Deuteronomy 17

1 Thou shalt not sacrifice unto Jehovah thy God an ox, or a sheep, wherein is a blemish, [or] anything evil; for that is an abomination unto Jehovah thy God.

Mommfa anantwie anaa nnwan a wɔadi dɛm mmɔ afɔdeɛ mma Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, ɛfiri sɛ, ɛyɛ nʼakyiwadeɛ.

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

Sɛ ɛba sɛ ɔbarima anaa ɔbaa a ɔka mo ho wɔ kuro baako bi a Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, de rema mo no mu ayɛ bɔne wɔ Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, anim, atia apam no

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

sɛ ɔresom anyame foforɔ anaa ɔresom owia, ɔsrane anaa ɔsoro atumfoɔ bi a mabra no, na

4 and it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it; then shalt thou inquire diligently; and, behold, if it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel,

sɛ mote saa asɛm no a, monhwehwɛ mu yie. Sɛ ɛyɛ nokorɛ na wɔkɔ mu hunu sɛ ɛyɛ akyiwadeɛ na wayɛ wɔ Israel a,

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

momfa saa ɔbarima anaa ɔbaa no a wayɛ saa bɔne no mmra mo kuropɔn ɛpono ano na monsi no aboɔ nkum no.

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

Adansefoɔ baanu anaa baasa ano asɛm so na ɛsɛ sɛ wɔgyina kum saa ɔbarima no. Nanso, ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔgyina ɔdanseni baako 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 shalt put away the evil from the midst of thee.

Adansefoɔ no to ɔboɔ a ɛdi ɛkan a, nnipa a wɔwɔ hɔ no nyinaa nso bɛto wɔn deɛ de akum onipa no. Saa ɛkwan yi so na mobɛfa atu onipa bɔnefoɔ ase afiri 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 shalt thou arise, and get thee up unto the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose;

Sɛ wɔde nsɛm bi ba mo asɛnniiɛ a ne die yɛ mo den sɛ mobɛbu ho atɛn, sɛ ɛyɛ awudie, asɛnnie, anaasɛ ntɔkwa a, momfa wɔn nkɔ baabi a Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, bɛkyerɛ mo no.

9 and thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days: and thou shalt inquire; and they shall show thee the sentence of judgment.

Monkɔ asɔfoɔ a wɔyɛ Lewifoɔ ne ɔtemmufoɔ a ɔte adwa mu saa ɛberɛ no nkyɛn. Mommisa wɔn na wɔnkyerɛ mo atɛn a mommuo.

10 And thou shalt do according to the tenor of the sentence which they shall show thee from that place which Jehovah shall choose; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they shall teach thee:

Monni gyinaeɛ a wɔbɛsi no so pɛpɛɛpɛ wɔ beaeɛ a Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, bɛyi ama mo no hɔ. Monhwɛ yie na monni 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 shalt do; thou shalt not turn aside from the sentence which they shall show thee, to the right hand, nor to the left.

Monni mmara a wɔkyerɛ mo ne gyinaeɛ a wɔbɛsi ama mo no so pɛpɛɛpɛ. Monnnane deɛ wɔka kyerɛ mo no ani. Monnkɔ nifa anaa benkum.

12 And the man that doeth presumptuously, in not hearkening unto the priest that standeth to minister there before Jehovah thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put away the evil from Israel.

Ɔbarima a ɔbɛbu ɔtemmufoɔ anaa ɔsɔfoɔ a ɔgyina hɔ resom Awurade mo Onyankopɔn animtia no, wɔnkum no. Ɛsɛ sɛ motɔre amumuyɛsɛm ase wɔ Israel.

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

Nnipa nyinaa bɛte na wɔasuro na wɔremmu animtia bio.

14 When thou art come unto the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are round about me;

Sɛ moduru asase a Awurade mo Onyankopɔn de rema mo no so na mofa tena so na moka sɛ. “Momma yɛnsi yɛn so ɔhene te sɛ aman a atwa yɛn ho ahyia no nyinaa a,”

15 thou shalt surely set him king over thee, whom Jehovah thy God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee; thou mayest not put a foreigner over thee, who is not thy brother.

monhwɛ sɛ mobɛpa obi a Awurade mo Onyankopɔn bɛyi no asi mo so ɔhene. Ɛsɛ sɛ ɔyɛ mo nuanom no mu bi. Mommfa ɔhɔhoɔ a ɔnyɛ mo nua Israelni nsi mo so ɔhene.

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; forasmuch as Jehovah hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.

Ɛnsɛ sɛ saa ɔhene no pɛ apɔnkɔ dodoɔ sɛ nʼagyapadeɛ anaasɛ ɔma nnipa sane kɔ Misraim kɔtɔ apɔnkɔ dodoɔ wɔ hɔ, ɛfiri sɛ, Awurade aka akyerɛ mo sɛ. “Ɛnsɛ sɛ mosane 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, nʼakoma bɛfiri Awurade so. Ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔboaboa dwetɛ ne sika pii ano.

18 And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book, out of [that which is] before the priests the Levites:

Sɛ ɔtena ahennwa no so sɛ ɔhene a, ɛsɛ sɛ ɔtwerɛ mmara nwoma no wɔ mmobɔeɛ so wɔ Lewifoɔ asɔfoɔ anim na ɔfa.

19 and it shall be with him, and he shall read therein 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;

Mmerɛ dodoɔ a ɔte ase no, ɛsɛ sɛ ɔkora mmara a ɛwɔ ne nkyɛn no na ɔkenkan no daa sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a, ɔbɛdi mmara no so na wasuro Awurade ne Onyankopɔn.

20 that his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, 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 children, in the midst of Israel.

Kenkan a ɔkenkan no daa no remma ɔnyɛ ahantan, nhoran ne ho nkyerɛ sɛ ɔsene ne manfoɔ no. Ɛbɛsi no kwan sɛ ɔbɛtwe ne ho kakra mpo afiri saa mmara yi ho. Yei bɛsi no gyinaeɛ sɛ ɔne nʼasefoɔ bɛdi adeɛ awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ bebree so wɔ Israel.