Deuteronomy 25
1 If there is a dispute between men, they are to go to court to be judged, so that the innocent may be acquitted and the guilty condemned.
Sɛ akasakasa si nnipa bi ntam a, wɔmfa asɛm no nkɔ asennii na atemmufo no nni asɛm no. Wobegyaa nea odi bem no na wɔatwe de odi fɔ no aso.
2 If the guilty man deserves to be beaten, the judge shall have him lie down and be flogged in his presence with the number of lashes his crime warrants.
Sɛ nea odi fɔ no fata sɛ wotwa no mmaa a, atemmufo no bɛma no ada hɔ na wɔatwa no mmaa dodow a ɛfata ne bɔne no wɔ nʼanim.
3 He may receive no more than forty lashes, lest your brother be beaten any more than that and be degraded in your sight.
Nanso ɛnsɛ sɛ otemmufo no ma wotwa mmaa boro aduanan. Sɛ wotwa boro saa a, na wɔagu wo yɔnko Israelni anim ase wɔ wʼanim.
4 Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.
Nkyekyere nantwi a ɔreporow atoko ano.
5 When brothers dwell together and one of them dies without a son, the widow must not marry outside the family. Her husband’s brother is to take her as his wife and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law for her.
Sɛ nuabarimanom baanu te fie na wɔn mu baako wu a wanwo ɔba a, ɛnsɛ sɛ okunafo no kɔware ɔhɔho. Mmom, ne kunu a wawu no nuabarima na ɛsɛ sɛ ɔware okunafo no ma ɔyɛ okunu nua no asɛde.
6 The first son she bears will carry on the name of the dead brother, so that his name will not be blotted out from Israel.
Wɔde abakan a wɔbɛwo no no bɛto nʼagya a wawu no sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a owufo no din rempepa mfi Israel.
7 But if the man does not want to marry his brother’s widow, she is to go to the elders at the city gate and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to preserve his brother’s name in Israel. He is not willing to perform the duty of a brother-in-law for me.”
Na sɛ ɛba sɛ owufo no nuabarima mpɛ sɛ ɔware ne nua no yere no a, ɔbea no bɛkɔ kurow no mpanyimfo nkyɛn wɔ kurow no pon ano akɔka akyerɛ wɔn se, “Me kunu nua no mpɛ sɛ ne nua no din bɛka Israel. Ɔrenyɛ okunu nua asɛde mma me.”
8 Then the elders of his city shall summon him and speak with him. If he persists and says, “I do not want to marry her,”
Afei, ɔbarima no kurom mpanyimfo bɛfrɛ no akasa akyerɛ no. Sɛ ose pene ara na ɔrempene nti ɔka se, “Mempɛ sɛ meware no a,”
9 his brother’s widow shall go up to him in the presence of the elders, remove his sandal, spit in his face, and declare, “This is what is done to the man who will not maintain his brother’s line.”
okunafo no bɛkɔ ɔbarima no anim a mpanyimfo no nso wɔ hɔ bi. Ɔbɛworɔw ɔbarima no mpaboa baako, ate ntasu agu nʼanim na waka se, “Sɛɛ na ɛsɛ sɛ wɔyɛ ɔbarima a ɔmpɛ sɛ ɔtoa ne nua abusua so.”
10 And his family name in Israel will be called “The House of the Unsandaled.”
Wɔbɛfrɛ saa onipa no asefo wɔ Israel se Abusua a Wɔaworɔw wɔn Mpaboa.
11 If two men are fighting, and the wife of one steps in to rescue her husband from the one striking him, and she reaches out her hand and grabs his genitals,
Sɛ Israelfo mmarima baanu reko na wɔn mu baako yere pɛ sɛ ɔboa ne kunu nti, oso ɔbarima baako no barima mu a,
12 you are to cut off her hand. You must show her no pity.
ɛsɛ sɛ motwa ɔbea no nsa no a ahummɔbɔ biara nni mu.
13 You shall not have two differing weights in your bag, one heavy and one light.
Monnkita nsania ahorow abien a baako yɛ duru na baako yɛ hare.
14 You shall not have two differing measures in your house, one large and one small.
Monnkora olonka ahorow abien a baako so na baako su wɔ mo fi.
15 You must maintain accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
Momfa nsania ne olonka a ɛyɛ pɛpɛ na nokwaredi wɔ mu nsusuw aguade na moanya nkwanna tenten wɔ asase a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, de rema mo no so.
16 For everyone who behaves dishonestly in regard to these things is detestable to the LORD your God.
Wɔn a wɔfa nsania bɔne ne nkontompo so kari aguade no yɛ Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, akyiwade.
17 Remember what the Amalekites did to you along your way from Egypt,
Monkae nea Amalekfo yɛɛ mo bere a mufi Misraim reba no.
18 how they met you on your journey when you were tired and weary, and they attacked all your stragglers; they had no fear of God.
Wɔtow hyɛɛ mo so bere a moabrɛbrɛ na moatotɔ beraw no na wɔn a wɔaka akyi no nso, wɔbobɔɔ wɔn hwehwee fam. Na wonsuro Onyankopɔn.
19 When the LORD your God gives you rest from the enemies around you in the land that He is giving you to possess as an inheritance, you are to blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven. Do not forget!
Sɛ Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, ma mo ahomegye fi mo atamfo nyinaa nsam, wɔ asase a ɔde rema mo sɛ agyapade no so a, ɛsɛ sɛ mosɛe Amalekfo na wɔankae wɔn bio wɔ asase yi so. Mommma mo werɛ mfi eyi da!
