5 Mose 9

1 Israel, muntie: Morekotwa Yordan na moawura mu akogye aman a ɛsoso na wɔwɔ ahoɔden kyɛn mo na wɔwɔ nkuropɔn akɛse wɔ mu na wɔn afasu kɔka sorosoro no, agyapade.

Heare O Israel, Thou shalt passe ouer Iorden this day, to goe in and to possesse nations greater and mightier then thy selfe, and cities great and walled vp to heauen,

2 Nnipa no wɔ ahoɔden na wɔwoware; Anakfo! Moate wɔn nka na moate sɛ wɔka se, “Hena na obetumi ne Anakfo agyina?”

A people great and tall, euen the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the children of Anak?

3 Nanso merehyɛ mo ase nnɛ sɛ, Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, na ɔredi mo anim te sɛ ogyaframa a ɛresɛe ade. Ɔbɛsɛe wɔn. Ɔbɛbrɛ wɔn ase wɔ mo anim. Na moapam wɔn na moatɔre wɔn ase ntɛm pa ara sɛnea Awurade hyɛɛ mo bɔ no.

Vnderstand therefore that this day ye Lord thy God is he which goeth ouer before thee as a consuming fire: he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them downe before thy face: so thou shalt cast them out and destroy them suddenly, as the Lord hath said vnto thee.

4 Sɛ Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, tu wɔn gu a, monnka wɔ mo koma mu se, “Esiane yɛn trenee nti na Awurade de saa asase yi ama yɛn.” Dabi, ɛyɛ aman no amumɔyɛsɛm nti na Awurade redi mo anim apam wɔn.

Speake not thou in thine heart (after that the Lord thy God hath cast them out before thee) saying, For my righteousnesse the Lord hath brought me in, to possesse this land: but for the wickednesse of these nations the Lord hath cast them out before thee.

5 Ɛnyɛ sɛ moyɛ atreneefo ne nokwafo nti na morekɔfa wɔn asase no; mmom, efi wɔn amumɔyɛ nti, Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, bɛpam saa aman yi adi mo anim de ahyɛ ntam a wadi kan aka akyerɛ mo agyanom Abraham, Isak ne Yakob no ma.

For thou entrest not to inherite their lande for thy righteousnesse, or for thy vpright heart: but for the wickednesse of those nations, the Lord thy God doth cast them out before thee, and that he might performe the worde which the Lord thy God sware vnto thy fathers, Abraham, Izhak, and Iacob.

6 Monte ase sɛ, ɛnyɛ sɛ moyɛ atreneefo nti na Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, de saa asase pa yi rema mo. Moyɛ ɔman a asoɔden ahyɛ mo ma.

Vnderstand therefore, that ye Lord thy God giueth thee not this good land to possesse it for thy righteousnes: for thou art a stifnecked people.

7 Monkae eyi na mommma mo werɛ mmfi sɛnea mohyɛɛ Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn abufuw wɔ sare so hɔ no. Efi bere a mutu fii Misraim besi sɛ muduu ha yi, moakɔ so atew Awurade anim atua.

Remember, and forget not, howe thou prouokedst the Lord thy God to anger in the wildernesse: since the day that thou diddest depart out of the land of Egypt, vntill ye came vnto this place ye haue rebelled against the Lord.

8 Mohyɛɛ Awurade abufuw wɔ Horeb a anka ɔpɛ sɛ ɔsɛe mo.

Also in Horeb ye prouoked the Lord to anger so that the Lord was wroth with you, euen to destroy you.

9 Mekɔɔ bepɔw no so sɛ merekogye abo kyerɛwpon a na wɔakyerɛw apam a na Awurade ne mo apam no agu so no, metenaa hɔ nnafua aduanan, mannidi na mannom.

When I was gone vp into the mount, to receiue the tables of stone, the tables, I say, of the couenant, which the Lord made with you: and I abode in the mount fourtie daies and fourtie nights, and I neither ate bread nor yet dranke water:

10 Awurade de apam a ɛwɔ abo kyerɛwpon a Onyankopɔn ankasa akyerɛw nsɛm a ofi ogya a ɛwɔ bepɔw no so no mu ka kyerɛɛ mo no nyinaa maa me.

Then the Lord deliuered me two tables of stone, written with the finger of God, and in them was conteyned according to all the wordes which the Lord had said vnto you in the mount out of the middes of the fire, in the day of the assemblie.

11 Na awia ne anadwo adaduanan no baa awiei no, Awurade de abo pon abien a wɔakyerɛw apam no wɔ so no maa me.

And when the fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes were ended, the Lord gaue me the two tables of stone, the tables, I say, of the couenant.

12 Afei, Awurade ka kyerɛɛ me se, “Sian fi ha ntɛm kɔ, efisɛ nnipa a wudii wɔn anim fi Misraim no adan abɔnefo. Wɔaman afi ahyɛde a memaa wɔn no ho na wɔayɛ ohoni afa.”

And the Lord said vnto me, Arise, get thee downe quickly from hence: for thy people which thou hast brought out of Egypt, haue corrupt their wayes: they are soone turned out of the way, which I commanded them: they haue made them a molten image.

13 Na Awurade ka kyerɛɛ me se, “Mahwɛ saa nnipa yi ara ahu sɛ, wɔn aso yɛ den pa ara.

Furthermore, the Lord spake vnto me, saying, I haue seene this people, and beholde, it is a stifnecked people.

