2 Mose 13

1 Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose sɛ,

And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

2 “Te Israelfoɔ mmammarima ne aboa biara abakan ho ma me; wɔn nyinaa yɛ me dea.”

Hallow unto me every firstborn, whatever breaketh open the womb among the children of Israel, of man and of cattle: it is mine.

3 Na Mose ka kyerɛɛ nnipa no sɛ, “Ɛnnɛ yɛ ɛda a ɛsɛ sɛ mokae ɛda biara—ɛda a motu firii Misraim asase a na moyɛ nkoa wɔ so no. Awurade ayɛ anwanwadeɛ akɛseɛ bebree akyerɛ mo. Enti, monkae sɛ, sɛ afe duru na moredi afahyɛ yi a, mommfa mmɔreka mfra mo aduane; na mommfa bi nkɔ mo afie nso mu koraa.

And Moses said to the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for with a powerful hand hath Jehovah brought you out from this; and nothing leavened shall be eaten.

4 Afe biara mu Abib bosome awieeɛ (bɛyɛ Ɔbenem awieeɛ), monkae saa atutena yi.

Ye come out to-day, in the month Abib.

5 Awurade de mo baa Kanaanfoɔ, Hetifoɔ, Amorifoɔ, Hewifoɔ ne Yebusifoɔ nsase a ɛwoɔ ne nufosuo sen so a ɔkaa ho ntam sɛ ɔde bɛma mo no so.

And it shall be when Jehovah hath brought thee into the land of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, which he swore to thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month.

6 Mobɛdi burodo a mmɔreka nni mu nko ara nnanson. Na ɛda a ɛtɔ so nson no, monto ɛpono kɛseɛ mma Awurade.

Seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread; and in the seventh day is a feast to Jehovah.

7 Ɛnsɛ sɛ obiara kora mmɔreka wɔ ne fie anaa mo asase no ahyeɛ so baabiara.

Unleavened bread shall be eaten the seven days; and leavened bread shall not be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy borders.

8 Ɛduru afirinhyia na moredi nna yi a, monkyerɛ mo mma deɛ enti a moredi saa afahyɛ no. Ɛyɛ afahyɛ a mode bɛkae deɛ Awurade yɛ maa mo ɛberɛ a motu firii Misraim asase so no.

And thou shalt inform thy son in that day, saying, It is because of what Jehovah did to me when I came out of Egypt.

9 Saa afe biara mu nnawɔtwe afahyɛ yi, ɛnyɛ nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ te sɛ agyiraeɛhyɛdeɛ a wɔde abɔ mo nsa ho anaa mo moma so sɛ nkae adeɛ. Momma Awurade mmara ntena mo anom, ɛfiri sɛ tumi kɛseɛ na ɔde yii mo firii Misraim.

And it shall be for a sign to thee on thy hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the law of Jehovah may be in thy mouth; for with a powerful hand hath Jehovah brought thee out of Egypt.

10 Afe biara, ɛrekɔ Abib (bɛyɛ Ɔbɛnem) awieeɛ no, monni afahyɛ yi.

And thou shalt keep this ordinance at its set time from year to year.

11 “Sɛ Awurade de mo ba asase a ɔhyɛɛ mo agyanom ho bɔ tete no a Kanaanfoɔ te so seesei no so a, monkae sɛ,

And it shall be when Jehovah hath brought thee into the land of the Canaanites, as he hath sworn to thee and to thy fathers, and hath given it thee,

12 mo mmammarima a wɔyɛ mmakan nyinaa ne nyɛmmoa mmakan a wɔyɛ mmarima no nyinaa yɛ Awurade dea. Enti momfa mma no.

that thou shalt offer unto Jehovah all that breaketh open the womb, and every firstling that cometh of cattle which is thine: the males [shall be] Jehovah's.

13 Motumi de odwan ba anaa abirekyie ba kɔsesa afunumu ba abakan. Na sɛ woyɛ wʼadwene sɛ woremfa afunumu no nni nsesa a, ɛsɛ sɛ wobu afunumu no kɔn mu kum no. Nanso mo mmammarima abakan deɛ, ɛsɛ sɛ motɔ wɔn ti.

