Exodus 17

The whole Israelite community set out from the Desert of Sin, traveling from place to place as the Lord commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.

Nnansia akyi, Yesu faa Petro, Yakobo ne ne nua Yohane de wɔn kɔɔ bepɔw tenten bi a ɛso yɛ dinn atifi.

So they quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water to drink.”

Moses replied, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you put the Lord to the test?”

Wɔwɔ hɔ no, wohui sɛ ne nipadua asesa ama n’anim ahyerɛn sɛ owia, ma n’atade ayɛ fitafita sɛ nwera.

But the people were thirsty for water there, and they grumbled against Moses. They said, “Why did you bring us up out of Egypt to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?”

Prɛko pɛ, Mose ne Elia befii hɔ a wɔne Yesu rekasa.

Then Moses cried out to the Lord, “What am I to do with these people? They are almost ready to stone me.”

Petro kae se, “Awurade, ɛyɛ nwonwa sɛ yɛn nso yɛwɔ ha bi. Sɛ wobɛpene so a, anka mɛbɔ asese abiɛsa, na mede baako ama wo, na mede baako ama Mose, na mede baako ama Elia.”

The Lord answered Moses, “Go out in front of the people. Take with you some of the elders of Israel and take in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go.

Petro gu so rekasa no, omununkum hrann bi bɛkɛtaa wɔn so; ɛnna ɛnne bi fi omununkum no mu kae se, “Oyi ne me dɔ Ba a ɔsɔ m’ani. Muntie no.”

I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. Strike the rock, and water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.

Asuafo no tee ɛnne no, wosuroi ma wɔde wɔn anim butubutuw fam.

And he called the place Massah^[a] and Meribah^[b] because the Israelites quarreled and because they tested the Lord saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”

The Amalekites Defeated

Yesu baa wɔn nkyɛn besusoo wɔn mu kae se, “Monsɔre! Munnsuro!”

The Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim.

Wɔmaa wɔn ani so, nso wɔanhu obiara sɛ Yesu nko ara.

Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hands.”

Ɛbae sɛ, wɔresian afi bepɔw no so no, Yesu bɔɔ wɔn ano se, wɔnnka nea wɔahu no nnkyerɛ obiara kosi sɛ obenyan afi awufo mu.

Elia ba a ɛto so abien ho asɛm

So Joshua fought the Amalekites as Moses had ordered, and Moses, Aaron and Hur went to the top of the hill.

Yesu asuafo no bisaa no se, “Adɛn nti na daa Yudafo mpanyin ka ti mu se, ɛsɛ sɛ Elia san ba ansa na Agyenkwa no aba?”

As long as Moses held up his hands, the Israelites were winning, but whenever he lowered his hands, the Amalekites were winning.

Yesu buaa wɔn se, “Nea wɔreka no wom. Ɛsɛ sɛ Elia di kan ba bɛtoto nneɛma yiye.

When Moses’ hands grew tired, they took a stone and put it under him and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held his hands up—one on one side, one on the other—so that his hands remained steady till sunset.

Na nokware ni, Elia aba dedaw na wɔanhu no, na dodow no ara ne no anni no yiye. Na me, Agyenkwa no nso, mehu amane wɔ wɔn nsam saa ara.”

So Joshua overcame the Amalekite army with the sword.

Afei na asuafo no hui sɛ, Yohane Osuboni ho asɛm na ɔreka no.

Otwafo bi ayaresa

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as something to be remembered and make sure that Joshua hears it, because I will completely blot out the name of Amalek from under heaven.”

Bere a osian duu bepɔw no ase no, ohui sɛ nnipadɔm retwɛn no. Ɔbarima bi bebuu Yesu nkotodwe kae se,

Moses built an altar and called it The Lord is my Banner.

“Owura, hu me ba bi a otwa mmɔbɔ, efisɛ, ɔwɔ ɔhaw kɛse mu. Sɛ otwa no ba a, etumi twa no hwe ogya anaa nsu mu.

He said, “Because hands were lifted up against^[c] the throne of the Lord,^[d] the Lord will be at war against the Amalekites from generation to generation.”

Enti, mede no brɛɛ w’asuafo no sɛ wɔnsa no yare, nanso wɔantumi.”

Yesu kae se, “Mo asoɔdenfo a munni gyidi! Me ne mo ntena nkosi da bɛn? Momfa no mmrɛ me wɔ ha.”

Yesu teɛteɛɛ honhommɔne a ɛwɔ abarimaa no mu no ma etu fii ne mu, maa amonom hɔ ara, ne ho tɔɔ no.

Gyidi mu tumi

Ɛkaa Yesu ne n’asuafo no, wobisaa no se, “Adɛn nti na yɛantumi antu honhommɔne no?”

Yesu buaa wɔn se, “Efisɛ, mo gyidi sua.” Ɔtoaa so se, “Sɛ mowɔ gyidi sɛ onyaa aba a esua koraa no a, anka mubetumi aka akyerɛ bepɔw yi se, ‘Tutu kɔ nohɔ!’ na ebetutu akɔ akyirikyiri.

Na saa honhommɔne a ɛte sɛɛ de, ɛrentumi ntu da, gye sɛ, monam mpaebɔ ne mmuadadi so.”

Yesu ka ne wu ho asɛm

Da bi a Yesu ne n’asuafo no wɔ Galilea no, ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Wɔrebeyi Onipa Ba no de no ahyɛ wɔn a

wɔwɔ tumi no nsa, na wɔakum no, na ne nnansa so no, wanyan aba nkwa mu bio.” Asuafo no tee saa asɛm yi no, wɔn werɛ howee na wɔn koma nso tui.

Yesu tua asɔredan mu tow

Bere a wobeduu Kapernaum no nso, ɛhɔ asɔre no mu towgyefo baa Petro nkyɛn bebisaa no se, “Enti wo wura tua tow?”

Petro buaa no se, “Yiw, otua” Petro fi hɔ no, ɔkɔɔ fie kɔbɔɔ Yesu amanneɛ a ɛfa towtua no ho. Yesu amma n’ano ansi koraa na obisaa no se, “Na wo Petro, wo nso wudwen ho dɛn? Ahemfo twa tow ma wɔn ara wɔn manfo tua, anaasɛ, wotwa ma ahɔho a wodi wɔn so no?”

Petro buae se, “Wotwa tow no ma ahɔho no.” Yesu nso buae se, “Petro, mo! Ɛnne na ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔman mma no tua tow biara.

Na mmom, esiane sɛ, mempɛ sɛ wɔfa yɛn ho abufuw no nti, kɔ asu no mu kɔto daawa. Apataa a wubeyi no adi kan no, bue n’anom. Wubehu sika a ɛbɛso me ne wo tow no tua sɛ ɛhyɛ n’anom; yi, na fa kotua ma wɔn.”