Deuteronomy 28
1 And it shall come to pass, if thou wilt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee highest above all nations of the earth.
Na sɛ mutie Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, na mudi mmara a mede rema mo nnɛ yi so a, Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, bɛpagyaw mo wɔ aman a wɔwɔ wiase nyinaa no so.
2 And all these blessings shall come upon thee, and overtake thee; because thou wilt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God.
Sɛ mutie Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, a mubenya saa nhyira yi nyinaa:
3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.
Wobehyira mo wɔ mo nkurow ne mo man mu.
4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy cattle, and the young of thy flocks.
Wobehyira mo yafunu mu aba, ne mo nsase so nnɔbae, ne mo nyɛmmoa, nantwimma ne nguamma.
5 Blessed shall be thy basket and thy kneading-through.
Wɔde nnuaba nkɛntɛn amaama, ne mmɔre korow a brodo no ahyɛ ma behyira mo.
6 Blessed shalt thou be at thy coming in, and blessed shalt thou be at thy going out.
Wobehyira mo fieba mu ne mo adifi mu.
7 The Lord will cause thy enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: on one way shall they come out against thee, and on seven ways shall they flee before thee.
Sɛ atamfo tow hyɛ mo so a, Awurade bedi wɔn so. Wobefi baabi atow ahyɛ mo so na wɔafa akwan ason so ahwete, afi mo anim.
8 The Lord will command upon thee the blessing in thy storehouse, and in all the acquisitions of thy hand; and he trill bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Biribiara a mobɛyɛ no, Awurade behyira so na obehyira mo asan. Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, behyira mo wɔ asase a ɔde rema mo no so.
9 The Lord will raise thee up unto himself as a holy people, as he hath sworn unto thee; if thou wilt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways.
Sɛ mudi Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, ahyɛde so na moyɛ osetie ma no a, Awurade begyina mo sɛ ne nnipa kronkron sɛnea ɔhyɛɛ mo bɔ sɛ ɔbɛyɛ no.
10 And all the nations of the earth shall see, that thou art called by the name of the Lord; and they shall be afraid of thee.
Afei, asase so nnipa nyinaa behu sɛ, moyɛ nnipa a Awurade de ne din afrɛ mo na wobesuro mo.
11 And the Lord will make thee pre-eminent for good, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the Lord swore unto thy fathers to give unto thee.
Awurade bɛma mo yiyedi a ɛboro so–mo yafunu mu aba, nyɛmmoa mma ne mo asase so nnɔbae—wɔ asase a ɔhyɛɛ mo agyanom bɔ sɛ ɔde bɛma mo no so.
12 The Lord will open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven, to give the rain of thy land in its season, and to bless all the work of thy hand; and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow.
Awurade fi nʼahonya dodow a ɛwɔ soro no mu bɛma osu atɔ wɔ ne bere mu, nam so ahyira mo nnwuma a moyɛ so. Mobɛfɛm aman pii, nanso mo de, moremfɛm hwee mfi wɔn nkyɛn.
13 And the Lord will constitute thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt only be uppermost, and thou shalt not be beneath; if thou wilt hearken unto the commandments of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day to observe and to do;
Sɛ mutie saa Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, ahyɛde a mede rema mo nnɛ yi na mudi so pɛpɛɛpɛ a, Awurade bɛyɛ mo eti na ɛnyɛ bodua, na moakorɔn daa.
14 And thou wilt not go aside from all the words which I command thee this day, to the right, or to the left, to go after strange gods, to serve them.
Ɛnsɛ sɛ moman fa benkum anaa nifa fi ahyɛde a mede rema mo nnɛ yi biara ho sɛ morekodi anyame foforo akyi asom wɔn.
15 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day: that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee.
Na sɛ moantie Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, anni ne mmara ne nʼahyɛde a mede rema mo nnɛ yi nyinaa so pɛpɛɛpɛ a, saa nnome yi nyinaa bɛba abebunkam afa mo so.
16 Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.
Nnome bɛka mo wɔ mo nkuropɔn ne mo man mu.
17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy kneading-trough.
Wɔde nkɛntɛn a aduaba biara nni mu ne mmɔre korow a brodo nni mu bɛdome mo.
