Deuteronomy 17

1 Thou shall not sacrifice to Jehovah thy God an ox, or a sheep, in which is a blemish or anything bad, for that is an abomination to Jehovah thy God.

Mommfa anantwi anaa nguan a wɔadi dɛm anaa wonnye mmɔ afɔre mma Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, efisɛ ɛyɛ nʼakyiwade.

2 If there be found in the midst of thee, within any of thy gates which Jehovah thy God gives thee, man or woman, who does that which is evil in the sight of Jehovah thy God, in transgressing his covenant,

Sɛ ɛba sɛ muhu sɛ ɔbarima anaa ɔbea a ɔka mo ho wɔ kurow baako bi a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, de rema mo no mu reyɛ bɔne wɔ Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, anim, atia nʼapam no,

3 and has gone and served other gods, and worshiped them, or the sun, or the moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded,

na wabu mʼahyɛde so resom anyame afoforo, rekotow wɔn; anaa ɔresom owia, ɔsram anaa wim nsoromma,

4 and it be told thee, and thou have heard of it, then shall thou inquire diligently. And, behold, if it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel,

na sɛ mote saa asɛm no a, monhwehwɛ mu yiye. Sɛ ɛyɛ nokware na wɔkɔ mu hu sɛ wɔayɛ saa akyiwade yi wɔ Israel a,

5 then thou shall bring forth that man or that woman, who has done this evil thing, to thy gates, even the man or the woman, and thou shall stone them to death with stones.

momfa saa ɔbarima anaa ɔbea a wayɛ saa bɔne no mmra mo kuropɔn pon ano na munsiw saa onipa no abo nkum no.

6 At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he who is to die be put to death. He shall not be put to death at the mouth of one witness.

Nnansefo baanu anaa baasa ano asɛm so na ɛsɛ sɛ wogyina kum saa ɔbarima no. Nanso ɛnsɛ sɛ wogyina ɔdanseni baako pɛ ano asɛm so kum obi.

7 The hand of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. So thou shall put away the evil from the midst of thee.

Ɛsɛ sɛ nnansefo no nsa ano abo na wɔtow di kan na akyiri no, nnipa no nyinaa atotow wɔn de de akum no. Saa ɔkwan yi so na mobɛfa atu amumɔyɛfo ase afi mo mu.

8 If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates, then thou shall arise, and get thee up to the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose.

Sɛ wɔde nsɛm bi ba mo asennii a ne di yɛ mo den sɛ mubebu ho atɛn, sɛ ɛyɛ awudi, nnipa bi ntam manso anaa ntɔkwaw a, momfa wɔn nkɔ faako a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, bɛpaw no.

9 And thou shall come to the priests the Levites, and to the judge who shall be in those days, and thou shall inquire. And they shall show thee the sentence of judgment.

Monkɔ asɔfo a wɔyɛ Lewifo ne otemmufo a ɔte agua mu saa bere no nkyɛn. Mummisa wɔn na wɔbɛkyerɛ mo atɛn a mummu.

10 And thou shall do according to the tenor of the sentence which they shall show thee from that place which Jehovah shall choose. And thou shall observe to do according to all that they shall teach thee,

Munni gyinae a wobesi wɔ beae a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, bɛpaw no so pɛpɛɛpɛ. Monhwɛ yiye na munni biribiara a wɔbɛkyerɛ mo sɛ monyɛ no so pɛpɛɛpɛ.

11 according to the tenor of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shall do. Thou shall not turn aside from the sentence, which they shall show thee, to the right hand, nor to the left.

Munni mmara a wɔkyerɛ mo ne gyinae a wobesi ama mo no so pɛpɛɛpɛ. Monnnan nea wɔka kyerɛ mo no ani. Monnkɔ nifa anaa benkum.

12 And the man who does presumptuously, in not hearkening to the priest who stands to minister there before Jehovah thy God, or to the judge, even that man shall die, and thou shall put away the evil from Israel.

Ɛsɛ sɛ wokum obiara a obebu otemmufo anaa ɔsɔfo a ogyina hɔ resom Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, animtiaa no. Ɛsɛ sɛ motɔre amumɔyɛsɛm ase wɔ Israel.

13 And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presumptuously.

Nnipa nyinaa bɛte na wɔasuro na wɔremmu animtiaa bio.

14 When thou have come to the land which Jehovah thy God gives thee, and shall possess it, and shall dwell in it, and shall say, I will set a king over me like all the nations that are round about me,

Sɛ mudu asase a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, de rema mo no so na mofa tena so na moka se. “Momma yensi yɛn so hene te sɛ aman a atwa yɛn ho ahyia no nyinaa a,”

15 thou shall surely set him king over thee whom Jehovah thy God shall choose. Thou shall set a king over thee from among thy brothers. Thou may not put a foreigner over thee who is not thy brother.

monhwɛ sɛ mobɛfa obi a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, bɛpaw no asi mo so hene. Ɛsɛ sɛ ɔyɛ mo nuanom no mu bi. Mommfa ɔhɔho a ɔnyɛ mo nua Israelni nsi mo so hene.

16 Only he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he may multiply horses, inasmuch as Jehovah has said to you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.

Ɛnsɛ sɛ saa ɔhene no pɛ apɔnkɔ dodow sɛ nʼagyapade anaasɛ ɔma nnipa san kɔ Misraim kɔtɔ apɔnkɔ dodow bi, efisɛ Awurade aka akyerɛ mo se. “Ɛnsɛ sɛ mosan kɔ mo akyi bio.”

17 Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away. Neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

Ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔware yerenom bebree anyɛ saa a, ne koma befi Awurade so. Ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔboaboa dwetɛ ne sikakɔkɔɔ pii ano.

18 And it shall be, when he sits upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write for him a copy of this law in a book, out of it before the priests the Levites,

Sɛ ɔtena ahengua no so sɛ ɔhene a, ɛsɛ sɛ ɔkyerɛw saa mmara yi wɔ nhoma mmobɔwee so wɔ Lewifo asɔfo anim na ɔfa.

19 and it shall be with him. And he shall read in it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear Jehovah his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them,

Mmere dodow a ɔte ase no, ɛsɛ sɛ ɔkora mmara a ɛwɔ ne nkyɛn no na ɔkenkan no daa sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a, obedi mmara no so na wasuro Awurade, ne Nyankopɔn no.

20 that his heart not be lifted up above his brothers, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left, to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his sons, in the midst of Israel.

Kenkan a ɔkenkan no daa no remma ɔnyɛ ahantan, nhoran ne ho nkyerɛ sɛ ɔsen ne manfo no. Ɛremma no ntwe ne ho mfi mmara no ho nkɔ nifa anaa benkum. Na ɔne nʼasefo bedi ade akyɛ wɔ nʼaheman Israel mu.