Deuteronomy 15

1 In the seventh year thou shalt make a remission,

Muntwa mo aka mu mfe ason awiei biara.

2 Which shall be celebrated in this order. He to whom any thing is owing from his friend or neighbour or brother, cannot demand it again, because it is the year of remission of the Lord,

Ɔkwan a ɛsɛ sɛ mofa so ni: Ɛsɛ sɛ obiara a wabɔ ne yɔnko Israelni bosea no, de kyɛ no. Ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔdan ne yɔnko no anaa ne busuani ka, efisɛ wɔapae mu aka Awurade bere a wɔde ka kyɛ no.

3 Of the foreigner or stranger thou mayst exact it: of thy countryman and neighbour thou shalt not have power to demand it again.

Saa ka a wotwa mu yi ka mo yɔnkonom Israelfo no nko ara. Ahɔho a wɔte mo mu no de, sɛ mopɛ a mobɛma wɔn atua.

4 And there shall be no poor nor beggar among you: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in the land which he will give thee in possession.

Mmom, ɛnsɛ sɛ ahiafo ba mo mu efisɛ, Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no behyira mo wɔ asase a ɔde rema mo sɛ mo agyapade no so,

5 Yet so if thou hear the voice of the Lord thy God, and keep all things that he hath ordained, and which I command thee this day, he will bless thee, as he hath promised.

sɛ motɔ mo bo ase di Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, mmara a mede rema mo nnɛ yi nyinaa so a.

6 Thou shalt lend to many nations, and thou shalt borrow of no man. Thou shalt have dominion over very many nations, and no one shall have dominion over thee.

Efisɛ Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, behyira mo sɛnea wahyɛ mo bɔ no. Mobɛbɔ aman bebree bosea, nanso moremmɔ obiara hɔ bosea da. Mubedi aman bebree so, nanso obiara renni mo so da.

7 If one of thy brethren that dwelleth within the gates of thy city in the land which the Lord thy God will give thee, come to poverty: thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor close thy hand,

Sɛ mudu nkurow a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, de rema mo no so na sɛ ehia mo yɔnkonom Israelfo no bi a, mummpirim mo koma anaa mommma mo nsam nyɛ den wɔ wɔn so.

8 But shalt open it to the poor man, thou shalt lend him, that which thou perceivest he hath need of.

Mmom, mungow mo nsam na momfɛm wɔn nea ehia wɔn biara.

9 Beware lest perhaps a wicked thought steal in upon thee, and thou say in thy heart: The seventh year of remission draweth nigh; and thou turn away thy eyes from thy poor brother, denying to lend him that which he asketh: lest he cry against thee to the Lord, and it become a sin unto thee.

Monhwɛ na moannya saa adwemmɔne yi wɔ mo tirim sɛ: “Afe a ɛto so ason, afe a wotwa aka mu no, abɛn,” na moannyina so ammɔ mo mfɛfo Israelfo a ahia wɔn no atirimɔden a moremma wɔn hwee. Ɛba saa a, wobesu afrɛ Awurade de atia mo, na ɛbɛma wɔabu mo bɔne ho fɔ.

10 But thou shalt give to him: neither shalt thou do any thing craftily in relieving his necessities: that the Lord thy God may bless thee at all times, and in all things to which thou shalt put thy hand.

Mumfi koma pa mu mma na Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, behyira mo wɔ mo nnwuma nyinaa ne biribiara a mode mo nsa bɛka no mu.

11 There will not be wanting poor in the land of thy habitation: therefore I command thee to open thy hand to thy needy and poor brother, that liveth in the land.

Bere biara, mubehu ahiafo wɔ asase no so. Ɛno nti merehyɛ mo sɛ, biribiara a mowɔ no, mumfi ɔpɛ pa mu mma mo mfɛfo Israelfo a ahia wɔn wɔ asase no so no.