18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy cattle, and the young of the flocks.
Wɔbɛdome wo yafunu aba, ne wʼasase so nnɔbae. Ne wo nyɛmmoa mu nantwimma ne nguamma.
19 Cursed shalt thou be at thy coming in, and cursed shalt thou be at thy going out.
Wɔbɛdome wo fieba ne wo adifi.
20 The Lord will send out against thee misfortune, confusion, and failure, in all the occupation of thy hand which thou mayest engage in; until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, that thou hast forsaken me.
Awurade bɛma nnome, basabasayɛ ne huammɔdi aba ade biara a moyɛ mu, kosi sɛ awiei no wɔbɛsɛe mo koraa sɛ moayɛ bɔne na moagyaw no nti.
21 The Lord will cause the pestilence to cleave unto thee, until it have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it.
Awurade de nyarewa bɛba mo so akosi sɛ ɔbɛsɛe mo nyinaa wɔ asase a morebɛkɔ akɔfa no so.
22 The Lord will smite thee with consumption, and with fever, and with inflammation, and with extreme burning, and with drought, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou be lost.
Awurade de ɔyare a ɛbɛma mo afonfɔn bɛka mo. Ɔbɛma atiridii ne ahonhon abɔ mo na wama ɔhyew a ano yɛ den, nnɔbae nyarewa ne kakawirewire aba mo so na ahaw mo ara akosi sɛ mo ase bɛtɔre.
23 And thy heavens that are over thy head shall be copper, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
Ɔsoro a ɛkata mo ti so no bɛdan sumpii na fam adan dade.
24 The Lord will give as the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
Awurade bɛdan osutɔ a ɛwɔ mo man mu no mfutuma; ɛbɛtɔ afi soro agu mo so akosi sɛ mobɛsɛe.
25 The Lord will cause thee to be smitten before thy enemies: on one way shalt thou go out against them, and on seven ways shalt thou flee before them; and thou shalt become a horror unto all the kingdoms of the earth.
Awurade bɛma mo adi nkogu wɔ mo atamfo anim. Mobɛfa baabi akɔtow ahyɛ mo atamfo so, nanso mobɛfa akwan ahorow ason so aguan afi wɔn anim. Mobɛyɛ atantanne ama ahenni a ɛwɔ asase yi so no nyinaa.
26 And thy carcass shall become food unto all the fowls of the heavens, and unto the beasts of the earth, but with no one to scare them away.
Mo afunu bɛyɛ nnomaa ne wuram mmoa aduan na obiara nso nni hɔ saa bere no a, ɔbɛpam wɔn.
27 The Lord will smite thee with the inflammatory disease of Egypt, and with the hemorrhoids, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou shalt not be able to be healed.
Awurade bɛma mpɔmpɔ a esisii wɔ Misraim no bi asisi mo. Na ɔde mpɔmpɔ, ntutui ne ntwom a wɔrentumi nsa bɛbobɔ mo.
28 The Lord will sinite thee with madness, and with blindness, and with confusion of heart;
Awurade de adammɔ, anifurae ne adwene mu basabasayɛ bɛto mo so.
29 And thou shalt grope about at noonday, as the blind gropeth about in the darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways; and thou shalt be only oppressed and robbed all the days, but with no one to help.
Mode mo nsa bɛkeka awia ketee te sɛnea onifuraefo de ne nsa keka anadwo no. Biribiara a moyɛ no, morenni mu nkonim. Wɔbɛhyɛ mo so, abɔ mo korɔn daa na obiara remmegye mo.
30 A wife wilt thou betroth, and another man shall lie with her; a house wilt thou build, and thou shalt not dwell therein; a vineyard wilt thou plant, and thou shalt not redeem it.
Mubesi ɔbea asiwa nso obi bɛhyɛ no ne no ada. Mubesi dan, nanso morentena mu. Mobɛyɛ bobeturo nanso morenni mu aba.
31 Thy ox shall be slain before thy eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof; thy ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be brought back to thee; thy sheep shall be given unto thy enemies, without any one to help thee.
