Leviticus 19
1 And he spoke Yahweh to Moses saying
Yehowa gblɔ na Mose be,
2 speak to all [the] congregation of [the] people of Israel and you will say to them holy you will be for [am] holy I Yahweh God your.
“Ƒo nu na Israel ƒe ƒuƒoƒo blibo la, eye nàgblɔ na wo be, ‘Minɔ kɔkɔe, elabena nye, Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu, mele kɔkɔe.
3 Anyone mother his and father his you will fear and sabbaths my you will keep I [am] Yahweh God your.
“‘Ele be mia dometɔ ɖe sia ɖe nabu fofoa kple dadaa, eye miaɖo ŋku nye Dzudzɔgbewo dzi. Nyee nye Yehowa miaƒe Mawu.
4 May not you turn to worthless idols and gods of molten metal not you must make for yourselves I [am] Yahweh God your.
“‘Migatrɔ ɖe legbawo ŋu alo miatsɔ ga awɔ mawuwo na mia ɖokuiwo o. Nyee nye Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu.
5 And if you will sacrifice a sacrifice of peace offering to Yahweh for acceptance your you will sacrifice it.
“‘Ne miesa akpedavɔ na Yehowa la, misae tututu ɖe sea nu ale be mate ŋu axɔe.
6 On [the] day of sacrifice your it will be eaten and from [the] next day and [what] remains until [the] day third with fire it will be burned.
Miɖui le ŋkeke si dzi miesa vɔ la le alo ne ŋu ke. Nu si atsi anyi va se ɖe ŋkeke etɔ̃a gbe la, woatɔ dzoe,
7 And if ever it will be eaten on the day third [is] unclean meat it not it will be accepted.
elabena esi woaɖu le ŋkeke etɔ̃a gbe la, madze ŋunye o, eye nyemate ŋu axɔe o.
8 And [those who] eat it iniquity his he will bear for [the] holy thing of Yahweh he has profaned and it will be cut off the person that from kinspeople its.
Ne mieɖui le ŋkeke etɔ̃a gbe la, mieɖi fɔ, elabena miedo ŋunyɔ Yehowa ƒe kɔkɔenyenye, eye woaɖe mi ɖa tso Yehowa ƒe amewo dome.
9 And when harvest you [the] harvest of land your not you will finish [the] side of field your to harvest and [the] remnant of harvest your not you will gather.
“‘Ne miexa miaƒe agblemenuwo la, migaŋe nuku siwo le agblea to o, eye migafɔ nuku siwo dudu ɖe anyigba hã o.
10 And vineyard your not you will glean and [the] fallen grape[s] of vineyard your not you will gather for the poor [person] and for the sojourner you will leave them I [am] Yahweh God your.
Miwɔ nenema ke le miaƒe wain tsetsewo hã gome. Migagbe kutsetseawo katã o, eye migafɔ esiwo ge ɖe anyigba hã o. Migblẽ wo ɖi na ame dahewo kple amedzro siwo le mia dome, elabena nyee nye Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu.
11 Not you will steal and not you will deceive and not you will deal falsely anyone with fellow citizen his.
“‘Migafi fi o. “‘Migada alakpa o. “‘Ame aɖeke megaba nɔvia o.
12 And not you will swear an oath by name my to falsehood and you will profane [the] name of God your I [am] Yahweh.
“‘Migatsɔ nye ŋkɔ aka atam ɖe aʋatsonya aɖeke dzi, eye miato nu sia wɔwɔ me aƒo fi ade nye ŋkɔ o, elabena nyee nye Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu.
13 Not you will oppress neighbor your and not you will rob [him] not it will remain overnight [the] wage[s] of a hired laborer with you until morning.
“‘Migaba ame aɖeke alo ate ame aɖeke ɖe to o. “‘Mikpɔ egbɔ be yewoxe fe na yewoƒe agbatedɔwɔlawo kaba. Ne fe aɖe li miaxe na agbatedɔwɔlawo la, migana fe ma natsi mia ŋuti ŋu nake ɖe edzi o.
