5 Mose 1

1 Yei ne nsɛm a Mose ka kyerɛɛ Israelfoɔ nyinaa wɔ ɛserɛ no so wɔ Yordan apueeɛ. Wɔbɔɔ atenaeɛ wɔ Yordan bɔnhwa a ɛbɛn Suf, wɔ Paran, Tofel, Laban, Haserot ne Di-Sahab ntam no.

These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel in the wilderness east of the Jordan—in the Arabah opposite Suph—between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab.

2 Ɛfiri Horeb de kɔ Kades-Barnea no, ɛkwan a ɛfa bepɔ Seir no yɛ nnafua dubaako kwan.

It is an eleven-day journey from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea by way of Mount Seir.

3 Israelfoɔ firii Bepɔ Sinai no, afe a ɛtɔ so aduanan no bosome dubaako no ɛda a ɛdi ɛkan no, Mose kaa nsɛm a Awurade hyɛɛ no sɛ ɔnka nkyerɛ Israelfoɔ no pɛpɛɛpɛ kyerɛɛ wɔn.

In the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses proclaimed to the Israelites all that the LORD had commanded him concerning them.

4 Ɔkaa saa asɛm yi wɔ ɛberɛ a na wɔadi Amorifoɔ ɔhene Sihon a na ɔdi adeɛ wɔ Hesbon ne Basanhene Og a na ɔdi adeɛ wɔ Astarot ne Edrei so nkonim.

This was after he had defeated Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and then at Edrei had defeated Og king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth.

5 Yordan agya a ɛwɔ Moab asase so na Mose firii aseɛ kyerɛkyerɛɛ mmara no mu sɛ:

On the east side of the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to explain this law, saying:

6 Awurade ka kyerɛɛ yɛn wɔ Horeb sɛ: “Moatena saa bepɔ yi so akyɛre dodo.

The LORD our God said to us at Horeb: “You have stayed at this mountain long enough.

7 Montutu nkɔtena Amorifoɔ nkokoɔ so; monkɔtena nnipa a wɔbemmɛn Araba mmepɔ no mu ne atɔeɛ mmepɔ ayaase nyinaa mu; monkɔ Negeb na momfa mpoano nkɔsi Kanaanfoɔ asase so ne Lebanon nkɔduru Asubɔnten Eufrate ho.

Resume your journey and go to the hill country of the Amorites; go to all the neighboring peoples in the Arabah, in the hill country, in the foothills, in the Negev, and along the seacoast to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as the great River Euphrates.

8 Montie! Mede saa asase yi ama mo. Monkɔ na monkɔfa asase a Awurade hyɛɛ bɔ sɛ ɔde bɛma mo agyanom Abraham, Isak ne Yakob ne wɔn asefoɔ no.”

See, I have placed the land before you. Enter and possess the land that the LORD swore He would give to your fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their descendants after them.”

9 Saa ɛberɛ no, meka kyerɛɛ nnipa no sɛ, “Me nko ara merentumi nyɛ mo ho adwuma.

At that time I said to you, “I cannot carry the burden for you alone.

10 Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, ama moadɔre enti ɛnnɛ yi, mo ase afɛe te sɛ ɔsoro nsoromma.

The LORD your God has multiplied you, so that today you are as numerous as the stars in the sky.

11 Awurade mo agyanom Onyankopɔn mma mo nnɔre mmɔho mpempem na ɔnhyira mo sɛdeɛ wahyɛ mo bɔ no.

May the LORD, the God of your fathers, increase you a thousand times over and bless you as He has promised.

12 Na ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na me nko mɛtumi masoa mo haw ne mo nnesoa ne mo aperedie?

But how can I bear your troubles, burdens, and disputes all by myself?

13 Monyi mmarima bi a wɔwɔ nyansa, nteaseɛ, na wɔwɔ edin pa mfiri abusuakuo biara mu na memfa wɔn ntuatua mo ano.”

Choose for yourselves wise, understanding, and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will appoint them as your leaders.”

14 Mobuaa me sɛ, “Dwuma a woasusu sɛ wobɛdi no yɛ.”

And you answered me and said, “What you propose to do is good.”

15 Enti, mede mo mmusuakuo mu mmarima atitire, anyansafoɔ a wɔn anim wɔ nyam no tuatuaa mo ano apem apem, ɔha ɔha, aduonum aduonum ne edu edu so mpanin ne mo mmusuakuo so sɛ ahwɛfoɔ.

So I took the leaders of your tribes, wise and respected men, and appointed them as leaders over you—as commanders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens, and as officers for your tribes.

16 Na atemmufoɔ a wɔwɔ hɔ saa ɛberɛ no nso, mehyɛɛ wɔn sɛ, sɛ akasakasa ba anuanom ntam, sɛ asɛm no yɛ Israelni ne ne nua bi anaa Israelni ne ɔhɔhoɔ bi a, monhwɛ na mommu atɛntenenee.

