Deuteronomy 12

1 These are the statutes and the ordinances which you shall observe to do in the land which Jehovah, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess it, all the days that you live on the earth.

“Esiawoe nye se siwo dzi wòle be miawɔ tegbetegbe ne mieva ɖo anyigba si Yehowa, mia fofowo ƒe Mawu la na mi la dzi.

2 You shall surely destroy all the places in which the nations that you shall dispossess served their gods, on the high mountains, and on the hills, and under every green tree:

“Ele be miagbã trɔ̃wo ƒe vɔsamlekpuiwo le afi sia afi si miakpɔ wo le, le towo dzi loo, le togbɛwo tame loo, alo le ati damawo te.

3 and you shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and burn their Asherim with fire; and you shall cut down the engraved images of their gods; and you shall destroy their name out of that place.

Migbã woƒe vɔsamlekpuiwo kple woƒe legbawo. Mitɔ dzo woƒe aƒeliwo. Mimu woƒe legba siwo wotsɔ ga tu la ƒu anyi. Migagblẽ naneke si aɖo ŋku woƒe trɔ̃wo dzi na mi la ɖi o.

4 You shall not do so to Jehovah your God.

Miekpɔ mɔ asa vɔ na Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la le afi sia afi ko abe ale si trɔ̃subɔlawo sãa vɔe na woƒe mawuwo ene o,

5 But to the place which Jehovah your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, even to his habitation you shall seek, and there you shall come;

ke boŋ mitu kɔkɔeƒe aɖe ɖe afi si Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu ŋutɔ afia asii na mi abe eƒe aƒe ene le miawo ŋutɔ mia dome.

6 and there you shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the wave offering of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock:

Afi mae miatsɔ miaƒe numevɔsawo kple vɔsa bubuawo, miaƒe nukpɔkpɔ ƒe akpa ewolia, miaƒe vɔsa siwo woatsɔ ana Mawu to wo nyenye le yame le vɔsamlekpui la ŋgɔ me, miaƒe adzɔgbeɖefewo, lɔlɔ̃nununanawo kple miaƒe lãwo ƒe ŋgɔgbeviwo ayi.

7 and there you shall eat before Jehovah your God, and you shall rejoice in all that you put your hand to, you and your households, in which Jehovah your God has blessed you.

Afi mae miawo kple miaƒe ƒometɔwo miaɖo kplɔ̃ ɖo le Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la ŋkume, eye miatso aseye le nu siwo katã wòwɔ na mi la ta.

8 You shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatever is right in his own eyes;

“Azɔ la, migalé miaƒe mɔwo atsɔ abe ale si miele wɔwɔm fifia ene, eye ame sia ame le nu si wòbu be enyo la wɔm o,

9 for you haven't yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which Jehovah your God gives you.

elabena se siawo mebla mi haɖe o va se ɖe esime miaɖo dzudzɔƒe si Yehowa miaƒe Mawu ana mi.

10 But when you go over the Jordan, and dwell in the land which Jehovah your God causes you to inherit, and he gives you rest from all your enemies around you, so that you dwell in safety;

Ke ne mietso Yɔdan tɔsisi la heɖo ŋugbedodonyigba la dzi, eye Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu na dzudzɔ mi, eye wòna mievo tso miaƒe futɔwo katã ƒe asi me la,

11 then it shall happen that to the place which Jehovah your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, there you shall bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the wave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which you vow to your God.

ekema ele be miatsɔ miaƒe numevɔsawo kple vɔsa bubuawo katã ayi kɔkɔeƒe la, afi si eya ŋutɔ atia abe eƒe nɔƒe ene.

12 You shall rejoice before Jehovah your God, you, and your sons, and your daughters, and your male servants, and your female servants, and the Levite who is within your gates, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you.