14 Not you will curse a deaf [person] and before a blind [person] not you will put a stumbling block and you will fear from God your I [am] Yahweh.
“‘Migaƒo fi de tekunɔ o, eye migada nu ɖe ŋkuagbãtɔ si va yina la ƒe mɔ me o. Mivɔ̃ miaƒe Mawu. Nyee nye Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu.
15 Not you will do injustice in judgment not you will lift up [the] face of a poor [person] and not you will honor [the] face of a great [person] in righteousness you will judge fellow citizen your.
“‘Ele be ʋɔnudrɔ̃lawo nafia dzɔdzɔenyenye le woƒe nyametsotsowo me, eye womakpɔ ame aɖeke ƒe ahedada alo hotsuikpɔkpɔ dzi ɖa o. Ele be woawɔ nuteƒe ɣe sia ɣi.
16 Not you will go about a slanderer among kinspeople your not you will stand on [the] blood of neighbor your I [am] Yahweh.
“‘Mèganye sakplisala anɔ yiyim le wò dukɔ me o. “‘Mègade nɔviwò asi be woatso kufia nɛ o, elabena nyee nye Yehowa.
17 Not you will hate brother your in heart your certainly you will rebuke fellow citizen your and not you will bear on him sin.
“‘Mègalé fu nɔviwò o. Ka mo na ame si wɔ nu vɔ̃. Ne ègbe mokaka nɛ la, wò hã èwɔ nu vɔ̃ abe eya ke ene.
18 Not you will avenge yourself and not you will keep [the] sons of people your and you will love neighbor your like yourself I [am] Yahweh.
“‘Mègabia hlɔ̃ o. Mègalé nya ɖe dɔ me o, ke boŋ lɔ̃ nɔviwò abe ɖokuiwò ene, elabena nyee nye Yehowa.
19 Statutes my you will keep livestock your not you will make lie two kinds field your not you will sow two kinds and clothing two kinds mixed stuff not it will go up on you.
“‘Miwɔ nye seawo dzi. “‘Migana lã nayɔ asi lã ƒomevi bubu o. “‘Mègaƒã nuku ƒomevi vovovowo ɖe wò agble me o. “‘Mègado awu si wotɔ kple avɔ si wotsɔ lãfu tsaka ɖeti lɔ̃ la o.
20 And a man if he will lie with a woman a laying of seed and she [is] a female slave intended for a man and certainly not she had been released or freedom not it had been given to her compensation it will be not they will be put to death for not she had been given freedom.
“‘Ne ŋutsu aɖe de asi kosi si menye ablɔɖeme o ŋu, eye wòbia eta na ɖeɖe la, woadrɔ̃ ʋɔnu wo le ʋɔnudrɔ̃ƒe, gake womawu wo o, elabena kosi la menye ablɔɖeme o.
21 And he will bring guilt offering his to Yahweh to [the] entrance of [the] tent of meeting a ram of a guilt offering.
Ele be ŋutsu la natsɔ eƒe fɔɖivɔsa vɛ na Yehowa le Agbadɔ la ƒe mɔnu. Nu si wòanae nye agbo.
22 And he will make atonement on him the priest by [the] ram of the guilt offering before Yahweh on sin his which he has sinned and it will be forgiven to him from sin his which he has sinned.
Nunɔla la alé avu kple agbo la le nu vɔ̃ si ŋutsu la wɔ ta, eye woatsɔe akee.
23 And if you will go into the land and you will plant every tree of food and you will regard as uncircumcised foreskin its fruit its three years it will be to you uncircumcised not it will be eaten.
“‘Ne mieva ɖo anyigba la dzi, eye miedo kutsetseti ƒomevi vovovowo la, migaɖu ƒe gbãtɔ etɔ̃awo ƒe tsetseawo o, elabena wole abe nu siwo ŋu wogbe nu le ene. Womaɖu wo o.
