Mose 5 4

1 “O! Israel, azɔ la, se se kple ɖoɖo siwo mele fia wò ge, lé wo me ɖe asi ale be nànɔ agbe ayi aɖaxɔ anyigba si Yehowa, mia fofowo ƒe Mawu la le mia nam.

And now, O Israel, hear the commandments and judgments which I teach thee: that doing them, thou mayst live, and entering in mayst possess the land which the Lord the God of your fathers will give you.

2 Mègatsɔ naneke kpe se siwo mede na wò, eye mègaɖe naneke le wo me o, ke boŋ lé Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la ƒe se siwo mele mia nam la me ɖe asi.

You shall not add to the word that I speak to you, neither shall you take away from it: keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.

3 Miawo ŋutɔ miekpɔ nu si Yehowa wɔ le Baal Peor kple miaƒe ŋkuwo. Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la tsrɔ̃ ame siwo katã dze Baal Poer yome la le mia dome.

Your eyes have seen all that the Lord hath done against Beelphegor, how he hath destroyed all his worshippers from among you.

4 Ke mi ame siwo katã ku ɖe Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la ŋuti la, miegale agbe va se ɖe egbe.

But you that adhere to the Lord your God, are all alive until this present day.

5 “Kpɔ ɖa, mefia se kple ɖoɖo siwo Yehowa, nye Mawu de nam la mi ale be mialé wo me ɖe asi le anyigba si dzi mieyina be yewoaxɔ la dzi.

You know that I have taught you statutes and justices, as the Lord my God hath commanded me: so shall you do them in the land which you shall possess:

6 Milé ŋku ɖe wo ŋu nyuie, elabena esiae aɖe miaƒe nunya kple nugɔmesese afia dukɔ siwo ase se siawo, eye woagblɔ be, ‘Vavãe, dukɔ xɔŋkɔ sia me tɔwo nye nunyalawo kple nugɔmeselawo.’

And you shall observe, and fulfill them in practice. For this is your wisdom, and understanding in the sight of nations, that hearing all these precepts, they may say: Behold a wise and understanding people, a great nation.

7 Dukɔ bubu kae li, si xɔ ŋkɔ ale gbegbe be woƒe mawuwo tsɔ ɖe wo gbɔ abe ale si Yehowa, míaƒe Mawu la tsɔ ɖe mia gbɔ ne míedo gbe ɖa nɛ ene?

Neither is there any other nation so great, that hath gods so nigh them, as our God is present to all our petitions.

8 Eye dukɔ bubu kae gali si de ŋgɔ ale gbegbe be, se kple ɖoɖo dzɔdzɔe siawo tɔgbi le wo si abe se siwo metsɔ le mia ŋkume ɖom egbea ene?

For what other nation is there so renowned that hath ceremonies, and just judgments, and all the law, which I will set forth this day before your eyes?

9 Ke ɖeko miakpɔ nyuie, akpɔ mia ɖokuiwo dzi nyuie, ale be miagaŋlɔ nu siwo miaƒe ŋkuwo kpɔ alo ana woado le miaƒe dzi me zi ale si miele agbe o. Mifia wo mia viwo kple wo vi siwo ava ɖe wo yome.

Keep thyself therefore, and thy soul carefully. Forget not the words that thy eyes have seen, and let them not go out of thy heart all the days of thy life. Thou shalt teach them to thy sons and to thy grandsons,

10 “Miɖo ŋku ŋkeke si dzi mietsi tsitre ɖe Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la ŋkume le Horeb to la gbɔ, esi wògblɔ nam be, ‘Ƒo ameha la nu ƒu ɖe nye ŋkume be, woase nye nyawo ale be woasrɔ̃ ale si woade bubu ŋunye zi ale si wole agbe le anyigba la dzi, eye woawo hã woafia wo viwo.’

From the day in which thou didst stand before the Lord thy God in Horeb, when the Lord spoke to me, saying: Call together the people unto me, that they may hear my words, and may learn to fear me all the time that they live on the earth, and may teach their children.

11 Mietsi tsitre ɖe to la te, dzo ƒe aɖewo do tso to la me yi keke dziŋgɔli me ke, eye lilikpo yibɔwo kple viviti tsiɖitsiɖi ƒo xlã to la.

