5 Mose 29

1 Eyinom ne nhyehyɛe a ɛwɔ apam a Awurade hyɛɛ Mose sɛ ɔne Israelfo no nyɛ wɔ Moab nka apam a ɔne wɔn yɛɛ no wɔ Horeb no mu no ho.

These are the things that the Israelis were required to do to keep the agreement that Yahweh was making with them. Moses/I commanded them to keep this agreement [when they/we were] in the Moab region [on the east side of the Jordan River]. This was in addition to the agreement that Yahweh had made with them/us at Sinai [Mountain].

2 Mose frɛɛ Israelfo no nyinaa ka kyerɛɛ wɔn se: Moahu nea Awurade yɛɛ Farao ne ne mpanyimfo ne ne man nyinaa wɔ Misraim no.

Moses/I summoned all the Israeli people and said to them, “You saw [SYN] for yourselves what Yahweh did to the king of Egypt and to his officials and to his entire country.

3 Mo ankasa muhuu sɔhwɛ akɛse, nsɛnkyerɛnne a ɛyɛ hu ne anwonwade akɛse no.

You [SYN] saw all the plagues [that Yahweh caused them to experience], and all the various miracles [DOU] [that Yahweh performed].

4 Nanso de besi nnɛ yi, Awurade mmaa mo adwene a ɛte asɛm ase anaa ani a ehu ade anaa aso a ɛte asɛm.

But until now, Yahweh has not enabled you to understand [the meaning of] all that you have seen and heard.

5 Nanso Awurade se, mfe aduanan a midii mo anim faa sare so no mu no, mo ntama antetew, na mo mpaboa a ɛhyehyɛ mo anan nso anhwere.

For 40 years Yahweh has led you while you traveled/walked through the desert. During that time, your clothes and your sandals have not worn out.

6 Moanni brodo, annom nsa anaa nsa a ano yɛ den. Meyɛɛ saa sɛnea mubehu sɛ mene Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no.

You did not have bread to eat or wine or other fermented/strong drinks to drink, but Yahweh [took care of you], in order that you would know that he is your God.

7 Yeduu ha no, Hesbonhene Sihon ne Basanhene Og ba bɛko tiaa yɛn, nanso yedii wɔn so.

“And when we came to this place, Sihon, the king who ruled in Heshbon [city], and Og, the king who ruled the Bashan [region], came [with their armies] to attack us, but we defeated them.

8 Yɛfaa wɔn asase de maa Ruben ne Gad mmusuakuw ne Manase abusuakuw no fa sɛ wɔn agyapade.

We took/conquered their land and divided it among the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and half of the tribe of Manasseh.

9 Ɛno nti, munni saa apam yi so sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a biribiara a mobɛyɛ no bɛyɛ yiye.

“So faithfully keep all of this agreement, in order that you will be successful in everything that you do.

10 Mo nyinaa—mo mmusuakuw mpanyimfo, mo atemmufo, mo ahwɛfo ne Israel mmarima nyinaa, nnɛ mugyina Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, anim;

Today all of us are standing in the presence of Yahweh our God. The leaders of all our tribes, our elders, our officials, all you Israeli men,

11 mo ne mo mma ne mo yerenom ne ahɔho a wɔte mo mu a wobu mo nnua, soa mo nsu.

your wives, your children, and the foreigners who live among you and cut wood for you and carry water for you, are here.

12 Mugyina ha sɛ mo ne Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, rebɛyɛ apam; apam a Awurade ne mo reyɛ nnɛ na ɔde ntam resɔw ano

[We are here] today to promise to keep this solemn agreement with Yahweh.

13 na wasi so gyinae sɛ nnɛ, moyɛ ne nkurɔfo na ɔno nso bɛyɛ mo Nyankopɔn, sɛnea ɔhyɛɛ mo bɔ no na ɔkaa ntam kyerɛɛ mo agyanom Abraham, Isak ne Yakob no.

[He is making this agreement with you] in order to confirm that you are his people, and that he is your God. This agreement is what he promised you, and which is what he vowed to give to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

14 Mereyɛ saa apam yi a ne ntam bata ho a, ɛnyɛ mo nko a,

This agreement is not only with you.

15 mo ne yɛn gyina ha nnɛ wɔ Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, anim na mmom, wɔn a wonni ha nnɛ nso ka ho bi.

He is making this agreement with us [who are here today] and also with our descendants who are not yet born.

16 Mo ankasa munim sɛnea yɛtenaa Misraim ne sɛnea yɛreba ha no yɛfaa aman so besii ha.

“You remember [the things that our ancestors suffered] in Egypt, and how they traveled through the land that belonged to other nations [after they came out of Egypt].

17 Muhuu akyiwade ahoni a wɔde nnua ne abo ne dwetɛ ne sikakɔkɔɔ ayɛ wɔ wɔn nkyɛn.

In those countries they saw those disgusting idols made of wood and stone and [decorated with] silver and gold.

