Leviticus 20
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose sɛ ɔnka nkyerɛ Israelfoɔ no sɛ,
2 You shall speak these things to the sons of Israel: A man among the sons Israel, or among the newcomers who live in Israel, if he will have given from his seed to the idol Moloch, he shall be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him.
“Obiara a ɔfiri mo mu a ɔde ne ba bɛbɔ ɔhyeɛ afɔdeɛ ama Molek no, sɛ ɔyɛ Israelni anaa ɔhɔhoɔ no, wɔbɛsi no aboɔ.
3 And I will set my face against him. And I will cut him down from the midst of his people, because he has given from his seed to Moloch, and he has contaminated my Sanctuary, and polluted my holy name.
Na mʼankasa mɛtia saa onipa no na matwa no asuo afiri ne nkurɔfoɔ mu, ɛfiri sɛ, ɔde ne ba ama Molek ama mʼAhyiaeɛ Ntomadan adane baabi a metena a ɛnyɛ yie, na wagu me din kronkron no nso ho fi.
4 But if the people of the land, having been neglectful and holding little regard for my authority, release the man who has given from his seed to Moloch, and they are not willing to kill him,
Na sɛ nnipa a wɔte mpɔtam hɔ no nso boapa yɛ wɔn ho sɛ wɔnnim sɛ ɔbarima no de ne ba abɔ afɔdeɛ ama Molek na wɔankum no a, mʼankasa mɛtia
5 I will set my face over that man and over his kindred, and I will cut down both him and all who consented with him to fornicate with Moloch, from the midst of their people.
ɔbarima no ne ne fiefoɔ na matwa ɔno ne nnipa a wɔde wɔn ho to anyame foforɔ so no nyinaa asuo.
6 The soul who will have turned aside to astrologers and soothsayers, and who will have fornicated with them, I will set my face against him, and I will destroy him from the midst of his people.
“‘Mɛtia obiara a ɔkɔ adebisafoɔ ne abayifoɔ hɔ abisa na ɔkɔdi wɔn akyi adwaman kwan so, na matwa saa onipa no asuo afiri ne nkurɔfoɔ mu.
7 Be sanctified and be holy, for I am the Lord your God.
“‘Enti monte mo ho na monyɛ kronkron na mene Awurade mo Onyankopɔn.
8 Observe my precepts, and do them. I am the Lord, who sanctifies you.
Ɛsɛ sɛ modi me mmara nyinaa so, ɛfiri sɛ, mene Awurade a meyɛ mo kronkron no.
9 Whoever curses his father or mother shall die a death; he has cursed his father and mother. So let his blood be upon him.
“‘Obiara a ɔbɛdome nʼagya anaa ne maame no, ɛkwan biara so wɔbɛkum no, ɛfiri sɛ, wadome nʼankasa ne honam ne ne mogya.
10 If anyone will have committed sexual acts with the wife of another, or will have perpetrated adultery with his neighbor’s spouse, they shall die a death, both the adulterer and the adulteress.
“‘Sɛ ɔbarima bi kɔfa obi yere a, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔkum ɔbarima no ne ɔbaa no nyinaa.
11 Whoever will have slept with his stepmother, or will have uncovered the shame of his father, they shall both die a death. So let their blood be upon them.
“‘Sɛ ɔbarima bi ne nʼagya yere da a, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔkum ɔbarima no ne ɔbaa no, ɛfiri sɛ, wɔn nyinaa ayɛ bɔne kɛseɛ.
12 If any man will have slept with his daughter-in-law, both shall die, for they have acted according to wickedness. So let their blood be upon them.
“‘Na sɛ ɔbarima bi kɔfa nʼase a ɔyɛ ne babarima yere a, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔkum wɔn baanu no nyinaa; wɔn ankasa na wɔagu wɔn ho wɔn ho fi.
13 If any man has slept with a male in place of sexual intercourse with a female, both have committed a nefarious act, they shall die a death. So let their blood be upon them.
“‘Sɛ ɔbarima bi fa ne yɔnko barima a, wɔnkum wɔn baanu no nyinaa. Wɔn ara na wɔpɛ wɔn wuo.
14 If any man, having taken the daughter as a wife, will have married her mother, he has acted according to wickedness. He shall be burnt alive with them. Neither shall so great a nefarious act persist in your midst.
“‘Sɛ ɔbarima bi fa ɔbaa bi na ɔsane kɔfa ɔbaa no maame ka ho a, ɛyɛ bɔne kɛseɛ. Wɔbɛhye saa nnipa baasa yi nyinaa anikann de apepa amumuyɛsɛm afiri mo mu.
15 Whoever will have committed sexual acts with any animal or cattle, he shall die a death. Likewise, you shall slay the beast.
“‘Sɛ ɔbarima bi fa aboa a, wɔbɛkum ɔbarima no na wɔakum aboa no nso.
16 The woman who will have lain under any animal at all shall be destroyed together with it. So let their blood be upon them.
