4 Mose 13
1 Afei, Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose sɛ,
And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
2 “Soma akwansrafoɔ na wɔnkɔ Kanaan asase so—asase a mede rema; soma mmusuakuo dumienu no mu biara ntuanoni.”
Send thou men, that they may search out the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel. Ye shall send a man of every tribe of his fathers, each a prince among them.
3 Enti Mose yɛɛ sɛdeɛ Awurade hyɛɛ no no. Ɔsomaa mmarima dumienu a wɔn nyinaa yɛ mmusuakuo ntuanofoɔ firi wɔn atenaeɛ wɔ Paran ɛserɛ so.
And Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran: according to the commandment of Jehovah, all of them heads of the children of Israel.
4 Saa mmusuakuo no ne wɔn mpanimfoɔ no edin na ɛdidi so yi: Ruben abusuakuo no ntuanoni ne Sakur babarima Samua;
And these are their names: for the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur;
5 Simeon abusuakuo no ntuanoni ne Hori babarima Safat;
for the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori;
6 Yuda abusuakuo no ntuanoni ne Yefune babarima Kaleb;
for the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh;
7 Isakar abusuakuo no ntuanoni ne Yosef babarima Igal;
for the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph;
8 Efraim abusuakuo no ntuanoni ne Nun babarima Hosea;
for the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun;
9 Benyamin abusuakuo no ntuanoni ne Rafu babarima Palti;
for the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu;
10 Sebulon abusuakuo no ntuanoni ne Sodi babarima Gadiel;
for the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi;
11 Manase abusuakuo (a ɛyɛ Yosef abusuakuo no mu fa) no ntuanoni ne Susi babarima Gadi;
for the tribe of Joseph, for the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi;
12 Dan abusuakuo no ntuanoni ne Gemali babarima Amiel;
for the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli;
13 Aser abusuakuo no ntuanoni ne Mikael babarima Setur;
for the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael;
14 Naftali abusuakuo no ntuanoni ne Wofsi babarima Nahbi
for the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi;
15 Gad abusuakuo no ntuanoni ne Maki babarima Geuel.
for the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.
16 Nnipa yi na Mose somaa wɔn ma wɔkɔsraa Kanaan asase no. Mose na ɔmaa Nun ba Hosea edin Yosua.
These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to search out the land. And Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun, Jehoshua.
17 Mose ka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Monkɔ atifi fam wɔ Negeb bepɔ no so
And Moses sent them to search out the land of Canaan, and said to them, Go up this way by the south and go up into the hill-country,
18 na monhwɛ sɛdeɛ ɛhɔ asase no te; afei, monhwɛ wɔn a wɔte hɔ no nso tebea mu sɛ wɔwɔ ahoɔden anaa wɔyɛ mmerɛ, sɛ wɔdɔɔso anaa wɔsua
and ye shall see the land, what it is; and the people that dwell in it, whether they are strong or weak, few or many;
19 anaasɛ asase no mu wɔ sradeɛ anaasɛ nso sradeɛ nni mu, ne nkuro a ɛwɔ hɔ, sɛ ɛyɛ nkuraa anaa wɔabɔ ho ban,
and what the land is that they dwell in, whether it is good or bad; and what cities they are that they dwell in, whether in camps, or in strongholds;
20 sɛ asase no yɛ asasebereɛ anaa asasenini anaasɛ nnua pii wɔ so. Monnsuro na momfa ɛhɔ nnɔbaeɛ no bi mmra.” Saa ɛberɛ no na wɔrete bobe atekane.
and what the land is, whether it is fat or lean, whether there are trees in it, or not. And take courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the first grapes.
21 Enti wɔkɔsraa asase no firi Sin ɛserɛ so kɔsii Rehob a ɛbɛn Hamat no.
And they went up, and searched out the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, where one comes towards Hamath.
22 Wɔrekɔ atifi fam no, wɔdii ɛkan faa Negeb bɛduruu Hebron. Ɛhɔ na wɔhunuu Anak asefoɔ a wɔfrɛ wɔn Ahiman, Sesai ne Talmai. Hebron yɛ kuro dada. Wɔkyekyeree saa kuro no ansa na wɔrekyekyere Soan a ɛwɔ Misraim no.
And they went up by the south, and came to Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. Now Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.
