Deuteronomy 12

1 These are the statutes and ordinances, which ye shall observe to do, in the land which the Lord, the God of thy fathers, giveth unto thee to possess it, and all the days that ye live upon the earth.

Yeinom ne mmara ne ahyɛdeɛ a ɛsɛ sɛ modi so, ɛberɛ a mote asase a Awurade, mo agyanom Onyankopɔn, de ama mo no so.

2 Ye shall utterly destroy all the places whereon the nations which ye are about to drive out served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree;

Sɛ motu amanaman a wɔtete hɔ no firi hɔ a, ɛsɛ sɛ mosɛe mmeammea a wɔsom wɔn anyame no nyinaa—mmepɔ no atifi, nkokoɔ no atifi ne nnua a ɛyi nhahammono no ase nyinaa.

3 And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their statues, and their groves shall ye burn with fire; and the graven images of their gods shall ye hew down; and ye shall destroy their name out of the same place.

Mommubu wɔn afɔrebukyia nyinaa na monyam wɔn ɔsom adum no. Momfa ogya nhye wɔn abosompɔ na mommobɔ wɔn ahoni a wɔayeyɛ no. Mompepa wɔn ahoni no din mfiri mmeammea hɔ.

4 Ye shall not do so unto the Lord your God;

Mommfa wɔn akwan no so nsom Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn.

5 But unto the place which the Lord your God may choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye repair, and thither shalt thou come;

Na mmom, monhwehwɛ baabi a Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, bɛyi afiri mo mmusuakuo mu ama mo no na montim ne din hɔ sɛ nʼatenaeɛ. Beaeɛ hɔ na ɛsɛ sɛ mokɔ.

6 And ye shall bring thither your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill-offerings, and the first-born of your herds and of your flocks;

Ɛhɔ na momfa mo hyeɛ afɔrebɔdeɛ mmra mmɛbɔ a mo ntotosoɔ dudu, akyɛdeɛ sononko, adeɛ a moaka ho ntam sɛ mode bɛba ne afɔrebɔdeɛ a ɛfiri akoma pa mu, mo anantwie ne mo nnwan mu mmakan nso ka ho.

7 And ye shall eat there before the Lord your God, and ye shall rejoice with all the acquisition of your hand, ye and your households, wherewith the Lord thy God may have blessed thee.

Ɛhɔ na Awurade mo Onyankopɔn anim, mo ne mo abusuafoɔ bɛdidi na mo ani agye wɔ biribiara a mo nsa aka wɔ hɔ, ɛfiri sɛ, Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, ahyira mo.

8 Ye shall not do after all the manner that we do here this day, every one whatsoever is right in his own eyes.

Ɛnnɛ yi, deɛ mopɛ biara na moyɛ, nanso, ɛnyɛ ne kwan ne no,

9 For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

ɛfiri sɛ, monnuruu ahomegyebea a Awurade mo Onyankopɔn de rebɛma mo no hɔ.

10 But ye will go over the Jordan, and dwell in the land which the Lord your God causeth you to inherit, and he will give you rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye may dwell in safety.

Ɛrenkyɛre biara, mobɛtwa Asubɔnten Yordan akɔtena asase a Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, de rema mo sɛ agyapadeɛ sononko no so. Sɛ ɔma mo ahomegyeɛ ne banbɔ wɔ mo atamfoɔ ho a,

11 And then shall it be, that the place which the Lord your God will choose to cause his name to dwell there, —[even] thither shall ye bring all that I command you: your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye may vow unto the Lord;

momfa biribiara a mɛhyɛ mo sɛ momfa mmra a ɛyɛ mo ɔhyeɛ afɔrebɔdeɛ, ntotosoɔ dudu, akyɛdeɛ sononko ne mo ɔma ahodoɔ ne mo bɔhyɛ afɔdeɛ. Momfa nkɔ beaeɛ a Awurade mo Onyankopɔn bɛyi ama mo a mobɛkamfo ne din wɔ hɔ no.

12 And ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and the Levite who is within your gates; because he hath not any portion nor inheritance with you.

Mo ne mo mmammarima, mo mmammaa ne mo nkoa nyinaa nnye mo ani wɔ hɔ wɔ Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, anim. Na monkae Lewifoɔ a wɔtete mo nkuro so no sɛ, wɔnni asase a ɛyɛ wɔn dea.

13 Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt-offerings in every place which thou mayest see;

Monhwɛ yie na moammɔ mo hyeɛ afɔdeɛ wɔ baabiara kwa.

14 But in the place which the Lord will choose in one of thy tribes, there shalt thou offer thy burnt-offerings, and there shalt thou do all that I command thee.

Motumi yɛ saa wɔ baabi pɔtee a Awurade ayi afiri mo mmusua asase bi mu ama mo. Ɛhɔ na motumi bɔ ɔhyeɛ afɔdeɛ na moyɛ biribiara a mɛhyɛ mo sɛ monyɛ no.

15 Notwithstanding, according to all the longing of thy soul, mayest thou kill and eat flesh, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee, in all thy gates: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart.

Nanso, kuro biara a mopɛ so no, motumi kum mmoa we sɛdeɛ mokum atwe ne adabɔ no. Motumi we ɛnam dodoɔ biara a Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, de bɛma mo. Mo nyinaa, sɛ mo ho te anaa mo ho nte no, motumi we bi.

16 Only the blood shall ye not eat: upon the earth shall ye pour it out as water.

Mmara a ɛbata ho ara ne sɛ, monnni mogya no. Montwa ngu fam te sɛ nsuo.

