2 Mose 19
1 Anadwo a Israelfoɔ no tu firii Misraim no, nʼabosome mmiɛnsa so na wɔde kɔduruu Sinai ɛserɛ so.
In the third month after the sons of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day they came into the wilderness of Sinai.
2 Wɔtu firii Refidim no, wɔbɛduruu Sinai Bepɔ ase bɔɔ atenaseɛ wɔ hɔ. Mose foro kɔɔ bepɔ no so kɔhyiaa Onyankopɔn.
And when they were departed from Rephidim, and came to the wilderness of Sinai, they encamped in the wilderness, and there Israel encamped before the mount.
3 Mose kɔɔ Onyankopɔn nkyɛn wɔ bepɔ no so na Awurade frɛɛ no firii bepɔ no so kaa sɛ, “Ka saa nsɛm yi kyerɛ Yakob asefoɔ Israelman sɛ,
And Moses went up to God. And Jehovah called to him out of the mountain, saying, Thus thou shall say to the house of Jacob, and tell the sons of Israel:
4 ‘Moahunu deɛ meyɛɛ Misraimfoɔ no ne ɛkwan a menam so de mo baa me nkyɛn te sɛ deɛ na mote ɔkɔdeɛ ntaban so no.
Ye have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings, and brought you to myself.
5 Sɛ mobɛtie me, na moadi mʼahyɛdeɛ so a, mobɛyɛ me nnwankuo ketewa wɔ asase so aman nyinaa mu, ɛfiri sɛ, asase nyinaa yɛ me dea.
Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be my own possession from among all peoples, for all the earth is mine,
6 Na mobɛyɛ asɔfoɔ ahemman a ɛyɛ ɔman kronkron ama Onyankopɔn.’ Saa nsɛm yi na ka kyerɛ Israelfoɔ no.”
and ye shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shall speak to the sons of Israel.
7 Mose siane firii bepɔ no so baeɛ no, ɔfrɛɛ mpanimfoɔ a wɔtuatua nnipa no ano nyinaa na ɔkaa asɛm a Awurade ka kyerɛɛ no no kyerɛɛ wɔn.
And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and set before them all these words which Jehovah commanded him.
8 Wɔtee asɛm no, wɔn nyinaa bɔ gyee so sɛ, “Yɛbɛyɛ biribiara a Awurade aka sɛ yɛnyɛ no nyinaa.” Enti, Mose kɔkaa nsɛm a nnipa no aka no kyerɛɛ Awurade.
And all the people answered together, and said, All that Jehovah has spoken we will do. And Moses reported the words of the people to Jehovah.
9 Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose sɛ, “Merebɛba wo nkyɛn sɛ omununkum sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ na me ne wo kasa a, nnipa no bɛte me nne na ɛnam so ama wɔagye wo adi daa.
And Jehovah said to Moses, Lo, I come to thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and may also believe thee forever. And Moses told the words of the people to Jehovah.
10 “Siane kɔ nnipa no nkyɛn na kɔhwɛ sɛ wɔasiesie wɔn ho rehwɛ me ɛkwan. Fa ɛnnɛ ne ɔkyena te wɔn ho. Ma wɔnsi wɔn nneɛma nyinaa.
And Jehovah said to Moses, Go to the people, and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments,
11 Na ɔkyena akyiri mɛsiane aba Sinai Bepɔ no so a ɔmanfoɔ nyinaa rehwɛ ɛkwan.
and be ready for the third day, for the third day Jehovah will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.
12 Twitwa ahyeɛ sɛdeɛ nnipa no rentra na ka kyerɛ wɔn sɛ, ‘Monhwɛ yie. Mommforo nkɔ bepɔ no atifi na monnkɔ nʼahyeɛ no nso so; obiara a ɔbɛbu saa mmara yi so no, ɔbɛwu.
And thou shall set bounds to the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye not go up onto the mount, or touch the border of it. Whoever touches the mount shall be surely put to death;
13 Sɛ ɔyɛ onipa anaa a, obiara nsɔ ne mu. Na mmom, wɔbɛsi no aboɔ anaasɛ wɔbɛtoto agyan awowɔ no ama wawu.’ Montwe mo ho mfiri bepɔ no ho koraa kɔsi sɛ totorobɛnto bi bɛhyɛne ntwemu so; sɛ ɛba saa a, momforo nkɔ bepɔ no so!”
no hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through, whether it be beast or man, he shall not live. When the trumpet sounds long, they shall come up to the mount.
