5 Mose 33
1 Yei ne nhyira a Onyankopɔn onipa Mose de hyiraa Israelfoɔ no ansa na ɔrewu:
And this [is] the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.
2 Ɔkaa sɛ, “Awurade firi Sinai ba bɛpuee yɛn so firii Seir; ɔhran firii Paran bepɔ so. Ɔde akronkronfoɔ pii ba firii anafoɔ fam ne mmepɔ nsianeɛ so.
And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand [went] a fiery law for them.
3 Nokorɛ mu, wo wodɔ wo nnipa no, akronkronfoɔ nyinaa wɔ wo nsam. Wɔkoto wo nan ase, na wɔnya nkyerɛkyerɛ firi wo hɔ;
Yea, he loved the people; all his saints [are] in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; [every one] shall receive of thy words.
4 mmara a Mose de maa yɛn no: Yakob nkurɔfoɔ agyapadeɛ.
Moses commanded us a law, [even] the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.
5 Awurade yɛɛ ɔhene wɔ Yeshurun ɛberɛ a nnipa no ntuanofoɔ hyiaa Israel mmusuakuo no.
And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people [and] the tribes of Israel were gathered together.
6 “Ma Ruben nya nkwa. Mma nʼase ntɔre. Na ne mmarima nso, mma wɔn so nhwan.”
Let Reuben live, and not die; and let [not] his men be few.
7 Asɛm a Mose ka faa Yuda abusuakuo ho nie: “Tie Ao Awurade, tie Yuda sufrɛ fa no brɛ ne nkurɔfoɔ. Ɔde nʼankasa ahoɔden bɔ ne ho ban. Yɛ ne ɔboafoɔ na tia nʼatamfoɔ!”
And this [is the blessing] of Judah: and he said, Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be sufficient for him; and be thou an help [to him] from his enemies.
8 Asɛm a Mose ka faa Lewi abusuakuo ho nie: “Ao Awurade, wode ade kronkron ama wʼasomfoɔ nokwafoɔ Lewifoɔ. Wosɔɔ wɔn hwɛɛ wɔ Masa wone wɔn koeɛ wɔ Meriba asuo ho.
And of Levi he said, [Let] thy Thummim and thy Urim [be] with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, [and with] whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;
9 Lewifoɔ tiee wʼasɛm bɔɔ wʼapam no ho ban. Wɔdii wo nokorɛ sene sɛdeɛ wɔdii wɔn awofoɔ, wɔn abusuafoɔ ne wɔn mma nokorɛ.
Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.
10 Afei, ma wɔnkyerɛ Yakob wo mmara no. Ma wɔmfa wo nkyerɛkyerɛ no mma Israelfoɔ. Wɔde aduhwam bɛba wʼanim Abɛbɔ ɔhyeɛ afɔdeɛ wɔ afɔrebukyia so.
They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar.
11 Hyira Lewifoɔ, Ao Awurade na ma wɔn nnwuma nyinaa nsɔ wʼani. Bubu wɔn atamfoɔ nnwonku; bɔ wɔn atamfoɔ hwe fam a wɔnsɔre bio.”
Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands: smite through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that hate him, that they rise not again.
12 Asɛm a Mose ka faa Benyamin abusuakuo ho nie: “Awurade dɔ Benyamin nkurɔfoɔ na wɔnya banbɔ wɔ ne mu. Ɔtwa wɔn ho hyia ɛberɛ biara na ɔbɔ wɔn ho ban firi ɔhaw biara mu.”
[And] of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by him; [and the Lord] shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders.
13 Asɛm a Mose ka faa Yosef mmusuakuo ho nie: “Awurade nhyira wɔn nsase; ɔmfa ne bosuo pa a ɛfiri sorosoro ne nsuo a ɛfiri asase ase pɛɛ no,
And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD [be] his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath,
14 ne nnepa a ɛnyini wɔ owia mu ne adonneɛ a ɛba ɔbosome biara mu;
And for the precious fruits [brought forth] by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon,
15 ne nnɔbaeɛ pa a ɛfiri tete mmepɔ mu ne deɛ abu so wɔ nkokoɔ a ɛtim hɔ daa mu
And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills,
16 ne akyɛdeɛ amapa dodoɔ a ɛfiri asase mu, ne adom a ɛfiri deɛ ɔpuee wɔ ogya a ɛrederɛ no mu. Saa nhyira yi nyinaa mmra Yosef so nhyɛ no ahenkyɛ wɔ ne nuanom mu.
