Deuteronomy 4

1 Now therefore hearken, O Israel, to the statutes and to the judgments, which I teach you, to do [them], that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you.

Afei, Israel, muntie mmara ne nhyehyɛe a merebɛkyerɛkyerɛ mo yi. Munni so na moanya nkwa, na moatumi akɔ asase a Awurade, mo agyanom Nyankopɔn, de rema mo no so akɔtena hɔ.

2 Ye shall not add to the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish [aught] from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.

Mommfa bi nka ho, na munnyi biribiara nso mmfi ahyɛde a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, de ama me se memfa mma mo no mu, na mmom munni so.

3 Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baal-peor: for all the men that followed Baal-peor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed them from among you.

Mode mo ani huu nea Awurade yɛɛ mo wɔ Baal-Peor no. Ɔsɛee onipa biara a na ɔsom Baal-Peor no.

4 But ye who adhered to the LORD your God, [are] alive every one of you this day.

Nanso wɔn a na wodi Awurade mo Nyankopɔn nokware nyinaa da so te ase besi nnɛ.

5 Behold, I have taught you statutes, and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.

Sɛ mudu asase a mobɛtena so no so a, eyinom ne mmara ne ahyɛde a makyerɛkyerɛ mo a ɛsɛ sɛ mudi so. Efi Awurade, yɛn Nyankopɔn, nkyɛn. Ɔde ama me se memfa mma mo.

6 Keep therefore and do [them]; for this [is] your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which will hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation [is] a wise and understanding people.

Sɛ mudi so a, ɛbɛda mo nyansa ne ntease a mowɔ no adi akyerɛ aman a wɔbɛte saa ahyɛde yi nyinaa no na wɔaka se, “Ampa, nnipa yi yɛ ɔman kɛse a wonim nyansa na wɔwɔ ntease.”

7 For what nation [is there so] great, which [hath] God [so] nigh to them, as the LORD our God [is] in all [things that] we call upon him [for]?

Ɔman kɛse bɛn na ɔwɔ onyame a ɔbɛn wɔn pɛɛ te sɛ Awurade, yɛn Nyankopɔn, a yɛfrɛ no a ogye yɛn so yi?

8 And what nation [is there so] great, that hath statutes and judgments [so] righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?

Na ɔman kɛse bɛn na ɛwɔ trenee ahyɛde ne mmara sɛ saa mmara yi a mede rema mo nnɛ yi?

9 Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou shouldst forget the things which thy eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them to thy sons, and thy sons' sons:

Monhwɛ yiye, na mo ani nna hɔ yiye pa ara na nna dodow a mote nkwa mu no, mo werɛ amfi nea moahu, anaa ampa amfi mo koma mu. Monkyerɛkyerɛ mo mma na awo ntoatoaso a ɛbɛba no nhu.

10 [Specially] the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said to me, Assemble the people to me, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and [that] they may teach their children.

Ka kyerɛ wɔn, ne titiriw no, da a mokogyinaa Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, anim wɔ bepɔw Horeb so a ɔka kyerɛɛ me se, “Frɛ nnipa no wɔ mʼanim na wontie me nsɛm na wɔasua sɛnea wobedi me ni bere dodow a wɔte asase no so na ama wɔatumi akyerɛkyerɛ wɔn mma.”

11 And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire to the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.

Mubegyina bɛnee bepɔw no ase bere a na bepɔw no rehyew na ogyaframa no retu kɔ ɔsoro a omununkum ne esum kabii aduru no.

12 And the LORD spoke to you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only [ye heard] a voice.

Na Awurade kasa fii ogya no mu kyerɛɛ mo. Motee nsɛm no nanso, moanhu no, nne kɛkɛ na ɛbae.

13 And he declared to you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, [even] ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.

Ɔdaa nʼapam a ɔkyerɛɛ mo sɛ munni so no adi; Mmaransɛm du a ɔkyerɛw guu abo pon abien so no.

14 And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it.

Saa bere no na Awurade kyerɛɛ me sɛ menkyerɛkyerɛ mo ahyɛde ne mmara a ɛsɛ sɛ mudi so wɔ asase a morebetwa Yordan akɔfa no so.

15 Take ye therefore good heed to yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day [that] the LORD spoke to you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire;

Da a Awurade kasa fii ogya mu kyerɛɛ mo wɔ bepɔw Horeb so no moanhu no. Enti monhwɛ mo akwan yiye,

16 Lest ye corrupt [yourselves], and make to you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

na porɔwee annidi mo amma moanyɛ ɔbosom, ohoni bi sɛso; sɛ ɛyɛ ɔbarima anaa ɔbea sɛso,

17 The likeness of any beast that [is] on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,

anaa nea ɛsɛ asase so aboa bi, anaa anomaa a otu fa wim,

18 The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that [is] in the waters beneath the earth:

anaa nea ɛsɛ aboa bi a ɔwea wɔ fam anaa apataa bi a ɔwɔ nsu ase.

