Leviticus 25

1 The LORD said to Moses on Mount Sinai,

Mose wɔ Sinai Bepɔ so no, Awurade ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ,

2 “Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘When you come into the land which I give you, then the land shall keep a Sabbath to the LORD.

“Kasa kyerɛ Israelfoɔ no sɛ, ‘Sɛ moduru asase a mede rebɛma mo no so a, mfeɛ nson biara, momma asase no nya Awurade mu homeda.

3 You shall sow your field six years, and you shall prune your vineyard six years, and gather in its fruits;

Momfa mfeɛ nsia nnua mo nnɔbaeɛ wɔ mo mfuo mu na monyiyi mo bobe turo mu na montwa mo nnɔbaeɛ.

4 but in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a Sabbath to the LORD. You shall not sow your field or prune your vineyard.

Na mfeɛ nson so no, asase no nna hɔ kwa wɔ Awurade anim. Monnyɛ so hwee. Monnnua so aba. Afe no nyinaa mu, monnyiyi mo bobe turo no mu.

5 What grows of itself in your harvest you shall not reap, and you shall not gather the grapes of your undressed vine. It shall be a year of solemn rest for the land.

Na aba biara a moadua no, monnte mfa, na bobe no nso, mommmoaboa ano mfa. Ɛfiri sɛ, ɛyɛ afe a ɛsɛ sɛ asase no home.

6 The Sabbath of the land shall be for food for you; for yourself, for your servant, for your maid, for your hired servant, and for your stranger, who lives as a foreigner with you.

Nanso, aba biara a asase no bɛma saa afe no bɛyɛ aduane ama wo ne wʼakoa, wʼafenaa, wo paani ne wo hɔhoɔ,

7 For your livestock also, and for the animals that are in your land, shall all its increase be for food.

wʼayɛmmoa ne wiram mmoa a ɛwɔ asase no so nyinaa. Monni biribiara a asase no bɛma biara.

8 “‘You shall count off seven Sabbaths of years, seven times seven years; and there shall be to you the days of seven Sabbaths of years, even forty-nine years.

“‘Bubu Homeda mfeɛ nson, mfeɛ nson ahodoɔ nson, na wobɛnya mfeɛ aduanan nkron.

9 Then you shall sound the loud shofar on the tenth day of the seventh month. On the Day of Atonement you shall sound the shofar throughout all your land.

Afei, bosome a ɛtɔ so nson no ɛda edu no yɛ Mpata Ɛda. Monhyɛn totorobɛnto wɔ baabiara. Mpata Ɛda no, monhyɛn totorobɛnto no dendeenden nkyɛ wɔ ɔman no mu baabiara.

10 You shall make the fiftieth year holy, and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee to you; and each of you shall return to his own property, and each of you shall return to his family.

Monte mfeɛ aduonum no ho na mompae ahofadie mma wɔn a wɔtete asase no so mmaa nyinaa. Ɛbɛyɛ mfirinhyia aduonum afahyɛ ama mo, na mo mu biara bɛsane akɔ asase a wɔde ama mo agyanom no so, na moakɔka mo abusuafoɔ ho.

11 That fiftieth year shall be a jubilee to you. In it you shall not sow, neither reap that which grows of itself, nor gather from the undressed vines.

Aane, mfeɛ aduonum no bɛyɛ mfirinhyia aduonum afahyɛ ama mo; monnnua biribiara na monntwa nnɔbaeɛ biara, na bobe a moadua nso, monnte so aba.

12 For it is a jubilee; it shall be holy to you. You shall eat of its increase out of the field.

Ɛfiri sɛ, ɛyɛ mfirinhyia aduonum afahyɛ, na ɛsɛ sɛ ɛyɛ sononko na ɛho teɛ. Monni deɛ monya firi asase no mu nko ara.

13 “‘In this Year of Jubilee each of you shall return to his property.

“‘Saa mfirinhyia aduonum afahyɛ yi, obiara bɛkɔ asase a wɔde maa nʼagyanom no so.

14 “‘If you sell anything to your neighbour, or buy from your neighbour, you shall not wrong one another.

“‘Sɛ wo ne wo yɔnko yɛ nhyehyɛeɛ a wonam so retɔ anaa woretɔn agyapadeɛ bi a, ɛnsɛ sɛ obi sisi ne yɔnko.

