Deuteronomy 18

1 The cohanim the Levites, all the tribe of Levi, shall have no portion nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and his inheritance.

Asɔfoɔ a wɔyɛ Lewifoɔ, nokorɛm Lewi abusuakuo nyinaa nni kyɛfa ne agyapadeɛ biara wɔ Israel ɔman mu te sɛ mmusuakuo a aka no. Mmom, asɔfoɔ no ne Lewifoɔ no bɛdi ogya afɔdeɛ a wɔbɔ ma Awurade no bi sɛ wɔn agyapadeɛ.

2 They shall have no inheritance among their brothers: the LORD is their inheritance, as he has spoken to them.

Israelfoɔ mu deɛ, wɔrennya agyapadeɛ biara sɛ wɔn ankasa kyɛfa. Awurade ankasa bɛyɛ wɔn kyɛfa sɛdeɛ ɔhyɛɛ wɔn bɔ no ara.

3 This shall be the cohanim' due from the people, from those who offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep, that they shall give to the cohen the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.

Yei ne kyɛfa a asɔfoɔ no bɛnya afiri anantwie ne odwan a nnipa no de bɛbɔ afɔdeɛ no mu: nʼabati, nʼapantan ne nʼayamdeɛ.

4 The first fruits of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil, and the first of the fleece of your sheep, you shall give him.

Afei, momma wɔn mo aburookan mu adeɛ, nsã foforɔ ne ngo ne nwi a ɛdi ɛkan a wɔtwitwa firi odwan ho.

5 For the LORD your God has chosen him out of all your tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever.

Ɛfiri sɛ, Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, ayi Lewifoɔ afiri mo mmusuakuo nyinaa mu sɛ wɔnnyina, nsom daa wɔ Awurade din mu.

6 If a Levite comes from any of your gates out of all Israel, where he lives as a foreigner, and comes with all the desire of his soul to the place which the LORD shall choose;

Sɛ Lewini bi pɛ na ɔfiri mo nkuro no mu biara a ɔte so mu wɔ Israel kɔ baabi a Awurade ayi a,

7 then he shall minister in the name of the LORD his God, as all his brothers the Levites do, who stand there before the LORD.

ɔtumi som wɔ Awurade, ne Onyankopɔn, din mu te sɛ deɛ ne nkurɔfoɔ Lewifoɔ a wɔsom wɔ hɔ wɔ Awurade anim no yɛ no ara.

8 They shall have like portions to eat, besides that which comes of the sale of his patrimony.

Sɛ mpo wanya sika bi afiri abusua agyapadeɛ bi tɔn mu a, wɔde ne kyɛfa a ɛwɔ afɔrebɔdeɛ no mu sɛ Lewini no bɛma no sɛ asɛdeɛ.

9 When you have come into the land which the LORD your God gives you, you shall not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.

Sɛ monya duru asase a Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, de rema mo no so a, monhwɛ yie na moansua amanaman a ɛwɔ hɔ no amanneɛ a ɛyɛ akyiwadeɛ.

10 There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one who practices divination, or tells fortunes, or interprets omens, or a sorcerer,

Mommma wɔnnhunu sɛ mo mu bi de ne babarima anaa ne babaa abɔ ɔhyeɛ afɔdeɛ. Na mommma mo nnipa no nnyɛ akɔmfoɔ a wɔhyɛ abosom nkɔm, abayifoɔ ne abisakorɔfoɔ, ne ntafowayifoɔ

11 or who casts spells, or consults a medium or a familiar spirit, or inquires of the dead.

ne nkaberɛkyerefoɔ ne asamanfrɛfoɔ, adutofoɔ a ɔbisa afunu.

12 For whoever does these things is an abomination to the LORD. And because of these abominations the LORD your God is driving them out from before you.

Obiara a ɔyɛ saa adeɛ yi bi no yɛ Awurade akyiwadeɛ na saa akyiwadeɛ yi enti, Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, bɛpamo saa aman no afiri mo anim.

13 You shall be blameless before the LORD your God.

Na wɔmmfa so bi nto mo so wɔ Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, anim.

14 For these nations, that you shall dispossess, listen to those who practice sorcery, and to diviners; but as for you, the LORD your God has not allowed you so to do.

Aman a morekɔtu wɔn yi tie wɔn a wɔpɛ abayisɛm ne nkɔmhyɛsɛm. Nanso mo deɛ, Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, mma mo kwan sɛ monyɛ saa.

15 The LORD your God will raise up to you a prophet from the midst of you, of your brothers, like me. You shall listen to him.

Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, bɛyi odiyifoɔ a ɔte sɛ me afiri mo Israelfoɔ yi ara mu. Ɛsɛ sɛ moyɛ ɔsetie ma no.

16 This is according to all that you desired of the LORD your God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, "Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I not die."

Saa na mo ankasa mobisaa Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, ɛberɛ a mohyiaa wɔ Horeb no. Mosrɛɛ sɛ mompɛ sɛ mote Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, nne anaa mohunu egyadɛreɛ bio, ɛfiri sɛ, mosuro sɛ anhwɛ a, mobɛwuwu.

17 The LORD said to me, "They have well said that which they have spoken.

Na Awurade buaa sɛ, “Mɛyɛ wɔn abisadeɛ ama wɔn.

18 I will raise them up a prophet from among their brothers, like you; and I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I shall command him.

Mɛda odiyifoɔ te sɛ wo adi afiri wɔn nkurɔfoɔ Israelfoɔ mu. Mɛkyerɛ saa odiyifoɔ no asɛm a mɛhyɛ no sɛ ɔnka nkyerɛ nnipa no, na ɔbɛka akyerɛ wɔn.

19 It shall happen, that whoever will not listen to my words which he shall speak in my name, I will call him to account.

Obiara a wantie asɛm a odiyifoɔ no bɛka wɔ me din mu no, mʼankasa me ne ɔsoɔdenfoɔ no bɛdi.

20 But the prophet, who shall speak a word presumptuously in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or who shall speak in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die."

Na odiyifoɔ biara a ɔnam onyame foforɔ bi so ka asɛm anaa ɔdi atorɔ wɔ me din mu no bɛwu.”

21 If you say in your heart, "How shall we know the word which the LORD has not spoken?"

Mobɛbisa mo ho sɛ, “Ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na yɛahunu sɛ adiyisɛm no firi Awurade anaasɛ ɛmfiri no?”

22 When a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD, if the thing doesn't follow, nor happen, that is the thing which the LORD has not spoken: the prophet has spoken it presumptuously, you shall not be afraid of him.

Sɛ odiyifoɔ no hyɛ nkɔm wɔ Awurade din mu na amma mu a, na ɛnyɛ Awurade na ɔde asɛm no maeɛ. Na ɛkyerɛ sɛ, saa odiyifoɔ no ara kaa ɔno ankasa nʼasɛm bi kwa enti ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔsuro no.