4 Mose 13
1 Na Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose se,
And there the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 “Soma akwansrafo na wɔnkɔ Kanaan asase so; asase a mede rema Israelfo no. Soma mmusuakuw dumien no mu biara ntuanoni.”
Send men to view the land of Chanaan, which I will give to the children of Israel, one of every tribe, of the rulers.
3 Enti Mose yɛɛ sɛnea Awurade hyɛɛ no no. Ɔsomaa mmarima dumien a wɔn nyinaa yɛ mmusuakuw ntuanofo fi wɔn atenae wɔ Paran sare so.
Moses did what the Lord had commanded, sending from the desert of Pharan, principal men, whose names are these:
4 Saa mmusuakuw no ne wɔn mpanyimfo no din na edidi so yi: Ruben abusuakuw no ntuanoni ne Sakur babarima Samua;
Of the tribe of Ruben, Sammua the son of Zechur.
5 Simeon abusuakuw no ntuanoni ne Hori babarima Safat;
Of the tribe of Simeon, Saphat the son of Hurl.
6 Yuda abusuakuw no ntuanoni ne Yefune babarima Kaleb;
Of the tribe of Juda, Caleb the son of Jephone.
7 Isakar abusuakuw no ntuanoni ne Yosef babarima Igal;
Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.
8 Efraim abusuakuw no ntuanoni ne Nun babarima Hosea;
Of the tribe of Ephraim, Osee the son of Nun.
9 Benyamin abusuakuw no ntuanoni ne Rafu babarima Palti;
Of the tribe of Benjamin, Phalti the son of Raphu.
10 Sebulon abusuakuw no ntuanoni ne Sodi babarima Gadiel;
Of the tribe of Zabulon, Geddiel the son of Sodi.
11 Manase abusuakuw (a ɛyɛ Yosef abusuakuw no mu fa) no ntuanoni ne Susi babarima Gadi;
Of the tribe of Joseph, of the sceptre of Manasses, Gaddi the son of Susi.
12 Dan abusuakuw no ntuanoni ne Gemali babarima Amiel;
Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli.
13 Aser abusuakuw no ntuanoni ne Mikael babarima Setur;
Of the tribe of Aser, Sthur the son of Michael.
14 Naftali abusuakuw no ntuanoni ne Wofsi babarima Nahbi;
Of the tribe of Nephtali, Nahabi the son of Vapsi.
15 Gad abusuakuw no ntuanoni ne Maki babarima Geuel.
Of the tribe of Gad, Guel the son of Machi.
16 Nnipa yi na Mose somaa wɔn ma wɔkɔsraa Kanaan asase no. Mose na ɔmaa Nun ba Hosea din Yosua.
These are the names of the men, whom Moses sent to view the land: and he called Osee the son of Nun, Josue.
17 Mose ka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Monkɔ atifi fam wɔ Negeb bepɔw no so.
And Moses sent them to view the land of Chanaan, and said to them: Go you up by the south side. And when you shall come to the mountains,
18 Monhwɛ sɛnea ɛhɔ asase no te; na monhwɛ wɔn a wɔte hɔ no nso tebea sɛ wɔwɔ ahoɔden anaa wɔyɛ mmerɛw, sɛ wɔdɔɔso anaa wosua.
View the land, of what sort it is: and the people that are the inhabitants thereof, whether they be strong or weak: few in number or many:
19 Asasesu bɛn na wɔte so? Eye anaasɛ enye? Nkurowsu bɛn na wɔtete mu? Ɛdeda hɔ petee anaasɛ afasu wowɔ ho?
The land itself, whether it be good or bad: what manner of cities, walled or without walls:
20 Dɔte no te dɛn? Srade wɔ mu anaasɛ ɛyɛ kwaboo? Nnua wɔ so anaasɛ nnua nni so? Mommɔ mmɔden na momfa ɛhɔ nnɔbae no bi mmra.” Saa bere no na wɔretew bobe aba kan.
The ground, fat or barren, woody or without trees. Be of good courage, and bring us of the fruits of the land. Now it was the time when the first ripe grapes are fit to be eaten.
21 Enti wɔkɔsraa asase no fi Sin sare so kosii Rehob a ɛbɛn Hamat no.
And when they were gone up, they viewed the land from the desert of Sin, unto Rohob as you enter into Emath.