12 When thy brother a Hebrew man, or Hebrew woman is sold to thee, and hath served thee six years, in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free:

Sɛ wo nua Hebrini, sɛ ɔyɛ barima anaa ɔbea, tɔn ne ho ma wo na ɔsom wo mfirihyia asia a, ɛsɛ sɛ wugyaa no ma ɔde ne ho afe a ɛto so ason no.

13 And when thou sendest him out free, thou shalt not let him go away empty:

Na sɛ woregya no kwan a, mma no nkɔ nsapan.

14 But shalt give him for his way out of thy flocks, and out of thy barnfloor, and thy winepress, wherewith the Lord thy God shall bless thee.

Fa nsa a emu gow so ma no wo nguan no bi, wʼawiporowbea mu ade ne wo nsakyi amoa mu ade bi. Hwɛ sɛnea Awurade, wo Nyankopɔn no, asi ahyira wo no so na ma no.

15 Remember that thou also wast a bondservant in the land of Egypt, and the Lord thy God made thee free, and therefore I now command thee this.

Monkae sɛ na moyɛ nkoa wɔ Misraim na Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, yii mo fii hɔ. Ɛno nti na mede saa mmara yi rema mo nnɛ yi.

16 But if he say: I will not depart: because he loveth thee, and thy house, and findeth that he is well with thee:

Na sɛ ɛba sɛ wʼakoa ka kyerɛ wo se, “Merennyaw wo hɔ nkɔ,” efisɛ ɔpɛ wo ne wʼabusuafo asɛm na ne ho tɔ no wɔ wo nkyɛn a,

17 Thou shalt take an awl, and bore through his ear in the door of thy house, and he shall serve thee for ever: thou shalt do in like manner to thy womanservant also.

ɛno de, fa fitii bɔre nʼaso mu na ɔnyɛ wʼakoa daa. Wo mfenaa nso, yɛ wɔn saa ara.

18 Turn not away thy eyes from them when thou makest them tree: because he hath served thee six years according to the wages of a hireling: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the works that thou dost.

Momma no nyɛ wo den sɛ mubegyaa mo asomfo no ama wɔafa wɔn ho akodi. Monkae sɛ, mfe asia a wɔasom mo no sɛ wokɔfaa apaafo sɛ wɔnsom mo a, anka mubetua apaafo no sika mmɔho abien na Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, behyira mo wɔ biribiara a moyɛ ho.

19 Of the firstlings, that come of thy herds and thy sheep, thou shalt sanctify to the Lord thy God whatsoever is of the male sex. Thou shalt not work with the firstling of a bullock, and thou shalt not shear the firstlings of thy sheep.

Munyi mo anantwi ne mo nguan mmakan anini no nsi hɔ mma Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no. Mo anantwi mmakan no, mommfa wɔn nkɔ mo mfuw mu nkɔyɛ adwuma, na munntwitwa mo nguan mmakan ho nwi nso.

20 In the sight of the Lord thy God shalt thou eat them every year, in the place that the Lord shall choose, thou and thy house.

Mmom, mo ne mo abusuafo na afe biara monwe saa mmoa yi wɔ baabi a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, bɛpaw ama mo no wɔ nʼanim.

21 But if it have a blemish, or be lame, or blind, or in any part disfigured or feeble, it shall not be sacrificed to the Lord thy God.

Na sɛ ɛba sɛ abakan no bi adi dɛm, sɛ ebia, ɔtɔ apakye anaa nʼani afura anaa wadi dɛm foforo bi a, mommfa no mmɔ afɔre mma Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no.

22 But thou shalt eat it within the gates of thy city: the clean and the unclean shall eat them alike, as the roe and as the hart.

Mmom, momfa no nyɛ aduan mma abusuafo wɔ fie. Sɛ obi ho tew o, sɛ ne ho ntew o, otumi di bi sɛnea obiara tumi we ɔtwe anaa ɔdabɔ nam no.

23 Only thou shalt take heed not to eat their blood, but pour it out on the earth as water.

Nanso ɛnsɛ sɛ mudi mogya no. Munhwie ngu fam te sɛ nsu.