Deuteronomy 5
1 And Moses called to all Israel, and said to them, Hear, Israel, the statutes and the ordinances that I speak in your ears this day, and learn them, and keep them to do them.
Mose frɛɛ Israelfo no nyinaa ka kyerɛɛ wɔn se: Israel, muntie, mmara ne ahyɛde a mede rema mo nnɛ no. Munsua na munni so.
2 Jehovah our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.
Bere a yɛwɔ Horeb no, Awurade yɛn Nyankopɔn ne yɛn yɛɛ apam bi.
3 Not with our fathers did Jehovah make this covenant, but with us, [even] us, those [who are] here alive all of us this day.
Ɛnyɛ yɛn agyanom na Awurade ne wɔn yɛɛ apam no, na mmom, ɔne yɛn a yɛte ase nnɛ yi nyinaa na ɛyɛe.
4 Face to face on the mountain from the midst of the fire Jehovah spoke with you
Awurade fi bepɔw so ogya mu ne mo kasaa anikann.
5 (I stood between Jehovah and you at that time, to declare to you the word of Jehovah; for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up to the mountain), saying,
Migyinaa mo ne Awurade ntam, na mekaa Awurade asɛm kyerɛɛ mo efisɛ na musuro ogya no nti, moamforo bepɔw no. Nsɛm a ɔkae no ni:
6 I am Jehovah thy God who have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
“Mene Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, a miyii mo fii nkoasom mu wɔ Misraim no.
7 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
“Monnsom onyame foforo biara nka me ho.
8 Thou shalt not make thyself any graven image, any form of what is in the heavens above, or what is in the earth beneath, or what is in the waters under the earth:
Monnyɛ ohoni anaa biribiara a ɛsɛ ade a ɛwɔ wim, anaa nea ɛwɔ asase so, anaa nea ɛwɔ nsu mu, anaa nea ɛwɔ asase ase.
9 thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them; for I, Jehovah thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons, and upon the third and upon the fourth [generation] of them that hate me,
Monnkotow ohoni biara nsom no wɔ ɔkwan biara so, na me, Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, meyɛ ninkufo a metwe mma a wɔtan me no aso wɔ awofonom bɔne a wɔyɛ no ho kɔ awo ntoatoaso abiɛsa ne anan mu,
10 and shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.
nanso meda ɔdɔ adi kyerɛ awo ntoatoaso mpem a wɔdɔ me na wodi mʼahyɛde so no.
11 Thou shalt not idly utter the name of Jehovah thy God; for Jehovah will not hold him guiltless that idly uttereth his name.
Mommmɔ Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, din basabasa. Sɛ moyɛ saa a, obebu mo fɔ.
12 Keep the sabbath day to hallow it, as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee.
Monkae homeda na munni no sɛ da kronkron.
13 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work;
Nnansia na momfa nyɛ mo nnwuma nyinaa,
14 but the seventh day is the sabbath of Jehovah thy God: thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy bondman, nor thy handmaid, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy sojourner that is within thy gates; that thy bondman and thy handmaid may rest as well as thou.
na da a ɛto so ason no yɛ Homeda ma Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn. Saa da no, ɛnsɛ sɛ moyɛ adwuma biara; ɛnsɛ sɛ mo mmabarima, mo mmabea anaa mo asomfo anaa mo anantwi ne mo mfurum anaa mo ahɔho yɛ adwuma biara.
15 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and that Jehovah thy God brought thee out thence with a powerful hand and with a stretched-out arm; therefore Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee to observe the sabbath day.
Monkae sɛ bere bi a atwa mu no na moyɛ nkoa wɔ Misraim na Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, nam anwonwatumi ne tumi nnwuma so na oyii mo fii hɔ. Ɛno nti na Awurade mo Nyankopɔn hyɛ mo sɛ munni Homeda no.
16 Honour thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may be well with thee in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
Di wʼagya ne wo na ni sɛnea Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, ahyɛ mo no, na ama wo nkwanna aware, na asi wo yiye wɔ asase a Awurade wo Nyankopɔn de rema wo no so.
17 Thou shalt not kill.
Nni awu.
18 Neither shalt thou commit adultery.
Nsɛe aware.
