Mose 4 31
1 Yehowa gblɔ na Mose be,
Yahweh spoke to Moses and said,
2 “Bia hlɔ̃ Midiantɔwo le ale si wokplɔ mi de trɔ̃subɔsubɔ me la ta. Le esia megbe la, àku.”
“Take vengeance on the Midianites for what they did to the Israelites. After doing that, you will die and be gathered to your people.”
3 Mose gblɔ na ameawo be, “Ele be mia dometɔ aɖewo naho aʋa ɖe Midiantɔwo ŋu, eye woabia hlɔ̃ Midiantɔwo na Yehowa.
So Moses spoke to the people. He said, “Arm some of your men for war so they may go against Midian and carry out Yahweh's vengeance on it.
4 Miɖo ŋutsu akpe ɖeka tso Israel ƒe to ɖe sia ɖe me ɖe aʋa la.”
Every tribe throughout Israel must send a thousand soldiers to war.”
5 Ale ŋutsu akpe wuieve bla akpa ɖe aʋa la wɔwɔ ŋu, ŋutsu akpe ɖeka tso Israel ƒe to ɖe sia ɖe me.
So out of Israel's thousands of men, one thousand was provided from each tribe, twelve thousand men armed for war.
6 Finehas, nunɔla Eleazar ƒe viŋutsue nye woƒe aʋakplɔla. Nubablaɖaka la yi kpli wo le esime kpẽwo nɔ ɖiɖim.
Then Moses sent them to battle, a thousand from every tribe, along with Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, and with some articles from the holy place and the trumpets in his possession for sounding signals.
7 Wowu Midian ŋutsu ɖe sia ɖe le aʋa la me.
They fought against Midian, as Yahweh had commanded Moses. They killed every man.
8 Wowu Midian fia atɔ̃awo katã, Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur kple Reba. Wowu Balaam, Beor ƒe viŋutsu la hã.
They killed the kings of Midian with the rest of their dead: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor, with the sword.
9 Israelviwo ƒe aʋakɔ la ɖe aboyo Midiantɔwo ƒe nyɔnuwo kple ɖeviwo katã, eye woha woƒe lãwo kple woƒe kesinɔnu geɖewo.
The army of Israel took captive the women of Midian, their children, all their cattle, all their flocks, and all their goods. They took these as plunder.
10 Wotɔ dzo Midiantɔwo ƒe duwo kple kɔƒewo katã,
They burned all their cities where they lived and all their camps.
11 woɖe aboyo amewo, eye woha woƒe lãwo katã.
They took all the plunder and prisoners, both people and animals.
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.
They brought the prisoners, the plunder, and the captured things to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the community of the people of Israel. They brought these to the camp in the plains of Moab, by the Jordan near Jericho.
13 Mose kple nunɔla Eleazar kple ameawo ƒe kplɔla bubuawo katã do go yi ɖakpe aʋakɔ la,
Moses, Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the community went to meet them outside the camp.
14 ke Mose do dɔmedzoe ɖe aʋakplɔlawo kple aʋalɔgonunɔlawo ŋu.
But Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the commanders of thousands and the captains of hundreds, who came from battle.
15 Ebia wo be, “Nu ka ta miena nyɔnuawo katã tsi agbe?
Moses said to them, “Have you let all the women live?
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.
Look, these women caused the people of Israel, through Balaam's advice, to commit sin against Yahweh in the matter of Peor, when the plague spread among Yahweh's community.
17 Miwu ŋutsuviwo katã kple nyɔnu siwo dɔ ŋutsu gbɔ kpɔ la fifi laa!
Now then, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has ever slept with a man.
18 Mina nyɔnuvi suewo ya nanɔ agbe, eye woazu mia tɔ.
But take for yourselves all the young girls who have never slept with a man.
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.
You must camp outside the camp of Israel for seven days. All of you who have killed anyone and or have touched any dead person—you must purify yourselves on the third day and on the seventh day—you and your prisoners.
20 Miɖo ŋku edzi miakɔ miaƒe awuwo kple nu sia nu si wowɔ kple lãgbalẽ, gbɔ̃fu alo ati la hã ŋuti.”
You must purify every garment and everything made of animal hide and goats' hair, and everything made of wood.”
21 Nunɔla Eleazar gblɔ na aʋadelawo katã be, “Esia nye se si Yehowa de na Mose
Eleazar the priest said to the soldiers who had gone to war, “This is a decreed law that Yahweh has given to Moses:
22 ‘Nu sia nu si ate ŋu anɔ te ɖe dzoxɔxɔ nu abe sika, klosalo, akɔbli, gaɣi alo tsumi ene la,
The gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, 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.’
and everything that resists fire, you must put it through the fire, and it will become clean. You must then purify those things with the water of cleansing. Whatever cannot go through the fire you must cleanse with that water.
24 Le ŋkeke adrelia gbe la, mianya miaƒe awuwo, eye mia ŋuti akɔ ekema miagatrɔ ava asaɖa la me.”
You must wash your clothes on the seventh day, and then you will become clean. Afterward you may come into Israel's camp.”
