Numbers 14

14 ¹Den di whole congregation raise dem voice come dey cry, and di people weep dat night. ²All di Israel people complain against Moses and Aaron; di whole community talk give dem say, "If only we bin die for di land of Egypt, or if only we bin die for dis wilderness! ³Why our Papa dey bring us come dis land make we fall by sword? Our wives and pikin dem go turn to plunder. E no go beta make we go back Egypt?" ⁴And dem talk to one anoda say, "Make we choose one leader and go back Egypt."

⁵Den Moses and Aaron fall face-down for front of di whole assembly of Israel.

⁶Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, wey dey among di people wey scout di land, tear dem clothes. ⁷Dem tell di whole Israel community say, "Di land wey we pass through and explore good well well. ⁸If our Papa take joy for us, e go bring us enter dis land come give us am, one land wey dey flow with milk and honey. ⁹Only make una no rebel against our Papa, and make una no fear di people of di land—dem be food for us. Dem protection don go; our Papa dey with us. Make una no fear dem."

¹⁰Di whole community call say make dem stone Joshua and Caleb. Den our Papa glory appear for di tent of meeting to all Israel people.

¹¹And our Papa talk to Moses say, "How long dis people go dey despise me? And how long dem no go believe for me, even with all di signs wey I don do among dem? ¹²I go strike dem with plague and comot dem from dem heritage, den make you one nation wey big pass and strong pass dem."

Moses Beg our Papa

¹³But Moses talk to our Papa say, "Di Egypt people go hear am, because na you take your power bring dis people comot from among dem, ¹⁴and dem go tell di people wey dey live for dis land, wey don hear say you, our Papa, dey among dis people, say you, our Papa, dem dey see face to face, say your cloud dey stand over dem, and you dey go before dem for pillar of cloud for day and pillar of fire for night. ¹⁵If you kill dis people all at once, di nations wey hear about your fame go talk say, ¹⁶'Because God no fit bring dis people enter di land wey e swear give dem, e slaughter dem for di wilderness.' ¹⁷And now, abeg, make di power of di Sovereign Papa be great, just as you don talk, say, ¹⁸'Our Papa slow to vex, e full with Covenant love, e dey forgive guilt and wrongdoing—but e no go clear di guilty at all, e dey bring di fathers dem sin on pikin dem reach di third and fourth generation.' ¹⁹Abeg pardon dis people guilt according to di greatness of your Covenant love, just as you don forgive dem from Egypt reach now."

²⁰Den our Papa talk say, "I don pardon, according to your word.

²¹"But true true, as I dey live, and as di whole earth go full with my glory, ²²surely all di men wey see my glory and di signs wey I do for Egypt and di wilderness, but still test me ten times and no listen to my voice, ²³no go see di land wey I swear give dem fathers. Nobody wey despise me go see am. ²⁴But my servant Caleb get one different spirit and don follow me fully—I go bring am enter di land wey e enter, and im children dem go possess am. ²⁵Di Amalek people and di Canaan people dey live for di valleys. Tomorrow, turn and head enter di wilderness towards di Red Sea."

²⁶And our Papa talk to Moses and Aaron say,

²⁷"How long dis evil congregation go dey grumble against me? I don hear di Israel people grumbling wey dem dey grumble against me. ²⁸Tell dem say, 'As I dey live, na our Papa dey talk, I go do to una exactly wetin I hear una talk:

²⁹'Una dead body dem go fall for dis wilderness—all of una wey dem count, una whole number, from twenty years old and up, wey grumble against me. ³⁰None of una go enter di land wey I swear to settle una for inside, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun. ³¹But una small pikin dem, wey una talk say dem go turn to plunder, I go bring dem in; dem go know di land wey una reject. ³²But as for una, una go fall dead for dis wilderness. ³³Una pikin dem go be shepherd for di wilderness forty years, dey carry una unfaithfulness, until di last of una dead body dem lie for di wilderness. ³⁴As di days wey una scout di land—forty days—one day for one year, una go carry una guilt forty years, and know say I dey against una. ³⁵Me, una Papa, don talk: surely I go do dis thing to dis whole evil assembly wey gada against me—dem go end for dis wilderness, and die for there.'"

³⁶Di men wey Moses send go scout di land come back, dem make di whole community grumble against Moses with bad report about am. ³⁷Di men wey bring bad report of di land die by plague for front of our Papa. ³⁸But Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh survive, out of di men wey go explore di land.

³⁹When Moses tell dis words to all di children of Israel, di people mourn well well.

⁴⁰Dem wake up early for morning and go up to di hilltop, dey talk say, "See us here. We go go up to di place wey our Papa promise, because we don sin."

⁴¹But Moses talk say, "Why una dey disobey our Papa command now? E no go work. ⁴²Make una no go up, because our Papa no dey among una, or dem go strike una down for front of una enemies. ⁴³Because di Amalek people and Canaan people dey there for una front; una go fall by sword. Since una don turn back from following our Papa, e no go dey with una."

⁴⁴But dem dare to climb reach di top of di hill country, even though di ark of di Covenant of our Papa and Moses no comot from di camp. ⁴⁵Den di Amalek people and di Canaan people wey dey live for dat hill country come down, strike dem, and crush dem reach Hormah.