4 Mose 13
1 Afei, Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose sɛ,
Then Yahweh spoke to Moses. He said,
2 “Soma akwansrafoɔ na wɔnkɔ Kanaan asase so—asase a mede rema; soma mmusuakuo dumienu no mu biara ntuanoni.”
“Send some men to examine the land of Canaan, which I have given to the people of Israel. Send a man from every tribe of their ancestors. Each man must be a leader 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 sent them from the wilderness of Paran, so that they might obey Yahweh's command. All of them were leaders among the people of Israel.
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: from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur;
5 Simeon abusuakuo no ntuanoni ne Hori babarima Safat;
from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat son of Hori;
6 Yuda abusuakuo no ntuanoni ne Yefune babarima Kaleb;
from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;
7 Isakar abusuakuo no ntuanoni ne Yosef babarima Igal;
from the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph;
8 Efraim abusuakuo no ntuanoni ne Nun babarima Hosea;
from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun;
9 Benyamin abusuakuo no ntuanoni ne Rafu babarima Palti;
from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti son of Raphu;
10 Sebulon abusuakuo no ntuanoni ne Sodi babarima Gadiel;
from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel son of Sodi;
11 Manase abusuakuo (a ɛyɛ Yosef abusuakuo no mu fa) no ntuanoni ne Susi babarima Gadi;
from the tribe of Joseph (that is to say, from the tribe Manasseh), Gaddi son of Susi;
12 Dan abusuakuo no ntuanoni ne Gemali babarima Amiel;
from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemalli;
13 Aser abusuakuo no ntuanoni ne Mikael babarima Setur;
from the tribe of Asher, Sethur son of Michael;
14 Naftali abusuakuo no ntuanoni ne Wofsi babarima Nahbi
from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi son of Vophsi;
15 Gad abusuakuo no ntuanoni ne Maki babarima Geuel.
from the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of Maki.
16 Nnipa yi na Mose somaa wɔn ma wɔkɔsraa Kanaan asase no. Mose na ɔmaa Nun ba Hosea edin Yosua.
These were the names of the men whom Moses sent to examine the land. Moses called Hoshea son of Nun by the name of Joshua.
17 Mose ka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Monkɔ atifi fam wɔ Negeb bepɔ no so
Moses sent them to examine the land of Canaan. He said to them, “Approach from the Negev 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
Examine the land to see what it is like. Observe the people who live there, whether they are strong or weak, and 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,
See what the land is like where they live. Is it good or bad? What cities are there? Are they like camps, or are they fortified cities?
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.
See what the land is like, whether it is good for growing crops or not, and whether there are trees there or not. Be brave and bring back samples of the land's produce.” Now the time was the season for the first ripe grapes.
21 Enti wɔkɔsraa asase no firi Sin ɛserɛ so kɔsii Rehob a ɛbɛn Hamat no.
So the men went up and examined the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, near Lebo 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 from the Negev and arrived at Hebron. Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, clans descended from 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.
When they reached the Valley of Eshkol, they cut down a branch with a cluster of grapes. They carried it on a staff between two of their group. They also brought 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 named the Valley of Eshkol, because of the grape cluster that the people of Israel cut down there.
25 Adaduanan akyi, wɔfirii wɔn akwantuo no mu baeɛ.
After forty days, they returned from examining the land.
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 came back to Moses, Aaron, and all the community of the people of Israel in the wilderness of Paran, at Kadesh. They brought back word to them and to all the community, and showed them the produce from 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 Moses, “We reached the land to which you sent us. It certainly flows with milk and honey. Here is some produce from 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.
However, the people who make their homes there are strong. The cities are fortified and very large. We also saw descendants 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.”
The Amalekites live in the Negev. The Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites have their homes in the hill country. The Canaanites live by the sea and along the Jordan River.”
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.”
Then Caleb silenced the people who were before Moses and said, “Let us go up and take possession of the land, for we are certainly able to conquer it.”
31 Akwansrafoɔ no bi kaa sɛ, “Nanso ɛnyɛ ahoɔdenfoɔ sei na ɛsɛ sɛ yɛne wɔn di asie. Wɔbɛtɔre yɛn ase!”
But the other men who had gone with him said, “We are not able to attack the people because they are stronger than we are.”
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,
So they spread around a discouraging report to the people of Israel about the land that they had examined. They said, “The land that we looked at is a land that eats up its inhabitants. All the people whom we saw there are people of great height.
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 giants, descendants of Anak, people who came from giants. In our own sight we were like grasshoppers in comparison with them, and this is what we were in their sight, too.”
