Deuteronomy 17

1 not to sacrifice to/for LORD God your cattle and sheep which to be in/on/with him blemish all word: thing bad: harmful for abomination LORD God your he/she/it

Mommfa anantwie anaa nnwan a wɔadi dɛm mmɔ afɔdeɛ mma Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, ɛfiri sɛ, ɛyɛ nʼakyiwadeɛ.

2 for to find in/on/with entrails: among your in/on/with one gate: town your which LORD God your to give: give to/for you man or woman which to make: do [obj] [the] bad: evil in/on/with eye: seeing LORD God your to/for to pass: trespass covenant his

Sɛ ɛba sɛ ɔbarima anaa ɔbaa a ɔka mo ho wɔ kuro baako bi a Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, de rema mo no mu ayɛ bɔne wɔ Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, anim, atia apam no

3 and to go: went and to serve: minister God another and to bow to/for them and to/for sun or to/for moon or to/for all army [the] heaven which not to command

sɛ ɔresom anyame foforɔ anaa ɔresom owia, ɔsrane anaa ɔsoro atumfoɔ bi a mabra no, na

4 and to tell to/for you and to hear: hear and to seek be good and behold truth: true to establish: right [the] word: promised to make: do [the] abomination [the] this in/on/with Israel

sɛ mote saa asɛm no a, monhwehwɛ mu yie. Sɛ ɛyɛ nokorɛ na wɔkɔ mu hunu sɛ ɛyɛ akyiwadeɛ na wayɛ wɔ Israel a,

5 and to come out: send [obj] [the] man [the] he/she/it or [obj] [the] woman [the] he/she/it which to make: do [obj] [the] word: thing [the] bad: evil [the] this to(wards) gate your [obj] [the] man or [obj] [the] woman and to stone them in/on/with stone and to die

momfa saa ɔbarima anaa ɔbaa no a wayɛ saa bɔne no mmra mo kuropɔn ɛpono ano na monsi no aboɔ nkum no.

6 upon lip: word two witness or three witness to die [the] to die not to die upon lip: word witness one

Adansefoɔ baanu anaa baasa ano asɛm so na ɛsɛ sɛ wɔgyina kum saa ɔbarima no. Nanso, ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔgyina ɔdanseni baako ano asɛm so kum obi.

7 hand [the] witness to be in/on/with him in/on/with first to/for to die him and hand all [the] people in/on/with last and to burn: purge [the] bad: evil from entrails: among your

Adansefoɔ no to ɔboɔ a ɛdi ɛkan a, nnipa a wɔwɔ hɔ no nyinaa nso bɛto wɔn deɛ de akum onipa no. Saa ɛkwan yi so na mobɛfa atu onipa bɔnefoɔ ase afiri mo mu.

8 for to wonder from you word: case to/for justice: judgement between blood to/for blood between judgment to/for judgment and between plague to/for plague word: case strife in/on/with gate: town your and to arise: rise and to ascend: rise to(wards) [the] place which to choose LORD God your in/on/with him

Sɛ wɔde nsɛm bi ba mo asɛnniiɛ a ne die yɛ mo den sɛ mobɛbu ho atɛn, sɛ ɛyɛ awudie, asɛnnie, anaasɛ ntɔkwa a, momfa wɔn nkɔ baabi a Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, bɛkyerɛ mo no.

9 and to come (in): come to(wards) [the] priest [the] Levi and to(wards) [the] to judge which to be in/on/with day [the] they(masc.) and to seek and to tell to/for you [obj] word: promised [the] justice: judgement

Monkɔ asɔfoɔ a wɔyɛ Lewifoɔ ne ɔtemmufoɔ a ɔte adwa mu saa ɛberɛ no nkyɛn. Mommisa wɔn na wɔnkyerɛ mo atɛn a mommuo.

10 and to make: do upon lip: word [the] word: promised which to tell to/for you from [the] place [the] he/she/it which to choose LORD and to keep: careful to/for to make: do like/as all which to show you

Monni gyinaeɛ a wɔbɛsi no so pɛpɛɛpɛ wɔ beaeɛ a Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, bɛyi ama mo no hɔ. Monhwɛ yie na monni biribiara a wɔbɛkyerɛ mo sɛ monyɛ no so pɛpɛɛpɛ.

11 upon lip: word [the] instruction which to show you and upon [the] justice: judgement which to say to/for you to make: do not to turn aside: turn aside from [the] word: case which to tell to/for you right and left

Monni mmara a wɔkyerɛ mo ne gyinaeɛ a wɔbɛsi ama mo no so pɛpɛɛpɛ. Monnnane deɛ wɔka kyerɛ mo no ani. Monnkɔ nifa anaa benkum.

