4 Mose 13
1 Afei, Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose sɛ,
Adonai spoke to Moses [Drawn out], saying,
2 “Soma akwansrafoɔ na wɔnkɔ Kanaan asase so—asase a mede rema; soma mmusuakuo dumienu no mu biara ntuanoni.”
“Send men on your behalf, that they may spy out the land of Canaan [Humbled], which I give to the children of Israel [God prevails]. Of every tribe of their fathers, you shall send a man, every one 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.
Moses [Drawn out] sent them from the wilderness of Paran according to the order of Adonai. All them were men who were heads of the children of Israel [God prevails].
4 Saa mmusuakuo no ne wɔn mpanimfoɔ no edin na ɛdidi so yi: Ruben abusuakuo no ntuanoni ne Sakur babarima Samua;
These were their names: Of the tribe of Reuben [See, a son!], Shammua the son of Zaccur.
5 Simeon abusuakuo no ntuanoni ne Hori babarima Safat;
Of the tribe of Simeon [Hearing], Shaphat the son of Hori.
6 Yuda abusuakuo no ntuanoni ne Yefune babarima Kaleb;
Of the tribe of Judah [Praised], Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
7 Isakar abusuakuo no ntuanoni ne Yosef babarima Igal;
Of the tribe of Issachar [Hire, Reward], Igal the son of Joseph [May he add].
8 Efraim abusuakuo no ntuanoni ne Nun babarima Hosea;
Of the tribe of Ephraim [Fruit], Hoshea [Yah save] the son of Nun.
9 Benyamin abusuakuo no ntuanoni ne Rafu babarima Palti;
Of the tribe of Benjamin [Son of right hand, Son of south], Palti the son of Raphu.
10 Sebulon abusuakuo no ntuanoni ne Sodi babarima Gadiel;
Of the tribe of Zebulun [Living together], Gaddiel the son of Sodi.
11 Manase abusuakuo (a ɛyɛ Yosef abusuakuo no mu fa) no ntuanoni ne Susi babarima Gadi;
Of the tribe of Joseph [May he add], of the tribe of Manasseh [Causing to forget], Gaddi the son of Susi.
12 Dan abusuakuo no ntuanoni ne Gemali babarima Amiel;
Of the tribe of Dan [He judged], Ammiel the son of Gemalli.
13 Aser abusuakuo no ntuanoni ne Mikael babarima Setur;
Of the tribe of Asher [Happy], Sethur the son of Michael [Who is like God].
14 Naftali abusuakuo no ntuanoni ne Wofsi babarima Nahbi
Of the tribe of Naphtali [My wrestling], Nahbi the son of Vophsi.
15 Gad abusuakuo no ntuanoni ne Maki babarima Geuel.
Of the tribe of Gad [Good fortune], 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 who Moses [Drawn out] sent to spy out the land. Moses [Drawn out] called Hoshea [Yah save] the son of Nun, who Moses [Drawn out] renamed Joshua [Salvation Yah].
17 Mose ka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Monkɔ atifi fam wɔ Negeb bepɔ no so
Moses [Drawn out] sent them to spy out the land of Canaan [Humbled], 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
See the land, what it is; and the people who dwell therein, whether they are strong or weak, whether they are 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 is wood therein, or not. Be courageous, and bring some of the fruit of the land.” Now the time was the time of the first-ripe grapes.
21 Enti wɔkɔsraa asase no firi Sin ɛserɛ so kɔsii Rehob a ɛbɛn Hamat no.
So they went up, and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, to the entrance of 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.
They went up by the South, and came to Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt [Abode of slavery].)
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.
They came to the valley of Eshcol, and cut down from there a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bore it on a staff between two. They also brought some of the pomegranates and 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 cluster which the children of Israel [God prevails] cut down from there.
25 Adaduanan akyi, wɔfirii wɔn akwantuo no mu baeɛ.
They teshuvah ·completely returned· from spying out the land at the end of 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.
They went and came to Moses [Drawn out], to Aaron [Light-bringer], and to all the congregation of the children of Israel [God prevails], to the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word to them and to all the congregation. They showed 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.
They told him, and said, “We came to the land where you sent us. Surely it flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit.
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.
However the people who dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. 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 [Man who licks up] dwells in the land of the South. The Hittite [Descendant of Trembling fear], the Jebusite [Descendants of Thresher], and the Amorite [Descendants of Talkers] dwell in the hill country. The Canaanite [Descendant of Humbled] dwells by the sea, and along the side of the Jordan [Descender].”
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.”
Caleb stilled the people before Moses [Drawn out], and said, “Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it!”
31 Akwansrafoɔ no bi kaa sɛ, “Nanso ɛnyɛ ahoɔdenfoɔ sei na ɛsɛ sɛ yɛne wɔn di asie. Wɔbɛtɔre yɛn ase!”
But the men who 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,
They brought up an evil report of the land which they had spied out to the children of Israel [God prevails], saying, “The land, through which we have gone to spy it out, is a land that eats up its inhabitants; and all the people who we saw 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.”
There we saw the Nephilim, the sons of Anak, who come from the Nephilim. We were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.”
