Numbers 21
1 The Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in the South, heard that Israel came by the way of Atharim. He fought against Israel, and took some of them captive.
Arad ɔhene a ɔyɛ Kanaanni a ɔte Negeb tee sɛ Israelfoɔ nam Atarim ɛkwan so reba. Ɔboaboaa nʼakodɔm ano kɔto hyɛɛ Israelfoɔ no so kyekyeree binom sɛ nneduafoɔ.
2 Israel vowed a vow to Yahweh, and said, “If you will indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.”
Afei, Israelfoɔ no kaa ntam kyerɛɛ Awurade sɛ, sɛ ɔbɛboa wɔn ama wɔadi Arad ɔhene ne de dɔm so a, anka wɔbɛgu nkuro akɛseɛ a ɛwɔ hɔ nyinaa.
3 Yahweh listened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities. The name of the place was called Hormah.
Awurade tiee wɔn abisadeɛ no, enti ɔmaa wɔdii Kanaanfoɔ no so; Israelfoɔ no sɛee wɔn ne wɔn nkuro akɛseɛ pasaa. Wɔtoo hɔ edin Horma a aseɛ ne “Ɔsɛeɛ.”
4 They traveled from Mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom. The soul of the people was very discouraged because of the journey.
Afei, Israelfoɔ no sane kɔɔ Bepɔ Hor so. Wɔfiri hɔ no, wɔkɔɔ anafoɔ fam ɛkwan a ɛkɔ Ɛpo Kɔkɔɔ no so no so sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a, wɔbɛtumi atwa kanko afa Edom ho. Nnipa no aba mu buiɛ.
5 The people spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no bread, there is no water, and our soul loathes this disgusting food!”
Wɔhyɛɛ aseɛ nwiinwii tiaa Onyankopɔn enti wɔkaa wɔn ahiasɛm kyerɛɛ Mose sɛ, “Adɛn enti na woayi yɛn afiri Misraim de yɛn aba sɛ yɛmmɛwuwu ɛserɛ yi so? Aduane a yɛbɛdie nni ha. Nsuo a yɛbɛnom nso nni ha. Mana yi nso deɛ, afono yɛn.”
6 Yahweh sent venomous snakes among the people, and they bit the people. Many people of Israel died.
Enti, Awurade maa awɔ a wɔn ano wɔ borɔ yie kɔkekaa wɔn mu bebree ma wɔwuwuiɛ.
7 The people came to Moses, and said, “We have sinned, because we have spoken against Yahweh and against you. Pray to Yahweh, that he take away the serpents from us.” Moses prayed for the people.
Afei, nnipa no baa Mose nkyɛn bɛsrɛɛ sɛ, “Yɛayɛ bɔne, ɛfiri sɛ, yɛakasa atia Awurade ne wo. Bɔ mpaeɛ kyerɛ Awurade na awɔ no nkɔ.” Mose bɔɔ mpaeɛ maa nnipa no.
8 Yahweh said to Moses, “Make a venomous snake, and set it on a pole. It shall happen that everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live.”
Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose sɛ, “Fa kɔbere yɛ saa awɔ yi mu baako sɛso na fa no sɛn poma bi so, na sɛ awɔ no bi ka obi na onii no hwɛ no kɛkɛ a, ɔrenwu.”
9 Moses made a serpent of bronze, and set it on the pole. If a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked at the serpent of bronze, he lived.
Enti, Mose yɛɛ ɔwɔ sɛso no; na obiara a ɔwɔ no bi bɛka no no, sɛ ɔpagya nʼani hwɛ no a, ɔnwu.
10 The children of Israel traveled, and encamped in Oboth.
Israelfoɔ no firi hɔ no, wɔtoaa wɔn akwantuo no so kɔɔ Obot kɔtenaa hɔ.
11 They traveled from Oboth, and encamped at Iyeabarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrise.
Afei, wɔtoaa so kɔɔ Iye-Abarim wɔ ɛserɛ so wɔ Moab apueeɛ fam.
12 From there they traveled, and encamped in the valley of Zered.
Wɔfiri hɔ no, wɔtoaa so kɔɔ asuwa Sered Subɔnhwa mu kɔbɔɔ atenaeɛ wɔ hɔ.
13 From there they traveled, and encamped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness that comes out of the border of the Amorites; for the Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.
Afei, wɔtu kɔɔ akyirikyiri fam wɔ Asubɔnten Arnon nkyɛn hɔ baabi a wɔne Amorifoɔ bɔ hyeɛ. Asubɔnten Arnon na ɛyɛ ɛhyeɛ a ɛda Moabfoɔ ne Amorifoɔ ntam.
14 Therefore it is said in The Book of the Wars of Yahweh, “Vaheb in Suphah, the valleys of the Arnon,
Enti, wɔkaa saa asɛm yi wɔ Awurade akodie nwoma no mu sɛ, asubɔnten Arnon subɔnhwa ne kuro Waheb
15 the slope of the valleys that incline toward the dwelling of Ar, leans on the border of Moab.”
da Amorifoɔ ne Moabfoɔ ntam.
16 From there they traveled to Beer; that is the well of which Yahweh said to Moses, “Gather the people together, and I will give them water.”
Afei, Israelfoɔ no toaa wɔn akwantuo no so kɔɔ Beer a aseɛ ne “Abura.” Ɛha na Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose sɛ, “Frɛfrɛ nnipa no nyinaa bra na mɛma wɔn nsuo.”
17 Then Israel sang this song: “Spring up, well! Sing to it,
Ɛhɔ na Israelfoɔ too dwom sɛ, “Tue Ao, Abura! To ho dwom!
