Mose 4 16
1 Gbe ɖeka la, Korah, Izhar ƒe viŋutsu kple Kohat ƒe tɔgbuiyɔvi, ame si nye Levi ƒe dzidzimevi la wɔ ɖoɖo kple Datan kple Abiram, ame siwo nye Eliab ƒe viŋutsuwo kple On, Pelet ƒe viŋutsu. Ame etɔ̃ siawo katã tso Ruben ƒe to la me.
Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Pallu, the son of Reuben, made themselves ready,
2 Ɖoɖo lae nye be woana amewo nadze aglã ɖe Mose ŋu. Ame siwo lɔ̃ ɖe aglãdzedze ƒe ɖoɖo sia dzi kple Israelviwo ƒe xexlẽmee nye ame alafa eve blaatɔ̃. Wonye kplɔlawo kple aɖaŋudelawo.
And came before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty chiefs of the people, men of good name who had a place in the meeting of the people.
3 Woyi Mose kple Aron gbɔ, eye wogblɔ na wo be, “Miaƒe asitɔakɔnyawo va ti kɔ na mí azɔ. Mienyo wu ame bubu aɖeke o. Israelvi ɖe sia ɖe nye Yehowa ƒe ame tiatia, eye wòli kpli mí katã. Mɔ ka miekpɔ be miado mia ɖokuiwo ɖe dzi, agblɔ be ele be míaɖo to mi, eye mianɔ wɔwɔm abe ɖe mielolo wu Yehowa ƒe ame siawo dometɔ aɖe ene?”
They came together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, You take overmuch on yourselves, seeing that all the people are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them; why then have you put yourselves in authority over the people of the Lord?
4 Esi Mose se nya si gblɔm wole la, etsyɔ mo anyi.
And Moses, hearing this, went down on his face;
5 Egblɔ na Korah kple ame siwo le eŋu la be, “Le ŋdi la, Yehowa afia ame siwo nye etɔwo, ame si le kɔkɔe kple ame si wòtia abe nunɔla ene la mi.
And he said to Korah and his band, In the morning the Lord will make clear who are his, and who is holy, and who may come near him: the man of his selection will be caused to come near him.
6 Ele be wò, Korah kple yowòmedzelawo katã miawɔ ale: Mitsɔ dzudzɔdosonuwo,
So do this: let Korah and all his band take vessels for burning perfumes;
7 eye etsɔ la, miade dzo kple lifi wo me le Yehowa ŋkume. Ame si Yehowa atia lae anye ame si le kɔkɔe. Mi Levi ƒe viwo, mia tɔ gbɔ eme.”
And put spices on the fire in them before the Lord tomorrow; then the man marked out by the Lord will be holy: you take overmuch on yourselves, you sons of Levi.
8 Mose gblɔ na Korah be, “Azɔ, mi Levi ƒe viwo, miɖo to.
And Moses said to Korah, Give ear now, you sons of Levi:
9 Mesɔ gbɔ na mi be Israel ƒe Mawu la ɖe mi ɖa tso Israel ƒe ameha la me, kplɔ mi te ɖe eɖokui ŋu be miawɔ dɔ le Yehowa ƒe Agbadɔ la me, eye miatsi tsitre ɖe ameha la ŋkume asubɔ wo oa?
Does it seem only a small thing to you that the God of Israel has made you separate from the rest of Israel, letting you come near himself to do the work of the House of the Lord, and to take your place before the people to do what has to be done for them;
10 Ɖe ale si wòtsɔ dɔ sia de asi na mi Levi ƒe viwo ɖeɖe ko la mesɔ gbɔ na mi oa? Ke azɔ la, ɖe miele didim be yewoazu nunɔlawo hã mahã?
Letting you, and all your brothers the sons of Levi, come near to him? and would you now be priests?
11 Yehowa ŋue mi kple mia yomedzelawo katã miebla ɖo. Ame kae nye Aron be mialĩ liʋĩliʋĩ le eŋu?”
So you and all your band have come together against the Lord; and Aaron, who is he, that you are crying out against him?
