Deuteronomy 14
1 Ye are the children of Jehovah your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
Moyɛ Awurade mo Onyankopɔn mma. Ɛno enti mommotabota mo ho anaa monnnyi mo moma so mma awufoɔ,
2 For thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God, and Jehovah hath chosen thee to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth.
ɛfiri sɛ, moyɛ nnipa kronkron ma Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn. Nnipa a wɔwɔ asase so nyinaa, mo na Awurade ayi mo sɛ nʼagyapadeɛ a ɛsom bo.
3 Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.
Monnni akyiwadeɛ biara.
4 These are the beasts which ye may eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,
Yeinom ne mmoa a ɛsɛ sɛ mowe: nantwie, odwan, abirekyie
5 the hart, and the gazelle, and the roebuck, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the antelope, and the chamois.
ɔforoteɛ, adowa, ɔwansane, eyuo, ɔtwe, ɛkoɔ ne abereɛ.
6 And every beast that parteth the hoof, and hath the hoof cloven in two, [and] cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that may ye eat.
Na monni atɔteboa biara a ne tɔte mu apae mmienu na ɔpu wesa.
7 Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that have the hoof cloven: the camel, and the hare, and the coney; because they chew the cud but part not the hoof, they are unclean unto you.
Nanso, ntɔteboa a wɔpu wesa anaa wɔn tɔte mu apae mmienu koraa mu no, monnwe yoma, adanko ne atwaboa, ɛfiri sɛ, wɔpu wesa deɛ, nanso wɔn tɔte mu mpaeɛ; wɔn ho nte mma mo.
8 And the swine, because he parteth the hoof but cheweth not the cud, he is unclean unto you: of their flesh ye shall not eat, and their carcasses ye shall not touch.
Ɔprako nso ho nte. Ɛwom sɛ ne tɔte mu apae deɛ, nanso ɔmpu nwesa. Ɛnsɛ sɛ mowe ne nam anaa mode mo nsa sɔ ne funu mu koraa.
9 These ye may eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales may ye eat;
Nsuomnam a wɔwɔ tɛtɛ ne abon nyinaa motumi we.
10 and whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye shall not eat; it is unclean unto you.
Nanso, nsuomnam a wɔnni tɛtɛ ne abon deɛ, monnwe. Wɔn ho nte mma mo.
11 Of all clean birds ye may eat.
Anomaa biara a ne ho te no, monwe.
12 But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the gier-eagle, and the ospray,
Nnomaa a ɛnsɛ sɛ mowe nie: ɔkɔdeɛ, opete, asuo so ɔkɔdeɛ,
13 and the glede, and the falcon, and the kite after its kind,
ɔkompete, nkorɔma ahodoɔ nyinaa
14 and every raven after its kind,
kwaakwaadabi ahodoɔ nyinaa,
15 and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the sea-mew, and the hawk after its kind,
sohori, anadwo akorɔma, ɛpo so asomfena ne akorɔma ahodoɔ nyinaa,
16 the little owl, and the great owl, and the horned owl,
ɔpatuo, ɔpatukɛseɛ, bakanoma
17 and the pelican, and the vulture, and the cormorant,
nantwinoma, opete ne ɛpo so anene,
18 and the stork, and the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
ne asukɔnkɔn ahodoɔ nyinaa, asɔkwaa ne apan.
19 And all winged creeping things are unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.
Ntuboa a wɔnante nyinaa ho nnte mma mo; monnwe.
20 Of all clean birds ye may eat.
Nanso ntuboa a wɔn ho te nyinaa deɛ, monwe.
21 Ye shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself: thou mayest give it unto the sojourner that is within thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto a foreigner: for thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother’s milk.
Monnwe aboa bi a ɔno ankasa awuo. Momfa ma ɔhɔhoɔ a ɔne mo te, anaasɛ montɔn ma ɔnanani. Na mo ankasa deɛ, monnwe, ɛfiri sɛ, wɔayi mo asi nkyɛn sɛ ɔman kronkron ama Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn. Monnoa abirekyie ba wɔ ne maame nufosuo mu.
22 Thou shalt surely tithe all the increase of thy seed, that which cometh forth from the field year by year.
Mo mfuo mu nnɔbaeɛ no, monyi mu ntotosoɔ dudu a ɛyɛ nkyɛmu edu mu baako wɔ mo nnɔbaeɛ mu afe biara otwaberɛ mu.
23 And thou shalt eat before Jehovah thy God, in the place which he shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, the tithe of thy grain, of thy new wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herd and of thy flock; that thou mayest learn to fear Jehovah thy God always.
Momfa saa ntotosoɔ dudu yi mmra baabi a Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, bɛkyerɛ mo na momfa nkamfo ne din na monni wɔ nʼanim. Mo aburoo, mo nsa, mo ngo ne mo anantwie ne mo nnwan abakan mmarima nso, monyɛ wɔn saa ara. Ntotosoɔ dudu no botaeɛ ne sɛ, ɛkyerɛ mo sɛ, ɛsɛ sɛ daa mosuro Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn.
24 And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it, because the place is too far from thee, which Jehovah thy God shall choose, to set his name there, when Jehovah thy God shall bless thee;
Sɛ beaeɛ a Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, bɛkyerɛ mo sɛ monkamfo ne din no kwan ware firi mo fie a,
25 then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thy hand, and shalt go unto the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose:
motumi tɔn mo afudeɛ ne mo nyɛmmoa ntotosoɔ dudu no kyɛfa gye sika de kɔ faako a Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, akyerɛ mo hɔ.
26 and thou shalt bestow the money for whatsoever thy soul desireth, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul asketh of thee; and thou shalt eat there before Jehovah thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou and thy household.
Sɛ moduru hɔ a, momfa sika no ntɔ biribiara a mo kɔn dɔ, sɛ ebia, nantwie, odwan, bobesa, anaa nsã biara a ɛyɛ den ne adeɛ biara a mo kra pɛ na monni wɔ hɔ wɔ Awurade mo Onyankopɔn anim, na mo ne mo fiefoɔ ani nnye.
27 And the Levite that is within thy gates, thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee.
Lewifoɔ a wɔfra mo mu no, mommma mo werɛ mfiri wɔn, ɛfiri sɛ, wɔnni kyɛfa biara a wɔdi so sɛdeɛ mowɔ no.
28 At the end of every three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase in the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates:
Mfeɛ mmiɛnsa biara awieeɛ no, momfa mo mfudeɛ ntotosoɔ dudu no mmra mmɛkora no wɔ kuro a ɛbɛn mu.
29 and the Levite, because he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee, and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hand which thou doest.
Momfa mma Lewifoɔ a wɔnni kyɛfa wɔ mo mu no ne ananafoɔ a wɔwɔ mo nkuro so no, nwisiaa ne akunafoɔ a wɔwɔ mo nkuro so sɛdeɛ wɔbɛtumi adidi amee. Na Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, bɛhyira mo nnwuma nyinaa so.
