Mose 4 31
1 Yehowa gblɔ na Mose be,
And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,
2 “Bia hlɔ̃ Midiantɔwo le ale si wokplɔ mi de trɔ̃subɔsubɔ me la ta. Le esia megbe la, àku.”
Reuenge the children of Israel of the Midianites, and afterwarde shalt thou be gathered vnto thy people.
3 Mose gblɔ na ameawo be, “Ele be mia dometɔ aɖewo naho aʋa ɖe Midiantɔwo ŋu, eye woabia hlɔ̃ Midiantɔwo na Yehowa.
And Moses spake to the people, saying, Harnesse some of you vnto warre, and let them goe against Midian, to execute the vengeance of the Lord against Midian.
4 Miɖo ŋutsu akpe ɖeka tso Israel ƒe to ɖe sia ɖe me ɖe aʋa la.”
A thousande of euery tribe throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye sende to the warre.
5 Ale ŋutsu akpe wuieve bla akpa ɖe aʋa la wɔwɔ ŋu, ŋutsu akpe ɖeka tso Israel ƒe to ɖe sia ɖe me.
So there were taken out of the thousands of Israel, twelue thousande prepared vnto warre, of euery tribe a thousand.
6 Finehas, nunɔla Eleazar ƒe viŋutsue nye woƒe aʋakplɔla. Nubablaɖaka la yi kpli wo le esime kpẽwo nɔ ɖiɖim.
And Moses sent them to the warre, euen a thousand of euery tribe, and sent them with Phinehas the sonne of Eleazar the Priest to the warre: and the holy instruments, that is, the trumpets to blow were in his hand.
7 Wowu Midian ŋutsu ɖe sia ɖe le aʋa la me.
And they warred against Midian, as the Lord had commanded Moses, and slue all the males.
8 Wowu Midian fia atɔ̃awo katã, Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur kple Reba. Wowu Balaam, Beor ƒe viŋutsu la hã.
They slue also the Kings of Midian among them that were slaine: Eui and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur and Reba fiue kings of Midian, and they slue Balaam the sonne of Beor with the sworde:
9 Israelviwo ƒe aʋakɔ la ɖe aboyo Midiantɔwo ƒe nyɔnuwo kple ɖeviwo katã, eye woha woƒe lãwo kple woƒe kesinɔnu geɖewo.
But the children of Israel tooke the women of Midian prisoners, and their children, and spoyled all their cattell, and all their flockes, and all their goods.
10 Wotɔ dzo Midiantɔwo ƒe duwo kple kɔƒewo katã,
And they burnt all their cities, wherein they dwelt, and all their villages with fire.
11 woɖe aboyo amewo, eye woha woƒe lãwo katã.
And they tooke all the spoyle and all the pray both of men and beastes.
12 Wotsɔ aboyomeawo kple afunyinuawo katã vɛ na Mose kple nunɔla Eleazar kple Israelvi bubu siwo nɔ asaɖa la me le Moab gbedzi le Yɔdan tɔsisi la to, le Yeriko kasa.
And they brought the captiues and that which they had taken, and the spoyle vnto Moses and to Eleazar the Priest, and vnto the Congregation of the children of Israel, into ye campe in the playne of Moab, which was by Iorden toward Iericho.
13 Mose kple nunɔla Eleazar kple ameawo ƒe kplɔla bubuawo katã do go yi ɖakpe aʋakɔ la,
Then Moses and Eleazar the Priest, and all the princes of the Congregation went out of the campe to meete them.
14 ke Mose do dɔmedzoe ɖe aʋakplɔlawo kple aʋalɔgonunɔlawo ŋu.
And Moses was angry with the captaines of the hoste, with the captaines ouer thousands, and captaines ouer hundreds, which came from the warre and battel.
15 Ebia wo be, “Nu ka ta miena nyɔnuawo katã tsi agbe?
And Moses sayde vnto them, What? haue ye saued all the women?
16 Ame siawo tututue wɔ Balaam ƒe aɖaŋuɖoɖo dzi, eye wona Israelviwo subɔ legbawo le Peor to la dzi; woawoe he dɔvɔ̃ si wu mí la vɛ.
Behold, these caused the children of Israel through the counsell of Balaam to commit a trespasse against the Lord, as concerning Peor, and there came a plague among the Congregation of the Lord.
17 Miwu ŋutsuviwo katã kple nyɔnu siwo dɔ ŋutsu gbɔ kpɔ la fifi laa!
Now therefore, slay all the males among the children, and kill all the women that haue knowen man by carnall copulation.
18 Mina nyɔnuvi suewo ya nanɔ agbe, eye woazu mia tɔ.
But all the women children that haue not knowen carnall copulation, keepe aliue for your selues.
19 “Azɔ la, mi ame siwo katã wu ame aɖe alo ka asi ame kuku aɖe ŋu la, minɔ asaɖa la godo ŋkeke adre. Mikɔ mia ɖokuiwo kple nyɔnuvi sueawo ŋu le ŋkeke etɔ̃lia kple adrelia gbe.
