2 Mose 10
1 Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose sɛ, “Sane kɔ Farao nkyɛn na kɔbisa no deɛ mahyɛ sɛ ɔnyɛ mma wo no. Nanso, mapirim ɔne ne mpanimfoɔ nyinaa akoma sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a, mɛtumi ayɛ anwanwadeɛ bebree akyerɛ wɔn ama wɔahunu me tumi.
Adonai said to Moses [Drawn out], “Go in to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I may show these my signs among them,
2 Na ɛnam so ma woatumi aka anwanwadeɛ a mayɛ wɔ Misraim asase so no akyerɛ wo mma ne wo mmanananom. Ka sɛdeɛ memaa Misraimfoɔ no yɛɛ wɔn adeɛ sɛ nkwaseafoɔ wɔ mʼanim no ne sɛdeɛ mema wɔhunuu sɛ mene Awurade no kyerɛ wɔn.”
and that you may tell in the hearing of your son, and of your son’s son, what things I have done to Egypt [Abode of slavery], and my signs which I have done among them; that you may know that I am Adonai.”
3 Enti, Mose ne Aaron kɔhunuu Farao ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Awurade a ɔyɛ Hebrifoɔ Onyankopɔn se memmisa wo sɛ, ‘Nna dodoɔ sɛn na wopɛ sɛ wode bu me animtia? Ma me nkurɔfoɔ nkɔ na wɔnkɔsom me.
Moses [Drawn out] and Aaron [Light-bringer] went in to Pharaoh, and said to him, “This is what Adonai, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may abad ·serve· me.
4 Na sɛ woamma wɔn ankɔ a, ɔkyena nko ara mɛma ntutummɛ aba wʼasase yi so.
Or else, if you refuse to let my people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your country,
5 Wɔbɛkata asase no ani nyinaa. Na wɔbɛsɛe biribiara a ɛkaeɛ a asukɔtweaa a ɛtɔeɛ no ansɛe no no nyinaa a wiram nnua nyinaa ka ho.
and they shall cover the surface of the earth, so that one won’t be able to see the earth. They shall eat the residue of that which has escaped, which remains to you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which grows for you out of the field.
6 Mmoa no bɛhyɛ wʼahemfie hɔ, wo mpanimfoɔ afie mu ne Misraimfoɔ afie nyinaa ma tɔ. Ɛbɛyɛ ɔhaw a, ɛfiri ɛberɛ a mo agyanom bɛtenaa asase yi so de bɛsi ɛnnɛ no, ebi nsii saa da.’” Na Mose firii Farao anim kɔeɛ.
Your houses shall be filled, and the houses of all your servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians [people from Abode of slavery]; as neither your fathers nor your fathers’ fathers have seen, since the day that they were on the earth to this day.’” He turned, and went out from Pharaoh.
7 Afei, mpanimfoɔ a wɔwɔ Farao asɛnniiɛ no bɛbisaa no sɛ, “Nkɔsi da bɛn na wobɛma saa ɔbarima yi afa yɛn nnommum? Wonhunuu sɛ Misraim nyinaa adane amamfo? Ma nnipa no ɛkwan na wɔnkɔ nkɔsom Awurade wɔn Onyankopɔn!”
Pharaoh’s servants said to him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may abad ·serve· Adonai, their God. Don’t you yet know that Egypt [Abode of slavery] is destroyed?”
8 Enti, wɔsane de Mose ne Aaron baa Farao anim bio bɛbisaa Farao ɛkwan. Farao kaa sɛ, “Ɛyɛ, monkɔsom Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn no. Na ɛhefoɔ na mo ne wɔn bɛkɔ?”
Moses [Drawn out] and Aaron [Light-bringer] were brought again to Pharaoh, and he said to them, “Go, abad ·serve· Adonai your God; but who are those who will go?”
9 Mose buaa Farao sɛ, “Yɛde mmɔfra ne mpanin, yɛn mmammarima, yɛn mmammaa, yɛn nnwan ne yɛn anantwie na ɛbɛkɔ. Yɛde yɛn agyapadeɛ nyinaa na ɛbɛtu saa ɛkwan no, ɛfiri sɛ, ɛsɛ sɛ yɛn nyinaa kɔ Awurade afahyɛ no.”
Moses [Drawn out] said, “We will go with our young and with our old; with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we must hold a feast to Adonai.”
10 Farao de abufuo buaa sɛ, “Sɛ mɛma mode mmɔfra nketewa yi kɔ a, ɛnneɛ Awurade ankasa nka mo ho. Mahunu sɛ mowɔ adwemmɔne.
He said to them, “Adonai be with you if I will let you go with your little ones! See, evil is clearly before your faces.
11 Ɛnsɛ sɛ ɛba saa. Mo mmarima no, monkɔsom Awurade, ɛfiri sɛ, ɛno na mobisaa me.” Farao pamoo wɔn firii nʼahemfie hɔ.
Not so! Go now you who are men, and abad ·serve· Adonai; for that is what you desire!” They were divorced from Pharaoh’s presence.
12 Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose sɛ, “Tene wo nsa wɔ Misraim so na ntutummɛ mmɛkata asase no nyinaa so, na wɔnni biribiara a asukɔtweaa no ansɛe no no.”
Adonai said to Moses [Drawn out], “Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt [Abode of slavery] for the locusts, that they may come up on the land of Egypt [Abode of slavery], and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail has left.”