15 According to the number of years after the Jubilee you shall buy from your neighbour. According to the number of years of the crops he shall sell to you.

Sɛ woretɔ asase afiri wo yɔnko nkyɛn a, mobɛkan mfeɛ dodoɔ no so fa afiri Mfirinhyia Aduonum Afahyɛ a ɛtwaam no. Ɔdetɔnfoɔ no bɛgye wo boɔ a ɛgyina mfeɛ dodoɔ a aka ansa na mfirinhyia aduonum afahyɛ a ɛreba no.

16 According to the length of the years you shall increase its price, and according to the shortness of the years you shall diminish its price; for he is selling the number of the crops to you.

Mfeɛ no dodoɔ na ɛma ɛboɔ no kɔ soro. Saa ara nso na mfeɛ kakra bi ma ɛboɔ no kɔ fam. Yeinom nyinaa mu, onipa a ɔretɔn asase no retɔn otwa dodoɔ a wɔbɛtwa afiri asase no so.

17 You shall not wrong one another, but you shall fear your God; for I am the LORD your God.

Monsuro mo Onyankopɔn na moammɔ ɛboɔ a ɛboro so! Na mene Awurade.

18 “‘Therefore you shall do my statutes, and keep my ordinances and do them; and you shall dwell in the land in safety.

“‘Sɛ mopɛ sɛ motena asase no so asomdwoeɛ mu deɛ a, monni me mmara so.

19 The land shall yield its fruit, and you shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety.

Sɛ moyɛ ɔsetie a, aduane bɛbu so wɔ asase no so na moadi amee wɔ asomdwoeɛ mu.

20 If you said, “What shall we eat the seventh year? Behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase;”

Nanso, mobɛbisa sɛ, “Na sɛ wɔse yɛnnnua anaa yɛnntwa saa afe no so a, ɛdeɛn na mfeɛ nson no so yɛbɛdie?”

21 then I will command my blessing on you in the sixth year, and it shall bear fruit for the three years.

Mmuaeɛ ara ne sɛ, mfeɛ nsia no so, mɛhyira mo ama nnɔbaeɛ aba abu so kɔsi sɛ mobɛtwa mfeɛ nwɔtwe mu nnɔbaeɛ no.

22 You shall sow the eighth year, and eat of the fruits from the old store until the ninth year. Until its fruits come in, you shall eat the old store.

Sɛ modua nnɔbaeɛ wɔ mfeɛ nwɔtwe no mu a, mobɛkɔ so adi afe a ɛtwaam no mu nnuane. Nokorɛm, nnuane dada no na mobɛdi kɔsi sɛ otwaberɛ bɛduru so mfeɛ nkron no mu.

23 “‘The land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is mine; for you are strangers and live as foreigners with me.

“‘Na monkae sɛ asase no yɛ me dea enti monni ho ɛkwan sɛ motɔn no afebɔɔ. Moyɛ ahɔhoɔ na meyɛ asasewura ma mo.

24 In all the land of your possession you shall grant a redemption for the land.

Asasetɔn mu no, ɛsɛ sɛ moyɛ nhyehyɛeɛ sɛ asasetɔnfoɔ no tumi sane bɛgye asase no ɛberɛ biara.

25 “‘If your brother becomes poor, and sells some of his possessions, then his kinsman who is next to him shall come, and redeem that which his brother has sold.

“‘Sɛ ohia hia obi ma ɔtɔn nʼasase fa bi a, nʼabusuafoɔ tumi bɛgye.

26 If a man has no one to redeem it, and he becomes prosperous and finds sufficient means to redeem it,

Sɛ ɔnni obi a ɔbɛgye ama no na sɛ nʼankasa nya sika a,

27 then let him reckon the years since its sale, and restore the surplus to the man to whom he sold it; and he shall return to his property.

wɔbɛsese ɛso nnɔbaeɛ a wɔatwa ansa na Ahosɛpɛ Afe no reba na wɔagyina so atua ɛka no, na deɛ ɔtɔeɛ no nso adane asase no ama no.

28 But if he isn’t able to get it back for himself, then what he has sold shall remain in the hand of him who has bought it until the Year of Jubilee. In the Jubilee it shall be released, and he shall return to his property.

