Mose 5 1

1 Nya siawo Mose gblɔ na Israelviwo katã le Yɔdan tɔsisi la ƒe go kemɛ dzi le gbedzi, le Araba balime, le Suf gbɔ le Paran kple Tofel kple Laban kple Hazerot kple Dizahab dome.

These are the words which Moses spake unto all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah over against Suph, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Di-zahab.

2 Mɔzɔzɔ tso Horeb to Seir to la ŋu yi Kades Barnea la nye ŋkeke wuiɖekɛ ko ƒe azɔli.

It is eleven days’ [journey] from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadesh-barnea.

3 Le ɣleti wuiɖekɛlia ƒe ŋkeke gbãtɔ gbe le Israelviwo ƒe mɔzɔzɔ ƒe blaenelia me la, Mose ƒo nu na Israelviwo tso se siwo katã Yehowa miaƒe Mawu de nɛ la ŋu.

And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that Jehovah had given him in commandment unto them;

4 Esia va eme esi Israel ɖu Sixɔn, Amoritɔwo ƒe fia, ame si nɔ Hesbon kple Ɔg, Basan fia, ame si nɔ Astarot la dzi le Edrei vɔ megbe.

after he had smitten Sihon the king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, who dwelt in Ashtaroth, at Edrei.

5 Mose de asi se siawo gbɔgblɔ me na Israelviwo le Yɔdan tɔsisi la ƒe go kemɛ dzi, le Moabnyigba dzi. Egblɔ na wo be:

Beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,

6 Ƒe blaene nye esi va yi, esi Yehowa, míaƒe Mawu la gblɔ na mí le Horeb to la gbɔ be, “Mienɔ afi sia wòdidi.

Jehovah our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mountain:

7 Fifia miyi mianɔ Amoritɔwo ƒe tonyigba dzi kple Araba ƒe balime kple Negeb kple Kanaan kple Lebanon ƒe anyigbawo dzi. Anyigba sia tso Domeƒu la ŋu va se ɖe Frat tɔsisi la ŋu.

turn you, and take your journey, and go to the hill-country of the Amorites, and unto all [the places] nigh thereunto, in the Arabah, in the hill-country, and in the lowland, and in the South, and by the sea-shore, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.

8 Metsɔ anyigba sia katã na mi! Miyi edzi, eye miaxɔe, elabena eyae nye anyigba si ŋugbe Yehowa miaƒe Mawu do na mia tɔgbuiwo, Abraham, Isak kple Yakob kple woƒe dzidzimeviwo katã.”

Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which Jehovah sware unto your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.

9 Le ɣe ma ɣi me la, megblɔ na ameawo be, “Mehiã kpeɖeŋutɔ! Mienye agba gã aɖe nam be nye ɖeka matsɔ,

And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:

10 elabena Yehowa miaƒe Mawu na miedzi sɔ gbɔ abe ɣletiviwo ene!

Jehovah your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.

11 Mawu nagana miadzi ɖe edzi zi akpeakpewo wu, eye wòayra mi abe ale si wòdo ŋugbee ene.

Jehovah, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times as many as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!

12 Ke nu ka ame ɖeka ate ŋu awɔ le miaƒe dzrenyawo dɔdrɔ̃ kple nukpekeamewo ŋuti?

How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?

13 Eya ta mitia ŋutsu aɖewo tso to sia to me, ame siwo nye nunyalawo, nugɔmeselawo kple nuteƒekpɔlawo, eye maɖo wo miaƒe kplɔlawo.”

Take you wise men, and understanding, and known, according to your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.

14 Ke mieɖo eŋu nam be, “Nya si nègblɔ la nyo be woawɔ ɖe edzi.”

And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good [for us] to do.

15 Metsɔ amegã siwo wotia tso to ɖe sia ɖe me eye wonye ŋutsu siwo nye bubumewo, eye tagbɔ li na wo la ɖo dzikpɔlawo ɖe mia nu, ɖe ame akpewo, alafawo, blaatɔ̃wo kple ewowo nu be woadrɔ̃ nyawo, eye woakpe ɖe wo ŋu le mɔ sia mɔ nu.

So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens, and officers, according to your tribes.

16 Mede se na miaƒe ʋɔnudrɔ̃lawo le ɣe ma ɣi be, “Midrɔ̃ ʋɔnu dzɔdzɔe na ame sia ame kple nɔvia kpakple amedzrowo gɔ̃ hã.

