5 Mose 31

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

When Moses/I finished saying all that to the Israeli people,

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

he/I said to them, “Now I am 120 years old. I am no longer able to go everywhere [that you go] (OR, to be your leader). Furthermore, Yahweh has told me that I will not cross the Jordan [River].

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.

But Yahweh our God will go ahead of you. He will [enable you to] destroy the nations that are living there, in order that you can occupy their land. Joshua will be your leader, which is what Yahweh already told me.

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

Yahweh will do to those nations what he did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amor people-group when he destroyed their armies [MTY].

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

Yahweh will enable you to conquer those nations, but you must [kill all of the people of those nations, which is] what I have commanded you to do.

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 brave and confident. Do not be afraid of those people. [Do not forget that] it is Yahweh our God who will go with you. He will always help [LIT] you and never abandon you.”

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.

Then Moses/I summoned Joshua, and while all the Israeli people were listening, he/I said to him, “Be brave and confident. You are the one who will lead these people into the land that Yahweh promised to our ancestors that he would give to them, and you will enable them to occupy it.

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

It is Yahweh who will go ahead of you. He will be with you. He will always help [LIT] you. He will never abandon you. So do not be afraid or dismayed.”

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

Moses/I wrote down all these laws [on two scrolls] and gave [one scroll] to the priests, who carried the chest containing the Ten Commandments, and [gave the other scroll] to the Israeli elders.

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

Moses/I told them, “At the end of every seven years, at the time that all debts are canceled, [read this to the people] during the Festival of [Living in Temporary] Shelters.

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.

Read it to all the Israeli people when they gather at the place that Yahweh chooses for them to worship him.

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

Gather together everyone—men, women, children, even the foreigners [who are living] in your towns—in order that they may hear [these laws] and learn to revere Yahweh our God, and to faithfully obey everything that is written in these laws.

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.”

[If they do that], your descendants who have never known these laws will hear them and will also learn to revere Yahweh our God, during all the years that they live in the land that you are about to cross the Jordan [River] to occupy.”

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.

Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Listen carefully. You will soon die. Summon Joshua, and you go to the Sacred Tent with him, in order that I may appoint him [to be the new leader].” So Joshua and Moses/I went to the Sacred Tent.

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

There Yahweh appeared to them/us in a pillar of cloud, and that cloud was close to 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.

Yahweh said to Moses/me, “You will soon die [EUP]. Then these people will become unfaithful [MET] to me. They will abandon me and (break/stop obeying) the agreement that I made with them. They will begin to worship the foreign/pagan gods [that are worshiped by the people] of the land that they will enter.

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?’

When that happens, I will become very angry with them. I will abandon them [DOU] and I will no longer help them [IDM], and I will destroy them {they will be destroyed}. Many terrible things will happen to them, with the result that they will say, ‘[We are certain that] [RHQ] these things are happening to us because our God is no longer with us.’

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

And because of all the evil things that they will have done, and [especially because] they will have started to worship other gods, I will refuse to help [IDM] them.

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

“So, [I am going to give you] a song. Write it [on a scroll] and teach it to the Israeli people and cause them to memorize it. It will be like a witness that accuses them.

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.

I am about to take them into a very fertile [IDM] land, a land that I solemnly promised their ancestors that I would give to them. There they will have plenty to eat, with the result that their [stomachs] will [always] be full and they will become fat. But then they will turn to other gods and start to worship them, and they will despise me and (break/stop obeying) the agreement that I made with them.

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 they will experience many terrible disasters. After that happens, their descendants will never forget this song, and it will be like a witness [that says, ‘Now you know why Yahweh punished your ancestors].’ I will soon take them into the land that I vowed that I would give to them; but now, before I do that, I know what they are thinking [that they will do when they are living there].”

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

So on the day that [Yahweh gave Moses/me this song], he/I wrote it down, and he/I taught it to the Israeli people.

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.”

Then Yahweh (appointed/set apart) Joshua and said to him, “Be brave and confident, because you will lead the Israeli people into the land that I vowed that I would give to them. And I will be with you.”

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

Then Moses/I finished writing on a scroll all the laws that Yahweh had told to him/me.

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

Then Moses/I told the descendants of Levi, who were carrying the Sacred Chest that contained the Ten Commandments,

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

“Take this scroll on which these laws [are written], and place it beside the Sacred Chest that contains the agreement that Yahweh our God made with you, in order that it may remain there to testify [about what Yahweh will do] to the people [if they disobey him].

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!

[I say this] because I know that these people are very stubborn [DOU]. They have rebelled against Yahweh all during the time that I have been [with them], and they will rebel much more after I die!

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.

So gather all the elders of the tribes and your officials, in order that I can tell them the words [of this song], and request all those who are in heaven and on the earth to be witnesses to testify against these people.

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.”

I say that because I know that after I die, the people will become very wicked. They will turn away from doing everything that I have commanded them to do. And in the future, because of all the evil things that they will do, they will cause Yahweh to become angry with them. And he will cause them to experience disasters.”

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

Then, while all the Israeli people listened, Moses/I sang/recited this entire song to them: