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 am not able any more to go out and come in; for 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 it is who goeth over before thee; he will destroy these nations from before thee, and thou shalt dispossess them: Joshua it is who goeth 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 hath done to Sichon and to 'Og, the kings of the Emorites, and unto their land, whom he hath 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 give them up before you; and ye shall do unto them according unto the whole of 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 a good courage, be not afraid and be not dismayed on account of them; for the Lord thy God it is that goeth with thee; he will not let thee fail, 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 before the eyes of all Israel, Be strong and of a good courage; for thou must go with this people unto the land which the Lord hath sworn unto their fathers to give unto them; and thou shalt divide it for them as a possession.

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

And the Lord it is that goeth before thee; he will be with thee, he will not let thee fail, nor will he forsake thee: fear not, nor be thou discouraged.

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 down this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, who 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, at the fixed time of the year of release, on 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 come to appear before the Lord thy God in the place which he will choose, shalt thou read this law in the presence of 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 together, the men, and the women, and the children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates; in order that they may hear, and in order that they may learn how they are to 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 yet any knowledge, may hear, and learn to fear the Lord your God, all the days which 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 place yourselves in the tabernacle of the congregation, that I may give him a charge: and Moses and Joshua went, and placed themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation.

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 tabernacle in a pillar of cloud; and the pillar of cloud stood at the door of the tabernacle.

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 shalt sleep with thy fathers: and then will this people rise up, and go astray after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be in the midst of them, and they 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?’

And my anger shall be kindled against them on that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be given to be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall overtake them; and they will say on that day, Is it not, because my God is not in the midst of me, that these evils have overtaken me?

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

But I will assuredly hide my face on that day on account of all the evils which they have wrought, because they have 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 for yourselves this song, and teach it the children of Israel, put it in their mouth; in order that this song may become for me a witness 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 have sworn unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and grown fat: then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break 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.”

And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles have befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouth of their seed; for I know their inclination which they have shown, even this day, before I have brought them into the land which I have sworn.

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

And Moses wrote down this song on 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 a charge unto Joshua the son of Nun, and said, Be strong and of a good courage; for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land which I have sworn 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, the bearers of 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 at the side of the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it may remain there against thee for a witness.

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, have ye 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; and I will speak in their ears these words, and I will call as witnesses against them the heavens and the earth.

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 to a surety become corrupt, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and that the evil will befall you in the latter days, when ye do the evil in the eyes of the Lord, to incense 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 congregation of Israel the words of this song, until they were ended.