Deuteronomy 14
1 'Sons ye [are] to Jehovah your God; ye do not cut yourselves, nor make baldness between your eyes for the dead;
“Esi wònye Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la ƒe amewo mienye ta la, migasi ŋuti na mia ɖokuiwo gbeɖegbeɖe abe ale si trɔ̃subɔlawo wɔna ne wole woƒe legbawo subɔm la ene o. Gawu la, ne ame ku la, mele be mialũ miaƒe ŋgonu kple dzodome o.
2 for a holy people [art] thou to Jehovah thy God, and on thee hath Jehovah fixed to be to Him for a people, a peculiar treasure, out of all the peoples who [are] on the face of the ground.
Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la ɖeɖe ko tɔe mienye. Eyae tia mi be mianye ye tɔ wu dukɔ bubu ɖe sia ɖe le xexea me.
3 'Thou dost not eat any abominable thing;
“Migaɖu nu siwo ŋuti mekɔ o la dometɔ aɖeke o.
4 'this [is] the beast which ye do eat: ox, lamb of the sheep, or kid of the goats,
Lã siwo miate ŋu aɖu la woe nye: nyi, alẽ, gbɔ̃,
5 hart, and roe, and fallow deer, and wild goat, and pygarg, and wild ox, and chamois;
zi, sẽ, afiã, gbɔ̃ si le gbe me, avugbɔ̃e kple alẽ si nɔa towo dzi.
6 and every beast dividing the hoof, and cleaving the cleft into two hoofs, bringing up the cud, among the beasts — it ye do eat.
Miate ŋu aɖu lã siwo katã ƒe afɔkli me fe, eye wodzɔa nu gaɖuna.
7 'Only, this ye do not eat, of those bringing up the cud, and of those dividing the cloven hoof: the camel, and the hare, and the rabbit, for they are bringing up the cud but the hoof have not divided; unclean they [are] to you;
Ke lã siwo ƒe afɔkli me fe alo woɖua nu gadzɔna la, migaɖu esiawo ya o, woawoe nye kposɔ, fɔmizi kple xɔfie, elabena togbɔ be wodzɔa nu gaɖuna hã la, woƒe afɔkli me mefe ɖe eve o, eya ta wonye lã makɔmakɔwo.
8 and the sow, for it is dividing the hoof, and not [bringing] up the cud, unclean it [is] to you; of their flesh ye do not eat, and against their carcase ye do not come.
Nenema ke, migaɖu ha hã o, elabena togbɔ be eƒe afɔkli me fe hã la, medzɔa nu gaɖuna o. Mele be miaka asi lã siawo ƒe kukuawo gɔ̃ hã ŋu o.
9 'This ye do eat of all that [are] in the waters; all that hath fins and scales ye do eat;
“Tɔmelã siwo ko miekpɔ mɔ aɖu la woe nye esiwo ŋu adza kple tsro le.
10 and anything which hath not fins and scales ye do not eat; unclean it [is] to you.
Ke tɔmelã bubuawo katã siwo ŋu tsro kple adza mele o la nye nu makɔmakɔwo; migaɖu wo o.
11 'Any clean bird ye do eat;
Miekpɔ mɔ aɖu xe ɖe sia ɖe si ŋuti kɔ
12 and these [are] they of which ye do not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,
negbe hɔ̃, akaga, akpɔ̃,
13 and the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after its kind,
doɖi, aʋako dzĩtɔ kple yibɔtɔwo, akpaviã ƒomevi vovowo, ayisu ƒomevi ɖe sia ɖe,
14 and every raven after its kind;
akpaviã ƒomevi ɖe sia ɖe,
15 and the owl, and the night-hawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk after its kind;
golo, sagbadre, tsalɛ̃ kple aʋako ƒomevi ɖe sia ɖe,
16 the [little] owl, and the [great] owl, and the swan,
ʋlukuku, favieʋuto kple aŋɔɣi,
17 and the pelican, and the gier-eagle, and the cormorant,
aluge, akaga kple tsimese,
18 and the stork, and the heron after its kind, and the lapwing, and the bat;
damixe kple ako ƒomevi ɖe sia ɖe, agudzixe kple dro.
19 and every teeming thing which is flying, unclean it [is] to you; they are not eaten;
“Nudzodzoewo katã kloe nye nu makɔmakɔwo, eya ta miekpɔ mɔ aɖu wo o.
