Numbers 20
1 The children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came into the wilderness of Zin in the first month. The people stayed in Kadesh. Miriam died there, and was buried there.
Israelfoɔ no duruu Sin ɛserɛ so bosome a ɛdi ɛkan no mu. Wɔsisii wɔn ntomadan wɔ Kades, na ɛhɔ na Miriam wuiɛ ma wɔsiee no.
2 There was no water for the congregation; and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.
Na nsuo a wɔbɛnom nni hɔ enti, nnipa no sɔre tiaa Mose ne Aaron.
3 The people quarreled with Moses, and spoke, saying, “We wish that we had died when our brothers died before Yahweh!
Nnipa no bɔɔ Mose soboɔ sɛ, “Sɛ yɛne yɛn nuanom wuwuu wɔ Awurade anim a anka yɛpɛ.
4 Why have you brought Yahweh’s assembly into this wilderness, that we should die there, we and our animals?
Mode Awurade ɔman ne yɛn nnwan ne yɛn anantwie aba ɛserɛ yi so sɛ yɛmmewuwu?
5 Why have you made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in to this evil place? It is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink.”
Adɛn enti na moyii yɛn firii Misraim de yɛn baa asase bɔne yi so? Borɔdɔma, atokoɔ, bobe ne ateaa nni asase yi so. Nsuo a yɛbɛnom nso nni ha.”
6 Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and fell on their faces. Yahweh’s glory appeared to them.
Mose ne Aaron sɔre kɔɔ Ahyiaeɛ Ntomadan no ano de wɔn anim butubutuu fam wɔ Awurade anim; na wɔhunuu Awurade animuonyam.
7 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
Na Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose sɛ,
8 “Take the rod, and assemble the congregation, you, and Aaron your brother, and speak to the rock before their eyes, that it pour out its water. You shall bring water to them out of the rock; so you shall give the congregation and their livestock drink.”
“Momfa Aaron abaa no na wo ne Aaron mfrɛ nnipa no nyinaa. Wɔrehwɛ mo no, kasa kyerɛ ɔbotan a ɛwɔ nohoa no sɛ nsuo mfiri mu mmra. Mobɛnya wɔn nsuo a ɛbɛso wɔne wɔn anantwie afiri ɔbotan no mu!”
9 Moses took the rod from before Yahweh, as he commanded him.
Mose yɛɛ deɛ Awurade kaeɛ no. Ɔfaa abaa no firii baabi a wɔde asie wɔ Awurade anim,
10 Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock, and he said to them, “Hear now, you rebels! Shall we bring water out of this rock for you?”
na Mose ne Aaron frɛɛ nnipa no nyinaa ma wɔbɛboaa ɔbotan no ho na wɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Adɔnyɛfoɔ, montie! Yɛmma nsuo mfiri saa ɔbotan yi mu mmra anaa?”
11 Moses lifted up his hand, and struck the rock with his rod twice, and water came out abundantly. The congregation and their livestock drank.
Afei Mose maa abaa no so de bɔɔ ɔbotan no mprenu maa nsuo bebree firii mu baeɛ maa nnipa no ne wɔn anantwie nomeeɛ.
12 Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you didn’t believe in me, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them.”
Nanso, Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose ne Aaron sɛ, “Esiane sɛ moante me ho wɔ Israelfoɔ no anim no enti, moremfa wɔn nkɔ asase a mehyɛɛ wɔn ho bɔ no so!”
13 These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with Yahweh, and he was sanctified in them.
Wɔfrɛɛ beaeɛ hɔ Meriba a aseɛ ne: Adɔnyɛ Nsuo, ɛfiri sɛ, ɛhɔ ne baabi a Israelfoɔ tee Awurade atua na, ɛhɔ ara nso na Awurade daa ne ho adi kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ ɔyɛ kronkron.
14 Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, saying: “Your brother Israel says: You know all the travail that has happened to us;
Ɛberɛ a Mose wɔ Kades no, ɔsomaa nnipa ma wɔkɔɔ Edomhene nkyɛn sɛ wɔnkɔka nkyerɛ no sɛ: “Saa nkra yi firi wʼabusuafoɔ a wɔyɛ Israelfoɔ nkyɛn. Wonim abɛbrɛsɛ a yɛafa mu,
15 how our fathers went down into Egypt, and we lived in Egypt a long time. The Egyptians mistreated us and our fathers.
sɛdeɛ yɛn agyanom kɔtenaa Misraim. Yɛtenaa hɔ mfeɛ bebree na yɛhunuu amane sɛ Misraimfoɔ nkoa.
