Mose 4 25

1 Esime Israelviwo ƒu asaɖa anyi ɖe Sitim la, woƒe ɖekakpui aɖewo de asi ahasiwɔwɔ me kple Moab ɖetugbiwo.

Now when Israel was living in Shittim the people became false to the Lord, doing evil with the daughters of Moab:

2 Ɖetugbi siawo kplɔa wo yia woƒe mawuwo ƒe vɔsawo teƒewo. Le ɣeyiɣi kpui aɖe megbe la, ɖekakpuiawo megadea vɔsawo teƒewo ɖeɖe ko o, ke boŋ wodea ta agu na woƒe legbawo.

For they sent for the people to be present at the offerings made to their gods; and the people took part in their feasts and gave honour to their gods.

3 Sẽe kple sẽe ko la, Israelviwo katã de asi Moabtɔwo ƒe mawu, Baal Peor subɔsubɔ me. Yehowa ƒe dɔmedzoe bi ɖe Israelviwo ŋu.

So Israel had relations with the women of Moab in honour of the Baal of Peor: and the Lord was moved to wrath against Israel.

4 Yehowa de se sia na Mose be, “Wu Israel ƒe towo katã ƒe kplɔlawo. Trɔ wo ɖe ati nu le Yehowa ŋkume le ŋdɔkutsu dzati nu ale be nye dɔmedzoe ɖe ameawo ŋu nu natso.”

Then the Lord said to Moses, Take all the chiefs of the people, hanging them up in the sun before the Lord, so that the wrath of the Lord may be turned from Israel.

5 Ale Mose ɖe gbe na Israel ʋɔnudrɔ̃lawo be woawu ame siwo katã subɔ Baal Peor.

So Moses said to the judges of Israel, Let everyone put to death those of his men who have had relations with the women of Moab in honour of the Baal of Peor.

6 Gbe ɖeka la, Israel ŋutsu aɖe kplɔ Midian ɖetugbi aɖe amemabumabutɔe va asaɖa la me le Mose kple ameawo katã ŋkume, esime wonɔ avi fam le Agbadɔ la ƒe ʋɔtru nu.

Then one of the children of Israel came to his brothers, taking with him a woman of Midian, before the eyes of Moses and all the meeting of the people, while they were weeping at the door of the Tent of meeting.

7 Esi Finehas, nunɔla Eleazar ƒe viŋutsu kple nunɔla Aron ƒe tɔgbuiyɔvi kpɔ nu sia la, etso zia, tsɔ akplɔ,

And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, seeing it, got up from among the people and took a spear in his hand,

8 ƒu du ti Israel ŋutsu la yome yi eƒe agbadɔ me, afi si wòkplɔ ɖetugbi la yii. Etɔ akplɔ ŋutsu la wòto eƒe dɔ me do heŋɔ dɔme na ɖetugbi la hã. Ale dɔvɔ̃ la nu tso

And went after the man of Israel into the tent, driving the spear through the two of them, through the man of Israel and through the stomach of the woman. So the disease was stopped among the children of Israel.

9 esime wòwu ame akpe blaeve-vɔ-ene xoxo.

But twenty-four thousand of them had come to their death by the disease.

10 Yehowa gblɔ na Mose be,

And the Lord said to Moses,

11 “Finehas, Eleazar ƒe viŋutsu kple nunɔla Aron ƒe tɔgbuiyɔvi na nye dɔmedzoe nu tso, elabena eya hã do dɔmedzoe abe nye ke ene le nye bubu ta. Eya ta nyemagatsrɔ̃ Israel blibo la abe ale si meɖo ene o.

Through Phinehas, and because of his passion for my honour, my wrath has been turned away from the children of Israel, so that I have not sent destruction on them all in my wrath.

12 Eya ta gblɔ nɛ be, mele nye ŋutifafa ƒe nubabla wɔm kplii.

So say to them that I will make with him an agreement of peace:

13 Eya kple eƒe dzidzimeviwo anɔ nubabla me kplim tso nunɔladɔwɔwɔ tegbetegbe ŋu, elabena etsi dzi ɖe eƒe Mawu ƒe bubu ŋu ele wòlé avu ɖe Israelviwo nu.”

And by this agreement, he and his sons after him have the right to be priests for ever; because, by his care for the honour of his God, he took away the sin of the children of Israel.

14 Israelvi si wowu kple Midian ɖetugbi la ŋkɔe nye Zimri si nye Salu, ame si nye Simeon ƒe to la ƒe kplɔla aɖe la ƒe viŋutsu.

Now the man of Israel who was put to death with the woman of Midian was Zimri, the son of Salu, a chief of one of the families of the Simeonites.

15 Ɖetugbi la ŋkɔe nye Kozbi si nye Zur, Midiantɔwo ƒe fiavi aɖe ƒe vinyɔnu.

And the woman of Midian who was put to death was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was the head of a family in Midian.

16 Yehowa gblɔ na Mose be,

Then the Lord said to Moses,

17 “Miwɔ Midiantɔwo abe miaƒe futɔwo ene, eye miawu wo,

Take up arms against the Midianites and overcome them;

18 elabena wole mia tsrɔ̃m kple woƒe nu vɔ̃wo. Wona miele Baal subɔm, eye wona miele mɔ tram hele dɔvɔ̃ lém abe ale si miekpɔe fifi laa to Kozbi ƒe ku me ene.”

For they are a danger to you with their false ways, causing sin to come on you in the question of Peor, and because of Cozbi, their sister, the daughter of the chief of Midian, who was put to death at the time of the disease which came on you because of Peor.