5 Mose 31

1 Bere a Mose kaa saa nsɛm yi kyerɛɛ Israelfo wiee no,

And Moses went and spoke these words unto all Israel.

2 ɔkaa bio se, “Mprempren madi mfe ɔha ne aduonu, nti merentumi nni mo anim bio. Awurade aka akyerɛ me sɛ merentwa Asubɔnten Yordan.

And he said unto them: 'I am a hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in; and the LORD hath said unto me: Thou shalt not go over this Jordan.

3 Nanso Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, ankasa bedi mo anim atwa. Ɔbɛsɛe aman a wɔte hɔ na mobɛfa wɔn asase no. Yosua ne onipa foforo a obedi mo anim sɛnea Awurade hyɛɛ mo bɔ no.

The LORD thy God, He will go over before thee; He will destroy these nations from before thee, and thou shalt dispossess them; and Joshua, he shall go over before thee, as the LORD hath spoken.

4 Awurade bɛsɛe aman aman a wɔte asase no so no sɛnea ɔsɛee Sihon ne Og a na wɔyɛ Amorifo ahemfo no.

And the LORD will do unto them as He did to Sihon and to Og, the kings of the Amorites, and unto their land; whom He destroyed.

5 Awurade de nnipa a wɔte hɔ no bɛhyɛ mo nsa na ɛsɛ sɛ mo ne wɔn di no sɛnea mahyɛ mo no.

And the LORD will deliver them up before you, and ye shall do unto them according unto all the commandment which I have commanded you.

6 Monyɛ den na mo bo nyɛ duru! Munnsuro wɔn! Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, bedi mo anim. Ɔrenni mo huammɔ na ɔrennyaw mo nso.”

Be strong and of good courage, fear not, nor be affrighted at them; for the LORD thy God, He it is that doth go with thee; He will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.'

7 Afei, Mose frɛɛ Yosua ka kyerɛɛ no wɔ Israelfo no nyinaa anim se, “Yɛ den na yɛ nnam, na wo na wode ɔman yi bɛkɔ asase a Awurade kaa wɔn agyanom ntam sɛ ɔde bɛma wɔn no so; na wo na wobɛkyɛ ama wɔn.

And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel: 'Be strong and of good courage; for thou shalt go with this people into the land which the LORD hath sworn unto their fathers to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it.

8 Awurade na ɔredi wʼanim. Ɔbɛka wo ho; ɔrenni wo huammɔ na ɔrennyaw wo nti nsuro na mma wo koma ntu!”

And the LORD, He it is that doth go before thee; He will be with thee, He will not fail thee, neither forsake thee; fear not, neither be dismayed.'

9 Afei, Mose kyerɛw mmara yi too hɔ; ɔde maa Lewifo asɔfo a wɔsoaa Awurade apam adaka no ne Israel mpanyimfo nyinaa.

And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, that bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and unto all the elders of Israel.

10 Mose hyɛɛ wɔn se, “Mfe ason biara awiei, Asese Afahyɛ mu no, wɔmfa obiara ka a ɔde no nkyɛ no.

And Moses commanded them, saying: 'At the end of every seven years, in the set time of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles,

11 Israelfo nyinaa nhyia wɔ Awurade mo Nyankopɔn no, anim wɔ faako a ɔbɛkyerɛ no, na moakenkan saa mmara yi wɔ wɔn anim ama wɔate.

when all Israel is come to appear before the LORD thy God in the place which He shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing.

12 Frɛ nnipa no nyinaa, mmarima, mmea, mmofra ne ahɔho a wɔte mo nkurow so nso sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a wɔbɛte na wobesua sɛ, ɛsɛ sɛ wosuro Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, na wobedi mmara no so pɛpɛɛpɛ

Assemble the people, the men and the women and the little ones, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of this law;

13 na ama wɔn mma a wonnim mmara no ate na wɔasua sɛnea ɛsɛ sɛ wosuro Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, mmere dodow a mote asase a moretwa Yordan akɔfa sɛ agyapade no so.”

and that their children, who have not known, may hear, and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over the Jordan to possess it.'

14 Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose se, “Wo wu bere aso. Frɛ Yosua na fa no kɔ Ahyiae Ntamadan no mu, faako a mede nʼadwuma bɛhyɛ ne nsa no.” Enti Mose ne Yosua kɔdaa wɔn ho adi wɔ Ahyiae Ntamadan no mu.

And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Behold, thy days approach that thou must die; call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tent of meeting, that I may give him a charge.' And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tent of meeting.

15 Na Awurade yii ne ho adi kyerɛɛ wɔn wɔ omununkum fadum mu, na omununkum no gyinaa ntamadan no abobow ano.

And the LORD appeared in the Tent in a pillar of cloud; and the pillar of cloud stood over the door of the Tent.

