5 Mose 32

1 Monyɛ aso, mo ɔsoro na mɛkasa; tie, wo asase, nsɛm a efi mʼanom.

Give ear, ye heavens, and I will speak; and let the earth hear the words of my mouth.

2 Ma me nkyerɛkyerɛ ntɔ sɛ osu; na me nsɛm nsian sɛ obosu, sɛ osu a ɛpete gu sare foforo so, sɛ osu mmoroso wɔ afifide foforo so.

My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew; as the small rain upon the tender grass, and as the showers upon the herb.

3 Mɛbɔ Awurade din. O, monkamfo yɛn Nyankopɔn kɛseyɛ!

For I will proclaim the name of the LORD; ascribe ye greatness unto our God.

4 Ɔne Ɔbotan no, ne nnwuma so nni, na nʼakwan nyinaa ye. Onyankopɔn nokwafo a ɔnyɛ mfomso, Ɔtreneeni ne ɔnokwafo ne no.

The Rock, His work is perfect; for all His ways are justice; a God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and right is He.

5 Porɔwee adidi wɔn mu na wɔnyɛ ne mma; wɔyɛ awo ntoatoaso akɔntɔnkyefo aniwufo.

Is corruption His? No; His children's is the blemish; a generation crooked and perverse.

6 Saa ne ɔkwan a ɛsɛ sɛ mofa so tua Awurade ka ni ana, mo nkwaseafo ne adwenharefo? Ɛnyɛ ɔno ne mo Agya, mo yɛfo no? Ɛnyɛ ɔno na ɔbɔɔ mo na ɔmaa mo nnyinaso?

Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not He thy father that hath gotten thee? hath He not made thee, and established thee?

7 Monkae tete nna; munnwen tete awo ntoatoaso no ho. Mummisa mo agya na ɔbɛkyerɛ mo. Mummisa mo mpanyimfo na wɔbɛkyerɛ mo ase.

Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations; ask thy father, and he will declare unto thee, thine elders, and they will tell thee.

8 Bere a Ɔsorosoroni no maa amanaman no agyapade, na ɔkyekyɛɛ adesamma nyinaa mu no, ɔtotoo ahye maa nnipa no sɛnea Israelmma no dodow te.

When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when He separated the children of men, He set the borders of the peoples according to the number of the children of Israel.

9 Efisɛ Israelfo yɛ Awurade kyɛfa; Yakob yɛ nʼagyapade wɔde maa no.

For the portion of the LORD is His people, Jacob the lot of His inheritance.

10 Ohuu no wɔ sare asase so, asase kesee a hwee nni so so. Ɔde no sie hwɛɛ ne so; ɔbɔɔ ne ho ban sɛ nʼaniwa kurutiayisi,

He found him in a desert land, and in the waste, a howling wilderness; He compassed him about, He cared for him, He kept him as the apple of His eye.

11 sɛ ɔkɔre a ɔhwanyan ne berebuw mu na ɔbɔ mfamfia fa ne mma ho, na ɔtrɛw ne ntaban mu buma no, soaa no kɔɔ no.

As an eagle that stirreth up her nest, hovereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her pinions —

12 Awurade nkutoo na ɔkyerɛɛ no kwan; na ananafo nyame biara nka ne ho.

The LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with Him.

13 Ɔma no nantew faa asase no nkoko so; na ɔde mfuw so nnuaba bɔɔ no akɔnhama; Ɔde ɔbotan mu wo ne ngo a efi abohemaa mu,

He made him ride on the high places of the earth, and he did eat the fruitage of the field; and He made him to suck honey out of the crag, and oil out of the flinty rock;

14 nyɛmmoa mu nufusu ne srade, nguamma ne mmirekyi a wɔadɔ srade, Basan adwennini a wɔpaw ne atoko muhumuhu siesiee no. Monom nsa papa a efi bobe mu.

Curd of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and he-goats, with the kidney-fat of wheat; and of the blood of the grape thou drankest foaming wine.

15 Yeshurun dɔɔ srade na onyaa ahoɔden; aduan ma wɔyɛɛ duru, yɛɛ pemee. Wɔtoo Onyankopɔn a ɔbɔɔ wɔn no asaworam; wɔpoo wɔn Nkwagye Botan no.

But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked — thou didst wax fat, thou didst grow thick, thou didst become gross — and he forsook God who made him, and contemned the Rock of his salvation.

16 Wɔma ɔtwee ninkunu wɔ wɔn ananafo anyame no ho na wɔde wɔn abosom a okyi no hyɛɛ no abufuw.

They roused Him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations did they provoke Him.

17 Wɔbɔɔ afɔre maa atoro anyame a wɔnyɛ Onyankopɔn, anyame a na wonnim wɔn, anyame a wɔbaa nnansa yi ara, anyame a na mo agyanom nsuro wɔn.

They sacrificed unto demons, no-gods, gods that they knew not, new gods that came up of late, which your fathers dreaded not.

