Deuteronomy 15
1 At the end of seven years thou shalt make a release,
“Le ƒe adrelia ɖe sia ɖe ƒe nuwuwu la, woate fli ɖe fe sia fe me.
2 and this is the manner of the release: Every creditor shall relax his hand from the loan which he hath lent unto his neighbour; he shall not demand it of his neighbour, or of his brother; for a release to Jehovah hath been proclaimed.
Nudonamela ɖe sia ɖe aŋlɔ ɖe agbalẽ si Israelvi si nye nudola la na la dzi be, ‘Eɖo nu sia nu teƒe pɛpɛpɛ,’ elabena Yehowa tsɔ nu sia nu ke ame sia ame.
3 Of the foreigner thou mayest demand it; but what is thine with thy brother thy hand shall release;
Ke tsɔtsɔke sia melɔ amedzrowo ya ɖe eme o.
4 save when there shall be no one in need among you; for Jehovah will greatly bless thee in the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it,
Nudonamela aɖeke maɖo ko le tsɔtsɔke sia ta o, elabena Yehowa miaƒe Mawu akɔ yayra geɖe ɖe mia dzi le anyigba si wòle mia nam la dzi, ne miewɔ eƒe sewo dzi.
5 if thou only diligently hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to take heed to do all this commandment which I command thee this day.
Nu si hiã na eƒe yayra sia xɔxɔ koe nye miawɔ Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la ƒe se siwo katã mele dedem na mi egbe la dzi pɛpɛpɛ.
6 For Jehovah thy God will bless thee, as he promised thee; and thou shalt lend on pledge to many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt rule over many nations, but they shall not rule over thee.
Yehowa miaƒe Mawu ayra mi abe ale si wòdo ŋugbe ene. Miado ga na dukɔ geɖewo, gake mahiã gbeɖegbeɖe be miawo ya miado ga o! Miaɖu dukɔ geɖewo dzi, gake woawo ya maɖu mia dzi o!
7 If there be amongst you a poor man, any one of thy brethren in one of thy gates, in thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy brother in need;
“Ke ne mieva ɖo anyigba si Yehowa miaƒe Mawu ana mi dzi, eye ame dahe aɖewo le mia dome la, mele be miasẽ dzi me alo amia asiʋlome ɖe ame daheawo ŋu o.
8 but thou shalt open thy hand bountifully unto him, and shalt certainly lend him on pledge what is sufficient for his need, [in that] which he lacketh.
Ele be miado nu sia nu si woahiã la na wo.
9 Beware that there be not a wicked thought in thy heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry against thee to Jehovah, and it be sin in thee.
Mikpɔ nyuie! Migagbe gadodo na ame, elabena ƒe si me woate fli ɖe fewo me la gogo o! Ne miegbe gadodo na hiãtɔ la, eye hiãtɔ la ƒo koko na Yehowa la, Yehowa abui na mi nu vɔ̃e.
10 Thou shalt bountifully give unto him, and thy heart shall not be evil-disposed when thou givest unto him; because for this thing Jehovah thy God will bless thee in all thy works, and in all the business of thy hand.
Ele be nàdo nu si hiãtɔ la hiã la nɛ, eye mègafa konyi tso eŋu hã o! Elabena Yehowa wò Mawu ana nuwo nadze edzi na wò le nu sia ta!
11 For the needy shall never cease from within the land; therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thy hand bountifully unto thy brother, to thy poor and to thy needy, in thy land.
Ame dahe aɖewo anɔ mia dome ɣe sia ɣi kokoko. Esia ta se sia le vevie ɖo. Ele be mianyo dɔ me, ado nu na wo.”
12 If thy brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, have been sold unto thee, he shall serve thee six years, and in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.
“Ne èƒle kluvi aɖe si nye Hebritɔ, ŋutsu alo nyɔnu la, ele be wòasubɔ wò ƒe ade, eye nàna ablɔɖee le ƒe adrelia me.
13 And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty;
Mègana wòayi asi ƒuƒlu o!
14 thou shalt certainly furnish him from thy sheep, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: of what Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee with shalt thou give unto him.
Do mɔe kple lã aɖewo tso wò lãha la me kple ami tso wò amiɖaƒe kple wain tso wò wainfiaƒe. Na nui ɖe ale si Yehowa wò Mawu ayra wòe la nu.
15 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and that Jehovah thy God redeemed thee; therefore I command thee this thing to-day.
Miɖo ŋku edzi be mienye kluviwo le Egiptenyigba dzi kpɔ, eye Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la ɖe mi! Eya tae mele se sia dem na mi.
16 And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee, — because he loveth thee and thy house, because he is well with thee, —
“Ke ne Hebri kluvi la medi be yeadzo le gbɔwò o, ke boŋ wògblɔ be yelɔ̃ wò, wò aƒemenɔnɔ dze edzi na ye, eye wò beléle na ye dze ye ŋu la,
17 then thou shalt take an awl, and thrust it through his ear and into the door; and he shall be thy bondman for ever. And also unto thy handmaid thou shalt do likewise.
ekema nàtsɔ nuŋɔnu aŋɔ to nɛ amimi ɖe ʋɔtru ŋu, ekema le esia megbe la, kluvi la atsi gbɔwò ɖikaa. Wɔ nenema ke na wò kosiwo hã.
18 Let it not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for double the worth of a hired servant hath he been to thee, [in] serving thee six years; and Jehovah thy God will bless thee in all that thou doest.
Ne èɖe asi le kluvi aɖe ŋu la, mègana wòave wò o, elabena ɖo ŋku edzi be kluvi ɖeka ma wɔ agbatedɔwɔla eve ƒe dɔ na ye le ƒe adeawo me! Yehowa, wò Mawu la ayra wò dɔwɔwɔwo katã ɖe esi nèna ablɔɖe wò kluvi la ta!”
19 Every firstling that is born among thy kine and among thy sheep that is a male, thou shalt hallow to Jehovah thy God: thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy kine, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep.
“Ele be nàkɔ wò alẽwo kple nyiwo ƒe ŋgɔgbevi siwo nye atsu la ŋu na Yehowa, wò Mawu la. Mègana wò nyitsu si nye ŋgɔgbevi la nawɔ dɔ le agble me o, eye mègako fu le wò alẽwo kple gbɔ̃wo ƒe ŋgɔgbeviwo ŋu o.
20 Thou shalt eat it before Jehovah thy God, year by year, in the place which Jehovah will choose, thou and thy household.
Le esia teƒe la, ele be wò kple wò ƒometɔwo miaɖu lã siawo le Yehowa, wò Mawu la ŋkume ƒe sia ƒe le eƒe kɔkɔeƒe la.
21 But if there be a defect therein, [if it be] lame, or blind, [or have] any evil defect, thou shalt not sacrifice it to Jehovah thy God.
Ke ne mede blibo o, afɔ ŋe nɛ, eƒe ŋku gbã alo nu gblẽ le eƒe teƒe bubu aɖe ŋu la, mèkpɔ mɔ atsɔe asa vɔe na Yehowa wò Mawu o,
22 In thy gates shalt thou eat it; the unclean and the clean [shall eat it] alike, as the gazelle and as the hart.
ke boŋ ɖui kple wò ƒometɔwo le aƒe me. Ame sia ame ate ŋu aɖu lã sia faa ne amea ŋu mekɔ le ɣe ma ɣi me o hã, abe ale si ame sia ame ate ŋu aɖu sẽ kple zi ene,
23 Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof: thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.
gake migaɖu lã la ƒe ʋu ya o, ke boŋ mina wòaɖuɖu ɖe anyigba abe tsi ene.”
