Deuteronomy 7

1 When Jehovah thy God shall bring thee into the land where thou go to possess it, and shall cast out many nations before thee, the Hittite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, seven nations greater and mightier than thou,

Sɛ Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, de mo ba asase a morebɛkɔ akɔtena so no so, na ɔpam amanaman pii a wɔwɔ mo anim, a wɔyɛ Hetifo, Girgasifo, Amorifo, Kanaanfo, Perisifo, Hewifo ne Yebusifo, aman ason a wɔwɔ so na wɔyɛ den sen mo,

2 and when Jehovah thy God shall deliver them up before thee, and thou shall smite them, then thou shall utterly destroy them. Thou shall make no covenant with them, nor show mercy to them.

na Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, de saa aman yi hyɛ mo nsa na mudi wɔn so a, monsɛe wɔn pasapasa. Mo ne wɔn nhyehyɛ apam biara na munnhu wɔn mmɔbɔ.

3 Neither shall thou make marriages with them. Thy daughter thou shall not give to his son, nor his daughter shall thou take to thy son.

Mo ne wɔn nni aware na mommma mo mmabea ne mo mmabarima nware wɔn mmabarima ne wɔn mmabea.

4 For he will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods, so the anger of Jehovah will be kindled against you, and he will destroy thee quickly.

Efisɛ wɔbɛma mo mma asan afi mʼakyi akɔsom wɔn anyame foforo. Na Awurade abufuw bɛdɛw atia mo na wasɛe mo ntɛm.

5 But thus shall ye deal with them: Ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and hew down their Asherim, and burn their graven images with fire.

Nea ɛsɛ sɛ moyɛ wɔn ne sɛ, mummubu wɔn afɔremuka na munnwiriw wɔn abosom adum no ngu. Muntwitwa wɔn abosompɔw ngu na monhyew wɔn ahoni.

6 For thou are a holy people to Jehovah thy God. Jehovah thy God has chosen thee to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth.

Na moyɛ nnipa kronkron a moyɛ, Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, de. Nnipa a wɔwɔ asase so nyinaa mu no, mo na Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, ayi mo sɛ nʼagyapade a ɛsom no bo.

7 Jehovah did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people, for ye were the fewest of all peoples,

Ɛnyɛ sɛ modɔɔso sen nnipa a aka no nti na Awurade anya mo ho dɔ no, mo na na musua koraa wɔ nnipa no nyinaa mu.

8 but because Jehovah loves you. And because he would keep the oath which he swore to your fathers, Jehovah has brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

Na mmom, Awurade dɔɔ mo na odii ne ntam a ɔka kyerɛɛ mo agyanom sɛ ɔde ne nsa a tumi wɔ mu no beyi wɔn afi nkoasom asase so ne Misraimhene Farao tumi ase no.

9 Know therefore that Jehovah thy God, he is God, the faithful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with those who love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations,

Enti munhu sɛ, Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, yɛ Onyankopɔn; ɔyɛ nokware Nyankopɔn a odi wɔn a wɔdɔ no na wodi nʼahyɛde so no dɔ apam so kosi awo ntoatoaso apem so.

10 and repays those who hate him to their face, to destroy them. He will not be slack to him who hates him. He will repay him to his face.

Nanso, ɔntwentwɛn na ɔtwe wɔn a wokyi no no aso, sɛe wɔn.

11 Thou shall therefore keep the commandment, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which I command thee this day, to do them.

Ɛno nti, monhwɛ yiye na munni ahyɛde ne mmara a mede rema mo nnɛ yi nyinaa so.

12 And it shall come to pass, because ye hearken to these ordinances, and keep and do them, that Jehovah thy God will keep with thee the covenant and the loving kindness which he swore to thy fathers.

Sɛ mutie mmara yi na mudi ne nyinaa so nokware mu a, Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, nso bedi nʼapam a ofi ne nokware dɔ mu ne mo agyanom pamee no so.

13 And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee. He will also bless the fruit of thy body and the fruit of thy ground, thy grain and thy new wine and thine oil, the increase of thy cattle and the young of thy flock, in the land which he swore to thy fathers to give thee.

Ɔbɛdɔ mo na wahyira mo na wama mo ase afɛe. Obehyira mo yafunu mu ade; mo asase so nnɔbae, mo atoko, nsa foforo ne ngodua, mo nantwimma ne nguamma wɔ asase a ɔkaa ho ntam kyerɛɛ mo agyanom se ɔde bɛma mo no so.