Wobekum mo nantwi wɔ mo anim, nanso morennya ne nam bi nwe. Wobegye mo afurum afi mo nsam a wɔrensan mfa mmrɛ mo. Wɔde mo nguan bɛma mo atamfo na morennya ɔboafo a obegye wɔn ama mo.
32 Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thy eyes shall look on, and fail with longing for them all the day long; but without any power in thy hand.
Wɔde mo mmabarima ne mo mmabea bɛma ɔman foforo na daa mobɛhwɛ wɔn ara ama mo ani atɔ dwe nanso morentumi nyɛ ho hwee.
33 The fruit of thy soil, and all thy exertion, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt only be oppressed and crushed all the days.
Nnipa a munnim wɔn na wɔbɛfow mo brɛ so ade adi na daa wɔasan ahyɛ mo so.
34 And thou shalt become mad from the sight of thy eyes which thou wilt see.
Mo ani so ade a mubehu no bɛbɔ mo dam.
35 The Lord will smite thee with a sore inflammation upon the knees, and upon the legs, of which thou shalt not be able to be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head.
Awurade bɛma mpɔmpɔ a ɛyɛ yaw a wɔko a ɛnkɔ abobɔ mo nkotodwe ne mo anan ho na atrɛw afi mo nantin akosi mo mpampam.
36 The Lord will drive thee, and thy king whom thou wilt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and thou wilt serve there strange gods, of wood and stone.
Awurade bɛpam mo ne mo hene a odi mo so no akɔ ɔman bi a mo ne mo agyanom nnim so so. Ɛhɔ na mobɛsom anyame afoforo, anyame a wɔde nnua ne abo ayɛ.
37 And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a by-word, among all the nations whither the Lord will lead thee.
Mobɛyɛ atantanne, akyiwade ne aserewde ama aman a Awurade de mobɛkɔ so no nyinaa so.
38 Much seed wilt thou carry out into the field, yet but little shalt thou gather in; for the locust shall consume it.
Mubedua bebree wɔ mo nsase so, nanso mubetwa kakraa bi, efisɛ mmoadabi bɛwe mo nnɔbae.
39 Vineyards wilt thou plant and dress; but wine shalt thou not drink nor lay up; for the worms shall eat them.
Mobɛyɛ bobe nturo ahwɛ so yiye nanso morennom anaa morenni so aba, efisɛ asunson bedi.
40 Olive-trees wilt thou have throughout all thy borders; but with the oil shalt thou not anoint thyself; for thy olive shall cast the fruit.
Mubedua ngonnua afa mo nsase so nyinaa, nanso morennya mu ngo biara, efisɛ ngo aba no bɛtetew agu fam.
41 Sons and daughters wilt thou beget; but they shall not remain thine: for they shall go into captivity.
Mobɛwo mmabarima ne mmabea, nanso nyɛ mo na mobɛtetew wɔn, efisɛ wɔbɛkɔ nnommum mu.
42 All thy trees and the fruit of thy land shall the cricket strip bare.
Mmoadabi kuw bɛfa mo asase so nnua ne nnɔbae.
43 The stranger that is in the midst of thee shall get up above thee higher and higher; but thou shalt come down lower and lower;
Ahɔho a wɔte mo mu no bɛkorɔn abunkam mo so, nanso mobɛkɔ so amem akɔ fam.
44 He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him; he shall become the head, and thou shalt become the tail.
Wɔbɛbɔ mo bosea a moremmɔ wɔn bi. Wɔbɛyɛ eti na moayɛ dua.
45 And there shall come upon thee all these curses, and they shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou didst not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he hath commanded thee;
Sɛ moanyɛ osetie amma Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, anni ahyɛde a ɔde ama mo no so a, saa nnome yi nyinaa bɛba mo so na ebedi mo akyi na abunkam afa mo so akosi sɛ wɔbɛsɛe mo.
46 And they shall remain on thee for a sign and for a token, and on thy seed, for ever.
Saa nsɛm a ɛyɛ hu yi bɛba sɛ nsɛnkyerɛnne ne kɔkɔbɔ ama mo ne mo asefo daa nyinaa.
