Mose 4 13
1 Yehowa gblɔ na Mose azɔ be,
And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying,
2 “Dɔ ŋkutsalawo ɖe Kanaanyigba, anyigba si mele tsɔtsɔm na Israel la dzi. Dɔ kplɔla ɖeka ɖa tso to sia to me.”
Send thou out some men that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: one man each of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send, every one who is a prince among them.
3 Israelviwo ƒu asaɖa anyi ɖe Paran gbedzi ɣe ma ɣi. Mose wɔ ɖe se si Yehowa de nɛ la dzi, eye wòdɔ toawo ƒe kplɔla siawo ɖa:
And Moses sent them out from the wilderness of Paran by the order of the Lord: they all were men, [who] were heads of the children of Israel.
4 Woƒe ŋkɔwoe nye: Samua, Zakur ƒe viŋutsu, tso Ruben ƒe to la me;
And these are their names: Of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.
5 Safat, Hori ƒe viŋutsu, tso Simeon ƒe to la me;
Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Chori.
6 Kaleb, Yefune ƒe viŋutsu, tso Yuda ƒe to la me;
Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Yephunneh.
7 Igal, Yosef ƒe viŋutsu, tso Isaka ƒe to la me;
Of the tribe of Issachar, Yigal the son of Joseph.
8 Hosea, Nun ƒe viŋutsu, tso Efraim ƒe to la me;
Of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea, the son of Nun.
9 Palti, Rafu ƒe viŋutsu, tso Benyamin ƒe to la me;
Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu.
10 Gadiel, Sodi ƒe viŋutsu, tso Zebulon ƒe to la me;
Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.
11 Gadi, Susi ƒe viŋutsu, tso (Yosef ƒomea me) le Manase ƒe to la me.
Of the tribe of Joseph, of the tribe of Menasseh, Gaddi the son of Sussi.
12 Amiel, Gemali ƒe viŋutsu, tso Dan ƒe to la me;
Of the tribe of Dan, 'Ammiel the son of Gemalli.
13 Setur, Mikael ƒe viŋutsu, tso Aser ƒe to la me;
Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael.
14 Nahbi, Vofsi ƒe viŋutsu, tso Naftali ƒe to la me;
Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nachbi the son of Vophsi.
15 kple Geuel, Maki ƒe viŋutsu, tso Gad ƒe to la me.
Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.
16 Ame siawoe Mose dɔ be woaɖatsa anyigba la me. Ɣeyiɣi sia mee (Mose trɔ Hosea ƒe ŋkɔ wòzu Yosua) si gɔmee nye “Yehowa nye Ɖeɖe.”
These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land; and Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun, Joshua [[Yehoshua']].
17 Mose dɔ wo ɖa, eye wògblɔ na wo be, “Miyi anyigba la ƒe anyigbeme lɔƒo, le Negeb ƒe tonyigba la dzi,
And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and he said unto them, Go you up this way at the south side, and go up into the mountain;
18 ne miakpɔ ale si anyigba la le. Mikpɔ ale si ame siwo le anyigba la dzi hã le, ne wonye ame sesẽwo alo ame benɔewo, ne wosɔ gbɔ alo womesɔ gbɔ o.
And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwell therein, whether they be strong or weak, whether they be few or many;
19 Milé ŋku ɖe nuwo ŋu, miakpɔ ne anyigba la nyo na agblemenukuwo loo alo menyo na wo o, ne woƒe duwo lolo loo alo wole sue, ne wotu mɔ sesẽwo ɖe wo ŋu,
And what the land is on which they dwell, whether it be good or bad; and what the cities are in which they dwell, whether in open places, or in strongholds;
20 ne anyigba la nyo alo menyo o, eye ne atiwo sɔ gbɔ le edzi loo alo womesɔ gbɔ o. Migavɔ̃ o. Mitsɔ woƒe agblemenuku, siwo miakpɔ la ƒe ɖewo vɛ.” (Wonɔ waintsetse gbãtɔwo gbem ɣe ma ɣi.)
And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be trees therein, or not; and take ye courage, and take away some of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the season of the first ripening of grapes.
21 Ale wotsa ŋku le anyigba la dzi tso keke Zin gbegbe la va ɖo Rehob, le Hamat gbɔ.
And they went up, and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rechob, on the road to Chamath.