18 Mopaa Ɔbotan a ɔyɛɛ mo agya no. Mo werɛ fii Onyankopɔn a ɔwoo mo no.

Of the Rock that begot thee thou wast unmindful, and didst forget God that bore thee.

19 Awurade huu eyi na ɔpoo wɔn efisɛ ne mmabarima ne ne mmabea hyɛɛ no abufuw.

And the LORD saw, and spurned, because of the provoking of His sons and His daughters.

20 Ɔkae se, “Mede mʼanim behintaw wɔn na wɔahu sɛnea wɔn awiei bɛyɛ Efisɛ, wɔyɛ awo ntoatoaso akɔntɔnkyefo; mma a wonni nokware.

And He said: 'I will hide My face from them, I will see what their end shall be; for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faithfulness.

21 Wɔde nea ɛnyɛ Onyame ahyɛ me ninkutwe na wɔde wɔn ahoni ahuhuw no ahyɛ me abufuw. Mɛma wɔn ani abere nnipa a wɔnyɛ me nkurɔfo. Mɛma ɔman a wonni ntease no ahyɛ wɔn abufuw.

They have roused Me to jealousy with a no-god; they have provoked Me with their vanities; and I will rouse them to jealousy with a no-people; I will provoke them with a vile nation.

22 Efisɛ mʼabufuwhyew befita ogya mu, nea ɛhyew kɔka awufo a wɔwɔ asase ase no. Ɛbɛsɛe asase ne so nnɔbae na ɛpaapae mmepɔw fapem. (Sheol h7585)

For a fire is kindled in My nostril, and burneth unto the depths of the nether-world, and devoureth the earth with her produce, and setteth ablaze the foundations of the mountains. (Sheol h7585)

23 “Mɛhɔre amanehunu ahorow no siw wɔ wɔn so na matow me bɛmma awowɔ wɔn.

I will heap evils upon them; I will spend Mine arrows upon them;

24 Mede ɔkɔm kɛse, atiridiinini ne owuyare a ɛsɛe ade; mɛsoma nkekammoa se aba wɔn so; nhurutoa a wɔtow si wɔ mfutuma mu no ano bɔre.

The wasting of hunger, and the devouring of the fiery bolt, and bitter destruction; and the teeth of beasts will I send upon them, with the venom of crawling things of the dust.

25 Afoa bɛma wɔahwere wɔn mma wɔ abɔnten so; wɔn afi mu, ehu bɛtɔ wɔn so. Mmerante ne mmabaa, mmofra ne nkwakoraa ase bɛhyew.

Without shall the sword bereave, and in the chambers terror; slaying both young man and virgin, the suckling with the man of gray hairs.

26 Mekae se mɛbɔ wɔn ahwete na mapepa wɔn din afi nnipa adwene mu.

I thought I would make an end of them, I would make their memory cease from among men;

27 Nanso misuroo ɔtamfo fɛwdi, anyɛ a na ɔtamfo ante ase aka se, ‘Yɛn nsa adi nkonim; Ɛnyɛ Awurade na ɔyɛɛ eyinom nyinaa.’”

Were it not that I dreaded the enemy's provocation, lest their adversaries should misdeem, lest they should say: Our hand is exalted, and not the LORD hath wrought all this.'

28 Israel yɛ ɔman a wonni adwene. Obi nni wɔn mu a ɔwɔ nhumu.

For they are a nation void of counsel, and there is no understanding in them.

29 Sɛ anka wɔyɛ anyansafo na wɔbɛte eyi ase, na wɔahu nea wɔn awiei bɛyɛ ɛ!

If they were wise, they would understand this, they would discern their latter end.

30 Ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na onipa baako ataa nnipa apem, na baanu bɛma mpem du aguan, gye sɛ wɔn Botan atɔn wɔn gye sɛ Awurade ayi wɔn ama.

How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had given them over and the LORD had delivered them up?

31 Efisɛ wɔn botan nte sɛ yɛn Botan, sɛnea yɛn atamfo mpo gye to mu no.

For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.

32 Wɔn bobe fi Sodom bobe mu na efi Gomora mfuw mu. Awuduru ahyɛ wɔn bobe aba mma, na bɔnwoma ahyɛ wɔn kasiaw amaama.

For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah; their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter;

33 Wɔn bobesa yɛ awɔ ano bɔre; aprammiri ano bɔrewerɛmfo.

Their wine is the venom of serpents, and the cruel poison of asps.

34 “So menkoraa eyi mmoroso, na mensɔw ano wɔ mʼademude mu ana

'Is not this laid up in store with Me, sealed up in My treasuries?

35 Mɛtɔ were; metua so ka. Wɔn nan bɛwatiri bere a ɛsɛ mu; wɔn atoyerɛnkyɛm no abɛn na wɔn sɛe taa wɔn.”

Vengeance is Mine, and recompense, against the time when their foot shall slip; for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that are to come upon them shall make haste.

