2 Mose 13

1 Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose se,

And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

2 “Tew Israelfo mmabarima ne aboa biara abakan ho ma me; wɔn nyinaa yɛ me dea.”

Sanctify to me all the firstborn, whatever opens the womb among the sons of Israel. Both of man and of beast, it is mine.

3 Na Mose ka kyerɛɛ nnipa no se, “Nnɛ yɛ da a ɛsɛ sɛ mokae daa—da a mutu fii Misraim asase a na moyɛ nkoa wɔ so no so. Awurade ayɛ anwonwade akɛse bebree akyerɛ mo. Enti monkae sɛ, sɛ afe du na moredi afahyɛ yi a, mommfa mmɔkaw mfra mo aduan; na mommfa bi nkɔ mo afi nso mu koraa.

And Moses said to the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage, for by strength of hand Jehovah brought you out from this place. There shall no leavened bread be eaten.

4 Afe biara mu Abib ɔsram awiei (bɛyɛ Ɔbɛnem awiei), monkae saa otukɔ yi.

This day ye go forth in the month Abib.

5 Awurade de mo baa Kanaanfo, Hetifo, Amorifo, Hewifo ne Yebusifo nsase a ɛwo ne nufusu sen so a ɔkaa ho ntam sɛ ɔde bɛma mo no so.

And it shall be, when Jehovah shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, which he swore to thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shall keep this service in this month.

6 Mubedi brodo a mmɔkaw nni mu nko ara nnanson. Na da a ɛto so ason no, monto pon kɛse mma Awurade.

Seven days thou shall eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to Jehovah.

7 Ɛnsɛ sɛ obiara kora mmɔkaw wɔ ne fi anaa mo asase no ahye so baabiara.

Unleavened bread shall be eaten throughout the seven days, and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy borders.

8 Edu afirihyia na moredi nna yi a, monkyerɛ mo mma nea enti a moredi saa afahyɛ no. Ɛyɛ afahyɛ a mode bɛkae nea Awurade yɛ maa mo bere a mutu fii Misraim asase so no.

And thou shall tell thy son in that day, saying, It is because of that which Jehovah did for me when I came forth out of Egypt.

9 Saa afe biara mu nnaawɔtwe afahyɛ yi nyɛ nsɛnkyerɛnne te sɛ agyiraehyɛde a wɔde abɔ mo nsa ho anaa mo moma so sɛ nkae ade. Momma Awurade mmara ntena mo anom, efisɛ tumi kɛse na ɔde yii mo fii Misraim.

And it shall be for a sign to thee upon thy hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the law of Jehovah may be in thy mouth, for with a strong hand has Jehovah brought thee out of Egypt.

10 Afe biara, ɛrekɔ Abib (bɛyɛ Ɔbɛnem) awiei no, munni afahyɛ yi.

Thou shall therefore keep this ordinance in its season from year to year.

11 “Sɛ Awurade de mo ba asase a ɔhyɛɛ mo agyanom ho bɔ tete no a Kanaanfo te so mprempren no so a, monkae sɛ

And it shall be, when Jehovah shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanite, as he swore to thee and to thy fathers, and shall give it to thee,

12 mo mmabarima a wɔyɛ mmakan nyinaa ne nyɛmmoa mmakan a wɔyɛ mmarima no nyinaa yɛ Awurade dea. Enti momfa mma no.

that thou shall set apart to Jehovah all that opens the womb. And every firstling which thou have that comes of a beast, the males shall be Jehovah's.

13 Mutumi de oguan ba anaa abirekyi ba bɛsesa afurum ba abakan. Na sɛ woyɛ wʼadwene sɛ woremfa afurum no nni nsesa a, ɛsɛ sɛ wubu afurum no kɔn mu kum no. Nanso mo mmabarima abakan de, ɛsɛ sɛ motɔ wɔn ti.

And every firstling of a donkey thou shall redeem with a lamb, and if thou will not redeem it, then thou shall break its neck. And all the firstborn of man among thy sons thou shall redeem.

14 “Na sɛ daakye bi mo mma bisa mo se, ‘Eyinom nyinaa ase ne dɛn a, monka nkyerɛ wɔn se, Awurade nam anwonwade akɛse a ɔyɛe so na oyii yɛn fii nkoasom mu wɔ Misraim.

And it shall be, when thy son asks thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shall say to him, By strength of hand Jehovah brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage.

15 Na Farao mpɛ sɛ ɔma yɛn kwan ma yɛkɔ nti, Awurade kum mmabarima ne mmoanini a wɔyɛ mmakan a wɔwɔ Misraim asase so nyinaa. Ɛno nti na yɛde mmabarima a wɔyɛ mmakan rema Awurade yi, nanso nnipa mmabarima mmakan no de, wɔtɔ wɔn ti.’

And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that Jehovah slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast. Therefore I sacrifice to Jehovah all that opens the womb, being males, but all the firstborn of my sons I redeem.

16 Na afahyɛ yi bɛda mo nsow sɛ moyɛ Onyankopɔn mma te sɛnea ɔde nʼagyiraehyɛde abɔ mo moma so a ɛkyerɛ sɛ Awurade nam ne tumi kɛse no so na ɔde yii yɛn fii Misraim.”

And it shall be for a sign upon thy hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes, for by strength of hand Jehovah brought us forth out of Egypt.

17 Farao maa nnipa no kwan sɛ wɔnkɔ no, Onyankopɔn amma wɔamfa ɔkwan a ɛfa Filistifo man no mu a na ɛyɛ tiaa no so. Efisɛ Onyankopɔn kae se, “Sɛ wokohyia ɔko a, ebia na wɔasesa wɔn adwene ama wɔasan akɔ Misraim.”

And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not by the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near. For God said, Lest perhaps the people regret when they see war, and they return to Egypt.

18 Enti Onyankopɔn dii wɔn anim de wɔn faa sare so de wɔn ani kyerɛɛ Po Kɔkɔɔ. Israelfo no sii mu fii Misraim a na wɔasiesie wɔn ho ama ɔko.

But God led the people about, by the way of the wilderness by the Red Sea. And the sons of Israel went up armed out of the land of Egypt.

19 Mose rekɔ no, ɔfaa Yosef nnompe de kaa ne ho kɔe, efisɛ na Yosef ama Israel mma aka Onyankopɔn ntam sɛ, “Sɛ ɔreyi wɔn afi Misraim a, wɔde ne nnompe bɛkɔ bi, efisɛ na onim sɛ Onyankopɔn beyi wɔn afi Misraim asase so.”

And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for he had strictly sworn the sons of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones away from here with you.

20 Wofi Sukot no, wɔkɔkyeree nsraban wɔ Etam sare no ano.

And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.

21 Awurade de omununkum kyerɛɛ wɔn kwan awia na ɔde ogya nso kyerɛɛ wɔn kwan anadwo. Enti na wotumi tu wɔn kwan no awia ne anadwo nyinaa.

And Jehovah went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, to lead them the way, and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light, that they might go by day and by night.

22 Awia mununkum fadum anaa anadwo gya fadum no amfi nʼafa wɔ nnipa no anim da.

The pillar of cloud by day, and the pillar of fire by night departed not from before the people.