Deuteronomy 25
1 If there be a controversy between men, and they come to judgment, and they judge them, then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the iniquitous.
“Ne dzre dzɔ ɖe ŋutsu eve dome la, ʋɔnudrɔ̃la adrɔ̃ nya la na wo, atso afia na ame si tɔ dzɔ, eye wòabu fɔ ame si tɔ medzɔ o.
2 And it shall be, if the iniquitous man is deserving to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his iniquity, by number.
Ne ʋɔnudrɔ̃la la kpɔ be ele be woaƒo agɔdzela la, ekema ana agɔdzela la namlɔ anyi, eye woaƒoe le eŋkume ati xexlẽme ale si dze na agɔdzedze la.
3 He may give him forty stripes. He shall not exceed, lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem debased to thee.
Woaƒoe zi blaene ko, ke mawu nenema o. Ne woƒoe wu nenema la, tohehe la asẽ akpa, eye wòaɖi gbɔ̃ nɔviwò le wò ŋkume.
4 Thou shall not muzzle the ox when he treads out the grain.
“Mègade ga nu na nyitsu si le agble me le dɔ wɔm o.”
5 If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies, and has no son, the wife of the dead man shall not be married outside to a stranger. Her husband's brother shall go in to her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her.
“Ne ŋutsu aɖe nɔviŋutsu ku, eye vi aɖeke mele ame kuku la si o la, ahosi la mekpɔ mɔ aɖe srɔ̃ tso ƒome bubu me o, ke boŋ srɔ̃a kukua nɔviŋutsu naɖee, eye wòadɔ egbɔ.
6 And it shall be, that the firstborn who she bears shall succeed in the name of his brother who is dead, that his name be not blotted out of Israel.
Woabu vi gbãtɔ si ahosi la adzi la abe ame si ku la ƒe vi ene, ale be ame si ku la ƒe ŋkɔ mabu le Israel o.
7 And if the man does not want to take his brother's wife, then his brother's wife shall go up to the gate to the elders, and say, My husband's brother refuses to raise up to his brother a name in Israel. He will not perform the duty of a husband's brother to me.
Ke ne nɔviŋutsu la gbe be yemawɔ yeƒe dɔdeasi le go sia me o hegbe ahosi la ɖeɖe la, ekema ahosi la ayi dumemetsitsiwo gbɔ, eye wòagblɔ na wo be, ‘Srɔ̃nye nɔviŋutsu gbe be yemana nɔvia ŋutsu si ku la ƒe ŋkɔ natsi anyi le Israel o. Egbe be yemaɖem o.’
8 Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak to him. And if he stands, and says, I do not want to take her,
“Dumemetsitsiwo ayɔ ŋutsu la aƒo nu kplii tso nya la ŋu. Ne egagbe kokoko la,
9 then his brother's wife shall come to him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face. And she shall answer and say, So shall it be done to the man who does not build up his brother's house.
ekema nyɔnu la ate ɖe ŋutsu la ŋu le ametsitsiawo ŋkume, aɖe tokota le afɔ nɛ, eye wòaɖe ta ɖe mo nɛ. Le esia megbe la, nyɔnu la agblɔ be, ‘Nu siae wɔa ŋutsu si gbe be yematu ye nɔvi si ku la ƒe aƒe ɖo o.’
10 And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him who has his shoe loosed.
Tso gbe ma gbe dzi la, woayɔ ŋutsu la ƒe aƒe me le Israel be, ‘Ŋutsu si woɖe tokota le afɔ na la ƒe aƒe me!’
11 When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draws near to deliver her husband out of the hand of him who smites him, and puts forth her hand, and takes him by the privates,
“Ne ŋutsu eve le avu wɔm, eye ɖeka srɔ̃ va de srɔ̃a dzi helé ŋutsu kemɛ ɖe asi na srɔ̃a la,
12 then thou shall cut off her hand. Thine eye shall have no pity.
ekema woalã nyɔnu la ƒe asi ɖa. Mègakpɔ nublanui nɛ o.”
13 Thou shall not have in thy bag diverse weights, a great and a small.
“Nudakpe eve tɔgbi, esi de tututu kple esi mede tututu o la, meganɔ kotoku me na wò o.
14 Thou shall not have in thy house diverse measures, a great and a small.
Nenema ke dzidzeka eve tɔgbi, esi de tututu kple esi mede o la, meganɔ asiwò o.
15 A perfect and just weight thou shall have, a perfect and just measure thou shall have, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God gives thee.
Ke boŋ wɔ nudakpe kple dzidzeka siwo de tututu la ko ŋu dɔ, ale be wò ŋkekewo nasɔ gbɔ le anyigba si Yehowa, wò Mawu la ana wò la dzi.
16 For all who do such things, even all who do unrighteously, are an abomination to Jehovah thy God.
Ame siwo katã baa wo nɔviwo to nudanu kple dzidzeka mademadewo ŋu dɔ wɔwɔ me la nye ŋunyɔnu le Yehowa, wò Mawu ŋkume.
17 Remember what Amalek did to thee by the way as ye came forth out of Egypt,
“Mele be nàŋlɔ nu si Amalekitɔwo wɔ mi esi miegbɔna tso Egipte la be gbeɖegbeɖe o.
18 how he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, all who were feeble behind thee, when thou were faint and weary, and he feared not God.
Ɖo ŋku edzi be wowɔ aʋa kpli mi, eye wowu ame siwo ŋu ŋusẽ vɔ le, ame siwo ŋu ɖeɖi te kple ame siwo tsi megbe. Womesro Mawu ɖa alo vɔ̃e o,
19 Therefore it shall be, when Jehovah thy God has given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which Jehovah thy God gives thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shall blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. Thou shall not forget.
eya ta ne Yehowa, wò Mawu la na nèvo tso wò futɔwo katã ƒe asi me le ŋugbedodonyigba la dzi la, ele na wò be nàtsrɔ̃ Amaleki ƒe ŋkɔ ɖa keŋkeŋ le dziƒoa te. Mègaŋlɔ nu sia be gbeɖe o.”
