4 Mose 10
1 Afei, Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose se,
Yahweh also told Moses/me,
2 “Fa dwetɛ a wɔaboro yɛ ntorobɛnto abien, na ɛyɛ a wɔahyɛn de afrɛ nnipa no, na edu ntamadan no tu so nso a, wɔahyɛn.
“[Tell someone to] make two trumpets by hammering each one from [one lump of] silver. Blow the trumpets to summon the people to come together and also to signal that they must move their tents [to a new location].
3 Sɛ wɔhyɛn ntorobɛnto abien no a, nnipa no behu sɛ, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔboa wɔn ho ano wɔ Ahyiae Ntamadan no ano.
If both trumpets are blown, it means that everyone must gather together at the entrance of the Sacred Tent.
4 Na sɛ wɔhyɛn baako pɛ a, na ɛkyerɛ sɛ Israel mmusua no mu mpanyimfo na ɛsɛ sɛ wɔba wo nkyɛn.
If only one trumpet is blown, it means that only the [twelve] leaders of the tribes must gather together.
5 Sɛ mohyɛn de kyerɛ sɛ monkɔ mo anim a, mmusuakuw a wɔwɔ Ahyiae Ntamadan apuei fam no betu afi wɔn atenae hɔ na wɔakɔ.
If the trumpets are blown loudly, the tribes that are to the east [of the Sacred Tent] should start to travel.
6 Sɛ mohyɛn nea ɛto so abien no a, mmusuakuw a wɔwɔ anafo fam no bedi so. Monhyɛn no ntiantia mu mfa nkyerɛ sɛ wɔnkɔ.
When the trumpets are blown loudly the second time, the tribes that are to the south should start to travel. The loud blasts on the trumpet will signal that they should start to travel.
7 Na sɛ mofrɛ nnipa no ama wɔabehyia a, momfa ɔkwan foforo so nhyɛn ntorobɛnto no.
When you want only to gather the people together, blow the trumpets, but do not blow them as loudly.
8 “Aaron mmabarima asɔfo nko ara na wɔbɛma wɔn kwan ama wɔahyɛn ntorobɛnto no. Eyi yɛ mmara a ɛbɛtena hɔ daa ama awo ntoatoaso a ɛbɛba no nyinaa.
“The priests who are descended from Aaron are the ones who should blow the trumpets. That is a regulation that will never be changed.
9 Sɛ mudu Bɔhyɛ Asase no so na mo ne mo atamfo a wɔhyɛ mo so no ko a mohyɛn ntorobɛnto no. Na, Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn bɛkae mo na wagye mo afi mo atamfo nsam.
When you fight against enemies who attack you in your own land, tell the priests to blow the trumpets loudly. I, Yahweh, your God, will hear that, and I will rescue you from your enemies.
10 Anigyebere mu nso, monhyɛn ntorobɛnto no. Afe mu dapɔnna nso, monhyɛn. Ɔsram biara mfiase nso, monhyɛn mfa nnye mo ani wɔ ɔhyew afɔre ne asomdwoe afɔre ho. Sɛ moyɛ saa a, ɛbɛkae Onyankopɔn apam a ɔne mo wɔ no. Na mene Awurade mo Nyankopɔn.”
Also tell the priests to blow the trumpets when the people are happy, and at the festivals [each year], and at the times when they celebrate the new moon each month. Tell them to blow the trumpets when the people bring offerings that will be completely burned, and when they bring offerings to maintain fellowship with me. If they do that, it will help you to remember that I, Yahweh your God, [will help you].”
11 Ɔsram a ɛto so abien no da a ɛto so aduonu no a ɛyɛ mfe abien a Israelfo fii Misraim no, omununkum no pagyaw ne ho fii Ahyiae Ntamadan no so,
On the twentieth day of May in the second year [after the/we Israelis left Egypt], the cloud rose up from above the Sacred Tent.
12 enti Israelfo no fii Sinai sare so hɔ dii omununkum no akyi kosii sɛ ekogyinaa Paran sare so.
So we/the Israelis traveled from the Sinai Desert, and we/they continued traveling [north] until the cloud stopped in the Paran Desert.
13 Bere a ɛsɛ sɛ wotu no duu no, Awurade nam Mose so ka kyerɛɛ wɔn.
That was the first time we/they moved, obeying the instructions that Yahweh had given to Moses/me to tell them.
14 Akwantu no mu no, mmusua a wɔhyɛ Yuda abusuakuw no ase, a Aminadab babarima Nahson tua ano na otuu wɔn frankaa ma wodii kan.
The group that went first, carrying their flag/banner, was the group from the tribe of Judah. Nahshon, the son of Amminadab, was their leader.
15 Wɔn a wodii so ne Isakar abusuakuw a Suar babarima Netanel di wɔn anim.
The group from the tribe of Issachar [followed them]. Nethanel, the son of Zuar, was their leader.
16 Sebulon abusuakuw na wodii hɔ a Helon babarima Eliab na na odi wɔn anim.
The group from the tribe of Zebulun went next. Eliab, the son of Helon, was their leader.
17 Wotutuu Ahyiae Ntamadan no, na Gerson ne Merari mmusua a wofi Lewifo mu no soaa Ahyiae Ntamadan no dii wɔn afa wɔ santen no mu.
