Leviticus 25

1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying:

Mose wɔ Sinai Bepɔw so no, Awurade ka kyerɛɛ no se,

2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them: When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the LORD.

“Ka kyerɛ Israelfo no se, ‘Sɛ mudu asase a mede rebɛma mo no so a, mfe ason biara, momma asase no nya Awurade mu homeda.

3 Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the produce thereof.

Momfa mfe asia nnua mo nnɔbae wɔ mo mfuw mu na munyiyi mo bobe nturo mu na muntwa mo nnɔbae.

4 But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a sabbath unto the LORD; thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.

Na mfe ason so no, asase no nna hɔ kwa wɔ Awurade anim. Monnyɛ so hwee. Munnnua so aba. Afe no nyinaa mu, munnyiyi mo bobe nturo no mu.

5 That which groweth of itself of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, and the grapes of thy undressed vine thou shalt not gather; it shall be a year of solemn rest for the land.

Na aba biara a ebefifi no, monntew mfa, na bobe no nso, mommmoaboa ano mfa. Efisɛ ɛyɛ afe a ɛsɛ sɛ asase no home.

6 And the sabbath-produce of the land shall be for food for you: for thee, and for thy servant and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant and for the settler by thy side that sojourn with thee;

Nanso aba biara a asase no bɛma saa afe no bɛyɛ aduan ama wo ne wʼakoa, wʼafenaa, wo paani ne wo hɔho,

7 and for thy cattle, and for the beasts that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be for food.

wo nyɛmmoa ne wuram mmoa a ɛwɔ asase no so nyinaa. Munni biribiara a asase no bɛma biara.

8 And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and there shall be unto thee the days of seven sabbaths of years, even forty and nine years.

“‘Bubu Homeda mfe ason, mfe ason ahorow ason, na wubenya mfe aduanan akron.

9 Then shalt thou make proclamation with the blast of the horn on the tenth day of the seventh month; in the day of atonement shall ye make proclamation with the horn throughout all your land.

Afei, ɔsram a ɛto so ason no da du no yɛ Mpata Da. Monhyɛn torobɛnto wɔ baabiara. Mpata Da no, monhyɛn torobɛnto no denneennen nkyɛ wɔ ɔman no mu baabiara.

10 And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout the land unto all the inhabitants thereof; it shall be a jubilee unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.

Montew mfe aduonum no ho na mompae ahofadi mma wɔn a wɔtete asase no so mmaa nyinaa. Ɛbɛyɛ mfirihyia aduonum afahyɛ ama mo, na mo mu biara bɛsan akɔ asase a wɔde ama mo agyanom no so, na moakɔka mo abusuafo ho.

11 A jubilee shall that fiftieth year be unto you; ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of the undressed vines.

Mfe aduonum so no bɛyɛ mfirihyia aduonum afahyɛ ama mo; munnnua biribiara na munntwa nnɔbae biara, na bobe a moadua nso, monntew so aba.

12 For it is a jubilee; it shall be holy unto you; ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field.

Efisɛ ɛyɛ mfirihyia aduonum afahyɛ, na ɛsɛ sɛ ɛyɛ sononko na ɛho tew. Munni nea munya fi asase no mu nko ara.

13 In this year of jubilee ye shall return every man unto his possession.

“‘Saa mfirihyia aduonum afahyɛ yi, obiara bɛkɔ asase a wɔde maa nʼagyanom no so.

14 And if thou sell aught unto thy neighbour, or buy of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not wrong one another.

“‘Sɛ wo ne wo yɔnko yɛ nhyehyɛe a wonam so retɔ anaa woretɔn agyapade bi a, ɛnsɛ sɛ obi sisi ne yɔnko.

15 According to the number of years after the jubilee thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, and according unto the number of years of the crops he shall sell unto thee.

Sɛ woretɔ asase afi wo yɔnko nkyɛn a, mobɛkan mfe dodow no so fa afi Mfirihyia Aduonum Afahyɛ a etwaa mu no. Ɔdetɔnfo no begye wo bo a egyina mfe dodow a aka ansa na mfirihyia aduonum afahyɛ a ɛreba no.

16 According to the multitude of the years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of the years thou shalt diminish the price of it; for the number of crops doth he sell unto thee.

Mfe no dodow na ɛma ɛbo no kɔ soro. Saa ara nso na mfe kakra bi ma ɛbo no kɔ fam. Eyinom nyinaa mu no, onipa a ɔretɔn asase no retɔn otwa dodow a wobetwa afi asase no so.

17 And ye shall not wrong one another; but thou shalt fear thy God; for I am the LORD your God.

Munsuro mo Nyankopɔn na obi ansisi ne yɔnko. Na mene Awurade.

18 Wherefore ye shall do My statutes, and keep Mine ordinances and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.

“‘Sɛ mopɛ sɛ motena asase no so asomdwoe mu de a, munni me mmara so.