17 Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, nor the first-born of thy herds or of thy flocks, nor any of thy vows which thou mayest vow, nor thy freewill-offerings, and the heave-offering of thy hand;

Ɛnsɛ sɛ modi mo afɔdeɛ, ntotosoɔ dudu a ɛfiri mo aburoo mu, mo nsã foforɔ ne ngo anaa mo anantwie ne mo nnwan abakan wɔ mo kuro mu. Biribiara a moaka ho ntam sɛ mode bɛma Awurade anaa deɛ mofiri akoma pa mu ahyɛ ho bɔ anaa akyɛdeɛ sononko biara, ɛnsɛ sɛ modi.

18 But before the Lord thy God must thou eat them in the place which the Lord thy God may choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite who is within thy gates; and thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God with all the acquisition of thy hand.

Mmom, ɛsɛ sɛ modi no wɔ Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, anim wɔ baabi a Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, bɛkyerɛ mo no a mo, mo mmammarima ne mo mmammaa mo nkoa ne mo mfenaa ne Lewifoɔ a wɔfiri mo nkuro mu ka mo ho. Monnye mo ani wɔ Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn anim wɔ biribiara a mobɛyɛ no ho.

19 Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon thy land.

Monhwɛ yie na moantwa Lewifoɔ no annya wɔ mmerɛ dodoɔ a mote mo asase so yi.

20 When the Lord thy God will enlarge thy border, as he hath spoken unto thee, and thou dost say, I wish to eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh: then mayest thou, according to all the longing of thy soul, eat flesh.

Sɛ Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, trɛ mo asase mu sɛdeɛ wahyɛ mo ho bɔ no a, ɛnneɛ, mobɛtumi awe ɛnam mmerɛ biara a mopɛ.

21 If the place which the Lord thy God may choose to put his name there be too far for thee: then mayest thou kill of thy herds and of thy flocks, which the Lord hath given thee, as I have commanded thee; and thou shalt eat in thy gates according to all the longing of thy soul.

Ɛtumi ba sɛ baabi a Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, ayi ama mo sɛ monkamfo ne din hɔ no ne mo fie kwan ware. Sɛ ɛba saa a, motumi kum mo anantwie anaa nnwan a Awurade de ama mo no bi we ɛnam no wɔ mo fie sɛdeɛ mahyɛ mo no.

22 But as the roebuck and the hart are eaten, so shalt thou eat the same: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof together.

Obi a ne ho te anaa ne ho nte tumi we ɛnam no bi sɛdeɛ mowe ɔtwe ne ɔdabɔ no.

23 Only be firm so as not to eat the blood; for the blood is the life; and thou shalt not eat the life with the flesh.

Mmara a ɛwɔ ho ara ne sɛ, monnni mogya no, ɛfiri sɛ, mogya no yɛ nkwa enti ɛnsɛ sɛ modi nkwa no fra ɛnam no.

24 Thou shalt not eat it: upon the earth shalt thou pour it out like water.

Mmom, monhwie mogya no ngu fam sɛ nsuo.

25 Thou shalt not eat it; in order that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou wilt do what is right in the eyes of the Lord.

Monnni mogya no, na asi mo ne mo mma yie, ɛfiri sɛ, moayɛ deɛ ɛsɔ Awurade ani.

26 Nevertheless thy holy things which thou mayest have, and thy vows, shalt thou take, and go unto the place which the Lord may choose:

Momfa mo akyɛdeɛ kronkron ne mo bɔhyɛ afɔrebɔdeɛ nkɔ beaeɛ a Awurade akyerɛ.

27 And thou shalt offer thy burnt-offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar of the Lord thy God; and the blood of thy sacrifices shall be poured out upon the altar of the Lord thy God, and the flesh shalt thou eat.

Ɛsɛ sɛ mode ɛnam ne mogya a mode bɔ ɔhyeɛ afɔdeɛ no gu Awurade mo Onyankopɔn no afɔrebukyia so. Mogya a ɛka mo afɔdeɛ foforɔ bi a mobɔ ho no, monhwie ngu Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, afɔrebukyia no nkyɛn nanso motumi we ɛnam no.

28 Observe and hear all these words which I command thee; in order that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou wilt do what is good and right in the eyes of the Lord thy God.

Monhwɛ yie na monni me mmara so na biribiara bɛkɔ yie ama mo ne mo mma, ɛfiri sɛ, mobɛyɛ deɛ ɛsɔ Awurade mo Onyankopɔn ani.

29 When the Lord thy God will cut off the nations, whither thou goest to drive them out from before thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their land:

Sɛ Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, sɛe aman no na mopam wɔn kɔtena wɔn asase no so a,

30 Then take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after they have been destroyed from before thee; and that thou inquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.

mommma ɛkwan a wɔfa so som wɔn anyame no nyɛ afidie mma mo. Mommmisa sɛ “Ɛkwan bɛn so na saa aman yi fa som wɔn anyame? Yɛpɛ sɛ yɛdi wɔn akyi.”

31 Thou shalt not do so unto the Lord thy God; for every abomination to the Lord, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters have they burnt in the fire to their gods.

Mommfa saa ɛkwan yi so nsom Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, ɛfiri sɛ, wɔn anyame no som mu no, wɔyɛɛ akyiwadeɛ bebree a Awurade mpɛ. Mpo, wɔhyee wɔn mmammarima ne wɔn mmammaa wɔ ogya a wɔde rebɔ afɔdeɛ ama wɔn anyame no mu.

32 What thing soever I command you, even that shall ye observe to do: thou shalt not add thereto, and thou shalt not diminish therefrom.

Monhwɛ sɛ, deɛ mahyɛ mo no nyinaa mobɛdi so; mommfa bi nka ho na monnyi bi nso mfiri mu.