18 Monhwɛ yiye sɛ ɔbarima anaa ɔbea anaa abusua biara a ɛwɔ mo mu nnɛ no mu biara koma rennan mfi Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, ho nkɔsom saa aman yi anyame; monhwɛ sɛ ntin biara nni mo mu a epuw bɔre a ɛyɛ nwen saa.

So be sure that no man or woman or family or tribe that is here [today] turns away from Yahweh our God, to worship/serve the gods of those nations. Doing that would be like a root [of a plant that would grow] among you and bear poisonous and bitter fruit [MET].

19 Sɛ saa onipa no te ntam yi mu nsɛm na ohyira ne ho, na ɔka wɔ ne tirim se, “Me ho sɔnn, ɛmfa ho sɛ menam asoɔden kwan so.” Eyi de atoyerɛnkyɛm bɛba asase a so afɔw ne nea so awo no nyinaa so.

“Be sure that no one here today who hears this agreement thinks, ‘Everything will go well with me, even if I stubbornly do what I want to.’ If you are stubborn like that, the result will be that Yahweh will eventually get rid of all of you, both good people and evil people [MET].

20 Awurade remfa nkyɛ saa onipa no. Nʼabufuw ne ne ninkunu bɛdɛw atia no. Nnome a wɔakyerɛw no saa nhoma yi mu no nyinaa bɛba ne so na Awurade bɛpepa ne din afi ɔsoro ase.

Yahweh will not forgive anyone who is [stubborn] like that. Instead, he will be extremely angry [DOU] with that person, and that person will experience all the curses that I have told you about, until Yahweh gets rid of that person and his family [IDM].

21 Awurade bɛtwe no afi Israel mmusuakuw nyinaa mu na wahwie apam no mu nnome nyinaa a wɔakyerɛw wɔ saa mmara nhoma no mu no agu ne so.

From all the tribes of Israel, Yahweh will separate that individual. Yahweh will cause him to experience all the disasters that I have listed in the agreement that states the things that Yahweh will do to curse [those who disobey] the laws [that I have written] in this scroll/book.

22 Mo mma a wɔbɛba wɔ daakye awo ntoatoaso mu no ne wɔn a wofi ahɔho ase a wofi akyirikyiri asase so behu asase no sɛe ne nyarewa a Awurade de bɛbrɛ asase no.

“In the future, your descendants and people from other countries will see the disasters and the illnesses that Yahweh has caused to happen to you.

23 Wobehu sɛ, wɔn asase no nyinaa adan sufre ne nkyene a wonnua so hwee, na hwee mfifi wɔ so na ahabammono biara nnyina so, a ɛnyɛ yiye na hwee nso nnyin wɔ so; sare ahaban mpo. Ɛbɛyɛ sɛ Sodom ne Gomora, Adma ne Seboim a Awurade sɛee no nʼabufuwhyew mu no.

They will see that all your land has been ruined by burning sulfur and salt. Nothing will have been planted. Not even weeds will grow there. Your land will resemble Sodom and Gomorrah [cities], and Admah and Zeboiim [cities], which Yahweh destroyed when he was very angry [DOU] [with the people who lived there].

24 Aman a atwa ahyia no bebisa se, “Adɛn nti na Awurade ayɛ saa asase yi saa? Adɛn nti na ne bo fu dennen saa?”

And the people from those other nations will ask, ‘Why did Yahweh do this to this land? Why was he very angry [with the people who lived here]?’

25 Na wɔbɛka akyerɛ wɔn se, “Saa asɛm yi sii, efisɛ nnipa a wɔwɔ asase no so buu apam a wɔne Awurade, wɔn agyanom Nyankopɔn no, yɛe bere a oyii wɔn fii Misraim asase so no.

“Then other people will reply, ‘It is because they refused to keep the agreement that Yahweh, the God whom their ancestors [worshiped], had made with them when he brought them out of Egypt.

26 Wɔdan kɔsom anyame afoforo wɔkotow wɔn, anyame a wonnim wɔn, anyame a Awurade nkyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ wɔnsom.

Instead, they served/worshiped other gods that they had never worshiped before, gods that Yahweh had told them not to worship.

27 Ɛno nti Awurade abufuw dɛw tiaa saa asase yi, nam so de nnome a wɔakyerɛw wɔ saa nhoma yi mu no nyinaa baa wɔn so no.

So, Yahweh became very angry with the Israeli people in this land, and he caused them to experience all the disasters that their leader warned them about.

28 Abufuwhyew mu, Awurade tutuu ne nkurɔfo ase fii wɔn asase so twaa wɔn asu de wɔn koguu asase foforo so, sɛnea ɛte mprempren yi.”

Yahweh became extremely angry [DOU] with them and took/yanked them [MET] out of their land and banished them into another land, and they are still there.’

29 Kokoamsɛm yɛ Awurade, yɛn Nyankopɔn no, dea, nanso nneɛma a wɔda no adi no yɛ yɛn ne yɛn asefo dea daa, sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a yebedi saa mmara yi mu nsɛm so.

“[There are some] things that Yahweh our God has (kept secret/not revealed), but he has revealed his laws to us, and [he expects] us and our descendants to obey them forever.”