2 Mose 8

1 Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose sɛ, “Kɔ Farao hɔ bio na kɔka kyerɛ no sɛ, ‘Awurade se, Ma me nkurɔfoɔ no ɛkwan na wɔnkɔsom me.

And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Go in unto Pharaoh: and thou hast said unto him, Thus said Jehovah, Send My people away, and they serve Me;

2 Sɛ woampene so amma wɔankɔ a, mɛma mpɔtorɔ abɛhyɛ asase no so ma.

and if thou art refusing to send away, lo, I am smiting all thy border with frogs;

3 Wɔbɛyɛ Asubɔnten Nil ma, na wɔabɛhyɛ mo afie ma ma, na wɔakɔ mo mpia mu, na afoforɔ akɔ mo mpa so.

and the River hath teemed [with] frogs, and they have gone up and gone into thy house, and into the inner-chamber of thy bed, and on thy couch, and into the house of thy servants, and among thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneading-troughs;

4 Mpɔtorɔ bɛhyɛ efie biara a ɛwɔ Misraim no mu ma. Wɔbɛhyɛ mo fononoo ne deɛ mode fɔtɔ asikyiresiam gu mu nyinaa ma ma. Na mpɔtorɔ no bɛbu afa mo so.’”

yea, on thee, and on thy people, and on all thy servants do the frogs go up.'

5 Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose sɛ, “Ka kyerɛ Aaron na ɔmfa poma no nkyerɛ nsubɔntene, nsuwa ne atadeɛ a ɛwɔ Misraim nyinaa so sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a, mpɔtorɔ bɛbu so wɔ ɔman no afanan nyinaa.”

And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy hand, with thy rod, against the streams, against the rivers, and against the ponds, and cause the frogs to come up against the land of Egypt.'

6 Aaron yɛɛ saa maa mpɔtorɔ bɛhyɛɛ ɔman no mu nyinaa ma tɔ.

And Aaron stretcheth out his hand against the waters of Egypt, and the frog cometh up, and covereth the land of Egypt;

7 Nanso, nkonyaayifoɔ no nso yɛɛ saa ara maa mpɔtorɔ baa asase no so.

and the scribes do so with their flashings, and cause the frogs to come up against the land of Egypt.

8 Afei, Farao ka kyerɛɛ Mose ne Aaron sɛ, “Monkɔsrɛ Awurade na ɔnyi mpɔtorɔ no mfiri asase yi so, na mɛma mo nkurɔfoɔ no ɛkwan na wɔakɔbɔ no afɔdeɛ.”

And Pharaoh calleth for Moses and for Aaron, and saith, 'Make supplication unto Jehovah, that he turn aside the frogs from me, and from my people, and I send the people away, and they sacrifice to Jehovah.'

9 Mose nso ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Kyerɛ me ɛberɛ ko a wopɛ sɛ wɔkɔ. Me nso mɛbɔ ho mpaeɛ ama mpɔtorɔ no nyinaa awuwu wɔ baabiara wɔ ɛberɛ a wobɛhyɛ me no mu, na aka asubɔnten no mu mpɔtorɔ no nko ara.”

And Moses saith to Pharaoh, 'Beautify thyself over me; when do I make supplication for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to cut off the frogs from thee and from thy houses — only in the River they do remain?'

10 Farao kaa sɛ, “Monyɛ no ɔkyena nko ara.” Mose buaa sɛ, “Mate, ɛbɛba mu sɛdeɛ woaka no na ama woahunu sɛ obiara nni hɔ sɛ Awurade, yɛn Onyankopɔn, no nko ara.

and he saith, 'To-morrow.' And he saith, According to thy word [it is], so that thou knowest that there is none like Jehovah our God,

11 Mpɔtorɔ no nyinaa bɛwuwu ama aka wɔn a wɔwɔ asubɔnten no mu no.”

and the frogs have turned aside from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy servants, and from thy people; only in the River they do remain.'

12 Mose ne Aaron firii Farao anim kɔeɛ. Mose kɔsrɛɛ Awurade sɛ ɔnyi mponkyerɛne a ɔde wɔn abɛgu Farao so no.

And Moses — Aaron also — goeth out from Pharaoh, and Moses crieth unto Jehovah, concerning the matter of the frogs which He hath set on Pharaoh;

13 Awurade tiee Mose nkotosrɛ no. Mponkyerɛne wuwu hyɛɛ ɔman no mu ne afie mu ma tɔ.

and Jehovah doth according to the word of Moses, and the frogs die out of the houses, out of the courts, and out of the fields,

14 Wɔboaboaa mponkyerɛne a wɔawuwuo no ano akuo akɛseakɛseɛ maa ɔman no mu bɔn yie.

and they heap them up together, and the land stinketh.

15 Nanso, Farao hunuu sɛ mponkyerɛne no kɔ no, ɔsane pirim nʼakoma bio enti wamma nnipa no ankɔ sɛdeɛ Awurade aka ato hɔ no.

And Pharaoh seeth that there hath been a respite, and he hath hardened his heart, and hath not hearkened unto them, as Jehovah hath spoken.

16 Na Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose sɛ, “Ka kyerɛ Aaron na ɔmfa ne poma no mmɔ mfuturo na ɛbɛdane ntontom ahyɛ Misraim asase no so ma tɔ.”

And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the land, and it hath become gnats in all the land of Egypt.'

17 Enti, Mose ne Aaron yɛɛ deɛ Onyankopɔn hyɛɛ wɔn no maa ntontom bɛhyɛɛ ɔman mu no ne mu nnipa ne wɔn nyɛmmoa so ma tɔ.

And they do so, and Aaron stretcheth out his hand with his rod, and smiteth the dust of the land, and the gnats are on man and on beast; all the dust of the land hath been gnats in all the land of Egypt.

