Deuteronomy 17

1 You must not sacrifice to Yahweh your God an ox or a sheep in which is any blemish or anything bad, for that would be an abomination to Yahweh your God.

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

2 If there is found among you, within any of your city gates that Yahweh your God is giving you, any man or woman who does what is evil in the sight of Yahweh your God and transgresses his covenant,

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 anyone who has gone and worshiped other gods and bowed down to them, either the sun, the moon, or any of the host of heaven—nothing that I have commanded—

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

4 and if you are told about this, or if you have heard of it, then you must make a careful investigation. If it is true and certain that such an abomination has been done in Israel, this is what you should do.

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 You must bring that man or woman, who has done this evil thing, to your city gates, that very man or woman, and you must stone that person to death.

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

6 At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, will he who must die be put to death; but at the mouth of only one witness he must not be put to death.

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 The hand of the witnesses must be the first to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people; and you will remove the evil from among you.

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 If a matter arises that is too hard for you to judge—perhaps a question of murder or accidental death, of one person's right and another person's right, or a question of one kind of harm done, or another kind of matter, matters of controversy within your city gates—then you must go up to the place that Yahweh your God will choose as his sanctuary.

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 You must go to the priests, the descendants of Levi, and to the judge who will be serving at that time; you will seek their advice, and they will give you the verdict.

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

10 You must follow the law given to you at the place Yahweh will choose as his sanctuary. You will be careful to do everything that they direct you to do.

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 Follow the law they teach you, and do according to the decisions they give you. Do not turn aside from what they tell you, to the right hand or to the 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 Anyone who acts arrogantly, in not listening to the priest who is standing to serve before Yahweh your God, or in not listening to the judge—that man will die; you will put away the 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 All the people must hear and fear, and act arrogantly no more.

Nnipa nyinaa bɛte na wɔasuro na wɔremmu animtia bio.

14 When you have come to the land that Yahweh your God gives you, and when you take possession of it and begin to live in it, and then you say, 'I will set a king over myself, like all the nations that are round about 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 then you must surely set as king over yourself someone whom Yahweh your God will choose. You must set as king over yourself someone from among your brothers. You may not put a foreigner, who is not your brother, over yourself.

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 But he must not multiply horses for himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt so that he may multiply horses, for Yahweh had said to you, 'You will never return that way again.'

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 He must not take many wives for himself, so that his heart does not turn away. He must not accumulate large amounts of silver and gold.

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

18 When he sits on the throne of his kingdom, he must write for himself in a scroll a copy of this law, from the law that is before the priests, who are Levites.

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

19 The scroll must be with him, and he must read in it all the days of his life, so that he may learn to honor Yahweh his God, so as to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to observe 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 He must do this so that his heart is not lifted up above his brothers, and so that he does not turn away from the commandments, to the right hand or to the left; for the purpose that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children, 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.