At that time I charged your judges: “Hear the disputes between your brothers, and judge fairly between a man and his brother or a foreign resident.

17 Mo atemmuo mu, mommmu ntɛnkyea. Montie ɔketewa ne ɔkɛseɛ pɛ. Monnsuro onipa biara, ɛfiri sɛ, Onyankopɔn na ɔbu atɛn. Asɛm a ɛyɛ den ma mo no, momfa mmrɛ me na menni.

Show no partiality in judging; hear both small and great alike. Do not be intimidated by anyone, for judgment belongs to God. And bring to me any case too difficult for you, and I will hear it.”

18 Na saa ɛberɛ no, mekaa biribiara a ɛsɛ sɛ moyɛ kyerɛɛ mo.

And at that time I commanded you all the things you were to do.

19 Na sɛdeɛ Awurade hyɛɛ yɛn no, yɛfirii Horeb de yɛn ani kyerɛɛ Amorifoɔ bepɔ a yɛnam ɛserɛ pradada a moahunu no so kɔduruu Kades-Barnea.

And just as the LORD our God had commanded us, we set out from Horeb and went toward the hill country of the Amorites, through all the vast and terrifying wilderness you have seen. When we reached Kadesh-barnea,

20 Afei, meka kyerɛɛ mo sɛ, “Moaduru Amorifoɔ bepɔman a Awurade de rema yɛn no so.

I said: “You have reached the hill country of the Amorites, which the LORD our God is giving us.

21 Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, de asase no ama mo. Momforo nkɔfa sɛdeɛ Awurade, mo agyanom Onyankopɔn, ka kyerɛɛ mo no. Monnsuro: mommma obi ntu mo aba mu.”

See, the LORD your God has placed the land before you. Go up and take possession of it as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has told you. Do not be afraid or discouraged.”

22 Ɛnna mo nyinaa baa me nkyɛn bɛkaa sɛ, “Momma yɛnsoma mmarima nni yɛn anim na wɔnkɔsra asase no mma yɛn na wɔmmɛka deɛ wɔbɛhunu nkyerɛ yɛn na ɛno na ɛbɛkyerɛ yɛn ɛkwan ne nkuro ko a yɛbɛfa so.”

Then all of you approached me and said, “Let us send men ahead of us to search out the land and bring us word of what route to follow and which cities to enter.”

23 Na saa nsusuiɛ yi yɛ ma me enti meyii akwansrafoɔ dumienu a ɔbaako biara firi mo mmusuakuo dumienu no mu.

The plan seemed good to me, so I selected twelve men from among you, one from each tribe.

24 Wɔforoo bepɔ no na wɔkɔduruu Eskol subɔnhwa mu sraa hɔ.

They left and went up into the hill country, and came to the Valley of Eshcol and spied out the land.

25 Na wɔfaa asase no so aba bi de brɛɛ yɛn. Na wɔkaa sɛ, asase a Awurade yɛn Onyankopɔn de ama yɛn no yɛ asase pa.

They took some of the fruit of the land in their hands, carried it down to us, and brought us word: “It is a good land that the LORD our God is giving us.”

26 Nanso, na mompɛ sɛ moforo kɔ soro. Motee Awurade asɛm so atua.

But you were unwilling to go up; you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God.

27 Monwiinwii wɔ mo ntomadan mu kaa sɛ, “Awurade tan yɛn enti na ɔde yɛn firi Misraim de yɛn abɛhyɛ Amorifoɔ nsam sɛ wɔnkunkum yɛn.

You grumbled in your tents and said, “Because the LORD hates us, He has brought us out of the land of Egypt to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to be annihilated.

28 Yɛrekɔ no sɛn? Yɛn akwansrafoɔ no amanneɛbɔ no abu yɛn aba mu. ‘Wɔka sɛ asase no so nnipa yɛ atentene ahoɔdenfoɔ sene yɛn. Wɔn nkuro yɛ akɛseɛ a afasuo a wɔatoto afa ho no kɔ ɔsorosoro. Na mpo, yɛhunuu Anakfoɔ mma no bi wɔ hɔ!’”

Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying: ‘The people are larger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the heavens. We even saw the descendants of the Anakim there.’”

29 Na meka kyerɛɛ mo sɛ, “Monnsuro!

So I said to you: “Do not be terrified or afraid of them!

30 Awurade di mo anim. Ɔbɛko ama mo sɛdeɛ mohunuu no sɛ ɔyɛɛ wɔ Misraim no.

The LORD your God, who goes before you, will fight for you, just as you saw Him do for you in Egypt

31 Na mohunuu nso sɛdeɛ Awurade kɔɔ so hwɛɛ mo ntoatoasoɔ wɔ ɛserɛ so ha sɛdeɛ agya hwɛ ne ba no. Afei, ɔde mo abɛduru beaeɛ ha.”

and in the wilderness, where the LORD your God carried you, as a man carries his son, all the way by which you traveled until you reached this place.”

