Deuteronomy 15
1 'At the end of seven years thou dost make a release,
“Le ƒe adrelia ɖe sia ɖe ƒe nuwuwu la, woate fli ɖe fe sia fe me.
2 and this [is] the matter of the release: Every owner of a loan [is] to release his hand which he doth lift up against his neighbour, he doth not exact of his neighbour and of his brother, but hath proclaimed a release to Jehovah;
Nudonamela ɖe sia ɖe aŋlɔ ɖe agbalẽ si Israelvi si nye nudola la na la dzi be, ‘Eɖo nu sia nu teƒe pɛpɛpɛ,’ elabena Yehowa tsɔ nu sia nu ke ame sia ame.
3 of the stranger thou mayest exact, and that which is thine with thy brother doth thy hand release;
Ke tsɔtsɔke sia melɔ amedzrowo ya ɖe eme o.
4 only when there is no needy one with thee, for Jehovah doth greatly bless thee in the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee — an inheritance to possess it.
Nudonamela aɖeke maɖo ko le tsɔtsɔke sia ta o, elabena Yehowa miaƒe Mawu akɔ yayra geɖe ɖe mia dzi le anyigba si wòle mia nam la dzi, ne miewɔ eƒe sewo dzi.
5 'Only, if thou dost diligently hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all this command which I am commanding thee to-day,
Nu si hiã na eƒe yayra sia xɔxɔ koe nye miawɔ Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la ƒe se siwo katã mele dedem na mi egbe la dzi pɛpɛpɛ.
6 for Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee as He hath spoken to thee; and thou hast lent [to] many nations, and thou hast not borrowed; and thou hast ruled over many nations, and over thee they do not rule.
Yehowa miaƒe Mawu ayra mi abe ale si wòdo ŋugbe ene. Miado ga na dukɔ geɖewo, gake mahiã gbeɖegbeɖe be miawo ya miado ga o! Miaɖu dukɔ geɖewo dzi, gake woawo ya maɖu mia dzi o!
7 'When there is with thee any needy one of one of thy brethren, in one of thy cities, in thy land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, thou dost not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy needy brother;
“Ke ne mieva ɖo anyigba si Yehowa miaƒe Mawu ana mi dzi, eye ame dahe aɖewo le mia dome la, mele be miasẽ dzi me alo amia asiʋlome ɖe ame daheawo ŋu o.
8 for thou dost certainly open thy hand to him, and dost certainly lend him sufficient for his lack which he lacketh.
Ele be miado nu sia nu si woahiã la na wo.
9 'Take heed to thee lest there be a word in thy heart — worthless, saying, Near [is] the seventh year, the year of release; and thine eye is evil against thy needy brother, and thou dost not give to him, and he hath called concerning thee unto Jehovah, and it hath been in thee sin;
Mikpɔ nyuie! Migagbe gadodo na ame, elabena ƒe si me woate fli ɖe fewo me la gogo o! Ne miegbe gadodo na hiãtɔ la, eye hiãtɔ la ƒo koko na Yehowa la, Yehowa abui na mi nu vɔ̃e.
10 thou dost certainly give to him, and thy heart is not sad in thy giving to him, for because of this thing doth Jehovah thy God bless thee in all thy works, and in every putting forth of thy hand;
Ele be nàdo nu si hiãtɔ la hiã la nɛ, eye mègafa konyi tso eŋu hã o! Elabena Yehowa wò Mawu ana nuwo nadze edzi na wò le nu sia ta!
11 because the needy one doth not cease out of the land, therefore I am commanding thee, saying, Thou dost certainly open thy hand to thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy one, in thy land.
Ame dahe aɖewo anɔ mia dome ɣe sia ɣi kokoko. Esia ta se sia le vevie ɖo. Ele be mianyo dɔ me, ado nu na wo.”
12 'When thy brother is sold to thee, a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, and he hath served thee six years — then in the seventh year thou dost send him away free from thee.
“Ne èƒle kluvi aɖe si nye Hebritɔ, ŋutsu alo nyɔnu la, ele be wòasubɔ wò ƒe ade, eye nàna ablɔɖee le ƒe adrelia me.
