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.
Then took Korah, son of Izhar son of Kohath son of Levi, —and Dathan and Abiram sons of Eliab, and On, son of Peleth sons of Reuben;
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 rose up before Moses, with certain men of the sons of Israel, two hundred and fifty, —princes of assembly, called to the stated meeting, men of renown;
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?”
and gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron and said unto them Too much for you, when, all the assembly, are, all of them, holy, and in the midst of them, is Yahweh, —Wherefore, then, should ye set yourselves up, above the convocation of Yahweh?
4 Esi Mose se nya si gblɔm wole la, etsyɔ mo anyi.
And, when Moses heard it, he fell upon 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.
Then spake he unto Korah, and unto all his assembly, saying, In the morning, will Yahweh make known who are his, and who is the holy one and will cause him to come near unto himself, —yea him whom he shall choose, will he cause to come near unto himself.
6 Ele be wò, Korah kple yowòmedzelawo katã miawɔ ale: Mitsɔ dzudzɔdosonuwo,
This do, —Take to you censers, Korah and all his assembly;
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 place therein fire, and put thereon incense before Yahweh, to-morrow, So shall it be—that, the man whom Yahweh shall choose, he shall be the holy one. Too much for you ye sons of Levi!
8 Mose gblɔ na Korah be, “Azɔ, mi Levi ƒe viwo, miɖo to.
And Moses said unto Korah, —Hear, I pray you, ye 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?
Is it too small a thing for you that the God of Israel hath separated you from the assembly of Israel, to bring you near unto himself, —to do the laborious work of the habitation of Yahweh, and to stand before the assembly, to wait upon 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?
But having brought thee near, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee, must ye seek priesthood also?
11 Yehowa ŋue mi kple mia yomedzelawo katã miebla ɖo. Ame kae nye Aron be mialĩ liʋĩliʋĩ le eŋu?”
Wherefore thou and all thine assembly, are conspiring against Yahweh, —But Aaron, what is he, that ye should murmur against him?
12 Mose ɖo du ɖe Datan kple Abiram, Eliab ƒe viŋutsuwo, ke wogblɔ be, “Míegbɔna o!”
Then sent Moses, to call for Dathan and for Abiram 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?
Was it, a small thing, that thou didst bring us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to put us to death in the desert but thou must, continue even to lord it, 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!”
Certainly not into a land flowing with milk and honey, hast thou brought us, nor given unto us an inheritance of field and vineyard, —The eyes of those men, wilt thou dig out? 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 was Moses very angry, and he said unto Yahweh, Do not thou have respect unto their meal-offering. Not one ass, from them, have I taken, neither have I wronged one 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 unto Korah, Thou, and all thine assembly, come ye before Yahweh, —thou, and they, and Aaron to-morrow.
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 take ye each man his censer and put thereon incense, then shall ye bring near before Yahweh, each man his censer, two hundred and fifty Censers, —and, thou and Aaron, each man his censer.
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 they took each man his censer and put thereon fire, and placed thereon incense, —and took their stand at the entrance 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 gathered together against them all the assembly, unto the entrance of the tent of meeting, —then appeared the glory of Yahweh, unto all the assembly.
20 Yehowa gblɔ na Mose kple Aron be,
Then spake Yahweh unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying:
21 “Miɖe mia ɖokuiwo ɖa le ame siawo dome ale be matsrɔ̃ wo enumake.”
Separate yourselves out of the midst of this assembly, —that I may consume them in a moment.
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?”
And they fell upon their faces and said, O GOD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, —shall, one man, sin, and against all the assembly, wilt thou be wroth.
23 Tete Yehowa gblɔ na Mose be,
And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying,
24 “Gblɔ na ƒuƒoƒe la be, ‘Mite ɖa tso Korah, Datan kple Abiram ƒe agbadɔwo gbɔ.’”
Speak unto the assembly, saying, —Get ye up from round about the habitation 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 rose up, and went, unto Dathan and Abiram, —then went, after him the elders of Israel.
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 spake unto the assembly, saying—Remove I pray you from beside the tents of these lawless men, and do not touch aught that pertaineth unto them, —lest ye be carried off, in all 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 they went up from beside the habitation of Korah, Dathan and Abiram on every side, —and, Dathan and Abiram, came out and stationed themselves at the entrance 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.
