Leviticus 19
1 Then the LORD said to Moses,
Yehowa gblɔ na Mose be,
2 “Speak to the whole congregation of Israel and tell them: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.
“Ƒo nu na Israel ƒe ƒuƒoƒo blibo la, eye nàgblɔ na wo be, ‘Minɔ kɔkɔe, elabena nye, Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu, mele kɔkɔe.
3 Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.
“‘Ele be mia dometɔ ɖe sia ɖe nabu fofoa kple dadaa, eye miaɖo ŋku nye Dzudzɔgbewo dzi. Nyee nye Yehowa miaƒe Mawu.
4 Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods. I am the LORD your God.
“‘Migatrɔ ɖe legbawo ŋu alo miatsɔ ga awɔ mawuwo na mia ɖokuiwo o. Nyee nye Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu.
5 When you sacrifice a peace offering to the LORD, you shall offer it for your acceptance.
“‘Ne miesa akpedavɔ na Yehowa la, misae tututu ɖe sea nu ale be mate ŋu axɔe.
6 It shall be eaten on the day you sacrifice it, or on the next day; but what remains on the third day must be burned up.
Miɖui le ŋkeke si dzi miesa vɔ la le alo ne ŋu ke. Nu si atsi anyi va se ɖe ŋkeke etɔ̃a gbe la, woatɔ dzoe,
7 If any of it is eaten on the third day, it is tainted and will not be accepted.
elabena esi woaɖu le ŋkeke etɔ̃a gbe la, madze ŋunye o, eye nyemate ŋu axɔe o.
8 Whoever eats it will bear his iniquity, for he has profaned what is holy to the LORD. That person must be cut off from his people.
Ne mieɖui le ŋkeke etɔ̃a gbe la, mieɖi fɔ, elabena miedo ŋunyɔ Yehowa ƒe kɔkɔenyenye, eye woaɖe mi ɖa tso Yehowa ƒe amewo dome.
9 When you reap the harvest of your land, you are not to reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest.
“‘Ne miexa miaƒe agblemenuwo la, migaŋe nuku siwo le agblea to o, eye migafɔ nuku siwo dudu ɖe anyigba hã o.
10 You must not strip your vineyard bare or gather its fallen grapes. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the LORD your God.
Miwɔ nenema ke le miaƒe wain tsetsewo hã gome. Migagbe kutsetseawo katã o, eye migafɔ esiwo ge ɖe anyigba hã o. Migblẽ wo ɖi na ame dahewo kple amedzro siwo le mia dome, elabena nyee nye Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu.
11 You must not steal. You must not lie or deceive one another.
“‘Migafi fi o. “‘Migada alakpa o. “‘Ame aɖeke megaba nɔvia o.
12 You must not swear falsely by My name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.
“‘Migatsɔ nye ŋkɔ aka atam ɖe aʋatsonya aɖeke dzi, eye miato nu sia wɔwɔ me aƒo fi ade nye ŋkɔ o, elabena nyee nye Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu.
13 You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.
“‘Migaba ame aɖeke alo ate ame aɖeke ɖe to o. “‘Mikpɔ egbɔ be yewoxe fe na yewoƒe agbatedɔwɔlawo kaba. Ne fe aɖe li miaxe na agbatedɔwɔlawo la, migana fe ma natsi mia ŋuti ŋu nake ɖe edzi o.
14 You must not curse the deaf or place a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God. I am the LORD.
“‘Migaƒo fi de tekunɔ o, eye migada nu ɖe ŋkuagbãtɔ si va yina la ƒe mɔ me o. Mivɔ̃ miaƒe Mawu. Nyee nye Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu.
15 You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your neighbor fairly.
“‘Ele be ʋɔnudrɔ̃lawo nafia dzɔdzɔenyenye le woƒe nyametsotsowo me, eye womakpɔ ame aɖeke ƒe ahedada alo hotsuikpɔkpɔ dzi ɖa o. Ele be woawɔ nuteƒe ɣe sia ɣi.
16 You must not go about spreading slander among your people. You must not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD.
“‘Mèganye sakplisala anɔ yiyim le wò dukɔ me o. “‘Mègade nɔviwò asi be woatso kufia nɛ o, elabena nyee nye Yehowa.
17 You must not harbor hatred against your brother in your heart. Directly rebuke your neighbor, so that you will not incur guilt on account of him.
“‘Mègalé fu nɔviwò o. Ka mo na ame si wɔ nu vɔ̃. Ne ègbe mokaka nɛ la, wò hã èwɔ nu vɔ̃ abe eya ke ene.
18 Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.
“‘Mègabia hlɔ̃ o. Mègalé nya ɖe dɔ me o, ke boŋ lɔ̃ nɔviwò abe ɖokuiwò ene, elabena nyee nye Yehowa.
19 You are to keep My statutes. You shall not crossbreed two different kinds of livestock; you shall not sow your fields with two kinds of seed; and you shall not wear clothing made of two kinds of material.
