Leviticus 25
1 And YHWH speaks to Moses, in Mount Sinai, saying,
Mose wɔ Sinai Bepɔ so no, Awurade ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ,
2 “Speak to the sons of Israel, and you have said to them: When you come into the land which I am giving to you, then the land has kept a Sabbath to YHWH.
“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 [For] six years you sow your field, and [for] six years you prune your vineyard, and have gathered its increase,
Momfa mfeɛ nsia nnua mo nnɔbaeɛ wɔ mo mfuo mu na monyiyi mo bobe turo mu na montwa mo nnɔbaeɛ.
4 and in the seventh year is a Sabbath of rest for the land, a Sabbath to YHWH; you do not sow your field, and you do not 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 you do not reap the spontaneous growth of your harvest, and you do not gather the grapes of your separated thing; it is a year of rest for 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 [increase] of the land has been for you for food, to you, and to your manservant, and to your handmaid, and to your hired worker, and to your settler, who are sojourning 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 livestock, and for the beast which [is] in your land, is all its increase for [them] to eat.
wʼayɛmmoa ne wiram mmoa a ɛwɔ asase no so nyinaa. Monni biribiara a asase no bɛma biara.
8 And you have numbered seven Sabbaths of years for yourself, seven times seven years, and the days of the seven Sabbaths of years have been forty-nine years for you,
“‘Bubu Homeda mfeɛ nson, mfeɛ nson ahodoɔ nson, na wobɛnya mfeɛ aduanan nkron.
9 and you have caused a horn of shouting to pass over in the seventh month, on the tenth of the month; in the Day of Atonements you cause a horn to pass over through 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 you have hallowed the year, the fiftieth year; and you have proclaimed liberty in the land to all its inhabitants; it is a Jubilee for you; and you have turned back each to his possession; indeed, you return each to 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 It [is] a Jubilee, the fiftieth year, it is a year for you; you do not sow, nor reap its spontaneous growth, nor gather its separated things;
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] a Jubilee—it is holy to you; you eat its increase from 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 you return each to his possession in this Year of the Jubilee.
“‘Saa mfirinhyia aduonum afahyɛ yi, obiara bɛkɔ asase a wɔde maa nʼagyanom no so.
14 And when you sell anything to your fellow, or buy from the hand of your fellow, you do 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 you buy from your fellow by the number of years after the Jubilee; he sells to you by the number of the years of increase;
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 you multiply its price according to the multitude of the years, and you diminish its price according to the fewness of the years; for [it is] a number of increases [that] he is selling to 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 and you do not oppress one another, and you have been afraid of your God; for I [am] your God YHWH.
Monsuro mo Onyankopɔn na moammɔ ɛboɔ a ɛboro so! Na mene Awurade.
18 And you have done My statutes, and you keep My judgments, and have done them, and you have dwelt on the land confidently,
“‘Sɛ mopɛ sɛ motena asase no so asomdwoeɛ mu deɛ a, monni me mmara so.
19 and the land has given its fruit, and you have eaten to satiety, and have dwelt confidently on it.
Sɛ moyɛ ɔsetie a, aduane bɛbu so wɔ asase no so na moadi amee wɔ asomdwoeɛ mu.
20 And when you say, What do we eat in the seventh year, behold, do we not sow, nor gather 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 have commanded My blessing on you in the sixth year, and it has made the increase 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 you have sown [in] the eighth year, and have eaten of the old increase; you eat the old until the ninth year, until the coming in of its increase.
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 And the land is not sold—to extinction, for the land [is] Mine, for you [are] sojourners and settlers 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 you give a redemption for the land.
Asasetɔn mu no, ɛsɛ sɛ moyɛ nhyehyɛeɛ sɛ asasetɔnfoɔ no tumi sane bɛgye asase no ɛberɛ biara.
25 When your brother becomes poor, and has sold his possession, then his redeemer who is near to him has come, and he has redeemed the sold thing of his brother;
“‘Sɛ ohia hia obi ma ɔtɔn nʼasase fa bi a, nʼabusuafoɔ tumi bɛgye.
26 and when a man has no redeemer, and his own hand has attained [means], and he has found [it] as sufficient [for] its redemption,
Sɛ ɔnni obi a ɔbɛgye ama no na sɛ nʼankasa nya sika a,
27 then he has reckoned the years of its sale, and has given back that which is over to the man to whom he sold [it], and he has returned to 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 And if his hand has not found sufficiency to give back to him, then his sold thing has been in the hand of him who buys it until the Year of Jubilee; and it has gone out in the Jubilee, and he has returned to 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 when a man sells a dwelling-house [in] a walled city, then his right of redemption has been until the completion of a year from its selling; his right of redemption is [during these] days;
“‘Sɛ obi tɔn efie wɔ kurom a, ɔwɔ afe a ɔtumi sane gye nʼadeɛ a biribiara nsi no ho ɛkwan.
30 and if it is not redeemed to him until the fullness of a perfect year, then the house which [is] in a walled city has been established to extinction to him buying it, throughout his generations; it does not go out in the Jubilee.