16 When we cried to Yahweh, he heard our voice, sent an angel, and brought us out of Egypt. Behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the edge of your border.
Nanso, yɛsu frɛɛ Awurade no, ɔtiee yɛn na ɔsomaa ɔbɔfoɔ ma ɔbɛyii yɛn firii Misraim. “Seesei yɛwɔ Kades wɔ mo asase hyeɛ so.
17 “Please let us pass through your land. We will not pass through field or through vineyard, neither will we drink from the water of the wells. We will go along the king’s highway. We will not turn away to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed your border.”
Yɛsrɛ mo sɛ, momma yɛntwa mu mfa mo ɔman yi mu. Yɛbɛhwɛ yie sɛ yɛremfa mo mfuo ne mo bobe nturo mu. Na mpo, yɛrennom mo abura mu nsuo. Yɛbɛfa ɔhene kwantempɔn so na yɛremfiri so kɔsi sɛ yɛbɛtra mo hyeɛ a ɛwɔ ɛfa nohoa no.”
18 Edom said to him, “You shall not pass through me, lest I come out with the sword against you.”
Nanso, Edomhene kaa sɛ, “Mommfa mʼasase so, anyɛ saa a mede akodɔm bɛhyia mo!”
19 The children of Israel said to him, “We will go up by the highway; and if we drink your water, I and my livestock, then I will give its price. Only let me, without doing anything else, pass through on my feet.”
Israelfoɔ no buaa sɛ, “Owura, yɛbɛfa tempɔn no so. Sɛ yɛn ayɛmmoa nom mo nsuo a, yɛbɛtua ka. Yɛpɛ sɛ yɛtwam wɔ mo asase so na yɛnni adwemmɔne bi.”
20 He said, “You shall not pass through.” Edom came out against him with many people, and with a strong hand.
Nanso Edomhene buaa sɛ, “Mommfa yɛn asase so!” Ɔboaboaa nʼakodɔm ano de wɔn kɔɔ ɛhyeɛ no so.
21 Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border, so Israel turned away from him.
Esiane sɛ Edom amma wɔn ɛkwan amma Israelfoɔ no amfa wɔn ɔman mu no enti, wɔmane faa nkyɛn.
22 They traveled from Kadesh, and the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came to Mount Hor.
Wɔfirii Kades kɔɔ Bepɔ Hor so.
23 Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron in Mount Hor, by the border of the land of Edom, saying,
Afei, Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose ne Aaron wɔ Bepɔ Hor a ɛwɔ Edom hyeɛ so sɛ,
24 “Aaron shall be gathered to his people; for he shall not enter into the land which I have given to the children of Israel, because you rebelled against my word at the waters of Meribah.
“Ɛberɛ aduru sɛ Aaron wuo, na ɔrenkɔ asase a mede ama Israelfoɔ no so bi, ɛfiri sɛ, mo baanu yɛɛ me dɔm wɔ Meriba nsuo no ho.
25 Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up to Mount Hor;
Afei, fa Aaron ne ne babarima Eleasa kɔ Bepɔ Hor so.
26 and strip Aaron of his garments, and put them on Eleazar his son. Aaron shall be gathered, and shall die there.”
Ɛhɔ na wobɛyi Aaron asɔfotadeɛ no de ahyɛ ne babarima Eleasa. Ɛhɔ na Aaron bɛwu na watoa nʼagyanom.”
27 Moses did as Yahweh commanded. They went up onto Mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.
Enti, Mose yɛɛ deɛ Awurade hyɛɛ no sɛ ɔnyɛ no. Wɔn baasa nyinaa kɔɔ bepɔ Hor so a nnipa no nyinaa hwɛ wɔn.
28 Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them on Eleazar his son. Aaron died there on the top of the mountain, and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.
Wɔduruu bepɔ no apampam no, Mose yii Aaron asɔfotadeɛ no de hyɛɛ ne babarima Eleasa, na Aaron wuu wɔ bepɔ no apampam. Mose ne Eleasa sane wɔn akyi,
29 When all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they wept for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.
na wɔbɔɔ nnipa no wu a Aaron awuo no ho amaneɛ no, wɔsuu no adaduasa.