Miawo kple mia viŋutsuwo kple mia vinyɔnuwo kple miaƒe dɔlaŋutsuwo kple dɔlanyɔnuwo miatso aseye le afi ma le Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu ŋkume. Miɖo ŋku edzi miakpe Levitɔwo be woaɖu nu kpli mi, elabena anyigba aɖeke mele woawo ya si o.

13 Be careful that you do not offer your burnt offerings in every place that you see;

“Mele be miasa miaƒe numevɔwo le afi sia afi ko o;

14 but in the place which Jehovah shall choose in one of your tribes, there you shall offer your burnt offerings, and there you shall do all that I command you.

misa wo le teƒe si Yehowa ŋutɔ atia ko. Atia teƒe aɖe tso afi si woma na toawo dometɔ ɖeka la me. Afi ma ko miasa vɔ le, eye miatsɔ miaƒe nunanawo ayi.

15 Notwithstanding, you may kill and eat flesh within all your gates, after all the desire of your soul, according to the blessing of Jehovah your God which he has given you: the unclean and the clean may eat of it, as of the gazelle, and as of the deer.

Aleke wòle hã la, miate ŋu awu lãwo le miaƒe du ɖe sia ɖe me, aɖu lã si sinu mielɔ̃, abe ahlɔ̃e alo zi ene, le yayra si Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la na mi la nu. Ame siwo ŋuti kɔ kple ame siwo ŋuti mekɔ o la siaa ate ŋu aɖui faa.

16 Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it out on the earth as water.

Ʋu la koe miaɖu o; mina wòatsyɔ ɖe anyigba abe tsi ene.

17 You may not eat within your gates the tithe of your grain, or of your new wine, or of your oil, or the firstborn of your herd or of your flock, nor any of your vows which you vow, nor your freewill offerings, nor the wave offering of your hand;

“Migaɖu miaƒe bli, ano wain yeye, alo ami ƒe ewolia o, miaƒe alẽha alo nyiha ƒe ŋgɔgbeviwo kple nu sia nu si mieɖe adzɔgbe be miana, lɔlɔ̃nununana loo alo nunana tɔxɛwo le mia ŋutɔwo ƒe du me o.

18 but you shall eat them before Jehovah your God in the place which Jehovah your God shall choose, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your male servant, and your female servant, and the Levite who is within your gates: and you shall rejoice before Jehovah your God in all that you put your hand to.

Woatsɔ nu siawo katã va vɔsamlekpui la gbɔ, afi si miawo, mia viŋutsuwo kple vinyɔnuwo, miaƒe dɔlaŋutsuwo kple dɔlanyɔnuwo kple Levitɔwo tso miaƒe duwo me, miaɖu wo le, le Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la ŋkume. Yehowa agblɔ afi si vɔsamlekpui la anɔ la na mi. Mitso aseye le Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la ŋkume le nu sia nu si miawɔ la me.

19 Be careful that you do not forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land.

Mikpɔ nyuie be miagaŋlɔ Levitɔwo be o, zi ale si mienɔ miaƒe anyigba dzi.

20 When Jehovah your God shall enlarge your border, as he has promised you, and you shall say, "I want to eat meat," because your soul desires to eat meat; you may eat meat, after all the desire of your soul.

“Ne Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la keke miaƒe liƒowo ɖe edzi abe ale si wòdo ŋugbee ene la, miate ŋu aɖu lã ɣe sia ɣi si mielɔ̃.

21 If the place which Jehovah your God shall choose to put his name there is too far from you, then you shall kill of your herd and of your flock, which God has given you, as I have commanded you; and you may eat within your gates, after all the desire of your soul.

Ne teƒe si miesubɔa Mawu le didi akpa la, ekema ɣe sia ɣi si mielɔ̃ la, miate ŋu awu nyi alo alẽ si Yehowa tsɔ na mi, eye miaɖu lã la le aƒe me abe ale si mede se na mi la ene.

