Deuteronomy 24
1 When a man takes a wife and marries her, if she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some unsuitable thing in her, then he must write her a certificate of divorce, put it into her hand, and send her out of his house.
Sɛ ɔbarima ware yere na sɛ nʼani nnye ne ho bio, efisɛ wahu ade bɔne bi wɔ ne ho, na sɛ ɔkyerɛw awaregyae krataa de ma no, na ɔpam no fi ne fi,
2 When she has gone out of his house, she may go and be another man's wife.
na ofi fi hɔ na ɔbarima foforo kɔware no,
3 If the second husband hates her and writes her a certificate of divorce, puts it into her hand, and sends her out of his house; or if the second husband dies, the man who took her to be his wife—
na ne kunu a ɔto so abien no gyaa no anaasɛ owu a,
4 then her former husband, the one who had first sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after she has become impure; for that would be an abomination to Yahweh. You must not cause the land to become guilty, the land that Yahweh your God is giving you as an inheritance.
ne kunu a odi kan a ogyaa no no nni ho kwan sɛ ɔware no bio, bere a ne ho agu fi akyi no. Ɛyɛ akyiwade wɔ Awurade ani so. Mommfa afɔbu mma asase a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, de rema mo sɛ agyapade no so.
5 When a man takes a new wife, he will not go to war with the army, neither may he be commanded to go on any forced duty; he will be free to be at home for one year and will cheer his wife whom he has taken.
Sɛ ɔbarima aware foforo a, ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔde no kɔ ɔko anaasɛ wɔde dwuma bi di to no so. Ɛsɛ sɛ ɔtena fie afe a ɔnyɛ adwuma biara sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a, ɔbɛma ne yere foforo a waware no no anya ahotɔ.
6 No man may take a mill or an upper millstone as a pledge, for that would be taking a person's life as a pledge.
Monnnye adeyam bo ne ne boba anaa ne ba no nko ara nsi ka ano, ɛba saa a na moagye ne wura no ano aduan sɛ akagyinamde.
7 If a man is found kidnapping any of his brothers from among the people of Israel, and treats him as a slave and sells him, that thief must die; and you will remove the evil from among you.
Sɛ obi kyere ne yɔnko Israelni na odi no nya sɛ ɔdɔnkɔ anaa ɔtɔn no a, ɛsɛ sɛ owifo no wu. Ɛsɛ sɛ mutu bɔne ase fi mo mu.
8 Take heed regarding any plague of leprosy, so that you carefully observe and follow every instruction given to you which the priests, the Levites, teach you; as I commanded them, so you will act.
Monhwɛ ɔhonam ani nsanyare nyinaa yiye na munni ho mmara a Lewifo asɔfo bɛkyerɛ mo no so. Munni ahyɛde a mede ama wɔn no so pɛpɛɛpɛ.
9 Call to mind what Yahweh your God did to Miriam as you were coming out of Egypt.
Monkae nea bere a mufi Misraim reba no Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, yɛɛ Miriam.
10 When you make your neighbor any kind of loan, you must not go into his house to fetch his pledge.
Sɛ wode biribi fɛm wo yɔnko a, nkɔ wo yɔnko fi nkogye akagyinamde.
11 You will stand outside, and the man to whom you have lent will bring the pledge outside to you.
Gyina afikyiri na ma ɔyɔnko a ɔfɛm wʼade no mfa akagyinamde no mmrɛ wo.
12 If he is a poor man, you must not sleep with his pledge in your possession.
Sɛ ɔyɔnko no yɛ ohiani a, nkora akagyinamde no nkosi adekyee.
13 You must surely restore to him the pledge by the time the sun goes down, so that he may sleep in his cloak and bless you; it will be righteousness for you before Yahweh your God.
Enkosi owiatɔbere no na wode ntama no akɔma wo yɔnko no na ɔde ada. Na ɔbɛda wo ase, na wɔbɛfa no sɛ ade trenee wɔ Awurade, wo Nyankopɔn no, ani so.
14 You must not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is of your fellow Israelites, or of the foreigners who are in your land within your city gates;
Nhyɛ ɔpaani mmɔborɔni a ɔyɛ wo nua Israelni anaa ɔhɔho a ɔte mo nkurow no mu bi mu no so.
15 Each day you must give him his wage; the sun must not go down on this unsettled matter, for he is poor and is counting on it. Do this so that he does not cry out against you to Yahweh, and so that it not be a sin that you have committed.
Tua nʼapaade ma no da biara ansa na owia akɔtɔ, efisɛ ɔyɛ ohiani na nʼani da saa akatua no so. Anyɛ saa a, obesu afrɛ Awurade atia wo, na wubedi bɔne ho fɔ.
16 The parents must not be put to death for their children, neither must the children be put to death for their parents. Instead, everyone must be put to death for his own sin.
Ɛnsɛ sɛ wokum awofo wɔ wɔn mma bɔne bi a wɔayɛ ho. Saa ara nso na ɛnsɛ sɛ wokum mma wɔ awofo bɔne bi a wɔayɛ ho. Ɛsɛ sɛ obiara wu wɔ nʼankasa bɔne ho.
17 You must not use force to take away the justice that is due the foreigner or the fatherless, nor take the widow's cloak as a pledge.
Ɛnsɛ sɛ mubu ahɔho a wɔte mo mu ne nyisaa ntɛnkyew, anaasɛ mugye ɔbea kunafo ntama de di akagyinamu.
18 Instead, you must call to mind that you were a slave in Egypt, and that Yahweh your God rescued you from there. Therefore I instruct you to obey this command.
Daa monkae sɛ, na mo nso moyɛ nkoa wɔ Misraim na Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, na ogyee mo. Ɛno nti na mehyɛ mo sɛ monyɛ eyi no.
19 When you reap your harvest in your field, and if you have forgotten an omer of grain in the field, you must not go back to get it; it must be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, or for the widow, so that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.
Sɛ moretwa mo mfuw mu nnɔbae, na mo ani pa nnɔbae no bi so a, monnsan nkɔfa. Monnyaw ma ahɔho, nyisaa ne akunafo sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, behyira mo nsa ano nnwuma nyinaa so.
20 When you shake your olive tree, you must not go over the branches again; it will be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, or for the widow.
Sɛ motew wo ngonnua so aba a, monkɔ so mprenu. Monnyaw aba a aka wɔ so no mma ahɔho, nyisaa ne akunafo.
21 When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you must not glean it again. What is left over will be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
Saa nso na motew wo bobe nturo so aba a, monkɔ so mprenu; na monnyaw aba a aka wɔ so no mma ahɔho, nyisaa ne akunafo.
22 You must call to mind that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I instruct you to obey this command.
Monkae sɛ, moyɛɛ nkoa wɔ Misraim. Ɛno nti na mehyɛ mo sɛ monyɛ eyi no.