And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and [for] the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: let [the blessing] come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him [that was] separated from his brethren.
17 Yosef wɔ ahoɔden ne tumi sɛ nantwie ba. Nʼahoɔden te sɛ ɔtrɔm mmɛn. Ɔde bɛwowɔ akyirikyiri aman, apamo wɔn akɔ asase ano. Yei ne me nhyira a mede rema Efraim bebrebe ne Manase mpempem no.”
His glory [is like] the firstling of his bullock, and his horns [are like] the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they [are] the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they [are] the thousands of Manasseh.
18 Asɛm a Mose ka faa Sebulon ne Isakar mmusuakuo ho nie: “Sebulon asefoɔ, monnya nkɔsoɔ wɔ mo akwantuo biara mu. Isakar asefoɔ, monnya nkɔsoɔ wɔ mo fie ntomadan mu.
And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, Issachar, in thy tents.
19 Wɔfrɛ nnipa no kɔ bepɔ no so kɔbɔ afɔdeɛ a ɛdi mu wɔ hɔ. Wɔnya mfasoɔ firi ɛpo mu nnepa ne ademudeɛ a ahinta wɔ anwea mu.”
They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck [of] the abundance of the seas, and [of] treasures hid in the sand.
20 Asɛm a Mose ka faa Gad abusuakuo ho nie: “Nhyira nka obi a ɔtrɛ Gad mantam mu! Gad ayɛ krado sɛ gyata a ɔrebɛtu abasa anaa wate etire.
And of Gad he said, Blessed [be] he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head.
21 Gad nkurɔfoɔ gyee asase pa no maa wɔn ho; ɔkannifoɔ kyɛfa na wɔde maa wɔn. Ɛberɛ a nkurɔfoɔ no mpanimfoɔ hyiaeɛ no, wɔde Awurade atɛntenenee yɛɛ adwuma, na wɔdii mmara a wɔde maa Israelfoɔ no so.”
And he provided the first part for himself, because there, [in] a portion of the lawgiver, [was he] seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the LORD, and his judgments with Israel.
22 Asɛm a Mose ka faa Dan abusuakuo ho nie: “Dan yɛ gyata ba a ɔrehurihuri firi Basan.”
And of Dan he said, Dan [is] a lion’s whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.
23 Asɛm a Mose ka faa Naftali abusuakuo ho nie: “Ao Naftali, wowɔ adom bebree na Awurade nhyira ayɛ wo ma; atɔeɛ fam ne anafoɔ fam bɛyɛ wo kyɛfa.”
And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou the west and the south.
24 Asɛm a Mose ka faa Aser abusuakuo ho nie: “Aser nnya animuonyam wɔ ne nuanom anim; ne nuanom mfa anidie mma no; wɔmfa ngo nsra ne nan ho.
And of Asher he said, [Let] Asher [be] blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil.
25 Wʼapono ho nkyerewa nyɛ dadeɛ ne kɔbere mfrafraeɛ; Awurade mmɔ wo ho ban wo nkwa nna nyinaa.
Thy shoes [shall be] iron and brass; and as thy days, [so shall] thy strength [be].
26 “Onyankopɔn biara nni hɔ sɛ Yeshurun Onyankopɔn; Ɔnam ɔsorosoro bɛboa wo, ɔde ne tumi nante omununkum mu.
[There is] none like unto the God of Jeshurun, [who] rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.
27 Onyankopɔn a ɔwɔ hɔ daa yɛ wo dwanekɔbea; nʼabasa a ɛwɔ hɔ daa no kura wo. Ɔbɛpam wʼatamfoɔ afiri wʼanim; Ɔno na ɔteaam sɛ, ‘Sɛe wɔn!’
The eternal God [is thy] refuge, and underneath [are] the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy [them].
28 Enti, Israel bɛtena ase asomdwoeɛ mu; Yakob a wanya nkɔsoɔ bɛnya banbɔ wɔ asase a aduane ne nsã wɔ so, na ɔsoro tɔ bosuo gu so.
Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob [shall be] upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew.
29 Nhyira nka mo, Ao Israel! Hwan na ɔte sɛ mo, nnipa a Awurade agye mo nkwa. Ɔyɛ mo akokyɛm ne mo ɔboafoɔ ne mo nkonimdie akofena! Mo atamfoɔ bɛkoto mo anim, na moatiatia wɔn so.”
Happy [art] thou, O Israel: who [is] like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who [is] the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
