Deuteronomy 17

1 Thou shalt not sacrifice unto the LORD thy God [any] bullock, or sheep, wherein is blemish, [or] any evilfavouredness: for that [is] an abomination unto the LORD thy God.

Mommfa anantwi anaa nguan a wɔadi dɛm anaa wonnye mmɔ afɔre mma Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, efisɛ ɛyɛ nʼakyiwade.

2 If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD thy God, in transgressing his covenant,

Sɛ ɛba sɛ muhu sɛ ɔbarima anaa ɔbea a ɔka mo ho wɔ kurow baako bi a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, de rema mo no mu reyɛ bɔne wɔ Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, anim, atia nʼapam no,

3 And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded;

na wabu mʼahyɛde so resom anyame afoforo, rekotow wɔn; anaa ɔresom owia, ɔsram anaa wim nsoromma,

4 And it be told thee, and thou hast heard [of it], and enquired diligently, and, behold, [it be] true, [and] the thing certain, [that] such abomination is wrought in Israel:

na sɛ mote saa asɛm no a, monhwehwɛ mu yiye. Sɛ ɛyɛ nokware na wɔkɔ mu hu sɛ wɔayɛ saa akyiwade yi wɔ Israel a,

5 Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, [even] that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.

momfa saa ɔbarima anaa ɔbea a wayɛ saa bɔne no mmra mo kuropɔn pon ano na munsiw saa onipa no abo nkum no.

6 At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; [but] at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.

Nnansefo baanu anaa baasa ano asɛm so na ɛsɛ sɛ wogyina kum saa ɔbarima no. Nanso ɛnsɛ sɛ wogyina ɔdanseni baako pɛ ano asɛm so kum obi.

7 The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put the evil away from among you.

Ɛsɛ sɛ nnansefo no nsa ano abo na wɔtow di kan na akyiri no, nnipa no nyinaa atotow wɔn de de akum no. Saa ɔkwan yi so na mobɛfa atu amumɔyɛfo ase afi mo mu.

8 If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, [being] matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose;

Sɛ wɔde nsɛm bi ba mo asennii a ne di yɛ mo den sɛ mubebu ho atɛn, sɛ ɛyɛ awudi, nnipa bi ntam manso anaa ntɔkwaw a, momfa wɔn nkɔ faako a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, bɛpaw no.

9 And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and enquire; and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgment:

Monkɔ asɔfo a wɔyɛ Lewifo ne otemmufo a ɔte agua mu saa bere no nkyɛn. Mummisa wɔn na wɔbɛkyerɛ mo atɛn a mummu.

10 And thou shalt do according to the sentence, which they of that place which the LORD shall choose shall shew thee; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they inform thee:

Munni gyinae a wobesi wɔ beae a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, bɛpaw no so pɛpɛɛpɛ. Monhwɛ yiye na munni biribiara a wɔbɛkyerɛ mo sɛ monyɛ no so pɛpɛɛpɛ.

11 According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall shew thee, [to] the right hand, nor [to] the left.

Munni mmara a wɔkyerɛ mo ne gyinae a wobesi ama mo no so pɛpɛɛpɛ. Monnnan nea wɔka kyerɛ mo no ani. Monnkɔ nifa anaa benkum.

12 And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken unto the priest that standeth to minister there before the LORD thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put away the evil from Israel.

Ɛsɛ sɛ wokum obiara a obebu otemmufo anaa ɔsɔfo a ogyina hɔ resom Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, animtiaa no. Ɛsɛ sɛ motɔre amumɔyɛsɛm ase wɔ Israel.

13 And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presumptuously.

Nnipa nyinaa bɛte na wɔasuro na wɔremmu animtiaa bio.

14 When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that [are] about me;

Sɛ mudu asase a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, de rema mo no so na mofa tena so na moka se. “Momma yensi yɛn so hene te sɛ aman a atwa yɛn ho ahyia no nyinaa a,”

15 Thou shalt in any wise set [him] king over thee, whom the LORD thy God shall choose: [one] from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which [is] not thy brother.

monhwɛ sɛ mobɛfa obi a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, bɛpaw no asi mo so hene. Ɛsɛ sɛ ɔyɛ mo nuanom no mu bi. Mommfa ɔhɔho a ɔnyɛ mo nua Israelni nsi mo so hene.

16 But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.

Ɛnsɛ sɛ saa ɔhene no pɛ apɔnkɔ dodow sɛ nʼagyapade anaasɛ ɔma nnipa san kɔ Misraim kɔtɔ apɔnkɔ dodow bi, efisɛ Awurade aka akyerɛ mo se. “Ɛnsɛ sɛ mosan kɔ mo akyi bio.”

17 Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

Ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔware yerenom bebree anyɛ saa a, ne koma befi Awurade so. Ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔboaboa dwetɛ ne sikakɔkɔɔ pii ano.

18 And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of [that which is] before the priests the Levites:

Sɛ ɔtena ahengua no so sɛ ɔhene a, ɛsɛ sɛ ɔkyerɛw saa mmara yi wɔ nhoma mmobɔwee so wɔ Lewifo asɔfo anim na ɔfa.

19 And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them:

Mmere dodow a ɔte ase no, ɛsɛ sɛ ɔkora mmara a ɛwɔ ne nkyɛn no na ɔkenkan no daa sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a, obedi mmara no so na wasuro Awurade, ne Nyankopɔn no.

20 That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, [to] the right hand, or [to] the left: to the end that he may prolong [his] days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.

Kenkan a ɔkenkan no daa no remma ɔnyɛ ahantan, nhoran ne ho nkyerɛ sɛ ɔsen ne manfo no. Ɛremma no ntwe ne ho mfi mmara no ho nkɔ nifa anaa benkum. Na ɔne nʼasefo bedi ade akyɛ wɔ nʼaheman Israel mu.