2 Mose 33
1 Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose sɛ, “Di saa nnipa a wode wɔn firi Misraim asase so no anim kɔ asase a mede hyɛɛ Abraham, Isak ne Yakob bɔ no so, ɛfiri sɛ, mekaa sɛ, ‘Mede saa asase yi bɛma wʼasefoɔ.’
And Jehovah spoke to Moses, Depart, go up from here, thou and the people that thou have brought up out of the land of Egypt, to the land of which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, To thy seed will I give it.
2 Mɛsoma ɔbɔfoɔ adi wʼanim na wapam Kanaanfoɔ, Amorifoɔ, Hetifoɔ, Perisifoɔ, Hewifoɔ ne Yebusifoɔ.
And I will send an agent before thee, and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite-
3 Ɛyɛ asase a ɛwoɔ ne nufosuo sene wɔ so. Na me ne mo rentu saa ɛkwan no ɛfiri sɛ, moyɛ asoɔden ne basabasayɛfoɔ. Sɛ me ne mo kɔ a, anhwɛ a, mɛsɛe mo wɔ ɛkwan so.”
to a land flowing with milk and honey. For I will not go up in the midst of thee, for thou are a stiff-necked people, lest I consume thee on the way.
4 Nnipa yi tee saa nsɛnhyeɛ yi, wɔtwaa agyaadwoɔ. Afei, wɔworɔworɔɔ wɔn ho nkawa ne ahyehyɛdeɛ nyinaa.
And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned, and no man put his ornaments on him.
5 Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose sɛ ɔnka nkyerɛ wɔn sɛ, “Moyɛ nnipa basabasayɛfoɔ ne asoɔden. Na sɛ me ne mo tena bɛyɛ simma baako pɛ koraa mpo a, anka mɛtɔre mo ase. Monworɔworɔ mo nkawa ne agudeɛ a ɛhyehyɛ mo no nyinaa kɔsi ɛberɛ a mɛhunu deɛ mɛyɛ mo.”
And Jehovah said to Moses, Say to the sons of Israel, Ye are a stiff-necked people. If I go up into the midst of thee for one moment, I shall consume thee. Therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do to thee.
6 Yei akyi no, obiara worɔɔ nʼagudeɛ wɔ Bepɔ Horeb so.
And the sons of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments from mount Horeb onward.
7 Na Mose sii hyiabea ntomadan wɔ sraban no akyi a obiara a ɔpɛ sɛ ɔne Awurade di nkutaho no kɔ hɔ. Wɔtoo dan no edin “Ahyiaeɛ Ntomadan.”
Now Moses used to take the tent and to pitch it outside the camp, afar off from the camp, and he called it, The tent of meeting. And it came to pass, that everyone who sought Jehovah went out to the tent of meeting, which was outside the camp.
8 Ɛberɛ biara a Mose bɛkɔ Ahyiaeɛ Ntomadan no mu no, nnipa no nyinaa sɔre bɛgyina wɔn ntomadan ano hwɛ no kɔsi sɛ ɔbɛduru ɛdan no ano.
And it came to pass, when Moses went out to the tent, that all the people rose up, and stood, every man at his tent door, and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the tent.
9 Ɔrewura mu a, omununkum fadum bɛhyia no wɔ ɛkwan no ano na Awurade nam mu ne Mose akasa.
And it came to pass, when Moses entered into the tent, the pillar of cloud descended, and stood at the door of the tent, and Jehovah spoke with Moses.
10 Na nnipa no nyinaa agyina wɔn ntomadan apono ano akoto asɔre omununkum fadum no.
And all the people saw the pillar of cloud stand at the door of the tent. And all the people rose up and worshiped, every man at his tent door.
11 Ɛdan no mu, na Awurade kasa kyerɛ Mose animu ne animu, sɛdeɛ obi ne nʼadamfo di nkɔmmɔ. Na sɛ Mose sane kɔ nsraban no hɔ a, aberanteɛ a ɔboa no a wɔfrɛ no Yosua (Nun ba) no deɛ, ɔtena Ahyiaeɛ Ntomadan no mu ara kɔsi sɛ Mose bɛsane aba.
