< Deuteronomy 7 >

1 When the Lord thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possesse it, and shall roote out many nations before thee: the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hiuites, and the Iebusites, seuen nations greater and mightier then thou,
Sɛ Awurade mo Onyankopɔn de mo ba asase a morebɛkɔ akɔtena so no so a, ɔbɛpam amanaman pii a wɔwɔ mo anim no a wɔyɛ Hetifoɔ, Girgasifoɔ, Amorifoɔ, Kanaanfoɔ, Perisifoɔ, Hewifoɔ ne Yebusifoɔ. Yeinom yɛ aman nson a wɔsoso na wɔyɛ den sen mo.
2 And the Lord thy God shall giue them before thee, then thou shalt smite them: thou shalt vtterly destroy them: thou shalt make no couenant with them, nor haue compassion on them,
Sɛ Awurade mo Onyankopɔn de saa aman yi hyɛ mo nsa na modi wɔn so a, monsɛe wɔn pasapasa. Mo ne wɔn nnhyehyɛ apam biara na monnhunu wɔn mmɔbɔ.
3 Neither shalt thou make marriages with them, neither giue thy daughter vnto his sonne, nor take his daughter vnto thy sonne.
Mo ne wɔn nni awadeɛ na mommma mo mmammaa ne mo mmammarima nnware wɔn mmammarima ne wɔn mmammaa.
4 For they wil cause thy sonne to turne away from me, and to serue other gods: then will the wrath of the Lord waxe hote against you and destroy thee suddenly.
Ɛfiri sɛ, wɔakɔsom wɔn anyame foforɔ. Na Awurade abufuo bɛhuru atia mo na wasɛe mo.
5 But thus ye shall deale with them, Ye shall ouerthrowe their altars, and breake downe their pillars, and ye shall cut downe their groues, and burne their grauen images with fire.
Deɛ ɛsɛ sɛ moyɛ wɔn ne sɛ, mommubu wɔn afɔrebukyia na monnwiri wɔn abosom adum no ngu. Montwitwa wɔn abosompɔ ngu na monhye wɔn ahoni.
6 For thou art an holy people vnto the Lord thy God, the Lord thy God hath chosen thee, to be a precious people vnto himselfe, aboue all people that are vpon the earth.
Na moyɛ nnipa kronkron a moyɛ Awurade mo Onyankopɔn dea. Nnipa a wɔwɔ asase so nyinaa, mo na Awurade mo Onyankopɔn ayi mo sɛ nʼagyapadeɛ sononko.
7 The Lord did not set his loue vpon you, nor chose you, because ye were more in number then any people: for ye were the fewest of all people:
Ɛnyɛ sɛ modɔɔso sene nnipa a aka no enti na Awurade anya mo ho dɔ no, na mo na mosua koraa wɔ nnipa no nyinaa mu.
8 But because the Lord loued you, and because hee would keepe the othe which hee had sworne vnto your fathers, the Lord hath brought you out by a mightie hand, and deliuered you out of the house of bondage from the hand of Pharaoh King of Egypt,
Na mmom, ɛyɛ Awurade dɔ a ɔdɔ mo, ne ne ntam a ɔdii so no: ntam a ɔka kyerɛɛ mo agyanom sɛ ɔde ne nsa a tumi wɔ mu no bɛyi mo afiri nkoasom asase so ne Misraimhene Farao tumi ase no.
9 That thou mayest knowe, that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithfull God which keepeth couenant and mercie vnto them that loue him and keepe his commandements, euen to a thousand generations,
Monhunu sɛ Awurade mo Onyankopɔn yɛ Onyankopɔn; ɔyɛ nokorɛ Onyankopɔn a ɔdi ne dɔ apam so kɔsi awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ apem a wɔdɔ no na wɔdi nʼahyɛdeɛ so.
10 And rewardeth them to their face that hate him, to bring them to destruction: he wil not deferre to reward him that hateth him, to his face.
Nanso, ɔntwentwɛn na ɔsɛe. Ɔtwe wɔn a wɔmpɛ nʼasɛm aso, sɛe wɔn.
11 Keepe thou therefore the commandements, and the ordinances, and the lawes, which I commaund thee this day to doe them.
Ɛno enti, monni ahyɛdeɛ ne mmara a mede rema mo ɛnnɛ yi nyinaa so.
12 For if ye hearken vnto these lawes, and obserue and doe them, then the Lord thy God shall keepe with thee the couenant, and the mercie which he sware vnto thy fathers.
Sɛ motie mmara yi na modi ne nyinaa so nokorɛm a, Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, nso bɛdi nʼapam a ɔfiri ne nokorɛ dɔ mu ne mo agyanom pameeɛ no so.
13 And he wil loue thee, and blesse thee, and multiplie thee: he will also blesse the fruite of thy wombe, and the fruite of thy land, thy corne and thy wine, and thine oyle and the increase of thy kine, and the flockes of thy sheepe in the land, which he sware vnto thy fathers to giue thee.
Ɔbɛdɔ mo na wahyira mo na wayɛ mo ɔman kɛseɛ. Ɔbɛma mo awo mma bebree na wama mo asase adɔre na mo nyɛmmoa ase ayɛ bebree. Sɛ moduru asase a ɔhyɛɛ ho bɔ sɛ ɔde bɛma mo agyanom no so a, mobɛnya aburoo, nsã, ngo, anantwie, nnwan ne mpɔnkye bebree.
14 Thou shalt be blessed aboue all people: there shall be neither male nor female barren among you, nor among your cattell.
Wɔbɛhyira mo aboro aman a wɔwɔ asase so nyinaa so. Mo mmarima renyɛ saadwe, na mo mmaa nso renyɛ abonini, na mo nyɛmmoa nso bɛwowo.
15 Moreouer, the Lord will take away from thee all infirmities, and will put none of the euill diseases of Egypt (which thou knowest) vpon thee, but wil send them vpon all that hate thee.
Na Awurade bɛbɔ mo ho ban afiri yadeɛ nyinaa ho. Ɔremma owuyadeɛ a ebi bɔɔ mo wɔ Misraim no bi mmɔ mo, na ɔde saa yadeɛ no nyinaa bɛma mo atamfoɔ.
16 Thou shalt therefore consume all people which the Lord thy God shall giue thee: thine eye shall not spare them, neither shalt thou serue their gods, for that shalbe thy destruction.
Monsɛe aman a Awurade mo Onyankopɔn de bɛhyɛ mo nsa no nyinaa. Monnhunu wɔn mmɔbɔ na monnsom wɔn anyame. Sɛ moyɛ saa a, ɛbɛsum mo afidie.
17 If thou say in thine heart, These nations are moe then I, how can I cast them out?
Mobɛbisa mo ho sɛ, “Na sɛ saa aman yi yɛ den kyɛn yɛn a, ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na yɛatumi apamo wɔn?”
18 Thou shalt not feare them, but remember what the Lord thy God did vnto Pharaoh, and vnto all Egypt:
Nanso, monnsuro wɔn. Monkae adeɛ a Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, de yɛɛ Farao ne ne manfoɔ nyinaa wɔ Misraim.
19 The great tentations which thine eyes sawe, and the signes and wonders, and the mighty hand and stretched out arme, whereby the Lord thy God brought thee out: so shall the Lord thy God do vnto all ye people, whose face thou fearest.
Mode mo ankasa mo ani hunuu amanehunu, nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ a ɛyɛ hu ne anwanwasɛm a ɛbaa wɔn so. Mohunuu tumi nsa ne abasa a wɔatrɛ mu a Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, nam so yii mo firii hɔ no. Nnipa a mosuro wɔn seesei no, Awurade Onyankopɔn de wɔn bɛfa saa ɛkwan korɔ no ara so.
20 Moreouer, the Lord thy God will send hornets among them vntil they that are left, and hide themselues from thee, be destroyed.
Ɛno akyi, Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, bɛma mmɔborɔ abɛpam kakra a aka no afiri wɔn atɛeɛ mu kɔsi sɛ wɔn ase bɛhye.
21 Thou shalt not feare them: for the Lord thy God is among you, a God mightie and dreadful.
Monnsuro saa aman no, ɛfiri sɛ, Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, a ɔso na ne ho yɛ nwanwa no wɔ mo afa.
22 And the Lord thy God wil roote out these nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, least the beasts of the fielde increase vpon thee.
Nkakrankakra, Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, bɛpamo saa aman no adi mo anim ɛkan. Ɔrenyi wɔn nyinaa mfiri hɔ prɛko pɛ; anyɛ saa a, nkekaboa no ase bɛdɔre ntɛm na wɔaba mo so.
23 But the Lord thy God shall giue them before thee, and shall destroy them with a mightie destruction, vntill they be brought to naught.
Nanso, Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn de wɔn bɛhyɛ mo nsa, na ɔbɛma wɔn adwene ayɛ basabasa kɔsi sɛ ɔbɛsɛe wɔn.
24 And he shall deliuer their Kings into thine hand, and thou shalt destroy their name from vnder heauen: there shall no man be able to stand before thee, vntill thou hast destroyed them.
Ɔde wɔn ahemfo bɛhyɛ mo nsa na mobɛpepa wɔn din afiri ɔsoro ase. Obiara rentumi nsɔre ntia mo; mobɛsɛe wɔn.
25 The grauen images of their gods shall ye burne with fire, and couet not the siluer and golde, that is on them, nor take it vnto thee, least thou be snared therewith: for it is an abomination before the Lord thy God.
Wɔn anyame ahoni no, momfa ogya nhye wɔn. Mommma mo ani mmere ɛso dwetɛ anaa sikakɔkɔɔ no, na mommfa nto mo ho na anyɛ afidie anyi mo, ɛfiri sɛ, ɛyɛ Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, akyiwadeɛ.
26 Bring not therefore abomination into thine house, lest, thou be accursed like it, but vtterly abhorre it, and count it most abominable: for it is accursed.
Mommfa akyiwadeɛ biara mma mo fie, na moankɔyɛ nnome sɛ saa nneɛma no, na amma wɔansɛe mo. Ɛsɛ sɛ mokyi saa nneɛma no korakora, ɛfiri sɛ, ɛyɛ abusudeɛ.

< Deuteronomy 7 >