“‘Miwɔ nye seawo dzi. “‘Migana lã nayɔ asi lã ƒomevi bubu o. “‘Mègaƒã nuku ƒomevi vovovowo ɖe wò agble me o. “‘Mègado awu si wotɔ kple avɔ si wotsɔ lãfu tsaka ɖeti lɔ̃ la o.
20 If a man lies carnally with a slave girl promised to another man but who has not been redeemed or given her freedom, there must be due punishment. But they are not to be put to death, because she had not been freed.
“‘Ne ŋutsu aɖe de asi kosi si menye ablɔɖeme o ŋu, eye wòbia eta na ɖeɖe la, woadrɔ̃ ʋɔnu wo le ʋɔnudrɔ̃ƒe, gake womawu wo o, elabena kosi la menye ablɔɖeme o.
21 The man, however, must bring a ram to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting as his guilt offering to the LORD.
Ele be ŋutsu la natsɔ eƒe fɔɖivɔsa vɛ na Yehowa le Agbadɔ la ƒe mɔnu. Nu si wòanae nye agbo.
22 The priest shall make atonement on his behalf before the LORD with the ram of the guilt offering for the sin he has committed, and he will be forgiven the sin he has committed.
Nunɔla la alé avu kple agbo la le nu vɔ̃ si ŋutsu la wɔ ta, eye woatsɔe akee.
23 When you enter the land and plant any kind of tree for food, you shall regard the fruit as forbidden. For three years it will be forbidden to you and must not be eaten.
“‘Ne mieva ɖo anyigba la dzi, eye miedo kutsetseti ƒomevi vovovowo la, migaɖu ƒe gbãtɔ etɔ̃awo ƒe tsetseawo o, elabena wole abe nu siwo ŋu wogbe nu le ene. Womaɖu wo o.
24 In the fourth year all its fruit must be consecrated as a praise offering to the LORD.
Woatsɔ ƒe enelia ƒe kutsetsewo katã ana Yehowa abe eƒe kafukafunu ene.
25 But in the fifth year you may eat its fruit; thus your harvest will be increased. I am the LORD your God.
Ƒe atɔ̃lia ƒe kutsetsewoe nye mia tɔ. Nyee nye Yehowa miaƒe Mawu.
26 You must not eat anything with blood still in it. You must not practice divination or sorcery.
“‘Migaɖu lã si me ʋu metsyɔ le la o. “‘Migaka afa alo miawɔ adze o.
27 You must not cut off the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard.
“‘Mègalũ wò loglo o, eye mègafɔ wò ge dzi hã o.
28 You must not make any cuts in your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD.
“‘Migasi mia ɖokuiwo alo miasi ame aɖe ŋuti le tsyɔ̃wɔwɔ me o. Nyee nye Yehowa.
29 You must not defile your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will be prostituted and filled with depravity.
“‘Mègagblẽ viwò ɖetugbi ƒe dzadzɛnyenye me to ewɔwɔ gboloe me o. Ne menye nenema o la, anyigba la azu gbolonyigba, eye ŋukpenanuwo anɔ edzi.
30 You must keep My Sabbaths and have reverence for My sanctuary. I am the LORD.
“‘Milé se si ku ɖe nye Dzudzɔgbe ŋuti la me ɖe asi, eye miade bubu nye Agbadɔ la ŋu, elabena nyee nye Yehowa.
31 You must not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out, or you will be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.
“‘Migaƒo ɖi mia ɖokuiwo to ŋɔliyɔlawo kple bokɔnɔwo gbɔ dede me o, elabena nyee nye Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu.
32 You are to rise in the presence of the elderly, honor the aged, and fear your God. I am the LORD.
“‘Ele be miatsɔ bubu kple sisiɖa si dze la na ame tsitsiwo le Mawuvɔvɔ̃ ta. Nyee nye Yehowa!
33 When a foreigner resides with you in your land, you must not oppress him.
“‘Migate amedzro siwo le miaƒe anyigba dzi la ɖe to o, eye migaba wo o.
34 You must treat the foreigner living among you as native-born and love him as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.
Ele be mialé be na wo abe mia ɖokuiwo ene, eye miaɖo ŋku edzi be miawo hã mienye amedzrowo kpɔ le Egiptenyigba dzi. Nyee nye Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu!
35 You must not use dishonest measures of length, weight, or volume.
“‘Migawɔ dzidzenu mademadewo ŋu dɔ ne miele didime, kpekpeme kple agbɔsɔsɔ dzidzem o.
36 You shall maintain honest scales and weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
Miwɔ nudanu kple nudakpe anukwaretɔwo, nudanu kple nudzidzenu anukwaretɔwo ŋu dɔ. Nyee nye Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu, ame si ɖe mi tso Egipte.
37 You must keep all My statutes and all My ordinances and follow them. I am the LORD.”
“‘Ele be mialé nye sewo kple ɖoɖowo katã me ɖe asi, eye miawɔ wo dzi, elabena nyee nye Yehowa!’”
