,
And so, Moses went out, and he spoke all these words to all of Israel.
2 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.
And he said to them: “Today, I am one hundred and twenty years old. I am no longer able to go out and return, especially since the Lord has also said to me, ‘You shall not cross this Jordan.’
3 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.
Therefore, the Lord your God will go across before you. He himself will abolish all these nations in your sight, and you shall possess them. And this man Joshua shall go across before you, just as the Lord has spoken.
4 Yehowa atsrɔ̃ dukɔ siwo le anyigba la dzi abe ale si wòwɔ Sixɔn kple Ɔg, Amoritɔwo ƒe fiawo ene.
And the Lord will do to them just as he did to Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites, and to their land, and he will wipe them away.
5 Yehowa atsɔ ame siwo le anyigba la dzi la ade asi na mi, eye miatsrɔ̃ wo abe ale si meɖo na mi ene.
Therefore, when the Lord will have delivered these to you also, you shall act similarly toward them, just as I have instructed you.
6 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.”
Act manfully and be strengthened. Do not be afraid, and do not dread at the sight of them. For the Lord your God himself is your commander, and he will neither dismiss nor abandon you.”
7 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.
And Moses called Joshua, and, before all of Israel, he said to him: ‘Be strong and valiant. For you shall lead this people into the land which the Lord swore that he would give to their fathers, and you shall divide it by lot.
8 Mègavɔ̃ o, elabena Yehowa adze ŋgɔ na wò, anɔ kpli wò, mada le eƒe nya dzi o, eye magblẽ wò ɖi hã o.”
And the Lord, who is your commander, will himself be with you. He will neither renounce nor abandon you. Do not be afraid, and do not dread.”
9 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.
And so, Moses wrote this law, and he handed it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to all the elders of Israel.
10 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,
And he instructed them, saying: “After seven years, in the year of remission, at the solemnity of the Feast of Tabernacles,
11 esime Israelviwo katã ado ɖe Yehowa, Mawu ŋkume le teƒe si eya ŋutɔ atia la, ele be nàxlẽ se siawo na Israelviwo katã woase.”
when all of Israel has convened in order to appear in the sight of the Lord your God, in the place which the Lord will choose, you shall read the words of this law before all of Israel, in their hearing.
12 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.
And when the people have gathered together, men as well as women and little children, and the new arrivals who are within your gates, they shall listen so that they may learn, and may fear the Lord your God, and may keep and fulfill all the words of this law,
13 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.”
and also so that their sons, who are now ignorant, may be able to listen, and may fear the Lord their God all the days that they live in the land to which you will travel, crossing the Jordan in order to obtain it.”
14 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.
And the Lord said to Moses: “Behold, the days of your death draw near. Call Joshua, and stand in the tabernacle of the testimony, so that I may instruct him.” Therefore, Moses and Joshua went and stood in the tabernacle of the testimony.
15 Yehowa ɖe eɖokui fia wo le lilikpo gã aɖe me le agbadɔ la ƒe mɔnu,
And the Lord appeared there, in a pillar of cloud, which stood at the entrance of the tabernacle.
16 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.
And the Lord said to Moses: “Behold, you shall sleep with your fathers, and this people will rise up and will fornicate after foreign gods, in the land which they will enter so that they may live in it. In that place, they will forsake me, and they will make void the covenant that I have formed with them.
17 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!’
And my fury will be enraged against them in that day. And I will abandon them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured. Every evil and affliction will find them, so much so that they will say in that day: ‘Truly, it is because God is not with me that these evils have found me.’
18 Magbugbɔ le wo yome le woƒe nu vɔ̃ siwo wowɔ to mawu bubuwo subɔsubɔ me la ta.
But I will hide myself, and I will conceal my face in that day, because of all the evils that they have done, because they have followed strange gods.
19 “Azɔ la, ŋlɔ ha sia ƒe nyawo da ɖi, eye nàfia Israelviwo abe nye nuxlɔ̃ame na wo ene.
And so, write this canticle now, and teach it to the sons of Israel, so that they may retain it in memory, and may chant it by mouth, and so that this verse may be a testimony to me among the sons of Israel.
20 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,
For I will lead them into the land, about which I swore to their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey. And when they have eaten, and have been satiated and fattened, they will turn aside to foreign gods, and they will serve them. And they will disparage me, and they will nullify my covenant.
21 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.”
And after many evils and afflictions have overwhelmed them, this canticle will answer them as a testimony; it shall never pass into oblivion, away from the mouths of their offspring. For I know their thoughts and what they are about to do today, even before I lead them into the land which I have promised to them.”
22 Ale Mose ŋlɔ ha la ƒe nyawo da ɖi, eye wòfia ha la Israelviwo.
Therefore, Moses wrote the canticle, and he taught it to the sons of Israel.
23 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.”
And the Lord instructed Joshua, the son of Nun, and he said: “Be strong and valiant. For you shall lead the sons of Israel into the land which I have promised, and I will be with you.”
24 Esi Mose wu se siwo katã woŋlɔ ɖe agbalẽ sia me ŋɔŋlɔ nu la,
Therefore, after Moses had written the words of this law in a volume, and had finished it,
25 eɖe gbe na Levitɔwo, ame siwo kɔa nubablaɖaka si me Se Ewoawo le la be,
he instructed the Levites, who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, saying:
26 “Mitsɔ segbalẽ sia da ɖe Yehowa miaƒe Mawu ƒe nubablaɖaka la xa, ne wòanye ŋkuɖodzinu na mi
“Take this book, and place it inside the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, so that it may be there as a testimony against you.
27 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?
For I know your contentiousness and your very stiff neck. Even while I am still living and entering with you, you have always acted with contention against the Lord. How much more so when I will be dead?
28 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.
Gather to me all those greater by birth throughout your tribes, as well as your teachers, and I will speak these words in their hearing, and I will call heaven and earth as witnesses against them.
29 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.”
For I know that, after my death, you will act with iniquity, and you will quickly depart from the way that I have instructed to you. And so, evils will meet you in the end time, when you will have done evil in the sight of the Lord so as to provoke him through the works of your hands.”
30 Le esia megbe la, Mose gblɔ ha sia me nyawo katã na Israelviwo ƒe ha blibo la be:
Thus did Moses speak, in the hearing of the entire assembly of Israel, the words of this canticle, and he completed it to its very end.