32 Nanso, deɛ ɔyɛ maa mo no nyinaa akyi no, moannye Awurade anni.

But in spite of all this, you did not trust the LORD your God,

33 Ɔdii mo anim pɛɛ beaeɛ pa maa mo tenaeɛ, de ogyadum kyerɛɛ mo ɛkwan anadwo de omununkum dum kyerɛɛ mo ɛkwan awia.

who went before you on the journey, in the fire by night and in the cloud by day, to seek out a place for you to camp and to show you the road to travel.

34 Awurade tee sɛ morenwiinwii no, ne bo fuu yie na ɔkaa ntam sɛ,

When the LORD heard your words, He grew angry and swore an oath, saying,

35 “Saa awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ bɔne yi mu, onipa baako koraa nni hɔ a ɔbɛhunu asase pa a maka ho ntam sɛ mede bɛma mo agyanom

“Not one of the men of this evil generation shall see the good land I swore to give your fathers,

36 agye Yefune babarima Kaleb. Ɔno na ɔbɛhunu saa asase yi. Mede asase a ne nan sii so no bɛma ɔne nʼasefoɔ, ɛfiri sɛ, wadi Awurade akyi nokorɛm.”

except Caleb son of Jephunneh. He will see it, and I will give him and his descendants the land on which he has set foot, because he followed the LORD wholeheartedly.”

37 Me nso, ɛsiane mo enti, Awurade bo fuu me. Ɔka kyerɛɛ me sɛ, “Wo nan rensi Bɔhyɛ Asase no so da!

The LORD was also angry with me on your account, and He said, “Not even you shall enter the land.

38 Na mmom, wo ɔboafoɔ Nun babarima Yosua na ɔbɛdi ɔmanfoɔ no anim akɔ asase no so. Na sɛ ɔreboa ne ho akɔ hɔ a, hyɛ no nkuran.

Joshua son of Nun, who stands before you, will enter it. Encourage him, for he will enable Israel to inherit the land.

39 Mede asase no bɛma wo mma a wɔnnim biribiara. Wo mma a wɔnnim papa nnim bɔne no. Na mosuro sɛ wɔbɛfa wɔn nnommum, nanso wɔn na mede asase no bɛma wɔn. Wɔn na wɔbɛtena asase no so.

And the little ones you said would become captives—your children who on that day did not know good from evil—will enter the land that I will give them, and they will possess it.

40 Na mo deɛ, monnane mo ani nkɔ ɛserɛ so a ɛrekɔ Ɛpo Kɔkɔɔ no so hɔ.”

But you are to turn back and head for the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea.”

41 Ɛnna mogye too mu sɛ “Yɛayɛ bɔne atia Awurade. Yɛbɛkɔ asase no so akɔko sɛdeɛ Awurade aka akyerɛ yɛn no.” Enti, wɔfaa wɔn akodeɛ miaeɛ. Na wɔgye di sɛ ɛhɔ sodie bɛyɛ mmerɛ ama wɔn.

“We have sinned against the LORD,” you replied. “We will go up and fight, as the LORD our God has commanded us.” Then each of you put on his weapons of war, thinking it easy to go up into the hill country.

42 Nanso, Awurade ka kyerɛɛ me sɛ, “Ka kyerɛ wɔn sɛ, ‘Mma wɔnnkɔko, ɛfiri sɛ, wɔkɔ a merenni wɔn akyi. Wɔn atamfoɔ no bɛdi wɔn so.’”

But the LORD said to me, “Tell them not to go up and fight, for I am not with you to keep you from defeat by your enemies.”

43 Asɛm a meka kyerɛɛ mo ni, nanso moantie. Na mmom, mosɔre tiaa Awurade ahyɛdeɛ no bio nam ahomasoɔ so kɔɔ asase no so kɔkoeɛ.

So I spoke to you, but you would not listen. You rebelled against the command of the LORD and presumptuously went up into the hill country.

44 Amorifoɔ a wɔte bepɔ no so nso sɔre baa sɛ nwowa ne mo koeɛ. Wɔtaa mo kunkumm mo firii Seir kɔduruu Horma.

Then the Amorites who lived in the hills came out against you and chased you like a swarm of bees. They routed you from Seir all the way to Hormah.

45 Afei, mosane baa mo akyi bɛsuu wɔ Awurade anim, nanso wantie.

And you returned and wept before the LORD, but He would not listen to your voice or give ear to you.

46 Enti, motenaa Kades nna bebree.

For this reason you stayed in Kadesh for a long time—a very long time.