2 Mose 12
1 Ɛberɛ a na Mose ne Aaron da so wɔ Misraim asase so no, Awurade ka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ,
And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
2 “Ɛfiri ɛnnɛ rekorɔ, bosome yi bɛyɛ bosome a ɛdi ɛkan wɔ Yudafoɔ asranna so.
This month [shall be] to you the beginning of months: it is the first to you amongst the months of the year.
3 Ka kyerɛ Israelfoɔ nyinaa sɛ, saa bosome yi ɛda a ɛtɔ so edu no, ɛsɛ sɛ ɔbarima biara pɛ odwammaa baako de ma nʼabusua. Ɛsɛ sɛ efie biara nya odwammaa no baako.
Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, On the tenth of this month let them take each man a lamb according to the houses of their families, every man a lamb for his household.
4 Sɛ abusua bi mu nnipa sua a wɔrentumi nwe odwammaa no a, wɔtumi ne abusua bi a ɛbɛn wɔn wɔ mpasua no so a wɔn nso sua kyɛ odwammaa no. Aboa no kyɛ wɔ saa ɛkwan no so no gyina abusua no kɛseɛ ne ɛnam dodoɔ a wɔbɛtumi awe so.
And if they be few in a household, so that there are not enough for the lamb, he shall take with himself his neighbour that lives near to him, —as to the number of souls, every one according to that which suffices him shall make a reckoning for the lamb.
5 Ɛsɛ sɛ aboa no yɛ deɛ wadi afe. Ɛsɛ sɛ ɔyɛ odwan anaa abirekyie a ɔnnii dɛm.
It shall be to you a lamb unblemished, a male of a year old: you shall take it of the lambs and the kids.
6 Monhwɛ saa mmoa a moayiyi wɔn yi yie nkɔsi ɔbosome a ɛdii ɛkan no ɛda a ɛtɔ so dunan no anwummerɛ. Afei Israel asafo nyinaa nkunkum wɔn nnwammaa no dasuo mu.
And it shall be kept by you till the fourteenth of this month, and all the multitude of the congregation of the children of Israel shall kill it towards evening.
7 Wɔmfa wɔn mogya nsra efie biara aponnwa ho. Odwammaa a wɔbɛwe no wɔ fie hɔ no mogya na wɔmfa nyɛ saa ahyɛdeɛ yi.
And they shall take of the blood, and shall put it on the two door-posts, and on the lintel, in the houses in which soever they shall eat them.
8 Anadwo, obiara bɛwe aboa no a wɔatoto no nam no bi. Wɔmfa burodo a ɛnkaeɛ ne awɔnwono nni.
And they shall eat the flesh in this night roast with fire, and they shall eat unleavened [bread] with bitter herbs.
9 Wɔnnnoa ɛnam no na wɔnnwe no mono nso, na mmom, wɔntoto aboa mu no nyinaa, a ne ti ne nan ne nʼayamdeɛ nyinaa ka ho.
You shall not eat of it raw nor sodden in water, but only roast with fire, the head with the feet and the appurtenances.
10 Sɛ moantumi anwe ne nyinaa anadwo no a, deɛ ɛbɛka no, sɛ adeɛ kye so a, monnwe na mmom monhye no.
Nothing shall be left of it till the morning, and a bone of it you shall not break; but that which is left of it till the morning you shall burn with fire.
11 Sɛdeɛ monwe ɛnam no nie: monwe wɔ ɛberɛ a mo ntadeɛ a mode tu ɛkwan hyehyɛ mo. Monsiesie mo ho mma ɛkwan tenten twa. Monhyɛ mo asopatere na momfa mo mpoma nkurakura. Monwe no ɔherɛ so. Saa adeyɛ yi, wɔbɛfrɛ no Awurade Twam Afahyɛ.
And thus shall you eat it: your loins girded, and your sandals on your feet, and your staves in your hands, and you shall eat it in haste. It is a passover to the Lord.
12 “Na mɛtwam afa Misraim asase so anadwo yi na mmammarima a wɔyɛ mmakan ne mmoa mmakan a wɔwɔ Misraim asase so nyinaa, mɛkum wɔn, na mabu anyame a wɔwɔ Misraim nyinaa atɛn, ɛfiri sɛ, mene Awurade!
and I will go throughout the land of Egypt in that night, and will strike every firstborn in the land of Egypt both man and beast, and on all the gods of Egypt will I execute vengeance: I [am] the Lord.
13 Mogya a mode bɛyɛ aponnwa no ho no bɛyɛ agyinahyɛdeɛ enti, sɛ mehunu mogya no a, mɛtwam akɔ, na sɛ merekum Misraim mmakan a, merenkum mo deɛ bi.
