4 Mose 26
1 Ɔyaredɔm no akyi no, Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose ne ɔsɔfoɔ Aaron babarima Eleasa sɛ,
Now after the disease was over, the Lord said to Moses and Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest,
2 “Monkan Israelfoɔ mmarima a wɔadi mfeɛ aduonu ne deɛ ɛboro saa nyinaa na monhwɛ dodoɔ a wɔbɛtumi akɔ ɔsa wɔ abusua biara mu.”
Let all the children of Israel be numbered, by the names of their fathers' families, all those of twenty years old and over who are able to go to war in Israel.
3 Saa ɛberɛ no, na Israelman no nyinaa abɔ atenaeɛ wɔ Moab tata so, wɔ Asubɔnten Yordan ho a na wɔne Yeriko di nhwɛanimu. Enti Mose ne ɔsɔfoɔ Eleasa kaa nhyehyɛeɛ a ɛfa nnipakan no ho kyerɛɛ Israelfoɔ ntuanofoɔ no sɛ,
So Moses and Eleazar the priest gave them the order in the lowlands of Moab by Jordan at Jericho, saying,
4 “Monkan mmarima a wɔwɔ Israel a wɔadi mfeɛ aduonu ne deɛ ɛboro saa sɛdeɛ Awurade hyɛɛ Mose no.” Sɛdeɛ nnipakan no a ɛfa Israel mma a wɔfiri Misraim baeɛ no ano kɔsiiɛ nie.
Let all the people of twenty years old and over be numbered, as the Lord has given orders to Moses and the children of Israel who have come out of Egypt.
5 Yeinom ne mmusua a wɔyɛ Yakob babarima panin Ruben asefoɔ: Hanokfoɔ abusua, wɔde too wɔn tete agya Hanok; Palufoɔ abusua, wɔde too a wɔn tete agya Palu;
Reuben, the first son of Israel: the sons of Reuben by their families: of Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of the Palluites:
6 Hesronfoɔ abusua, wɔde too wɔn tete agya Hesron; Karmifoɔ abusua, wɔde too wɔn tete agya Karmi.
Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Carmi, the family of the Carmites.
7 Mmarima a na wɔwɔ Ruben mmusua nyinaa mu no dodoɔ yɛ mpem aduanan mmiɛnsa ahanson aduasa.
These are the families of the Reubenites: their number was forty-three thousand, seven hundred and thirty.
8 Na Palu yɛ Eliab aseni,
And the sons of Pallu, Eliab
9 na Nemuel na ɔwoo Eliab, Datan ne Abiram. Saa Datan ne Abiram yi ara na wɔyɛ nnipa no ntuanofoɔ a wɔne Kora yɛɛ adwene tiaa Mose ne Aaron, de buu Awurade animtia.
And the sons of Eliab: Nemuel and Dathan and Abiram. These are the same Dathan and Abiram who had a place in the meeting of the people, who together with Korah made an outcry against Moses and Aaron and against the Lord:
10 Na asase mu bue menee wɔn ne Kora. Egya firi Awurade nkyɛn bɛsɛee wɔn akyidifoɔ ahanu aduonum. Yei yɛɛ kɔkɔbɔ maa Israelman nyinaa.
And they went down into the open mouth of the earth, together with Korah, when death overtook him and all his band; at the time when two hundred and fifty men were burned in the fire, and they became a sign.
11 Nanso, Kora mmammarima deɛ, wɔanwuwu da no.
But death did not overtake the sons of Korah.
12 Yeinom ne mmusua a wɔfiri Simeon mmammarima mu: Nemuelfoɔ abusua, wɔde too wɔn tete agya Nemuel. Yaminfoɔ abusua, wɔde too wɔn tete agya Yamin. Yakinfoɔ abusua, wɔde too wɔn tete agya Yakin.
The sons of Simeon by their families: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites: of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites: of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites:
13 Serafoɔ abusua, wɔde too wɔn tete agya Serah; Saulfoɔ abusua, wɔde too wɔn tete agya Saulo.
Of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites: of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.
14 Mmarima a na wɔwɔ Simeon mmusua mu nyinaa dodoɔ yɛ mpem aduonu mmienu ne ahanu.
These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty-two thousand, two hundred.
15 Yeinom ne mmusua a wɔfiri Gad mmammarima mu: Sefonfoɔ abusua, wɔde too wɔn tete agya Sefon; Hagifoɔ abusua, wɔde too wɔn tete agya Hagi. Sunifoɔ abusua no, wɔde too wɔn tete agya Suni.