25 Yehowa gblɔ na Mose be,
Then Yahweh spoke to Moses and said,
26 “Wò kple nunɔla Eleazar kple ƒomeawo ƒe tatɔ siwo le dukɔa me la miaxlẽ amewo kple lã siwo katã wolé le aʋa.
“Count all the plundered things that were taken, both people and animals. You, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the community's ancestor's clans
27 Le esia megbe la, miama afunyinuawo ɖe asrafo siwo de aʋa kple ameha mamlɛawo dome.
must divide the plunder into two parts. Divide it between the soldiers who went out to battle and all the rest of the community.
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.
Then levy a tax to be given to me from the soldiers who went out to battle. This tax must be one out of every five hundred, whether persons, cattle, donkeys, sheep, or goats.
29 Mixɔ nunana sia ƒe afã le wo si, eye miatsɔe na nunɔla Eleazar abe Yehowa ƒe gome ene.
Take this tax from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest for an offering to be presented to me.
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.”
Also from the people of Israel's half, you must take one out of every fifty—from the persons, cattle, donkeys, sheep, and goats. Give these to the Levites who take care of my tabernacle.”
31 Ale Mose kple nunɔla Eleazar wowɔ se siwo Yehowa de na wo to Mose dzi la dzi.
So Moses and Eleazar the priest did as Yahweh 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,
Now the plunder that remained of what the soldiers had taken was 675,000 sheep,
33 nyi akpe blaadre-vɔ-eve,
seventy-two thousand oxen,
34 tedzi akpe blaade-vɔ-ɖekɛ kple
sixty-one thousand donkeys,
35 nyɔnuvi akpe blaetɔ̃-vɔ-eve.
and thirty-two thousand women who had never slept with any man.
36 Nu siawo ƒe afã, si wotsɔ na aʋadelawoe nye: alẽ akpe alafa etɔ̃, blaetɔ̃-vɔ-adre alafa atɔ̃,
The half that was kept for the soldiers numbered 337,000 sheep.
37 wotsɔ wo dome alafa ade, blaadre-vɔ-atɔ̃ na Yehowa;
Yahweh's part of the sheep was 675.
38 nyi akpe blaetɔ̃ vɔ ade, wotsɔ wo dome blaadre-vɔ-eve na Yehowa,
The oxen were thirty-six thousand which Yahweh's tax was seventy-two.
39 tedzi akpe blaetɔ̃, alafa atɔ, wotsɔ wo dome blaade-vɔ-ɖekɛ na Yehowa;
The donkeys were 30,500 from which Yahweh's part was sixty-one.
40 nyɔnuvi akpe wuiade, wotsɔ wo dome blaetɔ̃-vɔ-eve, siwo nye Yehowa tɔ la na Levi ƒe viwo.
The persons were sixteen thousand women of whom Yahweh's tax was thirty-two.
41 Wotsɔ nu siwo katã nye Yehowa tɔ la na nunɔla Eleazar, abe ale si Yehowa ɖo na Mose ene.
Moses took the tax that was to be an offering presented to Yahweh. He gave it to Eleazar the priest, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
42 Mose tsɔ nu siwo woha le aʋa me la ƒe afã na Israelviwo eye afã bubu na aʋadelawo.
As for the people of Israel's half that Moses had taken from the soldiers who had gone to war—
43 Afã mamlɛa, si wotsɔ na Israelviwo la yi ale: alẽ akpe alafa etɔ̃, blaetɔ̃-vɔ-adre, alafa atɔ̃,
the community's half was 337,500 sheep,
44 nyi akpe blaetɔ̃ vɔ ade,
thirty-six thousand oxen,
45 tedzi akpe blaetɔ̃ alafa atɔ̃ kple
30,500 donkeys,
46 nyɔnuvi akpe wuiade.
and sixteen thousand women.
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.
From the people of Israel's half, Moses took one out of every fifty, both of people and animals. He gave them to the Levites who kept care of Yahweh's tabernacle, as Yahweh had commanded him to do.
48 Aʋakplɔla siwo le aʋalɔgowo nu, esiwo le ŋutsu akpewo nu kple esiwo le ŋutsu alafawo nu la yi Mose gbɔ,
Then the officers of the army, the commanders over thousands and the captains over hundreds, came to Moses.
49 eye wogblɔ nɛ be, “Wò dɔlawo xlẽ asrafo siwo le mía te la, eye wo dometɔ ɖeka pɛ gɔ̃ hã mebu o.
They said to him, “Your servants have counted the soldiers who are under our command, and not one man is missing.
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 have brought Yahweh's offering, what each man found, articles of gold, armlets and bracelets, signet rings, earrings, and necklaces, to make atonement for ourselves before Yahweh.”
51 Mose kple nunɔla Eleazar woxɔ sika kple aɖaŋunuwɔwɔwo le wo si.
Moses and Eleazar the priest received from them the gold and all the articles of craftsmanship.
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.
All the gold of the offering that they gave to Yahweh—the offerings from the commanders of thousands and from the captains of hundreds—weighed 16,750 shekels.
53 Asrafoawo tsɔ nu siawo ƒe ɖe na wo ɖokuiwo xoxo.
Each soldier had taken plunder, each man for himself.
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.
Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from the commanders of thousands and captains of hundreds. They took it into the tent of meeting as a reminder of the people of Israel for Yahweh.