And the blood shall be for a sign to you on the houses in which you are, and I will see the blood, and will protect you, and there shall not be on you the plague of destruction, when I strike in the land of Egypt.
14 “Yei yɛ ɛda a ɛsɛ sɛ mokaeɛ. Afe biara, ɛfiri awontoatoasoɔ kɔsi awontoatoasoɔ ɛsɛ sɛ mohyɛ ɛfa no sɛ afahyɛ sononko ma Awurade. Yei yɛ mmara a ɛbɛtena hɔ ɛda biara.
And this day shall be to you a memorial, and you shall keep it a feast to the Lord through all your generations; you shall keep it a feast for a perpetual ordinance.
15 Nnanson no mu, monni burodo a wɔmfaa mmɔreka mfraeɛ nko ara. Afahyɛ no ɛda a ɛdi ɛkan no, monyiyi mmɔreka biara mfiri mo afie mu. Obiara a saa ɛberɛ yi mu ɔbɛbu saa afahyɛ yi mmara yi so no, wɔbɛtwa no asuo afiri Israelman mu.
Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and from the first day you shall utterly remove leaven from your houses: whoever shall eat leaven, that soul shall be utterly destroyed from Israel, from the first day until the seventh day.
16 Afahyɛ no ɛda a ɛdi ɛkan ne ne nnanson soɔ no, nnipa no nyinaa bɛdi ɛda no sɛ ɛda a wɔayi asi hɔ ama nhyiamu kronkron. Na nna no mu, aduanenoa akyiri no, obiara nnyɛ adwuma foforɔ biara.
And the first day shall be called holy, and the seventh day shall be a holy convocation to you: you shall do no servile work on them, only as many things as will [necessarily] be done by every soul, this only shall be done by you.
17 “Sɛ modi Apiti Afahyɛ yi a, ɛbɛma mo akae daa sɛ, saa ɛda no na meyii mo firii Misraim asase so. Enti, ɛsɛ sɛ afe biara, modi saa dapɔnna yi firi awo ntoatoasoɔ so kɔsi awo ntoatoasoɔ so.
And you shall keep this commandment, for on this day will I bring out your force out of the land of Egypt; and you shall make this day a perpetual ordinance for you throughout your generations.
18 Ɔbosome a ɛdi ɛkan no ɛda a ɛtɔ so dunan no anwummerɛ kɔsi nʼadaduonu ɛda baako so no, burodo a mmɔreka mfra mu nko ara na monni.
Beginning the fourteenth day of the first month, you shall eat unleavened bread from evening, till the twenty-first day of the month, till evening.
19 Saa nnanson no mu, ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔhunu mmɔreka kakra bi koraa wɔ mo afie mu. Enti, obiara a ɔbɛdi aduane a mmɔreka wɔ mu no, wɔbɛyi no afiri Israel asafo kuo no mu. Saa mmara yi ka amamfrafoɔ a wɔne mo te ne wɔn a wɔwoo wɔn wɔ asase yi so nyinaa.
Seven days leaven shall not be found in your houses; whoever shall eat anything leavened, that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, both amongst the occupiers of the land and the original inhabitants.
20 Mesane meti mu bio sɛ, saa nna no mu monnni biribiara a wɔde mmɔreka afra mu; monni burodo a mmɔreka mfra mu.”
You shall eat nothing leavened, but in every habitation of your you shall eat unleavened bread.
21 Afei, Mose frɛɛ Israel mpanimfoɔ nyinaa ka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Monkɔkyekyere odwammaa anaa abirekyie ba mma abusua biara, na monkum no sɛ Twam Afahyɛ aboa.
And Moses called all the elders of the children of Israel, and said to them, Go away and take to yourselves a lamb according to your kindred, and kill the passover.
22 Montwa odwan no mogya ngu kyɛnsee bi mu. Momfa hisope mmɔ mogya no mu na momfa mpete aponnwatifi ne aponnwa mmienu a aka no ho sɛdeɛ mogya no bɛda ho. Mowie a, mo mu biara mmfiri nkɔ abɔntene saa anadwo no.
And you shall take a bunch of hyssop, and having dipped it into some of the blood that is by the door, you shall touch the lintel, and [shall put it] upon both door-posts, even of the blood which is by the door; but you shall not go out every one from the door of his house till the morning.
23 Awurade bɛtwam afa asase yi so akunkum Misraimfoɔ. Na sɛ ɔhunu sɛ mogya wɔ aponnwatifi no ne aponnwa mmienu no ho a, ɔbɛtwa saa efie no ho akɔ a ɔremma ɔsɛefoɔ no nwura hɔ nkunkum mo mmakan.