19 And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat until ye have enough, and dwell therein in safety.

Sɛ moyɛ osetie a, aduan bebu so wɔ asase no so na moadi amee wɔ asomdwoe mu.

20 And if ye shall say: 'What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we may not sow, nor gather in our increase';

Mubebisa se, “Na sɛ wose yennnua anaa yenntwa saa afe no so a, dɛn na yebedi wɔ mfe ason no so no?”

21 then I will command My blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth produce for the three years.

Mmuae ara ne sɛ, mfe asia no so, mehyira mo ama nnɔbae aba abu so kosi sɛ mubetwa mfe awotwe mu nnɔbae no.

22 And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat of the produce, the old store; until the ninth year, until her produce come in, ye shall eat the old store.

Sɛ mudua nnɔbae wɔ mfe awotwe no mu a, mobɛkɔ so adi afe a etwaa mu no mu nnuan. Nokware, nnuan dedaw no na mubedi akosi sɛ otwabere bedu so mfe akron no mu.

23 And the land shall not be sold in perpetuity; for the land is Mine; for ye are strangers and settlers with Me.

“‘Na monkae sɛ asase no yɛ me dea enti munni ho kwan sɛ motɔn no afebɔɔ. Moyɛ ahɔho na meyɛ asase wura ma mo.

24 And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land.

Asasetɔn mu no, ɛsɛ sɛ moyɛ nhyehyɛe sɛ asasetɔnfo no tumi san begye asase no bere biara.

25 If thy brother be waxen poor, and sell some of his possession, then shall his kinsman that is next unto him come, and shall redeem that which his brother hath sold.

“‘Sɛ ohia hia obi ma ɔtɔn nʼasase fa bi a, nʼabusuafo tumi begye.

26 And if a man have no one to redeem it, and he be waxen rich and find sufficient means to redeem it;

Sɛ onni obi a obegye ama no na sɛ ɔno ankasa nya sika a,

27 then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; and he shall return unto his possession.

wɔbɛsese ɛso nnɔbae a wɔatwa ansa na Ahosɛpɛw Afe no reba na wɔagyina so atua ka no, na nea ɔtɔe no nso adan asase no ama no.

28 But if he have not sufficient means to get it back for himself, then that which he hath sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubilee; and in the jubilee it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession.

Na sɛ nea asase no yɛ ne de no ankasa antumi annye a, ɛno de, ɛbɛyɛ nea ɔtɔ no dea ara kosi Mfirihyia Aduonum Afahyɛ no, na nea ɔtɔe no de onipa no ade asan ama no.

29 And if a man sell a dwelling-house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; for a full year shall he have the right of redemption.

“‘Sɛ obi tɔn ofi wɔ kurom a, ɔwɔ afe a otumi san gye nʼade a biribiara nsiw no ho kwan.

30 And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be made sure in perpetuity to him that bought it, throughout his generations; it shall not go out in the jubilee.

Na sɛ afe no mu wantumi annye a, ɛbɛyɛ nea ɔtɔe no de korakora. Ɔrensan mfa mma onipa a kan no na ɛyɛ ne dea no wɔ Ahosɛpɛw Afe no mu.

31 But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them shall be reckoned with the fields of the country; they may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubilee.

Nanso akuraa dan a wɔntoo ɔfasu ntwaa ho nhyiae te sɛ agyapade a ɛwɔ wuram de, wotumi san kogye no bere biara, na Mfe Aduonum Afahyɛ mu no, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔsan de ma ne wura ankasa.

32 But as for the cities of the Levites, the houses of the cities of their possession, the Levites shall have a perpetual right of redemption.

“‘Asɛm baako bi na ɛnka ho. Lewifo afi a ɛwɔ nkurow a wɔde afasu atwa ho mu no, wotumi san gye no bere biara.

33 And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was sold in the city of his possession, shall go out in the jubilee; for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.

Enti Lewifo de, wotumi gye wɔn agyapade; wɔn kurow biara mu ofi a wɔtɔnee, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔdan ma wɔn wuranom wɔ Ahosɛpɛw Afe no mu, efisɛ afi no yɛ wɔn dea.

34 But the fields of the open land about their cities may not be sold; for that is their perpetual possession.

Ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔtɔn nsase a atwa Lewifo no nkurow ho ahyia, efisɛ eyinom yɛ wɔn agyapade afebɔɔ a ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔne obiara kyɛ.

35 And if thy brother be waxen poor, and his means fail with thee; then thou shalt uphold him: as a stranger and a settler shall he live with thee.

“‘Sɛ ohia hia wo nua a, ɛsɛ sɛ woboa no; ma no mmra ma ɔmmɛtena hɔ bi.

36 Take thou no interest of him or increase; but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.

Suro wo Nyankopɔn na ma wo nua ntena wo nkyɛn; na sɛ wobɔ no bosea a, nnye no ho mfɛntom.

37 Thou shalt not give him thy money upon interest, nor give him thy victuals for increase.

Kae sɛ worennye ho mfɛntom biara; na ma no biribiara a ɛho hia no na ɛnyɛ wo ka. Mpɛ mfaso!

38 I am the LORD your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, to be your God.

Efisɛ me Awurade a meyɛ mo Nyankopɔn no yii mo fii Misraim de Kanaan asase maa mo sɛnea mɛyɛ mo Nyankopɔn.

39 And if thy brother be waxen poor with thee, and sell himself unto thee, thou shalt not make him to serve as a bondservant.

“‘Sɛ ohia hia wo yɔnko Israelni na ɔtɔn ne ho ma wo a, nhyɛ ne so sɛ ɔdɔnkɔ;

40 As a hired servant, and as a settler, he shall be with thee; he shall serve with thee unto the year of jubilee.

na mmom, yɛ no sɛ obi a wutua no ne som a ɔsom ho ka, anaa fa no sɛ wo hɔho na ɔnsom wo nkosi Mfirihyia Aduonum Afahyɛ no.

41 Then shall he go out from thee, he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return.

Edu saa bere no a, ɔne ne mma nyinaa tumi tu de wɔn agyapade nyinaa kɔ wɔn abusuafo nkyɛn.

42 For they are My servants, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt; they shall not be sold as bondmen.

Efisɛ Israelfo no yɛ mʼasomfo a mede wɔn fi Misraim asase so bae; ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔtɔn wɔn sɛ nkoa.

43 Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.

Mommfa atirimɔden nni wɔn so; munsuro mo Nyankopɔn.

44 And as for thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, whom thou mayest have: of the nations that are round about you, of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.

“‘Nanso mubetumi atɔ asomfo afi aman afoforo a atwa mo ho ahyia no so.

45 Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them may ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they have begotten in your land; and they may be your possession.

Saa ara nso na mutumi tɔ ahɔho a mo ne wɔn te no mma a ɛmfa ho sɛ wɔte mo mu.

46 And ye may make them an inheritance for your children after you, to hold for a possession: of them may ye take your bondmen for ever; but over your brethren the children of Israel ye shall not rule, one over another, with rigour.

Mubetumi ayɛ wɔn nkoa afebɔɔ ama mo ne mo nkyirimma, nanso mo nuanom Israelfo no de, ɛnsɛ sɛ moyɛ wɔn saa.

47 And if a stranger who is a settler with thee be waxen rich, and thy brother be waxen poor beside him, and sell himself unto the stranger who is a settler with thee, or to the offshoot of a stranger's family,

“‘Sɛ ɔhɔho a ɔte mo mu no bɛyɛ ɔdefo, na sɛ Israelni di hia, na ɔtɔn ne ho ma ɔhɔho no anaa ɔhɔho no abusuafo a,

48 after that he is sold he may be redeemed; one of his brethren may redeem him;

ɔwɔ kwan sɛ wogye no wɔ ne tɔn akyi; ne nuanom bi tumi begye no.

49 or his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he be waxen rich, he may redeem himself.

Saa ara nso na ne wɔfa, ne wɔfaase anaa ne ho nipa bi a ɔbɛn no tumi gye no ara ne no. Sɛ ɔno ara nso benya sika a, otumi de begye ne ho.

50 And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he sold himself to him unto the year of jubilee; and the price of his sale shall be according unto the number of years; according to the time of a hired servant shall he be with him.

Ne ho a obegye no gyina mfe a aka na Mfirihyia Aduonum Afahyɛ no adu ne sika dodow a sɛ anka wɔde kɔfaa ɔsomfo a, anka obegye saa mfe a aka no mu no so.

51 If there be yet many years, according unto them he shall give back the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.

Sɛ aka mfe pii ansa na Ahosɛpɛw Afe no aso a, obetua sika a ogyee wɔ bere a ɔtɔn ne ho no nyinaa.

52 And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubilee, then he shall reckon with him; according unto his years shall he give back the price of his redemption.

Sɛ mfe no pii atwam ama aka kakra na Mfirihyia Aduonum Afahyɛ no adu a, ɛno de, obetua sika a ogyee bere a ɔtɔn ne ho no mu kakraa bi.

53 As a servant hired year by year shall he be with him; he shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight.

Sɛ ɔtɔn ne ho ma ɔhɔho a, ɔhɔho no bɛfa no sɛ ne somfo a otua no ka. Ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔfa no sɛ ne somfo koraa anaa nʼagyapade.

54 And if he be not redeemed by any of these means, then he shall go out in the year of jubilee, he, and his children with him.

“‘Sɛ Mfirihyia Aduonum Afahyɛ no du na wonnyee no a, wobegyaa ɔne ne mma nyinaa,

55 For unto Me the children of Israel are servants; they are My servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.

efisɛ wɔyɛ mʼasomfo. Mede wɔn fi Misraim na ɛbae. Mene Awurade mo Nyankopɔn no.