13 Enti Mose maa ne poma so kyerɛɛ Misraim asase so maa Awurade bɔɔ mframa bi firii apueeɛ fam awia ne anadwo. Adeɛ kyeeɛ no, na apueeɛ mframa no de ntutummɛ no abɛgu asase no so nyinaa.
Moses [Drawn out] stretched out his rod over the land of Egypt [Abode of slavery], and Adonai brought an east wind on the land all that day, and all night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.
14 Ntutummɛ no kataa Misraim asase no so mmaa nyinaa. Misraim abakɔsɛm kyerɛ sɛ, ntutummɛ mmaa ɔman no mu saa da na ebi nso remma saa bio.
The locusts went up over all the land of Egypt [Abode of slavery], and rested in all the borders of Egypt [Abode of slavery]. They were very grievous. Before them there were no such locusts as they, nor will there ever be again.
15 Mmoa no kataa asase ani nyinaa ma wɔsii owia ani enti wɔmaa esum duruu asase no so. Wɔwee biribiara a asukɔtweaa no ansɛe no no; biribiara a ɛyɛ ahahammono anka; sɛ ɛyɛ dua anaa afifideɛ a ɛwɔ ɔman no mu baabiara no.
For they covered the surface of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened, and they ate every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left. There remained nothing green, either tree or herb of the field, through all the land of Egypt [Abode of slavery].
16 Ntɛm pa ara Farao tuu abɔfoɔ kɔfrɛɛ Mose ne Aaron ka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Mayɛ bɔne atia Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn no, ne mo nyinaa.
Then Pharaoh called for Moses [Drawn out] and Aaron [Light-bringer] in haste, and he said, “I have sinned against Adonai your God, and against you.
17 Me nkotosrɛ a ɛdi akyire nie; momfa saa bɔne no nkyɛ me na monsrɛ Awurade mo Onyankopɔn sɛ ɔnyi owuo yi mfiri yɛn so.”
Now therefore please forgive my sin again, and pray to Adonai your God, that he may also take away from me this death.”
18 Enti, Mose firii Farao anim kɔsrɛɛ Awurade.
He went out from Pharaoh, and prayed to Adonai.
19 Awurade bɔɔ atɔeɛ fam mframa denden bi ma ɛpiaa ntutummɛ no nyinaa kɔguu Ɛpo Kɔkɔɔ no mu, a anka ɔbaako pɛ koraa wɔ Misraim asase no so.
Adonai turned an exceeding strong west wind, which took up the locusts, and drove them into the Sea of Suf [Reed Sea]. There remained not one locust in all the borders of Egypt [Abode of slavery].
20 Nanso, Awurade pirim Farao akoma enti wamma Israelfoɔ no ankɔ.
But Adonai hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he didn’t let the children of Israel [God prevails] go.
21 Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose sɛ, “Tene wo nsa kyerɛ ɔsoro ma esum kabii mmɛduru Misraim asase so.”
Adonai said to Moses [Drawn out], “Stretch out your hand toward the sky, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt [Abode of slavery], even darkness which may be felt.”
22 Enti, Mose tenee ne nsa hwɛɛ soro maa esum kabii bɛduruu Misraim asase no so nnansa.
Moses [Drawn out] stretched out his hand toward the sky, and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt [Abode of slavery] for three days.
23 Esum no duruu saa no, na obiara ntumi ntu ne nan, nanso Israelfoɔ no deɛ, na deɛ wɔte hɔ yɛ hann.
They didn’t see one another, and nobody rose from his place for three days; but all the children of Israel [God prevails] had light in their dwellings.
24 Farao frɛɛ Mose ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Kɔ na kɔsom Awurade. Wobɛtumi de wo mma aka wo ho akɔ; nanso wo nnwan ne wʼanantwie no deɛ, ma wɔnka ha.”
Pharaoh called to Moses [Drawn out], and said, “Go, abad ·serve· Adonai. Only let your flocks and your herds stay behind. Let your little ones also go with you.”
25 Nanso, Mose buaa sɛ, “Dabi, ɛsɛ sɛ yɛde yɛn nnwan ne yɛn anantwie kɔ na yɛde wɔn mu bi bɔ ɔhyeɛ afɔdeɛ ma Awurade yɛn Onyankopɔn.
Moses [Drawn out] said, “You must also give into our hand sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice to Yahweh Eloheikhem [Yahweh our God].
26 Aboa tɔte koraa yɛrennya wɔ ha; ɛsɛ sɛ yɛbɔ Awurade, yɛn Onyankopɔn no afɔdeɛ. Yɛnnim deɛ ɔbɛpɛ gye sɛ yɛduru hɔ.”
Our livestock also shall go with us. Not a hoof shall be left behind, for of it we must take to serve Yahweh Eloheikhem [Yahweh our God]; and we don’t know with what we must serve Adonai, until we come there.”
27 Nanso, Awurade pirim Farao akoma enti wamma wɔn ankɔ.
But Adonai hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he wouldn’t let them go.
28 Farao teateaa Mose sɛ, “Firi ha kɔ ntɛm. Mma menhunu wo ha bio. Ɛda a wobɛba ha bio no, wobɛwu.”
Pharaoh said to him, “Get away from me! Be careful to see my face no more; for in the day you see my face you shall die!”
29 Mose buaa sɛ, “Ɛyɛ, merenhunu wo bio.”
Moses [Drawn out] said, “You have spoken well. I will see your face again no more.”