Na sɛ deɛ asase no yɛ ne dea no ankasa antumi annye a, ɛnneɛ, ɛbɛyɛ deɛ ɔtɔeɛ no dea ara kɔsi Mfirinhyia Aduonum Afahyɛ no, na deɛ ɔtɔeɛ no de onii no adeɛ asane ama no.

29 “‘If a man sells a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it has been sold. For a full year he shall have the right of redemption.

“‘Sɛ obi tɔn efie wɔ kurom a, ɔwɔ afe a ɔtumi sane gye nʼadeɛ a biribiara nsi no ho ɛkwan.

30 If it isn’t redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be made sure in perpetuity to him who bought it, throughout his generations. It shall not be released in the Jubilee.

Na sɛ afe no mu wantumi annye a, ɛbɛyɛ deɛ ɔtɔeɛ no dea korakora. Ahosɛpɛ Afe no mu, ɔrensane mfa mma onipa a kane no na ɛyɛ ne dea no bio.

31 But the houses of the villages which have no wall around them shall be accounted for with the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall be released in the Jubilee.

Nanso akuraase dan a wɔntoo ɔfasuo ntwaa ho nhyiaeɛ te sɛ agyapadeɛ a ɛwɔ wiram deɛ, wɔtumi sane kɔgye no ɛberɛ biara, na Mfeɛ Aduonum Afahyɛ mu no, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔsane de ma ne wura ankasa.

32 “‘Nevertheless, in the cities of the Levites, the Levites may redeem the houses in the cities of their possession at any time.

“‘Asɛm baako bi na ɛnka ho. Lewifoɔ afie a ɛwɔ nkuro a wɔde afasuo atwa ho mu no, wɔtumi sane gye ɛberɛ biara,

33 The Levites may redeem the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, and it shall be released in the Jubilee; for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession amongst the children of Israel.

na wɔde ama wɔn wuranom Ahosɛpɛ Afe no mu. Na Lewifoɔ no deɛ, wɔremma wɔn mfuo nsase te sɛ mmusuakuo a aka no, na mmom, wɔbɛma wɔn afie wɔ wɔn nkuro ne wɔn mfuo a atwa wɔn ho ahyia no mu.

34 But the field of the pasture lands of their cities may not be sold, for it is their perpetual possession.

Mma wɔnntɔn nsase a atwa Lewifoɔ nkuro ho ahyia, ɛfiri sɛ, yeinom yɛ wɔn agyapadeɛ afebɔɔ a ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔne obiara kyɛ.

35 “‘If your brother has become poor, and his hand can’t support himself amongst you, then you shall uphold him. He shall live with you like an alien and a temporary resident.

“‘Sɛ ohia hia wo nua a, ɛsɛ sɛ woboa no; ma no mmra ma ɔmmɛtena hɔ bi.

36 Take no interest from him or profit; but fear your God, that your brother may live amongst you.

Suro wo Onyankopɔn na ma wo nua ntena wo nkyɛn; na sɛ wobɔ no bosea a, nnye no ho ba.

37 You shall not lend him your money at interest, nor give him your food for profit.

Kae sɛ, worennye ho nsiho biara, na aduane a wode ma no nso, nnye ho nsiho biara. Mpɛ mfasoɔ!

38 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.

Ɛfiri sɛ, me Awurade a meyɛ mo Onyankopɔn yii mo firii Misraim de Kanaan asase maa mo sɛdeɛ mɛyɛ mo Onyankopɔn.

39 “‘If your brother has grown poor amongst you, and sells himself to you, you shall not make him to serve as a slave.

“‘Sɛ ohia hia wo yɔnko Israelni na ɔtɔn ne ho ma wo a, nhyɛ ne so sɛ ɔdɔnkɔ

40 As a hired servant, and as a temporary resident, he shall be with you; he shall serve with you until the Year of Jubilee.

na mmom, yɛ no sɛ obi a wotua no ne som a ɔsom ho ka, anaa fa no sɛ wo hɔhoɔ na ɔnsom wo nkɔsi Mfirinhyia Aduonum Afahyɛ no.

41 Then he shall go out from you, he and his children with him, and shall return to his own family, and to the possession of his fathers.

Ɛduru saa mmerɛ no a, ɔne ne mma nyinaa tumi tu de wɔn agyapadeɛ nyinaa kɔ wɔn abusuafoɔ nkyɛn.