18 Nkonyaayifoɔ no pɛɛ sɛ wɔn nso de wɔn nyankomadeɛ yɛ saa ara, nanso wɔantumi.

And the scribes do so with their flashings, to bring out the gnats, and they have not been able, and the gnats are on man and on beast;

19 Nkonyaayifoɔ no kyerɛɛ Farao sɛ, “Yei deɛ, Onyankopɔn nsa wɔ mu.” Nanso, Farao pirim nʼakoma enti wantie wɔn sɛdeɛ Awurade aka ato hɔ no.

and the scribes say unto Pharaoh, 'It [is] the finger of God;' and the heart of Pharaoh is strong, and he hath not hearkened unto them, as Jehovah hath spoken.

20 Afei, Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose sɛ, “Sɔre anɔpatutuutu kɔhyia Farao na sɛ ɔrebɛdware asubɔnten no mu a, woaka akyerɛ no sɛ, ‘Awurade se: Ma me nkurɔfoɔ nkɔsom me.

And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Rise early in the morning, and station thyself before Pharaoh, lo, he is going out to the waters, and thou hast said unto him, Thus said Jehovah, Send My people away, and they serve Me;

21 Na sɛ wantie a, mɛma nwansena agye Misraim afa. Mo afie mu ne asase no nyinaa bɛyɛ nwansena manyamanya.

for, if thou art not sending My people away, lo, I am sending against thee, and against thy servants, and against thy people, and against thy houses, the beetle, and the houses of the Egyptians have been full of the beetle, and also the ground on which they are.

22 “‘Na nsonsonoeɛ kɛseɛ bɛda ɛha ne Gosen asase a Israelfoɔ no te so no ntam, ɛfiri sɛ, nwansena biara renkɔ hɔ. Na ɛbɛma woahunu sɛ, me Awurade mewɔ tumi wɔ Misraim asase yi so.

'And I have separated in that day the land of Goshen, in which My people are staying, that the beetle is not there, so that thou knowest that I [am] Jehovah in the midst of the land,

23 Na mɛma wo nkurɔfoɔ ho ada nso afiri me nkurɔfoɔ ho. Ɔkyena nko ara nsɛm a maka yi nyinaa bɛba mu.’”

and I have put a division between My people and thy people: to-morrow is this sign.'

24 Awurade yɛɛ deɛ ɔkaeɛ no, enti nwansena bɛbu faa ɔman no so maa ebi kɔhyɛɛ Farao ahemfie ne Misraim afie nyinaa mu ma tɔ.

And Jehovah doth so, and the grievous beetle entereth the house of Pharaoh, and the house of his servants, and in all the land of Egypt the land is corrupted from the presence of the beetle.

25 Farao hunuu saa no, ntɛm ara, ɔfrɛɛ Mose ne Aaron ka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Ɛyɛ, monkɔbɔ afɔdeɛ mma mo Onyankopɔn, nanso mommɔ saa afɔdeɛ no wɔ ɔman yi ara mu. Monnkɔ ɛserɛ so.”

And Pharaoh calleth unto Moses and to Aaron, and saith, 'Go, sacrifice to your God in the land;'

26 Nanso Mose kaa sɛ, “Saa deɛ, ɛrenyɛ yie. Yɛn afɔdeɛ a yɛbɔ ma Awurade yɛn Onyankopɔn no yɛ Misraimfoɔ akyiwadeɛ, enti sɛ yɛbɔ saa afɔdeɛ no wɔ ha a, wɔbɛkum yɛn.

and Moses saith, 'Not right to do so, for the abomination of the Egyptians we do sacrifice to Jehovah our God; lo, we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes — and they do not stone us!

27 Ɛsɛ sɛ yɛtu nnansa ɛkwan kɔ ɛserɛ so, na yɛkɔbɔ afɔdeɛ ma Awurade, yɛn Onyankopɔn, sɛdeɛ wakyerɛ yɛn sɛ yɛnyɛ no.”

A journey of three days we go into the wilderness, and have sacrificed to Jehovah our God, as He saith unto us.'

28 Farao kaa sɛ, “Ɛyɛ, mɛma mo ɛkwan akɔ ɛserɛ so akɔbɔ afɔdeɛ, na mmom, monnkɔ akyiri. Monka mo ho na monkɔkoto nsrɛ Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn mma me.”

And Pharaoh saith, 'I send you away, and ye have sacrificed to Jehovah your God in the wilderness, only go not very far off; make ye supplication for me;'

29 Mose kaa sɛ, “Sɛ me firi ha pɛ a, mɛbɔ Awurade mpaeɛ na ɔkyena nwansena bebrebe no ase bɛtɔre wɔ wo, wo mpanimfoɔ ne wo nkurɔfoɔ mu. Nanso, merebɔ wo kɔkɔ sɛ, hwɛ na woanhyɛ bɔ sɛ wobɛma nnipa no akɔ na akyire yi, woasesa wʼadwene.”

and Moses saith, 'Lo, I am going out from thee, and have made supplication unto Jehovah, and the beetle hath turned aside from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people — to-morrow, only let not Pharaoh add to deceive — in not sending the people away to sacrifice to Jehovah.'

30 Enti, Mose firii Farao nkyɛn kɔsrɛɛ Awurade sɛ, ɔntɔre nwansena no nyinaa ase.

And Moses goeth out from Pharaoh, and maketh supplication unto Jehovah,

31 Na Awurade yɛɛ Mose abisadeɛ no, tɔree nwansena no nyinaa ase.

and Jehovah doth according to the word of Moses, and turneth aside the beetle from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people — there hath not been left one;

32 Nanso, Farao sane pirim nʼakoma, enti wamma nnipa no ankɔ.

and Pharaoh hardeneth his heart also at this time, and hath not sent the people away.