“‘Sɛ ɔbaa nso ma aboa fa no a, monkum ɔbaa no ne aboa no nyinaa, ɛfiri sɛ, saa asotwe no fata wɔn.
17 Whoever will have taken his sister, the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother, and will have seen her nakedness, and she will have looked upon her brother’s shame, they have committed a nefarious act. They shall be slain in the sight of their people, because they have uncovered one another’s nakedness. And they shall bear their iniquity.
“‘Sɛ ɔbarima ne ne nuabaa da a, sɛ ɛyɛ nʼagya babaa o, sɛ nso ɛyɛ ne maame babaa o, ɛyɛ animguasesɛm, enti wɔbɛgyina badwa mu atwa wɔn asuo afiri Israelfoɔ mu. Ɔbarima no ara bɛsoa nʼafɔdie.
18 Whoever has sexual intercourse with a woman in her menstrual flow, and has uncovered her nakedness, and she has opened the fountain of her blood, both shall be destroyed from the midst of their people.
“‘Sɛ ɔbarima bi kɔfa ɔbaa a wabu ne nsa a, wɔbɛtwa wɔn baanu no nyinaa asuo, ɛfiri sɛ, ɔbarima no ada ɔbaa no ho a ɛnte no adi.
19 You shall not expose the nakedness of your maternal or paternal aunt. Whoever does this has laid bare the shame of his own flesh; both shall bear their iniquity.
“‘Sɛ obi ne nʼagya nuabaa da a, ɛyɛ akyiwadeɛ. Saa ara nso na ɔne ne maame nuabaa da a, ɛyɛ akyiwadeɛ ara ne no, ɛfiri sɛ, wɔn nyinaa yɛ mogya baako. Ɛsɛ sɛ wɔtwe wɔn aso.
20 If any man has had sexual intercourse with the wife of his paternal or maternal uncle, and he has uncovered the shame of his close relative, both shall bear their sin. They shall die without children.
“‘Sɛ ɔbarima bi fa nʼagya nuabarima yere a, wafa adeɛ a ɛyɛ nʼagya nuabarima no dea; wɔn asotweɛ ne sɛ, wɔbɛsoa wɔn bɔne awu a wɔnwo ba.
21 Whoever will have married his brother’s wife has done an unlawful thing; he has uncovered his brother’s nakedness. They shall be without children.
“‘Sɛ ɔbarima bi ware ne nua yere a, ɛyɛ afideɛ, ɛfiri sɛ, wafa ne nua adeɛ na wɔn nyinaa renwo ba.
22 Observe my laws as well as my judgments, and act according to them, lest the land, into which you will enter and live, may vomit you out, too.
“‘Ɛsɛ sɛ modi me mmara nyinaa so na mampam mo amfiri mo asase foforɔ yi so.
23 Do not be willing to walk by the ordinances of the nations, which I will expel before you. For they have done all these things, and so I abominate them.
Monnni ɔman no amanneɛ a maka no wɔ mo anim sɛ ɛnyɛ no akyi, ɛfiri sɛ, nneɛma a wɔyɛ a ɛnyɛ no nyinaa, mabɔ mo ho kɔkɔ dada. Ɛno enti na mekyiri saa aman no.
24 But I say to you: Possess their land, which I will give to you as an inheritance, a land flowing with milk and honey. I am the Lord your God, who has separated you from the other peoples.
Mahyɛ mo wɔn asase no ho bɔ sɛ mede bɛma mo. Ɛyɛ asase a nufosuo ne ɛwoɔ sen wɔ so. Mene Awurade mo Onyankopɔn a mama mo ada nso wɔ aman a aka no nyinaa mu.
25 Therefore, you must also separate the clean animals from the unclean, and the clean birds from the unclean. Do not pollute your souls with cattle, or birds, or anything that moves upon the earth, and which I have shown you to be unclean.
“‘Ɛsɛ sɛ mo nso mohunu nnomaa ne mmoa a mama mo ho ɛkwan sɛ monwe wɔn nam ne wɔn a ɛnsɛ sɛ mowe wɔn nam no ntam nsonsonoeɛ. Ɛwom sɛ mmoa ne nnomaa a mabra sɛ monnnwe no, wɔabu so wɔ asase no so deɛ, nanso monnnwe mfa ngu mo ho fi nhyɛ me abufuo.
26 You shall be holy unto me, because I, the Lord, am holy, and I have separated you from the other peoples, so that you would be mine.
Mobɛyɛ kronkron ama me ɛfiri sɛ, me Awurade, meyɛ kronkron na mayi mo afiri nnipa nyinaa mu asi nkyɛn sɛ moyɛ me dea.
27 A man or a woman, in whom there is an oracle-like or a divining spirit, shall be put to death. They shall stone them. So let their blood be upon them.
“‘Ɔbarima anaa ɔbaa a ɔyɛ samanfrɛfoɔ anaasɛ ɔsumanni wɔ mo mu no, ɛsɛ sɛ mokum wɔn. Ɛsɛ sɛ mosi wɔn aboɔ. Ɛyɛ bɔne kɛseɛ.’”