12 and [the] man which to make: do in/on/with arrogance to/for lest to hear: obey to(wards) [the] priest [the] to stand: stand to/for to minister there [obj] LORD God your or to(wards) [the] to judge and to die [the] man [the] he/she/it and to burn: purge [the] bad: evil from Israel

Ɔbarima a ɔbɛbu ɔtemmufoɔ anaa ɔsɔfoɔ a ɔgyina hɔ resom Awurade mo Onyankopɔn animtia no, wɔnkum no. Ɛsɛ sɛ motɔre amumuyɛsɛm ase wɔ Israel.

13 and all [the] people to hear: hear and to fear and not to boil [emph?] still

Nnipa nyinaa bɛte na wɔasuro na wɔremmu animtia bio.

14 for to come (in): come to(wards) [the] land: country/planet which LORD God your to give: give to/for you and to possess: take her and to dwell in/on/with her and to say to set: appoint upon me king like/as all [the] nation which around me

Sɛ moduru asase a Awurade mo Onyankopɔn de rema mo no so na mofa tena so na moka sɛ. “Momma yɛnsi yɛn so ɔhene te sɛ aman a atwa yɛn ho ahyia no nyinaa a,”

15 to set: appoint to set: appoint upon you king which to choose LORD God your in/on/with him from entrails: among brother: compatriot your to set: appoint upon you king not be able to/for to give: put upon you man foreign which not brother: compatriot your he/she/it

monhwɛ sɛ mobɛpa obi a Awurade mo Onyankopɔn bɛyi no asi mo so ɔhene. Ɛsɛ sɛ ɔyɛ mo nuanom no mu bi. Mommfa ɔhɔhoɔ a ɔnyɛ mo nua Israelni nsi mo so ɔhene.

16 except not to multiply to/for him horse and not to return: return [obj] [the] people Egypt [to] because to multiply horse and LORD to say to/for you not to add: again [emph?] to/for to return: return in/on/with way: road [the] this still

Ɛnsɛ sɛ saa ɔhene no pɛ apɔnkɔ dodoɔ sɛ nʼagyapadeɛ anaasɛ ɔma nnipa sane kɔ Misraim kɔtɔ apɔnkɔ dodoɔ wɔ hɔ, ɛfiri sɛ, Awurade aka akyerɛ mo sɛ. “Ɛnsɛ sɛ mosane kɔ mo akyi bio.”

17 and not to multiply to/for him woman: wife and not to turn aside: turn aside heart his and silver: money and gold not to multiply to/for him much

Ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔware yerenom bebree anyɛ saa a, nʼakoma bɛfiri Awurade so. Ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔboaboa dwetɛ ne sika pii ano.

18 and to be like/as to dwell he upon throne kingdom his and to write to/for him [obj] second [the] instruction [the] this upon scroll: book from to/for face: before [the] priest [the] Levi

Sɛ ɔtena ahennwa no so sɛ ɔhene a, ɛsɛ sɛ ɔtwerɛ mmara nwoma no wɔ mmobɔeɛ so wɔ Lewifoɔ asɔfoɔ anim na ɔfa.

19 and to be with him and to call: read out in/on/with him all day life his because to learn: learn to/for to fear: revere [obj] LORD God his to/for to keep: obey [obj] all word [the] instruction [the] this and [obj] [the] statute: decree [the] these to/for to make: do them

Mmerɛ dodoɔ a ɔte ase no, ɛsɛ sɛ ɔkora mmara a ɛwɔ ne nkyɛn no na ɔkenkan no daa sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a, ɔbɛdi mmara no so na wasuro Awurade ne Onyankopɔn.

20 to/for lest to exalt heart his from brother: compatriot his and to/for lest to turn aside: turn aside from [the] commandment right and left because to prolong day: always upon kingdom his he/she/it and son: descendant/people his in/on/with entrails: among Israel

Kenkan a ɔkenkan no daa no remma ɔnyɛ ahantan, nhoran ne ho nkyerɛ sɛ ɔsene ne manfoɔ no. Ɛbɛsi no kwan sɛ ɔbɛtwe ne ho kakra mpo afiri saa mmara yi ho. Yei bɛsi no gyinaeɛ sɛ ɔne nʼasefoɔ bɛdi adeɛ awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ bebree so wɔ Israel.