Exodus 23

1 You shall not raise a false report: put not your hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

“Nkeka nkontomposɛm. Wo ne ɔbɔnefoɔ nni nsawɔsoɔ, na woanni adansekurumu.

2 You shall not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shall you speak in a cause to decline after many to shift judgment:

“Mfa wo ho nhyehyɛ nnipadɔm bi a wɔpɛ sɛ wɔyɛ bɔne mu. Sɛ woredi adanseɛ a, nhwɛ nnipa dodoɔ bi so nni mma wɔn.

3 Neither shall you countenance a poor man in his cause.

Nka sɛ obi yɛ ohiani enti wobɛdi adanseɛ ama no.

4 If you meet your enemy's ox or his ass going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again.

“Sɛ wohunu wo ɔtamfoɔ nantwie anaa nʼafunumu a wayera a, kyere no kɔma ne wura no.

5 If you see the ass of him that hates you lying under his burden, and would forbear to help him, you shall surely help with him.

Sɛ wokɔto sɛ wo ɔtamfoɔ repagya nʼafunumu agyina ne nan so wɔ adesoa duruduru ase a, ntwa ne ho nkɔ. Boa no.

6 You shall not shift the judgment of your poor in his cause.

“Sɛ obi yɛ ohiani a, ɛnkyerɛ sɛ ɛsɛ sɛ wɔbu tia no.

7 Keep you far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay you not: for I will not justify the wicked.

Mfa asɛm a wonhunuiɛ nto obi so; mma wɔnkum obi a ɔnyɛɛ bɔne biara. Merempene so saa.

8 And you shall take no gift: for the gift blinds the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous.

“Nnye adanmudeɛ na adanmudegyeɛ fira onipa ani. Adanmudegyeɛ fira anyansafoɔ ani ma wɔsi gyinaeɛ de tia onyamesuroni asɛm.

9 Also you shall not oppress a stranger: for all of you know the heart of a stranger, seeing all of you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

“Nhyɛ ahɔhoɔ so; wonim sɛdeɛ woyɛ ɔmamfrani a ɛteɛ. Kae deɛ wohunuu wɔ Misraim asase so hɔ no.

10 And six years you shall sow your land, and shall gather in the fruits thereof:

“Dua na twa na ɛntoatoa so saa ara nkɔsi mfeɛ nsia.

11 But the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie still; that the poor of your people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner you shall deal with your vineyard, and with your olive yard.

Na mfeɛ nson so deɛ, ma asase no nna hɔ kwa na ma ahiafoɔ ntwa nnɔbaeɛ biara a ɛbɛnyini wɔ so no; nkaeɛ no, gya ma mmoa nwe. Wo bobe turo ne wo ngo dua turo hyɛ saa mmara yi ase.

12 Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest: that your ox and your ass may rest, and the son of your handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.

“Nnansia na fa yɛ adwuma na home ne nnanson so. Yei bɛma wʼanantwie, wo mfunumu, wo fiefoɔ, wʼasomfoɔ ne wʼahɔhoɔ nso ahome.

13 And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of your mouth.

“Monni nsɛm a maka yi nyinaa so na monkae nso sɛ, ɛnsɛ sɛ mobɔ onyame foforɔ biara din.

14 Three times you shall keep a feast unto me in the year.

“Afe biara mu, monhyɛ fa mprɛnsa mfa nhyɛ me animuonyam.

15 You shall keep the feast of unleavened bread: (you shall eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded you, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it you came out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty: )

“Deɛ ɛdi ɛkan no, monni Apiti Afahyɛ. Sɛ ɛduru so a, nnanson mu, obiara nni burodo a mmɔreka nni mu sɛdeɛ mehyɛɛ mo no. Ɛsɛ sɛ afe biara mohyɛ saa fa yi wɔ ɔbosome Abib mu, bosome a mode tu firii Misraim no mu. “Ɛduru saa ɛberɛ no a, obiara mmrɛ me afɔrebɔdeɛ.

16 And the feast of harvest, the first-fruits of your labours, which you have sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when you have gathered in your labours out of the field.

“Ɛno akyiri, Otwa Afahyɛ na ɛdi so. Saa afahyɛ yi duru so a, momfa mo aduanekan mmrɛ me. “Deɛ ɛtwa toɔ yɛ afudeɛ anoboa afahyɛ a ɛsɛ sɛ wɔdi no ɔtwa berɛ no akyiri.

