2 Mose 33
1 Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose se, “Di saa nnipa a wode wɔn fi Misraim asase so no anim kɔ asase a mede hyɛɛ Abraham, Isak ne Yakob bɔ no so, efisɛ mekae se, ‘Mede saa asase yi bɛma wʼasefo.’
Jehovah spoke to Moses, "Depart, go up from here, you and the people that you have brought up out of the land of Egypt, to the land of which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, 'I will give it to your descendants.'
2 Mɛsoma ɔbɔfo adi wʼanim na wapam Kanaanfo, Amorifo, Hetifo, Perisifo, Hewifo ne Yebusifo.
I will send an angel before you; and I will drive out the Canaanite, and the Amorite, and the Hethite, and the Perizzite, and the Girgashite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite:
3 Ɛyɛ asase a ɛwo ne nufusu sen wɔ so. Na me ne mo rentu saa kwan no efisɛ moyɛ nnipa a mo aso yɛ den, na anyɛ a na makɔsɛe mo wɔ ɔkwan so.”
to a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of you, for you are a stiff-necked people, lest I consume you in the way."
4 Nnipa yi tee saa nsɛnhyew yi no, wotwaa agyaadwo na wɔworɔworɔw wɔn ho nkaa ne nnwinne nyinaa.
When the people heard this evil news, they mourned: and no one put on his jewelry.
5 Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose se ɔnka nkyerɛ wɔn se, “Moyɛ nnipa a mo aso yɛ den. Na sɛ me ne mo tena bɛyɛ simma baako pɛ koraa mpo a, anyɛ a na matɔre mo ase. Monworɔworɔw mo nkaa ne mo nnwinne a mohyehyɛ no nyinaa na mehu nea mɛyɛ mo.”
Jehovah said to Moses, "Tell the children of Israel, 'You are a stiff-necked people. If I were to go up into your midst for one moment, I would consume you. Therefore now take off your jewelry from you, that I may know what to do to you.'"
6 Eyi akyi no, obiara worɔw ne nnwinne wɔ Bepɔw Horeb so.
The children of Israel stripped themselves of their jewelry from Mount Horeb onward.
7 Na Mose sii ahyiae ntamadan wɔ nsraban no akyi a obiara a ɔpɛ sɛ ɔne Awurade di nkitaho no kɔ hɔ. Wɔtoo dan no din Ahyiae.
Now Moses used to take the tent and to pitch it outside the camp, far away from the camp, and he called it "The Tent of Meeting." It happened that everyone who sought Jehovah went out to the Tent of Meeting, which was outside the camp.
8 Bere biara a Mose bɛkɔ Ahyiae Ntamadan no mu no, nnipa no nyinaa sɔre begyina wɔn ntamadan no ano hwɛ no kosi sɛ obedu ɔdan no ano.
It happened that when Moses went out to the Tent, that all the people rose up, and stood, everyone at their tent door, and watched Moses, until he had gone into the Tent.
9 Ɔrewura mu a, omununkum fadum behyia no wɔ ɔkwan no ano na Awurade nam mu ne Mose akasa.
It happened, when Moses entered into the Tent, that the pillar of cloud descended, stood at the door of the Tent, and spoke with Moses.
10 Bere biara a nnipa no behu omununkum fadum no sɛ egyina ntamadan no pon ano no, wɔn nyinaa bɛsɔre akotow nea wobehu wɔ wɔn ntamadan no pon ano no.
All the people saw the pillar of cloud stand at the door of the Tent, and all the people rose up and worshiped, everyone at their tent door.
11 Ɔdan no mu, na Awurade kasa kyerɛ Mose anim ne anim, sɛnea obi ne nʼadamfo di nkɔmmɔ. Na sɛ Mose san kɔ nsraban no hɔ a, aberante a ɔboa no a wɔfrɛ no Yosua (Nun ba) no de, ɔtena Ahyiae Ntamadan no mu ara kosi sɛ Mose bɛsan aba.
Jehovah spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. He turned again into the camp, but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, did not depart out of the Tent.
12 Mose ka kyerɛɛ Awurade se, “Daa woka kyerɛ me se, ‘Fa saa nnipa yi kɔ bɔhyɛ asase no so, nanso wonkyerɛɛ me onipa a ɔnka me ho ne me nkɔ. Wuse woyɛ mʼadamfo a woayɛ me adɔe bebree.’
Moses said to Jehovah, "Look, you tell me, 'Bring up this people:' and you haven't let me know whom you will send with me. Yet you have said, 'I know you by name, and you have also found favor in my sight.'
13 Na sɛ saa na ɛte a, di mʼanim kyerɛ me faako a ɛyɛ wo pɛ sɛ mefa na ama mate wo ase na mafa wo kwan so pɛpɛɛpɛ. Na mma wo werɛ mfi sɛ saa ɔman yi yɛ wo nkurɔfo.”
Now therefore, if I have found favor in your sight, please show me now your ways, that I may know you, so that I may find favor in your sight: and consider that this nation is your people."
14 Na Awurade buaa no se, “Mʼankasa me ne wo bɛkɔ na woadi nkonim.”
He said, "My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest."
15 Nanso Mose kae se, “Sɛ wo ne yɛn renkɔ de a, mma yemmfi ha nnkɔ.
He said to him, "If your presence doesn't go with me, do not carry us up from here.
16 Sɛ wo ne yɛn ankɔ a, hena na obehu sɛ me ne me nkurɔfo anya wo hɔ adom a ama nsonoe abɛda yɛn ne asase sofo a wɔaka no ntam?”
For how would people know that I have found favor in your sight, I and your people? Isn't it in that you go with us, so that we are separated, I and your people, from all the people who are on the surface of the earth?"
17 Awurade buaa Mose se, “Ampa ara, mɛyɛ wʼabisade ama wo, efisɛ woanya ahummɔbɔ afi me nkyɛn na woyɛ mʼadamfo.”
Jehovah said to Moses, "I will do this thing also that you have spoken; for you have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name."
18 Na Mose srɛɛ sɛ ɔpɛ sɛ ohu Onyankopɔn anuonyam.
He said, "Please show me your glory."
19 Awurade buae se, “Mɛma mo ahu mʼadɔe, na mɛbɔ me din Awurade no akyerɛ mo. Nea mepɛ sɛ mihu no mmɔbɔ no, mehu no mmɔbɔ, na nea mepɛ sɛ meyɛ no adɔe nso, mɛyɛ no adɔe.
He said, "I will make all my goodness pass before you, and will proclaim the name of Jehovah before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy."
20 Nanso morenhu mʼanuonyam, efisɛ obiara renhu mʼanim ntena nkwa mu.
He said, "You cannot see my face, for man may not see me and live."
21 “Nanso gyina ɔbotan yi so wɔ me nkyɛn ha.
Jehovah also said, "Look, there is a place by me, and you are to station yourself on the rock.
22 Na sɛ mʼanuonyam resen a, mede wo bɛhyɛ ɔbotan no mu na mede me nsa akata wo so akosi sɛ metwa mu.
It will happen, while my glory passes by, that I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and will cover you with my hand until I have passed by;
23 Afei, meyi me nsa na woahu mʼakyi, na mʼanim de, ɛnsɛ sɛ wohu.”
then I will take away my hand, and you will see my back; but my face shall not be seen."