12 Mose ɖo du ɖe Datan kple Abiram, Eliab ƒe viŋutsuwo, ke wogblɔ be, “Míegbɔna o!”
Then Moses sent for Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: and they said, We will not come up:
13 Ɖeko wogblɔ be, “Ɖe nèbui be nu sue aɖe ko wònye nèwɔ be nèkplɔ mí dzoe le Egipte, tso anyigba nyui ma dzi be yeawu mí le gbegbe afi sia? Ke azɔ la, ɖe nègadi gɔ̃ hã be yeaɖu fia ɖe mía dzia?
Is it not enough that you have taken us from a land flowing with milk and honey, to put us to death in the waste land, but now you are desiring to make yourself a chief over us?
14 Gawu la, mèkplɔ mí yi anyigba wɔnuku si ŋugbe nèdo na mí la hã dzi o, eye mèna agbledenyigba kple waingblewo mí o. Ame kawoe nèle agbagba dzem be yeabu abunɛtɔwoe? Míegbɔna o!”
And more than this, you have not taken us into a land flowing with milk and honey, or given us a heritage of fields and vine-gardens: will you put out the eyes of these men? We will not come up.
15 Mose do dɔmedzoe vevie, eye wògblɔ na Yehowa be, “Mègaxɔ woƒe vɔsawo o! Nyemefi woƒe tedzi gɔ̃ hã kpɔ o, eye nyemewɔ nuvevi aɖeke wo dometɔ aɖeke kpɔ hã o.”
Then Moses was very angry, and said to the Lord, Give no attention to their offering: not one of their asses have I taken, or done wrong to any of them.
16 Mose gblɔ na Korah be, “Miva afi sia etsɔ, wò kple yowòmedzelawo katã, eye miado ɖe Yehowa ŋkume; Aron hã anɔ afi sia.
And Moses said to Korah, You and all your band are to come before the Lord tomorrow, you and they and Aaron:
17 Ame sia ame natsɔ dzudzɔdosonu ɖe asi, akɔ dzudzɔdonu ɖe wo me. Wo katã ƒe xexlẽme nanye alafa eve blaatɔ̃, eye miatsɔ wo va Yehowa ŋkume. Wò kple Aron hã, miatsɔ miaƒe dzudzɔdosunuwo ɖe asi vɛ.”
And let every man take a vessel for burning perfumes, and put sweet spices in them; let every man take his vessel before the Lord, two hundred and fifty vessels; you and Aaron and everyone with his vessel.
18 Ale wotsɔ woƒe dzudzɔdosonuwo vɛ, ɖe dzo ɖe wo me, kɔ dzudzɔdonuwo ɖe wo me, eye wova tsi tsitre ɖe Agbadɔ la ƒe mɔnu kple Mose kple Aron.
So every man took his vessel and they put fire in them, with spices, and came to the door of the Tent of meeting with Moses and Aaron.
19 Esi Korah ƒo eyomedzelawo katã nu ƒu ɖe Agbadɔ la ƒe ŋkume be woatsi tsitre ɖe wo ŋuti la, Yehowa ƒe ŋutikɔkɔe ɖe eɖokui fia ameha blibo la.
And Korah made all the people come together against them to the door of the Tent of meeting: and the glory of the Lord was seen by all the people.
20 Yehowa gblɔ na Mose kple Aron be,
And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
21 “Miɖe mia ɖokuiwo ɖa le ame siawo dome ale be matsrɔ̃ wo enumake.”
Come out from among this people, so that I may send sudden destruction on them.
22 Mose kple Aron wotsyɔ mo anyi le Yehowa ŋkume, eye woƒo koko nɛ gblɔ be, “O! Mawu, amegbetɔwo katã ƒe gbɔgbɔ ƒe Mawu, ɖe nàdo dɔmedzoe ɖe ameawo katã ŋuti esi wònye ame ɖeka koe wɔ nu vɔ̃a?”
Then falling down on their faces they said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, because of one man's sin will your wrath be moved against all the people?
23 Tete Yehowa gblɔ na Mose be,
And the Lord said to Moses,
24 “Gblɔ na ƒuƒoƒe la be, ‘Mite ɖa tso Korah, Datan kple Abiram ƒe agbadɔwo gbɔ.’”
Say to the people, Come away from the tent of Korah Dathan, and Abiram.
25 Ale Mose ɖe abla yi Datan kple Abiram ƒe agbadɔwo gbɔ, eye Israel ƒe dumemetsitsiwo kplɔe ɖo.
So Moses got up and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the responsible men of Israel went with him.
