4 Mose 13
1 Na Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose se,
Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying:
2 “Soma akwansrafo na wɔnkɔ Kanaan asase so; asase a mede rema Israelfo no. Soma mmusuakuw dumien no mu biara ntuanoni.”
Send for thee men and let them spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving unto the sons of Israel, —one man each for the tribe of his fathers, shalt thou send, each one a prince among them.
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.
So then Moses sent them out of the desert of Paran, at the bidding of Yahweh, —all of them, great men, heads of the sons of Israel, were they.
4 Saa mmusuakuw no ne wɔn mpanyimfo no din na edidi so yi: Ruben abusuakuw no ntuanoni ne Sakur babarima Samua;
And, these, are their names, —Of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua, son of Zaccur;
5 Simeon abusuakuw no ntuanoni ne Hori babarima Safat;
Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat, son of Hori;
6 Yuda abusuakuw no ntuanoni ne Yefune babarima Kaleb;
Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb, son of Jephunneh;
7 Isakar abusuakuw no ntuanoni ne Yosef babarima Igal;
Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal, son of Joseph;
8 Efraim abusuakuw no ntuanoni ne Nun babarima Hosea;
Of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea, son of Nun;
9 Benyamin abusuakuw no ntuanoni ne Rafu babarima Palti;
Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti, son of Raphu;
10 Sebulon abusuakuw no ntuanoni ne Sodi babarima Gadiel;
Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel, 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 tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi son of Susi;
12 Dan abusuakuw no ntuanoni ne Gemali babarima Amiel;
Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel, son of Gemalli;
13 Aser abusuakuw no ntuanoni ne Mikael babarima Setur;
Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur, son of Michael;
14 Naftali abusuakuw no ntuanoni ne Wofsi babarima Nahbi;
Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi, son of Vophsi;
15 Gad abusuakuw no ntuanoni ne Maki babarima Geuel.
Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel, 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 spy out the land, —but Moses called Hoshea son of Nun, Joshua.
17 Mose ka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Monkɔ atifi fam wɔ Negeb bepɔw no so.
So Moses sent them, to spy out the land of Canaan, —and said unto them—Go up, here in the South, Yea ye shall go up the mountain;
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.
And shall see the land, what it is, —And the people that dwell thereupon, Whether they are, strong, or weak, Whether they are, few or many;
19 Asasesu bɛn na wɔte so? Eye anaasɛ enye? Nkurowsu bɛn na wɔtete mu? Ɛdeda hɔ petee anaasɛ afasu wowɔ ho?
And what, the land, is, wherein they dwell, Whether it is, good, or, bad, —And the cities within which they dwell, Whether in camps or in strongholds;
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.
And what the land is, Whether, fat, or, lean, Whether there is timber therein or is not, Then shall ye pluck up courage and take of the fruit of the land. Now the days, were the days of the first-fruits of grapes.
21 Enti wɔkɔsraa asase no fi Sin sare so kosii Rehob a ɛbɛn Hamat no.
So they went up, and spied out the land, —from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob at the entering in of Hamath.
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.
Yea they went up in the South and entered as far as Hebron, and there, were Ahiman Sheshai and Talmai descendants of the Anak. Now, Hebron, was built seven years, before Zoan 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 they entered as far as the ravine of Eschol, and cut down, from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and bare it on a pole between two, —also of the pomegranates and of the figs.
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.
That place, was called, The Ravine of Eschol ["Cluster-ravine"]—on account of the cluster, which was cut down from thence by the sons of Israel.
25 Adaduanan akyi no, wofii wɔn akwansra no mu bae.
And they returned from spying out the land, —at the end of forty days.
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.
So they took their journey, and came in unto Moses and unto Aaron and unto all the assembly of the sons of Israel into the wilderness of Paran, towards Kadesh, —and brought back word—unto them and unto all the assembly, and showed them the fruit 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 recounted unto him, and said, We entered into the land whither thou didst send us, and surely it doth flow with milk and honey, and, this, is the fruit thereof.
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.
Nevertheless surely mighty, are the people that dwell in the land, —and, the cities, walled in, exceeding great, moreover also, the descendants of the Anak, saw we there.
29 Amalekfo te anafo na Hetifo, Yebusifo ne Amorifo nso tete mmepɔw so. Na Kanaanfo nso tete Ntam Po no ne Yordan subon ho.”
Amalek, dwelleth in the land of the South; And, the Hittite, and the Jebusite and the Amorite, dwell in the mountain And the Canaanite, dwelleth by the sea, and by the side 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.”
And Caleb stilled the people unto Moses, —and said unto them—Let us go straight up, and possess it, for we shall, surely prevail, against it.
31 Nanso mmarima a wɔne no kɔe no kae se, “Yɛrentumi nkɔtoa saa nnipa yi; wɔn ho yɛ den sen yɛn.”
But the men who went up with him said, We cannot go up against the people, —for stronger, are they 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.
So they sent forth a rumour of the land which they had spied out, among the sons of Israel, saying, —As touching the land through which we passed to spy it out, it is, land that eateth up them who dwell therein, And all the people that we saw in the midst thereof, were men of great 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.”
And, there, saw we the giants, sons of Anak [descended] of the giants, —And we were in our own eyes, as grass-hoppers, And, so, were we in their eyes.