47 For the reason that thou didst not serve the Lord thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, while there was an abundance of all things;
Esiane sɛ moamfa anigye ne ahosɛpɛw ansom Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, wɔ bere a esii mo yiye no, nti,
48 Therefore shalt thou serve thy enemies whom the Lord will send out against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of every thing; and they will put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until they have destroyed thee.
enti mubefi ɔkɔm ne osukɔm, adagyaw ne ohia buruburoo mu asom mo atamfo a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, bɛsoma wɔn aba mo so no. Wɔbɛhyɛ mo nnade konnua akosi sɛ mobɛsɛe.
49 The Lord will bring up against thee a nation from afar, from the end of the earth, as the eagle rusheth down; a nation whose tongue thou wilt not understand;
Awurade de ɔman bi a ɛwɔ akyirikyiri baabi, wɔ asase ano, ɔman a monte wɔn kasa no, bɛba mo so na wɔatow ahyɛ mo so te sɛnea ɔkɔre sian no,
50 A nation of a fierce countenance, that will not have respect for the old, nor show favor to the young;
ɔman a wɔn ho yɛ hu na wommu ɔpanyin, na wonni ahummɔbɔ mma mmofra.
51 And it will eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy soil, until thou be destroyed; so that it will not leave unto thee corn, wine, or oil, the increase of thy cattle, or the young of thy flocks, until it have ruined thee.
Nʼasraafo bɛtow ahyɛ mo nyɛmmoa ne mo asase so nnɔbae so adi no fuu akosi sɛ mubewuwu. Wɔrennyaw atoko, nsa foforo anaa ngo; mo nyɛmmoa nantwimma anaa nguamma kosi sɛ mobɛsɛe.
52 And it will besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and strong walls come down, wherein thou trustest, throughout all thy land; and it will besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the Lord thy God hath given thee.
Wobetua mo nkuropɔn nyinaa ano akosi sɛ wɔbɛka mo afasu dennen a mode mo ho too so sɛ ɛbɛbɔ mo ho ban wɔ mo asase no so no nyinaa no agu. Wobetua asase a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, de rema mo no so nkuropɔn no nyinaa ano.
53 And thou shalt eat the fruit of thy own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, whom the Lord thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thy enemy will distress thee.
Esiane ɔhaw ne abɛbrɛsɛ a ɔtamfo de bɛba mo so wɔ bere a wɔatua mo ano no mu no nti, mobɛwe mo yafunu mu aba, mo mmabarima ne mmabea a Awurade mo Nyankopɔn no de ama mo no nam.
54 The man that is the most tender among thee, and who is very delicate, —his eye shall look enviously toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children whom he may spare;
Mpo, mo mu ɔhobrɛaseni a nʼani da hɔ no renhu ɔno ara ne nuabarima anaa ne yere a ɔdɔ no, anaa ne mma a wɔte ase no mmɔbɔ,
55 So as not to give to any of them of the flesh of his children which he may eat; because there is nothing left unto him, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thy enemy will distress thee in all thy gates.
na ɔremma wɔn mu biara ne mma no mu bi nam a ɔrewe no. Esiane sɛ ɛno ara ne nea aka a ɔbɛwe wɔ bere a mo atamfo atua mo nkuropɔn no nyinaa ano rehiahia mo ho no nti.
56 The woman, the most tender among thee, and the most delicate, who hath never adventured to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, —her eye shall look enviously toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,
Mo mu ɔbea a ɔbrɛ ne ho ase na ɔwɔ nkatede wɔ ne mu, a mpo ɔmpɛ sɛ ɔde ne nantin besi fam no benya ne kunu a ɔdɔ no ne ɔno ara ne mmabarima anaa ne mmabea ho menasepɔw.
57 And toward her young one that is come from between her feet, and toward her children which she hath born; for she shall eat them for want of every thing secretly, in the siege and in the straitness, wherewith thy enemy will distress thee in thy gates.
Ɔbea no de awo akyi ade ne abofra a wawo no foforo no besie wɔn sɛnea obetumi awe ne nyinaa wɔ kokoa mu, esiane ɔhaw ne abɛbrɛsɛ a mo atamfo de bɛba mo so, bere a wɔatua mo nkuropɔn ano no nti.