And the Lord shall pass by to strike the Egyptians, and shall see the blood upon the lintel, and upon both the door-posts; and the Lord shall pass by the door, and shall not suffer the destroyer to enter into your houses to strike [you].
24 “Na monkae sɛ yei yɛ mmara a ɛwɔ hɔ daa ma mo ne mo asefoɔ.
And keep you this thing as an ordinance for yourself and for your children for ever.
25 Na sɛ moba asase a Awurade de bɛma mo sɛdeɛ ɔhyɛɛ mo ho bɔ no so a, mobɛkɔ so adi afahyɛ no.
And if you should enter into the land, which the Lord shall give you, as he has spoken, keep this service.
26 Na sɛ mo mma bisa mo sɛ, ‘Yeinom nyinaa ase ne sɛn; saa afahyɛ yi fa ɛdeɛn ho a,
And it shall come to pass, if your sons say to you, What is this service?
27 mobɛbua wɔn sɛ, ɛyɛ Twam Afahyɛ afɔdeɛ ma Awurade. Ɔtwaa Israelfoɔ afie ho wɔ Misraim. Ɛwom sɛ ɔkunkumm Misraimfoɔ deɛ, nanso ɔgyaa yɛn mmusua.’” Ɛberɛ a Mose kasa wieeɛ no, nnipa no nyinaa koto sɔreeɛ.
that you shall say to them, This passover is a sacrifice to the Lord, as he defended the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he struck the Egyptians, but delivered our houses.
28 Na Israelfoɔ no dii Mose ne Aaron ahyɛdeɛ no so.
And the people bowed and worshipped. And the children of Israel departed and did as the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.
29 Ɛda no ara anadwo dasuo mu Awurade kunkumm mmarimaa a wɔyɛ abakan a wɔwɔ Misraim asase so nyinaa, ɛfiri Farao babarima panin so kɔsi odeduani babarima panin ne anantwie nso mmakan nyinaa.
And it came to pass at midnight that the Lord struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharao that sat on the throne, to the firstborn of the captive-maid in the dungeon, and the firstborn of all cattle.
30 Afei, Farao ne ne mpanimfoɔ ne nnipa a wɔwɔ Misraim nyinaa sɔree anadwo no. Misraiman no nyinaa twaa agyaadwoɔ, ɛfiri sɛ, efie biara nni hɔ a onipa anwu wɔ mu.
And Pharao rose up by night, and his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in all the land of Egypt, for there was not a house in which there was not one dead.
31 Enti, Farao frɛɛ Mose ne Aaron anadwo no ka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Mesrɛ mo, mo nyinaa montu mfiri ha. Monkɔsom Awurade sɛdeɛ mokaeɛ no.
And Pharao called Moses and Aaron by night, and said to them, Rise and depart from my people, both you and the children of Israel. Go and serve the Lord your God, even as you say.
32 Momfa mo nnwan ne mo anantwie na monkɔ. Nanso monhyira me ansa na moakɔ.”
And take with you your sheep, and your oxen: bless me also, I pray you.
33 Misraimfoɔ no nyinaa ani beree Israelfoɔ no so pampam wɔn sɛ wɔmfiri asase no so ntɛm, ɛfiri sɛ, wɔkaa sɛ, “Yɛbɛwuwu.”
And the Egyptians constrained the people, so that they cast them out of the land with haste, for they said, We all shall die.
34 Israelfoɔ no faa wɔn mmɔre a wɔafɔtɔ a mmɔreka mfra mu, na wɔde wɔn ntadeɛ kyekyeree wɔn mmɔrefɔtɔ nnaka de sisii wɔn mmati so.
And the people took their dough before their meal was leavened, bound up [as it was] in their garments, on their shoulders.
35 Na Israelfoɔ no asrɛsrɛ dwetɛ ne sikakɔkɔɔ adwinneɛ ne ntadeɛ afiri Misraimfoɔ no nkyɛn sɛdeɛ Mose kaa sɛ wɔnyɛ no.
And the children of Israel did as Moses commanded them, and they asked of the Egyptians articles of silver and gold and apparel.
36 Awurade maa Misraimfoɔ no hunuu Israelfoɔ no mmɔbɔ enti wɔmaa wɔn wɔn abisadeɛ nyinaa. Ɛnam saa yɛ so maa Israelfoɔ no twee Misraimfoɔ ahonyadeɛ nyinaa kɔeɛ.
And the Lord gave his people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, and they lent to them; and they spoiled the Egyptians.
