Leviticus 25

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

Mose wɔ Sinai Bepɔ so no, Awurade ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ,

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

“Kasa kyerɛ Israelfoɔ no sɛ, ‘Sɛ moduru asase a mede rebɛma mo no so a, mfeɛ nson biara, momma asase no nya Awurade mu homeda.

3 Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof;

Momfa mfeɛ nsia nnua mo nnɔbaeɛ wɔ mo mfuo mu na monyiyi mo bobe turo mu na montwa mo nnɔbaeɛ.

4 But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the LORD: you shall neither sow your field, nor prune your vineyard.

Na mfeɛ nson so no, asase no nna hɔ kwa wɔ Awurade anim. Monnyɛ so hwee. Monnnua so aba. Afe no nyinaa mu, monnyiyi mo bobe turo no mu.

5 That which grows of its own accord of your harvest you shall not reap, neither gather the grapes of your vine undressed: for it is a year of rest unto the land.

Na aba biara a moadua no, monnte mfa, na bobe no nso, mommmoaboa ano mfa. Ɛfiri sɛ, ɛyɛ afe a ɛsɛ sɛ asase no home.

6 And the sabbath of the land shall be food for you; for you, and for your servant, and for your maid, and for your hired servant, and for your stranger that sojourns with you.

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

7 And for your cattle, and for the beast that are in your land, shall all the increase thereof be food.

wʼayɛmmoa ne wiram mmoa a ɛwɔ asase no so nyinaa. Monni biribiara a asase no bɛma biara.

8 And you shall number seven sabbaths of years unto you, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto you forty and nine years.

“‘Bubu Homeda mfeɛ nson, mfeɛ nson ahodoɔ nson, na wobɛnya mfeɛ aduanan nkron.

9 Then shall you cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall all of you make the trumpet sound throughout all your land.

Afei, bosome a ɛtɔ so nson no ɛda edu no yɛ Mpata Ɛda. Monhyɛn totorobɛnto wɔ baabiara. Mpata Ɛda no, monhyɛn totorobɛnto no dendeenden nkyɛ wɔ ɔman no mu baabiara.

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

Monte mfeɛ aduonum no ho na mompae ahofadie mma wɔn a wɔtete asase no so mmaa nyinaa. Ɛbɛyɛ mfirinhyia aduonum afahyɛ ama mo, na mo mu biara bɛsane akɔ asase a wɔde ama mo agyanom no so, na moakɔka mo abusuafoɔ ho.

11 A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: all of you shall not sow, neither reap that which grows of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of your vine undressed.

Aane, mfeɛ aduonum no bɛyɛ mfirinhyia aduonum afahyɛ ama mo; monnnua biribiara na monntwa nnɔbaeɛ biara, na bobe a moadua nso, monnte so aba.

12 For it is the jubile; it shall be holy unto you: all of you shall eat the increase thereof out of the field.

Ɛfiri sɛ, ɛyɛ mfirinhyia aduonum afahyɛ, na ɛsɛ sɛ ɛyɛ sononko na ɛho teɛ. Monni deɛ monya firi asase no mu nko ara.

13 In the year of this jubile all of you shall return every man unto his possession.

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

14 And if you sell ought unto your neighbour, or buy ought of your neighbour's hand, all of you shall not oppress one another:

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

15 According to the number of years after the jubile you shall buy of your neighbour, and according unto the number of years of the fruits he shall sell unto you:

Sɛ woretɔ asase afiri wo yɔnko nkyɛn a, mobɛkan mfeɛ dodoɔ no so fa afiri Mfirinhyia Aduonum Afahyɛ a ɛtwaam no. Ɔdetɔnfoɔ no bɛgye wo boɔ a ɛgyina mfeɛ dodoɔ a aka ansa na mfirinhyia aduonum afahyɛ a ɛreba no.

16 According to the multitude of years you shall increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of years you shall diminish the price of it: for according to the number of the years of the fruits does he sell unto you.

Mfeɛ no dodoɔ na ɛma ɛboɔ no kɔ soro. Saa ara nso na mfeɛ kakra bi ma ɛboɔ no kɔ fam. Yeinom nyinaa mu, onipa a ɔretɔn asase no retɔn otwa dodoɔ a wɔbɛtwa afiri asase no so.

17 All of you shall not therefore oppress one another; but you shall fear your God: for I am the LORD your God.

Monsuro mo Onyankopɔn na moammɔ ɛboɔ a ɛboro so! Na mene Awurade.

18 Wherefore all of you shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and all of you shall dwell in the land in safety.