And every firstling of an ass shalt thou ransom with a lamb; and if thou do not ransom it, thou shalt break its neck; and every firstborn of a man among thy sons shalt thou ransom.

14 “Na sɛ daakye bi mo mma bisa mo sɛ, ‘Yeinom nyinaa ase ne sɛn a, monka nkyerɛ wɔn sɛ, Awurade nam anwanwadeɛ akɛseɛ a ɔyɛeɛ so na ɔyii yɛn firii nkoasom mu wɔ Misraim.

And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say to him, With a powerful hand Jehovah brought us out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

15 Na Farao mpɛ sɛ ɔma yɛn ɛkwan ma yɛkɔ enti, Awurade kumm mmammarima ne mmoanini a wɔyɛ mmakan a wɔwɔ Misraim asase so nyinaa. Ɛno enti na yɛde mmammarima a wɔyɛ mmakan rema Awurade yi, nanso nnipa mmammarima mmakan no deɛ, wɔtɔ wɔn ti.’

And it came to pass, when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, that Jehovah slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of men and the firstborn of cattle: therefore I sacrifice to Jehovah all that breaketh open the womb — being males; and every firstborn of my children I ransom.

16 Meti mu meka bio sɛ, saa afahyɛ yi bɛda mo nso sɛ moyɛ Onyankopɔn mma te sɛ deɛ ɔde nʼagyiraeɛhyɛdeɛ abɔ mo moma so sɛ ɔdedea. Ɛyɛ nkaedeɛ a ɛkyerɛ sɛ Awurade nam ne tumi kɛseɛ no so na ɔde yii yɛn firii Misraim.”

And it shall be for a sign on thy hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes, for with a powerful hand Jehovah brought us forth out of Egypt.

17 Akyire no, Farao maa nnipa no kɔeɛ. Ɛwom sɛ na ɛsɛ sɛ wɔfa Filistifoɔ asase a ɛkwan no da mu tee kɔsi Bɔhyɛ Asase no so, nanso Onyankopɔn ma wɔfaa ɛkwan foforɔ so. Deɛ enti a Onyankopɔn ma wɔfaa ɛkwan foforɔ so no ne sɛ, na ɔsusu sɛ, ɛwom sɛ wɔkura wɔn akodeɛ deɛ, nanso sɛ wɔkɔ na wɔkɔhyia akodie bi a, wɔn aba mu bɛbu ama wɔasane aba Misraim.

And it came to pass, when Pharaoh let the people go, that God did not lead them the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, That the people may not repent when they see conflict, and return to Egypt.

18 Enti, Onyankopɔn dii wɔn anim de wɔn faa ɛserɛ so kɔntɔnkyekwan a ɛrekɔ Ɛpo Kɔkɔɔ no ho no so.

And God led the people about, the way of the wilderness of the Red Sea; and the children of Israel went arrayed out of the land of Egypt.

19 Mose rekɔ no, ɔfaa Yosef nnompe de kaa ne ho kɔeɛ, ɛfiri sɛ, na Yosef ama Israel mma aka Onyankopɔn ntam sɛ, “Sɛ ɔreyi wɔn afiri Misraim a, wɔde ne nnompe bɛkɔ bi, ɛfiri sɛ, na ɔnim sɛ Onyankopɔn bɛyi wɔn afiri Misraim asase so.”

And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him; for he had made the children of Israel swear an oath, saying, God will be sure to visit you; then ye shall carry my bones with you hence.

20 Wɔfiri Sukot no, wɔkɔkyeree sraban wɔ Etam ɛserɛ no ano.

And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, at the end of the wilderness.

21 Awurade de omununkum kyerɛɛ wɔn ɛkwan awia na ɔde ogya nso kyerɛɛ wɔn ɛkwan anadwo. Enti na wɔtumi tu wɔn kwan no awia ne anadwo nyinaa.

And Jehovah went before their face by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them [in] the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; so that they could go day and night.

22 Ɛberɛ biara na wɔhunu omununkum ne ogya no.

The pillar of the cloud did not remove [from] before the people by day, nor the pillar of fire by night.