16 Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose se, “Ɛrenkyɛ wubewu na woakɔka wʼagyanom ho, na ɛrenkyɛ na saa nnipa yi de wɔn ho bɛma anyame hɔho a wɔwɔ asase a wɔrekɔ so no so no. Wobegyaw me na wɔabu apam a me ne wɔn hyehyɛɛ no so.

And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Behold, thou art about to sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go astray after the foreign gods of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake Me, and break My covenant which I have made with them.

17 Na saa da no, me bo befuw wɔn na mapo wɔn; mede mʼanim behintaw wɔn na wɔbɛsɛe wɔn. Ɔhaw a emu yɛ den ahorow pii bɛba wɔn so ama wɔabisa se, ‘So ɛnsɛ sɛ saa ɔhaw yi ba, esiane sɛ Onyankopɔn nni yɛn nkyɛn bio no nti?’

Then My anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide My face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall come upon them; so that they will say in that day: Are not these evils come upon us because our God is not among us?

18 Saa bere no mede mʼanim behintaw wɔn esiane wɔn bɔne ahorow a wɔayɛ wɔ anyame afoforo a wɔsom no nti.

And I will surely hide My face in that day for all the evil which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.

19 “Afei, monkyerɛw saa dwom yi mu nsɛm mfa na monkyerɛ Israelfo no, na wɔnto sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ adansede ama me na mede atia wɔn.

Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach thou it the children of Israel; put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for Me against the children of Israel.

20 Mede wɔn bɛba asase a nufusu ne ɛwo resen wɔ so sɛnea mekaa ntam hyɛɛ wɔn agyanom bɔ no. Na wodidi mee yɛ akɛse a, afei, wɔbɛdan wɔn ani akɔsom anyame afoforo apo me, nam so abu mʼapam no so.

For when I shall have brought them into the land which I swore unto their fathers, flowing with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten their fill, and waxen fat; and turned unto other gods, and served them, and despised Me, and broken My covenant;

21 Afei, ɔhaw ne akwanside bebree ba wɔn so a, dwom yi bedi adanse atia wɔn, efisɛ wɔn asefo werɛ remfi da. Minim nea wotumi yɛ koraa ansa na mede wɔn bɛba asase a maka ho ntam ahyɛ bɔ no so.”

then it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are come upon them, that this song shall testify before them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed; for I know their imagination how they do even now, before I have brought them into the land which I swore.'

22 Enti Mose kyerɛw dwom no guu hɔ saa da no na ɔkyerɛɛ Israelfo no.

So Moses wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel.

23 Afei, Awurade hyɛɛ Nun babarima Yosua sɛ, “Yɛ den na yɛ nnam, efisɛ wo na wode Israelfo no bɛba asase a mekaa ntam hyɛɛ ho bɔ no so na mʼankasa mɛka mo ho.”

And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said: 'Be strong and of good courage; for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land which I swore unto them; and I will be with thee.'

24 Bere a Mose kyerɛw mmara nsɛm no nyinaa fi mfiase kosii awiei no guu nhoma mu wiei no,

And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished,

25 ɔde saa ahyɛde yi maa Lewifo a na wɔsoa Awurade apam adaka no:

that Moses commanded the Levites, that bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying:

26 “Momfa saa Mmara Nhoma yi nkɔto Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, apam adaka no nkyɛn. Ɛhɔ na ɛbɛda sɛ adansede a etia Israelfo.

'Take this book of the law, and put it by the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.

27 Efisɛ minim sɛnea moyɛ atuatewfo ne asoɔden. Mpo, me ne mo da so wɔ hɔ yi, moatew Awurade so atua. Na me wu akyi no, atua bɛn na morentew!

For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck; behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death?

28 Momfrɛ mo mpanyimfo nyinaa ne mo mmusuakuw ntuanofo nyinaa sɛnea metumi akasa akyerɛ wɔn na mafrɛ ɔsoro ne asase de adi adanse atia wɔn.

Assemble unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to witness against them.

29 Minim sɛ me wu akyi no, mobɛsɛe koraa na moaman afi ɔkwan a makyerɛ mo sɛ momfa so no so. Mmere a ɛreba no, amanehunu bɛba mo so, efisɛ monam bɔne a mobɛyɛ wɔ Awurade anim no so no bɛhwanyan nʼabufuw.”

For I know that after my death ye will in any wise deal corruptly, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the end of days; because ye will do that which is evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke Him through the work of your hands.'

30 Enti Mose kaa dwom no mu nsɛm nyinaa fi ti kosi ti kyerɛɛ Israelfo a wɔahyia hɔ no.

And Moses spoke in the ears of all the assembly of Israel the words of this song, until they were finished: