Deuteronomy 24

1 If a man take a wife, and have her, and she find not favour in his eyes, for some uncleanness: he shall write a bill of divorce, and shall give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.

Sɛ ɔbarima ware yere na sɛ nʼani nnye ne ho bio, efisɛ wahu ade bɔne bi wɔ ne ho, na sɛ ɔkyerɛw awaregyae krataa de ma no, na ɔpam no fi ne fi,

2 And when she is departed, and marrieth another husband,

na ofi fi hɔ na ɔbarima foforo kɔware no,

3 And he also hateth her, and hath given her a bill of divorce, and hath sent her out of his house or is dead:

na ne kunu a ɔto so abien no gyaa no anaasɛ owu a,

4 The former husband cannot take her again to wife: because she is defiled, and is become abominable before the Lord: lest thou cause thy land to sin, which the Lord thy God shall give thee to possess.

ne kunu a odi kan a ogyaa no no nni ho kwan sɛ ɔware no bio, bere a ne ho agu fi akyi no. Ɛyɛ akyiwade wɔ Awurade ani so. Mommfa afɔbu mma asase a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, de rema mo sɛ agyapade no so.

5 When a man hath lately taken a wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall any public business be enjoined him, but he shall be free at home without fault, that for one year he may rejoice with his wife.

Sɛ ɔbarima aware foforo a, ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔde no kɔ ɔko anaasɛ wɔde dwuma bi di to no so. Ɛsɛ sɛ ɔtena fie afe a ɔnyɛ adwuma biara sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a, ɔbɛma ne yere foforo a waware no no anya ahotɔ.

6 Thou shalt not take the nether, nor the upper millstone to pledge: for he hath pledged his life to thee.

Monnnye adeyam bo ne ne boba anaa ne ba no nko ara nsi ka ano, ɛba saa a na moagye ne wura no ano aduan sɛ akagyinamde.

7 If any man be found soliciting his brother of the children of Israel, and selling him shall take a price, he shall be put to death, and thou shalt take away the evil from the midst of thee.

Sɛ obi kyere ne yɔnko Israelni na odi no nya sɛ ɔdɔnkɔ anaa ɔtɔn no a, ɛsɛ sɛ owifo no wu. Ɛsɛ sɛ mutu bɔne ase fi mo mu.

8 Observe diligently that thou incur not the stroke of the leprosy, but thou shalt do whatsoever the priests of the Levitical race shall teach thee, according to what I have commanded them, and fulfill thou it carefully.

Monhwɛ ɔhonam ani nsanyare nyinaa yiye na munni ho mmara a Lewifo asɔfo bɛkyerɛ mo no so. Munni ahyɛde a mede ama wɔn no so pɛpɛɛpɛ.

9 Remember what the Lord your God did to Mary, in the way when you came out of Egypt.

Monkae nea bere a mufi Misraim reba no Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, yɛɛ Miriam.

10 When thou shalt demand of thy neighbour any thing that he oweth thee, thou shalt not go into his house to take away a pledge:

Sɛ wode biribi fɛm wo yɔnko a, nkɔ wo yɔnko fi nkogye akagyinamde.

11 But then shalt stand without, and he shall bring out to thee what he hath.

Gyina afikyiri na ma ɔyɔnko a ɔfɛm wʼade no mfa akagyinamde no mmrɛ wo.

12 But if he be poor, the pledge shall not lodge with thee that night,

Sɛ ɔyɔnko no yɛ ohiani a, nkora akagyinamde no nkosi adekyee.

13 But thou shalt restore it to him presently before the going down of the sun: that he may sleep in his own raiment and bless thee, and thou mayst have justice before the Lord thy God.

Enkosi owiatɔbere no na wode ntama no akɔma wo yɔnko no na ɔde ada. Na ɔbɛda wo ase, na wɔbɛfa no sɛ ade trenee wɔ Awurade, wo Nyankopɔn no, ani so.

14 Thou shalt not refuse the hire of the needy, and the poor, whether he be thy brother, or a stranger that dwelleth with thee in the land, and is within thy gates:

Nhyɛ ɔpaani mmɔborɔni a ɔyɛ wo nua Israelni anaa ɔhɔho a ɔte mo nkurow no mu bi mu no so.

15 But thou shalt pay him the price of his labour the same day, before the going down of the sun, because he is poor, and with it maintaineth his life: lest he cry against thee to the Lord, and it be reputed to thee for a sin.

Tua nʼapaade ma no da biara ansa na owia akɔtɔ, efisɛ ɔyɛ ohiani na nʼani da saa akatua no so. Anyɛ saa a, obesu afrɛ Awurade atia wo, na wubedi bɔne ho fɔ.

16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children for the fathers, but every one shall die for his own sin.

Ɛnsɛ sɛ wokum awofo wɔ wɔn mma bɔne bi a wɔayɛ ho. Saa ara nso na ɛnsɛ sɛ wokum mma wɔ awofo bɔne bi a wɔayɛ ho. Ɛsɛ sɛ obiara wu wɔ nʼankasa bɔne ho.

17 Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger nor of the fatherless, neither shalt thou take away the widow’s raiment for a pledge.

Ɛnsɛ sɛ mubu ahɔho a wɔte mo mu ne nyisaa ntɛnkyew, anaasɛ mugye ɔbea kunafo ntama de di akagyinamu.

18 Remember that thou wast a slave in Egypt, and the Lord thy God delivered thee from thence. Therefore I command thee to do this thing.

Daa monkae sɛ, na mo nso moyɛ nkoa wɔ Misraim na Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, na ogyee mo. Ɛno nti na mehyɛ mo sɛ monyɛ eyi no.

19 When thou hast reaped the corn in thy field, and hast forgot and left a sheaf, thou shalt not return to take it away: but thou shalt suffer the stranger, and the fatherless and the widow to tabs it away: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the works of thy hands.

Sɛ moretwa mo mfuw mu nnɔbae, na mo ani pa nnɔbae no bi so a, monnsan nkɔfa. Monnyaw ma ahɔho, nyisaa ne akunafo sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, behyira mo nsa ano nnwuma nyinaa so.

20 If thou have gathered the fruit of thy olive trees, thou shalt not return to gather whatsoever remaineth on the trees: but shalt leave it for the stranger, for the fatherless, and the widow.

Sɛ motew wo ngonnua so aba a, monkɔ so mprenu. Monnyaw aba a aka wɔ so no mma ahɔho, nyisaa ne akunafo.

21 If thou make the vintage of thy vineyard, thou shalt not gather the clusters that remain, but they shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow.

Saa nso na motew wo bobe nturo so aba a, monkɔ so mprenu; na monnyaw aba a aka wɔ so no mma ahɔho, nyisaa ne akunafo.

22 Remember that thou also wast a bondman in Egypt, and therefore I command thee to do this thing.

Monkae sɛ, moyɛɛ nkoa wɔ Misraim. Ɛno nti na mehyɛ mo sɛ monyɛ eyi no.