Deuteronomy 18

1 The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and his inheritance.

Asɔfoɔ a wɔyɛ Lewifoɔ, nokorɛm Lewi abusuakuo nyinaa nni kyɛfa ne agyapadeɛ biara wɔ Israel ɔman mu te sɛ mmusuakuo a aka no. Mmom, asɔfoɔ no ne Lewifoɔ no bɛdi ogya afɔdeɛ a wɔbɔ ma Awurade no bi sɛ wɔn agyapadeɛ.

2 Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the LORD is their inheritance, as he has said unto them.

Israelfoɔ mu deɛ, wɔrennya agyapadeɛ biara sɛ wɔn ankasa kyɛfa. Awurade ankasa bɛyɛ wɔn kyɛfa sɛdeɛ ɔhyɛɛ wɔn bɔ no ara.

3 And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.

Yei ne kyɛfa a asɔfoɔ no bɛnya afiri anantwie ne odwan a nnipa no de bɛbɔ afɔdeɛ no mu: nʼabati, nʼapantan ne nʼayamdeɛ.

4 The first-fruit also of your corn, of your wine, and of your oil, and the first of the fleece of your sheep, shall you give him.

Afei, momma wɔn mo aburookan mu adeɛ, nsã foforɔ ne ngo ne nwi a ɛdi ɛkan a wɔtwitwa firi odwan ho.

5 For the LORD your God has chosen him out of all your tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever.

Ɛfiri sɛ, Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, ayi Lewifoɔ afiri mo mmusuakuo nyinaa mu sɛ wɔnnyina, nsom daa wɔ Awurade din mu.

6 And if a Levite come from any of your gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place which the LORD shall choose;

Sɛ Lewini bi pɛ na ɔfiri mo nkuro no mu biara a ɔte so mu wɔ Israel kɔ baabi a Awurade ayi a,

7 Then he shall minister in the name of the LORD his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, which stand there before the LORD.

ɔtumi som wɔ Awurade, ne Onyankopɔn, din mu te sɛ deɛ ne nkurɔfoɔ Lewifoɔ a wɔsom wɔ hɔ wɔ Awurade anim no yɛ no ara.

8 They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which comes of the sale of his patrimony.

Sɛ mpo wanya sika bi afiri abusua agyapadeɛ bi tɔn mu a, wɔde ne kyɛfa a ɛwɔ afɔrebɔdeɛ no mu sɛ Lewini no bɛma no sɛ asɛdeɛ.

9 When you are come into the land which the LORD your God gives you, you shall not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.

Sɛ monya duru asase a Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, de rema mo no so a, monhwɛ yie na moansua amanaman a ɛwɔ hɔ no amanneɛ a ɛyɛ akyiwadeɛ.

10 There shall not be found among you any one that makes his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that uses divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch.

Mommma wɔnnhunu sɛ mo mu bi de ne babarima anaa ne babaa abɔ ɔhyeɛ afɔdeɛ. Na mommma mo nnipa no nnyɛ akɔmfoɔ a wɔhyɛ abosom nkɔm, abayifoɔ ne abisakorɔfoɔ, ne ntafowayifoɔ

11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.

ne nkaberɛkyerefoɔ ne asamanfrɛfoɔ, adutofoɔ a ɔbisa afunu.

12 For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD your God does drive them out from before you.

Obiara a ɔyɛ saa adeɛ yi bi no yɛ Awurade akyiwadeɛ na saa akyiwadeɛ yi enti, Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, bɛpamo saa aman no afiri mo anim.

13 You shall be perfect with the LORD your God.

Na wɔmmfa so bi nto mo so wɔ Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, anim.

14 For these nations, which you shall possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for you, the LORD your God has not suffered you so to do.

Aman a morekɔtu wɔn yi tie wɔn a wɔpɛ abayisɛm ne nkɔmhyɛsɛm. Nanso mo deɛ, Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, mma mo kwan sɛ monyɛ saa.

15 The LORD your God will raise up unto you a Prophet from the midst of you, of your brethren, like unto me; unto him all of you shall hearken;

Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, bɛyi odiyifoɔ a ɔte sɛ me afiri mo Israelfoɔ yi ara mu. Ɛsɛ sɛ moyɛ ɔsetie ma no.

16 According to all that you desired of the LORD your God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.

Saa na mo ankasa mobisaa Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, ɛberɛ a mohyiaa wɔ Horeb no. Mosrɛɛ sɛ mompɛ sɛ mote Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, nne anaa mohunu egyadɛreɛ bio, ɛfiri sɛ, mosuro sɛ anhwɛ a, mobɛwuwu.

17 And the LORD said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken.

Na Awurade buaa sɛ, “Mɛyɛ wɔn abisadeɛ ama wɔn.

18 I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto you, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.

Mɛda odiyifoɔ te sɛ wo adi afiri wɔn nkurɔfoɔ Israelfoɔ mu. Mɛkyerɛ saa odiyifoɔ no asɛm a mɛhyɛ no sɛ ɔnka nkyerɛ nnipa no, na ɔbɛka akyerɛ wɔn.

19 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.

Obiara a wantie asɛm a odiyifoɔ no bɛka wɔ me din mu no, mʼankasa me ne ɔsoɔdenfoɔ no bɛdi.

20 But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.

Na odiyifoɔ biara a ɔnam onyame foforɔ bi so ka asɛm anaa ɔdi atorɔ wɔ me din mu no bɛwu.”

21 And if you say in your heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD has not spoken?

Mobɛbisa mo ho sɛ, “Ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na yɛahunu sɛ adiyisɛm no firi Awurade anaasɛ ɛmfiri no?”

22 When a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD has not spoken, but the prophet has spoken it presumptuously: you shall not be afraid of him.

Sɛ odiyifoɔ no hyɛ nkɔm wɔ Awurade din mu na amma mu a, na ɛnyɛ Awurade na ɔde asɛm no maeɛ. Na ɛkyerɛ sɛ, saa odiyifoɔ no ara kaa ɔno ankasa nʼasɛm bi kwa enti ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔsuro no.