And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear [the causes] between your brethren, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the sojourner that is with him.

17 Megblɔ na wo be, ‘Le miaƒe nyametsotsowo me la, migade ame aɖeke dzi le eƒe hotsuitɔnyenye ta o. Miwɔ nu dzɔdzɔe ɖe amegãwo kple ame gblɔewo siaa ŋu sɔsɔe. Migavɔ̃ na woƒe dzikudodo ɖe mia ŋu o, elabena Mawu teƒee miele ʋɔnu drɔ̃m ɖo. Mitsɔ nya siwo sesẽ akpa na mi la vɛ nam, eye mawɔ wo ŋu dɔ.’

Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; ye shall hear the small and the great alike; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God’s: and the cause that is too hard for you ye shall bring unto me, and I will hear it.

18 Le ɣe ma ɣi me la, megblɔ nu siwo katã wòle be miawɔ la na mi.”

And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do.

19 Míedzo le Horeb to la gbɔ, eye míezɔ mɔ to gbegbe gã dziŋɔ la dzi. Mlɔeba la, míeva ɖo Amoritɔwo ƒe towo gbɔ, afi si Yehowa, míaƒe Mawu la ɖo na mí be míayi. Míeɖo Kades Barnea le Ŋugbedodonyigba la ƒe liƒo dzi.

And we journeyed from Horeb, and went through all that great and terrible wilderness which ye saw, by the way to the hill-country of the Amorites, as Jehovah our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh-barnea.

20 Megblɔ na ameawo be, “Yehowa, mía Mawu la tsɔ Amoritɔwo ƒe tonyigba sia na mí.

And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the hill-country of the Amorites, which Jehovah our God giveth unto us.

21 Miyi miaxɔe abe ale si wògblɔ na mí ene. Migavɔ̃ o. Migake ɖi gɔ̃ hã o.”

Behold, Jehovah thy God hath set the land before thee: go up, take possession, as Jehovah, the God of thy fathers, hath spoken unto thee; fear not, neither be dismayed.

22 Wogblɔ be, “Gbã la, mina míaɖo ŋkutsalawo ɖa ne woanya mɔ nyuitɔ si dzi míato age ɖe anyigba la dzi kple du gbãtɔ si míaxɔ.”

And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, Let us send men before us, that they may search the land for us, and bring us word again of the way by which we must go up, and the cities unto which we shall come.

23 Esia nye susu nyui aɖe, eya ta meɖo ŋkutsala wuieve ɖa, ɖeka tso to ɖe sia ɖe me.

And the thing pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe:

24 Woto toawo dzi heyi Eskɔl ƒe balime.

and they turned and went up into the hill-country, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and spied it out.

25 Wotsɔ afi ma ƒe kutsetse aɖewo gbɔe. Wotsɔ wo vɛ na mí eye wogblɔ be, “Míedze sii enumake be anyigba nyui aɖe ŋutɔe Yehowa, míaƒe Mawu la na mí.”

And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a good land which Jehovah our God giveth unto us.

26 Ke ameawo gbe be yewomayi anyigba la dzi o, eya ta wotsi tsitre ɖe Yehowa miaƒe Mawu ƒe ɖoɖo ŋuti.

Yet ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of Jehovah your God:

27 Wolĩ liʋĩliʋĩ le woƒe agbadɔwo me hegblɔ be, “Yehowa melɔ̃ mí o; ekplɔ mí tso Egipte be Amoritɔwo nawu mí.

and ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because Jehovah hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.

28 Nu kae le míawɔ ge? Mía nɔvi ŋkutsalawo ƒe ɖaseɖiɖi do ŋɔdzi na mí. Wobe, ‘Anyigba la dzi tɔwo nye ame dzɔatsu sesẽwo, eye gli siwo woɖo ƒo xlã woƒe duwo la kɔ yi ɖatɔ dziŋgɔli! Wokpɔ ame dzɔatsu siwo nye Anak ƒe dzidzimeviwo gɔ̃ hã le afi ma.’”

Whither are we going up? our brethren have made our heart to melt, saying, The people are greater and taller than we; the cities are great and fortified up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.

29 Ke megblɔ na wo be, “Migavɔ̃ o!

Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.