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 And a house of the villages which have no surrounding wall is reckoned on the field of the country; there is redemption for it, and it goes out in the Jubilee.
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 As for cities of the Levites—houses of the cities of their possession—continuous redemption is for the Levites;
“‘Asɛm baako bi na ɛnka ho. Lewifoɔ afie a ɛwɔ nkuro a wɔde afasuo atwa ho mu no, wɔtumi sane gye ɛberɛ biara,
33 as for him who redeems from the Levites, then the sale of a house (and [in] the city of his possession) has gone out in the Jubilee, for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession in the midst of the sons 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 And a field, a outskirt of their cities, is not sold; for it [is] a continuous possession for them.
Mma wɔnntɔn nsase a atwa Lewifoɔ nkuro ho ahyia, ɛfiri sɛ, yeinom yɛ wɔn agyapadeɛ afebɔɔ a ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔne obiara kyɛ.
35 And when your brother has become poor, and his hand has failed with you, then you have kept hold on him, sojourner and settler, and he has lived with you;
“‘Sɛ ohia hia wo nua a, ɛsɛ sɛ woboa no; ma no mmra ma ɔmmɛtena hɔ bi.
36 you take no usury or increase from him; and you have been afraid of your God; and your brother has lived with you;
Suro wo Onyankopɔn na ma wo nua ntena wo nkyɛn; na sɛ wobɔ no bosea a, nnye no ho ba.
37 you do not give your money to him in usury, and you do not give your food for increase.
Kae sɛ, worennye ho nsiho biara, na aduane a wode ma no nso, nnye ho nsiho biara. Mpɛ mfasoɔ!
38 I [am] your God YHWH, who has brought you out of the land of Egypt to give the land of Canaan to you, to become 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 when your brother becomes poor with you, and he has been sold to you, you do not lay servile service on him;
“‘Sɛ ohia hia wo yɔnko Israelni na ɔtɔn ne ho ma wo a, nhyɛ ne so sɛ ɔdɔnkɔ
40 he is as a hired worker [and] as a settler with you; he serves with you until the Year of the Jubilee—
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 then he has gone out from you, he and his sons with him, and has turned back to his family; and he turns back to the possession of his fathers.
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, whom I have brought out from the land of Egypt: they are not sold [with] the sale of a servant;
Me na mede mo firi Misraim asase so baeɛ sɛ mommɛsom me sɛdeɛ obi rentumi ntɔn mo sɛ nnipa hunu bi
43 you do not rule over him with rigor, and you have been afraid of your God.
na obi nso ntumi nha mo; monsuro mo Onyankopɔn.
44 And your manservant and your handmaid whom you have [are] from the nations who [are] around you; you buy manservant and handmaid from them,
“‘Nanso mobɛtumi atɔ asomfoɔ afiri aman foforɔ a atwa mo ho ahyia no so.
45 and also from the sons of the settlers who are sojourning with you, you buy from them, and from their families who [are] with you, which they have begotten in your land, and they have been to you for a possession;
Saa ara nso na motumi tɔ ahɔhoɔ a mo ne wɔn te no mma a ɛmfa ho sɛ wɔte mo mu.
46 and you have taken them for an inheritance for your sons after you, to inherit [for] a possession; you lay service on them for all time, but on your brothers, the sons of Israel, each with his brother—you do not rule over him with rigor.
Wɔbɛyɛ nkoa afebɔɔ ama mo ne mo nkyirimma, nanso mo nuanom Israelfoɔ no deɛ, ɛnsɛ sɛ moyɛ wɔn saa.
47 And when the hand of a sojourner or settler with you attains [riches], and your brother with him has become poor, and he has been sold to a sojourner, a settler with you, or to the root of the family of a sojourner,
“‘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 he has been sold, there is a right of redemption for him; one of his brothers redeems him,
ne nuanom bi tumi bɛgye no.
49 or his uncle or a son of his uncle redeems him, or any of the relations of his flesh, of his family, redeems him, or [if] his own hand has attained [means] then he has been redeemed.
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 has reckoned with his buyer from the year of his being sold to him until the Year of Jubilee, and the money of his sale has been by the number of years; it is with him as the days of a hired worker.
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 many years still [remain], he gives back his redemption [money] according to them, from the money of his purchase.
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 few are left of the years until the Year of Jubilee, then he has reckoned with him [and] he gives back his redemption [money] according to his years;
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 as a hired worker, year by year, he is with him, and he does not rule him with rigor before your eyes.
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 is not redeemed in these [years], then he has gone out in the Year of Jubilee, he and his sons with him.
“‘Sɛ Mfirinhyia Aduonum Afahyɛ no duru na wɔnnyee no a, wɔbɛgyaa ɔne ne mma nyinaa.
55 For the sons of Israel [are] servants to Me; they [are] My servants whom I have brought out of the land of Egypt; I [am] your God YHWH.”
Israelfoɔ yɛ mʼasomfoɔ. Mede wɔn firi Misraim na ɛbaeɛ. Mene Awurade mo Onyankopɔn.