58 If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law which are written in this book; to fear this glorious and fearful name, the Lord thy God:
Sɛ moanni mmara a wɔakyerɛw wɔ saa nhoma yi mu no nyinaa so pɛpɛɛpɛ, na moanni saa onuonyamfo ne ɔnwonwani Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, no din ni a,
59 Then will the Lord render peculiar thy plagues, and the plagues of thy seed, plagues great, and of long continuance, and sicknesses sore, and of long continuance.
Awurade de ɔyaredɔm a ɛyɛ hu bɛba mo ne mo asefo. Ɛbɛyɛ atoyerɛnkyɛm a ano yɛ den ne ɔyaredɔm a ano yɛ den na ɛbɛtena hɔ akyɛ.
60 And he will bring back upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, of which thou wast afraid; and they shall cleave unto thee.
Ɔde ɔyaredɔm ahorow a ɛbaa wɔ Misraim a ɛbɔɔ mo hu no bɛba bɛtena mo so.
61 Also every sickness, and every plague which is not written in the book of this law, will the Lord bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
Awurade de nyarewa ahorow bebree ne atoyerɛnkyɛm a wɔnkyerɛw wɔ Mmara Nhoma yi mu no bɛbrɛ mo akosi sɛ mobɛsɛe.
62 And ye shall be left but few in number, instead of that ye once were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou didst not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God.
Mo a na modɔɔso te sɛ ɔsoro nsoromma no, mo so bɛtew koraa, efisɛ moantie Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no.
63 And it shall come to pass, that, as the Lord rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you, so will the Lord rejoice over you to bring you to nought, and to destroy you; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it.
Sɛnea na ɛyɛ Awurade anisɔ sɛ ɔbɛma mo adi yiye na moadɔɔso no, saa ara nso na ɛbɛyɛ no anisɔ sɛ ɔbɛdwerɛw mo na wasɛe mo. Obetutu mo ase afi asase a morekɔ so akɔfa no so.
64 And the Lord will scatter thee among all the nations, from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; and there wilt thou serve strange gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.
Na Awurade bɛbɔ mo apansam afra aman nyinaa afi asase ano akosi asase ano. Ɛhɔ na mobɛsom ahɔho anyame a mo anaa mo agyanom nhuu bi da; anyame a wɔde nnua ne abo ayɛ!
65 And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, and there shall not be any rest for the sole of thy foot: and the Lord will give thee there a trembling heart, and a failing of eyes, and a faintness of soul.
Morennya guankɔbea anaa homebea mma mo anantin wɔ saa aman no so. Ɛhɔ na Awurade bɛma mo adwene a ɛpere, aniwa a ayɛ siamoo ne koma a apa abawa.
66 And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt be in dread day and night, and thou shalt have no confidence of thy life;
Mo asetena bedi nsensɛnmu daa, na ehu bɛhyɛ mo so anadwo ne awia a munnim nea ɛrekɔ so wɔ mo asetena mu.
67 In the morning thou wilt say, Who would but grant that it were only evening! and at evening thou wilt say, Who would but grant that it were only morning! from the dread of thy heart which thou wilt experience, and from the sight of thy eyes which thou wilt see.
Anɔpa mobɛka se, “Sɛ ɛyɛɛ anwummere a!” Na anwummere nso mobɛka se, “Sɛ ɛyɛɛ anɔpa a!” Mobɛka saa, esiane ehu a ɛbɛhyɛ mo koma amaama ne nea atwa mo ho ahyia a mo ani behu no.
68 And the Lord will bring thee back to Egypt in ships, by the way whereof I have spoken unto thee, Thou shalt no more see it again: and there will ye offer yourselves for sale unto your enemies for bond-men and bond-women, without any one to buy you.
Na Awurade bɛma mo atenatena ahyɛn mu asan akɔ Misraim, akwantu a mehyɛɛ sɛ ɛnsɛ sɛ mutu bio no. Ɛhɔ na mode mo ho bɛma mo atamfo sɛ wɔntɔ mo sɛ nkoa, nanso obiara rempɛ sɛ ɔbɛtɔ mo.