26 Mose xlɔ̃ nu ameha la be, “Miɖe abla miadzo le ame vɔ̃ɖi siawo ƒe agbadɔwo gbɔ; migaka asi woƒe naneke ŋu o, ne menye nenema o la, abala míawo hã, eye Yehowa atsrɔ̃ miawo hã ɖe woƒe nu vɔ̃wo ta.”
And he said to the people, Come away now from the tents of these evil men, without touching anything of theirs, or you may be taken in the punishment of their sins.
27 Ale ameawo katã te ɖa le Korah, Datan kple Abiram ƒe agbadɔwo gbɔ. Datan kple Abiram do go tso woƒe agbadɔwo me, eye wotsi tsitre ɖe woƒe agbadɔwo ƒe mɔnu kple wo srɔ̃wo, wo viŋutsuwo kple wo vi suewo.
So on every side they went away from the tent of Korah Dathan, and Abiram: and Dathan and Abiram came out to the door of their tents, with their wives and their sons and their little ones.
28 Eye Mose gblɔ be, “To nu sia me la, mianya be Yehowae dɔm ɖa be mawɔ nu siawo katã, eye menye nye ŋutɔ nye susu o.
And Moses said, Now you will see that the Lord has sent me to do all these works, and I have not done them of myself.
29 Ne ŋutsu siawo aku dzɔdzɔmeku alo nu si dzɔna ɖe ŋutsu ɖe sia ɖe dzi koe dzɔ ɖe wo dzi la, ekema menye Yehowae dɔm o.
If these men have the common death of men, or if the natural fate of all men overtakes them, then the Lord has not sent me.
30 Gake nenye be Yehowa ana nu yeye aɖe kura nadzɔ, anyigba nake nu ami wo kple nu sia nu si nye wo tɔ, eye woayi tsiẽƒe agbagbee la, ekema mianya be ŋutsu siawo wɔ nu tovo ɖe Yehowa ŋu.” (Sheol h7585)
But if the Lord does something new, opening the earth to take them in, with everything which is theirs, and they go down living into the underworld, then it will be clear to you that the Lord has not been honoured by these men. (Sheol h7585)
31 Esi Mose wu nya siawo nu teti ko la, anyigba la wo le wo te zi ɖeka,
And while these words were on his lips, the earth under them was parted in two;
32 eye anyigba la mi wo kple woƒe aƒemenuwo katã, eye nenema kee nye Korah yomedzelawo katã kple woƒe nunɔamesiwo katã hã.
And the earth, opening her mouth, took them in, with their families, and all the men who were joined to Korah, and their goods.
33 Ale woyi tsiẽƒe agbagbe kple woƒe nunɔamesiwo katã, eye anyigba tu ɖe wo nu, hetsrɔ̃ wo, eye wodo ɖa le ameha la dome. (Sheol h7585)
So they and all theirs went down living into the underworld, and the earth was shut over them, and they were cut off from among the meeting of the people. (Sheol h7585)
34 Esi ame siwo yi tsiẽƒe la nɔ ɣli dom la, Israelvi siwo katã ƒo xlã wo la de asi sisi me henɔ ɣli dom be, “Anyigba le míawo hã mi ge.”
And all Israel round about them went in flight at their cry, For fear, said they, that we go down into the heart of the earth.
35 Dzo ge tso Yehowa gbɔ va fia ame alafa eve blaatɔ̃ siwo nɔ dzudzɔ dom.
Then fire came out from the Lord, burning up the two hundred and fifty men who were offering the perfume.
36 Yehowa gblɔ na Mose be,
And the Lord said to Moses,
37 “Gblɔ na Eleazar, Aron, nunɔla la ƒe viŋutsu be wòaɖe dzudzɔdonu mawo le dzo la me, eye wòakaka akawo ɖe teƒe didi aɖe, elabena dzoɖesonuawo le kɔkɔe
Say to Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, that he is to take out of the flames the vessels with the perfumes in them, turning the fire out of them, for they are holy;
38 tso ame siwo wɔ nu vɔ̃, eye woku la ƒe dzudzɔdosonuwo gbɔ. Na wòatsɔ dzudzɔdosonuawo atu ga gbadza aɖe atsyɔ vɔsamlekpui la dzi, elabena dzudzɔdosonu siawo le kɔkɔe esi wowɔ wo ŋu dɔ le Yehowa ŋkume ta. Ale ga gbadza si tsyɔ vɔsamlekpui la dzi la azu ŋkuɖodzinu na Israelviwo.”