Then they dismantled the Sacred Tent, and the descendants of Gershon and Merari carried it, and they went next.
18 Ruben abusuakuw tuu wɔn frankaa de dii so a Sedeur babarima Elisur di wɔn anim.
The group from the tribe of Reuben went next, carrying their flag. Elizur, the son of Shedeur, was their leader.
19 Wɔn a na wodi so ne Simeon abusuakuw a Surisadai babarima Selumiel di wɔn anim;
The group from the tribe of Simeon was next. Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai, was their leader.
20 Gad abusuakuw nso, na Deguel babarima Eliasaf na odi wɔn anim.
The group from the tribe of Gad was next. Eliasaph, the son of Deuel, was their leader.
21 Na Kohatfo no nso na na wodi hɔ a wɔsoso kronkronbea hɔ nneɛma. Na ɛsɛ sɛ wɔhyehyɛ Ahyiae Ntamadan no wɔ beae foforo hɔ ansa na wɔadu hɔ.
The group descended from Kohath was next. They carried the sacred items from the Sacred Tent. The Sacred Tent itself was set up at the new location before they arrived there.
22 Wɔn a na wodi so ne Efraim abusuakuw a na wodi wɔn frankaa no akyi a Amihud babarima Elisama na odi wɔn anim;
The group from the tribe of Ephraim was next, carrying their flag. Elishama, the son of Ammihud, was their leader.
23 Wɔn a na wodi so ne Manase abusuakuw a Pedahsur babarima Gamaliel di wɔn anim;
The group from the tribe of Manasseh went next. Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur, was their leader.
24 na Benyamin abusuakuw na na wodi so a Gideoni babarima Abidan di wɔn anim.
The group from the tribe of Benjamin, went next. Abidan, the son of Gideoni, was their leader.
25 Wɔn a na wotwa to koraa no ne Dan abusuakuw a wɔyɛ wɔn nyinaa awɛmfo na Amisadai babarima Ahieser da wɔn ano na frankaa di wɔn anim.
The ones who went last were the group from the tribe of Dan, carrying their flag. Ahiezer, the son of Ammishaddai, was their leader.
26 Okran babarima Pagiel na na odi Aser abusuakuw anim,
The group from the tribe of Asher went next. Pagiel, the son of Ocran, was their leader.
27 na Enan babarima Ahira nso di Naftali abusuakuw anim.
The group from the tribe of Naphtali went last. Ahira, the son of Enan, was their leader.
28 Saa nhyehyɛe yi na Israel mmusuakuw yi faa so tuu wɔn kwan no.
That was the order in which the groups of Israeli tribes traveled.
29 Afei, Mose ka kyerɛɛ nʼase Hobab, Midiani Reuel ba se, “Eyi nyinaa akyi no, yɛrekɔ beae a Awurade kae se, ‘Mede bɛma mo no.’ Bra na yɛnkɔ na yɛbɛhwɛ wo so yiye; efisɛ Awurade ahyɛ Israelfo nnepa ho bɔ.”
One day Moses/I said to his/my brother-in-law Hobab, the son of Reuel from the Midian people-group, “We are on the way to the place that Yahweh promised to give to us. Come with us, and we will take good care of you, because Yahweh has promised [to do] good things for us Israeli people.”
30 Obuae se, “Dabi, merenkɔ; merekɔ mʼasase so ne mʼabusuafo nkyɛn.”
But Hobab replied, “No, I will not go with you. I want to return to my own land and to my own family.”
31 Nanso Mose kae se, “Mesrɛ wo, nnyaw yɛn. Wo na wunim faako a ɛsɛ sɛ yɛtena wɔ sare no so, na wubetumi ayɛ yɛn kwankyerɛfo.
But Moses/I said, “Please do not leave us. You know the places where we can set up our tents in this desert, and you can guide us.
32 Sɛ wo ne yɛn kɔ a, nneɛma pa a Awurade de bɛma yɛn no nyinaa, wubenya bi.”
Come with us. We will share with you all the good things that Yahweh gives to us.”
33 Enti wofi Awurade Bepɔw so nantew nnansa. Awurade Apam Adaka no dii wɔn anim hwehwɛɛ baabi a wɔbɛsoɛ maa wɔn.
[So Hobab agreed to go with them]. The Israelis left Sinai Mountain, [which they called] Yahweh’s Mountain, and they walked for three days. The [men carrying the] sacred chest went in front of the other people for those three days, and they kept looking for a place to set up their tents.
34 Wofii wɔn akwantu no ase awia a wɔrekɔ no nyinaa na Awurade mununkum no di wɔn anim.
The cloud sent by Yahweh was over them every day.
35 Bere biara a wɔbɛma adaka no so asi mu no, Mose teɛ mu se, “Awurade, sɔre! Ma wʼatamfo nhwete; ma wɔn nyinaa nguan mfi wʼanim.”
Each morning when the men who were carrying the sacred chest started to walk, Moses/I said, “Yahweh, arise! Scatter your enemies! Cause those who hate you to run away from you!”
36 Bere biara a wɔbɛsoɛ adaka no, ɔka se, “Awurade, san bra Israelfo mpempem a wontumi nkan wɔn no mu.”
And each time the men [stopped to] set down the sacred chest, Moses/I said, “Yahweh, stay close to the thousands of us Israelis!”