20 any clean fowl ye do eat.
Ke miekpɔ mɔ aɖu xe siwo katã ŋu kɔ.
21 'Ye do not eat of any carcase; to the sojourner who [is] within thy gates thou dost give it, and he hath eaten it; or sell [it] to a stranger; for a holy people thou [art] to Jehovah thy God; thou dost not boil a kid in its mother's milk.
“Migaɖu naneke si ku le eɖokui si o, Ke amedzro si le mia dome la ate ŋu aɖui. Miate ŋu atsɔe nɛ alo adzrae nɛ, gake miawo ŋutɔ ya migaɖui o, elabena mienye dukɔ kɔkɔe na Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la. “Migaɖa gbɔ̃vi le dadaa ƒe notsi me o.”
22 'Thou dost certainly tithe all the increase of thy seed which the field is bringing forth year by year;
“Ele be miana miaƒe agblemenukuwo ƒe ewolia ƒe sia ƒe pɛpɛpɛ.
23 and thou hast eaten before Jehovah thy God, in the place where He doth choose to cause His name to tabernacle, the tithe of thy corn, of thy new wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herd, and of thy flock, so that thou dost learn to fear Jehovah thy God all the days.
Mitsɔ agblemenukuwo ƒe ewolia sia va ɖu le Yehowa, mia Mawu la ŋkume le teƒe si wòatia abe eƒe kɔkɔeƒe ene. Nu siawoe nye miaƒe bli, wain yeye, ami kple miaƒe alẽwo kple nyiwo ƒe ŋgɔgbeviwo. Nu ewolia nana ƒe taɖodzinue nye be, miatsɔ teƒe gbãtɔ na Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la le miaƒe agbenɔnɔ me.
24 'And when the way is too much for thee, that thou art not able to carry it — when the place is too far off from thee which Jehovah thy God doth choose to put His name there, when Jehovah thy God doth bless thee; —
Ne teƒe si Yehowa miaƒe Mawu tia abe eƒe kɔkɔeƒe ene didi ale gbegbe be manɔ bɔbɔe be miatsɔ miaƒe nuwo ƒe ewolia ayi afi ma ke o la,
25 then thou hast given [it] in money, and hast bound up the money in thy hand, and gone unto the place on which Jehovah thy God doth fix;
ekema miate ŋu adzra miaƒe agblemenukuwo kple lãwo ƒe ewolia, eye miatsɔ ga la ayi Yehowa miaƒe Mawu ƒe kɔkɔeƒe la.
26 and thou hast given the money for any thing which thy soul desireth, for oxen, and for sheep, and for wine, and for strong drink, and for any thing which thy soul asketh, and thou hast eaten there before Jehovah thy God, and thou hast rejoiced, thou and thy house.
Ne mieɖo afi ma la, ekema mitsɔ ga la ƒle nyitsu ɖeka kple alẽ ɖeka, eye miadze wain alo aha sesẽ aɖe, miaɖu nu le afi ma le Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la ŋkume, eye miatso aseye kple miaƒe aƒemetɔwo.
27 As to the Levite who [is] within thy gates, thou dost not forsake him, for he hath no portion and inheritance with thee.
“Migaŋlɔ be, eye miagbe miaƒe ga la ƒe akpa aɖe nana Levitɔ siwo le mia dome o, elabena domenyinu alo agblemenuku aɖeke mele woawo si abe miawo ene o.
28 'At the end of three years thou dost bring out all the tithe of thine increase in that year, and hast placed [it] within thy gates;
“Le ƒe etɔ̃lia ɖe sia ɖe me la, ele be miawɔ miaƒe nuwo ƒe ewolia katã ŋu dɔ hena dɔwɔwɔ le miaƒe nutowo me.
29 and come in hath the Levite (for he hath no part and inheritance with thee), and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, who [are] within thy gates, and they have eaten, and been satisfied, so that Jehovah thy God doth bless thee in all the work of thy hand which thou dost.
Mitsɔe na Levitɔwo, ame siwo si domenyinu aɖeke mele le mia dome o alo miatsɔ wo ana amedzro, ahosi alo tsyɔ̃evi siwo le miaƒe du me ale be woaɖu nu aɖi ƒo. Ekema Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la ayra mi kple miaƒe dɔwɔwɔwo.”