23 Afei, wɔbaa baabi a seesei wɔfrɛ hɔ “Eskol” a aseɛ ne “Siaka”, ɛfiri sɛ, wɔhunuu bobe siaka bebree wɔ hɔ! Wɔtwaa siaka baako a nnipa baanu na wɔwuraa no dua soaeɛ. Ɛnna wɔfaa ateaa ne borɔdɔma aba sɛ adekyerɛdeɛ de kɔeɛ.
And they came as far as the valley of Eshcol, and cut down thence a branch with one bunch of grapes, and they bore it between two upon a pole; and [they brought] of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
24 Saa ɛberɛ no, Israelfoɔ no too subɔnhwa hɔ edin sɛ “Eskol” a asekyerɛ ne “Siaka”, ɛfiri sɛ, wɔhunuu bobe no siaka pii wɔ hɔ.
That place was called the valley of Eshcol, because of the grapes which the children of Israel had cut down there.
25 Adaduanan akyi, wɔfirii wɔn akwantuo no mu baeɛ.
And they returned from searching out the land after forty days.
26 Wɔkaa deɛ wɔkɔhunuiɛ nyinaa kyerɛɛ Mose ne Aaron ne nnipa a wɔwɔ Israel nyinaa ne wɔn a wɔwɔ Paran ɛserɛ so wɔ Kades na wɔde aduaba a wɔde baeɛ no kyerɛeɛ.
And they came, and went to Moses and to Aaron, and to the whole assembly of the children of Israel, to the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word to them, and to the whole assembly; and shewed them the fruit of the land.
27 Asɛm a wɔbɛkaeɛ ne sɛ, “Yɛduruu asase a wosomaa yɛn sɛ yɛnkɔsra so no so, na nokwasɛm, ɛyɛ ɔman a ɛyɛ fɛ—asase a ɛwoɔ ne nufosuo sen wɔ so. Aduaba a yɛde baeɛ yi di ho adanseɛ.
And they told him, and said, We came to the land to which thou didst send us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.
28 Nanso na nnipa a wɔtete hɔ no yɛ den. Wɔn nkuro no soso na wɔabɔ ho ban nso. Yɛhunuu Anak asefoɔ akantinka nso wɔ hɔ.
Only, the people are strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, very great; moreover we saw the children of Anak there.
29 Amalekfoɔ te anafoɔ ɛnna Hetifoɔ, Yebusifoɔ ne Amorifoɔ nso tete mmepɔ so. Ɛnna Kanaanfoɔ nso tete ntam ɛpo no ne Yordan subɔnhwa ntam.”
Amalek dwells in the land of the south; and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the hill-country; and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the side of the Jordan.
30 Na ɛberɛ a nnipa no gyina Mose anim no, Kaleb sane hyɛɛ wɔn nkuran sɛ, “Momma yɛmforo nkɔ hɔ prɛko pɛ na yɛnkɔgye wɔn nsam, ɛfiri sɛ, yɛbɛtumi adi wɔn so nkonim.”
And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up boldly and possess it, for we are well able to do it.
31 Akwansrafoɔ no bi kaa sɛ, “Nanso ɛnyɛ ahoɔdenfoɔ sei na ɛsɛ sɛ yɛne wɔn di asie. Wɔbɛtɔre yɛn ase!”
But the men that went up with him said, We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we.
32 Akwansrafoɔ no mu fa kɛseɛ no ara asɛm a wɔkaeɛ no maa Israelfoɔ no aba mu buiɛ. Wɔkaa sɛ, “Akofoɔ bebree wɔ asase no so na ɛhɔ nnipa nso yɛ ahoɔdenfoɔ,
And they brought to the children of Israel an evil report of the land which they had searched out, saying, The land, which we have passed through to search it out, is a land that eateth up its inhabitants; and all the people that we have seen in it are men of great stature;
33 na yɛhunuu Anakfoɔ no bi a ɛfiri awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ mu wɔyɛ abrane no. Sɛ yɛne wɔn gyina hɔ a, na yɛayɛ te sɛ mmɛbɛ wɔ yɛn ani so. Na saa nso na yɛyɛɛ wɔ wɔn ani soɔ.”
and there have we seen giants — the sons of Anak are of the giants — and we were in our sight as grasshoppers, and so we were also in their sight.