The sons of Gad by their families: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites: of Haggi, the family of the Haggites: of Shuni, the family of the Shunites:
16 Osnifoɔ abusua, wɔde too wɔn tete agya Osni. Erifoɔ abusua, wɔde too wɔn tete agya Eri;
Of Ozni, the family of the Oznites: of Eri, the family of the Erites:
17 Arodfoɔ abusua, wɔde too wɔn agya Arod. Arelifoɔ abusua, wɔde too wɔn tete agya Areli.
Of Arod, the family of the Arodites: of Areli, the family of the Arelites.
18 Mmarima a na wɔwɔ Gad mmusua mu no dodoɔ yɛ mpem aduanan ne ahanum.
These are the families of the sons of Gad as they were numbered, forty thousand, five hundred.
19 Na Yuda wɔ mmammarima baanu a wɔn edin de Er ne Onan a na wɔawuwu wɔ Kanaan asase so.
The sons of Judah, Er and Onan: and Er and Onan had come to their death in the land of Canaan.
20 Nanso, mmusua a ɛdidi so yi firi Yuda mmammarima a na wɔte ase no ase. Selafoɔ abusua, wɔde too wɔn tete agya Sela. Peresfoɔ abusua, wɔde too wɔn tete agya Peres. Serafoɔ abusua, wɔde too wɔn tete agya Serah.
And the sons of Judah by their families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelahites: of Perez, the family of the Perezites: of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites.
21 Yeinom ne mmusua nketewa wɔfiri Peresfoɔ ase. Hesronfoɔ abusua, a wɔde too wɔn tete agya Hesron. Hamulfoɔ abusua, wɔde too wɔn tete agya Hamul.
And the sons of Perez were: of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.
22 Mmarima a na wɔwɔ Yuda mmusua mu no nyinaa dodoɔ yɛ mpem aduɔson nsia ne ahanum.
These are the families of Judah as they were numbered, seventy-six thousand, five hundred.
23 Yeinom ne mmusua a wɔfiri Isakar mmammarima ase: Tolafoɔ abusua, wɔde too wɔn tete agya Tola. Puwafoɔ abusua, wɔde too wɔn tete agya Puwa.
The sons of Issachar by their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites: of Puvah, the family of the Punites:
24 Yasubfoɔ abusua, wɔde too wɔn tete agya Yasub. Simronfoɔ abusua, wɔde too wɔn tete agya Simron.
Of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites: of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites.
25 Mmarima a na wɔwɔ Isakar mmusua no mu no nyinaa dodoɔ yɛ mpem aduosia nan ne ahasa.
These are the families of Issachar, as they were numbered, sixty-four thousand, three hundred.
26 Yeinom ne mmusua a wɔfiri Sebulon mmammarima ase: Seredfoɔ abusua, wɔde too wɔn tete agya Sered. Elonfoɔ abusua, wɔde too wɔn tete agya Elon. Yakleefoɔ abusua, wɔde too wɔn tete agya Yakleel.
The sons of Zebulun by their families: of Sered, the family of the Seredites: of Elon, the family of the Elonites: of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites.
27 Mmarima a na wɔwɔ Sebulon mmusua no mu no nyinaa dodoɔ yɛ mpem aduosia ne ahanum.
These are the families of the Zebulunites as they were numbered, sixty thousand, five hundred.
28 Ɛnam Manase ne Efraim so na mmusua mmienu firii Yosef mu baeɛ.
The sons of Joseph by their families: Manasseh and Ephraim.
29 Manase asefoɔ: Makirfoɔ abusua, wɔde too wɔn tete agya Makir. Gileadfoɔ abusua, wɔde too wɔn tete agya, Makir babarima, Gilead.
The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir was the father of Gilead: of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.
30 Yeinom ne mmusua nketewa a wɔfiri Gileadfoɔ ase: Yeserfoɔ abusua, wɔde too wɔn tete agya Yeser. Helekfoɔ abusua, wɔde too wɔn agya Helek.
These are the sons of Gilead: of Iezer, the family of the Iezerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites:
31 Asrielfoɔ abusua, wɔde too wɔn tete agya Asriel. Sekemfoɔ abusua, wɔde too wɔn tete agya Sekem.
And of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites:
32 Semidafoɔ abusua, wɔde too wɔn tete agya Semida. Heferfoɔ abusua, wɔde too wɔn tete agya Hefer.
And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites: and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.
