Deuteronomy 21

1 “When there will have been found in the land, which the Lord your God will give to you, the corpse of a man who has been killed, and it is not known who is guilty of the murder,

Sɛ wɔhunu sɛ wɔakum obi da afuom wɔ asase a Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, de rema mo no so, na sɛ monnim owudifoɔ no a,

2 your judges and those greater by birth shall go out and measure, from the place of the corpse, the distance to each of the surrounding cities.

mo ntuanofoɔ ne atemmufoɔ bɛkɔ akɔsusu ɛkwan a ɛda deɛ owufoɔ no da hɔ ne kuro a ɛbɛn no ntam.

3 And in whichever one they perceive to be closer than the others, the elders shall take a calf from the herd, one which has not pulled with a yoke, nor tilled with a plow.

Afei, mpanimfoɔ a wɔwɔ kuro a ɛbɛn owufoɔ no pɛɛ no mfa nantwie ba a ɔnyɛɛ adwuma da na ɔntwee funtumfidie da,

4 And they shall lead it into a rough and stony valley, one which has never been tilled or sown. And in that place, they shall cut the neck of the calf.

na wɔnni nʼanim mfa no nkɔ subɔnhwa a wɔmfuntum anaa wɔnnuaa hwee wɔ hɔ da na nsuo resene wɔ mu mu. Subɔnhwa no mu na ɛsɛ sɛ wɔbu nantwie ba no kɔn mu.

5 And the priests the sons of Levi shall approach, those whom the Lord your God has chosen to minister to him, and to bless in his name, and to decide every controversy by their word, and to judge which things are clean and which are unclean.

Lewifoɔ asɔfoɔ bɛba hɔ, ɛfiri sɛ, Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, ayi wɔn sɛ wɔnka asɛm na wɔnhyira wɔ Awurade din mu. Na wɔn na wɔsi asɛnnie ne asotwe so dua.

6 And those greater by birth of that city, nearest to the one who was slain, shall go and shall wash their hands over the calf that was killed in the valley.

Kuro a ɛbɛn efunu no mu mpanimfoɔ no, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔhohoro wɔn nsa gu nantwie ba a wɔbuu ne kɔn mu no so.

7 And they shall say: ‘Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it.

Na afei wɔbɛka sɛ, “Ɛnyɛ yɛn nsa na yɛhwiee mogya yi guiɛ na yɛanhunu nso.

8 Be merciful to your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, O Lord, and do not charge them with innocent blood in the midst of your people Israel.’ And so the guilt of the blood will be taken away from them.

Ao, Awurade, fa kyɛ wo ɔman Israel a wogyee wɔn no. Mfa mogya a ɛdi bem yi ho so nto wo nnipa Israel so.” Wɔwie yei a, na ɛkyerɛ sɛ, wɔayi ɛso a ɛda wɔn so no afiri wɔn so.

9 Then you will be free from the blood that was shed against the innocent, when you will have done as the Lord has instructed you.

Sɛ wɔdi saa nkyerɛkyerɛ yi so na wɔyɛ deɛ ɛtene wɔ Awurade ani so a, na moayi awudie no ho afɔbuo afiri mo atenaeɛ hɔ.

10 If you have gone out to fight against your enemies, and the Lord your God has delivered them into your hand, and if, as you are leading away the captives,

Sɛ mokɔ ɔko tia mo atamfoɔ na Awurade mo Onyankopɔn dane wɔn hyɛ mo nsa na mofa wɔn nnomum,

11 you see among the number of the captives a beautiful woman, and you love her, and you are willing to have her as a wife:

na sɛ wɔn mu no, mohunu ɔbaa ɔhoɔfɛfoɔ bi a mopɛ sɛ mofa no sɛ ɔyere a, motumi ware no.

12 then you shall lead her into your house. And she shall shave off her hair, and cut her nails short,

Momfa no mmra mo fie na monyi ne ti, ntwitwa ne mmɔwerɛ,

13 and remove the garment in which she was captured. And she shall sit in your house and weep for her father and mother, for one month. And after that, you shall enter to her and sleep with her, and she shall be your wife.

na monyi ntadeɛ a na ɛhyɛ no wɔ ɛberɛ a mokyeree no no ngu hɔ. Na watena mo fie asu nʼagya ne ne maame bosome akyi no, motumi kɔ ne ho ma ɔyɛ ɔyere.