14 Thou shall be blessed above all peoples. There shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.

Wobehyira mo akyɛn aman a wɔwɔ asase so no nyinaa. Mo mmarima renyɛ asaadwe na mo mmea nso renyɛ abonin na mo nyɛmmoa nso bɛwowo.

15 And Jehovah will take away from thee all sickness. And none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou know, will he put upon thee, but will lay them upon all those who hate thee.

Na Awurade bɛbɔ mo ho ban afi ɔyare nyinaa ho. Ɔremma owuyare a bi bɔɔ mo wɔ Misraim no bi mmɔ mo na ɔde saa ɔyare no nyinaa begu mo atamfo so.

16 And thou shall consume all the peoples that Jehovah thy God shall deliver to thee. Thine eye shall not pity them. Neither shall thou serve their gods, for that will be a snare to thee.

Monsɛe aman a Awurade mo Nyankopɔn de bɛhyɛ mo nsa no nyinaa. Munhu wɔn mmɔbɔ na monnsom wɔn anyame. Sɛ moyɛ saa a, ebesum mo afiri.

17 If thou shall say in thy heart, These nations are more than I. How can I dispossess them?

Mubebisa mo ho se, “Na sɛ saa aman yi yɛ den kyɛn yɛn. Ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na yɛatumi apam wɔn?”

18 Thou shall not be afraid of them. Thou shall remember well what Jehovah thy God did to Pharaoh, and to all Egypt:

Nanso munnsuro wɔn. Monkae ade a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, de yɛɛ Farao ne ne manfo nyinaa wɔ Misraim no.

19 the great trials which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the outstretched arm by which Jehovah thy God brought thee out. So shall Jehovah thy God do to all the peoples of whom thou are afraid.

Mode mo ankasa mo ani huu amanehunu, nsɛnkyerɛnne a ɛyɛ hu ne anwonwasɛm a ɛbaa wɔn so, tumi nsa ne abasa a wɔatrɛw mu a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, nam so yii mo fii hɔ no. Nnipa a musuro wɔn mprempren no, Awurade Nyankopɔn de wɔn bɛfa saa ɔkwan koro no ara so.

20 Moreover Jehovah thy God will send the hornet among them until those who are left and hide themselves perish from before thee.

Ɛno akyi no, Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, bɛma mpenaa abɛpam kakra a wɔaka no afi wɔn ahintawee mu kosi sɛ wɔn ase bɛtɔre.

21 Thou shall not be frightened at them, for Jehovah thy God is in the midst of thee, a great God and awesome.

Munnsuro saa aman no, efisɛ Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, a ɔso na ne ho yɛ nwonwa no wɔ mo afa.

22 And Jehovah thy God will cast out those nations before thee little by little. Thou may not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee.

Nkakrankakra, Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, bedi mo anim kan apam saa aman no. Ɔrenyi wɔn nyinaa mfi hɔ prɛko pɛ; anyɛ saa a, nkekaboa no ase bɛdɔ ntɛm na wɔaba mo so.

23 But Jehovah thy God will deliver them up before thee, and will discomfit them with a great confusion until they be destroyed.

Nanso Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, de wɔn bɛhyɛ mo nsa, na ɔbɛma wɔn adwene ayɛ basabasa akosi sɛ ɔbɛsɛe wɔn.

24 And he will deliver their kings into thy hand, and thou shall make their name to perish from under heaven. There shall no man be able to stand before thee, until thou have destroyed them.

Ɔde wɔn ahemfo bɛhyɛ mo nsa na mobɛpepa wɔn din afi ɔsoro ase. Obiara rentumi nsɔre ntia mo; mobɛsɛe wɔn.

25 Ye shall burn the graven images of their gods with fire. Thou shall not covet the silver or the gold that is on them, nor take it to thee, lest thou be snared by it, for it is an abomination to Jehovah thy God.

Momfa ogya nhyew wɔn anyame ahoni no. Mommma mo ani mmere dwetɛ anaa sikakɔkɔɔ a egugu so no na mommfa; anyɛ saa a ɛbɛyɛ mfiri ayi mo, efisɛ ɛyɛ Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, akyiwade.

26 And thou shall not bring an abomination into thy house, and become a devoted thing like it. Thou shall utterly detest it, and thou shall utterly abhor it, for it is a cursed thing.

Mommfa akyiwade biara mma mo fi na wɔanyi mo angu nkyɛn amma ɔsɛe sɛ ɛno ara pɛ. Munhu no sɛ enye a wokyi korakora; efisɛ wɔayi ato hɔ ama ɔsɛe.