Deuteronomy 22
1 If you see your brother's ox or his sheep wandering, do not go by without helping, but take them back to your brother.
Sɛ wuhu sɛ wo yɔnko Israelni bi nantwi anaa ne guan nam basabasa a, mmu wʼani ngu so; mmom kyere no kɔma ne wura.
2 If their owner is not near, or if you are not certain who he is, then take the beast to your house and keep it till its owner comes in search of it, and then you are to give it back to him.
Sɛ ne wura nte mmɛn wo, anaasɛ wunnim no a, fa no kɔ wo fi kosi sɛ ne wura no bɛba abɛhwehwɛ no na wode nʼaboa ma no.
3 Do the same with his ass or his robe or anything which has gone from your brother's keeping and which you have come across: do not keep it to yourself.
Sɛ wuhu wo nua bi afurum anaa ne ntama anaa ne biribi a ayera a, yɛ no saa ara. Mmu wʼani ngu so.
4 If you see your brother's ox or his ass falling down on the road, do not go by without giving him help in lifting it up again.
Sɛ wuhu sɛ wo yɔnko Israelni bi afurum anaa ne nantwi bi atew ahwe wɔ ɔkwan mu a, mmu wʼani ngu so. Kɔboa ne wura no na ɔmma aboa no so nnyina hɔ.
5 It is not right for a woman to be dressed in man's clothing, or for a man to put on a woman's robe: whoever does such things is disgusting to the Lord your God.
Ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔbea hyɛ mmarima atade, saa ara nso na ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔbarima hyɛ mmea atade, efisɛ Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, kyi obiara a ɔyɛ eyi.
6 If by chance you see a place which a bird has made for itself in a tree or on the earth, with young ones or eggs, and the mother bird seated on the young ones or on the eggs, do not take the mother bird with the young:
Sɛ wokɔto anomaa berebuw wɔ ɔkwankyɛn, sɛ ɛhyɛ dua mu anaa ɛda fam, na sɛ anomaa no na butuw ne ba no so anaa obutuw nkesua so a, mfa anomaa no na ne ne ba no nkɔ.
7 See that you let the mother bird go, but the young ones you may take; so it will be well for you and your life will be long.
Wutumi fa ne ba no nanso hwɛ sɛ wobɛma ne na no akɔ, sɛnea ebesi wo yiye na wo nkwanna aware.
8 If you are building a house, make a railing for the roof, so that the blood of any man falling from it will not come on your house.
Sɛ wusi ɔdan foforo a, yɛ ban fa wo dan no nkuruso no ho na obi amfi hɔ antew anhwe amma woamfa mogyahwiegu ho afɔdi amma wo ne wo dan no so.
9 Do not have your vine-garden planted with two sorts of seed: or all of it may become a loss, the seed you have put in as well as the increase.
Nnua nnɔbae foforo biara wɔ bobe ntam wɔ wo bobeturo mu. Sɛ woyɛ saa a, na wo nnɔbae no ne bobeturo no so aba nyinaa ho agu fi.
10 Do not do your ploughing with an ox and an ass yoked together.
Nsa nantwi ne afurum mmɔ mu mfuntum afuw.
11 Do not have clothing made of two sorts of thread, wool and linen together.
Mfura ntama a wɔde kuntu ne sirikyi afra anwen.
12 On the four edges of your robe, with which your body is covered, put ornaments of twisted threads.
Yɛ ntama a wufura no ano anan no nyinaa mpɛsɛ.
13 If any man takes a wife, and having had connection with her, has no delight in her,
Sɛ ɔbarima ware ɔbea na ɔne no da na akyiri no ɔmpɛ no bio,
14 And says evil things about her and gives her a bad name, saying, I took this woman, and when I had connection with her it was clear to me that she was not a virgin:
na enti ɔka ne ho asɛmmɔne, bɔ no din bɔne se, “Mewaree no no, manhu biribiara a ɛkyerɛ sɛ ɔyɛ ɔbabun,”
15 Then let the girl's father and mother put before the responsible men of the town, in the public place, signs that the girl was a virgin:
a, ɔbea no agya ne ne na wɔ ho kwan sɛ wɔde adansede a ɛkyerɛ sɛ wɔn babea no yɛ ɔbabun bɛkyerɛ kurow no mpanyimfo wɔ kurow no pon.
16 And let the girl's father say to the responsible men, I gave my daughter to this man for his wife, but he has no love for her;
Ɛsɛ sɛ ɔbea no agya ka kyerɛ wɔn se, “Mede me babea maa ɔbarima yi aware nanso ose ɔmpɛ no bio.
17 And now he has put shame on her, saying that she is not a virgin; but here is the sign that she is a virgin. Then they are to put her clothing before the responsible men of the town.