Then said Moses, Hereby, shall ye know, that, Yahweh hath sent me, to do all these works, —verily, not out of my own heart:
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, as all human beings die, these do die, and the visitation of all human beings, be visited upon them, Yahweh, hath 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, a creation, Yahweh create, and the ground open wide her mouth and swallow them up, with all that pertain unto them, and so they go down alive unto hades, then shall ye know, that these men have despised Yahweh. (Sheol h7585)
31 Esi Mose wu nya siawo nu teti ko la, anyigba la wo le wo te zi ɖeka,
And it came to pass as he made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground which was under them, clave asunder;
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 opened her mouth, and swallowed up them, and their households, —and all the human beings who pertained unto Korah, with all 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 that pertained unto them, went down, alive unto hades, —and the earth, closed upon them, and they perished out of the midst of the convocation. (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 who were round about them, fled at their cry, —for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up.
35 Dzo ge tso Yehowa gbɔ va fia ame alafa eve blaatɔ̃ siwo nɔ dzudzɔ dom.
Fire also came forth, from Yahweh, —and consumed the two hundred and fifty men, who offered the incense.
36 Yehowa gblɔ na Mose be,
Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying:
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 unto Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the midst of the burning, and the fire, scatter thou yonder, —for they have been hallowed.
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.”
As for the censers of these sinners against their own persons, they shall be made into beaten-out plates as an overlay for the altar, for they had brought them near before Yahweh and hallowed them, —so shall they become a sign unto the sons of Israel.
39 Ale nunɔla Eleazar tsɔ akɔblidzudzɔdosonu alafa eve blaatɔ̃ la tu ga ɖeka hena vɔsamlekpui la dzi tsyɔtsyɔ
And Eleazar the priest took the censers of bronze, which the consumed men had brought near, —and beat them out into plates for overlaying 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.
a memorial unto the sons of Israel, That no stranger, who is not of the seed of Aaron, shall draw near to offer incense before Yahweh, —lest he become like Korah and like his assembly, As spake Yahweh by the hand of Moses with regard thereto.
41 Esi ŋu ke ŋdi la, Israelviwo katã gade asi liʋĩliʋĩlilĩ me ɖe Mose kple Aron ŋu, henɔ gbɔgblɔm be, “Miewu Yehowa ƒe amewo.”
And all the assembly of the sons of Israel murmured, on the morrow, against Moses and against, Aaron, saying, —Ye, have caused the death of the people of Yahweh.
42 Ale ameha gã aɖe ƒo ƒu; kasia woakpɔ agbadɔ la gbɔ ɖa la, wokpɔ lilikpo la kple Yehowa ƒe ŋutikɔkɔe la.
And it came to pass, when the assembly gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, that they turned towards the tent of meeting, and lo! the cloud had covered it: and the glory of Yahweh, appeared.
43 Mose kple Aron yi agbadɔ la ŋgɔ,
And Moses and Aaron came in, before the tent of meeting.
44 eye Yehowa gblɔ na Mose be.
Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying:
45 “Mite ɖa le ame siawo gbɔ, ale be mate ŋu atsrɔ̃ wo enumake.” Ke Mose kple Aron wotsyɔ mo anyi le Yehowa ŋkume.
Lift yourselves up out of the midst of this assembly, that I may consume them, as in a moment, —And they fell upon 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.”
Then said Moses unto Aaron—Take the censer and place thereon fire, from off the altar, and put incense [thereon], and, going quickly into the assembly, put a propitiatory-covering over them, —for wrath hath gone forth from before Yahweh the plague, hath begun.
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.
Then took Aaron, as Moses spake, and ran into the midst of the convocation, and lo! the plague had begun among the people, —so he placed the incense, and put a propitiatory-covering over the people:
48 Etsi tsitre ɖe ame kukuawo kple agbagbeawo dome, eye dɔvɔ̃ la nu tso,
thus did he take his stand between the dead and the living, —and the plague was restrained.
49 ke ame akpe wuiene alafa adre ku xoxo kpe ɖe ame siwo ku kple Korah le ŋkeke si do ŋgɔ la ŋu.
And so it was that they who died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, —besides them who died over the matter of Korah.
50 Aron trɔ va Mose gbɔ le agbadɔ la ƒe mɔnu. Ale dɔvɔ̃ la nu tso.
And Aaron returned unto Moses, unto the entrance of the tent of meeting, —when, the plague, had been restrained.