42 For they are my servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt. They shall not be sold as slaves.

Me na mede mo firi Misraim asase so baeɛ sɛ mommɛsom me sɛdeɛ obi rentumi ntɔn mo sɛ nnipa hunu bi

43 You shall not rule over him with harshness, but shall fear your God.

na obi nso ntumi nha mo; monsuro mo Onyankopɔn.

44 “‘As for your male and your female slaves, whom you may have from the nations that are around you, from them you may buy male and female slaves.

“‘Nanso mobɛtumi atɔ asomfoɔ afiri aman foforɔ a atwa mo ho ahyia no so.

45 Moreover, of the children of the aliens who live amongst you, of them you may buy, and of their families who are with you, which they have conceived in your land; and they will be your property.

Saa ara nso na motumi tɔ ahɔhoɔ a mo ne wɔn te no mma a ɛmfa ho sɛ wɔte mo mu.

46 You may make them an inheritance for your children after you, to hold for a possession. Of them you may take your slaves forever, but over your brothers the children of Israel you shall not rule, one over another, with harshness.

Wɔbɛyɛ nkoa afebɔɔ ama mo ne mo nkyirimma, nanso mo nuanom Israelfoɔ no deɛ, ɛnsɛ sɛ moyɛ wɔn saa.

47 “‘If an alien or temporary resident with you becomes rich, and your brother beside him has grown poor, and sells himself to the stranger or foreigner living amongst you, or to a member of the stranger’s family,

“‘Sɛ ɔhɔhoɔ a ɔte mo mu no bɛyɛ osikani, na sɛ Israelni di hia, na ɔtɔn ne ho ma ɔhɔhoɔ no anaa ɔhɔhoɔ no abusuafoɔ a,

48 after he is sold he may be redeemed. One of his brothers may redeem him;

ne nuanom bi tumi bɛgye no.

49 or his uncle, or his uncle’s son, may redeem him, or any who is a close relative to him of his family may redeem him; or if he has grown rich, he may redeem himself.

Saa ara nso na ne wɔfa, ne wɔfaase anaa ne ho onipa bi a ɔbɛn no tumi gye no ara ne no. Sɛ ɔno ara nso bɛnya sika a, ɔtumi de bɛgye ne ho.

50 He shall reckon with him who bought him from the year that he sold himself to him to the Year of Jubilee. The price of his sale shall be according to the number of years; he shall be with him according to the time of a hired servant.

Nʼahogyeɛ no gyina mfeɛ a aka na Mfirinhyia Aduonum Afahyɛ no aduro ne sika dodoɔ a sɛ anka wɔde kɔfaa ɔsomfoɔ a, anka ɔbɛgye saa mfeɛ a aka no mu.

51 If there are yet many years, according to them he shall give back the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.

Sɛ aka mfeɛ pii ansa na Ahosɛpɛ Afe no aso a, ɔbɛtua sika a ɔgyeeɛ wɔ ɛberɛ a ɔtɔn ne ho no nyinaa;

52 If there remain but a few years to the year of jubilee, then he shall reckon with him; according to his years of service he shall give back the price of his redemption.

na sɛ mfeɛ no pii atwam ama aka kakra na Mfirinhyia Aduonum Afahyɛ no aduru a, ɛnneɛ, ɔbɛtua sika a ɔgyeeɛ ɛberɛ a ɔtɔn ne ho no mu kakraa bi.

53 As a servant hired year by year shall he be with him. He shall not rule with harshness over him in your sight.

Sɛ ɔtɔn ne ho ma ɔhɔhoɔ a, ɔhɔhoɔ no bɛfa no sɛ ne ɔsomfoɔ a ɔtua no ka. Ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔfa no sɛ ne ɔsomfoɔ buruburo anaa nʼagyapadeɛ.

54 If he isn’t redeemed by these means, then he shall be released in the Year of Jubilee: he and his children with him.

“‘Sɛ Mfirinhyia Aduonum Afahyɛ no duru na wɔnnyee no a, wɔbɛgyaa ɔne ne mma nyinaa.

55 For to me the children of Israel are servants; they are my servants whom I brought out of the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

Israelfoɔ yɛ mʼasomfoɔ. Mede wɔn firi Misraim na ɛbaeɛ. Mene Awurade mo Onyankopɔn.