And let the vessels of those men, who with their lives have made payment for their sin, be hammered out into plates as a cover for the altar; for they have been offered before the Lord and are holy; so that they may be a sign to the children of Israel.
39 Ale nunɔla Eleazar tsɔ akɔblidzudzɔdosonu alafa eve blaatɔ̃ la tu ga ɖeka hena vɔsamlekpui la dzi tsyɔtsyɔ
So Eleazar the priest took the brass vessels which had been offered by those who were burned up, and they were hammered out to make a cover for the altar:
40 be wòanye ŋkuɖodzinu na Israelviwo be ame sia ame si menye Aron ƒe dzidzimevi o la mekpɔ mɔ ava Yehowa ŋkume, eye wòado dzudzɔ o; ne menye nenema o la, nu si wɔ Korah kple eyomedzelawo la awɔ eya hã. Ale wowɔ ɖe ɖoɖo siwo Yehowa na Mose la dzi.
To be a sign, kept in memory for ever by the children of Israel, that no man who is not of the seed of Aaron has the right of burning spices before the Lord, so that he may not be like Korah and his band: as the Lord said to him by the mouth of Moses.
41 Esi ŋu ke ŋdi la, Israelviwo katã gade asi liʋĩliʋĩlilĩ me ɖe Mose kple Aron ŋu, henɔ gbɔgblɔm be, “Miewu Yehowa ƒe amewo.”
But on the day after, all the children of Israel made an outcry against Moses and against Aaron, saying, You have put to death the Lord's people.
42 Ale ameha gã aɖe ƒo ƒu; kasia woakpɔ agbadɔ la gbɔ ɖa la, wokpɔ lilikpo la kple Yehowa ƒe ŋutikɔkɔe la.
Now when the people had come together against Moses and Aaron, looking in the direction of the Tent of meeting, they saw the cloud covering it, and the glory of the Lord came before their eyes.
43 Mose kple Aron yi agbadɔ la ŋgɔ,
Then Moses and Aaron came to the front of the Tent of meeting.
44 eye Yehowa gblɔ na Mose be.
And the Lord said to Moses,
45 “Mite ɖa le ame siawo gbɔ, ale be mate ŋu atsrɔ̃ wo enumake.” Ke Mose kple Aron wotsyɔ mo anyi le Yehowa ŋkume.
Come out from among this people, so that I may send sudden destruction on them. And they went down on their faces.
46 Mose gblɔ na Aron be, “Netsɔ! Tsɔ dzudzɔdosonu ɖeka, ɖe dzo tso vɔsamlekpui la me de eme, da dzudzɔdonu ɖe edzi, ɖe abla kplii yi ameawo dome, eye nàlé avu ɖe wo nu, elabena Yehowa ƒe dɔmedzoe ge ɖe wo dome, eye dɔvɔ̃ to gɔ̃ hã xoxo.”
And Moses said to Aaron, Take your vessel and put in it fire from the altar, and sweet spices, and take it quickly into the meeting of the people, and make them free from sin: for wrath has gone out from the Lord, and the disease is starting.
47 Aron wɔ nu si Mose ɖo nɛ. Eƒu du yi ameawo dome, elabena dɔvɔ̃ la to xoxo. Etɔ dzo dzudzɔdonu la, eye wòlé avu ɖe wo nu.
And at the words of Moses, Aaron took his vessel, and went running among the people; and even then the disease had made a start among them; and he put spices in his vessel to take away the sin of the people.
48 Etsi tsitre ɖe ame kukuawo kple agbagbeawo dome, eye dɔvɔ̃ la nu tso,
And he took his place between the dead and the living: and the disease was stopped.
49 ke ame akpe wuiene alafa adre ku xoxo kpe ɖe ame siwo ku kple Korah le ŋkeke si do ŋgɔ la ŋu.
Now fourteen thousand, seven hundred deaths were caused by that disease, in addition to those who came to their end because of what Korah had done.
50 Aron trɔ va Mose gbɔ le agbadɔ la ƒe mɔnu. Ale dɔvɔ̃ la nu tso.
Then Aaron went back to Moses to the door of the Tent of meeting: and the disease came to a stop.