36 Awurade bebu ne nkurɔfo atɛn na wasesa nʼadwene wɔ ne nkoa ho, bere a wahu sɛ wɔn ahoɔden asa, na ɛnkaa obiara, akoa anaa ɔdehye.

For the LORD will judge His people, and repent Himself for His servants; when He seeth that their stay is gone, and there is none remaining, shut up or left at large.

37 Obebisa se, “Afei wɔn anyame no wɔ he, ɔbotan a wɔde yɛɛ wɔn guankɔbea,

And it is said: Where are their gods, the rock in whom they trusted;

38 anyame a wodii wɔn afɔrebɔde mu srade na wɔnom wɔn ɔnom afɔrebɔ mu nsa no? Ma wɔnsɔre mmɛboa mo! Ma womegye mo!

Who did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink-offering? let him rise up and help you, let him be your protection.

39 “Afei, munhu sɛ, me ara me ne no! Onyame biara nni hɔ sɛ me! Me na mikum na mema nkwa: Me na mipira, na mɛkyekye, na obi rentumi nnye mfi me nsam.

See now that I, even I, am He, and there is no god with Me; I kill, and I make alive; I have wounded, and I heal; and there is none that can deliver out of My hand.

40 Mema me nsa so kyerɛ ɔsoro de nidi sua sɛ: Sɛ mete ase daa yi,

For I lift up My hand to heaven, and say: As I live for ever,

41 sɛ mesew me afoa a ɛpa yerɛwyerɛw no na mifi atemmu mu so mu kuaw a, mɛtɔ mʼatamfo so were na matua wɔn a wokyi me ka.

If I whet My glittering sword, and My hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to Mine adversaries, and will recompense them that hate Me.

42 Mɛma me bɛmma anom mogya abow, na mʼafoa adi ɔhonam, atɔfo ne nnommumfo mogya, atamfo ntuanofo no ti.”

I will make Mine arrows drunk with blood, and My sword shall devour flesh; with the blood of the slain and the captives, from the long-haired heads of the enemy.'

43 Mo aman, mo ne ne nkurɔfo nni ahurusi, efisɛ ɔbɛtɔ ne nkoa mogya so were; ɔbɛtɔ were wɔ nʼatamfo so na wapata ama nʼasase ne ne nkurɔfo.

Sing aloud, O ye nations, of His people; for He doth avenge the blood of His servants, and doth render vengeance to His adversaries, and doth make expiation for the land of His people.

44 Mose ne Nun babarima Hosea ba bɛkaa dwom yi mu nsɛm nyinaa kyerɛɛ nnipa no.

And Moses came and spoke all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun.

45 Mose woroo saa dwom no mu nsɛm no kyerɛɛ Israelfo no wiee no,

And when Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel,

46 ɔka kaa ho se, “Momfa nsɛm a maka akyerɛ mo no nyinaa nsie mo koma mu. Monka nkyerɛ mo mma nso, sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a wobedi saa mmara yi mu nsɛm nyinaa so pɛpɛɛpɛ.

he said unto them: 'Set your heart unto all the words wherewith I testify against you this day; that ye may charge your children therewith to observe to do all the words of this law.

47 Saa nkyerɛkyerɛ yi nyɛ nsɛm bi a wɔde rema mo kwa, ɛyɛ mo nkwa! Sɛ mudi so a, mubenyin akyɛ wɔ asase a moretwa Asubɔnten Yordan akɔfa no so.”

For it is no vain thing for you; because it is your life, and through this thing ye shall prolong your days upon the land, whither ye go over the Jordan to possess it.'

48 Da no ara, Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose se,

And the LORD spoke unto Moses that selfsame day, saying:

49 “Kɔ Moab, kɔ mmepɔw a ɛwɔ asu no apuei no so, na foro Nebo bepɔw a ɛne Yeriko di nhwɛanim no. To wʼani hwɛ Kanaan asase no, asase a mede rema Israelfo sɛ wɔn agyapade no.

'Get thee up into this mountain of Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession;

50 Bepɔw a woaforo no so hɔ na wobɛkɔ akɔka wʼagyanom ho, sɛnea wo nua Aaron wuu wɔ Hor bepɔw so kɔkaa nʼagyanom ho no.

and die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto thy people; as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto his people.

51 Efisɛ mo baanu dii me huammɔ wɔ Israelfo mu wɔ Meriba ne Kades asu ho wɔ Sin sare so. Moanni me kronkronyɛ ho adanse ankyerɛ Israelfo no wɔ hɔ.

Because ye trespassed against Me in the midst of the children of Israel at the waters of Meribath-kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified Me not in the midst of the children of Israel.

52 Ɛno nti, mubehu asase no afi akyiri, nanso morenkɔ asase a mede rema Israelfo no so.”

For thou shalt see the land afar off; but thou shalt not go thither into the land which I give the children of Israel.'