And you came to the foot of the mount, which burned even unto heaven: and there was darkness, and a cloud and obscurity in it.

12 Tete Yehowa ƒo nu na mi to dzo bibi la me. Miese eƒe nyawo, gake miekpɔ eya ŋutɔ o. Eƒe gbe ko mise.

And the Lord spoke to you from the midst of the fire. You heard the voice of his words, but you saw not any form at all.

13 Eɖe gbeƒã eƒe nubabla, eƒe Se Ewoawo, siwo wòde na mi be mialé wo me ɖe asi, eye woŋlɔ wo ɖe kpe kpakpa eve dzi na mi.

And he shewed you his covenant, which he commanded you to do, and the ten words that he wrote in two tables of stone.

14 Ɣe ma ɣie Yehowa gblɔ nam be mafia ɖoɖo kple se siwo me mialé ɖe asi le anyigba si miele Yɔdan tɔsisi la tsom be miaxɔ la dzi.”

And he commanded me at that time that I should teach you the ceremonies and judgments which you shall do in the land, that you shall possess.

15 “Miekpɔ nɔnɔme aɖeke tɔgbi gbe si gbe Yehowa ƒo nu na mi le Horeb tso dzo la me o, eya ta mikpɔ mia ɖokuiwo dzi nyuie,

Keep therefore your souls carefully. You saw not any similitude in the day that the Lord God spoke to you in Horeb from the midst of the fire:

16 ale be miadze nu vɔ̃ me, eye miawɔ legba aɖeke na mia ɖokuiwo ɖe nɔnɔme aɖeke me o; ne wowɔe wòɖi ŋutsu alo nyɔnu o,

Lest perhaps being deceived you might make you a graven similitude, or image of male or female,

17 alo wòɖi lã aɖe le anyigba dzi alo xevi dzodzoe aɖeke loo alo

The similitude of any beasts, that are upon the earth, or of birds, that fly under heaven,

18 lã sue si ƒua du le anyigba alo tɔmelã o.

Or of creeping things, that move on the earth, or of fishes, that abide in the waters under the earth:

19 Kpe ɖe esia ŋu la, migawu mo dzi be yewoasubɔ ɣe, ɣleti alo ɣletiviwo o. Yehowa miaƒe Mawu akpɔ nublanui na dukɔ bubu siwo awɔ nu sia, gake makpɔ nublanui na miawo ya o.

Lest perhaps lifting up thy eyes to heaven, thou see the sun and the moon, and all the stars of heaven, and being deceived by error thou adore and serve them, which the Lord thy God created for the service of all the nations, that are under heaven.

20 Yehowa ɖe mi tso kluvinyenye me le Egipte be mianye yeƒe dukɔ tɔxɛ kple eya ŋutɔ ƒe domenyilawo, eye woawoe nye nu siwo mienye egbe.

But the Lord hath taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace of Egypt, to make you his people of inheritance, as it is this present day.

21 Ke edo dɔmedzoe ɖe ŋunye ɖe miawo ta. Eka atam be nyematso Yɔdan tɔsisi la age ɖe anyigba nyui si Yehowa miaƒe Mawu tsɔ na mi abe miaƒe domenyinu ene la dzi o.

And the Lord was angry with me for your words, and he swore that I should not pass over the Jordan, nor enter into the excellent land, which he will give you.

22 Ele be maku le afi sia, le Yɔdan tɔsisi la ƒe akpa sia dzi.

Behold I die in this land, I shall not pass over the Jordan: you shall pass, and possess the goodly land.

23 Mikpɔ nyuie be miagagblẽ nubabla si Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu wɔ kpli mi la me o! Miagblẽ nubabla sia me ne miewɔ legbawo, elabena Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la de se sesẽ ɖe nu sia nu.

Beware lest thou ever forget the covenant of the Lord thy God, which he hath made with thee: and make to thyself a graven likeness of those things which the Lord hath forbid to be made:

24 Yehowa miaƒe Mawu la nye dzo si fiaa nu kple Mawu si ʋãa ŋu.

Because the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.