22 Wɔfaa atifi fam kɔfaa Negeb beduu Hebron. Ɛhɔ na wohuu Anak asefo a wɔfrɛ wɔn Ahiman, Sesai ne Talmai. Hebron yɛ kurow dedaw. Wɔkyekyeree saa kurow no mfe ason ansa na wɔrekyekyere Soan a ɛwɔ Misraim no.
And they went up at the south side, and came to Hebron, where were Achiman and Sisai and Tholmai the sons of Enac. For Hebron was built seven years before Tanis the city of Egypt.
23 Woduu Eskol bon mu no, wotwaa mman a bobe kasiaw wɔ so. Mmarima baanu na wɔworaa no dua soa kaa borɔdɔma aba ho de kɔe.
And going forward as far as the torrent of the cluster of grapes, they cut off a branch with its cluster of grapes, which two men carried upon a lever. They took also of the pomegranates and of the figs of that place:
24 Saa bere no, Israelfo no too subon hɔ din sɛ “Eskol bon mu” a nkyerɛase ne “Kasiaw,” efisɛ wohuu bobe kasiaw pii wɔ hɔ.
Which was called Nehelescol, that is to say, the torrent of the cluster of grapes, because from thence the children of Israel had carried a cluster of grapes.
25 Adaduanan akyi no, wofii wɔn akwansra no mu bae.
And they that went to spy out the land returned after forty days, having gone round all the country,
26 Wɔkaa nea wokohui nyinaa kyerɛɛ Mose ne Aaron ne nnipa a wɔwɔ Israel nyinaa ne wɔn a wɔwɔ Paran sare so wɔ Kades na wɔde aduaba a wɔde bae no kyerɛe.
And came to Moses and Aaron and to all the assembly of the children of Israel to the desert of Pharan, which is in Cades. And speaking to them and to all the multitude, they shewed them the fruits of the land:
27 Asɛm a wɔbɛkae ne sɛ, “Yeduu asase a wosomaa yɛn sɛ yɛnkɔsra so no so, na ɛwo ne nufusu sen wɔ so ampa! Ɛso aduaba a yɛde bae ni.
And they related and said: We came into the land to which thou sentest us, which in very deed floweth with milk and honey as may be known by these fruits:
28 Nanso na nnipa a wɔtete hɔ no yɛ den. Wɔn nkurow no soso na wɔabɔ ho ban nso. Yehuu Anak asefo wɔ hɔ mpo.
But it hath very strong inhabitants, and the cities are great and walled. We saw there the race of Enac.
29 Amalekfo te anafo na Hetifo, Yebusifo ne Amorifo nso tete mmepɔw so. Na Kanaanfo nso tete Ntam Po no ne Yordan subon ho.”
Amalec dwelleth in the south, the Hethite and the Jebusite and the Amorrhite in the mountains: but the Chanaanite abideth by the sea and near the streams of the Jordan.
30 Na Kaleb bɔɔ nnipa no ano wɔ Mose anim kae se, “Momma yɛmforo nkɔ hɔ prɛko pɛ na yɛnkɔfa asase no, efisɛ yebetumi adi wɔn so nkonim.”
In the mean time Caleb, to still the murmuring of the people that rose against Moses, said: Let us go up and possess the land, for we shall be able to conquer it.
31 Nanso mmarima a wɔne no kɔe no kae se, “Yɛrentumi nkɔtoa saa nnipa yi; wɔn ho yɛ den sen yɛn.”
But the others, that had been with him, said: No, we are not able to go up to this people, because they are stronger than we.
32 Na wɔde asɛm a ɛmma akomatɔyam fa asase a wɔkɔsraa so no ho tene faa Israelfo no mu nyinaa. Wose, “Asase a yɛkɔsraa so no sofo no yɛ awudifo nkutoo. Nnipa a yehuu wɔn wɔ hɔ no yɛ abran.
And they spoke ill of the land, which they had viewed, before the children of Israel, saying: The land which we have viewed, devoureth its inhabitants: the people, that we beheld, are of a tall stature.
33 Yehuu Anakfo no bi a efi awo ntoatoaso mu wɔyɛ abran no. Sɛ yɛne wɔn gyina hɔ a, na yɛayɛ te sɛ nketekre wɔ yɛn ani so. Na saa ara nso na yɛyɛɛ wɔ wɔn ani so.”
There we saw certain monsters of the sons of Enac, of the giant kind: in comparison of whom, we seemed like locusts.