33 Na Hefer babarima Selofehad annya mmammarima nanso na ɔwɔ mmammaa a wɔn edin de Mahla, Noa, Hogla, Milka ne Tirsa.
And Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, had no sons, but only daughters, and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
34 Mmarima a na wɔwɔ Manase mmusua no nyinaa mu dodoɔ yɛ mpem aduonum mmienu ne ahanson.
These are the families of Manasseh; and those who were numbered of them were fifty-two thousand, seven hundred.
35 Yeinom ne mmusua a wɔfiri Efraim mmammarima ase: Sutelafoɔ abusua, wɔde too wɔn tete agya Sutela. Bekerfoɔ abusua, wɔde too wɔn tete agya Beker. Tahanfoɔ abusua, wɔde too wɔn tete agya Tahan.
These are the sons of Ephraim by their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthelahites: of Becher, the family of the Becherites: of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.
36 Na yei yɛ abusua nketewa a wɔfiri Sutela ase: Eranfoɔ abusua, wɔde too wɔn tete agya Eran.
And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites:
37 Mmarima a na wɔwɔ Efraim mmusua nketewa no nyinaa mu dodoɔ yɛ mpem aduasa mmienu ne ahanum. Manase ne Efraim mmusua nyinaa yɛ Yosef asefoɔ.
These are the families of Ephraim as they were numbered, thirty-two thousand, five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph by their families.
38 Yeinom ne mmusua a wɔfiri Benyamin mmammarima mu. Belafoɔ abusua no, wɔde too wɔn tete agya Bela. Asbelfoɔ abusua no, wɔde too wɔn tete agya Asbel. Ahiramfoɔ abusua no, wɔde too wɔn tete agya Ahiram.
The sons of Benjamin by their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites: of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites: of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites:
39 Sufamfoɔ abusua no, wɔde too wɔn tete agya Sufam. Hufamfoɔ abusua no, wɔde too wɔn tete agya Hufam.
Of Shephupham, the family of the Shuphamites: and of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.
40 Yeinom ne mmusua a wɔfiri Belafoɔ mu. Ardfoɔ a wɔde too wɔn tete agya Ard. Naamanfoɔ a wɔde too wɔn tete agya Naaman.
And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites: of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.
41 Na mmarima a na wɔwɔ Benyamin mmusua no mu nyinaa dodoɔ yɛ mpem aduanan enum ne ahansia.
These are the sons of Benjamin by their families: and those who were numbered of them were forty-five thousand, six hundred.
42 Yei ne abusua a ɛfiri Dan babarima asefoɔ mu. Suhamfoɔ abusua no, wɔde too wɔn tete agya Suham. Na Dan mmusua no nyinaa yɛ Suhamfoɔ.
These are the sons of Dan by their families: of Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan by their families.
43 Mmarima a na wɔwɔ saa mmusua no mu nyinaa dodoɔ yɛ mpem aduosia ɛnan ne ahanan.
All the families of the Shuhamites, as they were numbered, were sixty-four thousand, four hundred.
44 Yeinom ne mmusua a wɔfiri Aser mmammarima mu. Yimnafoɔ abusua no, wɔde too wɔn tete agya Yimna. Isuifoɔ abusua no, wɔde too wɔn tete agya Isui. Beriafoɔ abusua no, wɔde too wɔn tete agya Beria.
The sons of Asher by their families: of Imnah, the family of the Imnites: of Ishvi, the family of the Ishvites: of Beriah, the family of the Beriites.
45 Yeinom ne mmusua a wɔfiri Beriafoɔ mu. Heberfoɔ de wɔn ho too wɔn tete agya Heber. Malkielfoɔ de wɔn ho too wɔn tete agya Malkiel.
Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites: of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites:
46 Na Aser wɔ ɔbabaa bi a ne din de Sera.
And the name of the daughter of Asher was Serah.
47 Mmarima a na wɔwɔ Aser mmusua nyinaa mu no dodoɔ yɛ mpem aduonum mmiɛnsa ne ahanan.
These are the families of the sons of Asher as they were numbered, fifty-three thousand, four hundred.
48 Yeinom ne mmusua a wɔfiri Naftali mmammarima mu. Yakseelfoɔ abusua no, wɔde too wɔn tete agya Yakseel. Gunifoɔ abusua no, wɔde too wɔn agya Guni.
The sons of Naphtali by their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites: of Guni, the family of the Gunites:
49 Yeserfoɔ abusua no, wɔde too wɔn tete agya Yeser. Silemfoɔ abusua no, wɔde too wɔn tete agya Silem.
Of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites: of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites.
