Dem Waka Round Seir
Moses tell again the years wey dem waka round: Edom, Moab and Ammon no be their own, because our Papa don give those lands to Esau and Lot pikin dem. Thirty-eight years pass until the generation wey fit fight die finish. Then Sihon refuse make dem pass, and im kingdom become the first land wey Israel really take.
2 1Den we turn, we waka go di wilderness for di way of di Red Sea, as our Papa tell me, and we waka round Mount Seir for plenty days.
2Den our Papa talk to me sey,
3“You don waka round dis hill country tey well-well. Turn face di north. 4Command di people sey: You dey cross di land of una brothers, di pikin-pikin of Esau, wey dey live for Seir. Dem go fear una—so make una dey very careful. 5No provoke dem; I no go give una any part of dem land, not even di size of one footstep, because I don give Mount Seir to Esau make e be im own possession. 6Buy chop from dem with silver make una eat, and buy water too from dem with silver make una drink.
7“For your Papa don bless una for all di work of una hand. E don know una journey through dis big wilderness. Dis forty years, your Papa dey with una; nothing no lack una.”
8So we pass by our brothers, di pikin-pikin of Esau wey dey live for Seir, comot from di Arabah road wey dey come up from Elath and Ezion-geber. Den we turn, we waka go di wilderness of Moab.
9And our Papa talk to me sey, “No worry Moab or provoke dem to fight, because I no go give una any part of dem land as possession, since I don give Ar to di pikin-pikin of Lot make e be dem possession.”
10(Na di Emim people bin dey live dia before, plenty and strong people, tall like di Anakim. 11Like di Anakim, dem too dem dey count am as Rephaim, but di Moab people dey call dem Emim. 12Na di Horites bin dey live for Seir before, but di pikin-pikin of Esau drive dem comot and destroy dem, dem settle for dem place—just as Israel do for di land wey our Papa give dem.).
13“Now get up, waka, and cross di Wadi Zered.” So we cross di Wadi Zered.
14From Kadesh-barnea reach wen we cross di Wadi Zered na thirty-eight years, until all di generation of fighting men don die comot for di camp, as our Papa bin swear give dem. 15For true, di hand of our Papa bin dey against dem, dey uproot dem comot from di camp until dem finish die. 16So wen all di fighting men don finally die and comot for inside di people, 17our Papa talk to me sey,
18“Today, una go cross di border of Moab for Ar. 19Wen you come near di Ammon people, no attack or provoke dem, because I no go give una any part of dem land as possession—I don give am to di pikin-pikin of Lot as dem possession.”
20(Dat one too dem dey count am as Rephaim land—na Rephaim bin dey live dia before, though di Ammon people dey call dem Zamzummim, 21plenty and strong people, tall like di Anakim. But our Papa destroy dem before di Ammon people, wey drive dem comot and settle for dem place, 22as e do for di pikin-pikin of Esau wey dey live for Seir, wen e destroy di Horites before dem; dem drive dem comot and settle for dem place, and dem still dey dia till today. 23Di Avvim bin dey live for villages reach Gaza; di Caphtorim, wey come from Caphtor, destroy dem and settle for dem place.). a a v23 Caphtor na di ancient name for Crete and di area around am for di Aegean; di Caphtorim na people wey sabi sail for sea, wey settle along di coast near Gaza.
24“Get up and cross di Wadi Arnon. Look, I don give Sihon di Amorite, king of Heshbon, and im land into una hand. Start to take am—enter fight with am. 25Today I go start to put fear and shaking of una on top every people wey dey under heaven. Dem go hear di news about una, dem go shake, and dem go dey suffer for body because of una.”
Moses Offer Peace to Sihon
26I send messengers from di wilderness of Kedemoth go to Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, sey, 27“Make I pass through your land. I go stay only for di road, I no go turn to right or to left. 28Sell chop give me for money make I eat, give me water for money make I drink—only make I pass through by foot, 29as di pikin-pikin of Esau wey dey live for Seir and di Moab people wey dey live for Ar do for me, until I cross di Jordan enter di land wey our Papa dey give us.” 30But Sihon king of Heshbon refuse make we pass, because our Papa harden im spirit and make im heart stiff, so as to hand am over to una, as e don do dis day.
31And our Papa talk to me sey, “Look, I don start to give you Sihon and im land. Start now to take am—possess im land.”
32Den Sihon come out against us, both am and all im people, to fight for Jahaz. 33And our Papa give am to us, and we strike am down, im sons, and all im people. 34For dat time we capture all im cities and completely destroy every city—men, women, children—we no leave anybody wey survive. 35Na only di livestock we carry for ourselves, plus di plunder of di cities wey we capture. 36From Aroer for di edge of di Wadi Arnon, and from di town for di valley, reach Gilead, no town too strong for us; our Papa give dem all to us. 37But una no go near di land of di Ammon people, all along di banks of di Wadi Jabbok and di towns of di hill country, just as our Papa command us.