And ye shall remaine without the host seuen dayes, all that haue killed any person, and all that haue touched any dead, and purifie both your selues and your prisoners the third day and the seuenth.
20 Miɖo ŋku edzi miakɔ miaƒe awuwo kple nu sia nu si wowɔ kple lãgbalẽ, gbɔ̃fu alo ati la hã ŋuti.”
Also ye shall purifie euery garment and all that is made of skins and al worke of goates heare, and all things made of wood.
21 Nunɔla Eleazar gblɔ na aʋadelawo katã be, “Esia nye se si Yehowa de na Mose
And Eleazar ye Priest sayd vnto the men of warre, which went to the battel, This is the ordinance of the law which the Lord commanded Moses,
22 ‘Nu sia nu si ate ŋu anɔ te ɖe dzoxɔxɔ nu abe sika, klosalo, akɔbli, gaɣi alo tsumi ene la,
As for gold, and siluer, brasse, yron, tynne, and lead:
23 woade wo dzo me ale be woakɔ wo ŋu. Emegbe la, woagakɔ wo ŋu kple tsi kɔkɔe. Ke woatsɔ tsi kɔkɔe ko akɔ nu siwo mate ŋu anɔ te ɖe dzoxɔxɔ nu o la ŋuti.’
Euen all that may abide the fire, yee shall make it goe through the fire, and it shalbe cleane: yet, it shalbe purified with the water of purification: and all that suffereth not the fire, yee shall cause to passe by the water.
24 Le ŋkeke adrelia gbe la, mianya miaƒe awuwo, eye mia ŋuti akɔ ekema miagatrɔ ava asaɖa la me.”
Ye shall wash also your clothes the seuenth day, and ye shalbe cleane: and afterward ye shall come into the Hoste.
25 Yehowa gblɔ na Mose be,
And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,
26 “Wò kple nunɔla Eleazar kple ƒomeawo ƒe tatɔ siwo le dukɔa me la miaxlẽ amewo kple lã siwo katã wolé le aʋa.
Take the summe of the praie that was taken, both of persons and of cattell, thou and Eleazar the Priest, and the chiefe fathers of the Congregation.
27 Le esia megbe la, miama afunyinuawo ɖe asrafo siwo de aʋa kple ameha mamlɛawo dome.
And deuide the praye betweene the souldiers that went to the warre, and all the Congregation.
28 Mixɔ nu sia nu si asrafoawo xɔ la ƒe ɖeka le alafa atɔ̃ ɖe sia ɖe me abe nunana ene na Yehowa, eɖanye amegbetɔ, nyiwo, tedziwo, alẽwo loo alo gbɔ̃wo o.
And thou shalt take a tribute vnto ye Lord of the men of warre, which went out to battel: one person of fiue hundreth, both of the persons, and of the beeues, and of the asses, and of the sheepe.
29 Mixɔ nunana sia ƒe afã le wo si, eye miatsɔe na nunɔla Eleazar abe Yehowa ƒe gome ene.
Yee shall take it of their halfe and giue it vnto Eleazar the Priest, as an heaue offring of the Lord.
30 Tso nu siwo ke Israelviwo xɔ ƒe afã me la, tia ɖeka le blaatɔ̃ ɖe sia ɖe me, eɖanye amegbetɔ, nyiwo, tedziwo, alẽwo, gbɔ̃wo loo alo lã bubuwo o. Tsɔ wo na Levi ƒe viwo, ame siwo kpɔa Yehowa ƒe Agbadɔ la ƒe nyawo gbɔ.”
But of the halfe of the children of Israel thou shalt take one, taken out of fiftie, both of the persons, of the beeues, of the asses, and of the sheepe, euen of all the cattel: and thou shalt giue them vnto the Leuites, which haue the charge of the Tabernacle of the Lord.
31 Ale Mose kple nunɔla Eleazar wowɔ se siwo Yehowa de na wo to Mose dzi la dzi.
And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord had commanded Moses.
32 Aʋadelawo tsɔ sikanu kple awu siwo woha la na wo ɖokui. Nu bubu siwo woha la woe nye alẽ akpe alafa ade, blaadre-vɔ-atɔ̃,
And the bootie, to wit, the rest of the praie which the men of warre had spoyled, was sixe hundreth seuentie and fiue thousand sheepe,
33 nyi akpe blaadre-vɔ-eve,
And seuentie and two thousand beeues,
34 tedzi akpe blaade-vɔ-ɖekɛ kple
And three score and one thousand asses,
35 nyɔnuvi akpe blaetɔ̃-vɔ-eve.
And two and thirtie thousande persons in all, of women that had lyen by no man.
36 Nu siawo ƒe afã, si wotsɔ na aʋadelawoe nye: alẽ akpe alafa etɔ̃, blaetɔ̃-vɔ-adre alafa atɔ̃,
And the halfe, to wit, the part of them that went out to warre touching the nomber of sheepe, was three hundreth seuen and thirtie thousand, and fiue hundreth.