13 And when thou dost send him away free from thee, thou dost not send him away empty;
Mègana wòayi asi ƒuƒlu o!
14 thou dost certainly encircle him out of thy flock, and out of thy threshing-floor, and out of thy wine-vat; [of] that which Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee thou dost give to him,
Do mɔe kple lã aɖewo tso wò lãha la me kple ami tso wò amiɖaƒe kple wain tso wò wainfiaƒe. Na nui ɖe ale si Yehowa wò Mawu ayra wòe la nu.
15 and thou hast remembered that a servant thou hast been in the land of Egypt, and Jehovah thy God doth ransom thee; therefore I am commanding thee this thing to-day.
Miɖo ŋku edzi be mienye kluviwo le Egiptenyigba dzi kpɔ, eye Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la ɖe mi! Eya tae mele se sia dem na mi.
16 'And it hath been, when he saith unto thee, I go not out from thee — because he hath loved thee, and thy house, because [it is] good for him with thee —
“Ke ne Hebri kluvi la medi be yeadzo le gbɔwò o, ke boŋ wògblɔ be yelɔ̃ wò, wò aƒemenɔnɔ dze edzi na ye, eye wò beléle na ye dze ye ŋu la,
17 then thou hast taken the awl, and hast put [it] through his ear, and through the door, and he hath been to thee a servant age-during; and also to thy handmaid thou dost do so.
ekema nàtsɔ nuŋɔnu aŋɔ to nɛ amimi ɖe ʋɔtru ŋu, ekema le esia megbe la, kluvi la atsi gbɔwò ɖikaa. Wɔ nenema ke na wò kosiwo hã.
18 'It is not hard in thine eyes, in thy sending him away free from thee; for the double of the hire of an hireling he hath served thee six years, and Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee in all that thou dost.
Ne èɖe asi le kluvi aɖe ŋu la, mègana wòave wò o, elabena ɖo ŋku edzi be kluvi ɖeka ma wɔ agbatedɔwɔla eve ƒe dɔ na ye le ƒe adeawo me! Yehowa, wò Mawu la ayra wò dɔwɔwɔwo katã ɖe esi nèna ablɔɖe wò kluvi la ta!”
19 'Every firstling that is born in thy herd and in thy flock — the male thou dost sanctify to Jehovah thy God; thou dost not work with the firstling of thine ox, nor shear the firstling of thy flock;
“Ele be nàkɔ wò alẽwo kple nyiwo ƒe ŋgɔgbevi siwo nye atsu la ŋu na Yehowa, wò Mawu la. Mègana wò nyitsu si nye ŋgɔgbevi la nawɔ dɔ le agble me o, eye mègako fu le wò alẽwo kple gbɔ̃wo ƒe ŋgɔgbeviwo ŋu o.
20 before Jehovah thy God thou dost eat it year by year, in the place which Jehovah doth choose, thou and thy house.
Le esia teƒe la, ele be wò kple wò ƒometɔwo miaɖu lã siawo le Yehowa, wò Mawu la ŋkume ƒe sia ƒe le eƒe kɔkɔeƒe la.
21 'And when there is in it a blemish, lame, or blind, any evil blemish, thou dost not sacrifice it to Jehovah thy God;
Ke ne mede blibo o, afɔ ŋe nɛ, eƒe ŋku gbã alo nu gblẽ le eƒe teƒe bubu aɖe ŋu la, mèkpɔ mɔ atsɔe asa vɔe na Yehowa wò Mawu o,
22 within thy gates thou dost eat it, the unclean and the clean alike, as the roe, and as the hart.
ke boŋ ɖui kple wò ƒometɔwo le aƒe me. Ame sia ame ate ŋu aɖu lã sia faa ne amea ŋu mekɔ le ɣe ma ɣi me o hã, abe ale si ame sia ame ate ŋu aɖu sẽ kple zi ene,
23 Only, its blood thou dost not eat; on the earth thou dost pour it as water.
gake migaɖu lã la ƒe ʋu ya o, ke boŋ mina wòaɖuɖu ɖe anyigba abe tsi ene.”