24 And in the year fourth it will be all fruit its a holy thing praise offerings to Yahweh.
Woatsɔ ƒe enelia ƒe kutsetsewo katã ana Yehowa abe eƒe kafukafunu ene.
25 And in the year fifth you will eat fruit its to add to you produce its I [am] Yahweh God your.
Ƒe atɔ̃lia ƒe kutsetsewoe nye mia tɔ. Nyee nye Yehowa miaƒe Mawu.
26 Not you must eat with the blood not you will practice divination and not you will practice soothsaying.
“‘Migaɖu lã si me ʋu metsyɔ le la o. “‘Migaka afa alo miawɔ adze o.
27 Not you will round off [the] side of head your and not you will trim [the] side of beard your.
“‘Mègalũ wò loglo o, eye mègafɔ wò ge dzi hã o.
28 And cut[s] for a corpse not you will make in flesh your and [the] inscription of an incision not you will make in yourselves I [am] Yahweh.
“‘Migasi mia ɖokuiwo alo miasi ame aɖe ŋuti le tsyɔ̃wɔwɔ me o. Nyee nye Yehowa.
29 May not you profane daughter your by making prostitute [herself] her and not it will prostitute itself the land and it will be full the land wickedness.
“‘Mègagblẽ viwò ɖetugbi ƒe dzadzɛnyenye me to ewɔwɔ gboloe me o. Ne menye nenema o la, anyigba la azu gbolonyigba, eye ŋukpenanuwo anɔ edzi.
30 Sabbaths my you will keep and sanctuary my you will fear I [am] Yahweh.
“‘Milé se si ku ɖe nye Dzudzɔgbe ŋuti la me ɖe asi, eye miade bubu nye Agbadɔ la ŋu, elabena nyee nye Yehowa.
31 May not you turn to the necromancers and to the soothsayers may not you seek [them] to become unclean by them I [am] Yahweh God your.
“‘Migaƒo ɖi mia ɖokuiwo to ŋɔliyɔlawo kple bokɔnɔwo gbɔ dede me o, elabena nyee nye Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu.
32 From before gray hair you will arise and you will honor [the] face an old [person] and you will fear from God your I [am] Yahweh.
“‘Ele be miatsɔ bubu kple sisiɖa si dze la na ame tsitsiwo le Mawuvɔvɔ̃ ta. Nyee nye Yehowa!
33 And if he will sojourn with you a sojourner in land your not you will maltreat him.
“‘Migate amedzro siwo le miaƒe anyigba dzi la ɖe to o, eye migaba wo o.
34 Like [the] native-born from you he will be to you the sojourner - who sojourns with you and you will love him like yourself for sojourners you were in [the] land of Egypt I [am] Yahweh God your.
Ele be mialé be na wo abe mia ɖokuiwo ene, eye miaɖo ŋku edzi be miawo hã mienye amedzrowo kpɔ le Egiptenyigba dzi. Nyee nye Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu!
35 Not you will do injustice in judgment in measurement in weight and in volume.
“‘Migawɔ dzidzenu mademadewo ŋu dɔ ne miele didime, kpekpeme kple agbɔsɔsɔ dzidzem o.
36 Balances of righteousness weights of righteousness an ephah of righteousness and a hin of righteousness it will belong to you I [am] Yahweh God your who I brought out you from [the] land of Egypt.
Miwɔ nudanu kple nudakpe anukwaretɔwo, nudanu kple nudzidzenu anukwaretɔwo ŋu dɔ. Nyee nye Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu, ame si ɖe mi tso Egipte.
37 And you will keep all statutes my and all judgments my and you will do them I [am] Yahweh.
“‘Ele be mialé nye sewo kple ɖoɖowo katã me ɖe asi, eye miawɔ wo dzi, elabena nyee nye Yehowa!’”