50 Mmarima a na wɔwɔ Naftali mmusua nyinaa mu no dodoɔ yɛ mpem aduanan enum ne ahanan.
These are the families of Naphtali by their families: and those who were numbered of them were forty-five thousand, four hundred.
51 Enti, nnipa dodoɔ a wɔkan wɔn no ano si mpem ahansia ne baako ahanson aduasa.
Those who were numbered of the children of Israel were six hundred and one thousand, seven hundred and thirty.
52 Afei, Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose sɛ,
And the Lord said to Moses,
53 “Kyekyɛ asase no ma mmusua no sɛdeɛ wɔn dodoɔ teɛ.
Let there be a division of the land among these, for their heritage, in relation to the number of names.
54 Ma abusua a ɛso no asase kɛseɛ na abusua a ɛsua no asase ketewa.
To those families who are more in number, give a greater heritage; to those who are less in number, a smaller part: to every one let the heritage be given in relation to the number in his family.
55 Hwɛ sɛ wɔnam ntontobɔ so bɛkyekyɛ asase no. Deɛ ɛsɛ sɛ ekuo biara nya no bɛgyina nʼagyanom abusuakuo edin dodoɔ so.
But let the distribution of the land be made by the decision of the Lord: by the names of the tribes of their fathers let their heritage be given them.
56 Ɛsɛ sɛ wɔbɔ ntonto wɔ agyapadeɛ no kyekyɛ so wɔ akuo akɛseɛ ne nketewa no mu.”
As it is ordered by the decision of the Lord, let distribution be made between those who are more in number and those who are less.
57 Nnipakan no, na Lewifoɔ mmusua no mu nnipa nie: Wɔde Gersonfoɔ too wɔn tete agya Gerson. Wɔde Kohatfoɔ too wɔn tete agya Kohat. Wɔde Merarifoɔ too wɔn tete agya Merari.
These were those of the Levites who were numbered by their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.
58 Yeinom nso yɛ Lewifoɔ mmusua: Libnifoɔ, Hebronfoɔ, Mahlifoɔ, Musifoɔ ne Korafoɔ. Kohat yɛ Amram tete agya;
These are the families of Levi: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korahites. And Kohath was the father of Amram.
59 Ɛberɛ a Lewi wɔ Misraim no, wɔwoo ɔbabaa a ne din de Yokebed. Kehat babarima Amram waree no. Wɔn na wɔwoo Aaron, Mose ne Miriam.
Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom he had in Egypt: by Amram she had Moses and Aaron and their sister Miriam.
60 Aaron woo Nadab, Abihu, Eleasa ne Itamar.
Aaron's sons were Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
61 Nanso, ɛberɛ a Nadab ne Abihu de ogya a ɛnyɛ kronkron brɛɛ Awurade no, wɔwuwuiɛ.
Death overtook Nadab and Abihu when they made an offering of strange fire before the Lord.
62 Nnipakan no mu na Lewifoɔ nyinaa dodoɔ yɛ mpem aduonu mmiɛnsa. Wɔkan mmarima a wɔadi firi bosome kɔsi mpanimfoɔ so. Nanso, wɔammu Lewifoɔ no ano anka Israel nnipakan no ho, ɛfiri sɛ, wɔrekyɛ nsase no ama mmusuakuo no, wɔamma Lewifoɔ no bi.
Of these, twenty-three thousand males, from one month old and over, were numbered: they were not numbered with the rest of the children of Israel, for they had no heritage among the children of Israel.
63 Enti, sɛdeɛ Mose ne ɔsɔfoɔ Eleasa fa kyerɛɛ nnipa no ano wɔ Moab bepɔ a ɛbɛn Asubɔnten Yordan na ɛne Yeriko di nhwɛanimu no ne no.
All these were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest when the children of Israel were numbered in the lowlands of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.
64 Saa nnipa yi nyinaa, wɔn mu baako mpo nni hɔ a nnipakan a ɛdi ɛkan no, wɔkan no wɔ Sinai ɛserɛ so hɔ,
But among all these was not one of those numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest when the children of Israel were numbered in the waste land of Sinai.
65 ɛfiri sɛ, na mfeɛ aduanan atwam enti na wɔn a wɔkan wɔn kane no nyinaa awuwu sɛdeɛ Awurade kaeɛ sɛ. “Wɔbɛwuwu wɔ ɛserɛ so” no. Wɔn a ɛkaa wɔn ara ne Yefune ba Kaleb ne Nun babarima Yosua.
For the Lord had said of them, Death will certainly overtake them in the waste land. And of them all, only Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua, the son of Nun, were still living.