14 Ma me kwan na mensɛe na mempepa wɔn din mfi ɔsoro ase. Na menam so mayɛ wʼasefo ɔman kɛse; ɔman a ɛso na ɛwɔ ahoɔden sen sɛnea ɛte nnɛ yi.”

Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and put out their name from vnder heaue, and I wil make of thee a mightie nation, and greater then they be.

15 Enti misian fii ogya bepɔw no so a na mikura abo apon abien a apam no wɔ so no.

So I returned, and came downe from the Mount (and the Mount burnt with fire, and ye two Tables of the couenant were in my two handes)

16 Mehwɛe no, mihuu sɛ moayɛ bɔne atia Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn; Moagu nantwi ba sɛso honi ama mo ho. Moaman afi Awurade kwan a ɔkyerɛɛ mo sɛ momfa so no so ntɛm.

Then I looked, and beholde, ye had sinned against the Lord your God: for ye had made you a molten calfe, and had turned quickly out of the way which the Lord had commanded you.

17 Enti memaa ɔbo apon no so kɔɔ soro na metow hwee fam. Mibubuu no wɔ mo anim.

Therefore I tooke the two Tables, and cast them out of my two handes, and brake them before your eyes.

18 Afei, medaa Awurade anim awia ne anadwo adaduanan a manni brodo, annom nsu. Meyɛɛ eyi, efisɛ sɛ moayɛ ade a Awurade kyi nti, moayɛ bɔne na ɛnam so ama ne bo afuw yiye.

And I fell downe before the Lord, fourtie dayes, and fourtie nightes, as before: I neither ate bread nor dranke water, because of al your sinnes, which ye had committed, in doing wickedly in the sight of the Lord, in that ye prouoked him vnto wrath.

19 Misuroo Awurade abufuw ne so asotwe, efisɛ na ne bo afuw yiye a obetumi asɛe mo. Nanso, otiee me bio.

(For I was afraide of the wrath and indignation, wherewith the Lord was mooued against you, euen to destroy you) yet the Lord heard me at that time also.

20 Na Awurade bo fuw Aaron a na anka ɔpɛ sɛ ɔsɛe no. Nanso mebɔɔ mpae maa Aaron nso.

Likewise ye Lord was very angrie with Aaron, euen to destroy him: but at that time I prayed also for Aaron.

21 Mefaa mo bɔne, nantwi ba a moayɛ no, na menan no wɔ gya mu yam no muhumuhu. Metow ne mfutuma no guu asuwa bi a ɛsen fi bepɔw no mu no mu.

And I tooke your sinne, I meane the calfe which ye had made, and burnt him with fire, and stamped him and ground him small, euen vnto very dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the riuer, that descended out of the mount.

22 Mohyɛɛ Awurade abufuw wɔ Tabera, Masa ne Kibrot-Hataawa nso.

Also in Taberah, and in Massah and in Kibrothhattaauah ye prouoked ye Lord to anger.

23 Kades-Barnea nso, Awurade somaa mo wɔ saa ɔhyɛ yi so se, “Monkɔ soro hɔ nkɔfa asase a mede ama mo no.” Nanso mubuu Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, ahyɛde so na moamfa mo ho anto no so antie nʼasɛm.

Likewise when the Lord sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, Goe vp, and possesse the land which I haue giuen you, then ye rebelled against the commandement of the Lord your God, and beleeued him not, nor hearkened vnto his voyce.

24 Efi bere a mihuu mo no, daa mosɔre tia Awurade.

Ye haue bene rebellious vnto the Lord, since the day that I knewe you.

25 Ɛno nti na bere a Awurade sii nʼadwene pi sɛ ɔbɛsɛe mo no, mekɔdaa nʼanim awia ne anadwo nnafua aduanan no.

Then I fell downe before ye Lord fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes, as I fell downe before, because ye Lord had said, that he woulde destroy you.

26 Mebɔɔ mpae srɛɛ Awurade se, “Otumfo Awurade, nsɛe wo man ne wʼagyapade a wode wo kɛseyɛ agye asi hɔ na wode wo nsa a ɛyɛ den ayi wɔn afi Misraim no.

And I prayed vnto the Lord, and saide, O Lord God, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatnesse, whom thou hast brought out of Egypt by a mightie hand.

27 Yi wʼani fi saa nnipa yi komapirim ne asoɔden ne wɔn bɔne so na kae wo nkoa Abraham, Isak ne Yakob.

Remember thy seruants Abraham, Izhak, and Iaakob: looke not to ye stubburnes of this people, nor to their wickednes, nor to their sinne,

28 Anyɛ saa a, Misraimfo no bɛka se, ‘Awurade sɛee wɔn, efisɛ wantumi amfa wɔn ankɔ asase a ɔkaa ntam sɛ ɔde bɛma wɔn no so. Anaasɛ nso, wɔbɛka se, ɔsɛee wɔn, efisɛ ɔtan wɔn; ɔde wɔn baa sare so sɛ ɔrekokunkum wɔn.’

Lest the countrey, whence thou broughtest them, say, Because ye Lord was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, or because he hated them, he caried them out, to slay them in the wildernesse.

29 Nanso wɔyɛ wo nkurɔfo ne wʼagyapade a wonam tumi a ɛso ne wʼabasa a woatrɛw mu so yii wɔn.”

Yet they are thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out by thy mightie power, and by thy stretched out arme.