“‘Sɛ mopɛ sɛ motena asase no so asomdwoeɛ mu deɛ a, monni me mmara so.

19 And the land shall yield her fruit, and all of you shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety.

Sɛ moyɛ ɔsetie a, aduane bɛbu so wɔ asase no so na moadi amee wɔ asomdwoeɛ mu.

20 And if all of you shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:

Nanso, mobɛbisa sɛ, “Na sɛ wɔse yɛnnnua anaa yɛnntwa saa afe no so a, ɛdeɛn na mfeɛ nson no so yɛbɛdie?”

21 Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years.

Mmuaeɛ ara ne sɛ, mfeɛ nsia no so, mɛhyira mo ama nnɔbaeɛ aba abu so kɔsi sɛ mobɛtwa mfeɛ nwɔtwe mu nnɔbaeɛ no.

22 And all of you shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit until the ninth year; until her fruits come in all of you shall eat of the old store.

Sɛ modua nnɔbaeɛ wɔ mfeɛ nwɔtwe no mu a, mobɛkɔ so adi afe a ɛtwaam no mu nnuane. Nokorɛm, nnuane dada no na mobɛdi kɔsi sɛ otwaberɛ bɛduru so mfeɛ nkron no mu.

23 The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine, for all of you are strangers and sojourners with me.

“‘Na monkae sɛ asase no yɛ me dea enti monni ho ɛkwan sɛ motɔn no afebɔɔ. Moyɛ ahɔhoɔ na meyɛ asasewura ma mo.

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

Asasetɔn mu no, ɛsɛ sɛ moyɛ nhyehyɛeɛ sɛ asasetɔnfoɔ no tumi sane bɛgye asase no ɛberɛ biara.

25 If your brother be becoming poor, and has sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold.

“‘Sɛ ohia hia obi ma ɔtɔn nʼasase fa bi a, nʼabusuafoɔ tumi bɛgye.

26 And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem it;

Sɛ ɔnni obi a ɔbɛgye ama no na sɛ nʼankasa nya sika a,

27 Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the surplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his possession.

wɔbɛsese ɛso nnɔbaeɛ a wɔatwa ansa na Ahosɛpɛ Afe no reba na wɔagyina so atua ɛka no, na deɛ ɔtɔeɛ no nso adane asase no ama no.

28 But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that has bought it until the year of jubile: and in the jubile it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession.

Na sɛ deɛ asase no yɛ ne dea no ankasa antumi annye a, ɛnneɛ, ɛbɛyɛ deɛ ɔtɔeɛ no dea ara kɔsi Mfirinhyia Aduonum Afahyɛ no, na deɛ ɔtɔeɛ no de onii no adeɛ asane 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; within a full year may he redeem it.

“‘Sɛ obi tɔn efie wɔ kurom a, ɔwɔ afe a ɔtumi sane gye nʼadeɛ a biribiara nsi no ho ɛkwan.

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 established for ever to him that bought it throughout his generations: it shall not go out in the jubile.

Na sɛ afe no mu wantumi annye a, ɛbɛyɛ deɛ ɔtɔeɛ no dea korakora. Ahosɛpɛ Afe no mu, ɔrensane mfa mma onipa a kane no na ɛyɛ ne dea no bio.

31 But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them shall be counted as the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubile.

Nanso akuraase dan a wɔntoo ɔfasuo ntwaa ho nhyiaeɛ te sɛ agyapadeɛ a ɛwɔ wiram deɛ, wɔtumi sane kɔgye no ɛberɛ biara, na Mfeɛ Aduonum Afahyɛ mu no, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔsane de ma ne wura ankasa.

32 Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.

“‘Asɛm baako bi na ɛnka ho. Lewifoɔ afie a ɛwɔ nkuro a wɔde afasuo atwa ho mu no, wɔtumi sane gye ɛberɛ biara,

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

na wɔde ama wɔn wuranom Ahosɛpɛ Afe no mu. Na Lewifoɔ no deɛ, wɔremma wɔn mfuo nsase te sɛ mmusuakuo a aka no, na mmom, wɔbɛma wɔn afie wɔ wɔn nkuro ne wɔn mfuo a atwa wɔn ho ahyia no mu.

34 But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession.

Mma wɔnntɔn nsase a atwa Lewifoɔ nkuro ho ahyia, ɛfiri sɛ, yeinom yɛ wɔn agyapadeɛ afebɔɔ a ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔne obiara kyɛ.

35 And if your brother be becoming poor, and fallen in decay with you; then you shall relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with you.

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

36 Take you no interest of him, or increase: but fear your God; that your brother may live with you.

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

37 You shall not give him your money upon interest, nor lend him your victuals for increase.

Kae sɛ, worennye ho nsiho biara, na aduane a wode ma no nso, nnye ho nsiho biara. Mpɛ mfasoɔ!

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

Ɛfiri sɛ, me Awurade a meyɛ mo Onyankopɔn yii mo firii Misraim de Kanaan asase maa mo sɛdeɛ mɛyɛ mo Onyankopɔn.

39 And if your brother that dwells by you be becoming poor, and be sold unto you; you shall not compel 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 But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with you, and shall serve you unto the year of jubile.

na mmom, yɛ no sɛ obi a wotua no ne som a ɔsom ho ka, anaa fa no sɛ wo hɔhoɔ na ɔnsom wo nkɔsi Mfirinhyia Aduonum Afahyɛ no.

41 And then shall he depart from you, both he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return.

Ɛduru saa mmerɛ no a, ɔne ne mma nyinaa tumi tu de wɔn agyapadeɛ nyinaa kɔ wɔn abusuafoɔ nkyɛn.

42 For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.

Me na mede mo firi Misraim asase so baeɛ sɛ mommɛsom me sɛdeɛ obi rentumi ntɔn mo sɛ nnipa hunu bi

43 You shall not rule over him with rigour; but shall fear your God.

na obi nso ntumi nha mo; monsuro mo Onyankopɔn.

44 Both your bondmen, and your bondmaids, which you shall have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall all of you buy bondmen and bondmaids.

“‘Nanso mobɛtumi atɔ asomfoɔ afiri aman foforɔ a atwa mo ho ahyia no so.

45 Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall all of you buy, and of their families that are with you, which they brings forth in your land: and they shall be your possession.

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

46 And all of you shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, all of you shall not rule one over another with rigour.

Wɔbɛyɛ nkoa afebɔɔ ama mo ne mo nkyirimma, nanso mo nuanom Israelfoɔ no deɛ, ɛnsɛ sɛ moyɛ wɔn saa.

47 And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by you, and your brother that dwells by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by you, or to the stock of the stranger's family:

“‘Sɛ ɔhɔhoɔ a ɔte mo mu no bɛyɛ osikani, na sɛ Israelni di hia, na ɔtɔn ne ho ma ɔhɔhoɔ no anaa ɔhɔhoɔ no abusuafoɔ a,

48 After that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may redeem him:

ne nuanom bi tumi bɛgye no.

49 Either 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 able, he may redeem himself.

Saa ara nso na ne wɔfa, ne wɔfaase anaa ne ho onipa bi a ɔbɛn no tumi gye no ara ne no. Sɛ ɔno ara nso bɛnya sika a, ɔtumi de bɛgye ne ho.

50 And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he was sold to him unto the year of jubile: and the price of his sale shall be according unto the number of years, according to the time of an hired servant shall it be with him.

Nʼahogyeɛ no gyina mfeɛ a aka na Mfirinhyia Aduonum Afahyɛ no aduro ne sika dodoɔ a sɛ anka wɔde kɔfaa ɔsomfoɔ a, anka ɔbɛgye saa mfeɛ a aka no mu.

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

Sɛ aka mfeɛ pii ansa na Ahosɛpɛ Afe no aso a, ɔbɛtua sika a ɔgyeeɛ wɔ ɛberɛ a ɔtɔn ne ho no nyinaa;

52 And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubile, then he shall count with him, and according unto his years shall he give him again the price of his redemption.

na sɛ mfeɛ no pii atwam ama aka kakra na Mfirinhyia Aduonum Afahyɛ no aduru a, ɛnneɛ, ɔbɛtua sika a ɔgyeeɛ ɛberɛ a ɔtɔn ne ho no mu kakraa bi.

53 And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigour over him in your sight.

Sɛ ɔtɔn ne ho ma ɔhɔhoɔ a, ɔhɔhoɔ no bɛfa no sɛ ne ɔsomfoɔ a ɔtua no ka. Ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔfa no sɛ ne ɔsomfoɔ buruburo anaa nʼagyapadeɛ.

54 And if he be not redeemed in these years, then he shall go out in the year of jubile, both he, and his children with him.

“‘Sɛ Mfirinhyia Aduonum Afahyɛ no duru na wɔnnyee no a, wɔbɛgyaa 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.

Israelfoɔ yɛ mʼasomfoɔ. Mede wɔn firi Misraim na ɛbaeɛ. Mene Awurade mo Onyankopɔn.