22 Even as the gazelle and as the deer is eaten, so you shall eat of it: the unclean and the clean may eat of it alike.

Ame si ŋuti kɔ kple ame si ŋuti mekɔ o hã ate ŋu aɖu lã ma abe ale si wòaɖu zi alo ahlɔ̃e ƒe lã ene,

23 Only be sure that you do not eat the blood: for the blood is the life; and you shall not eat the life with the flesh.

gake migaɖu lã si me ʋu le la o, elabena lã ƒe agbe le eƒe ʋu me, eye mele be miaɖu agbe la kple lã la o.

24 You shall not eat it; you shall pour it out on the earth as water.

Migawɔ lã ƒe ʋu ŋu dɔ abe nuɖuɖu ene o, ke boŋ mitsyɔe ɖe anyigba abe tsi ene.

25 You shall not eat it; that it may go well with you, and with your children after you, when you shall do that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah.

Ne miewɔ se sia dzi la, miadze Yehowa ŋu, eye nu sia nu adze edzi na mi kple miaƒe dzidzimeviwo siaa.

26 Only your holy things which you have, and your vows, you shall take, and go to the place which Jehovah shall choose,

Mitsɔ miaƒe vɔsawo kple nu siwo ŋugbe miedo na Yehowa la yi ɖe Mawusubɔƒe ɖeka ma.

27 and you shall offer your burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, on the altar of Jehovah your God; and the blood of your sacrifices shall be poured out on the altar of Jehovah your God; and you shall eat the flesh.

Mitsɔ vɔsa siwo woame, woafia keŋkeŋ la da ɖe Yehowa miaƒe Mawu ƒe vɔsamlekpui dzi. Mitsɔ vɔsa siwo ƒe lã miaɖu, eye miakɔ ʋu la ɖe vɔsamlekpui la dzi la hã yi afi ma ke.

28 Observe and hear and do all these words which I command you, that it may go well with you, and with your children after you forever, when you do that which is good and right in the eyes of Jehovah your God.

Miwɔ se siwo katã mede na mi la dzi pɛpɛpɛ anukwaretɔe ekema nu sia nu adze edzi na mi kple miaƒe dzidzimeviwo nyuie tegbetegbe, elabena mianɔ nu si dzɔ, eye wòdzea Yehowa ŋu la wɔm.

29 When Jehovah your God shall cut off the nations from before you, where you go in to dispossess them, and you dispossess them, and dwell in their land;

“Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la atsrɔ̃ dukɔwo ne miege ɖe woƒe anyigbawo dzi. Miaxɔ woƒe anyigba, eye mianɔ edzi.

30 take heed to yourself that you not be ensnared to follow them, after that they are destroyed from before you; and that you not inquire after their gods, saying, "How do these nations serve their gods? I will do likewise."

Ne Yehowa tsrɔ̃ dukɔ mawo vɔ la, mikpɔ nyuie be miewɔ ɖe woƒe mawusubɔsubɔ ƒe kɔnyinyiwo dzi o, elabena wo dzi wɔwɔ ahe ku vɛ na mi. Migadze agbagba be yewoanya ale si wosubɔa woƒe mawuwo, ale be yewo hã yewoasubɔ le mɔ ma dzi o.

31 You shall not do so to Jehovah your God: for every abomination to Jehovah, which he hates, have they done to their gods; for even their sons and their daughters do they burn in the fire to their gods.

Migasubɔ Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la le mɔ si dzi wosubɔa woƒe mawuwo le la o, elabena le woƒe mawusubɔsubɔ me la, wowɔa nu dziŋɔ siwo Yehowa lé fue. Wotsɔa wo viwo gɔ̃ hã sãa vɔe le dzo si le woƒe vɔsamlekpui dzi la me.

32 Whatever thing I command you, that you shall observe to do: you shall not add thereto, nor diminish from it.

“Miwɔ se ɖe sia ɖe si mede na mi la dzi. Migakpe naneke ɖe wo ŋu o, eye migaɖe naneke le wo me hã o.”