17 Three items in the year all your males shall appear before the LORD God.

“Afahyɛ ahodoɔ mmiɛnsa yi mu nyinaa, ɛsɛ sɛ Israel mmarima nyinaa ba Awurade Onyankopɔn anim.

18 You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.

“Mfa mmoa a wɔde wɔn bɔɔ afɔdeɛ no mogya nka burodo a mmɔreka wɔ mu ho mma me. “Saa ara nso na mmoa a wɔde wɔn bɔɔ afɔdeɛ no sradeɛ no, mommma adeɛ nnkye so.

19 The first of the first-fruits of your land you shall bring into the house of the LORD your God. You shall not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.

“Sɛ motwa mo mfudeɛ a, momfa otwakane mu nyiyimu a ɛsɔ ani mmrɛ me; wɔde bɛma Awurade mo Onyankopɔn. “Nnoa abirekyie ba wɔ ne maame nufosuo mu.

20 Behold, I send an Angel before you, to keep you in the way, and to bring you into the place which I have prepared.

“Meresoma ɔbɔfoɔ na wadi mo anim de mo akɔ asase a masiesie ama mo no so dwoodwoo.

21 Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.

Momfa anidie mma no na monni ne nsɛm so; monnsɔre ntia no, ɛfiri sɛ, ɔremfa mo amumuyɛ nkyɛ mo. Ɔyɛ mʼananmusini, na me din na ɛda ne so.

22 But if you shall indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto your enemies, and an adversary unto your adversaries.

Na sɛ moto mo bo ase, na motie no, di me nsɛm nyinaa so a, mɛyɛ ɔtamfoɔ matia mo atamfoɔ.

23 For mine Angel shall go before you, and bring you in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off.

Me ɔbɔfoɔ bɛdi mo anim de mo aba Amorifoɔ, Hetifoɔ, Perisifoɔ, Kanaanfoɔ, Hewifoɔ ne Yebusifoɔ asase so na moatena hɔ. Na mɛsɛe saa nnipa no nyinaa wɔ mo anim.

24 You shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but you shall utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.

Monnsom anyame a saa aman yi som wɔn no bi, na mommmɔ afɔdeɛ mma wɔn ɛda biara da. Monnni saa abosonsomfoɔ yi akyi. Monni wɔn so na mommubu wɔn ahoni a ɛyɛ animguasedeɛ no ngu.

25 And all of you shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless your bread, and your water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of you.

Mo Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn nko ara na monsom no. Na mɛhyira mo ama mo anya aduane ne nsuo na mɛyi nyarewa nyinaa afiri mo so.

26 There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in your land: the number of your days I will fulfill.

Apɔn anaa abonini remma mo asase no so na mɛma mo nna amee mo.

27 I will send my fear before you, and will destroy all the people to whom you shall come, and I will make all of your enemies turn their backs unto you.

“Awurade ho hu bɛka aman a mobɛdi wɔn so no so nnipa nyinaa na wɔadwane wɔ mo anim.

28 And I will send hornets before you, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before you.

Mɛma kotokurodu abɛpam Hewifoɔ, Kanaanfoɔ ne Hetifoɔ afiri mo anim.

29 I will not drive them out from before you in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against you.

Merenyɛ yeinom nyinaa afe baako pɛ mu na asase no annane ɛserɛ amma nkekaboa ammu amfa mo so.

30 By little and little I will drive them out from before you, until you be increased, and inherit the land.

Mɛpam wɔn nkakrankakra kɔsi sɛ mobɛdɔɔso, atumi ahyɛ asase no so ma.

31 And I will set your bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and you shall drive them out before you.

“Mɛto mo ahyeɛ afiri Ɛpo Kɔkɔɔ no ano akɔsi Filistifoɔ mpoano na mede afiri ɛserɛ a ɛwɔ anafoɔ fam no so akɔsi Asuo Eufrate, na mɛma mo adi nnipa a wɔte asase no so no so, na moapam wɔn afiri mo anim.

32 You shall make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.

Mo ne wɔn nnyɛ apam biara, na saa ara nso na mo ne wɔn anyame no nnyɛ biribiara.

33 They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against me: for if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto you.

Mommma wɔmmɛtena mo mu, ɛfiri sɛ, sɛ wɔbɛtena mo mu a, wɔde wɔn abosonsom no bɛsane mo na sɛ ɛba saa nso a, ɛbɛgu mo asu.”