18 the well, which the princes dug, which the nobles of the people dug, with the scepter, and with their poles.” From the wilderness they traveled to Mattanah;
To abura yi ho dwom, mmapɔmma na wɔtuiɛ; na akunini titii mu wɔde wɔn ahempoma ne wɔn poma.” Afei, Israelfoɔ no firii ɛserɛ no so kɔfaa Matana,
19 and from Mattanah to Nahaliel; and from Nahaliel to Bamoth;
Nahaliel ne Bamot.
20 and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the field of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looks down on the desert.
Afei wɔkɔɔ Pisga atifi a ɛwɔ Moab bɔnhwa no mu, baabi a wogyina a wohunu asase tamaa no.
21 Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
Afei, Israelfoɔ tuu abɔfoɔ ma wɔde nkra yi kɔmaa Amorifoɔhene Sihon sɛ:
22 “Let me pass through your land. We will not turn away into field or vineyard. We will not drink of the water of the wells. We will go by the king’s highway, until we have passed your border.”
“Momma yɛntwa mu mfa mo ɔman yi mu. Yɛbɛfa ɛkwan tempɔn so, na yɛremfiri so kɔsi sɛ yɛbɛtra mo hyeɛ. Yɛrentiatia mo mfudeɛ so, yɛremfa yɛn nsa nka mo bobe nturo, na yɛrennom mo abura mu nsuo.”
23 Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his border, but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness, and came to Jahaz. He fought against Israel.
Nanso ɔhene Sihon ampene so. Na mmom, ɔboaboaa nʼakodɔm ano kɔto hyɛɛ Israelfoɔ so wɔ ɛserɛ so hɔ ne wɔn koo wɔ Yahas.
24 Israel struck him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, even to the children of Ammon; for the border of the children of Ammon was fortified.
Nanso Israelfoɔ no kunkumm wɔn faa wɔn asase a ɛfiri Asubɔnten Arnon kɔsi asuo Yabok ho toaa so kɔsii Amorifoɔ ahyeɛ so, nanso wɔkɔhyiaa Amon mma ahoɔdenfoɔ bi a wɔakyere sraban enti wɔantumi anko ankɔ wɔn anim bio.
25 Israel took all these cities. Israel lived in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all its villages.
Enti Israelfoɔ no faa Amorifoɔ no nkuro akɛseɛ nyinaa a Hesbon kuropɔn ne ne nkuraase nyinaa ka ho tenaa mu.
26 For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even to the Arnon.
Na Hesbon yɛ Amorifoɔhene Sihon Kuropɔn. Sihon na ɛda bi ɔko tiaa Moabhene faa ne nsase nyinaa bɛsii Asubɔnten Arnon no.
27 Therefore those who speak in proverbs say, “Come to Heshbon. Let the city of Sihon be built and established;
Ne sei enti tete, anwensɛm twerɛfoɔ twerɛɛ yei faa ne ho sɛ, “Bra Hesbon, Sihon kuropɔn, yɛnkyekyere na ɛnsi ne dada mu.
28 for a fire has gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon. It has devoured Ar of Moab, The lords of the high places of the Arnon.
“Egya turi firii Hesbon Ogyaframa firii Sihon ahenkuro mu, Ɛhyee Ar kuropɔn a ɛwɔ Moab; ɛsɛee sodifoɔ a wɔwɔ Arnon mmepɔ so.
29 Woe to you, Moab! You are undone, people of Chemosh! He has given his sons as fugitives, and his daughters into captivity, to Sihon king of the Amorites.
Ao Moabfoɔ, mosɛeɛ bɛba mu! Wɔawie mo, mo a mosom Kemos! Kemos agya ne mmammarima sɛ atutenafoɔ, Ne ne mmammaa sɛ Amorifoɔhene Sihon nnommumfoɔ.
30 We have shot at them. Heshbon has perished even to Dibon. We have laid waste even to Nophah, Which reaches to Medeba.”
“Yɛasɛe wɔn pasaa, ɛfiri Hesbon tɔnn kɔsi Dibon. Yɛasɛe wɔn ara akɔsi Nofa De kɔ ara kɔsi Medeba.”
31 Thus Israel lived in the land of the Amorites.
Enti Israelfoɔ no tenaa Amorifoɔ asase so.
32 Moses sent to spy out Jazer. They took its villages, and drove out the Amorites who were there.
Mose somaa akwansrafoɔ sɛ wɔnkɔsrasra Yaser fa mu hɔ. Ɔde asraafoɔ toaa wɔn, faa wɔn nkuro nyinaa, pamoo Amorifoɔ no.
33 They turned and went up by the way of Bashan. Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.
Afei, wɔde wɔn ani kyerɛɛ kuro kɛseɛ Basan, nanso Basanhene Og de nʼasraafoɔ hyiaa wɔn wɔ Edrei.
34 Yahweh said to Moses, “Don’t fear him, for I have delivered him into your hand, with all his people, and his land. You shall do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon.”
Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose sɛ ɔnnsuro na wadi atamfoɔ no so dada. Awurade sane hyɛɛ Mose nkuran sɛ asɛm a ɛtoo ɔhene Sihon wɔ Hesbon no, saa asɛm korɔ no ara bi na ɛbɛto no.
35 So they struck him, with his sons and all his people, until there were no survivors; and they possessed his land.
Ampa ara, Israelfoɔ dii nkonim na wɔkumm ɔhene Og ne ne mmammarima ne ne nkurɔfoɔ nyinaa a anka wɔn mu baako mpo. Enti Israelfoɔ no tenaa asase no so.
