Deuteronomy 14
1 Be ye children of the Lord your God: you shall not cut yourselves, no, make any baldness for the dead;
Moyɛ Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, mma. Ɛno nti monnsesa mo ho anaa monntworɔtworɔw mo moma so mma awufo,
2 Because thou art a holy people to the Lord thy God: and he chose thee to be his peculiar people of all nations that are upon the earth.
efisɛ, moyɛ nnipa kronkron ma Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no. Nnipa a wɔwɔ asase so nyinaa, mo na Awurade ayi mo sɛ nʼagyapade a ɛsom bo.
3 Eat not the things that are unclean.
Munnni akyiwade biara.
4 These are the beasts that you shall eat, the ox, and the sheep, and the goat,
Eyinom ne mmoa a ɛsɛ sɛ mowe: nantwi, oguan, abirekyi
5 The hart and the roe, the buffle, the chamois, the pygarg, the wild goat, the camelopardalus.
ɔforote, adowa, ɔwansan, ewi, ɔtwe, ne ɛko.
6 Every beast that divideth the hoof in two parts, and cheweth the cud, you shall eat.
Na munni tɔteboa biara a ne tɔte mu apae abien na opuw wosaw.
7 But of them that chew the cud, but divide not the hoof, you shall not eat, such as the camel, the hare, and the cherogril: because they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof, they shall be unclean to you.
Nanso ntɔteboa a wopuw wosaw anaa wɔn tɔte mu apae abien no mu no, monnwe yoma, adanko ne atwaboa, efisɛ, wopuw wosaw de, nanso wɔn tɔte mu mpae; wɔn ho ntew mma mo.
8 The swine also, because it divideth the hoof, but cheweth not the cud, shall be unclean, their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch.
Prako nso ho ntew. Ɛwɔ mu sɛ ne tɔte mu apae de, nanso ompuw nwosaw. Ɛnsɛ sɛ mowe ne nam anaa mode mo nsa so ne funu mu koraa.
9 These shall you eat of all that abide in the waters: All that have fins and scales, you shall eat.
Nsumnam a wɔwɔ ntɛtɛ ne abon nyinaa mutumi we.
10 Such as are without fins and scales, you shall not eat, because they are unclean.
Nanso nsumnam a wonni ntɛtɛ ne abon de, monnwe. Wɔn ho ntew mma mo.
11 All birds that are clean you shall eat.
Anomaa biara a ne ho tew no, monwe.
12 The unclean eat not: to wit, the eagle, and the grype, and the osprey,
Nnomaa a ɛnsɛ sɛ mowe ni: ɔkɔre, opete, asu so kɔre,
13 The ringtail, and the vulture, and the kite according to their kind:
ɔkompete, nkorɔma ahorow nyinaa
14 And all of the raven’s kind:
kwaakwaadabi ahorow nyinaa,
15 And the ostrich, and the owl, and the larus, and the hawk according to its kind:
sohori, anadwo akoroma, ɛpo so asomfena ne akoroma ahorow nyinaa,
16 The heron, and the swan, and the stork,
patu, ɔpatukɛse, bakanoma
17 And the cormorant, the porphyrion, and the night crow,
nantwinoma, opete ne ɛpo so kwaakwaadabi,
18 The bittern, and the charadrion, every one in their kind: the hoop also and the bat.
ne asukɔnkɔn ahorow nyinaa, asuɔkwaa ne ampan.
19 Every thing that creepeth, and hath little wings, shall be unclean, and shall not be eaten.
Ntummoa a wɔwea nyinaa ho ntew mma mo; monnwe.
20 All that is clean, you shall eat.
Nanso aboa a ɔwɔ ntaban a ne ho tew biara no motumi we.
21 But whatsoever is dead of itself, eat not thereof. Give it to the stranger, that is within thy gates, to eat, or sell it to him: because thou art the holy people of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in the milk of his dam.
Monnwe aboa biara a mubehu sɛ wawu. Momfa mma ɔhɔho a ɔne mo te, anaasɛ montɔn ma ɔnanani. Na mo ankasa de, monnwe, efisɛ wɔayi mo asi nkyɛn sɛ ɔman kronkron ama Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no. Monnnoa abirekyi ba wɔ ne na nufusu mu.
22 Every year thou shalt set aside the tithes of all thy fruits that the earth bringeth forth,
Afe biara monhwɛ na munyi mo mfuw mu nnɔbae nkyɛmu du mu baako.
23 And thou shalt eat before the Lord thy God in the place which he shall choose, that his name may be called upon therein, the tithe of thy corn, and thy wine, and thy oil, and the firstborn of thy herds and thy sheep: that thou mayst learn to fear the Lord thy God at all times.
Munni mo atoko, nsa, ne ngo, ne mo anantwi ne nguan abakan wɔ Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, anim wɔ faako a ɔbɛpaw sɛ ɛyɛ atenae wɔ ne din mu na ama moasua sɛnea wosi di Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no ni daa.
24 But when the way and the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, are far off, and he hath blessed thee, and thou canst not carry all these things thither,
Sɛ beae a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, bɛkyerɛ mo sɛ monkamfo ne din no ne nea mote no ntam kwan ware a,
25 Thou shalt sell them all, and turn them into money, and shalt carry it in thy hand, and shalt go to the place which the Lord shall choose:
ɛno de, momfa mo ntotoso du du no nsesa dwetɛ na momfa dwetɛ no nkɔ beae a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, bɛpaw no.
26 And thou shalt buy with the same money whatsoever pleaseth thee, either of the herds or of sheep, wine also and strong drink, and all that thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat before the Lord thy God, and shalt feast, thou and thy house:
Sɛ mudu hɔ a, momfa sika no ntɔ biribiara a mo kɔn dɔ, sɛ ebia, nantwi, oguan, bobesa, anaa nsa biara a ɛyɛ den ne ade biara a mo kra pɛ na mo ne mo fifo nni wɔ Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, anim na mo ani nnye.
27 And the Levite that is within thy gates, beware thou forsake him not, because he hath no other part in thy possession.
Na mummu mo ani ngu Lewifo a wɔfra mo mu no so, efisɛ wonni wɔn ankasa wɔn agyapade biara.
28 The third year thou shalt separate another tithe of all things that grow to thee at that time, and shalt lay it up within thy gates.
Mfe abiɛsa biara awiei no, momfa mo nnɔbae so ntotoso du du no mmra mmɛkora wɔ mo nkurow mu,
29 And the Levite that hath no other part nor possession with thee, and the stranger and the fatherless and the widow, that are within thy gates, shall come and shall eat and be filled: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the works of thy hands that thou shalt do.
sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a Lewifo a wonni agyapade mu kyɛfa wɔ mo mu no ne ananafo a wɔwɔ mo nkurow so ne nyisaa ne akunafo a wɔwɔ mo nkurow so no betumi adidi amee; na ama Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, ahyira mo nsa ano nnwuma nyinaa so.