14 But if afterwards she does not sit well in your mind, you shall set her free. You cannot sell her for money, nor can you oppress her by force. For you have humiliated her.

Sɛ mo ani nnye ne ho a, momma no nkɔ baabiara a ɔpɛ sɛ ɔkɔ. Monntɔn no na monnyɛ no sɛ afenaa, ɛfiri sɛ, moagu nʼanim ase.

15 If a man has two wives, one beloved and the other hated, and they have produced children by him, and if the son of the hated wife is the firstborn,

Sɛ ɔbarima wɔ yerenom baanu na ɔdɔ ɔbaako kyɛn deɛ ɔka ho no, na wɔn baanu no nyinaa, wɔn mu biara ne no wɔ ɔbabarima nanso nʼabakan no yɛ ɔyere a ɔmpɛ nʼasɛm no babarima,

16 and if he wishes to divide his substance among his sons: he cannot make the son of the beloved wife the firstborn, and so prefer him before the son of the hated wife.

na sɛ ɔhyɛ nsamanseɛ de ma ne mmammarima a, ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔde kyɛfa kɛseɛ no ma ɔbabarima kumaa a ɔyɛ ne yere a ɔdɔ no no babarima.

17 Instead, he shall acknowledge the son of the hated wife as the firstborn, and he shall give to him a double portion of all that he has. For he is the first among his children, and the rights of the firstborn are owed to him.

Ɔbɛfa ne babarima a ɔyɛ ɔyere a ɔmpɛ nʼasɛm no sɛ nʼabakan no, na wanam so ama no nʼagyapadeɛ no mmɔho mmienu. Saa ɔbabarima no yɛ nʼagya no ahoɔden nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ a ɛdi ɛkan. Ɛno enti, abakan kyɛfa yɛ ne dea.

18 If a man produces a disobedient and reckless son, who will not listen to the orders of his father or mother, and, having been corrected, shows contempt for obedience:

Sɛ ɔbarima bi wɔ ɔbabarima a ɔyɛ asoɔden ne otuatefoɔ a ɔntie nʼagya ne ne maame asɛm a nso wɔtene ne so a,

19 they shall take him and lead him to the elders of the city and to the gate of judgment.

deɛ ɛsɛ sɛ ɛba ara ne sɛ, agya no ne maame no de wɔn babarima no bɛkɔ mpanimfoɔ a wɔhwɛ kuro no so no anim.

20 And they shall say to them: ‘This our son is reckless and disobedient. He shows contempt when listening to our admonitions. He occupies himself with carousing, and self-indulgence, and feasting.’

Ɛsɛ sɛ wɔpae mu ka sɛ, “Yɛn babarima yi yɛ asoɔden ne otuatefoɔ a ɔntie yɛn asɛm. Ɔyɛ onipa teta kɔwensani.”

21 Then the people of the city shall stone him to death. And he shall die, so that you may take away the evil from your midst. And so may all of Israel, upon hearing it, be very afraid.

Ɛba saa a, ɛsɛ sɛ mmarima a wɔwɔ kuro no mu nyinaa si no aboɔ kum no. Ne saa no, monam so bɛpamo saa bɔne a aba mo mu no, na Israel nyinaa bɛte, na abɔ wɔn hu.

22 When a man will have sinned in a matter which is punished by death, and, having been judged unto death, he has been hanged on a gallows:

Sɛ obi yɛ amumuyɛsɛm bi a ɛfata owuo na enti wɔkum no na wɔde no sɛn dua so a,

23 his corpse shall not remain on the tree. Instead, he shall be buried on the same day. For he who hangs from a tree has been cursed by God, and you shall not defile your land, which the Lord your God will give to you as a possession.”

ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔsɛne dua no so ma adeɛ kye so. Ɛsɛ sɛ ɛda no ara, wɔsie amu no, ɛfiri sɛ, obiara a wɔsɛn no dua so saa no yɛ Onyankopɔn nnome. Monngu asase a Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, de rema mo sɛ agyapadeɛ sononko no ho fi.