19 And lest thou shouldst lift up thy eyes to heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, [even] all the host of heaven, shouldst be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided to all nations under the whole heaven.

Na sɛ mohwɛ wim na muhu owia, ɔsram ne nsoromma, wim abɔde nyinaa a, momma ɛnntwetwe mo mma monnkotow nsom nneɛma a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, de ama ɔsoro ase aman no nyinaa no.

20 But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you out of the iron furnace, [even] from Egypt, to be to him a people of inheritance, as [ye are] this day.

Na mo de, Awurade yii mo fii ogya framfram a ɛnan dade mu wɔ Misraim sɛ mommɛyɛ nʼadiadefo sɛnea mote nnɛ yi.

21 Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and swore that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not enter that good land which the LORD thy God giveth thee [for] an inheritance:

Mo nti, Awurade bo fuw me yiye. Ɔkaa ntam se, merentwa Asubɔnten Yordan nkɔ asase pa a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, de rema mo sɛ mo agyapade no so.

22 But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye shall go over, and possess that good land.

Mewu wɔ asase yi so; merentwa Yordan; nanso morebetwa akɔfa asase pa no.

23 Take heed to yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, [or] the likeness of any [thing] which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee.

Monhwɛ yiye na moammu apam a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, ne mo ayɛ no so. Monyɛ abosom a ɛyɛ biribiara nsɛso a mo Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, abra mo no.

24 For the LORD thy God [is] a consuming fire, [even] a jealous God.

Efisɛ Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, yɛ Onyame ninkufo, ogya a ɔhyew ade.

25 When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt [yourselves], and make a graven image, [or] the likeness of any [thing], and shall do evil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke him to anger:

Moawowo mma anya nananom akyi no na moatena asase no so akyɛ no, sɛ moma porɔwee didi mo na moyɛ ohoni bi nam so yɛ bɔne wɔ Awurade mo Nyankopɔn ani so hyɛ no abufuw a,

26 I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from the land to which ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong [your] days upon it, but shall be utterly destroyed.

mefrɛ ɔsoro ne asase sɛ nnansefo de tia mo saa da yi sɛ, mobɛhyew afi asase a moretwa Yordan akɔfa no so. Morentena hɔ nkyɛ na wɔbɛsɛe mo ampa.

27 And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you.

Na Awurade bɛbɔ mo apansam akɔ aman so a mo mu kakraa bi na ɛbɛka wɔ aman a Awuradebɛpam mo akɔ so no so.

28 And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

Ɛhɔ na mobɛsom onipa nsa ano ahoni a wɔde nnua ne abo na ayɛ, anyame a wonhu ade na wɔnte asɛm na wonnidi nte hua no.

29 But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find [him], if thou shalt seek him with all thy heart, and with all thy soul.

Ɛhɔ na mobɛpere bio ahwehwɛ Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no. Na sɛ mode mo koma ne mo kra nyinaa hwehwɛ no a, mubehu no.

30 When thou art in tribulation, and all these things have come upon thee, [even] in the latter days, if thou shalt turn to the LORD thy God, and shalt be obedient to his voice;

Sɛ ɔhaw bi to mo na eyinom nyinaa ba mo so a, akyiri no, mobɛsan akɔ Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, nkyɛn na moayɛ osetie ama no.

31 (For the LORD thy God [is] a merciful God; ) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers, which he swore to them.

Efisɛ Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, no yɛ mmɔborɔhunu Nyankopɔn; ɔrennyaw mo na ɔrensɛe mo anaa ne werɛ remfi apam a ɔne mo agyanom pamee a ɔkaa ntam sii so no.

32 For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and [ask] from the one side of heaven to the other, whether there hath been [any such thing] as this great thing [is], or hath been heard like it?

Hwehwɛ abakɔsɛm mu fi bere a Onyankopɔn bɔɔ nnipa wɔ asase so besi nnɛ yi; hwehwɛ fi ɔsoro ti de kosi ti. Hwɛ sɛ biribi kɛse a ɛte sɛ eyi asi pɛn anaasɛ woate biribi saa pɛn?

33 Did [ever] people hear the voice of God speaking from the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?

So nnipa foforo bi ate Onyankopɔn nne sɛ ɔrekasa afi ogya mu sɛnea motee no na wɔda so te ase yi ana?

