Deuteronomy 25

1 If there be a controversy between men, and they come nigh unto a court of justice, and they judge them; and they justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked:

“Ne dzre dzɔ ɖe ŋutsu eve dome la, ʋɔnudrɔ̃la adrɔ̃ nya la na wo, atso afia na ame si tɔ dzɔ, eye wòabu fɔ ame si tɔ medzɔ o.

2 Then shall it be, if the guilty man deserve to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to the degree of his fault, by a [certain] number.

Ne ʋɔnudrɔ̃la la kpɔ be ele be woaƒo agɔdzela la, ekema ana agɔdzela la namlɔ anyi, eye woaƒoe le eŋkume ati xexlẽme ale si dze na agɔdzedze la.

3 Forty stripes may he give him, not more; so that he shall not exceed to have him beaten above these with too many stripes, and thy brother be thus rendered vile before thy eyes.

Woaƒoe zi blaene ko, ke mawu nenema o. Ne woƒoe wu nenema la, tohehe la asẽ akpa, eye wòaɖi gbɔ̃ nɔviwò le wò ŋkume.

4 Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he thresheth out the corn.

“Mègade ga nu na nyitsu si le agble me le dɔ wɔm o.”

5 If brothers dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child: then shall the wife of the dead not be married abroad, unto a stranger; her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to himself for wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother unto her.

“Ne ŋutsu aɖe nɔviŋutsu ku, eye vi aɖeke mele ame kuku la si o la, ahosi la mekpɔ mɔ aɖe srɔ̃ tso ƒome bubu me o, ke boŋ srɔ̃a kukua nɔviŋutsu naɖee, eye wòadɔ egbɔ.

6 And it shall be, that the first-born whom she may bear shall succeed in the name of his brother who is dead; so that his name be not blotted out of Israel.

Woabu vi gbãtɔ si ahosi la adzi la abe ame si ku la ƒe vi ene, ale be ame si ku la ƒe ŋkɔ mabu le Israel o.

7 And if the man have no desire to take his sister-in-law: then shall his sister-in-law go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband's brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform on me the duty of a husband's brother.

Ke ne nɔviŋutsu la gbe be yemawɔ yeƒe dɔdeasi le go sia me o hegbe ahosi la ɖeɖe la, ekema ahosi la ayi dumemetsitsiwo gbɔ, eye wòagblɔ na wo be, ‘Srɔ̃nye nɔviŋutsu gbe be yemana nɔvia ŋutsu si ku la ƒe ŋkɔ natsi anyi le Israel o. Egbe be yemaɖem o.’

8 Then shall the elders of his city call him, and speak unto him; and if he persist, and say, I have no desire to take her:

“Dumemetsitsiwo ayɔ ŋutsu la aƒo nu kplii tso nya la ŋu. Ne egagbe kokoko la,

9 Then shall his sister-in-law come nigh unto him in the presence of the elders, and pull his shoe from off his foot, and spit out before him, and shall commence and say, Thus shall be done unto that man that will not build up his brother's house.

ekema nyɔnu la ate ɖe ŋutsu la ŋu le ametsitsiawo ŋkume, aɖe tokota le afɔ nɛ, eye wòaɖe ta ɖe mo nɛ. Le esia megbe la, nyɔnu la agblɔ be, ‘Nu siae wɔa ŋutsu si gbe be yematu ye nɔvi si ku la ƒe aƒe ɖo o.’

10 And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of the barefooted.

Tso gbe ma gbe dzi la, woayɔ ŋutsu la ƒe aƒe me le Israel be, ‘Ŋutsu si woɖe tokota le afɔ na la ƒe aƒe me!’

11 When men strive together one with the other, and the wife of the one draweth near to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets:

“Ne ŋutsu eve le avu wɔm, eye ɖeka srɔ̃ va de srɔ̃a dzi helé ŋutsu kemɛ ɖe asi na srɔ̃a la,

12 Then shalt thou cut off her hand, thy eye shall not have pity.

ekema woalã nyɔnu la ƒe asi ɖa. Mègakpɔ nublanui nɛ o.”

13 Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.

“Nudakpe eve tɔgbi, esi de tututu kple esi mede tututu o la, meganɔ kotoku me na wò o.

14 Thou shalt not have in thy house divers measures, a great and a small.

Nenema ke dzidzeka eve tɔgbi, esi de tututu kple esi mede o la, meganɔ asiwò o.

15 A perfect and just weight shalt thou have, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have; in order that thy days may be prolonged in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee;

Ke boŋ wɔ nudakpe kple dzidzeka siwo de tututu la ko ŋu dɔ, ale be wò ŋkekewo nasɔ gbɔ le anyigba si Yehowa, wò Mawu la ana wò la dzi.

16 For an abomination of the Lord thy God is every one that doth such things, every one that acteth unrighteously.

Ame siwo katã baa wo nɔviwo to nudanu kple dzidzeka mademadewo ŋu dɔ wɔwɔ me la nye ŋunyɔnu le Yehowa, wò Mawu ŋkume.

17 Remember what 'Amalek did unto thee, by the way, at your coming forth out of Egypt;

“Mele be nàŋlɔ nu si Amalekitɔwo wɔ mi esi miegbɔna tso Egipte la be gbeɖegbeɖe o.

18 How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, all that were feeble behind thee, when thou was faint and weary; and he feared not God.

Ɖo ŋku edzi be wowɔ aʋa kpli mi, eye wowu ame siwo ŋu ŋusẽ vɔ le, ame siwo ŋu ɖeɖi te kple ame siwo tsi megbe. Womesro Mawu ɖa alo vɔ̃e o,

19 And it shall come to pass, when the Lord thy God giveth thee rest from all thy enemies round about, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of 'Amalek from under the heavens: thou shalt not forget.

eya ta ne Yehowa, wò Mawu la na nèvo tso wò futɔwo katã ƒe asi me le ŋugbedodonyigba la dzi la, ele na wò be nàtsrɔ̃ Amaleki ƒe ŋkɔ ɖa keŋkeŋ le dziƒoa te. Mègaŋlɔ nu sia be gbeɖe o.”