19 Neither shalt thou steal.
Mmɔ korɔn
20 Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Nni wo yɔnko ho adansekurum
21 Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour's house, his field, nor his bondman, nor his handmaid, his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbour's.
Mma wʼani mmere wo yɔnko yere. Mma wʼani mmere wo yɔnko fi anaa nʼasase anaa nʼakoa anaa nʼafenaa, ne nʼanantwi, nʼafurum anaa biribiara a ɛyɛ wo yɔnko dea.”
22 These words Jehovah spoke to all your congregation on the mountain from the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the obscurity, with a great voice, and he added no more; and he wrote them on two tables of stone, and gave them to me.
Eyinom ne mmaransɛm a Awurade de nne kɛse a efi ogyaframa no mu pae mu ka kyerɛɛ mo fii omununkum a esum kabii atwa ho ahyia mu wɔ bepɔw no so a wamfa hwee anka ho. Na ɔkyerɛw guu abo pon abien so de maa me.
23 And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice from the midst of the darkness, and the mountain burned with fire, that ye came near to me, all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;
Motee nne no fii esum mu bere a bepɔw no so redɛw ogya framfram no, mmusuakuw mu ntuanofo no nyinaa baa me nkyɛn.
24 and ye said, Behold, Jehovah our God has shewn us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice from the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God talks with man, and he lives.
Wɔkae se, “Awurade, yɛn Nyankopɔn, akyerɛ yɛn nʼanuonyam ne ne tumi na yɛate ne nne afi ogya no mu. Nnɛ, yɛahu sɛ, sɛ Onyankopɔn ne onipa kasa koraa a, onipa tumi tena ase.
25 And now, why should we die? for this great fire will consume us. If we hear the voice of Jehovah our God any more, we shall die.
Na afei, adɛn nti na ɛsɛ sɛ yewuwu? Sɛ Awurade, yɛn Nyankopɔn, kasa kyerɛ yɛn bio a, akyinnye biara nni ho sɛ yebewu na ogya no ahyew yɛn pasaa.
26 For who is there of all flesh, that has heard the voice of the living God speaking from the midst of the fire, as we, and has lived?
Efisɛ ɔkra teasefo bɛn na wate Onyankopɔn teasefo no nne sɛ ɛrekasa fi ogyaframa no mu na watena ase ana?
27 Come thou near, and hear all that Jehovah our God will say; and speak thou to us all that Jehovah our God will speak to thee; and we will hear it, and do it.
Kɔ na kotie nea Awurade, yɛn Nyankopɔn no, ka no. Na afei, bra na bɛka biribiara a ɔka kyerɛɛ wo no kyerɛ yɛn, na yebetie na yɛadi so.”
28 And Jehovah heard the voice of your words, when ye spoke to me; and Jehovah said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people that have spoken to thee: they have well spoken all that they have spoken.
Awurade tee mo nne bere a mokasa kyerɛɛ me no, Awurade ka kyerɛɛ me se, “Mate nsɛm a saa nnipa yi ka kyerɛɛ wo no. Nsɛm a wɔkaa no nyinaa ye.
29 Oh that there were such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments continually, that it might be well with them and with their sons for ever!
Ao, sɛ daa wobenya koma sɛnea ɛbɛma wɔasuro me na wɔadi mʼahyɛde nyinaa so a, anka ebeye ama wɔn ne wɔn asefo nyinaa afebɔɔ.
30 Go, say unto them, Get you into your tents again.
“Kɔ na kɔka kyerɛ wɔn se, wɔnsan mmra wɔn ntamadan mu.
31 But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.
Nanso wo de, wo ne me ntena ha sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a metumi de mʼahyɛde ne me mmara ama wo. Wobɛkyerɛkyerɛ nnipa no sɛnea wobetie wɔ asase a mede rema wɔn no so sɛ wɔn agyapade no.”
32 Take heed then to do as Jehovah your God hath commanded you: turn not aside to the right hand or to the left.
Enti mohwɛ yiye na n monyɛ nea Awurade mo Nyankopɔn ahyɛ mo no; momman mfa nifa anaa benkum.
33 In all the way that Jehovah your God hath commanded you shall ye walk, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.
Munni nea Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, ahyɛ mo no nyinaa so na ama moanya nkwa, na asi mo yiye, na no nna aware wɔ asase a morekɔfa no so.