22 Wotso afi ma ɖo ta dzigbeme lɔƒo; woto Negeb gbã, eye woyi Hebron. Wokpɔ Ahimanitɔwo, Sesaitɔwo kple Talmaitɔwo. Ame siawo katã nye Anak, ame dzɔatsu ƒe dzidzimeviwo. (Hebron nye du xoxo aɖe. Wotsoe ƒe adre do ŋgɔ na Tanis tsotso le Egipte.)
And they ascended on the south side, and came unto Hebron; and there were Achiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of 'Anak; [now Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.]
23 Tso afi ma la, wova afi si woyɔna egbegbe be, Eskɔl ƒe Balime. Wotso waintsetse kpo ɖeka le afi sia wòlolo ale gbegbe be ame evee tsɔ ati de eme hafi te ŋu tsɔe! Wotsɔ yevuboɖa kple gbotsetse siwo wokpɔ le afi ma hã ƒe ɖewo ɖe asi.
And they came unto the valley of Eshcol, and they cut down from there a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bore it upon a barrow between two; and [they took some] of the pomegranates and of the figs.
24 Israelviwo na ŋkɔ Balime sia be, Eskɔl, si gɔmee nye “Kpo ɖeka” le waintsetse si wokpɔ le afi ma ƒe kpo ɖeka ƒe lolo ta!
That place was called the valley of Eshcol, on account of the cluster which the children of Israel cut down from there.
25 Le ŋkeke blaene megbe la, wotrɔ gbɔ.
And they returned from spying out the land at the end of forty days.
26 Wogblɔ nu si wokpɔ la na Mose, Aron kple Israelviwo katã le Paran gbedzi le Kades, eye wotsɔ kutsetse siwo wotsɔ vɛ la fia wo.
And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and they brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land.
27 Wona nutsotso Mose ale, “Míede anyigba si dzi mieɖo mí ɖo be míatsa ŋku le la dzi. Enye anyigba nyui aɖe ŋutɔ, anyigba si dzi notsi kple anyitsi le tsatsam le. Míetsɔ kutsetse siawo vɛ be woaɖe nya si gblɔm míele la ƒe nyateƒenyenye afia.
And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou didst send us, and truly doth it flow with milk and honey; and this is its fruit.
28 Ke afi ma tɔwo nye ŋusẽtɔwo. Woƒe duwo lolo, eye woglã wo katã. Gawu la, míekpɔ Anak ƒe dzidzimeviwo gɔ̃ hã le afi ma!
Nevertheless the people are strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are very strongly walled, and great; and the children of 'Anak also have we seen there.
29 Amalekitɔwo le gbegbe le dziehe gome, ke Hititɔwo, Yebusitɔwo kple Amoritɔwo ya le togbɛwo dzi, eye Kanaantɔwo le atsiaƒu kple Yɔdan to.”
The Amalekites dwell in the southern country; and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Emorites, dwell in the mountains; and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the margin of the Jordan.
30 Tete Kaleb tsi nya ɖe ameawo nu le Mose ŋkume, eye wògblɔ be, “Mina míayi aɖaxɔ anyigba la, elabena míate ŋui xoxoxo.”
And Caleb stilled the people toward Moses, and he said, We can easily go up, and take possession of it; for we are well able to overcome it.
31 Ŋkutsala bubuawo gblɔ be, “Miate ŋu aɖadze wo dzi o, elabena wosesẽ wu mi.”
But the men who had gone up with him said, We are not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.
32 Ale wokaka nutsotso gbegblẽ ɖe Israelviwo dome tso anyigba si dzi wotsa ŋku le la ŋuti. Wogblɔ na ameawo be, “Anyigba si dzi míetsa ŋku le la le edzinɔlawo mim. Ame siwo katã míekpɔ la nye ame dzɔatsuwo.
And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had spied out unto the children of Israel, saying, The land through which we have passed to spy it out, is a land that consumeth its inhabitants; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.
33 Míekpɔ Nefilimtɔwo hã le afi ma (Anak nye Nefilimtɔwo ƒe dzidzimeviwo). Míedze le woƒe ŋkume abe abɔwo ene, eye nenema kee woawo hã kpɔ míe.”
And there we saw the giants, the sons of 'Anak, of the giants' [family]: and we were in our own eyes as grasshoppers, and so were we in their eyes.
