Deuteronomy 12

1 These [are] the statutes and judgments which ye shall observe to do in the land which the LORD God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth.

Eyinom ne mmara ne ahyɛde a ɛsɛ sɛ mohwɛ na mudi so, mmere dodow a mote asase a Awurade, mo agyanom Nyankopɔn, de ama mo no so.

2 Ye shall utterly destroy all the places in which the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:

Sɛ mutu aman a wɔtete hɔ no fi hɔ a, mosɛe mmeae ahorow bi sɛ mmepɔw atifi, nkoko so, ne nnua a atrɛtrɛw no ase a wɔsom wɔn anyame no nyinaa.

3 And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.

Mummubu wɔn afɔremuka nyinaa na monyam wɔn ɔsom adum no. Momfa ogya nhyew wɔn abosompɔw na mommobɔ wɔn ahoni a wɔayeyɛ no. Mompepa wɔn ahoni no din mfi mmeae ahorow a ɛwɔ no.

4 Ye shall not do so to the LORD your God.

Mommfa wɔn akwan no so nsom Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn.

5 But the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, [even] his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:

Na mmom, monhwehwɛ faako a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, beyi afi mo mmusuakuw mu ama mo no na munnyina ne din wɔ hɔ sɛ nʼatenae. Beae hɔ na ɛsɛ sɛ mokɔ.

6 And thither ye shall bring your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave-offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your free-will-offerings, and the firstlings of your herds, and of your flocks:

Ɛhɔ na momfa mo hyew afɔrebɔde mmra mmɛbɔ a mo ntotoso du du, akyɛde sononko, ade a moaka ho ntam sɛ mode bɛba ne afɔrebɔde a efi mo pɛ mu, mo anantwi ne mo nguan mu mmakan nso nka ho.

7 And there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand to, ye and your households, in which the LORD thy God hath blessed thee.

Ɛhɔ, Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no anim hɔ no, na mo ne mo abusuafo bedidi na mo ani agye wɔ biribiara a mode mo nsa aka ho, efisɛ Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, ahyira mo.

8 Ye shall not do after all [the things] that we do here this day, every man whatever [is] right in his own eyes.

Nnɛ yi, nea mopɛ biara na moyɛ, nanso ɛnsɛ sɛ ɛba saa,

9 For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance which the LORD your God giveth you.

efisɛ munnuu ahomegyebea ne agyapade a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, de rebɛma mo no hɔ ɛ.

10 But when ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the LORD your God giveth you to inherit, and [when] he giveth you rest from all your enemies on every side, so that ye dwell in safety:

Nanso mubetwa Asubɔnten Yordan akɔtena asase a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, de rema mo sɛ agyapade no so. Na ɔbɛma mo ahomegye ne bammɔ afi mo atamfo a wɔatwa mo ho ahyia no nsam na moatena ase dwoodwoo.

11 Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow to the LORD:

Momfa biribiara a mehyɛ mo sɛ momfa mmra sɛ ɛyɛ mo ɔhyew afɔrebɔde, ntotoso du du, akyɛde sononko ne mo ɔma ahorow no mfa nhyɛ mo ntanka no mu kena wɔ beae a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, beyi ama mo a sɛ monsɔre ne din wɔ hɔ no.

12 And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and the Levite that [is] within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you.

Mo ne mo mmabarima, mo mmabea ne mo nkoa nyinaa nnye mo ani wɔ hɔ wɔ Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, anim. Na monkae Lewifo a wɔtete mo nkurow so no a wonni wɔn ankasa agyapade no.

13 Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt-offerings in every place that thou seest:

Monhwɛ yiye na moammɔ mo hyew afɔre wɔ baabiara a mopɛ.

14 But in the place which the LORD shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt-offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee.

Mommɔ wɔ baabi pɔtee a Awurade ayi afi mo mmusua asase bi mu ama mo no nkutoo. Ɛhɔ na monyɛ biribiara a mehyɛ mo sɛ monyɛ no.

15 Notwithstanding, thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatever thy soul desireth, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat of it as of the roebuck, and as of the hart.

Nanso kurow biara a mopɛ so no, mutumi kum mmoa we sɛnea mukum atwe ne adabɔ no. Mutumi we nam dodow biara a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, de behyira mo no. Wɔn a wɔn ho tew ne wɔn a wɔn ho ntew no nyinaa tumi we bi.

16 Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.

Nanso ɛnsɛ sɛ mudi mogya no. Muntwa ngu fam te sɛ nsu.