30 Yehowa Mawue nye míaƒe kplɔla eye wòawɔ aʋa na mí kple eƒe nukumɔ triakɔwo abe ale si wòwɔ miekpɔ le Egipte ene.

Jehovah your God who goeth before you, he will fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes,

31 Miawo ŋutɔ mienya ale si wòlé be na mí ɣe sia ɣi le gbedzi le afi sia, abe ale si fofo léa be na via ene!”

and in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that Jehovah thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came unto this place.

32 Ke nya siwo megblɔ la mewɔ dɔ aɖeke ɖe mia dzi o. Miegbe eye miexɔ Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la dzi se o,

Yet in this thing ye did not believe Jehovah your God,

33 evɔ wònye eyae kplɔ mi le mɔzɔzɔ blibo la me, tia teƒe nyuitɔwo na mi be miaƒu asaɖa anyi ɖo. Ekplɔ mi kple dzo bibi le zã me kple lilikpo dodo le ŋkeke me.

who went before you in the way, to seek you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to show you by what way ye should go, and in the cloud by day.

34 Yehowa se woƒe liʋĩliʋĩlilĩ, eye wòdo dɔmedzoe ŋutɔŋutɔ. Eka atam be,

And Jehovah heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying,

35 “Ame ɖeka pɛ gɔ̃ hã matso dzidzime vɔ̃ɖi ma me, anɔ agbe akpɔ anyigba si ŋugbe yedo na wo fofowo o,

Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see the good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers,

36 negbe Kaleb, Yefune ƒe viŋutsu ko, elabena Kaleb ya dze Yehowa yome, eya ta axɔ anyigba si dzi wòzɔ la ƒe akpa aɖe abe eƒe domenyinu ene.”

save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it; and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed Jehovah.

37 Yehowa do dɔmedzoe ɖe nye gɔ̃ hã ŋu le woawo ta, eye wògblɔ nam be, “Màde Ŋugbedodonyigba la dzi o!

Also Jehovah was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither:

38 Wò kpeɖeŋutɔ, Yosua, Nun ƒe viŋutsu akplɔ Israelviwo ɖe tewòƒe woade afi ma. De dzi ƒo nɛ esi wòle dzadzram ɖo hena ameawo kpɔkplɔ.

Joshua the son of Nun, who standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: encourage thou him; for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.

39 Matsɔ anyigba la ana wo vi siwo woawo ŋutɔ wogblɔ be woaku le gbedzi.

Moreover your little ones, that ye said should be a prey, and your children, that this day have no knowledge of good or evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.

40 Ke mi dzidzime xoxo ma me viwo ya la, mitrɔ fifi laa, miagbugbɔ aɖo ta Ƒu Dzĩ la gbɔ.”

But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.

41 Tete mieʋu eme be, “Míewɔ nu vɔ̃ ɖe Yehowa ŋu. Míayi anyigba la dzi, awɔ aʋa ɖe eta abe ale si Yehowa, míaƒe Mawu la ɖo na mí be míawɔ ene.” Ale wokpla woƒe aʋawɔnuwo hebu be yewoaɖu anyigba blibo la dzi tɔwo dzi bɔbɔe.

Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against Jehovah, we will go up and fight, according to all that Jehovah our God commanded us. And ye girded on every man his weapons of war, and were forward to go up into the hill-country.

42 Ke Yehowa gblɔ nam be, “Gblɔ na wo bena, ‘Miekpɔ ayi awɔ aʋa o, elabena nyemanɔ kpli mi o. Miaƒe futɔwo aɖu mia dzi.’”

And Jehovah said unto me, Say unto them, Go not up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies.

43 Megblɔe na wo, gake womeɖo tom o, ke boŋ wogatsi tsitre ɖe Yehowa ƒe ɖoɖo ŋuti heyi tonyigba la dzi hena aʋawɔwɔ.

So I spake unto you, and ye hearkened not; but ye rebelled against the commandment of Jehovah, and were presumptuous, and went up into the hill-country.

44 Ke Amoritɔwo, ame siwo nɔ afi ma la kpe aʋa kpli wo, nya wo ɖe du nu abe anyiwo ene, eye wowu wo tso Seir va se ɖe keke Horma.

And the Amorites, that dwelt in that hill-country, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and beat you down in Seir, even unto Hormah.

45 Wotrɔ gbɔ, eye wofa avi le Yehowa ŋkume, gake meɖo to wo o.

And ye returned and wept before Jehovah; but Jehovah hearkened not to your voice, nor gave ear unto you.

46 Ale wonɔ afi ma, Kades, ɣeyiɣi didi aɖe.

So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode [there].