Wagu nʼanim ase aka se, ‘Manhu sɛ wo babea no yɛ ɔbabun.’ Nanso adansede a ɛkyerɛ sɛ ɔyɛ ɔbabun no ni.” Afei, wɔbɛtrɛw ntama no mu wɔ kurow no mpanyimfo anim,
18 Then the responsible men of the town are to give the man his punishment;
na mpanyimfo no bɛfrɛ ɔbarima no atwe nʼaso.
19 They will take from him a hundred shekels of silver, which are to be given to the father of the girl, because he has given an evil name to a virgin of Israel: she will go on being his wife, he may never put her away all his life.
Wɔbɛbɔ no ka kilogram baako sɛ wagu Israel ɔbabun no anim ase. Wobetua sika no ama ɔbea no agya. Afei, ɔbabea no bɛyɛ ɔbarima no yere a ɔrennyaa no bio.
20 But if what he has said is true, and she is seen to be not a virgin,
Sɛ ɛkɔba sɛ kwaadu a wɔde bɔɔ no no yɛ nokware na wɔannya adansede a ɛfa ne babunyɛ no ho ankyerɛ a,
21 Then they are to make the girl come to the door of her father's house and she will be stoned to death by the men of the town, because she has done evil and put shame on Israel, by acting as a loose woman in her father's house: so you are to put away evil from among you.
wɔde ɔbea no bɛba nʼagya fi abɔntenpon ano na kurom hɔ mmarima asiw no abo akum no. Ɔnam aguamammɔ so ayɛ animguase ade wɔ Israel, bere a ɔne nʼawofo te. Ɛsɛ sɛ mutu saa bɔne no ase fi mo mu.
22 If a man is taken in the act of going in to a married woman, the two of them, the man as well as the woman, are to be put to death: so you are to put away the evil from Israel.
Sɛ wohu sɛ ɔbarima bi ne ɔbarima foforo bi yere da a, ɛsɛ sɛ wokum ɔbarima a ɔne ɔbea no dae no ne ɔbea no nyinaa. Ɛsɛ sɛ mutu saa bɔne no ase wɔ Israel.
23 If a young virgin has given her word to be married to a man, and another man meeting her in the town, has connection with her;
Sɛ ɔbarima bi hyia ababaa a ɔyɛ ɔbabun a ɔne obi ahyehyɛ aware na ɔbarima no ne ababaa no da na sɛ saa asɛm no sii wɔ kurow no mu a,
24 Then you are to take the two of them to the doorway of the town, and have them stoned to death; the young virgin, because she gave no cry for help, though it was in the town, and the man, because he has put shame on his neighbour's wife: so you are to put away evil from among you.
ɛsɛ sɛ mode wɔn baanu no kɔ kurow no apon ano kosiw wɔn abo kum wɔn. Ababaa no di fɔ, efisɛ na ɔwɔ kurom nanso wanteɛteɛ mu ampɛ mmoa. Ɛsɛ sɛ ɔbarima no nso wu, efisɛ wafa obi yere. Ɛsɛ sɛ mutu saa bɔne no ase fi mo mu.
25 But if the man, meeting such a virgin in the open country, takes her by force, then only the man is to be put to death;
Sɛ ɔbarima bi hyia ɔbea a obi ne no ahyehyɛ aware wɔ wuram, na ɔbarima no hyɛ no ne no da a, ɛsɛ sɛ wokum ɔbarima a ɔyɛɛ saa no nkutoo.
26 Nothing is to be done to the virgin, because there is no cause of death in her: it is the same as if a man made an attack on his neighbour and put him to death:
Monnyɛ ababaa no hwee, efisɛ ɔnyɛɛ bɔne biara a ɛma ɔfata owu. Saa asɛm yi te sɛ obi a watow ahyɛ ne yɔnko so akum no,
27 For he came across her in the open country, and there was no one to come to the help of the virgin in answer to her cry.
efisɛ ɔbarima no hyiaa ɔbea no wɔ wuram, na asiwa no teɛteɛɛ mu de, nanso wannya ogyefo biara.
28 If a man sees a young virgin, who has not given her word to be married to anyone, and he takes her by force and has connection with her, and discovery is made of it;
Sɛ wɔkyere ɔbarima bi sɛ wahyɛ ababaa bi a obi ne no nhyehyɛe aware, ne no ada a,
29 Then the man will have to give the virgin's father fifty shekels of silver and make her his wife, because he has put shame on her; he may never put her away all his life.
ɛsɛ sɛ otua dwetɛ kilogram abien ne fa ma ababaa no agya. Na ɛno akyi no, ɛsɛ sɛ ɔbarima no ware ababaa no, efisɛ wagu nʼanim ase na ɔrentumi nnyae no aware da.
30 A man may not take his father's wife or have sex relations with a woman who is his father's.
Ɔbarima biara nni ho kwan sɛ ɔne nʼagya yere da; ɛnsɛ sɛ ogu nʼagya mpa ho fi.