14 Mose siane firii bepɔ no so kɔɔ nnipa no nkyɛn kɔtee wɔn ho ma wɔsii wɔn nneɛma nyinaa.
And Moses went down from the mount to the people, and sanctified the people, and they washed their garments.
15 Ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Monsiesie mo ho, na aka nnansa na Onyankopɔn aba, enti obiara nnkɔ ɔbaa ho.”
And he said to the people, Be ready for the third day. Come not near a woman.
16 Nnansa so anɔpa pɛpɛɛpɛ, aprannaa a ano yɛ den bobɔɔ mu, ma ayerɛmo pepaeɛ, ma omununkum kabii bi siane firii bepɔ no so. Totorobɛnto bi hyɛnee ntwemu so ma nnipa a wɔwɔ hɔ no nyinaa ho popoeɛ.
And it came to pass on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of an exceedingly loud trumpet. And all the people who were in the camp trembled.
17 Mose dii nnipa no anim firi wɔn atenaeɛ hɔ sɛ wɔrekɔhyia Onyankopɔn. Wɔn nyinaa kɔboaa wɔn ho ano wɔ bepɔ no ase.
And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet God, and they stood at the lower part of the mount.
18 Wisie kumɔnn kataa Sinai Bepɔ no so, ɛfiri sɛ, Awurade siane baa so sɛ ogya. Wisie buaa ewiem nyinaa te sɛ deɛ ɛfiri fononoo mu, na asasewosoɔ wosoo bepɔ no dendeenden.
And mount Sinai, the whole of it, smoked, because Jehovah descended upon it in fire, and the smoke of it ascended as the smoke of a furnace. And the whole mount quaked greatly.
19 Totorobɛnto no hyɛnee dendeenden pa ara no, Mose kasaeɛ na Onyankopɔn nso de nne kɛseɛ buaeɛ.
And when the voice of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him by a voice.
20 Enti, Awurade baa Sinai Bepɔ no atifi, na ɔfrɛɛ Mose maa ɔforo kɔɔ ne nkyɛn.
And Jehovah came down upon mount Sinai, to the top of the mount. And Jehovah called Moses to the top of the mount, and Moses went up.
21 Nanso, Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose sɛ, “Sane wʼakyi kɔ nnipa no nkyɛn na kɔbɔ wɔn kɔkɔ sɛ wɔnntra ahyeɛ no. Wɔnnyɛ wɔn adwene nso sɛ wɔreforo aba soro ha abɛhwɛ Awurade. Wɔn a wɔbɛyɛ saa no bɛwuwu.
And Jehovah said to Moses, Go down, command the people, lest they break through to Jehovah to gaze, and many of them perish.
22 Asɔfoɔ a wɔwɔ wɔn nnwuma so no mpo nnwira wɔn ho, anyɛ saa a, Awurade bɛsɛe wɔn.”
And let the priests also, who come near to Jehovah, sanctify themselves, lest Jehovah break forth upon them.
23 Mose nso buaa Awurade sɛ, “Nnipa no deɛ, wɔremforo mma bepɔ no atifi, ɛfiri sɛ, woabɔ wɔn kɔkɔ dada. Woka kyerɛɛ me sɛ mentwitwa ahyeɛ mfa bepɔ no ho na menka nkyerɛ nnipa no sɛ, obiara nnkɔ hɔ, ɛfiri sɛ, ɛhɔ yɛ Onyankopɔn dea.”
And Moses said to Jehovah, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai, for thou commanded us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it.
24 Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose sɛ, “Siane kɔ fam na kɔfa Aaron bra. Mma asɔfoɔ no ne nnipa no ntra ahyeɛ no sɛ wɔreba ha. Wɔyɛ saa a, mɛsɛe wɔn.”
And Jehovah said to him, Go, get thee down. And thou shall come up, thou, and Aaron with thee, but do not let the priests and the people break through to come up to Jehovah, lest he break forth upon them.
25 Enti, Mose siane kɔɔ bepɔ no ase kɔkaa asɛm a Onyankopɔn aka akyerɛ no no kyerɛɛ wɔn.
So Moses went down to the people, and told them.