34 Or hath God essayed to go [and] take him a nation from the midst of [another] nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by an out-stretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

So onyame foforo bi nam ogye a ɔnam amanehunu, nsɛnkyerɛnne a ɛyɛ nwonwa, ɔko, tumidi ne ahodwiriwde so agye ɔman bi afi ɔman foforo bi nsam afa sɛ ne de, sɛnea Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, yɛ maa mo wɔ Misraim a na mo ani tua no?

35 To thee it was shown, that thou mightest know that the LORD he [is] God; [there is] none besides him.

Ɔdaa eyinom nyinaa adi kyerɛɛ mo sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a mubehu sɛ Awurade yɛ Onyankopɔn a nʼakyi obi nni hɔ.

36 Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee; and upon earth he showed thee his great fire; and thou heardst his words from the midst of the fire.

Ɔma motee ne nne fi ɔsoro nam so teɛteɛɛ mo so. Ɔma muhuu ne gya fadum asase so na motee ne nsɛm fii ogya no mu.

37 And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out of Egypt in his sight with his mighty power.

Esiane sɛ na ɔpɛ mo agyanom asɛm, na ɔpɛɛ sɛ ohyira wɔn asefo nti na ɔno ara de nʼanim ne ne tumi kɛse no yii mo fii Misraim no.

38 To drive out nations from before thee, greater and mightier than thou [art], to bring thee in, to give thee their land [for] an inheritance, as [it is] this day.

Ɔpam aman a na wɔn ho yɛ den sen mo no wɔ mo anim sɛnea ɔde mo bɛba wɔn asase so abɛfa sɛ mo agyapade, sɛnea ɛte nnɛ yi.

39 Know therefore this day, and consider [it] in thy heart, that the LORD he [is] God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: [there is] none else.

Enti munhu na momma ɛntena mo koma mu nnɛ yi sɛ Awurade yɛ Onyankopɔn wɔ ɔsoro ne asase so. Obi nni hɔ.

40 Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes and his commandments which I command thee this day, that it may be well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong [thy] days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever.

Munni saa ahyɛde ne mmara yi a mede rema mo nnɛ no so na ama asi mo ne mo mma yiye, na moanyin akyɛ wɔ asase a Awurade mo Nyankopɔn de rema mo afebɔɔ no so.

41 Then Moses set apart three cities on the side of Jordan, towards the sun-rising;

Afei, Mose yii nkuropɔn abiɛsa bi wɔ Yordan apuei fam

42 That the slayer might flee thither, who should kill his neighbor unawares, and when he had not hated him in times past; and that fleeing to one of these cities he might live:

a, sɛ ɛba sɛ obi kum obi na wanhyɛ da na onni onipa ko no ho menasepɔw bi a otumi guan kɔ kɔ emu baako so kɔbɔ ne ho aguaa.

43 [Namely], Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites.

Oyii Beser a ɛda sare ne asase tataw so no maa Rubenfo. Ɔde Ramot a ɛwɔ Gilead no maa Gadfo na ɔde Golan a ɛwɔ Basan no nso maa Manase abusuakuw.

44 And this [is] the law which Moses set before the children of Israel.

Eyinom ne mmara a Mose de maa Israelfo no.

45 These [are] the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spoke to the children of Israel, after they came forth from Egypt,

Israelfo no fii Misraim no, akwankyerɛ, mmara ne ahyɛde a Mose de maa wɔn

46 On the east side of Jordan, in the valley over against Beth-Peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they had come forth from Egypt:

bere a na wɔwɔ obon a ɛbɛn Bet-Peor a ɛda Asubɔnten Yordan apuei fam, wɔ Amorifo hene Sihon a odii ade wɔ Hesbon, a na Mose ne Israelfo no fi Misraim ɛreba no, wɔko dii ne so no.

47 And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, who [were] on the side of Jordan, towards the sun-rising;

Wɔfaa nʼasase no san faa Basanhene Og asase kaa ho. Saa ahemfo baanu yi na wɔyɛ Amorifo ahemfo a wɔte Yordan apuei fam.

48 From Aroer, which [is] by the bank of the river Arnon, even to mount Sion, which [is] Hermon,

Saa asase yi na efi Aroer a ɛda Arnon subon no ano kosi Sion bepɔw a ɛyɛ Hermon ho.

49 And all the plain on the side of Jordan eastward, even to the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.

Israelfo no san faa nsase a ɛwɔ Araba po no ano wɔ Yordan apuei fam de kosi Nkyene Po wɔ Pisga mmepɔw no ase.