And Jehovah spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend, and he turned again into the camp. But his minister Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, did not depart out of the tent.
12 Mose ka kyerɛɛ Awurade sɛ, “Daa woka kyerɛ me sɛ, ‘Fa saa nnipa yi kɔ bɔhyɛ asase no so, nanso wonkyerɛɛ me onipa a ɔnka me ho ne me nkɔ. Wose woyɛ mʼadamfo a woayɛ me adɔeɛ bebree.’
And Moses said to Jehovah, See, thou say to me, Bring up this people, and thou have not let me know whom thou will send with me. Yet thou have said, I know thee by name, and thou have also found favor in my sight.
13 Na sɛ saa na ɛte a, di mʼanim kyerɛ me baabi a ɛyɛ wo pɛ sɛ mefa na ama mate wo aseɛ na mafa wo kwan so pɛpɛɛpɛ. Na mma wo werɛ mfiri sɛ saa ɔman yi yɛ wo nkurɔfoɔ.”
Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found favor in thy sight, show me now thy ways, that I may know thee, to the end that I may find favor in thy sight. And consider that this nation is thy people.
14 Na Awurade buaa no sɛ, “Mʼankasa me ne wo bɛkɔ na woadi nkonim.”
And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.
15 Nanso Mose kaa sɛ, “Sɛ wo ne yɛn renkɔ deɛ a, mma yɛnntu yɛn nan mfiri ha.
And Moses said to him, If thy presence go not, do not carry us up from here.
16 Sɛ wo ne yɛn ankɔ a, hwan na ɔbɛhunu sɛ me ne me nkurɔfoɔ anya wo hɔ adom a ama nsonsonoeɛ abɛda yɛn ne asase sofoɔ a aka no ntam?”
For how shall it now be known that I have found favor in thy sight, I and thy people? Is it not in that thou go with us, so that we are separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth?
17 Awurade buaa Mose sɛ, “Ampa ara, mɛyɛ wʼabisadeɛ ama wo, ɛfiri sɛ, woanya ahummɔborɔ afiri me nkyɛn na woyɛ mʼadamfo.”
And Jehovah said to Moses, I will do this thing also that thou have spoken, for thou have found favor in my sight, and I know thee by name.
18 Na Mose srɛɛ sɛ ɔpɛ sɛ ɔhunu Onyankopɔn animuonyam.
And he said, Show me, I pray thee, thy glory.
19 Awurade buaa sɛ, “Mɛma mo ahunu mʼadɔeɛ na mɛbɔ me din Awurade no akyerɛ mo. Deɛ mepɛ sɛ mehunu no mmɔbɔ no, mɛhunu no mmɔbɔ, na deɛ mepɛ sɛ meyɛ no adɔeɛ nso, mɛyɛ no adɔeɛ.
And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and will proclaim the name of Jehovah before thee. I will be merciful to whom I may be merciful, and I will be compassionate to whomever I may be compassionate.
20 Nanso, morenhunu mʼanimuonyam, ɛfiri sɛ, obi bi renhunu mʼanim ntena nkwa mu.
And he said, Thou cannot see my face, for man shall not see me and live.
21 “Nanso gyina ɔbotan yi so wɔ me nkyɛn ha.
And Jehovah said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shall stand upon the rock.
22 Na sɛ mʼanimuonyam resene a, mede wo bɛhyɛ ɔbotan no mu na mede me nsa akata wo so kɔsi sɛ mɛtwam.
And it shall come to pass, while my glory passes by, that I will put thee in a cleft of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand until I have passed by.
23 Afei, mɛyi me nsa na woahunu mʼakyi, na mʼanim deɛ, worenhunu.”
And I will take away my hand, and thou shall see my back, but my face shall not be seen.