17 Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy free-will-offerings, or heave-offering of thy hand:

Ɛnsɛ sɛ mudi mo afɔre, ntotoso du du a efi mo atoko mu, mo nsa foforo ne ngo anaa mo anantwi ne mo nguan abakan wɔ mo kurow mu. Biribiara a moaka ho ntam sɛ mode bɛma Awurade anaa nea mufi mo koma mu ahyɛ ho bɔ anaa akyɛde sononko biara no, ɛnsɛ sɛ mudi.

18 But thou must eat them before the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite that [is] within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God in all that thou puttest thine hands to.

Mmom, ɛsɛ sɛ mudi wɔ Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, anim wɔ faako a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, bɛkyerɛ mo a mo, mo mmabarima ne mo mmabea, mo nkoa ne mo mfenaa ne Lewifo a wofi mo nkurow mu ka ho no, munnye mo ani wɔ Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, anim wɔ biribiara a mobɛyɛ no ho.

19 Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth.

Monhwɛ yiye na moanyi Lewifo no mu wɔ mmere dodow a mote mo asase so no.

20 When the LORD thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatever thy soul desireth.

Sɛ Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, trɛw mo hye mu sɛnea wahyɛ mo ho bɔ no, na sɛ mo kɔn dɔ nam ka se, “Yenya nam bi a anka yɛbɛwe” a, ɛno de, mubetumi awe nam dodow biara a mopɛ.

21 If the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to put his name there, shall be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the LORD hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatever thy soul desireth.

Sɛ faako a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, ayi ama mo sɛ monkamfo ne din hɔ no ne mmeae a mowɔ no ntam ware a, mutumi kum mo anantwi anaa nguan a Awurade de ama mo no dodow biara a mopɛ no wɔ mo afi mu sɛnea mahyɛ mo no.

22 Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat [of] them alike.

Monwe sɛnea mowe atwe anaa adabɔ. Wɔn a wɔn ho ntew ne wɔn a wɔn ho tew no nyinaa tumi we bi.

23 Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood [is] the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.

Monhwɛ sɛ morenni mogya no, efisɛ mogya no ne nkwa no, na ɛnsɛ sɛ mudi nkwa no ne nam no.

24 Thou shalt not eat it: thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.

Munni mogya no; mmom, munhwie ngu fam sɛ nsu.

25 Thou shalt not eat it; that it may be well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do [that which is] right in the sight of the LORD.

Munnni mogya no na asi mo ne mo mma yiye, efisɛ moyɛ saa a na moayɛ nea ɛteɛ wɔ Awurade ani so.

26 Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go to the place which the LORD shall choose:

Momfa mo nneɛma a moatew ho ne nea moaka ho ntam sɛ mobɛma biara no, na monkɔ beae a Awurade bɛpaw no.

27 And thou shalt offer thy burnt-offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar of the LORD thy God: and the blood of thy sacrifices shall be poured out upon the altar of the LORD thy God, and thou shalt eat the flesh.

Momfa mo ɔhyew afɔre, nam ne mogya no nyinaa, ngu Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, afɔremuka so. Ɛsɛ sɛ muhwie mo afɔrebɔde no mogya no gu Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, afɔremuka no nkyɛn. Mmom, mubetumi awe nam no.

28 Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may be well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest [that which is] good and right in the sight of the LORD thy God.

Monhwɛ sɛ mubedi mmara ahorow a mede rema mo yi nyinaa so, na asi mo ne mo mma a wɔbɛba wɔ mo akyi no yiye, efisɛ ɛno na ɛbɛyɛ nea eye ne nea ɛteɛ wɔ Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no ani so.

29 When the LORD thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their land;

Na Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, bedi mo anim kan akɔsɛe aman a morekɔtoa wɔn no na mopam wɔn. Na sɛ mopam wɔn kɔtena wɔn nsase no so,

30 Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they are destroyed from before thee; and that thou inquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.

na sɛ wonya di mo anim sɛe wɔn a, monhwɛ yiye na moammisa wɔn anyame no ase anka se, “Ɔkwan bɛn so na saa aman yi fa som wɔn anyame? Yɛpɛ sɛ yɛyɛ saa bi,” amfa so ankɔtɔ afiri mu.

31 Thou shalt not do so to the LORD thy God; for every abomination to the LORD which he hateth have they done to their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.

Mommfa wɔn kwan so nsom Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, efisɛ wɔn anyame no som mu no, wɔyɛ akyiwade ahorow a Awurade kyi no nyinaa mpɛ. Mpo, wɔhyew wɔn mmabarima ne wɔn mmabea wɔ ogya sɛ wɔde rebɔ afɔre ama wɔn anyame no.

32 Whatever thing I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add to it, nor diminish from it.

Monhwɛ sɛ mubedi nea mahyɛ mo no nyinaa so; mommfa bi nka ho na munnyi bi nso mfi mu.