37 wotsɔ wo dome alafa ade, blaadre-vɔ-atɔ̃ na Yehowa;
And the Lordes tribute of the sheepe was sixe hundreth and seuentie and fiue:
38 nyi akpe blaetɔ̃ vɔ ade, wotsɔ wo dome blaadre-vɔ-eve na Yehowa,
And the beeues were six and thirty thousad, whereof the Lordes tribute was seuentie and two.
39 tedzi akpe blaetɔ̃, alafa atɔ, wotsɔ wo dome blaade-vɔ-ɖekɛ na Yehowa;
And the asses were thirtie thousande and fiue hundreth, whereof the Lordes tribute was three score and one:
40 nyɔnuvi akpe wuiade, wotsɔ wo dome blaetɔ̃-vɔ-eve, siwo nye Yehowa tɔ la na Levi ƒe viwo.
And of persons sixtene thousand, whereof the Lordes tribute was two and thirtie persons.
41 Wotsɔ nu siwo katã nye Yehowa tɔ la na nunɔla Eleazar, abe ale si Yehowa ɖo na Mose ene.
And Moses gaue the tribute of the Lordes offring vnto Eleazar the Priest, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
42 Mose tsɔ nu siwo woha le aʋa me la ƒe afã na Israelviwo eye afã bubu na aʋadelawo.
And of the halfe of the children of Israel, which Moses deuided from the men of warre,
43 Afã mamlɛa, si wotsɔ na Israelviwo la yi ale: alẽ akpe alafa etɔ̃, blaetɔ̃-vɔ-adre, alafa atɔ̃,
(For the halfe that perteined vnto the Congregation, was three hundreth thirtie and seuen thousand sheepe and fiue hundreth,
44 nyi akpe blaetɔ̃ vɔ ade,
And sixe and thirtie thousand beeues,
45 tedzi akpe blaetɔ̃ alafa atɔ̃ kple
And thirtie thousand asses, and fiue hudreth,
46 nyɔnuvi akpe wuiade.
And sixteene thousande persons)
47 Le Yehowa ƒe ɖoɖowo nu la, Mose tsɔ nu siawo dometɔ ɖe sia ɖe ƒe blaatɔ̃lia ƒe ɖeka le Israelviwo tɔ ŋu hena Levi ƒe viwo, ame siwo wɔa dɔ le Yehowa ƒe agbadɔ la me.
Moses, I say, tooke of the halfe that perteined vnto the children of Israel, one taken out of fiftie, both of the persons, and of the cattell, and gaue them vnto the Leuites, which haue the charge of the Tabernacle of the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
48 Aʋakplɔla siwo le aʋalɔgowo nu, esiwo le ŋutsu akpewo nu kple esiwo le ŋutsu alafawo nu la yi Mose gbɔ,
Then the captaines which were ouer thousandes of the hoste, the captaines ouer the thousandes, and the captaines ouer the hundreds came vnto Moses:
49 eye wogblɔ nɛ be, “Wò dɔlawo xlẽ asrafo siwo le mía te la, eye wo dometɔ ɖeka pɛ gɔ̃ hã mebu o.
And saide to Moses, Thy seruants haue taken the summe of the men of warre which are vnder our authoritie, and there lacketh not one man of vs.
50 Eya ta míetsɔ akpedavɔsa tɔxɛ vɛ na Yehowa tso nu siwo míeha la me, woawoe nye sika, alɔnugɛwo, afɔgɛwo, asigɛwo, togɛwo kple kɔsɔkɔsɔwo. Míetsɔ nu siawo hena avuléle le Yehowa ŋkume ɖe míaƒe luʋɔwo ta.”
We haue therefore brought a present vnto the Lord, what euery man found of iewels of golde, bracelets, and cheines, rings, eare ringes, and ornaments of the legges, to make an atonement for our soules before the Lord.
51 Mose kple nunɔla Eleazar woxɔ sika kple aɖaŋunuwɔwɔwo le wo si.
And Moses and Eleazar the Priest tooke the golde of them, and all wrought iewels,
52 Sika si woxɔ tso asrafo akpewo nunɔlawo kple asrafo alafawo nunɔlawo si, eye Mose kple Eleazar tsɔ wo na Yehowa la ƒe kpekpemee nye kilogram alafa ɖeka blaasiekɛ.
And all the golde of the offring that they offered vp to the Lord (of the captaines ouer thousands and hundreds) was sixteene thousande seuen hundreth and fiftie shekels,
53 Asrafoawo tsɔ nu siawo ƒe ɖe na wo ɖokuiwo xoxo.
(For the men of warre had spoyled, euery man for him selfe)
54 Mose kple nunɔla Eleaza xɔ sikawo le ame siwo woɖo ame akpewo kple ame alafawo nu la si eye wotsɔ nunana sia ɖadzra ɖo ɖe agbadɔ la me le Yehowa ŋkume abe ŋkuɖodzinu na Israelviwo ene.
And Moses and Eleazar the Priest tooke the golde of the captaines ouer the thousandes, and ouer the hundreds, and brought it into the Tabernacle of the Congregation, for a memoriall of the children of Israel before the Lord.