25 “Ne mieva nɔ anyigba la dzi eteƒe didi, ne miedzi mia viwo kple tɔgbuiyɔviwo, eye miegblẽ kɔ ɖo na mia ɖokuiwo to legbawo wɔwɔ me, eye Yehowa miaƒe Mawu la do dɔmedzoe ɖe mia ŋu kaɖikaɖi le miaƒe nu vɔ̃wo ta la,

If you shall beget sons and grandsons, and abide in the land, and being deceived, make to yourselves any similitude, committing evil before the Lord your God, to provoke him to wrath:

26 ekema dziƒo kple anyigba anye ɖasefowo be woatsrɔ̃ mi kaba le anyigba la dzi. Fifia, esusɔ vie miatso Yɔdan tɔsisi la, eye miaxɔ anyigba ma. Ke miaƒe ŋkekewo le afi ma anɔ kpuie, elabena woatsrɔ̃ mi keŋkeŋ.

I call this day heaven and earth to witness, that you shall quickly perish out of the land, which, when you have passed over the Jordan, you shall possess. You shall not dwell therein long, but the Lord will destroy you,

27 Yehowa akaka mi ɖe dukɔwo dome, eye miagasɔ gbɔ o.

And scatter you among all nations, and you shall remain a few among the nations, to which the Lord shall lead you.

28 Le didiƒenyigbawo dzi la, miasubɔ legba siwo wowɔ kple ati kple kpe, legba siwo mekpɔa nu, sea nu, ɖua nu alo sea nu ƒe ʋeʋẽ o.

And there you shall serve gods, that were framed with men’s hands: wood and stone, that neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

29 “Ke miagade asi Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la didi me. Miakpɔe ne miedii kple miaƒe dzi kple luʋɔ blibo.

And when thou shalt seek there the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him: yet so, if thou seek him with all thy heart, and all the affliction of thy soul.

30 Ne vevesese ƒe ŋkeke mawo va tu mi emegbe la, miatrɔ ava Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la gbɔ mlɔeba, eye miaɖo to eƒe nyawo azɔ,

After all the things aforesaid shall and thee, in the latter time thou shalt return to the Lord thy God, and shalt hear his voice.

31 elabena Yehowa miaƒe Mawu kpɔa nublanui na ame. Magblẽ mi ɖi o, matsrɔ̃ mi o, eye maŋlɔ ŋugbe siwo wòdo na mia fofowo la be o.”

Because the Lord thy God is a merciful God: he will not leave thee, nor altogether destroy thee, nor forget the covenant, by which he swore to thy fathers.

32 “Mida ŋku ɖe xexea me ƒe ŋutinya me tso keke esime Mawu wɔ amegbetɔ ɖe anyigba dzi. Midii tso dziƒo ƒe akpa ɖeka yi akpa bubu ne miakpɔe ɖa be nya sia tɔgbi dzɔ kpɔ mahã.

Ask of the days of old, that have been before thy time from the day that God created man upon the earth, from one end of heaven to the other end thereof, if ever there was done the like thing, or it hath been known at any time,

33 Dukɔ blibo se Mawu ƒe gbe wòƒo nu nɛ tso dzo bibi me, abe ale si miawo miese ene, eye dukɔ la gali!

That a people should hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of fire, as thou hast heard, and lived:

34 Teƒe bubu kae miagate ŋu akpɔ ale si Mawu ɖe dukɔ aɖe tso kluvinyenye me, eye wòɖo dɔvɔ̃ dziŋɔwo ɖa, wɔ nukunu triakɔwo, eye wòhe aʋawɔwɔ kple ŋɔdzi vɛ la ƒe kpɔɖeŋu le? Nu sia tututue Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la wɔ na mi le Egipte le miawo ŋutɔ mia ŋkume.

If God ever did so as to go, and take to himself a nation out of the midst of nations by temptations, signs, and wonders, by fight, and a strong hand, and stretched out arm, and horrible visions according to all the things that the Lord your God did for you in Egypt, before thy eyes.

35 Ewɔ nu siawo ale be miadze sii, be Yehowae nye Mawu, eye mawu bubu aɖeke megali abe eya ene o.

That thou mightest know that the Lord he is God, and there is no other besides him.

36 Ena miese eƒe gbe wònɔ nu fiam mi tso dziƒo. Ena miekpɔ eƒe dzo bibi gã la le anyigba dzi. Miese eƒe gbe gɔ̃ hã tso dzo bibi la titina.

From heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might teach thee. And upon earth he shewed thee his exceeding great fire, and thou didst hear his words out of the midst of the fire,

37 “Esi wòlɔ̃ mia tɔgbuiwo, eye wòdi be yeayra woƒe dzidzimeviwo tae eya ŋutɔ kplɔ mi tso Egipte kple eƒe ŋusẽ gã la ɖeɖe fia.

Because he loved thy fathers, and chose their seed after them. And he brought thee out of Egypt, going before thee with his great power,

38 Enya dukɔ siwo sesẽ wu mi sãa la ɖa, eye wòtsɔ woƒe anyigbawo na mi abe domenyinu ene, abe ale si wòle egbe ene.

To destroy at thy coming very great nations, and stronger than thou art, and to bring thee in, and give thee their land for a possession, as thou seest at this present day.

39 Esiae nye nu si ŋuti miabu egbe: Yehowae nye Mawu le dziƒo kple anyigba afi sia; le eya megbe la, Mawu bubu aɖeke megali o!

Know therefore this day, and think in thy heart that the Lord he is God in heaven above, and in the earth beneath, and there is no other.

40 Ele be miawɔ se siwo made na mi egbe la dzi, ale be nu sia nu nanyo na mi kple mia viwo, eye mianɔ anyigba si Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la le mia nam la dzi tegbetegbe.”

Keep his precepts and commandments, which I command thee: that it may be well with thee, and thy children after thee, and thou mayst remain a long time upon the land, which the Lord thy God will give thee.

41 Le esia megbe la, Mose ɖoe na Israelviwo be woatia du etɔ̃ le Yɔdan tɔsisi la ƒe ɣedzeƒe lɔƒo,

Then Moses set aside three cities beyond the Jordan at the east side,

42 ale be ne ame aɖe wu ame to nu maɖowɔ me la, wòate ŋu asi ayi du siawo me, eye wòanɔ dedie.

That any one might flee to them who should kill his neighbour unwillingly, and was not his enemy a day or two before, and that he might escape to some one of these cities:

43 Du siawo dometɔ ɖekae nye Bezer, le gbegbe la ƒe tonyigba dzi. Du sia li na Ruben ƒe viwo. Du eveliae nye, Ramot le Gilead. Eya li na Gad ƒe viwo. Du etɔ̃liae nye Golan, le Basan, eye wòli na Manase ƒe viwo.

Bosor in the wilderness, which is situate in the plains of the tribe of Ruben: and Ramoth in Galaad, which is in the tribe of Gad: and Golan in Basan, which is in the tribe of Manasses.

44 Se siwo gbɔna la nye se siwo Mose de na Israelviwo,

This is the law, that Moses set before the children of Israel,

45 esi wodzo le Egipte, eye woƒu asaɖa anyi ɖe

And these are the testimonies and ceremonies and judgments, which he spoke to the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt,

46 Yɔdan tɔsisi la ƒe go kemɛ dzi le Bet Peor kasa. Anyigba sia dzie Amoritɔwo nɔ tsã le woƒe Fia Sixɔn te, eye woƒe fiadu nye Hesbon. Mose kple Israelviwo tsrɔ̃ Fia Sixɔn kple eƒe amewo.

Beyond the Jordan in the valley over against the temple of Phogor, in the land of Sehon king of the Amorrhites, that dwelt in Hesebon, whom Moses slew. And the children of Israel coming out of Egypt,

47 Israel xɔ Fia Sixɔn kple Basan fia Ɔg ƒe anyigba. Sixɔn kple Ɔg wonye Amoritɔwo ƒe fia eveawo, ame siwo nɔ Yɔdan tɔsisi la ƒe ɣedzeƒe lɔƒo.

Possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Basan, of the two kings of the Amorrhites, who were beyond the Jordan towards the rising of the sun:

48 Israelviwo xɔ anyigba la katã tso Aroer si le Arnon tɔsisi la ƒe balime ƒe liƒo dzi va se ɖe Sirion to (si wogayɔna be Hermon to) la gbɔ

From Aroer, which is situate upon the bank of the torrent Amen, unto mount Sion, which is also called Hermon,

49 kple Arabanyigba la katã, le Yɔdan tɔsisi la ƒe ɣedzeƒe yi Dzeƒu la nu, le Pisga to la te.

All the plain beyond the Jordan at the east side, unto the see of the wilderness, and unto the foot of mount Phasga.