37 Anadwo no ara, Israelfoɔ no siim firii Rameses kɔɔ Sukot. Na wɔn dodoɔ yɛ nnipa mpem ahansia a wɔnam fam, a mmaa ne mmɔfra de wɔankan wɔn anka ho.
And the children Israel departed from Ramesses to Socchoth, to [the full number of] six hundred thousand footmen, even men, besides the baggage.
38 Nnipa ahodoɔ pii bi a wɔnyɛ Israelfoɔ kaa wɔn ho kɔeɛ. Wɔde wɔn nnwan ne wɔn anantwie nyinaa kaa wɔn ho.
And a great mixed [company] went up with them, and sheep and oxen and very much cattle.
39 Wɔduruu baabi a wɔpɛ sɛ wɔdidi no, wɔde mmɔre a wɔamfa mmɔreka amfra a wɔde kɔeɛ no bi too burodo diiɛ. Na mmɔreka nni mu, ɛfiri sɛ, Misraimfoɔ no pamoo wɔn. Ɛno enti wɔannya mu ɛkwan anyɛ aduane a wɔbɛdi wɔ ɛkwan so.
And they baked the dough which they brought out of Egypt, unleavened cakes, for it had not been leavened; for the Egyptians cast them out, and they could not remain, neither did they prepare provision for themselves for the journey.
40 Israelfoɔ no tenaa Misraim mfeɛ ahanan ne aduasa.
And the sojourning of the children of Israel, while they sojourned in the land of Egypt and the land of Chanaan, [was] four hundred and thirty years.
41 Na ɛda a wɔdii mfeɛ ahanan ne aduasa no pɛ na Awurade nkurɔfoɔ nyinaa firii asase no so.
And it came to pass after the four hundred and thirty years, all the forces of the Lord came forth out of the land of Egypt by night.
42 Saa anadwo no ne ɛberɛ a Awurade yi too hɔ de gyee ne nkurɔfoɔ firii Misraim asase so. Enti, saa anadwo korɔ no ara na Israelfoɔ no yi de too hɔ sɛ ɛda a Onyankopɔn gyee wɔn no afirinhyia ɛda.
It is a watch kept to the Lord, so that he should bring them out of the land of Egypt; that very night is a watch kept to the Lord, so that it should be to all the children of Israel to their generations.
43 Afei, Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose ne Aaron sɛ, “Twam Afahyɛ no ho mmara ni: “Ahɔhoɔ biara nnwe odwammaa no ɛnam no bi.
And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, This is the law of the passover: no stranger shall eat of it.
44 Nanso, ɔsomfoɔ biara a wɔtee sika tɔɔ no no, sɛ wɔatwa no twetia deɛ a, ɔtumi we bi.
And every slave or servant bought with money—him you shall circumcise, and then shall he eat of it.
45 Ɔpaani anaa ɔhɔhoɔ biara nnwe bi.
A sojourner or hireling shall not eat of it.
46 “Ɛsɛ sɛ wɔwe Twam Afahyɛ aboa biara wɔ efie baako mu. Ɛsɛ sɛ wɔwe ɛnam no wɔ fie. Ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔwe ɛnam no fa biara wɔ abɔntene. Ɛnsɛ sɛ mobɔ dompe mu.
In one house shall it be eaten, and you shall not carry of the flesh out from the house; and a bone of it you shall not break.
47 Ɛsɛ sɛ Israelfoɔ nyinaa di saa nkaeɛda yi berɛ korɔ mu.
All the congregation of the children of Israel shall keep it.
48 “Ahɔhoɔ a mo ne wɔn te no nso, sɛ wɔpɛ sɛ wɔdi Twam Afahyɛ no bi a, ɛsɛ sɛ mmarima a wɔwɔ wɔn mu no nyinaa twa twetia ansa na wɔaba ne mo abɛdi. Na sɛ ɛyɛ saa a, wɔbɛyɛ deɛ wɔwoo wɔn too mu mu.
And if any proselyte shall come to you to keep the passover to the Lord, you shall circumcise every male of him, and then shall he approach to sacrifice it, and he shall be even as the original inhabitant of the land; no uncircumcised person shall eat of it.
49 Saa mmara yi ka Israelfoɔ ne ahɔhoɔ a wɔne mo te no nso.”
There shall be one law to the native, and to the proselyte coming amongst you.
50 Enti, Israelfoɔ no nyinaa dii Awurade mmara no so sɛdeɛ ɔhyɛɛ Mose ne Aaron no.
And the children of Israel did as the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron for them, so they did.
51 Ɛda no ara na Awurade yii Israelfoɔ no firii Misraim asase so.
And it came to pass in that day that the Lord brought out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt with their forces.
